616 Retrofped of Domeftic Literature —Claffical and Oriental, Fe 
we had reafon to expect from the general 
talents:and {cientific knowledge of Dr. 
Bufby, ard fuch a work as he certainly 
would have produced, had he employed 
more time and labour in the compofition 
of it, vet it will be thankrully received 
by the Public, as containing an anundance 
of ufeful information, and as being far 
fuperior to any work ofthe dcind) which 
we have in the ‘Englith language. 
«The Beauties of England and Wales : 
or, Delineations topographical, hiftorical 
and def-ript.ve, of each County, embel- 
lifned with Engravings, by Joun Brit- 
ToN, and Enwarpd WIDLAKE Brac- 
ered y Two volumes of this beautiful 
work are already pudlifhed: it proceeds 
period cally. in halt-crown numbers, each 
containing “three orfourengravings. They 
are, generally fpeaking, drawn with a 
great deal of ‘tafte, and engraven with a 
great desl of delicacy. 
CLASSICAL AND ORIENTAL LITE- 
RATURE. 
<< Quintus Horatius Fiaccus, cum locis 
quibufdam e Grecis {criptoribus collatus, 
que Criticiin commentariis fuis nondum 
animadverterunt. Accedit index perpe- 
tuus ad Auéioies a Wagnero laudatos, 
nec non Odz ‘ O Fons, & ‘ Intermiffa 
Venus,’ e Latino in Grecum converfo. 
Auftore STEPHANO WESTON.” Ithas 
been recommended to Mr. Wefion to re- 
publ: th the curious work of Wagner, and 
fubjoin h's own additicns in their preper 
piaces, with fome marks to diftinguith 
the one from the other. 
work he has merely copied Wagner's re- 
ferences, and few perfons have the library 
which can anfwer them. Mr. Wefton 
proceeds no farther than the Odes and 
Epodes, but promifes the completion of 
the work, if the public fhousa favour the 
defign. 
‘« Publius Virgilius Maro, Bucolica, 
Georgica, = Fence: tomis I].””  Thefe 
beautiful volumes iffve from the prefs of 
Benfley, ard are adorned with plates of 
great excellence, from the graver chiefly of 
Mefirs. Bartol-zzi and Sharp. Each hock of 
the Aincid has one engraving prefixed to 
it, the Georgics have two, and the 
Eclogucs one: there are no notes attached 
to it; but, M. Dulau, the Publifher, is 
hi milf refponfible for the correctnels of 
the letter-pre!s. 
cs Specimens of Literary Re feublanice 
in the W rks of Pope, Gray, and other 
celebrated Writers ; with Critical Obfer- 
vations: in‘a Series of Letters, by the 
Rev. SamueL Berpmore, D.D. late 
Kafer of the Charter-houfe Schoal.’’— 
‘In the prefent_ 
This is an elegant produétion of an ele- 
gant {cholar, who, we are lorry to learn, 
has fince the publication of it vifited 
+— — That bourne, 
From whence no traveller returns ! 
There is an extraordinary degree of eri- 
tical acumen difplayed in thefe fpecimens 
of literary refemblance. Dr. Berdmore 
has been extremely happy in elucidating 
obfcure paflages in fome ancient authors, 
and he has given us a fine vindication and 
criticifm of Mr. Gray’s Bard.’ The old 
Warburtonian controverfy is glanced at, 
anda mercilefs caftigaiion is inflicted on 
that /eerned critic, as Dr. Berdmore hag 
every where farcaltically denominated Dr. 
Hud. 
<¢ The Satires of Juvenal, by Wi1L- 
LIAM Ruopes.” Weare half difpoled. 
to fuffer this work to efcape notice: but 
iuch pre-eminent nonfenfe, when © btruded 
upon the Public with ae becomes 
too offenfive tor endurance. . Rhedes 
has the audacity to depreciate vail the for- 
mer tranflaters of Juvenal, not forge’ting 
Dryden, whofe ‘* hafty and floven] y fryle” 
of compofing is extremely ditiereable ‘to 
this accurate and faftidious critic ! Falfe 
quantities, falfe grammar, lines of every 
various admeafurement, from the o€to to the 
dodefyllabic length inclufive, and rhymes— 
“Gracious Apollo, from on high behold 
us!” and fpare our cars from the dif- 
cordant notes of this — Mare 
{yas ! 
« An Enquiry into the ancient Greek 
Game fuppofed to have heen invented by 
Palamedes,antecedent to the Siege of Troy; 
with Reafons for believing the fame to have 
been known from remote antiquity in 
China, and progreflively improved inte 
the Chinefe, Indian, Perfian, and European 
Chefs. Alfo, two Differtations: 1. Onthe 
Athenian Skirophoria; 2. On the myftical 
Meaning of the Bough and Umbrella, in 
the Skiran Rites.” In this curious 
enquiry the Author has evinced a 
great deal of taite and learning: the 
work is ornamented with feveral engrav- 
ings, and it is altogether a very elegant 
produétion. 
A tranflation has appeared, fafficiently 
well executed, by JaMES Jacgue, Elq. 
of M. Bailly’ s whimfical «Letters upon 
the Atlantis of Plato, &c.” | 
‘¢ Obfe:vations on fome Medals and 
Gems, bearing Inicriptions in the Pahla- 
vi, or ancient Perfic Character.” This 
work affords additional evidence of the 
fuccefs and induftry with which Sir Wir- 
LIAM OUSELEY profecutes his enquiries 
into” Oriental literature and antiquities. — 
e¥e) sade 
