Retrofpeet of French Literature—Mifcellanies. 659 
year 11, or, according to our ftile, on 
‘the 28th of Jahuary, 1803. 
« Principes Rajfonnés fur l’Art de 
Lire’ a Haute Voix, &c.”—Rational 
Principles on the Art of Reading 
Aloud ; by the Citizen. DuBroca. 1 
vol. 8vo. 
Itisa general complaintinall countries, 
that but few perfons are capable of read- 
ing well, and the rarenefs of this qualifi- 
cation arifes perhaps from the confidera- 
tion that every perfon fuppofes he is al- 
ready in poffeffion ofit. Onthis occafion, 
M,. Dubrocalays down an infinite num- 
ber of rules for governing the voice, 
and influencing the gefticulations, and 
he goes fo far as to fay, that every, one 
who means to excel in this accomplith- 
ment, ought to ftudy, and even to imi- 
tate, the different chara&ters of the 
paffions, as expreffed in the animated 
defigns of the celebrated painter Le- 
brun. 
Tt appears furprifing, however, that 
the author fhould have been able to 
have filled an 8vo, volume of 520 
pages, with a fubject of this kind ; but 
this wonder will ceafe when it is recol- 
leg&ted that he treats on the principles 
of all the fciences, neceflary for the 
elucidation of his theme, and that his 
work not only contains a fyftem of rhe- 
toric, but alfo a grammar, a profody, 
and art of poetry. 
““Le Printemps de Kleift, &c.’— 
The Spring of Kleift, together with 
the Firit Navigator, Gefner’s Picture of 
the Deluge, and Gray’s Elegy in a 
Country Church Yard, imitated, in 
French verfe. By Ap S . 
The author of thefe Four Poems, or 
rather imitations, although apparently 
very young, yet announces talents for 
compofition, which may one day ap- 
proach, if not attain, excellence. 
The following is the invocation to 
Spring : 
Recevez-moi, berceaux, foréts majef- 
tueufes, 
Bofquets frais et rians, ombres religieufes, 
Ol Vhomme avec fon ceur fe plait a mé- 
diter, 
Infpirez mes accens ; que je puiffe chanter 
La gloire du printemps, la terre rajeunie, 
Et toi, que je m’égare, 6 riante prairie, 
Sur les bords enchantés de tes nombreux 
ruilleaux, 
Au milieu du dédale, ot fe perdent leurs 
eaux ! 
Je veux avec tes fleurs. refpirer 1’ inno- 
cence ; 
Et ce bonheur G pur, enfant de I’ efpé~_ 
rance, - 
4 
Ocolline! Je veux porter mes pas vain- 
queurs 
Sur ton fommet couvert de légéres vapeurs, 
Et fur des cordes d’oxr ot mon art fe déploie, 
Chanter de univers le fourire et la joie. 
“‘AnnuaireStatiftique du Departement 
des deux Sevres, pour l’An xi. dela Re- 
publiqueFrangaile(1802-3).7’—Statilti- 
cal Almanack of the Department of the 
Two Sevres, forthe 11th Year of the 
French Republic, or 1802-3. Citizen 
GUILLEMEAU, a young phyfician, of 
Niort, isthe author of this little work, 
as well as the two following, which have 
lately appeared in fucceffion: “ Coup 
d’ceil Hiftorique fur Niort & fes En- 
virons,”” ‘© Effai fur les Mineraux & | 
Fofliles des Départemens de la Vendée, 
des deux Sevres, & de la Vienne.” 
The prefent contains an hiftorical 
notice relative to ancient Gaul, and 
particularly the province of Poitora, 
meteorological obfervations on the ch- 
mate, medical and agricultural remarks, 
&c. One chapter is dedicated, to\the 
initruction of youth, and from it’we 
learn, that the central fchool of Niort 
has already been productive of many 
fingular advantages. The profefiors, 
at the commencement of their labours, 
had a difficult tafk affigned to them, as 
they had a multitude of errors to dif- 
fipate, prejudices to overcome, and a 
new plan of inftruction to undertake. 
We learn that the library, at prefent, 
confifts of more than 40,000 volumes, 
and that Briquet, Profeffor of Belles 
Lettres, not only pays great attention 
to the pupils confided to his care, but 
is at the expence of an annual publica- 
tion, in which appear the performances, 
both in verfe and in profe, of the 
young men who attend his courfe. 
‘** Cours de Phyfique Célefte, ou Le- 
cons fur P?Expofition du Syitéme du 
Monde, &c.”——A Courfe of Aitrono- 
my ; or, Lectures on the Expofition 
of the Syftem of the World, delivered 
in the Polytechnic School during the 
toth Year (1802) ; by HasseNFRATZ. 
I vol. 8vo. 29 Plates. 
Haffenfratz, a man well known by 
his chymical labours, has determined 
to prove upon this occafion, that he 
is not ignorant of aftronomy. His 
courfe confifts of twelve leffons, on all 
the different branches of that {cience ; 
and he is of opinion, that thefe are fut- 
ficient for the young men deftined to 
enterintothe French navy.. Tne author 
does not once quote thethree celebrated 
works written by Lalande, of which one 
edition 
