628  Retrofpect of French Literature—Children’s and School Books. 
French Grammar, by M. de WalILLy, 
Member of the National Inftitute, ele- 
venth Edition, revifed and augmented - 
by the Author himfelf, 1 vol. 8vo. 
_ The late learned and virtuous De 
Wailly, a man of letters generally 
known and efteemed, was the author of 
this work, the fuccefs of which may be 
eafily conceived by the number of edi- 
tions through which it has paffed. It> 
is almoft needlefs fo add, that the me- 
rit of the Grammar is fully adequate 
to its fuccetfs. 
«¢ Effai fur POthographie,”” &c. An 
Effay om French Orthography, &c. by 
HAty. 
The difficulties of French orthogra- 
phy are well known, and much pains 
are taken in this little pamphlet to re- 
move them. The author alfo gives 
rules for verfification, and throws out 
a variety of new ideas for the decifon 
of the learned. 
«© Le Guide des Humaniftes,” &c. 
A Guide to thofe who learn the Latin 
Language; or, the firft Principles of 
Tafte, developed in Remarks on the 
fine Verfes of Virgil, and other good 
Poets, both Latin and French, a new 
Edition, Paris, 1 vol. vo. 
It is the intention of the author to 
infpire the fcholar, not with a tafte for 
poetry only, but with the principles of 
that seneral tafte, which teaches us to 
diftinguifh. the good from the bad in 
any literary compofition whatfoever. 
He divides his beok into three parts: 
the firft is dedicated to the examina- 
tion of ideas that pervade every work ; 
the fecond treats of the poetic ftyle; 
and the laft of cadence. ‘This produc- 
tion contains but little that is new; it 
may, however, prove no lefs ufeful to 
youth. ‘ } 
«* Metamorphofes d’Ovide,”’&c. The 
Metamorphofes of Ovic, adorned with 
138 Prints, after the Detigns ct Sebal- 
tian Leclerc; to which is prefixed, a 
Life of Ovid, and an Abridgment of 
Poetic Hiftory, a Work deftined for 
the Inftruétion of Youth, 2 vols. to. 
Paris, Price 12 Fr. 
It is intended in thé prefent work to 
arrive at the underfianding through the 
medium of the eyes, thefe volumes 
being adorned with a prodigious num- 
ber of_prints, defigned and.engraved 
exprefsly for that purpofe. The ex- 
planations are fhort, but comprehen- 
five, and fach a8 may be eafily retain- 
ed, and are calculated to make an im- 
preffion on youth. 
‘¢ Herbier Moral,” &c. The Moral 
Herbal; or, a Number of new Fables, 
and other fugitive Poetry ; to which is 
added, a Coilection of Romances pro- 
per tor Education, &c. by Madame DE 
GENLIS. : 
This is a new edition of a work 
compofed for children, by the cele- 
brated Madame de Genlis, who edn- 
cated the Princes of the Houfe of Or- 
leans, and has been lately permitted to 
return to Paris. 
‘* Le Jardin des Enfans,” &c. The - 
Garden‘of Children ; or, Family Nofe- 
gays, &c. Pee 
A work totally unfit for children, 
and poflefiing ‘all the thorns, without 
any of the {weets, of the rofe. 
‘s Hiltoire Elementaire, Philofo- 
phique, et Politique de l’Ancienne 
Greéce,” &c.- A Hiftory, Elementary, 
Philofophical, and Political, of An- 
cient Greece, from the Eftablifhment 
of her Colonies, to the Reduétion of 
Greece into a Roman Province ; toge- 
ther with a Chronological Table, Map, 
&c. 2 vols. 8vo, 
This work is drawn up in the man- 
ner of queftion and anfwer, and con- 
tains a variety of information relative 
to Ancient Greece. The philofophers, 
legiflators, and men of genius, pafs in 
review, and the author prefents an hif- 
torical and analytical notice of the 
doctrine of each. After treating of 
politics, he pafles on to the arts and 
{ciences, and contrives to convey tothe 
pupil a tolerable idea of all that has 
been faid refpecting a country which 
has occupied during fo many ages the 
attention of the civilifed part of man- 
kind. 
« Abrégé des Hommes Illuftres de 
Plutarque,” &c. An Abridgment of 
the Illuftrious Men of Plutarque, by 
Citizen ACHER. 
Abridgments in general are attend- 
ed with this great difadvantage, that 
they leave no traces behind them ; and 
an Abridgment of Plutarch is perhaps 
lefs entitled to refpeét, than that of any 
author whatfoever. Citizen Acher, 
however, remarks by way of. excufe, 
that no readable edition of Plutarch 
exilts at this moment in France, that 
of Ricard being not as yet entirely 
pubilifhed ; Amiot’s being too old, and 
Dacier, ‘* who hated the Mufes, and 
whom the Graces abhorred,” being un- - 
fit for children, as it would infailibly 
corrupt their tafte. 
This is intended to confift of 3 vols. 
i By 12mo 
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