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«c A la Mémoire de Madame du Boc- 
case, &c.”—To the Memory of Ma- 
dame du Boccage, by Madame Fanny 
BeEAuHARNOIS. This is an eulogium 
penned by a diftinguifhed female, in 
honor of a celebrated woman termed 
by Boucage, ** the tenth Mufe.” After 
mentioning the modefty, mildnefs, and 
amity, which rendered Madame du 
Boccage fo dear to her friends, the 
fair author coatinues as follows: “ The 
circle around her,. of which I have al- 
ready faid a few words, was brijliant, 
feiect, and even impofing ; men of let- 
ters, who had conferred the greateft 
honor on France, as well as the moit 
diitinguifhed foreigners, carried thi- 
ther that legitimate “incenfe which ta- 
lents donot alway’ obtain, but which 
the virtues readily command. ‘Thofe 
poflefled by Madame du Boccage, were 
of the miudeft kind. With that polite- 
nefs appertaining to the age of Louis 
XIV. which might be termed majettic, 
fhe added all the amiablenefs of her 
own. Her judgment was found, her 
tafte exquifite, her memory ftrong ; 
fhe converfed with precifion and fim- 
plicity ; always {poke 2s much as necef- 
fary, and never more ; it was impofii- 
ble either to liften, or to fpeak, in a 
more obliging manner. Every one 
was defirous to pleafe her, and left the 
apartment in full expectation of having 
facceeded.” 
“© Voyage en Piemont. &c.”’—A 
Journey through Piedmont,containing 
a De{cription, Fopographical and Pic- 
ture{que, as well as an Hittorical and 
Statiitical Account of its Departments, 
now united to France, adorned with 
Six Charts and Eight Copper-plates. 1 
vol. 8vo. 
This work is ‘the produce of the 
joint labours of different perfons. J. 
Breton has undertaken the text, 
while the two BRions fuperintend the 
geographical part. Weare here made 
acquainted both with the ancient and 
modern ftate of Piedmont, as well as 
with the preient fituation of its difie- 
rent cities, their productions, manu- 
faétures, population, the itate of the 
arts, &c. The department of the Do- 
ria is reprefented as abounding with 
wild fceneiy ; here are to be found the 
&lacieres, whitened with continual ice 
and fnows ; there are feen dark forefts 
of pines, larches, and fuch other trees 
as Can bear an extreme degree of cold. 
This zone is fucceeded by another 
lefs fombrous, compofed of the chef- 
Retrofpe&? of French Literature Mifcellancous: 
nut and the oak; and at the bafe of 
the mountains, we recognife the effeéts 
of a milder temperature, a ‘oil lefs re- 
beliious to the eiforts of human induf 
try, and better calculated to reward the 
labours of the hufbandman. 
Thefe agrecable appearances, prepare 
the traveller to contemplate the neigh- 
bouring vallies of Liguria, where 
oranges and olives grow in abundance. 
Atter defcribing the roads leading 
along the Simplon, Mont-Cenis, &c. 
we come tothe department of the Sefia, 
and here M. Brion feizes an opportu- 
nity to detail the caufes which render 
the climate of Italy more humid than 
that of France; and he takes occafion 
to aflert, that one-third more rain falls 
in the former than in the fouthern pro- 
vinces of the latter country. The dif- 
advantages attendant on this event 
are evidenf in the ftagnant lakes 
and pools, which prove unhealthy to 
ftrangers, and even to the inhabitants 5 
on the other hand, the fucculent food 
contributes wonderfully to the growth 
of certain animals, and the hog in 
particular is allowed to poflefs a fupe- 
rior flavor. 
The department of Marengoaffords. 
an opportunity to the author ofdefcrib- 
ing the famous battle which occurred 
there, June 14,-1800: that of the Ta- 
naro, enables him to calculate the in- 
fluence of language and manners on 
the different inhabitants of Italy, as _ 
well as to enumerate the peculiar dif- 
tinctions between the rivers which burft 
from the Alps, and thofe that flow 
from the Appenines. 
«« Traité des Moyens de difinfecter 
PAir, &c.”"—A Treatife on the Means 
of difinteéting the Air, fo as either 
to prevent or arreft the Progrefs of 
Contagion. By L. B.Guyron-Mor- 
VAUX, Wiember of the National In- 
ititute of France, and of feveral French 
and Foreign Societies, 1 vol. 8vo. 
This is a new edition of a work 
of confiderable celebrity, nearly con- 
nected with the prefervation~of the 
human health, and of courfe intimate- | 
ly allied to the happinefs of mankind. 
Morvaux has acquired a diftinguithed 
reputation by his writings and his ex- 
periments; it is but juftice, however, 
to obferve, that, upon the prefent oc- 
cafion, he is fuppofed to have borrowed 
his theory from an Englifh phyfician. 
«¢ Tableau Hiftorique de la Jurifpru- 
dence Romaine, depuis, &c.”’——-An Hit 
torical Account of the Roman Jurif- 
prudence, 
