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finithed, is meant to be the moft complete 
and authentic repertory of faéts extant, for 
the important period indicated ; and is in- 
tended to ferve in France the purpofe of 
the Annual Regifters in England. 
Tableau Hifiorigue, ‘ce. An hittorical, 
literary, and political View of the fixth 
Year of the French Republic, &c. &c. 
by A. M. Ceciie; 8vo. This is ano- 
ther imitation of the Englith Annual Re- 
giflers. 
Correlpondance Secréete de Charette, &c. 
Secret Correfpondence of Charette, Stof- 
flet, Puifaye, Cormatin, d’Antichamp, 
Bernier, Trotté, Scepeaux, Botherel, the 
Pretender, Artois, their Minifters and 
Agents, and other Vendéans, Chouans, 
and Emigrants, &c. &c.; 2 vols. 8vo. 
with the portrait of Charette. This is 
an authentic collection of pieces relative 
to that interefting part of French revolu- 
tionary hiftory, the war in La Vendée. 
Hiftotre de Pierre III. Sc, Hiftory of 
Peter ILE. Emperor of Ruffia, printed from 
a Manufcript found arzong the Papers of 
Montmorin, &c. with important Addi- 
tions and Explanations; followed by a fe- 
cret Hiftory of the Amours and principal 
Lovers of Catharine IT. by the Author of 
the Life of Frederic II. King of Pruffia; 
3 vols. 8vo. This work takes -a much 
larger fcope than its title promifes, and 
may be confidered as the hiftory, public 
and private, of the Ruffian court, from 
the reign of Elizabeth to the clofe of 
that of Catherine II.; indeed many 
of the materials accumulated relate to 
a much earlier period. The proper hif- 
tory of Peter IIE. makes a fmall part 
of the three volumes, and the chief per- 
fonage of the whole is Catharine, whom 
the author calls the ‘“* Agrippina of An- 
.” The pieces, of which this mifcel- 
Jany is compofed, are of various value and 
authority: but the quantity of amufement 
and information afforded is very confide- 
rable ; and the publication is an interefting 
addition to the memoirs which have al- 
ready appeared, concerning the latter af- 
fairs of Ruffia and its fovereigns. 
Mémoires Hiftoriques et Philofophiques fur 
Pie VI. &c. Hiftorical and philofophical 
Memoirs of Pius VI. and his Pontificate, 
to his Retreat into Tufcany ; in which are 
given curious Details concerning his pri- 
rate Life, his Quarrels with the different 
Powers of Europe, the Caufes which have 
produced the OVerthrow of the papal 
Throne, and the Revolution of Rome; 
drawn from the moft authenticSources, with 
a Portrait of Pius VI. and a Map of the 
Pontine Marihes; 2yvols. 8ve. Adepofed 
and annihilated pope was too tempting a 
fubje&t for the compilers of anecdotes any 
memoirs, to be fuffered ro fink quietly i 
his grave, before his life was exhibited to 
the public curiofiry. The anonymous au- 
thor of thefe volumes feems to have per- 
formed the tafk of fhow-mafter with to- 
lerable fkill; and, by the help of docu- 
ments, fome known, fome fecret, has 
made out an interefting compilation of 
matter, correfpondent to his title-page. 
BIOGRAPHY. 
Memoires d’ Hyppolite Clairon, @c. Me- 
moirs of Hippolyta Clairon, and Reflexions 
on the dramatic Art, publifhed by her- 
felf ; 8vo. The heroine of thefe memoirs, 
one of the moft celebrated a€trefles her 
country has produced, has painted her 
own charaéter, and the events of her lite, 
with much franknefs, and ina very inte- 
refting manner; and the obfervations and 
infiructions fhe has given relative to an 
art in which fhe fo greatly excelled, can- 
not but be thought highly valuable to ail 
engaged in the fame profeffion. Some cu- 
rious anecdotes of diftinguifhed perfons 
are introduced ; but it will be thought ex- 
traordinary at the prefent day, that a 
woman of great ftrength of mind, and fu- 
perior underftanding, fhould fancy herfelf 
to have been haunred, for more than two 
years, by the apparition of a former 
lover. 
Eloge de Poiffonier. Eulogy of Peter- 
I{aac Poiffonier, pronounced at the public 
Sitting of the Medical Society, by Citizen 
Sue. This piece contains feveral anec- 
dotes of Poiffonier during his refidence at 
Peterfburg, and notices of fome of his 
works, which are not to be met with in 
Lalande’s éloge. 
ANTIQUITIES. 
Antiquités Nationales, Sc, National An- 
tiquities, or a Colleétion of Monuments 
relative to the general and particular Hif- 
tory of the French Empire; by AuBIN- 
Lovis MI.uurn, Cenfervator of the Mu- 
feum of Antiquities in the National Li- 
brary, &c. This is the fifth volume of a 
great work, which, from various caufes, 
has been fufpended fince the year 1792. 
We may obferye, that the refumption of 
thefe coftly publications is a certain proot 
that fecurity and profperity begin to re- 
vive in France, though the return of peace 
alone can render them durable. 
Diplomata, Charte, Epiftola, &c. Di- 
plomas, Charters, Letters, and other Do- 
cuments relative to the Affairs of France, 
extracted fromthe Archives and Libraries 
of the Kingdom, and of foreign Coun- 
tries, by the Labours: ef many learned - 
men, 
