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guage, is merely a barrier againft the pro- - 
grefs of civilization. 
Our traveller rcturns by Manchefter, 
Buxton, the. Peak of Derbythire, which 
gratines his curiofity, Birmingham, War- 
wick, and Oxford. jHis remarks -are 
always thofe.of a fcientific and liberal 
mind; and a tranflation of his work 
would, doubrlefs, form a pleafing accom- 
paniment to the tour of Pennant, and 
other modern travellers. . 
Voyage Phil: fopbique, &c. A Philofo- 
phical and Piéture{que Journey in Eng- 
land and France, in 1790, &c. with an 
Effay on the Hiftory of the Arts in Great 
Britain, tranflated from the German, 
with Critical Notes on Politics, Litera- 
ture, and the Arts, by Charles Pongrus, 
8vo. with Plates. An interefting work ; 
but the prints are ill-chofen views of eom- 
mon edifices. : 
MATHEMATICS. 
R&fexions fur la Metaphyfique, &c. Re- 
fiections on the Metaphyfics of the Calcu- 
lation, of Infinites, by the Citizen Carnot, 
Svo. This work we only point out to 
the curiofity of our readers, as the produc- 
_tion of. the celebrated direétor Carnot, 
known, before the revolution, by his Eas 
fur les Machines en généval. Vitis a fin- 
gular phenomenon in the hiftory of the 
human mind, to fee a good mathematician 
become a great minifter at war. 
.  UMEDICINE. 
A Colleétion of Refearches and Obfer- 
vations on the different Methods of treat- 
ing Venereal Dileafes, and efpecially on 
the Effeéts of the Remedy, known under 
the name of Rob Anti-/yphilitique, &c. by 
Lafferteur, fireet des Petits Auguffins, No. 
1276, at Paris. 
MORALS. 
Principes S Queftions, &ec. Principles 
and Queftions of Natural Morality, a new 
edition, intended to ferve as a fupplement- 
and correéif of the ‘works of Rochefou- 
cault, r2mo. An ufcful and pleafing lite 
tle work. 
BELLES LETTRES. 
Oeuvres de Moncrif, &c. The works 
of Moncrif, member of feveral academics, 
a new edition, augmented with the hiftory 
of cats, two volumés o¢tavo, with portrait 
and other plates. This author was born 
at Paris in 1687, and died there on the 
a2th of November, 1770. His chief 
works are: 1. An.Effay on the Neceffity 
and Means of Pleafing ; an agreeable pro- 
duétion, elegantly written; 2. Several 
Little Tales, full of grace and nature, 
feafoned with gaiety and morality; 3. 
Fugitive Poetry, Sengs, Odes, and Operas ; 
oa 
gravely — frivolous. 
Retrofpedt of French Literature.—-Mathematics, & te [Sup 
4. The Hiftory of Cats are. ingenious 
trifles,, fiyled. by himfelf, a produétion 
His language is 
ttriétly pure, his images clear and lumi- 
nous. 
Ocuvres completes de Freret, &c. 'The 
complete works of Freret, fecretary of the 
Academy of Infcriptions and Belles Let- 
tres, publifhed by M. Septchenes, zo vols. 
12Mo0.3 an injudicious compilation of the 
+ 
ae a 
-works of a learned and acute writer. The 
fmall form, and, above all, the omiffion of 
the references and quotations, give an air 
of trifling to erudition, and deftroy the 
exaéinefs of the refearches. 
Carite & Polydon, &c. 12m0. This 
tale is now printed, with the celebrated 
name of Barthelemy, author of the Ana- 
charfis, by whom it is, now indubitably 
known to have been written. ‘  ~ 
Idylles de Théocrite, &c. The Idylle of 
Theocritus, tranflated by Gail, 2 vols. 4to. 
with plates. Gail is one of the moft,emi- 
nent Greek fcholars now in France » and 
this tranflation will not detra& from his 
former fame in this branch of literature. 
Memoires de Gibbon, &c. | Memoirs'of 
Gibbon, with fome of his pofthumous 
works, and fome letters, 2 vols. 8vo. .A 
judicious abridgment of Lord Sheffield’s 
larze volumes. tae 
Hiftoire Critique des Myfitves, &c. A 
Critical Hiftory of the Myftéries of An- 
tiquity, 18mo. A miferable. performance, 
and what, in England, would be termed a 
catchpenny. 
Halicarnafe, &c. - Hailicarnaflus, Pri- 
cuni, Paphos, and Mount Evix ; pofthu- 
mous pieces of the Abbé Barthelemy, 
18mo. We only mention this publication 
to warn our readers, that it is an. impof- 
ture, generally difavowed by the Abbé’s 
replies. . 
A French journalitt lately gave the fol- 
lowing remarks on the ftate of literature 
in his country, which we think too inte- 
refting to be omitted : “ How much the 
times are changed, efpectially in France ! 
The trade of a bookfeller has completely 
fallen; and even when peace may return, 
it is doubtful whether it can ever become 
as ficurifhing as in former times. The 
politica) revolution has produced a great 
change in ideas, as well as in fortunes. 
Printing, in fuccefsfully ferving opinion, 
has eccafioned incalculable mifchief to its 
felf. . How.many works of theology, law, 
genealogy, even hiftory, &c. are become 
‘ufelefs! The capital of thefe _ books, 
which was an hereditary property,.is loft 
beyond recovery. The deftruétion of an 
infinite number of libraries of the fup- 
preffed 
