Retrofpeé of French Literature.—Mufcellanies. 
noie des Médailles, fon Compagnon 
de Voyage en Italie, feconde Edition, 
augmentée dune Notice fur Madame 
de Choifeul, Paris, 1 vol. 8vo. de 448 
p- Prix 5 tr.’—-The Travels in Italy 
of M. the Abbé Barthelemy, &c. 
The French critics have objeSted to 
the title of this work, and infift that, 
however valuable the colle&tion may 
be, yet that the forty-nine letters from 
the illuftrious Abbé to the learned 
Count Caylus, contain merely a lite- 
rary correipondence, and are not in the 
leaft calculated to convey the idea ufu- 
ally affixed to travels. It may not here 
be unneceflary to apprize our readers, 
that Barthelemy, at one time, had re- 
folved to occupy his pen with a jour- 
ney into Italy during the Auguitan 
age of Leo X. but that, after due con- 
fideration, he abandoned the fubjedt, 
in order that his mind might not be 
diverted from his great work, the Tra- 
vels of Anacharfis the Younger into 
Greece. 
MISCELLANIES. 
“* Elémens de Grammaire Générale, 
appliqués 4 la Langue Francaife, par 
R. A. Sicarpb, Direéteur de lInftitu- 
tion des Sourds-Muets, Membre de 
VInftitut National de France, et de 
PAthénée de Lyon, Paris, 2 vols. 8vo. 
Prix i2 fr.,—Elements of General 
Grammar, &c. : 
This production of Sicard, who has 
already rendered his name celebrated 
by his labours refpecting the education 
of the deaf and dumb, evidently pof- 
fefles great merit, but it is calculated 
for the French nation alone, or, at 
leat, for thofe foreigners who with 
io obtain a critical prefciency in their 
linguage. 
<¢ Mémoire-fur l’Egypt,’ &c.—Me- 
moir concerning Egypt, 2. vols. S8vo. 
This works not only contains an 
account of the military exploits of the 
Fiench in Egypt, but alfo of the la- 
bours of their learned men in that 
quirter of the world. 
‘ De l’Education Publique et Pri- 
véedes Francais,” &c.—Of the Public 
and'\Private Education of the French, 
by J.J. Viney, Author of the Natural 
Huttay of the Human Mind. 
Ciizen Virey will not deign to oc- 
cupy\his attention with children be- 
fore they have attained their fixth or 
feventh year, for until that time, ac- 
cording to him, the mind is as yet too 
éecble‘tor inftruction, The author for- 
’ ’ 
671 
cibly points out the propriety of em- | 
ploying three different kinds of {chools: 
1. The communal or primary, where 
all children, of whatever condition are 
to be received. Therethey are to fpend 
three years, during which period they 
are to learn to read, to write, to cy- 
pher, to fwim, and to prefent them- 
felves with a good grace. 
2. The cantonal or fecondary {chools, 
are deftined for the children of pea- 
fants or little tradefmen, and they are 
here to learn the firft elements of na- 
tural philofophy, natural hiftory, rural 
economy, and medicine. 
3. Next comes the departmental or 
tertiary fchools, in which thofe devoted 
to the {ciences are to be inftruéted. 
The author wifhes alfo to eftablifh 
what he terms /pecial fchools for females, 
in which they are to learn to read, 
write, cypher, and fing. 
«< Efope au Bal de l’Opera, ou tout 
Paris en Miniature, dédié 4 ceux qui. 
fe reconnoitront. 
Ridentem dicere verum quid vetat ? 
Horart. 
Et pourquoi celui qui rit ne diroit-il pas la 
vérité ? 
Paris, 2 vol. 12mo., fig. Prix 3 fr. 60.¢. 
et franc de port 5 fr.”—-Efop at an 
Opera Ball; or, all Paris in Miniature. 
This is written fomewhat after the 
manner of ‘* Le Diable Boiteux”’— 
The Devil on two Sticks, and abounds 
with fatire on the Parifians. It contains 
both profe and verfe, and from the lat- - 
ter we fhall extract a fhort fpecimen :— 
LE SINGE HERMITE. 
Fable, 
Pierrot, vrai fapajou, goarmand, gai, vif, 
amiable, ; 
De fes jours fentant le déclin, 
Voulut fe délivrer d’un.remord qui ’accable ; 
En s’apprétant 4 mourir en Chrétien ; 
Dans un bois folitaire, il fe conftruit un gfte, 
Se preffe les flancs d’un cordon, 
Se couvre d’un vieux capachon 5 
Bref, voila notre finge hermite, 
Et malgre fa mine hypocrite, 
Révéré dans tout le canton ; 
«‘C’étoit un grand faint(difoit on) 
Priant jour et nuit comme un 
ange, 
’ Pour les moiffons et la vendange.”” 
Tous les voilins crurent devoir 
De fruits iui porter une ofrande ; . 
Pour le bénir et pour le voir, 
La foule, ce jour-14 fut grande, 
C’étoit a qui pourroit le prévenir ; 
Notre nouvel anachorette 
4R2 A Vafpee 
