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young people with an idea of the geogra- 
phy, and natural hiftory of every country. 
By L. F. JAUFFrRT. 18mo. 72 pa. 
Every one is fenfible of the delight which 
young people take in the perufal of books 
of voyages and travels; and it is upon this 
principle that Jauffert has undertaken the 
prefent work; which, while “it amufes 
them with adventures, at the fame time 
inf{pires atafte for geography and natural hit 
tory. The author mtroduces an antiquary, 
as one of Rolando’s companions, who de- 
{cribes the geography of the antients, thus 
mingling a knowledge of the paft, with 
that of the prefent times. 
‘¢ Edouard et Arabelle,”’ &c. Edward 
and Arabella, or the Pupil of Love and 
Innocence, a work extraéted from the 
fecret memoirs of two Englifh families. 
By Citizen DesrorGes. zvol. rzmo, 
The author of this novel has already dif- 
tinguifhed himfelf by feveral dramatic 
compoiitions, particuiarly ‘“* La Femme 
jaloufe,” a comedy in five a€ts, written 
like fome of the theatrical productions of 
eur Dryden in verfe. He has alfo pre- 
fented the public with two other viz. 
“ Tom fones a Londres,’ and «© Tom 
Jones et Feliamar,’’ which have been fre- 
quently performed at the Italian theatre in 
Paris, where Desforges himfelf was 
formerly an actor, The prefent work is 
preceded by a “ Treatife on Romance,” 
in which the author has defignated the 
various clafies, and pointed out the mafter- 
pieces that have appeared in all the dif- 
ferent kinds of compofition. In refpeét 
to the plot of the prefent work, it is far 
too complicated for us to enter into the 
different.details ; it may notbe unneceffary, 
however to ftate, that one of the principal 
perfonages 1s a cruel ftep-mother, who 
after murdering the former wife of her 
hufband, endeavours to poifon his fon! 
‘The hero and heroine are Edward and 
Arabella, the latter of whom is refcued 
from a ravither by her lover, when only 
nine years of age, and this ravifher proves 
to be her own coufin difguifed like a 
negrot After a variety of improbable ad- 
ventures, a marriage as ufual enfues, and 
we are affured that a long interval of plea- 
fure and delight awaits the happy pair. 
<¢ Les Chevaliers de Lion,” &c. The 
Knights of the Lion, or a Hiftory of the 
Chivalry of the twelfth Century. Imi- 
tated from the German by Monfieur R. 
de ST. CH. 4 vols. 8vo. Berlin. Thefe 
four volumes, as the title implies, are in- 
tended as an imitation of a German work 
of the fame name, while the original itfelf 
is copied from the romance of ‘* Herman 
ofUnna.” It isextremely difficult to ana- 
‘of the prefent day, 
Retrofpett of French Literature—The Drama, 
lyfe fo many hundred pages of adventures, 
more efpecially when itis recolleéted that 
the perfonages here introduced are equal 
to the heroes of Ariofto. It may be ne- 
ceflary however to obferve, that a few 
knights of Suabia had formed a fociety 
under the name of the Lion, intended to 
protect the widow and the orphan. Ir is 
the hiftory of this fociety, from the perjod 
that the principal hero is received into it, 
-until the deftruétion of both, that con- 
flitutes the narrative. This event is oc- 
cafioned by the jealoufy of another order 
of chivalry, which finds means by the. 
introduétion of certain fale bretbren, to 
effect the abolition and extinétion of the 
whole. One- of the chief events is the 
journey of the principal knights to the 
Holy Land, which of. courfe preduces a 
variety of great and unfortunate exploits. 
The Chevaliers never arrive in any coun- 
try where the fame of their aétions has 
not already preceded them, and they never 
attain a fuperior rank without facing dan- 
gers that would appal the ftouteft foldier 
In the original, the 
monks are treated as a defpicable and un- 
neceffary order; as the drones of fociety, 
who eat the honey they do not earn; but 
thefe circumftances are palliated here, and 
they are even mentioned with refpeét. 
‘he work itfelf, appears to have been 
written by fome emigrant, who perhaps 
imagines that fanaticiim and fuperftition 
are connected with his own caufe. 
THE DRAMA. 
“La Carofle Efpagnol,” the Spanifh Car- 
riage. This is a little afier-piece given 
at the Th¢atre de Vandeville; the plot is 
infignificant enough, but notwithftanding 
this, it has obtained great fuccefs on ac- 
count of fome of the fongs, which were re- 
peatedly called for. Here follows a fpe- 
cimen : 
Air: Du Zephyr. 
6 Agir, 
Oech fouffrir s 
“* S’attendrir, 
8° Ceft langiir; 
ae Réfiéchir, 
°° C’eft vieillir 5 
** Trop fentir, 
6° (eff mourir. 
¢ Mais fuir 
ms 6¢ Er dannir 
& Le defir, 
« Pour faifir 
A laifir 
6 Le plaifir ; 
“© Cet jouir,?? Be. . 
“*Théatre de Schiller,” &c. Schillerts 
Theatre, tranflated from the German by 
LAMARTELLIERE, member of feveral li- 
terary focieties, 2 vols. vo, Thefe2 vols, 
contala 
