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fion, afferts, that the poffeffion ae this 
paflage was abfolutely necefiary to enfure 
the fuccefs of the othér columns, and 
eftablifh a communication between the 
two wings of the army. 
“ Catalogue Raifonné des Ouvrages,”’ 
&c. An Argumentative Catalogue of the 
different Works which have been pub- 
lithed relative to Mineral Waters in ge- 
neral, and thofe of France in particular; 
witha Lift of allthe Mineral.Waters with- 
in the Territories of the Republic. 1 vol. 
4to. ‘This contains an analyfis of no le{s 
than 252 works on the properties of 
Mineral waters ; 627 different well- 
known fpecies are pointed out ; and 447 
are here noticed for the farft time. 
s Précis d’Obfervations fur les Prin- 
cipes Minéraux des Eaux ‘Thermailes 
des Hautes-Pyrénées,” &c. A Sum- 
’ mary of Obfervations on the Mineral Prin- 
ciples of the Hot Baths of the Higher- 
Pyrenees, and efpecially thofe of St. 
Sanveur, geeon acd by feveral Ex- 
amples of Cures produced by them. By 
C. Fasas. If we are to give implicit 
credit to the author, the hot baths of 
St. Sauveur are productive of the greateft 
benefits to fuch as are defirous of trying: 
their efficacy, in a variety of diforders. 
<‘ Les Quatre Métamorphofes, Poémes.’ 
‘The Four Metamorphofes, in Verfe. “The 
fubjects of thefe poems, which are of a li- 
centious tendency, are, fir, the in flexi- 
ble chaftity, or, as.it is here termed, the 
br udery of Diana; fecondly, the amours 
of Bacchus ; and, thirdly, the rape of 
Ganymede, by Jupiter. The author, 
who is faid to be MERCIER, jun. apo- 
Jogifes for the loofenefs of his poetry, in 
tre two following, which are the conclud- 
ing lines : 
“ ee mes efprits d’un\amiable délire 
Mufes, et fardonnex aux crimes de ma lyre!” 
“T.e Nouveau Paris,” parle Cit. Mer- 
CIER. New Paris, by the Citizen Mer- 
cier. 8vyo. The author of this work has 
already acquired great celebrity by a va- 
riety of publications, particularly his 
‘‘ Tableau de Paris,’ which gives an 
animated and interefting account of 
capital of France, before the revolution. 
The fix volumes now before us are di- 
vided into 118 chapters; many of which” 
only contain a few lines, and none of 
them extend to any confidirable: length. 
The following are a few of the tales, 
fome of which are fingular enough: Pre- 
iiminary Remarks; Explofion ; Capital 
Ertor ; Cardinal de Lomenie; Siege of 
the Baftille; ; Dhe Five Hurricanes 3 Clubs ; ; 
: 7 7. ny SE 
Retro/pect of French Literature...Viifcelanies. 
“pers ; : 
the — 
There was Ncthing but this——— 5 Trees 
_of Liberty ; Jefus ; The Mafiacres of Sep- 
“tember; The Red Caps; The Memo- 
rable Weck ; Security ; Seétions 5 Dome 
of the Pantheon ; The King of Macoco ; 
Red-book ; New Crifis; New Thieves ; 
Friends of the Iwegroes; Maximum; 
Statue of Henry ITV. ; Philofophifm; 
Carelefinefs; White Hair; Orleannfts ; 
Furies of the Guillotine 5, Fraternal Sup- 
Federalifm ; CH Tra; National 
Cickeder Senfiblerie, &c. &c. We are 
told in ee preface, that when the author 
had finithed the twelve volumes refpeét- 
“ing ers? in 1788, he imagined that he 
‘had exhaufted his fubjeét: ** But,” adds 
he, ‘* a revolution has enfued, the me- 
mory cf which fhall never perith, as it has 
had a great influence on the future defti- 
ny of the human fpecies, deteriorated the - 
morals of a peaceable people, overturned 
their laws, their cuftoms, their \police, 
their akars, and infpired them by turns 
with the moft heroic courage and the 
moft cowardly ferocity. How great! 
how abject! bow impetuous ! how pa- 
tient !_It is neceffary to admit that two 
diftinét claffes of men have exifted ; the 
one fiarting forth the gallant defenders of 
libertv, ready to dare every thing, in- 
vincible, generous—thefe were the peo- 
ple who produced the 14th of July and the 
roth of Auguft; the other {upple, ava- 
ricious, cruel, prompt to take advantage 
‘of the victories of the republicans, to at- 
tribute them to themfelves, to vaunt that 
they alone were pure, clear fighted, and 
decided patriots, while the others were 
only ambitious of power and of wealth, 
The valorous republicans were fubjeGted 
by thefe { fycophants, who, although they 
concealed themfelves during the moments 
of danger, were always ready to come 
forward when they wifhed to precipitate 
the people into the commiffion of crimes, 
and convert them into executioners. hac 
the gallant warriors, the induftrious func- 
tionaries, the honeft and excellent citizens, 
were deceived and abufed by demagogues, 
who only affumed the language of liberty 
to render it odious and éxecrable. Net- 
withftanding their fuccefs, they will infal- 
libly appear horrible in the'eyes of pefte- 
rity; but in order to judge how far the 
were guilty, let it be recolieéted that the 
greater part of them obeyed only the 
tuggeftions and the gold of a foreign go- 
vernment. Jt-was this government, 
which, from the firft day of the revolu- 
t10n, gave orders for a counter-reyolution, 
and pufhed to the extreme the virtues 
of the one party and the vices of the 
other ; 
’ 
