ea 
derick, by 
-NouGARET; 2 vols. 
1068 Retrofped of French Literature... Zypegraphy.. School Books. 
' 8c. he-is at length happy . enough to be 
promifed an interview; but at the very 
moment he approaches his mifirefs’s cot- 
tage, the mill yn which fhe happened to 
be ftanding is carried away by one of 
- thofe avalanches, fo well } known, and {0 
much dreaded in the Alpine regions. 
Overwhelmed with defpair, the unhap- 
py lover returns to the valley, and per- 
ceiving an opening in the ce made by 
a torrent that rclled from.the eminence 
where the mill had ftood, he precipitates 
himfelf into its current, are is fortunate 
enough to be carried to the very ‘pot 
where the mill had ftopped, and ‘which 
was miraculoufly preferved by the trees, 
as they had fallen ‘in. fuch a manner 
as to form an arch for its protection ! 
In this mill he, of courfe, finds his 
fweetheart ; and as it became impoffible 
to retura, they determined to remain un- 
til the {pring, being provided with plen- 
ty of corn, &c. In a fhort time, how- 
ever, a battle takes place precifely over 
their heads; and an howitzer happening 
to fet fire to the trees, 
and the lovers are delivered from their 
bondage !!} - 
& Alphonfe ét Emilie,” &c. Alphonfo 
and Emilia, or the Dangers arifing from 
the Connexions of Infancy ; - 3 vols. s2mo9. 
This refembles, in many refpects, a no- 
vel with a fimilar title, viz. 
“ Emilie et Alphonfe, ou Dangers de 
fe liyrer @ fes premiéres Impreflions,”’ 
written fome time fince by Madame de 
PLAHAUST; but the plot is different. 
The chief charaéterifi tic of this novel 
s fenfibility. : 
© Brederick,:” par (ji, F.)-&e.. Bre 
J. F. Author of ‘*La Dor de 
Suzette ;’ 3 vols. r2mo0. ‘This is a fatire 
on the male gad: female philofophers of 
the prefent day, in the form of a. ro- 
mance. ‘The author fays, that his fornier 
produétion will, perhaps, fhare the fate 
of ninety-nine out of ahundred.; but he 
flatters himfelf with the hope, that the 
fame of the prefent will prove im- 
mortal !}! 
«6° Bes ae ge a Séduétion,” &c. 
‘The Dangers. Ges ee. s or, the Ad- 
ventures ie a faba Morne Villager and her 
Lover; containing a faithful and animat- 
ed Account of the ridiculo Us Simatic ns 
and Mishaps of this Wor, by P. J. Bb. 
120. Lueette, 
a country girl, permits herfelf to he fe- 
duced by Pierrin ; ; and, as the firft indtu- 
cretion 4s for the mo part quickly foi- 
lowed bv. a-fecond, fhe runs away wit®a 
young a and becomes fuceeflively a 
: Ecriture,”’ 
4 plates ‘of examples. 
the {nows melt, - 
(This, “38 
kept-miftrefs, a comedian, and a woman of 
the town. Pierrin,on the other hand, who 
was originally a lacquey, rifes progreflive- 
Jy, but permus himfelf to be feduced by 
~ the allurements of vice; he accordingly 
-cheatsat play, and at length commits arob- 
bery. In the mean time » Lucette, haying 
efcaped out of the houfe ue correétion, and 
failen in by accident’ with her old Jover, 
they refolve to marry; but the habit of 
committing crimes induces them to return 
to their old employments, andythey end 
their days on a fcaffold: This romance, 
which is written with feme tafte, is more 
moral in its tendency than the general 
run of French novels. 
TYPOGRAPHY. 
‘«<Elémens d’une Typographie, et d’une 
&c. Elements of a new Spe- 
cies of Printing and Writing, which will 
reduce the Labour of both. With 47 
This appears to be 
nothing more than the princigles of thort- 
hand applied to printing, m the fame 
Manner as it has been ufed with fuccefs 
im writing. The French fairly acknow- 
ledge that we excel them in this art. | 
© Traité de VI fmprimerie.”” A Trea- 
tife on the Art of Printing. 1 vol. ato. 
with ten plates. This work is divided 
into fx parts: 1. On the origin, inven- 
tion, and progrefs, of printing: 2. On 
the compofition cf characters. 3. On im» 
pofition and correction. 4. Orthography, 
beet uation, accent. 5. On imprediion. 
6. Ga the acquirements  neceflary for a 
printer. 
ScHOOL Books. » 
raité élémentaire,’’? &c. An ele- 
mentary Treatife on the Principles of 
Natural Philofophy, founded on ancient 
and modern-Difcoveries, and confirmed 
by Experiments. By ManHurin- 
jacques Brisson, Member of the 
National Inftitute of Sciences and Arts, 
and Profefior in the Central Schools-of Pa- 
ris. 3 vols. Sve. With a number of Plates. 
the third edition of a work 
which has obtained great circulaticn, as 
the chief faéts, or principles, are reduced 
to a {mall number, and connweres with 
each other by means of a fy tematic chain. 
The whole is terminated with-a table of 
contents, arranged in an alphabetical or- 
der, and fo conftruéted as to be equiva - 
lent toa encheonety: At the beginning is 
‘@ memoir on the new weights ond mea- 
fures, which muft be comprehended be- 
fore the work can be of any fervice to 
the ftudent. 
“Le petit la Brueyere,” &c. Bruyere in 
Miniature, or Chara@ters and Manners of 
: ; the 
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