Retrofped of French Literaturem—Mifcellanies. 
Tn this publication a frefh mark of ho- 
mage is paid tothe Rofe, one of the moft 
brilliant produétions of our modern 
flower gardens. While diftinguithing 
the various fpecies, the author, on the 
faith of Lemery and Dorbeffan, includes 
the rofe with blue flowers, in oppofition to 
the opinions cf the moft famous bota- 
nifts, more efpecially of Allioni, in his 
Flora of Piedmont, and Scopvli, a native 
of the very diftri€&t in which this rare 
produétion has been faid to have origi- 
nated, Another, and a ftill more ridicu- 
lous affertion, is the regeneration of a 
rofe, like that of the fabled phoenix of | 
old, from its own afhes ! 
In the more amufing portion of the 
work, entitled ‘* The Bafket of Rofes,”’ 
Guillemeau has colleéted a number of 
paflages in honour of this flower from 
Anacreon, Ariofto, Catullus, &c. &c. 
*¢ Reflexions fur les Etabliffemens de 
Bienfaifance, &c.’’—Reflexions on Cha- 
ritable Inftitutions, containing Obferva- 
tions on the Means of perfecting the Ad- 
miniftration of public Benevolence. By 
the Citizen GERARD DE MELEy, for- 
merly a lawyer. A duodecimo pamphlet. 
Paris. 
This little pamphlet forms'a {pecies of 
code for the purpofe of regulating public 
beneficence. Every thing is treated of 
in a methodical manner, and it is pecu- 
diarly calculated for fuch as are concerned 
or employed in the adminiftration and 
diftribution of charity. 
“De l’Efprit des Chofes, ou Coup- 
d’ceil Philofophique fur la Nature, &c.”’ 
-—Of the Spirit .of Things, or a Philofo- 
phical Survey of the Nature of Things, 
and the Objeét of their Exiftence; a 
work in which man is confidered as the 
folution of all enigmas; 2 vols. 8vo. 
Paris. 
The author of this work affumes the 
name of ** the Unknown Philofopher,” 
and adopts the following motto in‘ his 
title-page : 
« Quia mens hominis rerum univerfa- 
litatis fpeculum eft.” 
‘The fame perfon has alfo publifhed the 
following books, viz. * De l’Erreur & de 
la Vérité’’—Of Truth and Error. “ Le 
Pableau Naturel”—T he Natural Piéture. 
““L?Homme de Defir’—The Man of 
Defire. And “ Le Crocodile’’—The 
Crocodile: all of which, like the prefent, 
are dedicated to the difcuffion of meta- 
phyfical fubje@s, 
“ Annuaire de I’ Inftruétion Publique,” 
« MonTHLY Mag. 
637 
é&c.—Almanack of Public Inftruétion, 
for the ninth Year of the New French 
féra, and the year 1801 of the Chriftian 
ira. Paris. 
The author of this almanack under- 
takes to prefent a yearly account of the 
fiate of public educatien, not only in 
Paris and the provinces, but in Germany 
and foreign parts. Ee alfo gives an ac- 
. count of all the public inftitutions in the 
capital of the Republic. ‘ 
“ Sur la Liberté de ’ Imprimerie, &c.’’ 
—On the Liberty of the Prefs, and of 
Commerce; by the Citizen Camus. 
Paris. 
This little pamphlet, confifting of no 
more than twenty pages, contains a com- 
plete refutation of the memoir of Cirnzen 
CATLLEAU, entitled ‘‘ Moyen {tic & infal- 
lible de rendre |’ Imprimerie 2 fon ancienne 
Splendeur.” He had propofed in that 
memorial to limit the number of mafter 
printers to fifty ! each of which was to 
pay down ten thonfand franks! (about 
450l. fterling). To adopt fuch a plan as 
this, fays Citizen Camus, would be to 
deftroy all confidence in government, and 
aggravate the misfortunes of many ci- 
tizens who would thus be deprivedof the 
hope and the means of remedying their 
misfortunes. 
** Nouveau Synonymes Frangais,” 8c. 
—wNew French Synonymes, by the Abbé 
RovuBAUD, 4 new edition, drawn up in 
alphabetical order, and carefully correét.. 
ed and augmented, 4 vols. 8vo. Paris 
and Hamburgh. 
On the publication of the firft edition, 
the Abbé Roubaud was ciowned by, and 
obtained the prize of utility from, the 
French Academy, in 1786. WNotwith- 
ftanding this flattering mark of diftinc- 
tion, he laboured to polifh this work 
until the day of his death, which cc- 
curred fome time fince. 
‘< Amufemens Phyfiques & Moraux, 
&c.”’—Phyfical and Moral Amufemenis ; 
or, Adventures in Private Life; 2 vols. 
12mo. Halle, in Saxony. 
Thefe ‘‘ Phyfical and Moral Amufe- 
ments, are no other than the gallantries 
of an abbé, who appears difcontenred 
with a profeffion to which he is a dif- 
prace. 
“ Plan General, en quatre feuilles, 
&c.”—A General Plan, on four fheets, 
forming a fing'e chart of the battles and 
engagements that have been fought in 
Italy during the campaign of 1799, be- 
ginning from the 26th of March of the 
4N faid 
