Vol. V.] 
it is a refpe€table performance. Mrs. 
BENNET has difplayed confiderable ta- 
lent for the difu/e, inher “ Beggar Girl,” 
a novei, which fhe has happily fucceeded 
in {pinning through feven volumes ! 
** Count Donomar”’ js a tranflation from 
the German: i: is, in every refpeét but one, 
eniitled to the highelt éncomium: the 
ftory 1s original, the characters natural, 
the language rich, the imagery fplendit, 
and the fentiments fine; but the tenden- 
cy of the work is immoral; its {cenery is 
fhamefully voluptuous. Mr. J. Fox’s 
“© Santa Maria” is a romance which be- 
trays unufual imbecility, and unufual 
licentioufnets. ‘ The Midnight: ell’ 
is the produétion of Mr. Francis La- 
‘HAM, a gentleman who has before em- 
ployed himfe!f in this fpecies of compo- 
fition. Mr. L. has a talent for invention, 
which, however, is not under fufficiently 
ftriét difcipline : were the delineation of 
character an objeét of greater attention 
with him, he would avoid that intricacy 
of plot, that hurry and confufion of ine 
cident, which rather perplex than inte-~ 
reft his readers. “The Midnight Bell is 
faid to be a German ftory ; if fo, Mr. L. 
is, of courfe, exonerated from any error 
which may attack tothe original. ‘“¢ The 
Reétor’s Son,” by Mifs ANNE PLume- 
TREE, is a work of moral tendency; a 
merit which places it in a higher ftation 
_than many, which, in other ‘refpeéts, 
would, perhaps, be confidered fuperior. 
** The Hiftory of Vanillo Ganzales" is a 
tranflation from the French of Le Sage, 
the well-known author of _ Gil Blas, 
which, in many refpeéts, it refembles, 
but to which it is fo much inferior, not- 
withftanding the originality of fome 
characters, that its authenticity has been 
fufpeéted. The author of “ Ammor- 
vin and Zallida’”’ has chofen for the hero 
of his novel an emperor of China! 
This work is not deftitute of ingenuity, 
and allows us to believe that the writer 
of it is capable of producing a work of 
hction tefs expofed to critical objections 
than the prefent. ‘‘ The Hittory of Sir 
George Warrington” is written by the 
anthor of the Female Quixote, whoie re- 
puration will not fuffer by his laft pro- 
duction. Mr. WaLKEr’s * Cinthelia, 
or. a Woman of Ten Thoufand,” dif. 
plays original invention, ‘but the {tyle is 
very contemptible, che language fo grofs- 
ly ungrammatical, that we are forry the 
author, who is certainly a man of talents, 
did not folicit fome literary friend to 
revife the manufcript. ‘ Ellinor, or the 
Warld as it is,” by Marx Awn Han- 
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509 
way, though written incorreétly, con- 
tains many ipirued and fenfible obferva- 
tions. The author appears in no very 
amiable point of view, when fhe indulges 
-herfelf in fome {plenetic, invidious allu- 
fions to contemporary, writers, feveral of 
whom are certainly far fuperior to her 
felt. A fecond volume has appeared of 
Mifs Lex’s “ Canterbury Tales,” which, 
like the firft. are lively, elegant, and ins 
genious. We could enumerate a great 
many more novels and romances, out‘the 
catalogue would be tirefome and sotally 
uprohtable. 
It affords us the greateft pleafure to 
obferve, that fo important an obje¢t as 
moral and icientifie 
EDUCATION 
meets with merited attention. Mr. Dow- 
LING’s *‘ Elements and Theory of the 
Hebrew Language, &c.”’ intended to fa- 
cilitate the ftudy of it:“but fo long as 
the difpute continues, /ub judice, concern- 
ing the importance or inutility of the 
points, it can never be a book of ge- 
neral circulation Mr. D. rejeéts the 
ufe of them. Mr. Warker’s “ Key 
to the claflical Pronunciation of Greels 
and Latin Proper Names, &c. &c.”’ is a 
work, the plan of which is good. Mr. 
W. however, 1s fomewhat dogmatical in 
his opinions, and particularly on a fub- 
ject where diffidence would have been 
much more becoming, namely, the ac- 
centuation of proper names. This work, 
though by no means invariably corre, 
and confequently very far from perfect, 
may be of confiderable ufe to many per- 
fons, and probably may ferve as the 
foundation of fome valuable fyperftruc- 
ture. Mr. SaLMon, the ingenious author 
of Stemmata Latinitatis, has publifhed ** A 
Comparifon of Englith Grammar with 
the French,” in which the principles and 
idiomatic expreffions of the two lan- 
guages are difcuffed and illuftrated: this 
work is defigned, and is extremely well 
calculated, to facilitate the fludy of the 
Englith language to foreigners: it fure 
nifhes our own youth, moreover, with a 
grammatical knowledge of their own 
tongue, at the fame time that they are 
improving themfelves in French. Mr. 
Honnsey’s * Short Grammar of the 
Enghih Language, Sec.” 1s a compilation 
from the writings of Lowth, Wood, 
Johnfon, Blair, &c. &c. and fimplified to 
the capacties of children. The rules are 
fhort and perf{picuous. An anonymous 
write: has publifhed tome ‘* Thoughts on 
Elocution;’ he appears to have ftudied 
his {ubjeét with attention, as he writes 
; on 
