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fwered, “ Fe fuis le trés humble ferviteur 
des Cwénements:’ Tam the moft humble 
fervant of the events, 
Des RéaGions, &c. On Political Re- 
aétions, by Benjamin Conftant,  8vo. 
This writer and Theremin are two of 
the abieft defenders of the prefent contti- 
- tution of France; which, sf in the eyes 
of fome not fufficiently democratic, is, at 
leaft, an excellent fchool for democracy. 
La Politique d Ariffote, &c. — Ariftotle’s 
Politics, tranflated from the Greek, with 
notes, by the Cit. Champagne. 2 vols. 8vo. 
The French revolution has brought the 
Grecian hiftory and politics home to our 
doors ; and we are become familiar with 
ariftocracy and democracy. This tran{- 
dation is faid to be well executed. 
Des Caufes dela Révolution, &c. Of the 
Caufes of the Revolution, and of its Re- 
fultrs, Svo.. A moderate author in de- 
fence of the revolution, which, as he 
fhews, was produced by no particular 
(events, or intrigues, but by the progrefs of 
reafon among the people at large, arifing 
moftly from the mere fpectacle of faults 
and errors, prefented to their eyes by the 
antiquated government. 
Les Soirées d'un Solitaire, &c. The 
Evenings of a Solitary Man, or Confi- 
derations-on the Conftirutional Principles 
- of States, by J. E. Chappuzzi, $vo. This 
work chiefly confilts of refieétions on the 
leading events in the French revolution. 
The French prefs teems with political 
works and pamphlets, of which we' fhall 
only notice the chief. Who would un- 
dertake a review of the pamphlets pub- 
lithed during our civil commotions in the 
. daft century, which nll an entire room in 
~the Britifh Mufeum, and may be com- 
puted by thoufands ? 
~.A good tranflation of Mr. Erfkine’s 
pamphlet on. the prefent war has appear- 
ed at. Paris. 
Des Effets de la Terreur, &c. On the 
Effeéts of Terror, by Benjamin Conftant, 
vo. This pamphlet completes the firtt 
edition of the Réadtions Politiques of the 
fame author. 
Refiexions fur le Culte, &c.  Refleftions 
on Public Worfhip, oa Civil Ceremonies, 
and National Feafts, by L. M. Reveillere- 
Lepaux, Member of the National Infti- 
tute, 8vo. The celebrated director, au- 
thor of this pamphlet, inquires, 1. If cer- 
tain dogmas and a religious worfhip be 
neceffary ?’ He believes that no nation can 
omit them : 2. If this worfhip ought to be 
. adopted and’regulated by the legiflation ? 
He decides for the negative. 
He then examinés if pomp be ufeful 
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and neceffary in religious worfhip. In 
granting that the multitude muft be at- 
traéted by their eyes, he afferts that the 
time is not yet proper, and that found 
_ politics oppofe the permiffion of .difplay- 
ing pomp in whatever worfhip. Perhaps 
one of the divifions of this pamphlet, — 
which may attract the moft general appro- 
bation, is that relative to the civil cere- 
monies, or thofe which ought to be prac- 
tifed at the three principal epochs of life, 
birth, marriage, and death. Pomp ap- 
pears to him indifpenfible in civil inftiru- 
tions, and particularly in national feftivals. 
On thefe occafions ought to be difplayed 
all tha: can kindlethe imagination, elevate 
the foul to the moft fublime ideas, and 
the. heart to the moft noble fentiments. 
This little traét abounds with great and 
benevolent views. , 
Vues d'un Citoyen, &c. Ideas concern- 
ing Sepulture, by a citizen formerly 
Member of the Legiflative Affembly, 8vo. 
The author, a friend to the arts, recom- 
mends perfeét freedom to all perfuafions, 
to ereét fepulchral monuments. It had 
been agitated, whether a tree planted on 
the grave fhould not be the only memo- 
rial. 
De la Famille, &c. .Family confidered 
as the Element of Society, by T. Guir- 
audet, 8vo. 
well-known hafis, that every fociety, every 
ftate, 1s a compofition of families; it is 
not deficient in learned illuftrations of 
this interefting topic, and abounds with 
documents of pure morality. ~~ 
De l Egahté, &c. On Equalitys or. 
general Princtples concerning Civil, Po- 
litical, and Religious Inftitutions, z vols. 
8vo. This work is a fupplement to a 
former produétion of the author, “ The 
Correfpondence of an Inhabitant of Paris, 
on the Revolution,” 1791. This writer 
is a count of the Holy Roman empire ; 
and it is not furprifing that he fhould 
look on objeéts with the green fpeétacles 
of ariftocracy. 
Plan d'un nouveau Tarif, &c. Plan of 
anew Tarif of Contributions, or a Me- 
thod of diminishing the Land-tax, and 
increafing the Revenue of the French 
This work is founded on the 
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Republic ; prefented tothe Council of Five - 
Hundred, by Citizens Loire-Duchemin, 
furveyors in the canton of Liancourt, 
department of the Oife. 
Manuel adminiftratif, Fudiciaire & Com- 
TACT CLE HA 
This is the title of a periodical publi- 
cation, the firft number of which was 
_ prefented to the Executive Dire€tory and 
the Councils, which ordered honourable 
mention 
