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found none of thofe extraordinary 
events which we meet with in books 
alone. On the contrary, Madame 
N continues to intereft the 
reader, by defcnbing Edward as the 
dupe of a woman of gallantry, and 
Clementina as on the point of being 
caught in the many {nares {pread for 
her by avarice, jealoufy, and ambi- 
tion. 
¢* Hermann et Emile, traduit de 
VAliemand d’Augufte Lafontaine, par 
Je Cit. Ray—alL. Paris, 4 vols. 12mo. 
fig. Prix 6 fr. et france de port, 8 fr.”"— 
Hermann and Emilia; tranflated from 
the German of Auguitus Lafontaine. 
Augutftus Lafontaine, a name well 
known in Germany, contrives to place 
us hero in fifuations calculated ad- 
mirably to contraft’ with each other. 
Hermann, the hero of the tale, in con- 
dequence of his birth, unites, in his 
own perfon, all the pride of ariftocracy 
on one hand, and all the opulence de- 
rived from recent acquifitions, by 
means, of trade, on the other; for he 
is the fon of Lang, Counfellor of F1- 
nances to a petty Prince, with little 
or no revenue, while his mother is the 
daughter of a rich corn-merchant, in 
whofe houfe he is educated. Hence 
arifes a very ftriking difference between 
the infolent pride {fo vifible in the pa- 
ternal manfion, and the franknefs and 
candour that reigned in the houfe of 
the maternal grandfather. 
Two young ladies contend for the 
heart and hand of Hermann; the firft 
4s the virtuous Emilia, the daughter of 
a ref{pectable but poor gentleman ; the 
other is Julia, a woman of wit, a phi- 
lojopher in petticoats, who, however, 
engages in a little intrigue with a per- 
fon of diftinction, and in confequence 
of this is obliged to refign all preten- 
fions to her mere fortunate and more . 
amiable rival. The union of the two 
jovers, however, does not conclide 
the novel, on the contrary, it ferves 
for the foundation of new fcenes and 
new misfortunes. i. 
*‘ Charles et Marie, par Auteur 
dG’Adele de Sénange. Paris, 1 vol. 
azmo. Prix 1 fr. 50 c.”—Charles and 
Maria, by the Author of Adelade 
Senange. 
The fcene of this French novel is 
jaid in England, for Charles is edu- 
cated at Oxford, while Maria is the 
third daughter of Lord Seymour, who 
had determined that the fhould not be 
Retrofpec of French Literature.— Poetry. 
married until her two eldeft fiflers were 
previoufly difpofed of. 
“Te Pére et la Fille, traduit de 
l’Anglais de Mrs. Opie, fur la feconde 
Edition, par Mademoifelle ———, Au- 
teur d’ Eugenio et Virginia et d’Orfeuil 
et Juliette, ou le Réveil des Ilufions. 
Paris, 1 vol. 12mo. fig. "—The father 
and daughter, &c. ! 
This, as the title-page imports, 1s a 
French tranflation of an Englifh novel, 
written by Mrs. Opie. 
POETRY 
“* Ode fur les Vertus Civiles, &c.”— 
An Ode to the Virtues of Civil Life, 
by ForTuNEE B. BriquET, a Mem- 
ber of the Society of Belles Lettres at 
Paris. Read by the Author at a Pub- 
lic Seffion, on the 23d Vendemaire, 
roth Year, 8vo. Pamphlet. 
This is a prize-poem for a filver rofe, 
prefented by the Prefeét of the Depart- 
ment of the Two Sevres. The epoch ~ 
of a general peace prefents an oppor- 
tunity perfectly analogous to the fub- 
ject chofen by the young poet, and he 
has not failed to take advantage of it. 
“¢ Un nouvel aftre nous éclaire 5 
I] repand la joie en tous lieux ; 
La vidtoire enchaine la guerre, 
La vertu redefcend des cieux. 
Vertu, trop long temps exilée, 
Enfin la paix l’a rappelée; 
Préte ton charme 4 mes accens. 
Oui, que l’on te nomme prudence, 
Juftice, force on temperance, 
Tu feras ’objet de mes chants.” 
After condemning the excefles.com- 
mitted during the revolutionary pe- 
riod, and obferving that virtue was 
treated like a chimera, the author con- 
cludes thus :— 
‘¢ Non, tu n’es point un vain fantome, 
Vertue, feul bonheur des mortels 5 
Dans les palais et fous la chaumey 
J-apergois encore tes autels. 
En vain on voulut faire un crime 
Du culte le plus legitime, 
Qui fat jamais fous le foleil : 
Tes oppreffeurs, dans leur ivrefle, 
S’endormirent pleins d’alégrefle, 
Tu triomphois a leur réveil.” 
This ode has been aiready tranflated 
inte Italian, “Pe os ae . 
«¢ De Pace Carmen, &c.”—A Poem 
on the Peace, by Luce DE LANCIVAL. 
This Latin production ought not, per- 
haps, in point of ftriétnefs, to be ad- 
mitted jnto’an account of French lite- 
rature; but as it. is the production of 
a Frenchman, and has experienced 
fome degree of applaufe at Paris, we 
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