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vertisement prefixed informs us, “is for- 
gotten by the translator, and he has now 
no copy of the original drama in his pos- 
session to ascertain it.” 
“ The Review ; or The Wags of Wind- 
sor;” appears to have some slight variation 
from the farce which has been usually, 
acted in the first scene of Caleb Quotem. 
. © Eove Laughs at Locksmiths,” and 
“ The Gay Deceivers,” are other transla- 
tions from the French, with occasional 
emissions, curtailmenis, and departure 
from the dialogue. 
The name of Arthur Griffinhoof, under 
which most of his farces have been in- 
troduced to the Public, is acknowledged 
to have becn assumed by Mr. Corman, 
asa nom de guerre, through the fear that 
disrepute as a farce-writer might have 
been prejudicial to him as the author of 
a comedy, orany kind of play. 
Among the 
NOVELS. 
« Edmund Fitgaubrey,” by Campri- 
gnsis, will be found a work of consi- 
derable interest, in three small volumes ; 
ehaste and simple in its language, and 
‘with much variety of incident. 
Nor have we less commendation to 
bestow on the “ Leicestershire Tales ;” 
by. Miss Many Lixwoop. These are, 
in number six; entitled, The Beaulort 
Family; Catherine; Friendship and Re- 
venge; Ilarriet; and The Debt of Gra- 
titude Repaid: and are designed by the 
authoress to impress upon the youthful 
mind a'sense of the advantages and im- 
portance Of MORAL RECTITUDBE. 
MISCELLANIES, 
*¢ A most pleasant, fruitful, and witty 
Work of the best State of a Public Weal, 
and of the new Isle called Utopia; written 
in Latin by the right worthy and famous 
Sir Thomas More, Knight, and translated 
into. English by Raphe Robinson, A.D. 
1551. A. new Edition; with coprous 
Notes (including the whole of Dr. War- 
ner’s), and a biographical and literary In- 
troduction.’’ By the Rev. T. F. Dispinx, 
F.S.A. 2 vols. 12mo. 
It was the remark of Bishop Burnet, 
that the romance of the Utopia had a 
very, common fate upon it—to be more 
known and admired all the world over, 
than here at home. Indeed, it seems to 
have been translated within a compara- 
tively short period, from its publication 
into almost all the European languages. 
“It was my original intention (says 
Mr. Dibdin) to have prefixed to this edi- 
tion of the Utopia some account of the 
life of Sir Thomas More; but recollect- 
Retrospect of Domestic Literature— Novels, &c. 
ing how frequently (and indeed recently) 
the subject had been before the public, it 
appeared to be a more eligible plan to 
reserve for the notes, suhjoined to the 
text of the Utopia, such anecdotes of our 
author’s life as might enliven, while they 
illustrated the work. I shall therefore 
beg the reader’s attention to the follow- 
ing arrangement of my introductory ma- 
terials :— ‘ 
“4. The Family of Sir Thomas More. 
“2, The Biography of Sir Thomas 
More. 
_“S. Account of his Works ; with Spe- 
cimens of the same. 
“4, Editions of the Utopia.” 
Of the editions, we find twelve in La- 
tin, the first being dated about 1516; one 
Italian; two French; and ten English, 
beside the present. 
The notes are both curious and inte-~ 
resting. We have also a Catalogue Rai- 
sonée of the various portraits which have 
been engraved of Sir Thomas More. 
Later, in point of date, though of a 
superior interest to the world at large, 
are ** The Works of John Dryden, now ® 
Jirst collected, in eighteen Volumes, Il- 
lustrated with Notes, historical, critical, 
and explanatory, and a Life of the Au- 
thor, by Warren Scott, Esq.” 
Afier the criticisms of Johnson, and 
the accurate researches of Mr. Malone, 
little new was probably to be expected in 
a Life of the poet. Mr. Scott, however, 
his endeavoured to connect the life of 
Dryden with the history of his publica- 
tions; and in such a manner as not, in 
any part, to lose sight of the fate and 
character of the individual, The fol- 
lowing extract from the advertisement 
will probably best explain the principal 
peculiarities in the present edition of the 
poet’s works :— 
“In collecting the poetry of Dryden, 
some hymns translated from the service 
of the Catholic church were recovered by 
the favour of Captam Mac Donogh, of 
the Inverness militia. As the body of 
the work was then printed off, they were 
inserted iu the life of the author; but 
should a second impression of this edi- 
tion be required by the public, they shall 
be transferred to their proper place, To 
the letters of Dryden, published in Mr, 
Malone’s edition of his prose works, the 
editor has been enabled to add one arti- 
cle, by the favour of Mrs. White, of 
Bownanhall, Gloucestershire. Those pre- 
served at Knowles were examined at the 
request cf a noble friend, and the con~ 
tents appeared unfit for publication. 
Dryden’s 
