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Pctrnfpeci of Fi'ench Literature — lHjioyJ/; 



indf finite ; and ^vo cannot point liiin out 

 with fatcty in every inltanc*;, as a moiJel 

 of pood writini;. Tlioui;h ut the i'aine 

 tunc it is [iropcr wo iliould add, ttiat tiic 

 oonipolilion of a work on fo wic.v an art 

 as that, of dcruery, is c'\( cidm:; diiHcidt, 

 of execution; and that fonic jiraiic i.^ at 

 Icaft due to an author who lias endea- 

 voured earnefily to merit a|)]irobatioM. 



Ainou); ilic uiifccllaneous works "liicli, 

 from their nature, reijuire hut a lli<,diter 

 notice, we may rank Mrs. 15 vrr iki.d's 

 "Glefinin(:.sf)nm Zimmermnnnx Soiilmlc ;" 

 to whicii aie added, " Dcciifwniii Oliil?-- 

 Tuliom, and an O/lr. o)i livtircmtnt." 



" T/ie lUi^lits iif Infants ; or, a letter 

 from a ^toth(:r to a JJaiiir/itcrs rdutirt tv 

 the Aiirjhig of Infants,'' hy All's. U.iw- 

 B1HN, contains both intcreftini^ facts and 

 ufcful ieflfons. 



For the firft book of " Af:;^a» , or, the 

 I^veuinffs of Southill," hy iMr. Salmon, 

 we are evirjently indchted to the " Di- 

 .veifiyns of Purley ; and, in point of me- 

 rit, we mull confefs tlie " i",\eninL'>" are 

 iK>t much inferior to the '' ])iverlions." 

 The ground which kioth theCe authors 



liave chofcn, was firll jiointod out' by 

 AiiHotlc, wlio, ill Ins work tB-eci ^pi/.inixi;, 

 lias dilirihutcjd lanpua'j;e into two part.^, 

 A'o«« and Vcrh ; whicli two hav( been, 

 ill e\'<'i'y toriiiuo, the parents of a minie- 

 rous tribe of particles. 'Ihe elymoloi;ieal 

 imclti^ation of theVe particles rs, ot' 

 courlb, the principal yhject of ihe wf.rk 

 bi'fore us. Its information is more loin-t 

 prcfled t)iai> tliat in- the " Diverlions :" 

 and it is'publiftied, as all work* of ufei'ul 

 ffienrc and iiii]uiiy onglit to "be, witliout 

 unnccelfary e\p»'nce. 



Among the " Oddities and Outlines^ 

 by ]•'. M. we found but few that pKalcif 

 ns. f)ne of the helf, and uhich will an- 

 fwer fithcv characler, we quote : 



" Ikhind the Thuillerics is the fupcrfe 

 Pint? dr la Rtnolutlon ; or, ns it ii now 

 c;dle(l. I'laic dc la Concorde ; in the ceu'- 

 trc of which Louis the With futVered 

 tleatli. On tliis fpot once ftood a (tatiic 

 of l^iuis X\'. ; lately in its room, a Ihitui? 

 ol"iJ,ihcrty ; and when I faw it, in lieu of 

 both w as feated an old wonuiiii, who fold 

 apples and chcfnuti.'' 



IIALF-YEAraA RETIIOSPKCT OF FJIENCH LITERATURE. 



itrsreiiY. 

 " T>>^V0LUTIONS .I'AlleuinEivp, ynr 



X\ C. D>.MNA." — ^Tiu' Hevoliiiions of 

 GtTiiiuny, by Charles Deiiina, (i vols. itvo. 



This is a tranllation ot the work en- 

 titled, " Revoluzioni delhi (jennania, di 

 (.'arlo Deninuj" and we are lorry to rv- 

 niark, ttiut, in coiifcqueuee of fome very 

 xocent occurrences, tlie author will have 

 •,but too fixir an opportunity to prclenl his 

 readers with a few additional chapters. 



'' I have lone, liad the inieution," fays 

 lie, in his preface, '' to detail the events 

 Avhich, in the courfe of nineteen centu- 

 ries, liave cliiiuiied the conllituiion of 

 Germany, ,ind altered the piepond(!rance 

 of certa.iu provinces and families. It w:is 

 my wi!li at the fame lime, to dtfcribe the 

 changes that have taken place in the 

 majaiers and culloms of the people, as 

 ■*vell as in the forms of the government, 

 xvliile I exhibited the llow or raiiid pro- 

 grefs of the arts and fciences. It would 

 he Jjecdlefs to dcmonftratc the utility of 

 fuch a work as this ; and no perfoii can 

 doubt, that a hiftory of Germany, if 

 treated in the manner jufi mentioned, 

 would prove alike interefting ti> both the 

 Italians and the Frcncli. 



" The fuccefs of my Hiftory of tiio Kc- 

 volutions of Iialv, infpired mc with tin; 

 idea of writin;: rhat of Germany, acaord- 

 w<Z to the fame model. I was the m(<ie 

 inclined to follow this method, becaure 

 iiothiii!; of the kind, cither original <^r 

 tranllated, was to tie found in ItahiMi ; 

 and, e>en in France, there was not arty 

 woik of ofuination on the fame fubjecf, 

 r\ct'j)t the Clironolo<;i{-al Abridguieirt 

 of M. I'feifel. The llillory of Germany, 

 by Keifs, is at once defective and iM 

 written; that of P. Ijarrt*, diiliife and 

 ftiperticial ; in Ihort, both of them arc 

 pieatlv inferior to the Account of the 

 Lower Empire, by I.e Beau. 



" Mean«liile the rumours of my iiiten.- 

 tioiis having been fprcad abroad, Frederick 

 II. king of I'ruflia, at length received inti- 

 mation of thcin, juid fuon syt'ter did me 

 the honour to invite iiie to Beilin. (.)n 

 my arrival in (u rmany, I difeovered that 

 M. In'iutius Schmidt liad already jxib- 

 liflieri fome of the firft volumes of his 

 " llilf.ory of the (jennans}" and I heard 

 on all tides, that this fubjcrt was treated 

 in a very maiierly manner, I accoiiJ- 

 .Miiily refolded to tranllate it into Italian ; 

 but, on further coiitidcration, I perceived 



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