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and the catastrophe of the younger Dinan 
is very striking. We regret that the in- 
genious author has prescribed such narrow 
limits to his pen, and could be well con- 
tent to accompany him over a wider range 
on Some future occasion. ‘ 
We have before us No. XXXVII!T of the 
Pamphleteer. It contains nine distinct ar- 
ticles, two of which are original; but our 
allotted space will ouly allow us to notice a 
limited number. Vindicie Britannice, a 
‘vindication of the people from the charge 
of blasphemy, §c. forms the fifth article, 
and is a powerful appeal to every reason- 
‘able and unprejudiced mind, on the con- 
duct of ministers with regard to the sup- 
pression of blasphemous and seditious 
works ; on the little danger to the church 
from their circulation ; and on the liberty 
of the press in matters of religion. The 
author has displayed great ability as well 
‘in the style of the work, as in the force 
and distribution of his arguments. His 
letter on the freedom of the press, we 
think peculiarly excellent. Another article 
which deserves notice, is from the pen 
of the late Dr. Vicesimus Knox, and con- 
sists of Remarks on Grammar Schools. 
It is distinguished by that flowing and elo- 
quent style, which is so deservedly appre- 
ciated in the other treatises of this author ; 
and will be read with interest even by 
those who, like ourselves, are inclined to 
differ from him in their estimate of the 
importance and consequences of public 
schools. 
The pressure of more important matter, 
‘has compelled us to postpone noticing The 
hand of Providence manijested ; but we 
hardly need to apologize for the delay. It is 
a common-place tale, but not uninteresting; 
written ina hard familiar style, which is, 
however, at times, both natural and expres- 
‘sive. The object of the story is to illustrate 
the punishment of vice and the reward of 
virtue, in the opposite conduct aud success 
of two brothers. It is interspersed with 
some copper-plate engravings, which 
‘ought to have been omitted. 
The Rev. Joun CAMPBELL has pub- 
lished an account of his Travels in South 
‘Africc, undertaken at the request of the 
“London Missionary Society, being his se- 
cond journey into the interior of that 
‘country. His former tour was made in the 
‘year 1813, and published two years after- 
wards. The boundary of his progress on 
‘that occasion was the settlement of Lat- 
takoo; but he has now carried his re- 
‘searches at least one hundred and sixty 
miles beyond that place. His whole’ jovr- 
‘ney occupied about ten months, during 
‘which time he visited various missions, 
which appear, by his account, to be ina 
prosperous condition. Although not so re- 
‘plete with original matter as his former 
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[April 1, 
work, we think Mr. Campbell’s present 
publication is equally meritorious atid en- 
tertaining, 
We are glad to see a'traaslation of Du- 
Pin’s View of the History and actual 
State of the Military, by an Offecr. In 
this elaborate work the learned author 
has not only treated of the strength and 
management of our armies, but tikes @ 
general view of the civil administration 
connected with them, and the manner in 
which the war department is conducted in 
the various government offices. It is not 
easy for a foreigner, and particularly a 
Frenchman, to divest himself of prejudices ; 
and whilst we admit, that very high en- 
comium is due to M. Dupin for the tiber- 
ality he has shewn in stating the result of 
his enquiries, we cannot shut our eyes to 
various errors, arising parily from feclings 
of partiality, and partly from incorrect or 
deficient information. We feel, however, 
so well pleased with the origival wok, 
that we differ from the translator in think- 
ing that the abridgements he has made 
were necessary, at least to the great ex- 
tent to which he has carried them. 
Epigrams, and other short Poems on 
various subjects, by Epwarp TrRapr 
PILGRIM, esq. if not eutirely without 
ingenuity, certainly do not display any 
great originality of wit. They consist, 
as the title denotes, of a collection of 
poetical wiiticisms, most of which, we be- 
lieve, have been long current, and have 
merely been yersified for this book. We 
have attempted to find something new, 
which we might extract as a specinicn of 
the rest, for the amusement of our readers, 
but we refrain from doing so, in the belie? 
that the omission will be equally to their 
advantage and that of Mr. Pilgrim. 
We have perused, with mneh satisfac- 
tion, a collection of tales, for the most 
part, if not altogether original, called 
Stories after Nature. They exhibit much 
tenderness of feeling, and many of them 
may claim considerable merit, both in the 
construction of the story and the style of 
execution. The model which the author 
has chosen, seems to be the graver class of 
Boccaccio’s novels, and he has ‘thrown an 
air of antiquity over his narratives, by 
adopting, more, perhaps, than we can ap- 
prove of, the phraseology aud grammati- 
cal structure of our earlier prose writers. 
We cannot now expect to bring our lan- 
guage back to the standard of the age of 
Elizabeth, and any attempt to dososayours 
strongly of affectation. This is the great 
fault of the volume in question, to which, 
-as the novelist has not thought proper to 
affix his name, we shall not aseribe an 
author; but wevthink his name is written 
legibly in every page of the book, where 
we recocnize the same heanties and 
, i blemishes, 
