615 Retrofpeét of Domeffic L iterature—Claffical Literature, Sc. 
us, that he has neither confined himfclf 
iri€tiy to the words nor the arrangement 
of his author: the greater part ot thefe 
dilcourfes are of a moral nature, and cer- 
tuinly do credit to the feeling and philan- 
thropy of the Profcfler. If the prefent 
volume is received with approbation, it is 
propofed to felect materials for a fecond. 
Tn joftice both to the author and tranflator, 
< recommend a faithful tranflation. 
Mr. Tay Ler has jud publifbed a vo- 
Jume of ** Sermons upon Subjects intereft- 
zg to Chriftians of every Denomination.” 
Thefe Sermons alfo are chiefly of a mo- 
rai nature: if not particularly forcible 
from the eloquence of the flyle, they im- 
prefs us with an idea of the ferioufnefs 
and fanétity of the preacher. 
_ © Sermons onthe Dignity af Man, and 
the Value of the Objeéts principally relat- 
tug to human Happinefs. From the Ger- 
man of the late Rev. GEORGE ZouLt- 
KOFFER, Minifter of the Reformed Congre- 
gation at Leipzic. By the Rev. W. 
‘Toot, Boos. 
‘The rage for German dramas, German 
tales, and German ballads, is yieiding, 
we trufft, to a more chafte and better regu- 
lated tafte; and we have reafon to hope 
that thofe who are fuficiently verfed in 
that Janguage will employ their {kill in 
tranflating the works of philofophers, 
hiftorians, and divines, and will compen- 
iate for the abundant trafh which has been 
fcic.d upon us by prefenting im future 
woiks of intrinfie merit and importance. 
Whoever opens thefe volumes with the cx- 
peciation of finding polemical divinity 
and deep theological learning, will be dif- 
appointed: generally fpeaking, Mr. Zollia 
koiter’s fermons aie rather declamatory 
than argumentative: they dilplay, not- 
withftanding, confiderable powers of rea- 
foning 3 they are impreffive and eloquent, 
and breathe the genuine fpirit of Chrifti- 
anity. Several volumes ot Mr. Zollikof- 
fer’s Difcourfes have been for fome years 
in the hands. of the ptblic, and are in 
high and deferved reputation, fays Mr. 
Tocke, wherever the German language is 
underftood, by all perfons to whom: reli- 
gion and virtue are objects of importance : 
to this the number of editions they have 
gone tnrough bear ample teftimcny, as it 
does to the tafte and judgment of the 
times in compofitions of this nature. 
Mr. Jay, a Diflenting Minifter at 
Bath, has prefented the public with a vo- 
lume of Hortatory Sermons: they are 
written 9 a clear, manly, and perfuafive 
ftyle, and will not fail to be read with 
pleafure and improvement. 
Mr. EsTuin has alfo publifhed a vo- 
lume of ‘* Sermons, defigned chiefly as @ 
Prefervative from Infidelity and Religious 
Indifference.’ 
Thefe excellent Difcourfes were defign- 
ed forthe younger part of Mr. Eftlin’s au- 
dience, and particularly for his pupils and 
children. They who are acquainted with - 
the high refpeétability of Mr. Efilin’s 
charaéter, the {olidity ot his onderftandings 
and the extent of his acquirements, will 
expect in thefe Sermons the difplay of a. 
Jarge portion of benevolence, and to de- 
rive from them much found and ferious ad- 
vice: fuch expectations will not be difap- 
pointed. . This volume may be ftrongly 
recommended to parents and the mafters 
of families, as the difcourfes are particu- 
larly addrefied to the rifting generation. 
“© An Apology for the People called 
Methodifis ; containing a concife Account 
of their Origin and Progrefs, Doctrine, 
Difcipline, and Defigns ; bumbly fubmit- 
ted to the Confideration of the Friends of 
Chriftianity. By JosEpH BENsSN.” 
A publication of this. fort was much 
wanted : the Methodifts are a very large, 
and, it is faid, increafing body of religt- 
onifts: their tenets, difcipline,. and de- 
figns, are often mifunderitood, and of 
courfe mifreprefented. The prefent work,.- 
written by one of the fociety, taken asa 
mere hiftorical memoir, is curious and in- 
terefting ; and, as the vindication of mif- 
reprefented doctrines, it becomes-of {till 
more intportance. ‘“* Our end,” fay the 
Methodilts, ‘* is not to form a fect, or to 
bring people to this or the other fpecula- 
tive opinion, made of worfhip, or form of 
chorch- government, but fimply to make 
them Chriftians—Chriftians in heart and 
lite, in temper, word, and work—fuch as. 
lived in the early days of chriliianity, and 
fuch as we conceive may ftilllive.”” This 
publication is alsogether well worth pe- 
rufal. 
Toenumerate the multiplicity of fingle 
fermous which have been publifhed, and of 
religious traits; in fhilling and eighteen- 
penny pamphlets, would occupy more of 
our roomand our patience.than. we can af- 
ford to beftow on them, it is time to pro- 
ceed to 
“CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND FHI. 
LOLOGY. 
* TTAOYTAPXOY. TOY XAIPQNEQS 
TAHOIKA. Plutarchi Cheronenfis Mo- 
ralia 3 id eff, Opera, exceptis Vitis, reli- 
gua Graca emendavit, ‘notationem emen~ 
dationum, et Letinam Xjlandri interpre- 
tationem .cafiigatam fubjunxit, Arimad= 
ve-fiones explicandis Rebus ac Ver bis, item 
Indices copiojos adjecit Daniel eae 
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