520 
remember to have feen it tated fome where, 
that Dr. Trufler’s Chronology has gone 
through fourteen large editions ; his Al- 
manacks, Abridgements, Diftionary of 
reputed Synonyms, &c. have no doubt 
convinced him feelingly, that the art of 
printing has had its ufes. But we have 
dwelt too long on this yile nonfenfe ; it 
may not be amifs, however, to ftate that the 
Doétor wrote this efayagainft the free cir- 
culation of books, in order to be revenged 
on his toes the bookfellers, againtt whom 
he ishighly indignant. He forgets that 
his principles would recoil on himéeif. 
Perhaps, we might with mere propriety 
have introduced under ‘¢ Irith Politics,” 
than under the prefent head, “ 4 Nar- 
rative of the Sufferings and Efcape of 
Charles Fackfon, late rejident at Wexferd, 
7a Ireland, including an Account by way of 
Fournal, of feveral barbareus atrocities 
 comimitied in Fune 1798, by the Irifh Rebels 
in that Town, while it was in their Poffef- 
fen, to the greater part of which he was 
Qn eye-cwitnejs.”” ‘The number of infur- 
gents who attacked the town of Wexford, 
is computed to be 15,009; their outrages 
were indeed moft barbarous. Dr. Vincent 
has publithed, ‘* Az Enquiry inio the form 
gad confir'uiion of the Legion of the Conful 
Manfius* > in iilaftration of the 8th, oth, 
and roth, chapters of the eighth book of 
Livy. He fitppofes, not merely that the 
Roraru were heavy armed foldiers, but 
that the Accenf were fo too 3 with regard 
to the legion itfelf, he enters into a copious 
difcuffion of particulars, and introduces 
aplan of it, Mr. Gilpin’s “ Obferwa- 
tious on the Weftera Parts of England, re- 
lative chicfly to piciurefque Beauty,’ have 
Jain in his port-folio thefe twenty years, 
and we are now indebted for their publica- 
tion, to the humane and charitable difpo- 
fition which has ever dittingufhed this 
elegant author. We have good reafons 
for beiteving that the benefits of this in- 
genious and entertaining work are intend- 
ed to lay the foundation of a fund for the 
fupport of-a {chool for the inftru&tion of 
-poorchildren. Mr. Gilpin's ideas on the 
picturefque, it is obvious, even from the 
_ 2 
title-page, differ from thofeof Mr. Price, 
the fecond yolume of whofe effays on that 
_fubje&t are noticed in our laft retroipeét, 
Mr, JouN IRELAND f has publifhed the 
fird and lafivolume of his “ Apgarth if- 
dufirated;” it is to be confidered as a fup- 



* © De Lezione Manliand queftio ex Livio 
defumpta, et re: Militaris Romane fiudiofis pro- 
ofita.”” 
ff Not the Shakfpcarean Sammuelle. 
Retrofpedt of Domeftic Literature....Fine Arts, Se. 
[Sup, 
plement to the two former. Mr. IRELAND. 
having obtained irom the executrix of Ho- 
garth’s widow a number of his MSS. and 
conceiying that they would bea highly in- 
terefting prefent to the public, has ar-_ 
ranged and printed them. He thinks they 
may admit of the following divifion: 1, 
“* Hogarth’s Life, comprehending his 
courle of ftudy, correfpondence, political 
quarrels, &c, 2, A MS. vol. in folio, 
containing tHe autographs of the fub(/eri- 
bers to his £/eé77oz, and intended print of 
Sigifmunda; and letters to and from 
Lord Grofvenor, relative to that picture, 
3. The MS. of the Analyfis of Beauty, 
with the original fketches, and many re- 
marks omitted in the printed copy. 4, 
A tupplement tothe Analyfis, never pub- 
lithed; comprifing a fuccin& hiftory of 
the arts in his own timie,his account of the 
inftitution of the Royal Academy, &c. 5. 
Sundry memoranda, relative to the fub- 
ject of his fatire on feveral of his prints.”? 
Dr. Yeates, in his * Obfervatiens on the 
claims of the Moderns to jomé Difcoveries 
in Chemifiry and Phyfiology,’ brings for- 
ward the works of Dr. Mayow, a phyti- 
cian of the laft century, as not having met 
with that juftice which is due to their 
merit: to eftimate and manifeft the full 
value of Dr. Mayow’s experiments and 
difcoveries, feems indeed to have been 
a principal objet of this ingenious 
publication. <¢ Ax Appeal to the Men of 
Great Britain in Bebalf of Women, is the 
production of a female pen; it has not 
the fire, the animation, and the origina- 
lity of Mrs. WoLLSTONECRAFT’s work 
on the fame fubjeét, but the author will 
not have the fewer admirers on that ac- 
count. We have read the work with © 
pleafure, becaufe the fubje&t ought not to 
{mk into oblivion : the author appears to 
be an amiable, dident, and fenfible wo- 
man. Mr. BEarson’s ‘ Effay on the 
Comparative Advantage of Vertical and 
Florisonial Windmulls,”’ &c. is very ingeniz 
ous: the principles on which Mr. BEaT- 
SON, conftruéts the horizontal mill, is, 
finple, and the method of getting the 
fails back {eems ingenious and prattica- 
ble. Mr, Buack, one of the furviving 
othcers of the fhip, has publifhed ** 4z 
Authentic Narrative,” and a very melan- 
choly one, of the mutiny on board the 
Lady jane Shore, with particulars of a 
journey ‘through part of Brazil: it is 
written in a letter dated, ‘* Rio Janeiro. 
Jan. 18th 1798," The third volume is 
publifhed, of The Lounger’s Common Place 
Boook ;* this is a compilation of anec- 
dotes, biographical, political, literary, 
ang 
