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my fervante when their work is over. 
Now, Sir, I with to be informed what are 
the propereft books for fuch a plan? my 
library (only in its infancy) collected 
upon the principle that the minds of fer- 
wants are only equal to thofe of children 
of eight, ten, or, twelve, years old, in 
more elevated fituations, confifts at prefent, 
ef the follewing: Dr. Aikin’s. * £vez-' 
iugs at Home,’ “ Hymns,” by Dr.Watts, 
Wirs. Batbauld, &c. ** Farmer True- 
mans Advice to his Daughter Mary.” 
«¢ Virtue’s Friend,” publifhed at Stock- 
port. ‘¢ Exercifes, by Metirs. Hollands.” 
A low priced copy of “ Telemachus.” 
«© Mental Amujemnents,” 
Wakefield. 
I fhall be glad to meet the opinion of 
your correfpondents on the above fubjects. 
Tam, &c. 
Nezucafile upon Tyne, 
O¢t. 14g 17Q93- 
P.S. There is no mention of Hat-making 
in the 6 TranjaSions of the Royal Society of 
London,” nor in the ** Hiffory of Inventions 
and Difcoveries,” by Beckmann. 
MuNNOoOo. 
Family Library... Fehovah.w I alpoliands 
by Prifcilla. 
{Novi 
' To the Editor of the Monibly Magazine. 
SIR, 
OUR correfpondent, whofe fignature 
_is M. R. juftly objets to the read- 
ing in our tranilation of Exodus vi. 3. 
‘¢ And I appeared unto Abraham, unto 
Ifaac, and unto Jacob, by the mame of 
God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah 
was Inot known to them,” as aferting 
a faifchood, do I not miftake his meaning. 
I have no fault to find with the ftatement . 
of his objeCiion againft our tranflation, 
but muit refer him to the original He- 
brew, after obferving that wau may be 
and is moft generally rendered avd inftead 
of but. I muft alfo refer him to Mr. Job 
Orton’s note upon the paflage, which is as 
follows: ‘* If we only change the pomt- 
ing, and read the paffage with an inter- 
rogation, it removeth the difiiculty—Did 
not I afpear to Abraham by the name of 
God Aimighty, and by my name Febovah 
was I not known to them?” Yea, verily. 
A quefsion, according te the manner of 
pronunciation, implies a flrong aflertion. 
wat ; 
Our 2 e 

WALPOLIANA; 
OR, BONS MOTS, APOPHTHEGMS, OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE AND LITERA- 
TURE, WiTH “EXTRACTS FROM. ORIGINAL LETTERS, OF DHE BATE 
HORACE WALPOLE, EARL OF CRFORD. 
NUMBER 
VItt. 
= = Th Ce at ee: See NIA SS Ore I a A Cia paaing re 2 5 ee 
x" This Article is eoramunicated by a Literary Genticman, for many years in babits of intimadg 
7; 
with Mr. Warore. ‘It is partly drawn up from 2 collettion.of Bons-RMuts, Gc. in bis own 
ged Serres Tere Pee; Se Ae his ee i ~ s . na pens . 
band-curiting 5 partly from Anecdotes written down after long Converfation with bim, in subich 
cr 
+> 
be would, from four Clock in the 4 
jicrnoon, till two in ihe Morning, difpiay thofe treafures of 
ao Basho e pao BO A es W4eP 077; ee } as pies Z . zs a 
Adncedste with which bis Rank, Wit, and Cppor tunities, bad replenifoed bis Memory 5 and partly 
from Original Letters to the Compiler, on fubjeGs of Taffe and Literature. 

CXV. REPUBLICS. 
HOUGH I admire republican prin- 
ciples in theory, yet I am afraid the 
practice may be too perfect for human 
nature. We tried a republic.laft century, 
and it failed. Let our enemies try next. 
i hate political experiments. 
EXVI. COMMENTARIES OF AGRIPPINA?S/ 
Tacitus mentions the Commentaries 
of Agrippina, mother of Nero. I with 
we had more extraéts from a work by fo 
fingular an author. I fhould fuppofe it 
was decent, and attempted to palliate her 
crimes. Yet I fhould like to have a 
copy, bound up with Arian’s life of 
Tilliborus the robber, quoted, if I re- 
member right, by Lucian, 
CXVII. CREDIT. 
I have no credit any where. How 
fhould I? “1 have never ftooped to the 
means of acquiring it. 
CXVIII. -COWLEY’s MISTRESSES. 
Cowley’s catalogue of wniftreffes feems 
to be founded ena poem in the Autho- 
logia Italorum. [p. 104.]} 
CXIX. JEST-BOOK BY TACITUS. 
Tacitus is faid to have made a collec- 
tion of jefts. I doubt not but they were 
acute ones. 
CXX. DISSENTING PORTRAITS. 
What fpecial vahity can overwhelm 
us with fo many portraits of diffenting 
teachers? I muft clofe my colleétion. If 
am fick of fuch trumpery. ‘They remind 
me of a vifionary, who flourifhed in the 
laft-century. He was at the expence of 
having a plate engraved, in which he was 
reprefented kneeling befere a crucifix, with 
a label from his mouth, “ Lord Jefus, 
do you love me?” From that of Jefus 
proceeded’ another label, ‘* Yes, moft 
ziufirious, moft excellent, and moft 
hearned. 
