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ters, wonderful incidents, and delinea- 
tions of over-powering paffion. They 
have been called to voluptuous revelry in 
Mr. Lewis’s ** Monk,” a terrific and 
luxurious tale, more diftinguifhed by 
genius than by a regard to decorum. 
Mr. Pra:T has treated them with a 
plentiful family-dinner, not very regu- 
’ darly fet out, and rather over-loaded with 
{weets, in his ** Family Secrets.” An 
elegant table, rather too highly. gar- 
nifed, has been fet out before them by» 
Mrs. ROBINSON, in her ** Hubert de 
Sevrac.” A fubftantialand wholefome ‘co/d 
collation has been provided for them by 
the fenfible and correét author of “ A 
Goflip’s Story;” and another nearly of 
the fame kind, in the Rev. Mr. Mar- 
SHALL’s “ Edmund and Eleonora.”’ 
Mrs. SmrrxH’s ci:cumftances have pre- 
vented her entertaining her old friends, 
in her “ Marchmont,”’ as handfomely 
as fhe has done on former occafions, but 
they will have too much ki;dnefs to ne- 
gleét her. Of the.S imdwiches given by 
other hofts, or hofteffes, we fhall fay 
nothing. Foreign dithes. not perhaps 
exaétly fuited to the Englith palate, have 
been brought over France and Germany, 
among whch are WIELAND’s “ Pere- 
grine Proteus,” and ‘“* Sebaldus No- 
thanker.”’ 
EDUCATION. 
No fchool books have appeared worth 
partiular notice : we may juft mention, 
a * Dialogue between a Lady and her 
Pup,” deferibing, in an entertaining 
manner, a journey in England and 
Original Anecdotes—Barthelemy. 20. 
Wales; Mr. Foce’s copious but ill- 
digefted ‘* Principles of Engitth Gram- 
mir, with Differtations ;” 
CuHarpin’s ** French Verbs, with Rules 
and Exercifes.” A good “ Welth and 
Englith Dictionary”’ has been publithed. 
MIscELLANIES. 
Mr. D’Israe xi has added to the {tock 
of entertainment he has already furnish- 
ed tothe public, by his MisceLLantes, 
or LITERARY RECREATIONS ; a \o- 
lume which, under a variety of heads, 
communicates the refult of the writer’s 
reading and reflexion, in a manner al- 
ways amufing, and frequently infruc- 
tive. 
Mr. IRELAND and his fon have not 
chofen that the public fhould quietly 
forget the difgraceful ftory of the Iron 
Chet. A laboured, but altogether un- 
fatisfactory ** Apology for the Believers in’ 
the Shakfpeare Papers ;”’ a ‘* Vindication 
of Mr. Ireland’s Condu& ;” and ** An’ 
Authentic Account of the Shak{pearean 
Manuferipts,’” deave this affair where 
they found it. An amufing Milcellany has 
appeared under the title of ‘ Sketches, 
on various Subje€ts, ‘Moral, Literary, 
and Political,” by the Author of he De- 
mocrat. “ A -German » Mifcellany,” 
confifting of entertaining Tales, has been 
tranflated by Dr. THompson, ‘* Se- 
leftions from the French Avas,’’ have 
been judicioufly made. A periodical work 
is begun, by Major OusELEeY, which 
promifes much information and enter- 
tainment, under the title of ** Oriental 
Collections,” : 

ORIGINAL ANECDOTES AND REMAINS 
16) 
EMINENT 
F 
FERS ONS. 
This Article is devoted to the Reception of Biographical Anecdotes, Papers, Letters, cs and 
we regueft the Communications of juch of our Readers as can affift us in thefe objeds. 
Anecdotes of Perfons conneéted with 
the French Revolution, 
BARTHELEMY, the new DireZor. 
M BARTHELEMY is the nephew 
* of the Abbé of the fame name, who 
acquired fuch deferved celebrity by his 
learned labours, particularly his “« Voyage 
de jeune Anacharfe.”” The uncle was 
patronized by M. Choifeu!, the prime 
minifier of France, whom he had accom- 
panied while Compte de Stainville, in 
his embaffy into Italy. After their re- 
turn, young Barthelemy was placed in 
_ one of the public offices at Verfailles, and 
became initiatéd at an early period of life 
into the foreign correfpondence of the 
then miniftry. 
His proteétor was a nobleman, who 
united very diffimilar, and apparently 
incompatible purfuits, in his own per- 
fon An accomplifhed courtier, he cul- 
tivated a cafte for the fine arts, intrigued 
in all the cabinets of Eurcpe, and was 
greatly attached to literature and fearned 
men. ‘Tohim his been attributed, twa 
‘of the moft remarkable and portentous 
events of our time, the family compact. 
with Spain, anc the union of the houfes- 
of Auftria and Bourbon, by the marriage 
of Marie Antoinette, with Lovis XIV. 
No fooner had M. Barthelemy attained 
the 
and Monf.. 
