Retrofpect of Spanifh Literature —T heologys 
tere under our confideration, but few 
‘works of tranfcendent merit have made 
their appearance in Spain, yet the impulfe, 
given to genius and talents under the ad- 
miniftration of the Princeof Peace, con- 
€inues to operate, and but for the deftruc- 
tive influence of pricftcraft, the Spanifh 
literature would in all probability foon 
regain its antient fplendor. It is a fpec- 
tacle as ftriking as it 1s difguftful, at the 
end of the eighteenth century, to fee the 
wildeft farrago of monkith abfurdities 
pollute the fame prefs, which is illuf- 
trated by works of the firft eminence, 
and of true fterling merit; and yet 
this fpeétacle is in our days exhibited im _ 
Spain. We have deemed ita duty in- 
cumbent on us, not to flatter the picture 
of Spanifh ‘literature, which we here 
‘prefent to our readers, and for this reafon 
we have faithfully recorded the ‘* Sever 
principal Sufferings of the Moft Holy Mary, . 
8c.” as. well as the eminent work, in 
which the celebrated Captain Cifcar, in a 
manner as luminous as it is inftructive, 
‘elucidates and vindicates the new metric 
fyftem of the French Republic. Hifto- 
rical truth is thus not only preferved, but 
we fhall alfo perhaps have difpofed our 
readers to take lefS offence at the weeds 
occafionally produced by the luxuriancy 
of the Britifh literary foil. Of the va- 
ious departments of literature none feem 
at prefent more carefully and fuccefsfully 
eultivated in Spain, than botany and eco- 
nomical philofophy. With regard to the 
‘the former, the third volume of the 
« Flora Peruviana et Chilenfis,”’ 1s near- 
ly ready for publication, and Oriega is 
preparing for the prefs the 9th and roth 
decades of his mafterly defcriptions of 
the plants cultivated in the Royal Bo- 
tanical Garden at Madrid; a botanical 
cabinet has alfo been opened in that 
city, wholly devoted to Peruvian and 
Chilefe plants. As to the department 
of economical philofophy, Oriz 1s en-_ 
gaged in revifing, for a fecond edition, 
his. excellent tranflation of Dr. Smith's 
Treatife on the Wealth of Nations, &c. 
which he publifhed laft year in 4 vols. 4to. 
with very valuable notes and additions, 
iiluftrative of the fubje€t in general, but 
moré particularly as far as It relates to 
Spain. The mafterly effay on paper 
money and public credit by the fame au- 
thor is alfo foon to appear ima revifed and 
enlarged ftate. Among the few tranfla- 
tions, which we have deemed worthy of 
= place in our critical catalogue, our read- 
ers will probably be aftoniihed to find a 
celebrated play of Kotzebue (whofe name 
634 
by a ftrange mutilation has been changed 
into Kor-diie by the Spanith tranflator) ; of 
which, not only two different tranflations 
have appeared at thefame time, but which 
has alfo been aéted in Madrid. It would 
thus feem, that the celebrated German 
dramatift, whofe productions we know 
how to cenfure, but not to furpafs, even 
in bigoted Spain is not deemed {a zamora! 
a writer, as he appears to fome of our 
dramatic cenfors, who would fain make 
us believe that the author of Lovers’ 
Vows, of the Death of Rolla, &c. Sc. is 
an immoral blockhead. | 
THEOLOGY. 
‘6 Tratado de la Iglefia de Jefu Chrifto, 
que comprehende la Hiftoria Univerfal de 
la Iglefia con Explicacion y Defenfa de 
fus Mifterios, Leyes, y Maximas; por 
D. FeLtrx AMAB, un tomoen 8°.” A 
Treatife on the Church of Jefus Chrift, 
which contains the Univerfal Hiftory of 
the Church, with an Explanation and De- 
fence of its Myfteries, Laws and Maxims, 
by D. Felix Amab, 1 vol. 8vo. 
“© Ventajas de la Sociedad, fundadas* 
fobre la Religion Chriftiana, comprobadas 
por la Doétrina de los Santos Padres, de 
los mejores Tedlogos, Juriftas, y F ilofofos, 
antiguos y modernos ; la qual concilia la 
Paz de los Eftados con jade la Iglefia 
univerfal,” &c. &c. On the advantages 
of Society, founded on the Coriftian 
Religion and proved by the Dodtrines 
of the Holy Fathers, of the beft Divines, - 
Lawyers, and Philofophers, both antient 
and modern, &c. 
‘‘ Oracion inaugural que enla Abertura 
de la Afociation de Caridad para Alicio 
de los Pobres, prefos de las Carceles de 
Madrid, dixo el domingo 5 Enero ce efte 
ao el Socio D. FRANCISCO XAVIER 
VaALES ASENJO,” &c. The inaugural 
Speech, delivered at the opening of the 
Charitable Affociation for the Rehef of 
poor Perfons, difcharged trom the Prifons 
of Madrid, on the sth of January of this 
current Year, by D. F. X. V. Afenjo, a 
Member of the faid Affociation, &c. 
«¢ Los fiete principales Dolores de Ma- 
ria Santifima ponderados en fiete Puntos 
de Meditacion, &c. por el Fr. MANUEL 
GvuarpioLa,” &c. The feven princi- 
pal Sufferings of the Moft. Holy ‘Mary, 
confidered under feven Points of View, 
&c. by Brother Manuel Guardiola, &c. 
‘¢ Benediéti Moxo, de vetuftifimis Phis 
lofophis ab Atheifmi Crimine vindicandis, 
Commentarius ; ad cl. Virum ANTO- 
~1um Tavira, Salmanticenfis Ecclefize 
Tiluftrifimum Efpifcopum: un tomo en 
4°” An Explanatory Treatife tending to 
prove 
