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equally ftrange and ineredible, fuch in- 
deed as can never occur but in a ro- 
mance. 
«¢ Le Peruvien a Paris,’ &c. The 
Peruvian at Paris, a Critical, Hiftorical, 
and Moral Work, containing an Ac- 
count of the Voyage of a young Indian 
to France, at the beginning ot the 
nineteenth Century ; bis Introduction 
and Adventures in that Country ; his 
Critici{m on the Manners, Ufages, Cuf- 
toms, and Eftablifhments of the French 
Rocioa. ; to which is added, the Parti- 
culars of his Return to Cuifco, &c. en- 
riched with hiftorical Notes, byJosEPrH# 
Rosny, 4 vols. 18mo. Paris, § Fr. 
The Peruvian Vhoreilo, having ar- 
rived in France, travels through the 
fouthern departments, vifits Lyons, &c. 
then repairs to Paris. While there, he 
refolves to fee every thing that can gra- 
tify his curiofity, &c. at the {ame time, 
commits to paper the ideas that pre- 
ent themfelves in confequence of the 
novelties that every where attract his 
attention. We are accordingly grati- 
fied with a defcription of the Tuilleries, 
the Palais-Royal. the ladies of all kinds, 
the fafhions, the theatres, the Mufeum, 
the Inftitute, the National. Library, the 
garden of plants, the prifons, the In- 
valids, the hofpitals, and, in fhortr, all 
the places of amufement or inftruc- 
tion, with which the French capital 
abounds. 
At length, the faithful and affec- 
tionate Azara arrives in Paris, and 
finds her dear Thorello. ‘The two lo- 
vers, after experiencing a number_of 
adventures, determine to return totheir 
native country; they accordingly fet 
fail, and arrive in fafety at Cufco. 
This little work 3s drawn up in the 
form of letters, and will ferve, particu- 
larly the three firft volumes, as a guide 
to juch ftrangers as are averfe from 
entering into the dry details generally 
to be met with in mere books of de- 
fcription. 
<; Un Roman comme un Autre,” 
&c, A Romance, like any Other, by 
Myfelf, Paris, 2 vols. rz2mo. 
The title is whimfical, and the work 
itfelf is written in imitation of Sterne. 
¢¢ La Vengeance,’ &c. The Ven- 
geance 5 tranflated from the German of 
Auguftus Lafontaine, by W. A. Du- 
VAL, 1 vol. 12ino. Paris. 
Aveuftus Lafontaine, the author, 
has already attained confiderable cele- 
brity by his ** Family Picture,” &c. 
The prefent may be read without any 
Retrofpect of French Literature—Novels, Romances, Fe, 
danger, which is no ‘final praife fora 
modern novel; but it will not add 
greatly to the reputation of the author. 
_ © Bonheur et Vertu,” &c. Happi- 
tefs and Virtue, by P. L. Lesas, Au- 
thor of Anthony, or Crimes and Re- 
morfe. 
The hero and heroine of this ftory 
are educated together by a clergyman, 
and perfecuted by his vicar, by whom 
they are forced to leaye that part of 
the country in which they were born 
and brought up. On their repairing 
to Paris, the young man finds great 
difficulty in earning a fubfiftence, and 
his fweetheart experiences many temp- 
tations in confequence of her beauty. 
Having, however, refifted all the allure- 
ments and feduétions to which fhe was 
expofed, her virtueis at length reward- 
ed by her union with her “lover, who 
had taken an active part in the Reyo- 
lution, and: by that means obtained con- . 
fiderable advancement. 
There is but little new on intereft- 
ing, either in the plot, or fituation of 
the parties. 
“© Rofeide et Valmor,” &c. Ro- 
feide and Valmor; or, the Victims of 
Pride. 
This is faid in the preface to be 
tranflated from the Englith of * Sir 
Horace Walpole!” | 
‘© Souvenirs de Mylady Cartemane,’° 
&c. Recoilegtions ot Lady Cartemane; 
or, the Manners of paft Times, by 
ANTHONY DIANNYERE, an Affociate 
of the National Inftitute. a 
Citizen Diannyére, the author of this 
novel, and a member of one of the firft 
literary focieties in Europe, is already 
known to the public by his Eloge on 
Condorcet, and a work on Political 
Economy. The purport of the prefent. 
romance, as he affures us in his pre- 
face, ‘‘ is to prefent a faithful defcrip- 
tion of fome of the ufages that prevail- 
ed anterior to the Revolution, and thus 
to inform fuch readers, as, being afflict- 
ed with the misfortunes of which 
they have been either the witnefles or 
the victims, imagine every thing was 
quite different under the ancient £0~ 
wernment—that far greater and more 
terrible evils then prevailed. 
After this, he proceeds to relate, ; 
that fo little refpeét was paid to female 
decorum, that feveral ladies, who had 
been‘ well educated, were yet unfeeling 
enough to be prefent at the punifh- 
ment of Damien. He alfo ftates fome 
of the impofts to have been fo ruinous,., 
that 
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