Retrofpe& of French Literature—Mifcellanies, 
lomb, Corti, Hedwig, and all thofe among 
the moderns who have direéted their atten- 
tion to the theory of vegetation, and the 
fructification of piants. Some indeed, have 
gone fo far, as to with in fome meafure to 
realize the fuppofitious dogmas of the an- 
cient mythology; and Charles Bonnet in 
particular feems to have perfuaded him- 
felf, that trees were not ftrangers co the 
fenfations of joy and pain, and that in 
fhort they could actually feel pleafure, and 
fuffer pain ! 
-*§ Manuel Général pour les Arbitrages 
de Change, &c.’” A General Manual for 
the Regulation of Exchange, anda Va- 
riety of other Calculations neceffary for 
Merchants, by Means of Logarithms, &c. 
Until M. Gerhardt, of Berlin, brought 
logarithms into ufe, they were never, or, 
if at all, very rarely indeed, applied to 
the purpofes of commerce; the prefent 
publication however is likely to render 
this mode ftill more popular, and thus 
facilitate the operations of the merchant 
and the trader- 
This ufeful Manual contains, if, A 
table of logarithms of fix cyphers. 
2d, A collection of averages of ex- 
change. 
30, A colleétion of the courfe of ex- 
change for feveral years. 
4th, The mode of employing loga- 
rithms, 
And sth, An alphabetical regifter for 
the purpote of eafy reference. 
“Mon Siecle; ou, les Trois Satires, 
&c.”” My Own Age; or, the Three Sa- 
tires, accompanicd by Notes, hiftorical, 
eritical and literary, by Louis Damun, 
a Member of feveral Literary Societies, 
t vol. 3vo. 
To attack whatever is either ridiculous 
or vicious is the true object of fatire, and 
France even at this period (Paris in par- 
ticular) prefents a variety of fair objeéts, 
at which the poet may take aim. The 
firft of thefe fatires is intitled ** Les Por- 
traits, &c.’’and isdefigned to expofe thofe 
upftarts, who have rifen fuddenly without 
the influence of merit : 
6¢ Qui s’offrent ‘a nos yeux, juftement cour- 
rouces, 
*¢ Trainés par les chevaux que leur main a 
panfés.”” 
Damin is anxious to attack another 
clafs of men, the wew gencrals, who have 
obtained that rank, without poffeffing any 
claim on the {core of reputation ! 
€¢ De Vorguilleux Narbas, général inconnu, 
** De baffeffe en baffefle 4 ce rang parvenu,” 
619 
On the other hand, he is particularly 
defirous to celebrate the heroes who have 
contributed to the glory of their country : 
‘¢ Si de quelque génie Apollon t” a doté, 
‘* Si dun fouffle divin tu te fens agité, 
‘* Fils des Mufes, bannis tout intérét fordide, 
** Qu’ une plus noble ardeur et t’enflame, & 
te guide ! 
¢ De nos guerriers vaingueurs célébre les exe | 
ploits, 
*f Au fon de leurs clairons, cours accorde ta 
voix.” 
The fecond fatire is intitld ‘T?In- 
trigue & les Mcoeurs,” and in this he 
contrafts the character and fituation of 
the plunderer, with that of the republican 
foldier, the defender of his country. 
The third is confecrated to the crimes 
that have occurred during the revolution, 
and the author concludes by a promife of 
ftill nobler efforts: 
‘¢ Jirai!——- de_nos héos je chanterai la 
gloire 5 
*¢J’attacherai mon nom au char dela Victoire; 
«* Et mes vers, compagnons de leurs exploits 
heureux, 
*¢ Au temple de Memoire entreront avec 
eux’? 
<¢ Traité des Moyens de difinfecter l’ Air, 
&c.”” A Treatife on theMeans of difinfeét- 
ing the Air, fo as to prevent and ftop the 
Progrefs of Contagion, by L. B. Guy- 
TON Morveau, Member of the National 
Inftitute of France, and of feveral learned 
Abii both Foreignand Domeftic, &c. 
aris. 
To this work, which abounds with 
ufeful information, on a fubje& interefting 
to all nations, the author has prefixed the 
following appropriate motto from Virgil: 
‘*Dira per incautum ferpunt centagia 
vulgus.”? 
For a long time paft, the reputation of 
Citizen Guyton has been affociated with 
that of Fourcroy, Lavoifier, Berthollet 
and Schiel. He was one of the firft to 
adopt the pneumatic doétrine, which he 
has alike defended with his pen and aided 
by his experiments. 
‘© Fétes et Courtifanes de la Grécey 
&c.”” Feflivals and Courtifans of Greece 5 
being a Supplement to the Travels of Ana- 
charfis and Antenor, and containing, 
1. The religious chronicle of the anci- 
‘ent Greeks, with a deicription of their 
public manners. 
2. An account which fome affect to 
term the fcauzdalous chronicle, or a picture 
of their private manners; enriched with an 
Athenian 
