Retrofpedt of French Literature—School Books: 
Madame de ***, Author of Claire 
d’Aibe, and Malvina, 4 vols. 12mo. 
The lady who is the author of this 
romance, has made ufe of the epifto- 
lary torm, as more favourable, in her 
opinion, to probability, than a cold 
infipid narrative. It is her intention 
to prove, upon this occafion, by the 
fate of Amelia Mansfield, that even 
the pureft paflion is not unfrequently 
accompanied by a feries of mistortunes, 
while fhe thows, by the ftory of Madame 
de Woldemar, a German Baronefs, of 
high deicent, that the pride of birth 
is not only contemptible, but often 
calculated to ditrufe milery. 
“‘ Le Village de Lobenitein ; ou, le 
nouvel Entant trouvé.”’—~The Village 
ot Lobenitein; or, the new Found- 
ling, By MadameIsaBeLLa DE Mon- 
TOLLEU. 
This novel is tranflated from the 
Germanromance, called ‘* Theodore;”’ 
written by Auguftus Lafontaine. The 
principal characters are, an old bachelor 
of the name of Lindner, who is con- 
tinually poring over the ancients, and — 
quoting them on the moft trivolous oc- 
cafions; and M. Senk, his friend, who 
reiides along with him, and has fled 
from the fociety of the rett ot man- 
kind, on account of his ‘decided aver- 
fion to the fair iex. 
4 SCHOOL-BOOKS. 
“Tableau Comparatif de |’Hiftoire 
Ancienne, 
lUiage des Ecoles Publiques: par Cu. 
S. PREVOT-p'Iray, Profefleur d’Hif- 
toire, exergant acelle dela Rue S. An- 
toine; imprimé fur deux feuilies de 
grand Aigle réunies, Paris,”—A Com- 
parative Picture of Ancient Hiftory ; 
an Ejementary Book for the Ulfe of 
Public Schools, by Ch. S. Prévot 
d’Iray, Profeffor of Hiltory, &c. 
The author of this work, who has 
already diftinguifhed himfelf by other 
literary productions, here endeavours 
to pretent the ftudent with an exact de- 
{cription et the chronology and hiftory 
of the Ancients, which may, with 
propriety, be termed a tadleau, or pic- 
ture, as it is prefented at one fingle 
view to the eye of the enquirer. Di- 
vided by perpendicular lines into 
twenty columns, each of thefe has its 
peculiar tatle, viz.—i. Auman inititu- 
tions ; 2. General epochs ; 3. Ages an- 
terior to the vulgar wra, defignatea by 
celebrated men; 4. Famiiies of the He- 
brews; 5. Aliyrians and Babyionians; 
6. Egyptians; 7. Syrians; %, Pheni- 
Ouvrage Elementaire, @ 
665: 
cians; 9.Grecians; 10. Macedonians; 
tr. Afia Minor, &c. The horizonta} 
intervals contain the chronology, cors 
re{pondent to the refpective events. 
“¢ Traité d’Anatomie et de Phyfiolo~ 
pie Végétales, fuivi de la Nomen- 
clature Méthodique ou Raifonnée des 
Parties extérieures des Plantes, et un 
Expofé fuccinét des Syftémes de Bota- 
nique les plus généralement adoptés ; 
Ouvrage fervant d’Introdu&tion a lE- 
tude de la Botanique; par C. F. Bars~ 
SEAU-MIRABEL, Proftefieur de Bota= 
nique a l’Athénée de Paris, etc. Paris, 
2 vols. 8vo. avec fig.—A Treatife on 
the Anatomy and Phyfiology of Plants, 
&c. 
Briffeau-Mirabel exhibits equal dif- 
crimination and tafte; his language is. 
excellent, and his de(criptions claflical.. 
This work is. intended as a continua-, 
tion of the Natural Hiltory of Buffon, 
by Sonnini, and will not prove unwor- 
thy of accompanying fuch great namess 
<‘ Connoiffance de la Langue Fran- 
gaife, confidérée fous la feule Rapport, 
&c.”"—A Knowledge of the French 
Language, conlidered folely in refpeé& 
to the Orthography; a Work ufeful to 
Perfons of both Sexes. By F. Saucer 
PRENEUF, Profeflor of general Gram-: 
mar in the Central School of the De- 
partment of ia Haute-Vienne. ’ 
The French language poflefles fuch 
an exquilite delicacy, and is governed. 
by fo many rules, feveral of which 
are abftraét and equivocal, that the 
ableft writers muft be perpetually on 
their guard, left they fthould ottend 
againit the canons adopted by found . 
criticifm. It affords but little won- 
der, therefore, that the unlearned 
fhould occafionally err, when the ableft 
men of the age are fometimes fubjeé 
to cenfure; but this remark applies 
folely to compofition, for as to the 
practice of orthography, which this 
little work is deftined to regulate, it is 
not only pofhible, but extremely ealy 
tor every one to comply with the elta- 
blifhed forms. 
M. Préneuf does not confine his la- 
bours to the title of his book, but lays 
down grammatical rules for the guid 
ance ot the ftudent. He alfo criticifes 
the following expreflion,adepted by the 
Academy, as vicious: 
¢¢ Ou vous, ou moi, irons a Paris,” 
and thinks that the following phrafe 
ought to be fubitituted in its place; 
6* L’un de nous deux ira a Paris.” 
The 
