- Retrofpedt of Domeftic Literature—Claffical Literature, &e. 
Hift. Elog. Litt. Gr. © Lat. in illuftri 
Athen. Amfielod, Prof. XI. Tom. 
It is fu{icient to, announce the publica- 
tion of this valuable work, by the Univer- 
fity of Oxford. About thirty yeas ago, 
ProfefforWyttenbach publithed Piutarch’s 
Treatife De Sera Nuniinis vinditta, and 
gave the claffical world an affurance that it 
was his intention to publifh in the fame 
manner an entire edition of that author. 
Part of this great and difficult work is 
now campleted ; the eleven volumes al- 
ready publithed comprehend the text of 
the Morals, a Latin verfion, and variovws 
Readings. The learned Profeflor means 
to publith feparately the Notes and In- 
dices, and afterwards to proceed to the 
Lives. The labour and learning employed 
in this voluminous work are with diff- 
culty to beappreciated. Sincerely do we 
hope that Profeffor Wyttcnbach may en- 
joy that health and retirement which are 
neceflary to the profecution of his parfuit. 
“© ANAAEKTA MEIZONA. Pars al- 
tera, Poetica Complectens, cum notis P bilo- 
logicis, quas partim collegit, partim fcrip- 
Jt AnDREas DauZEL, S.R.S. Edin.” 
This will be found a very ferviceable 
book at {chools: the notes are numerous, 
and difplay that critical acumen for which 
Profeffor Dalzel has long been diftingiined, 
and the colleétion itfelf does great credit 
to his judgment and his tafte. The Poeti- 
cal Excerpta ate divided into five parts: 
the firft confifts of feieftions from Homer, 
Hefiod, and Apollonius Rhodius; the 
notes upon Homer are preceded by an ele- 
gant Latin differtation on his fife and 
writings. The fecond part confilts cf the 
CEdipus Tyrannus of Sophocles, and the 
Medea of Euripides, ‘The third contains 
the principal beauties of Theocritus, and 
fome pleafing cempofitions of Mofchus 
and Bion. In the fourth divifiun are 
given the Excerpta Lyrica, which are di- 
vided into Odes, Schclia, and Peans. 
‘Thefe felections are from various authors, 
as alfo are the mifcellanies compoting 
the fifth part,which is divided into Hymns, 
Tvwpas, and Epigrams. 
“¢ Seled? Odes of Anacréon,voith C¥itical 
Annotations. To which are added Tranf- 
lations and Imitations of the other Ancient 
Authors, by the late Rev. HereuLes 
Younce.” 
Thete tranflations have the mérit of fi- 
delity, but the fpirit of Anacreon is eva- 
porated; they are much inferior to the ele- 
ant, though free, tranflation of Mr, 
focre: the ‘remaining tranflations are 
from. Bien, Moichus, Catullus, Horace, 
aad Paocylidcse — 
617 
© The Works of Virgil, tranflated into 
Englifh Verfe, by Mr. Dryden A new 
edition, revifed and corrected by Joun 
CAREY, LL.D. 3 vals.” 
No work in the language ftood more in 
need of correction than Dryden's Virgil 
the number and grofine!s of the typogra- 
pheial inaccuracies which’ disfigured the 
firff edition are notorious. The fecond 
edition, publifhed alfo ia the life-time of 
the tranflator, was but little improved. 
The third, publifhed in 179, after Dry- 
den’s death, is merely a fervile, thouch 
not faithful, copy of the fecond:”’ asto Fae 
fubfequenc publications, they plainly ap- 
pear to have been each copied from the laf 
preceding,as each preferves all the errors of 
its immediate predeceflor, with the addition 
of a new crop of its own growth.”* Dr. 
Carey is fingularly well qualified for the 
labortous tafk of correction, and in this 
edition has prel-nted to the public a moft 
acceptable work. 
' Anecdotes of the Englifh Language: 
chiefly regarding the local Dialect of Lon- 
don and its Environs ; whence it will ap- 
pear that the Natives of the Metropolis 
and its Vicinities, have not corrupted the 
Language of their Anceftors; in a Letter 
Jrom SaMuUEL PsccE, Esa. F.S.A. to 
an old Acquaintance and Co-fellow of the 
Society of Antiquaries.” 
A fingular exception to the drynefs of 
philological enquiry! Mr. Pegge has de- 
fended the cockuey dial-ct from the charge 
of bafenefs and corruption, by endeavour- 
ing to fhew that its peculiarities are rather 
the remains of an ancient legitimate mode 
of {fpeaking, than fheer unaathorifed vul- 
garifms. Mr. Pcege difplays a great 
deal of odd cut-ot-the-way knowledge, 
and his work is extremely amufing. 
“< A Specimen of the Conformity of the 
European Languages, particularly the 
Englifh, with the Oriental Languages, 
efpecially the Perfian; in the Order of the 
Alphabet, with Notes and Authorities, by 
S1rEPHEN Weston, B.D. &c. &c: 
Mr. Wefton remarks that conformity 
and etymology are not precifely the fame 
things, the former implying the defcent or 
derivation of a word from its original, 
and the latter the fimple refemblance of 
one word to another, having the fame ra- 
dica! Jetters in the fame form. That 
there is a conformity, or vocal’ refem- 
blance between the Englifth language and 
thePerfian,is very probably true; that they 
have any common fountain of fimilitude, 
any common etymological feund is not 
very fatistactorily proved. But the birds 
of the air haye lo much of this conformity 
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