Retrefpe@ of French Literature Hiftory. 
Colar, by a Mogul, who made a Mufful- 
fan of him; and, from being called Tille- 
Apa, he was known afterwards by the 
hame of Chamcherkon. 
Entering afterwards into the fervice of 
the Rajah of Balapour, he at length be- 
came a general of his army, and was 
Killed at the fiege of Siras In 1757, 
when his fon became Nabob, the body 
was difinterred, and carried to Colar, the 
place of his nativity, where his tomb is 
ftill to be feen. 
The King of Myfore, being charmed 
with the military talents of Hyder, placed 
him at the head of a body of troops, 
and he was foon after influenced by his 
own ambition to afpire to the fupreme 
power. 
Canarao, the Vizier or Minifter, having 
difcovered his intentions ; Hyder retired 
to the fortrefs of Bangalore, whence he 
foon after marched to Seringapatam, be- 
fieged the Rajah, took him prifoner, feized 
Canarao, and fhut him up in an iron-cage 
at Bangalore, where he remained during 
two years. After this, the conqueror 
affected great moderation, fecured the fide- 
lity of his army by means of largeffes, 
and became a confiderable, and even a 
formidable, prince. 
The author appears to have copied 
mott of his faéts and obfervations from 
books publifhed in England. 
«© Tableau Hiftorique et Statiftique,”’ 
&c. An hiftorical and Statiftical Detciip- 
tion of the Ruffian Empire at the End of 
the Eighteenth Century, by M. Henry 
Srorcn, 2 vol. 8vo. with Charts and 
Prints, 15 Fr. | 
The French have not as yet attained 
any celebrity for their ftatiftical accounts : 
but Chaptal, the Minifter of the Interior 
or Home-department, has juit, formed a 
new eftablifhment in his office, under the 
title of ** Buréau de Statiftique.”” In 
the mean time, they tranflate every thing 
on this fubjeé&t publifhed by other nations ; 
and it mult be allowed to have been car- 
ried to a greater degree of perfection in 
Germany than elfewhere. 
‘The prefent work is not complete, the 
two firft volumes oniy being as yet pub- 
lifhed ; thefe are divided into three parts : 
Part I. is occupied with an account of 
and enumeration of the inhabitants. 
Part If. contains a defcription of the 
conftitution of the ftate. 
Part TEL. is dedicated to a detail of the 
adminiftration, 
In the firft of thefe, the author treats, 
ift. Of the origin of the inhabitants of 
Rufhia, 
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_2d. Of the phyfical or natural ftate of 
the country. 
3d. Of the induftry; commerce, and 
civil (late of the natives. 
4th. Of their moral ftate; or, in other 
words, their language, religion, education, 
arts and {ciences, manners, and cultoms. 
M. Storch afferts, that the annual in- 
creafe of the inhabitants of this immenfé 
empire, may be fairly eftimated at half a 
million of fouls ! } 
*« Precis de l’Hiftoire Univerfelle,”’ &c, 
A. Summary of Univerfal Fiftory during 
the ten firft Centuries of the Vulgar /Era; 
or, an Introduction to the Modern Hiftory 
of the different States of Europe, by Ep, 
MENTELLE, Member of the National In- 
fiitute of Paris, 1 vol. 8vo. with Maps. 
“An elementary work, to the advantage 
of being clear, ought to add that of being 
correct ; this is all that can be fairly ex. 
pected, for labours of this kind feldom 
experience either reputation ur gratitude 
on the part of the public. Itmué be ak 
lowed, at the fame time, that this little 
work poffeffes great merit ; although, on 
the other hand, it is objeétionable relative 
to certain principles of religion, which 
would render a tranflation utterly unfit 
for the perufal of our youth. 
‘* Hiftoire de France depuis la Reyo« 
lution de 1789,” Hiltory of France 
fince the Revolution of 1789, written 
r 
ve 
‘from contemporary Memoirs and Manu- 
{cripts colleéted in the Civil and Military 
Offices, by Citizen EmmManuEL Tov- ~ 
LONGEON, formerly a military Man, Ex- 
conitituent. Member of the National Ine 
ftitute of France, &c. Paris, vol. 1, in 
4to. 15 Fr. 2 vol. 8vo. 12 Fr. The motto 
of . ; 
¢< Et quorum pars———”” 
fufiiciently indicates, that the author has 
had fome fhare in the tranfa&tiens which 
he here relates. He divides his hittory 
into five different epochs.. The firft con- 
tains an account of the events that oc- 
curred pofterior to the convocation of the 
States General, fuch as the royal feffion, 
the oath taken in the Tennis-court, the 
capture of the Baftille, &c. 
The fecond commences with the orga- 
nization of the national. guard throughout 
the whole of France, and contains the de- 
tails relative to the night of Auguft the 
4th, and the memorable 6th of Oétober. 
The third contains an account of the- 
tranflation of the National Aflembly to 
Paris, the difturbances in the fouthern de- 
partments, the federation of July 14,1790, 
the revolt of the troops at Nancy, the 
troubles 
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