Retrofpest of Domeftic Literature—Ecclefiaftical Hiftary, ec. 578 
felf-ele&ted oligarchy of magiftrates. 
The inftin& of office is every where 
alike. The Swifs aldermen gradually 
adopted an Anti-jacobin creed, gave 
the name of confpiracy to the purfuit 
of the moft equitable reforms, and re- 
peatedly itifled, efpecially at Bern, the 
complaints of the bold with the halter 
of the executioner. Thus arofe,through- 
out Switzerland, what we fhould call 
a corporation-party, and a freeman’s 
(or liveryman’s) party. To the corpo- 
ration-party, Mr. Planta’s excellent 
work has a leaning; to the freeman’s 
party, this fhorter and convenient hif- 
torical epitome. Mr. Naylor is a florid, 
an eloquent, an interefting writer; not 
a fagging, black-lettered, . fedentary, 
charter-conftruing, record-gutting an- 
tiquary. 
“‘Laino’s Hiftory of Scotland, 2 vol. 
12S.”" 
This narrative extends from the 
union of the crowns of England and 
Scotland under James, to the union of 
the kingdoms under Anne. It fully 
accounts for the hoftility which the 
family of Stuart experienced in the 
northern part of the ifland. Inftead of 
being furprifed that the Scottith nation 
threw off all allegiance to the fove- 
reigns of that race, their cruelty, perfi- 
dy, and general mifconduét, were fuch, 
that one rather wonders at the patience, 
long-fuffering, and forbearance, exhi- 
bited by that injured people. 
An Appendix to the fecond volume 
overthrows the authenticity of the 
Englifh Offian, a very {mall portion of 
which can have been derived from any 
pre-exilting poems, and thofe of a far 
later date than the pretended wra of 
Fingal. 
‘* Memoir of a. Campaign with the 
Ottoman Army in Egypt, by I. P. Mo- 
RIER, 4s,” 
Melancholy as it may be to compare 
the refult with the effort of Britith va- 
Jour in Syria and Egypt, it is ftill 
foothing. Although improvidence at 
home may have rendered the recent 
trophies piled at Acca, as ufelefs as 
thofe of Richard Lion-heart, yet the 
Narrative is attaching. The name of 
Sir Sidney Smith fhall be pronounced 
with pride by the poet and the _hifto- 
rian; if with a bluth by cotemporary 
ftate{men. 
The condition of the Turkifh army, 
according to the picture here drawn of 
it, feems to bave fully juftified Sir Sid- 
mney Smith in effecting the treaty of 
E]-Arifh, to which it is fuggefted Kle- 
ber would not have acceded but from 
hatred’ to Bonaparte. It is intimated, 
that while he was ignorant of the re- 
volution which placed the latter at the 
head of the government in France, 
Kleber was fincere in the intention of 
evacuating Egypt; but that, as foon 
as he was made acquainted with 
that event, he difclofed a wifhto violate 
his engagement, and was happy in 
having a pretext for releafing himéfelf. 
ECcLESiIAsSTicAL History, THEO- 
LOGY, METAPHysics, MORALITY, 
&ec. { 4 
«© Campbell’s Lectures on Ecclefiafti- 
cal Hiftory, 16s.” 
Except the political Annals of free 
ftates, Ecclefiaitical Hiftory is the moft 
interefting branch of record. Negligent 
of the deftroying competitions of force, 
it is converfant, not with battalions of 
barbarians, but with combinations of 
educated men. Itnarrates conflicts of 
mind, it celebrates the victories or the 
defeats of reafon, it inveftigates the 
afcent or defcent of public morality, 
and embraces the univerfal progrefs of 
human culture. Events deferve and 
acquire majefty of importance in pro- 
portion as they bufy a nobler agency, 
Siberian favages fuffice to win trophies 
for an Attila, or a Suwarrow; it re- 
quires both knowledge and principle 
to inlift under the banners of a Calvin, 
ora Socini. 
To the inherent intereft of his fub- 
ject, Dr. Campbell, in this inftructive 
commentary, fuperadds what learning 
—what candour—can annex. His 
judicious work is peculiarly feafon- 
able, when the claims of church au- 
thority, and the conquetts cf fpiritual 
jurifdiction, areevery where fo rapidly 
progreflive. May it contribute, by the 
liberal principles which it temperately 
attempts to revive, fomewhat to inter- 
rupt, and fora while to. defer, that re- 
lapfe toward the fervile credulity, and: 
docile ignorance, of .the dark ages, 
which feem likely a fecond time to 
attend the fuper-civilization, and to 
abforb the intellect, of Europe. Po- 
pery and defpotifm have re-conquered 
France; and the more accefiible litera- 
ture of the Continent is likely hence- 
forward to promulgate the vindictive 
intolerance, and arbitrary policy, of 
Jefuitifm. Yet alarms are ftill profeffed 
at the by-gone dangers of infidelity. 
Superftition of every fantaftic kind is 
become a title to favour, not difcou- 
4E 2 ragement, 
