504 Retrofpedt of Demeftic Literature —Pelitical Economy. [Sur 
Ruifia,”’ which precipitated the grandfon 
of Peter the Great from his threne, and 
elevated the late emprefs, Catharine the 
Second; the author was prefent at chat 
fanguinary fcene, and from ‘his fituation at 
Peterfburg, in the fuit of M. de Sreceuil, 
minifter-pienipotentiary of France, liad 
opportunities cf perfonal acquaintance with 
the principai con{ptrators. 
A tranflation has alfo appeared from 
the manufeript ‘* Memoirs relating to 
the French Revolution, by the Marquis de 
Bouillé.” Many interefiing particulars 
are narrated in this volume, of the coali- 
tion which was formed by che European 
princes for the refteration of monarchy : 
the marquis had the fcle conduét of the 
ing’s fight to Varennes, and has given a 
copious account of the affair at Nanci, ex- 
culpatory of his own proceedings. he 
celebrated M. Neckar has publithed two 
oftavo volumes ‘* On the French Revolu- 
tion :” as may be expeéted, they difplay 
confiderable talent, and !abour to refute 
the various calumnies which have been 
circulated againft the adminiftration and 
principles of that snfortunate financier. 
M. FPagés’ “ Secret Hiftory of the 
French Revolution” will probably difap- 
point every one who places much confi- 
dence in pompous title-pages : the author 
does nor fee to have poffefied any fecret 
information, nor has he communicated 
many particulars, which have rot long 
been before the public: his narrative is 
unconnected, and his ftyle inflated. A 
tranflation has appeared from the “‘ Cam- 
pegne du General Buonaparte en Italie :” 
this work, if it be deficient in point of 
arrangement, is written in 2 Very ant- 
mated fiyle, and the fubjeét of the me- 
moir renders it extremely interefting. A 
plain, but faithful tranflation has appear- 
ed from the Spanith, of ‘* Don Juan Bap- 
tifa. Munoz.” .This author's valuable 
«¢ Hittory of the New World” was un- 
dertaken by command of the late king of 
Spain ; without depreciating the value of 
Dr. Robertfon’s Hiftory of America, we 
may anticipate, that much new matter 
will be found in the prefent work, of 
‘ which the firft volume only is at prefent 
publifhed, drawn from documents and ori- 
ginal papers, which were inacceflible to 
-eur own induftrious and elegant hiftorian. 
<¢ An account of Portuga!, as it appeared in 
1766,” has been tranflated fromthe French 
of General Dumouriez: it was originally 
printed at Laufanne in 1775, but the pre- 
fent has been revifed by the author, and 
enlarged by much additional and impor- 
mint miatter, 
POLITICAL ECONOMY. 
_ Anew edition has been publifhed in 
one volume, quarto, of Mr. ‘ Ruggleys 
Hiftory of the Poor :” the obfervations of 
this writer breathe fuch benevolence, and 
the plans which he has fuggefted for ame- 
liorating the condition of that degraded 
and miferable portion of our fellow-crea- 
tures, are fo wife, fo falurary, and fo hu- 
mane, that Sir Frederic Eden wili not 
bluih te have this work placed on the 
fame fhelf.vith his own valuable volumes 
on the fubje&. Mr. Ruggle thas derailed 
the account of a {mall experimental /cof 
of indufry, from which it appears that the 
produce of the children’s labour exceeded 
the expenditure for their food and clothing. 
We are happy to find it announced im the 
advertifement to the feventh of ‘ Count 
Rumford’s Political Economical and Phi- 
lofophical Effays,” that he is at prefent 
engaged in a fimilar experiment: he is 
forming a public -eftablifhment for the 
education of a hundred poor children of 
both fexes, from five to fix years of age, 
who, he expeéts, will immediately be able. 
to pay for their own maintenance, and be 
prepared to enter the world at fome future 
period, as ufeful members of fociety. Mr. 
Sebatier has written a fomewhat elaborate 
‘“ Treatife.on Poverty, its Confequences, 
and the Remedy.” Many falutary regula- 
tions are fuggefted in this work, but fome 
of the author’s obfervations, particularly 
where he is enlarging on the caufes of po- 
verty, are by no means found. The firft 
part of this work defines, “ who properly 
come under the denomination of poor ;” in 
the fecond, are ftated the confequences of 
poverty, namely, crimes, encumberance to 
the public, or emigration. We _are pleafed 
with the /plification which Mr. Sebatier 
recommends in teaching religion : the azyp/- 
teries ot which are too unintelligible to be 
of much practical importance. Dr. Bu- 
chan has put together fome common- 
place “ Obfervations on the Diet of the 
Common People;”’ but “ The Firft Re- 
port of the Society for bettering the Condi- 
tion, and increafing the Comforts of the 
Poor,”” well merits the public attention ; as 
do the ** Outlines of an Attempt to efta- 
blifh a Pian for a Juft and Regular Equiva. 
lent for the Labour and Support of the 
Poor :” the plan is to make the coin of the 
kingdom correfpond with the weight ; 
that is, that a farthing, halfpenny, penny, 
&c. might every where be uled as weights. 
Mr. Aciom Ingram’s “ Enquiry into the 
prefent Condition of the Lower Claffes,” 
&c. contains an able inveftigation of various 
tubjecis corineéted with political economy, 
the 
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