672 
various, fome being fo high as thirty 
franks. The author begins by defign- 
ating the clafs and the order to which 
each tree or fhrub appertains, accord- 
ing to the fyftem of Linneus, and the 
natural method of Juffieu, Under the 
general title of gezus, the principal re- 
marks are diretted:—r1. To the effen- 
tial charadéter, or whatever diftinguifhes 
the plant from others to which it ap- 
pears to have an affinity; 2. the diffe- 
rences, OF minute variations; 3. the 
fecendary charadters; 4. name and ety- 
mology; and §. mifcellaneous obferva- 
tions. 
«* L’Angleterre en 1§00"—Eneland 
in 1800, 2 vol. 8vo, 
This is an attempt to defcribe the 
fituation of England at the epoch ale 
iuded to in the title-page. The author 
enters into an examimation of the re- 
volution of 1688, and appears extreme- 
Jy anxious to attack our conititution, 
by detailing the number of Members 
of the Houfe of Commons nominated 
by the Treafury, the Houfe of Peers, 
&c. &c. In fection 6, which 1s entirely 
devoted to an examination of the fi- 
nances, heattempts to develope the po- 
jitics of Mr. Pitt, the object. of whofe 
Jabours, according to him, has ever 
been confined to two points:—1. the 
annihilation of France; and 2. the 
creation of a ftrong military force ca- 
pable of defying all oppofition. 
This work is faid to be the produc- 
tion of an exiled Englifhman, and, the 
mumber of foreign idioms with which 
jt abounds, fully proves, at leaft, that 
it has never been written by a native 
of France. : 
‘© Penfées, par J. P. A. D. LP 
Thoughts, by J. P. A. D. L. 1 vol. 
12M0. 
This is a collection of fayings and 
maxims, in imitetion of Rochefoucault, 
and fome few other writers who have 
fucceeded in this fpecies of compof- 
tion. Two or three fhort quotations 
follow by way of example :—‘‘ Doubt 
aid incredulity are the flower and the 
fruit.”—‘* Happinefs is only the enjoy- 
nient of an agreeable error.’’—** Riches 
are the paflport of folly.” 
‘¢ Hiftoire d’Agathon, Tradudion 
nouvelle et compiete, faite fur la” der- 
niére Edition des GEuvres de Wieland 5 
par F. D.Pernay, Paris, 3 vol. in-12. 
Prix, 6.fr.”°—The Hiftory of Agathon, 
anew and complete Tranflation, from 
the lait Edition of the Werks of Wie- 
land, &c. : . 
{ 
Retrofpect of French Literature.—Mifeellanies. 
Wieland has endeavoured, in this 
performance, to join the feverity of 
morals with the graces of romance and 
the exacinefs of hiftory. The author 
fuppofes his heroto be brought up un- 
derthe fhade of the laurels of the tem- 
ple of Delphos. An excellent educa- 
tion has already developed in him thofe 
happy difpofitions which he had re- 
ceived from nature. A tender heart, 
an ardent imagination, and handfome 
perfon, all the means of pleafing on 
one hand, and obtaining fuccefs on the 
other, become as it were his inheri- 
tance. 
Agathon inhabits the fane dedicated 
to Apollo, without knowing who had 
placed him there, or who now provided 
for hisaccommodation. While in this 
fituation, the Pythia, who was neither 
ignorant of his merits nor accomplish- 
ments, conceived a moft violent paflion 
for him, and endeavoured to infpire 
him witha fimilar one; but the young 
man, who had become enamoured dur- 
ing one of the feitivals of Diana, with 
one of the young priefteffes, rejects with 
horror the idea of appertaining to any 
one but his Pfyché. 
At length the Pythia having difco- 
vered that the two Jovers kept up a fe- 
cret intercourfe with each other, fhe 
conceals the prieitefs from the fight of 
Agathon, who immediately leaves 
the temple in fearch of her. Having 
taken the road to Corinth, he has the 
good fortune to difcover his father, 
Stratonicus, who was about to repair 
to Delphos, in order to conduct him 
home. Being now recognized as heir 
to an immenie fortune, Agathon con- 
ceives great projects, and is feized with 
a noble ambition. Being carried by 
his father to Athens, he foon diftin- 
guifhes himfelf by his love for ttudy, 
the fuperiority of his talents, and the 
{ftrength of his mind. He becomes the 
difciple, and even the friend of Plato, 
and at jength attains the honour of be- 
ing employed by the Athenians. But, 
after enjoying the climax of popular 
favour for fome time, he is at length 
deprived of his credit and his riches, in 
confequence of vague accufations ; and 
being driven into exile, he contiders 
himfelf as the moft unhappy of all men, 
when, by a fortunate accident, he dif- 
covers his Piyché ; but, inftead of be- 
ing united to her, they are both fold 
as flaves to Hippias of Smyrna. 
At length he is releafed from bon- 
dage, and, after a variety of adventures, 
: returns 
