Retrofpe of French Literature... Mi/cellanics. 
«« Planches relatives a l’Inftruétion,”’ 
&c. Plates for Inftruétion relative to 
the Manceuvres of Cavairy, &c. 2 vols. 
izmo. The plates appertaining to this 
work amount to 137; they have been 
expeéted during the laft ten_years. 
‘< Memoires de Marie Francoife Du- 
mefnil,”? &c. Memoirs of Mary Frances 
Dumefnil, in reply to the Memoirs of 
Hyppolite Clairon. The life of Mademoi- 
felle Clairon, which. we noticed on a for- 
mer occafion, has given birth to a con- 
troverfy, of which this 8vo. volume is 
the firft fruité. 
** De |’Education des Lapins,’’ &c. 
On the Breeding and Rearing of Rabbits. 
This volume, in 8vo. is entirely.dedicated 
to the management of that ufefal little 
animal the rabbit; and the author here 
engages to point out a manner of feeding 
and managing it, fo as to render it, tothe 
full, as good, both for the table and manu- 
faéture, as if produced in a warren. 
«« Wianuel des Gardes Champétres et 
¥oreftiers,’ &c. Manual for Stewards, 
Woodreeves, &c. This is a colleétion 
of decrees relative to farms and woods. 
“© Code des Panteutes pour!’ An VII.” 
&e. A Code of Patents for the Year 
VII.¢( 1798), with.an Alphabetical Table, 
&c. By SAGNIER. 1 vol. 8vo. ‘Lhis work 
is neceflary for all thofe engaged in com. 
merce. as it contains tables of duties, &c. 
“« Révéries fur Ja Nature primitive de 
l’Homme,”’ &c. Reveries relative to the 
primitive Nature of Man, his Senfations, 
his Means of Happinefs, his Social In- 
tercourfe, dc. by P. SENaANCOUR. No.1. 
100 pages; 8vo. “The author, ina pre- 
liminary difcourfe, explains his defign, 
which is “‘ to bring back men to their 
primitive habits.” Heaccordingly treats, 
3. On the inevitable fubjceftion of man to 
events;—2. Of matter and nature; of 
beings fimple and compound ;—3. Of 
reafon ;—4. Of the human mind ;—and, 
5- Of impulfion, and its motives. 
_ Voyage du jeune Anacharfis en 
Gréce,” &c. The Travels of the young- 
“er Anarcharfis into Greece, towards the 
Middle of the Fourth Century, &c. Of 
this work of the celebrated J. J. Bar- 
THELEMY, two new editions, from the 
prefs of Didot, are here offered to the 
public. That in gto. which confifts of 
feven {plendid volumes, is printed in a 
Jarge text, the characters of which have 
been caft on purpofe for the work, and 
only sco copies on grand-raifin veliz 
paper haye been thrown off. The atlas, 
which 1s in fe/io, contains 31 plates; the 
aefhgns are all new, and the engrayings 
Monrury Mac. Ly. 
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in a ftyle fuitable for fucha work. The 
other edition in 8vo. is in a Cicero cha- 
raéter, and to both is prefixed a fine por- 
‘trait of the author. 
‘“« Précis d’Expériences et Obferva- 
tions,”’ &c. A Summary of Experi- 
ments and Obfervations relative to dif- 
ferent Kinds of Milk, confidered m Re- 
{peét to their Connexion with Chemiftry, 
fedicine, and Rural Economy; by A. 
PARMENTIER et N. Deveux, Mem- 
bers of the National Inftitute of France. 
The title of this work fufficiently indi- 
cates its contents; and the reputation of 
the authors warrants the conclufion, that 
it is replete with ufefu! truths. 
“ Métrologie Lineare Univerfelle,”’ 
&c, Univerlal Linear Metrology, or a 
general Transformation of the Weights, 
Meafures, and Monies of all the Coun- 
tries on the Earth, by Means of the 
Comparateur of C. AuBRY. The ufe of 
the new weights and meafures of France 
being attended with confiderable difficul- 
ties, both to natives and foreigners, it Is 
here intended to render them familiar by 
means of a comparative eftimate. 
“« Chimie Gptomatique, oul’Art d’ap- 
prendre,”’. &c. Optomatic Chemiftry, 
or the Art of teaching that Science with 
Facility, by means of Engravings, Fi- 
gures, and Symbolical Charaéters, &c. 
by F.G!CouRREJOLLES. 1 vol. 4to. 
It is the chief merit of this writer to 
imprefs certain ideas on the mind, by 
means of the eye, for he here fubftitutes 
hieroglyphical variety of circumlocution 
aid detail. An alphabetical nomenclature 
of the fymbolical charaéters made ufe of 
is to be found at the conclufion. 
“Les Avantures. de Don Quichotte 
de la Mancha,” &c. The Adventures 
of Don Quixotte de la Mancha, tranflat- 
ed from the Spanifh by Florian, of the 
ci-devant French Academy, &c. 6 vols. 
in r8mo. on fine p2per, with 24 engrav- 
ings, defigned by Lefebvre and Labar- 
dier, and engraved by Coiny, Gaucher, 
Halbou, and other celebrated artifis. The 
name of the tranflator, the artifts by 
whom the drawings and engravings are 
made, and the manner in which the 
whole of this work is executed, render 
this new edition highly interefling to all 
the admirers of Cervantes. 
‘‘. Hlémens de Grammaire générale,” 
&c. Eiements of general Grammar, ap+ 
plied to the French Language, by R. A. 
SICARD, 2 vols. 8vvo, The author of 
this work has attained great celebrity by 
his excellent method of teaching the deaf 
and dumb ; and finding in the courfe of 
LS his 
