1800.] 
fixed fcale, fome pofitive and determined 
rules of proportion, &c. the Greck artifts 
could not have produced thofe exquifite 
and perfeé models, which fucceeding ages 
have admired and almoft adored, but could 
never equal. Be that as it may, it feems 
morally certain that they confidered paint- 
ing asa fcience, in which excellence was 
not to be attained without a regular 
inveftipation of firft principles, a clofe 
ftudy of nature, and unremitting induftry, 
‘There is fome reafon to fear, that in this 
country it is now confidered as a trade, 
and a trade in which, if the proteffor can 
get practice, ftudy ts not neceffary. As 
we would not wifh to extend this cenfure 
to all, and as there are, doubtlefs, many 
young men who would wifh to go through 
the proper and neceflary gradations; a 
grammar of theart, built on the princi- 
ples of perfpective, and comprehending 
the rudiments of the art, would be a very 
ufeful work; but we are fearful that in 
fome points, particularly thofe that relate 
to perfpcétive, this little traét is defec- 
tive. 
Mr. Smith, of King-ftreet, Covent- 
garden, is preparing for publication a 
portrait of Count Rumford, whofe talents 
and ufeful exertions in the caufe of huma- 
nity muft render his portrait extremely 
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61 
interefting; and alfo a portrait of Dr. Jens 
ner, well known from his experiments in the 
new mode of innoculation with the cowe 
pox. 
Mefirs. Boydells will in a fhort time 
publith two prints, engraved by Gau. 
gain, from drawings by Weitall ; one of 
them, Edwin, from Dr. Beattie’s Minitrell, 
conceived in the true fpirit of the author ; 
the companion, 4 Girl fetching Water from 
a Well, one of thofe little imple fubje&ts 
which this artift alone always renders ine 
terefting and enchanting, 
The fixteenth number of Boydell’s 
Shakefpeare will be publifhed this month. 
Two more numbers will complete this 
elaborate and magnificent work, 
The celebrated engraver, Lips, a pupil 
of Lavater, at Zurich, has publithed pore 
traits of the three great heroes, the Arch. 
duke Charles, Prince Suwarrow, and Ge. 
neral Hotze, the two latter of which are 
adorned with fome memorial veries by 
Lavater. 
Frauenholz at Nuremberg has publifhed 
two portraits of Herder and Wieland, of 
the moft firiking refemblance, engraved 
after the drawings of Tilchbein and Pleif. 
fer, in etchings; each of them is fifteen 
inches high, and twenty broad, 

REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS, 

AN IntroduStion te Harmony, by William 
“ Shield. 18s, Robinjon. 
A work fo long announced for publica- 
tion as the ‘* Introduction to Harmony,” 
and by fo able and experienced a mufician 
as Mr. Shield, could not but excite our mott 
fedulous perufal, Iv is, therefore, not with- 
out a minvte inve(tigation and full convic- 
tion of its merits that we award to it our 
unqualified approbation, and pronounce its 
fuperiovity over all fimilar productions of 
the fame bulk. The author apens his pre- 
fatory advertifement by informing us that 
he has not availed himfelf of the opinion 
or advice of any judicious friend ; and lays, 
¢° f fhall doubtlefs merit devere correction, 
from the critic; but as my attempt has 
been rather to write a ufeful book, ihana 
learned work, I truft that he will not 
break a butterfly upon the wheel for not be- 
ing able to foar with the wings of aneagle.”” 
However, though the attainment ot his 
object did not demand the lotty track of 
the eagle, it required that tteady courde 
and ftrength of pinion which charafer- 
izes the ‘* feathered king; and Mr. 
Shield’s modelt opinion of his own under- 
taking will not guide us in our calcula~ 
tion of his powers. The tafk of pro- 
ducing an Introduction to Harmony, 
written on the judicious and comprehen 
five plan of the prefent publication, was 
an arduous one; and only fitted to real 
genius, aided by practical experience, 
keen difcernment, and ui wearied patience. 
The work commences by introducing the 
reader to a familiarity with the diatonic 
fcale, thence to the :zterwals, the common 
chord and its derivatives, &c. &c. com- 
prizing one hundred and twenty five arti- 
cles of information and illutiration, in the 
courfe of which the author not only lays 
down and explains the general laws of har- 
mony, as known to molt theoretical mu- 
ficians, but, entering into/matters of opi- 
nion and talte, developes many of thofe 
niceties and refinements which conftitute 
the fegrets of the proteflion. The precepts 
are 
