PREVOST AND BLAGDON’S BEAUTIES OF DB. MOORE, Xe. 
685 
Agr. XII. Beauties of Dr. John Moore, selected from the moral, philosophical, and 
miscellaneous Works of that esteemed Author, Sc. 
F. Bracpon, LZsq. 8vo. pp: 482. 
SCRAPS from Dr. Moore’s works, 
thrown together without arrangement. 
The preface announces a series of such 
beauties. It would be well if the laws 
Art. XIV. Addisoniana. 
THE editor of this publication asserts 
that more than a thousand volumes have 
been looked over to supply the materials. 
They must have been looked over very 
carelessly if only 343 articles could be 
collected from them, many of which are 
mere extracts from the Spectator, and 
the other works of Addison, and others 
By the Rev. ¥. Pesvosr and 
to protect literary property were extend- 
ed to abridgments, and such mutilations 
as these. 
12mo. 2 vols. pp. 502. : 
only repetitions of the same worthless 
information which is elsewhere in the 
same volume given under a different 
title. The original matter consists of 
a few letters of no great value between 
Addison and Mr. Wortley, with fac- 
similes of Addison’s writing. 
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Art. XV. The Polyanthea; or a Collection of interesting Fragments, in Prose and Verse: 
consisting of original Anecdotes, Biographical Ske:ches, Dialogues, Letters, Characters, 
&e. Se. Zvols. 8vo. pp. 808. 
ANexcellent book for the sofa or the 
drawing-room window-seat: he must 
have a very fastidious appetite, who does 
not relish some or other of the various 
dishes set before him by this industrious 
editor. Slag 
Arr. XVI. Flowers of Literature, for 1801 and 1802. By the Rev. F. Prevost 
' and ¥. Buacvon, Esq. vol. 1. to be continued annually. 8vo. pp. about 500. 
ONE of the many catchpenny compilations of needy ignorance. 
Art. XVII. 4 Narrative of the Loss of his Majesty’s Packet, the Lady Hobart, on 
an Island of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean, 28th of June 1803. 
the providential Escape of the Crew in two open Boat;. 
With a particular Account of 
By Witziam Dorset 
Fetrowes, Esq. Commander. Dedicated, by Permission, to the Right Hon. the Posts 
master General. 8vo. pp. 46. 
SUCH a narrative as this is no sub- 
ject for literary criticism: let those who 
can weep over the imaginary sorrows of 
the hero of a novel close their volume 
and turn to the real distresses here exhi- 
bited. The following critique is more 
to the purpose than any we can write: 
«« We have perused this report with a 
mixed sentiment of sympathy and admira- 
tion. We are satisfied, that in the loss of 
the packet and of, the public correspondence, 
no blame is imputable to Captain Fellowes, 
to his officers, or to his seamen. In their 
exertion after the ship had struck on the 
floating mass of ice, and in their subsequent 
conduct, they appear to have shewn all the 
talents and virtues which can distinguish the 
naval character. 
«* Let a proper letter be written in our 
names to the friends and family of the very 
worthy Trench officer who perished. And 
we shall be solicitous to learn the entire re- 
covery of the other passengers, who met such 
‘dangers and sufferings ‘with the most exem- 
_ plary fortitude. ; 
~ «© Mr. Freeling will return the narrative to 
Captain Fellowes, with our permission to 
«¢ dug. 16, 1803. 
him to communicate it to his friends; or, if 
he shall think proper, to give it to the public. 
It cannot fail to impress on thé minds of all 
who may read it, the henefit of religion, and 
the consolation of prayer under the pressure 
of calamity ; and also an awful sense of the 
interposition and mercies of Providence, in 
a case of extreme peril and distress. To seat 
men it will more especially shew that disci- 
pline, order, generosity ef mind, good tem; 
per, mutual benevolence, and patient exer- 
tion, are, under the favour of Heaven, the 
best safeguards in ull their difficulties. 
«* With respect to Captain Fellowes, we 
feel highly gratified in having it in our power 
so immediately to give to him a promotion, 
which we have reason to believe will be par- 
ticularly acceptable. 
(Signed) «< AUCKLAND. 
** C. Spencer.” 
The French officer here alluded to was 
Mr. Charles Rossé, who had just been 
taken prisoner of war before the fatal 
wreck: in a moment of delirium he 
sprang overboard and perished.» This 
attention to his friends and family does 
honour to the British character. ~ 
