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tharine IT.; in.1775 toGuftavus; and that 
it had not only been examined by Fre- 
derick IT. but that feveral paflages were 
communicated, by order of that Monarch, 
to the Academy of Sciences of Berlin, 
Novets, Romances, &c. 
Atala; ou, les Amours de deux 
Sauvages dans le Défert, &c.” Atala; 
or, the Amours of two Savages in the 
Deferz, by Francis Aucustus CuHa- 
TEAUBRIAND, 1 vol. 18mo. Paris. 
This little novel is not deftitute of that 
kind of machinery which in/fpires intereft, 
and, as we have favages, a hermit, and a 
defert, muft be fuppofed to abound with 
new and romantic fituations. The library 
of F. A. Chateaubriand has but little 
refemblance to that of the writers of a 
fimilar kind, as, according to his ownac- 
count, it contains but two books ; the 
Bible, and Homer. 
«* Orfeuil et Juliette, &c.* Orfeuil 
and Juliette; or, an End to Delufion, by 
Madamoifelle ***, Author of Eugenio 
and Virginia, 3 vols. 12mo, ut 
The paffion for reading and writing 
romances and novels feems to be ftill 
jtronger in France than in England ; in 
fhort, the number already publifhed is 
immenfe, and appears to be, daily in- 
creafing. Inrefpeé&t to the prefent, it is 
acknowledged to be the beft produéction 
of the fair author, to whom we are al- 
ready indebted for the affecting ‘« Adven- 
tures of Eugenio and Virginia.” Orfeuil 
and Juliette, abounds with many affecting 
fituations, and much fenfibility is every 
where called forth; but we would advile 
tranflators to be on their guard, as novels 
calculated for the latitude of Paris, are 
not always {uited to the meridian of Lon- 
don. 
- Ze Solitaire des Pyrénées, &c.” 
The Solitary of the Pyrenees; or, Me- 
moirs of the Life of D’Armaud, Marquis 
de Felcourt, 3 vols. 12mo. 
The Marquis de Felcourt, an orphan, 
is educated alone with his fifter Amelia, 
by the Count D’Andreuil, his uncle and 
guardian. fter receiving a_ brilliant 
rather than a folid education, he becomes 
a captain of dragoons, and contraéts an 
intimate friendfhip withthe Vifcount de 
Montrofay, an officer of the fame regi- 
ment. Felcourt having married a lady 
whofe charaéter was not approved of by 
his fitter, his friend becomes enamourcd 
of, and intrigues with her, which ends in 
the mof direful cataftrophe on the part of 
the two gvilty loyers, and’a life ot feclu- 
fion on the part of the injured hufband, 
who retires to the Pyrenean mountains, 
“ 
Retrofpedt of French Literature—Novels, Romances. 
in order to {pend the remainder of his days 
in folitude and affliétion. i 
<¢ William Hillnet ; ou, la Nature and 
et Amour, &.”” “William Hillnet ; or, 
Nature and Love, tranflated from the 
German of Miltenberg, by ADELINE 
D. C**, 3 vols, 18mo. 
Lord Hillnet, the victim of the bafeft 
ingratitude, after being betrayed by his 
friends and abandoned by his wife, feeks 
for an afylum in one of his eftates: He 
accordingly makes choice of a folitar 
valley, where he builds a houfe, to which, 
he retires with his only fon William, and 
anold domeftic, calicd Thomas. 
All the aGions of this nobleman are 
charaéterized by -a fettled mifanthropy, 
and he determines to. educate his heir in 
the moft complete ignorance of the cuf- 
toms of a world againft which he has 
conceived the moft rooted diftafte. The 
infancy of William accordingly pafles 
away in peace, but fearcely had he at- 
tained his fifteenth year, when he is in- 
duced by curiofity to pierce the valley, . 
and have a peep at other objeéts than thofe 
he has hitherto been accuftomed to. Be- 
come bold by fuccefs, he at length roams 
toa confiderable diftance, and arrives at 
a park, which he enters. As he ap- 
proaches a noble manfion, he beholds 
women and children at a diftance, and is 
{o anxious to join them, that he wades 
through a canal, in order to effeét his 
purpote, 
Having accomplifhed this, he enters 
into converfation with a charming. young 
lady, the daughter of the owner of the 
park, and, on his return, he exclaims— 
“*O! my dear father, [have feen Fanny !”* 
Lord Hillnet, perceiving that his fyf- 
tem of education was impracticable, car- 
ries his fon to London, and, after a vari- 
ety of adventures, he at length meets the 
lady who had gained his heart at Madras, 
who happens to have repaired thither with 
her hufband. Affli€ted at this circum- 
ftance, he travels over India, and at length 
confoles himfelf, for the lofs of his Fan- 
ny, inthe arms of Nahida, an Indian, 
pofleffing great beauty, &c. . . 
The former part of this romance, al- 
though it be tranflated from the German, 
has evidently fomething Englith about it ; 
the latter in part refembles the Indian 
Cottage (La Chaumiére Indienne), of the 
celebrated St. Pierre; but it muft be 
frankly confeffed, that the fituations are _ 
greatly exaggerated, and no one, who has 
lived either in Great Britaig or India, can 
read this work without a certain degree of 
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