On Bonny castle's Trigonomefri/. 171 



eighteen, his " Essays of a Young Man," which contain 

 several pieces which the poet Leopold praises highly, and 

 which show a true poetical talent. The wife of the as- 

 sessor Lengiien, at Stockholm, a woman of much genius, 

 has published several lighter poems, which are much es- 

 teemed. 



M. Eck finishes his work by some observations upon the 

 paper and metal cUrrencv circulated in Sweden, and some 

 remarks on the analogy between the Swedish and Danish 

 languages. 



XXVIIT. Letter from Mr. Keith in reply totheAnornjmous 

 Reviewer of Mr. Bonnycastle's Trigonoinetry. 



[Having no personal knowledge of either Mr. Keith or 

 Mr. Bonnycastle, I cannot be suspected of partiality to 

 either. I have endeavoured to show my impartiality by- 

 inserting Mr. Keith's first letter on the review of Mr. Bon- 

 nycastle's work, and the answer of the reviewer ; but as 

 it would not be proper to devote the pages of the Philoso- 

 phical Magazine to a lengthened dispute, I hope Mr. Keith 

 will not be offended at mv suppressing the mtroductory 

 part of his letter, and confining the following extract to 

 that part on which he principally founds his charge of 

 plagiarism. — A. T.] 



Tu Mr. Tilloch. 



*' Ijt.t this reviewer point out a 'single ex- 

 ample in any of my works, that can be found in similar 

 works of Mr. Bounvcastlc, (and I am aware he can do it in 

 two f)r three instances) I am prepared to refer, without hesi- 

 tation, t»; the original work, of prior date to any ')f Mr. 

 Bonnyca.'tk's works, whence it was extracted. — In the 

 nK'nn tiwif 1 will furnish him with a few examples which 

 Mr. Bonnycastle has copied from my work ; and when he. 



Ab • ; lie reft I vi- a: ftockholm : Meisrs. Gylier.tiorK, Ox;tis:iertia, Lccipoltl, 

 A ilcrL ih, and I rai, /;■.., are members of the acadtmy. ^ 



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