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with reverence, except when stated 
hours require their association ; and 
from others we,shrink with horror, 
or admit them only as salutary in- 
flictions, as counterpoises to our in- 
terests and passions. Such images 
rather obstruct the career of fancy 
than incite it. 
» “Pleasure and terror are indeed 
the genuine sources of poetry: but 
poetical pleasure must be such as 
human imagination can at least con- 
ceive, and poetical terror such as hu- 
man strength and fortitude may com- 
bat. The good andevil of eternity are 
too ponderous for the wings of wit ; 
the mind sinks under them in pas- 
sive helplessness, content with calm 
belief and humble adoration.” 
We could select here and there 
passages equally poetical and impres- 
sive; but after all, we question whe- 
ther they will confer immortality 
ona work, the far greater part of 
which consists of diffuse narrations, 
or of discourses put into the mouths 
of the several parties concerned in- 
our Saviour’s capture, trial, and 
crucifixion. 
Mr. Cumberland is throughout, a 
warm advocate for the Trinity, and 
the creed of the established church ; 
but we fear the circulation of his 
book will be too limited for it ever 
to obtain the praise conferred on 
the Paradise Lost; that is, of its 
having contributed more to support 
the orthodox creed than all the bo- 
dies of divinity that ever were writ- 
ten. 
Travelsduring the Years 1787, 1788, 
and 1789 ; undertaken more parti- 
cularly with a View of ascertaining 
the Cultivation, Wealth, Resources, 
and National Prosperity of the 
Kingdom of France. By Arthur 
OF BOOKS. 405 
Young, Esq. F.R.S. §c. 2 vol. 
Ato. 1792. 
A BOOK so valuable as this 
must prove to every class of 
readers, we could not leave unno- 
ticed; though our contracted li- 
mits,professing only to be an account, 
not a review of books, will not al- 
low of our making those copious 
extracts of agreeable information 
with which Mr. Young’s book 
abounds, but in the selection of 
which we should be at a loss where 
to stop. Should our mention of it, 
however, merely prove an induce- 
ment to some of our readers to 
peruse volumes which, from ac- 
cidental circumstances, may not al- 
ready have fallen into their hands, 
we shall think we have done a pub- 
lic benefit, by promoting, as much 
as lies in our power, a turn for the 
cultivation of and attention to a 
science which is the source of our 
real wealth, and which is the basis 
of the prosperity of these king- 
doms. From the comparative view 
here presented by our author of 
French and English agriculture, 
though confessedly giving the latter 
the preference in every respect, 
we are taught to find that we do 
not excel the rest of Europe so- 
much as other travellers, who have: 
not made agriculture the peculiar 
object of their enquiries, would 
make us believe we do.’ We do 
not make this observation by way 
of depreciating our own progress 
in this department; but only that 
the efforts of our rivals may stimu- 
late us to fresh exertions, and ani- 
mate us in the pursuit of so useful _ 
and so noble a science. Indeed it 
must be admitted that, till lately, 
the same attention has not been 
paid to agriculture that has been 
devoted 
