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here a field before us, which produces the 
moft ineftimable fruits; for, who can 
proceed a fingle ftep without meeting 
with the moft ftriking proofs, which cons 
vince us that the Supreme Proteétor of the 
univerfe does not fleep, but watches over- 
all created beings—whether they be ra- 
diant.funs, or grains of fand—men, or in- 
feéts—conformably to the wants of every 
one of thenr? But what a peculiar objeét 
of Providence is man, his deftination and 
fate! And how much matter for contem- 
plation and admiration does this afford to 
the attentive obferver !’” In order to af- 
fifi the attentive obferver in his contempla- 
tions of the wonderful ways of Providence, 
the author gleaned, from his oceafional 
readings, a colleétion of ftriking inftances 
of fingular deliveries from imminent dan- 
gers, of unexpected preferments of poor 
and common people, and of fudden punifh- 
ments of profperous villains. Thofe who 
are acquainted with Dr. R’s. philofophi- 
cal fpirit need not be told, that’ his affift- 
ance in the publication of this work is fuf- 
ficient to recommend it to the ferious con- 
fideration of every reflecting man. 
Die extra Poft fuer Stadt und Land, &c. 
&c. 1798. pp. 288; 8vo: ‘The. extra 
Poft for Town and Country, making 
known a Variety of ufeful Things. No. x. 
Retrofpec? of Spanifh Literatur?. 
to 7. This periodical work was begurt 
in the year 1797, and received with fo 
much applaufe, as rendered a fecond edi- 
tion of the firft numbers neceflary. The 
title befpeaks it to be a popular publica- 
tion, which, im plain language, is to cir 
culate generally ufeful knowledge among 
the lower claffes of people. The greater 
part of it is devoted to fubjeéts of rural 
economy, and-we are of opinion that it 
can doa great deal of good among that 
clafs of people, for whom it is princi- 
pally intended. 
Die Schule der Evfabruag fuer alle, &c. 
&c.. Th. I. 1798. pp. 251. The School 
of Experience for all thofe to whom Con- 
tentment, Life, and Health, are dear, &c. 
&c. This book contains gleanings from 
Mr. BEBKER’s Deuifche Zeitunz, a new!- 
paper, avowedly written for the middling 
and lower claffes, and from feveral other 
popular publications, of which, at prefent, 
a greater numberis publifhed in German, 
than in any other country. But we alfo 
have met, in the prefent volume, with a 
great many pieces, which feem to be the 
refult of the author’s own experience and 
obfervation, which are, by far, more ge- 
nerally ufeful than his gleanings from 
other authors. 

Retrofped? of the Progrefs of Spanifh Literature during the Year 1798. 
ALTHOUGH the prefs, laft year, has 
not been peculiarly prolific in Spain, 
yet Spanifh literarure has, in its prin- 
cipal branches, unvartably maintained the 
ciftinguifhed rank, which it has, of late 
years, regained through the meritorious 
exertions of CAVANILLES, LARRUGA, 
Orric, Ruik, and fome other cele- 
brated Spanifh writers of the prefent age. 
The fplendid and important botanical 
work, Flora Peruviana, the political and 
economical memoirs of Larruga, which, 
in point of exaétnefs and copioufnefs of 
information, are unequalled by any other 
Jiterary produétion of that kind, and the 
Spanif/b Atlas, a geographical compofition 
of unrivalled excellence, would alone be 
fufficient fully to eftablifh the truth of 
this affertion, though it were unfupported 
by the mafterly’ produ€tions of OrTie, 
NAVAL, GUMILLA, and other eminent 
lirerary charaéters in Spain. It therefore 
remains with us a matter of fincere re- 
pret, that, from the want of Spanifh |i- 
tcrary reviews, and the prefent interrupt- 
ed communication with that country, we 
aie once more ebliged to compote our 
Retrofpective View of the State of Spa- 
nifh Literature chiefly of feleétions from 
the Madrid Gazette, and from fuch num- 
bers of the Memorial Literario as we have © 
been able to procure. Should the late 
glorious achievements of the allied armies 
in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland, 
bring on a {fpeedy reftoration of the for- 
mer relation of amity and friendfhip be- 
tween this country and Spain, which the 
latter, by the imperious diétates of the 
French direétory, was forced to break off, 
we fhall gladly embrace the earlieft op- 
portunity of eftablifhing a literary corref- 
pondence, capable of enabling us, in our 
next Retrofpeét, to do full juftice to the 
excellent produétions of Spanifa genius 
and erudition, the merits of which, we- 
are forry to obferve, are far from being 
fufficiently underftood, and jufily valued 
in this country. 
THEOLOGY. 
Sermones del Ilmo. §. Arzobifpo de 
TARRAGONA-; 2 tomos, ec. Ser 
mons by the moft illuftrious Archbifhop. 
of Tarragona, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 
La Unica Religion verdadera demofirada- 
contra 
