Retrofpest of French Literature—Mifcellanies. 
the Year 8, the Day of the Evacuation of 
the Fortrefles by the French Garrifon, by 
Citizen Bosrepon Ransijar, formerly 
a Commander, and Prefidentof the French 
Government at Malta, 1 vol. 8vo. Paris. 
This military journal contains an ac- 
count of all the material incidents relative 
to the fiege, &c. of Malta. The author, 
who had refufed to carry arms againtt his 
country, at the fame time defends himfelf 
from the accufations of the Ex-Grand- 
Matter Ferdinand Hompefch, and de- 
tails the abufes that exifted in the Order, 
&c. 
‘‘Mémoires Hiftoriques de 
Therefe Louife de Carnigan, &c.””  Hif- 
torical Memoirs of Maria Therefa Louifa 
de Carnigan, Princefs of Lamballe, one 
of the principal Vi&tims immolated dur- 
ing the 2d and 3d of September, 1792 ; 
publifhed by Madame Guenarn, 4 vol. 
x2mo. price 6 fr. Paris. 
Madame Guenard, the author of thefe 
Memoirs, has already acquired confidera- 
ble reputation by her ‘* Irma,” an hifto- 
rical fiction calculated to pleafe a nu- 
merous clafs of readers. On the prefent 
oceafion, fhe has been at great pains to 
colleét materials ; and it muft be allowed, 
that both the life and death of the Princefs 
de Lambalie affords an admirable oppor- 
tunity of drawing up the Memoirs of the 
latter end of the 18th century. 
The French are perhaps the only nation 
that poffefles-good private memoirs; on 
the other hand, they have been wonder- 
fully deficient in refpect to hiftorians. 
**Notiee Hiftorique fur la Vie et les 
Ouvrages de J. B. Porta, &c.’’ An Hil- 
torical Notice relative to-the Life and 
Works of J. B. Porta,a Neapolitan Gen- 
tlemen, by D***, 1 vol. 8vo. 
It is well known that Porta held affem- 
blies in his houfe, confilting of learned men 
and men of letters, who, in compliance 
with the prevailing fafhion of a former 
agé, were ferioufly employed about the 
myfteries, or rather chimeras, of magic. 
The Court of Rome foon prohibited their 
meetings, but the members acquired ad- 
ditional celebrity in confequence of the 
interdiction; Porta however, who was 
endowed with confiderable talents by na- 
ture, confecrated the remainder of his 
life to the Mules, and compofed many 
tragedies and comedies, which had con- 
fiderable fuccefs. Here follows a cata- 
logue of his works : 
1. De Miraculis Rerum Naturalium, 
hibri 4. 
z. De Furtivis Literarum Notis, lib, 5. 
3. Magia Naturalis, lib. 20, 
4. Phytognomonica, lib. 7. 
MonrTucy Masa. No. 82. 
Marie 
cal Notice relative to the Author. 
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5. Pomarium. 
6. De Humana Phyfiognomonia, lib. 6. 
7. Villa, lib. 12. 
8. De Refraétione Optices, lib. 9. 
g- Pneumatica, lib. 3. 
10. Elementa Curvilinea. / 
rt. De Ceelefti Phyfiognomonia, lib. 6. 
12, Ars Reminifcendi. 
13. De Diftillatione, lib. 9. 
14. De Munitions, lih. 3. 
15. De A@risTranfmutationibus, lib. 4. 
16. Della Fifionomia dell’ Uomo. 
17. Deila Chirofifionomia, lib. 2. 
Theatrical Pieces in five acts, written . 
in Italian profe, 
1. Olimpia. 
2. La Fantafca. 
3- La Trapolaria. 
4. La Sorella. -— 
5. La Chiappinaria. 
And 6. La Cintia. 
“Origines Gauloifes, &c.’’ Gallick 
Origins, being thofe of the moft Ancient 
People of Europe, drawn from their true 
Source, or difcovered in the Language, 
Origin, and Antiquities of the Celtic Bri- 
tons of Armorica, by Way of Supple- 
ment to the Ancient and Modern Hiftory 
of that People, and alfo of the French, by 
La Tour py’ AUVERGNE-CorRRET, 
Firft- grenadier of the French Republic ; 3d 
edition, to which is prefixed, an Hiftori-. 
Ham- 
burg and Paris, 1 vol. 8vo. price 4 ie, 
50 cent. 
LaTourd’ Auvergne, after diftinguifhing 
Irimfelf as a brave and gallant foldier, en= 
deavoured to acquirea ftill more permanent: 
celebrity as an author. He accordingly 
chofe the following motto: 
“¢ Unius xtatis funt res que fortiter fiunt 5 
qua vero pro patria fcribuntur a@ternze funt.” 
VEGET. 
In confequence of being born in that part 
of France, the idiom of which he after- 
wards recurred to in the work now before 
us, the Firlt-grenadier‘of the Republic 
has been enabled to make fome figure as 
an etymologift. He died foon after the 
publication, and has been bewailed by all 
vthe Republican Mufes. 
 Traité des Tclegraphes, &c.”’ A 
Treatife on Telegraphs, and an Effay om 
a New Eftablifhment of this Kind, by 
M. Eovexucrantz, Counfellor of the. 
Chancellery, and Private-fecretary to the 
King of Sweden, Archivift of the various 
Orders belonging to his Majefty, and one 
of the Eighteen Members of the Swedifh 
Academy; tranflated from the Swedith, 
by Hector B——, an Officer of the Royal 
Swedish Marine. Paris, s vol, 8¥0. 
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