Retrofped of Domeflic Literature...Novels and Romances: 
fg anxioufly to be hoped, however, that 
this circumftance will not prevent thofe 
who are enabled to purchafe this volume, 
from contributing their mite towards the 
encouragement of fo fagacious, intrepid, 
and indefatigable a traveller. 
Major Taytor has publifhed, in two 
oftavo volumes, Travels from England to 
India in the Year 1489, by the Way of Ty- 
rol, Venice, Scandaroon, Aleppo, and over 
the great Defert to Buffora. Major T. ts 
of the Bombay eftablifhment, and is alrea- 
dy known as the author of fome ufeful 
Confiderations on a more [peedy Communica- 
tion between Great Britain and her Eaftern 
Dependencies. The prefent is by no means 
a fcientific work, but willbe very ufeful to 
travellers.who confult it, as affording an 
account of the expenfe of travelling, and 
as giving them various inftructions, from 
which they may derive advantage. 
We have accompanied Mr. WARNER 
in his Second Walk through Wales with 
vreat pleafure; he retains all his good hu- 
mour and vivacity; he is equally ob- 
fervant of every thing which is entitled to 
the obfervation of an antiquarian, a philo- 
fopher, and a naturalift, and is in every re- 
f{peét the fame agreeable and communica- 
tive companion that he was before. 
The honourable Mrs. Murray’s Com- 
panion and ufeful Guide to the Beauties of 
Scolland, to the Lakes of Wefimoreland, 
Cumberland and Lancafbire, &c.is a work, 
which, in point of utility, convenience, 
and entertainment, has been furpaffed by 
many others of a fimilar nature. 
NovELs AND ROMANCES. 
MADAME DE GENLIS, whofe fafci« 
nating pen has fo often been employed in 
the caufe of virtue and morality, has 
written a novel which has juft been tranf- 
lated into Englifh: Ra/b Vows, or the Ef- 
fects of Enthufiafm. The defign of the 
prefent work is to fhow “ the dangerous 
confequences of exceflive delicacy and ex- 
treme fenfibility :”’ to point out the necef. 
fity of governing the paffions, and of mak - 
ing our fineft feelings, and moft amiable 
affections, fubfervient to the mandates of 
reafon. ‘There is fo much ianity, or, 
perhaps, mifchief, in many of our modern 
novels, that it is highly grateful when 
fuch a one as the prefent comes before us, 
which we can recommend to the attention 
both of mothers and daughters, with con- 
fidence of their approbation. 
Helen Sinclair has merit: although it 
affords no ftriking difplay of charaéter or 
variety of incident, yet it has the fterling 
merit of being favourable to the interefis 
ef morality and religion. 
Montury Mac, XLVII, 
gat 
The Caftle of St. Donats, evinces its aus 
thor to be a man of talents and obferva- 
tion: we cannot fay that we have much 
reafon to think fo of the author of an hif- 
torical romance, entitled, The Caflé of 
Beefton; who in jumbling together fiction 
and faét, has preduced a very motley and 
inconfiftent ftory. 
Mr. Surr has feleéted for the fubjeé& 
of a novel the ftory of George Barnwell: 
it is fcarcely poffible for a writer to do 
himfelf much credit in working up thefe 
hackneyed ftories; whether a celebrated 
novel is converted into a drama, or a dra- 
ma into a novel, in either cafe it is notin 
the author’s power to excite his reader’s 
intereft and attention by the charm of 
novelty. Mr. Surr feems capable of writ- 
ing an original ftory, and we fhould, in all 
probability, read it with pleafure. — 
Norman Banditti, or the Fortrefs of Coz- 
fiance, by FeLtx E vig, is a tale in 
which there is too much reafon to believe 
that the author has delineated the forrows 
of his own life: it difplays tafte, genius, 
and talents, and warmly excites the affec- 
tions. | 
Mrs. Hanway’s Ellinor, or the World 
ds it goes, is, on the whole, a refpe€table 
production; the ftyle is eafy, though fome- 
what elaborate, and the narrative is fimple 
but not deftitute of incident. 
Mr. Cuartes LAMB’s Tale of Rofa- 
mond Gray and old blind Margaret is one 
of thofe tender and pathetic {tories which 
-infinuate themfelves into the moft obdu« 
rate bofom, and for the moment excite its 
reluétant fenfibility: it evinces a moft 
pious and benevolent difpofition, and if 
put into the hands of children, whom it 
will certainly delight, it cannot but be ate 
tended with advantage. 
Mrs. Rogpinson’s Falfe Friend, as a 
novel, has moft of the faults which belong 
to her Walfingham: the charaéters are 
extravagant, the incidents crowded and 
perplexing, and the ftyle diffufe: as a do- 
meftic ftofy, in which the author tells the 
tale of her own woes, it excites our fin- 
cereft fympathy. 
Mr. D’Israevt, whofe fatirical novel, 
Vaurien, defervedly gatned him the repu- 
tation of a lively and acute writer, has 
lately publifhed a volume of Romances: they 
difplay arich and luxuriant imagination 3 
and the only fault we have to find with 
them is the ftyle in which they are writ~ 
ten. There are many grammatical errors, 
but thefe do not half fo much difguft us, 
as the affeéted and pedantic phrafes which. 
occur in almoft every page: we had much 
rather fee Mx, dD Hracli in a plain genteel] 
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