Retrofpeét of Spanijfh Literature. —Poetry. 
PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS. 
*¢ El Mercurio Hittérico y Politico de 
Setiembre.’’—The Hiftorical and Politi- 
cal Mercury of September, which is re- 
gularly continued; it will not be neceffary 
further to notice it. 
‘¢ Memorial Literario; 6, Biblioteca 
Periodica de Ciencias y Artes, Numero 8.” 
—Literary Memorial; or, Periodical Li- 
brary of Arts and Sciences, No. 8. 
This publication contains obfervations 
of D. Luis Prouft, of Madrid, Profeffor 
of Chemiftry, in which he unfolds the 
fyftem of C. Fourcroy, and remarks on 
the principal proceffes of the art. It alfo 
comprizes ftrictures on the tragedy of the 
Duque de Vifeo ; a notice on the mufical 
types of Vicente Garvifo ; a chart of the 
globe, according to a new method, by 
D. Juan Antonio Cafiaveras ; and a con- 
tinuation of the literary extraéts from the 
general Gazette of German Publications. 
This work is periodically continued: we 
fall not again mention it. 
“Correo Literario de Cordoba,.”— 
Literary Mail of Cordova. 
‘ This has been publifhed every Friday 
and Sunday fince the 15th of November: 
it treats on philofophical and {cientific 
fubjeéts, and on fome of a ferious kind, 
and does not exclude fugitive poetry: we 
notice it no further. 
‘¢ Compendio del Ano 1802, compuefto 
de varias Tablas.”"-—Compendium for the 
Year 1802, witha variety of Tables. 
This is a kind of almanack; it is 
adorned with vignettes, and contains that 
fort of information which is of daily ufe 
in every fituation and rank of life. 
«© Almanak Mercantil; 6, Guia de 
Comerciantes, para el Ano de 1802.” 
Mercantile Almanack; or, Commercial 
Guide, for the Year 1802. 
This is a publication of the fame kind 
with the preceding, but it is adapted par- 
ticularly to trade, comprehending the tri- 
bunals, and confuls of trade, the names 
of the principal merchants in Spain and 
America, comparifons of foreign money, 
and notices of the principal manufactures 
of the country. 
‘« Guia de la Grandeza para efte Ano 
de 1802."°—Guide of Nobility for the 
Year 1802. 
«* Mes de Enero del Compendio del 
Ano Chriftiano, en 129,"°——Compendium 
of the Chriftian ZEra, for the Month of 
January. 
This is a monthly publication, and is 
embellifhed with engravings, by profeffors 
of repute, on religious fubjetts. Its furs 
_ ther progrefs we do not mention, 
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“¢ Guiaé Eftada general de la Real Ha- 
cienda de Efpaiia para el prefente Ano de 
1802.”"—Guide or general State of the 
Royal Property of Spain, for the Year 
1802, 
«¢ Almanak Nautico y Efemérides Af- 
tronomicas, para el Afio de 1803, calcu- 
ladas de Orden de S. M. para el Obter- 
vatorio Real de la Ifla de Leon.”"—=Alma- 
nack Nautical and Ephemeral, for the 
Year 1803, calculated by Order of his 
Majefty, for the Royal Obfervatory in the 
Ifland of Leon. 
POETRY. 
“¢ Poefias efcogidas del Dr. Frey Lopr 
FeLrx DE VEGA Carrio, Prefbitero, 
del Habitode S, Juan; con una breve 
Noticia de la Vida del Autor, y un Dif- 
curfo de Marmontel fobre Ja Oda.”’—Se- 
lect Poetry of Dr. Lope Felix de Ve- 
ga Carpio, Priett of the Order of 
St. John; with Stri€tures on the Life of 
the Author, and a Difcourfe by Marmon- 
tel on the Ode. 
“© EF] Robo de Elena, traducido del Gri- 
ego en Verfo Caftellano, por el P. Icna- 
cio Garcia DE S. ANTONIO DE Pa- 
puA.’’—The Rape of Helen, in Spanifh 
Verfe, ftom the Greek, by Pedro Ignacio 
Garcia de S. Antonio de Padua. 
*¢ Parafrafis de la Epiftolo Ovidisna de 
Dido a Eneas, puefta en Verfo, por el P.. 
Josepu Nunzz.’’—Paraphrafe on Ovid’s 
Epiftle from Dido to Eneas, in Spanifh 
Verfe, by Father JosepuH NuNEz. 
Thefe two poetical works are recom- 
mended to young perfons of tafte, for the 
purity of the language, and the elegance 
of the verfification. 
** Las Eltaciones del Ano: Poema del 
Ingles, Jayme TuHomson, traducido 
en Verfo Caftellano por Don BEniTro Go- 
MEZ RoMERO.”’—The Four Seafons, from 
the Englifh of James Thomfon, tranflated 
into Spanifh, by D. Benito Gomez 
Romero. 
«« Arte Poética Facil.”"—-Poetry made 
Ealy. 
This little work is from the pen of the 
Abbot Don Juan FRANCISCo DE Mias- 
BEN, Academician in feveral Inftitutions 
of Italy and Spain. It fthews, in fami. 
liar dialogues, the nature and compofi- 
tion of Spanith poetry. 
‘* Poefias Volantes de Don Francifca 
Gregoriode Salas, yde Don Dicgo Antoe 
nio Cernadas.”—Fugitive Poetry of D. 
Francilco Gregorio de Salas, and of D, 
Diego Antomo Cernadas. 
«¢ Colecion de Poemas Latinos.”’—Col. 
leétion of Latin Poems. 
Thefe are compiled for the ufe of the 
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