1808:] 
more to resume it, from an opinion that 
his object is unattainable. Even these 
difficulties would have been rendered ra- 
ther tolerable to my friend, had Dr. Mon- 
tucci, in the manner of Wanostrocht 
marked the gender of the nouns, or even 
oily where exceptions occurred. ‘This 
isa very great defect, in a work, which 
professes to be calculated for such as 
would wish to learn that language with- 
out the help of a master; and I hope I 
shall be excused taking the liberty of re- 
commending to Dr. Mentucci, or any fu- 
ture editor of it, to supply this defect, as 
well as to imcrease the quantity of exer- 
cises. In the mean time, my friend not 
being able to make any farther progress 
in his attempt, would be much obliged 
to any of your numerous contributors to 
acquaint him with any other Italian gram- 
mar or exercise-book, which would fur- 
nish him with that desirable particular. 
It is astonishing to mé, that grammars of 
other languages have not been formed on 
the planof Deletanville’s French and Eng- 
Kish Exercises, which are calculated for 
the use of such as are desirous of making 
French, without the help of any other 
grammar or dictionary. The peculiarity 
of this practical grammaris, that, through- 
out, the learner’s understanding is never 
anticipated, nor is he supposed to he ac- 
quainted with any part of speech, till it 
has been explained to him. Each part 
‘of speech being separately. treated of 
therein, its formation is first shewn; then 
its use; the order in which it is to be 
ranged is pointed out; afterwards the 
whole is exemplified in short sen- 
tences ; and lastly English exercises are 
printed in one column, in order to be 
translated into French, according to the 
rules that are before laid down, with a 
dictionary in the other, containing the 
French for those exercises, and explaining 
the nature of every word. As a work 
adapted for practical utility, 1 think it is 
sans pareil.: 
“In relation to the above subjects I 
beg leave ‘to express how much obliged 
T am to the defatigable pen of Dr. Wa- 
nostrocht for his numerous publications 
for the use of young people, and particu- 
Jarly for bis practical Latin grammar. 
It has however one defect, which is, the 
“wait of akey. In endeavouring to’ read 
my Latin, I have found thisito-be a’ great 
fiindrance. “At the recommendation of 
the Monthly Reviewers, Dr. Montucci 
‘sappliedia similar defect in a subsequent 
‘edition'of his (taliawyranmare 2) 
And here 1 would wish to-ask any of 
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your numerous readers whether any dic- 
tionary, either of the English, French, 
Italian, or German, languages has been 
published on the plan of Salmou’s Stem- , 
mata Latinitatis, a work which I thinkin- 
estimable,and only to be duly appretiated 
but by an experience of its uses. In 
one of your former numbers, £ think an 
English one, on a similar plan was an- 
nounced, if Tam not mistaken, by Mr. 
Booth. Should be glad to know when it 
is likely to be published. Hoping you 
willexcuse my taking up so much of your 
room, I remain, Your's, &c. 
Greenwich, Titomas Fewster, 
September 28, 1808. 
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To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
ix the obituary of the Freemason’s 
Magazine for March, 1797, I find 
the following account of the death 6f the 
inventer of the polygraphic art, Me, 
Joseph Buoth, and also some hints re- 
specting that important discovery. 1 
should be glad to be informed, through 
the channel of your truly respectable 
publication, whether the process. em- 
ployed by Mr. Buoth is now known, or 
whether it died with him, and if so lost, 
what is the supposed means he used to 
obtain copies from originals, so exact as 
I have seen some done by him; but if 
the secret is known at this time to any 
one, why is it not now practised? Any 
information relative to this discovery of 
Mr. Booth’s, will be esteemed a favour 
conferred on, Sir, 
Your constant reader, 
Bedfordshire, R. R-—-p: 
Sept. 12, 1808. © 
“ Lately, in Cumberland Gardens, 
Vauxhall, Mr, Joseph Booth, the ingeni- 
ous inventor of the polygraphic art, and 
of the more important art of manufac- 
‘taring cloth by a perfectly original pro- 
cess, 
“ Mechanical invention is one of the 
great pillars that support the grandeur of 
the British constitution. It was reserved 
tor Mr. Booth, the inventor of the poly- 
graphic art, to apply mechanical inven- 
‘tion, and particularly thé power of che- 
mistry, to. the diffusion; perpetuation, 
and in some respects the improvenient, 
of the most generally pleasing and capti- 
vating of the iberaiarts. This ingenious 
artist actually invented a method of mul- 
tiplying pictures in oil, colours, with all 
the properties @f the original paintings, 
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