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This “ unknown philofopher’’ has 
imterlarded his publication with fuch a 
profufion of new words, anc quaint 
phrafes, that it is extremely difficult to 
comprehend either his fentiments or al- 
Tufions. 
After combating atheifm, in fuch a 
fuperficial manner as to be but little for- 
midable to atheifts, he contemplates the 
melancholy fituation of the human race, 
im confequeace of the fu// of Adam, and 
defcribes all the a€tions of mankind asa 
perpetual Jabour to attain that perfection 
which we fhould otherwife have a right 
to afpire to. 
This vifGonary confiders the exiftence 
of woman as a proof of our degrada- 
tion, and affcéts to be extremely piqued 
that he fhou'd have been born of one. 
Nay, he fuppofes that at the day of 
judgment the females muft change their 
fex before they are admitted to partici- 
pate in our happinefs! | 
While treating of dancing, he obferves 
‘that the dance is an image of that li- 
berty which man. would enjoy provided 
he were difengaged from thofe material 
trammels to which be is fubjeéted ; the 
motions that refult from rhis exerciie, 
are fo many efforts in erder to attain a 
region lefs inert than the earth, and enjoy 
that perpetual agiliry for which he was 
deftined.’” 
“ De |’Homme.”—On Man; a de- 
tached chapter belonging to a work on 
the different modes of focial organization. 
Paris. 
The hifiory of this ‘¢ biped”? is no 
other than the hiftory of his paifions, his 
vices, and his errors. which being amal- 
gamated with the compofiticn of nan in 
fociety, enter into tht formation of the 
focial organization, whatever mode may 
be adopted for that purpole. — his chap- 
ter contains only thirty-two pages, which 
by fome will be confidered as a very 
fmail portion of matier, on fo vaft a 
fubjec&t ! 
The author begins by comparing men 
to animals; and afferts, that the former, 
with ali their power, are unable to attain 
any, thing equal to the inftinct of the 
Jatter. ‘Animals according to him are 
perfc& 5 man. only perfeciible s he pol- 
felfes no ftare of nature, and his life is 
naturally artificial.” 
<< Nouveaux Dialogues des Morts, Bete, 
—New Dialogues of the Dead, between 
the moft famous Perfonages of the French 
Revolution, and feveral celebrated Men, 
both ancient and modern, who died before 
Retrofpett of French Literatures MVhfcellanies. 
that Epoch. To which are added, other 
Dialogues, between great living Pere 
fonages, who have either remained in 
France, or emigrated fromit, &c. By 
F. Paces. Paris. 
This volume contains eighteen dia- 
logues between the dead, and eight more 
between the living. The Dramatis Per- 
fone of the firft, are Demofihenes and 
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The living perfonages confift of Pitt 
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Dumouriez; Pichegru and Suwarrow, 
&c. &c. 
‘¢ Di€tionnaire Univerfel de Geogra- 
phie,” &c.—An Univerfal Diétionary of 
Commercial Geography. By Jacques 
PEUCHET, author of the Diétionary of 
Police, of the Methodical Encyclopedia, 
&c. 5 vols. gto. Paris. 
This extenfive work is intended as a 
manual forthe commercial men of France. 
The introduétion contains a very ex- 
cellent hiftorical defcription of the pro- 
grefs of navigation, commerce, agricul- 
ture, manufaétures, &c. 
‘© Hiftcire Naturelle des Salamandres 
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of the Salamanders of Francé, to which 
is prefixed a Methodical Table of other 
indigenous Reptiles; by P. A. La- 
TREILLE, affociate-member of the Na- 
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i vol. in 8vo. 120 pages, adorned with 
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This work, which is the firft of the 
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r. Of a correét fynonimical defcription 
of the lizards, ferpents, frogs, and toads, 
of France ; 
* 2. A general and particular hiftory of 
all the falamanders. Every different 
fpecies is feured with great precifion, and 
the whole is printed and fnifhed with 
elegance and correéinefs. 
« Hiftoire Naturelle de ‘a Rofe,” &c. 
—The Natural Hiftory of the Rofe, in 
which its different fpecies, culture, vir- 
tues, and properties, are defcribed ; to 
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yzmo. Paris. 
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