606 Retrofpect of Dameftic Literature.—-Novels and Romances.—Drama. 
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gether with a {mall portion (fcarcely one 
third) of original matter, are here, with a 
degree of affurance very uncommon even 
in thefe days, charged one guinea! fhould 
this book be ever out!of print, another 
will be added to thofe Tales of Wonder. 
<‘Equanimity,” is a Poem by Mr. 
Mason CHAMBERLIN, in which he de- 
livers a feries of moral and philofophical 
reflections in fmooth but unanimated 
verle. : 
Mr. WHITEHEAD has tranflated into 
blank verfe, Count Stolberg’s ‘¢ Hymn 
to the Earth,’” with a great deal of fpirit 
and dignity. 
Mr. RowLanpD Wake has publifhed a 
little volume of  Poems,”’ the profits 
refulting from which the author intends 
to appropriate to the fupport of an infti- 
tution for the education of poor Catho- 
lics: the execution of thefe poems is not 
fo much to be commended as the benevo- 
lent object for which they are made public. 
Mr. Rivers’ “ Poems,’? Mr. Harr’s 
<< Fugitive Pieces,"°—** Tintern Abbey,” 
&c. &c. &c. increafe the poetical cata- 
logue without adding much to its value. 
NOVELS AND ROMANCES. 
Of thefe we fhall pafs over the profa- 
num vulgus, noticing only thofe that 
have fome claim to merit. 
Dr. Beaurort’s *‘ Daughter of Adop- 
tion,’ is a Novel of more than ordinary 
excellence: the characters are well drawn, 
the incidents ftriking and natural, the 
language correct, and the* moral good’: 
the author fhews a knowledge of the hu- 
man heart, and if he cultivates this mode 
of writing, will, in all probability, pro- 
duce fomething ftill fuperior to the pre- 
fent work. 
Mrs. Opie, whofe numerous poetic 
pieces give evidence of a lively fancy and 
correct tafte, has publifhed a tale entitled 
the ‘Father and Daughter,” which will 
be read with intereft, as exhibiting fome 
genuine traits of nature. ‘ 
Mrs. Crorrt’s ‘* Anderwick Caftle,”’ 
affords’a view of fafhionable life at once 
interefting and inftructive. 
A tranflation has appeared from the 
Spanith of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 
of “*The Force of Blood:*’ Cervantes 
was the author of feveral novels, but he 
is indebted for his celebrity to Don 
Quixotté alone: the prefent volume how- 
ever, from the pen of fuch an author will 
excite curiofity, and as the tranflation is 
made by an unfortunate emigrant, for the 
alleviation of his difirefs, we fincerely 
hope it may have an extenfive circulation. 
Mr. Burka’s Elliott, or, The Vi- 
ciffitudes of Early Life,’ is a well-writ= 
ten and pathetic narration. 
The Hiftory of ‘* Edmond Monteralt and 
Pauline St. Claude,”’ prefents a picture of 
pure love which for effe&t and fidelity of © 
reprefentation is rarely furpaffed. 
“In © Tourville, or, The Myfterious 
Lover,’ the paffion is exhibited on the 
part of the hero, dangerous and enthufi- 
aftic; long endeavouring to overcome the 
refiftance of the Platonic lady! Ovzimia 
vincit amor, however, for the gentleman 
fucceeds at laft. 
Mrs. YEATE’s ‘Eliza,’ affords a fa- 
vorable {pecimen of her talents. 
“©The Letters, of a Sclitary Wande- 
rer,’ come from the prolific pen of Mrs. 
CHARLOTTE SMITH: a lady to whofe 
tafte and talents the public has paid many 
a tribute of refpet. If thefe letters are 
comparatively deficient in that glowing 
imagery which enriches the various works 
of Mrs. Charlotte Smith, they have ex- 
cellencies of a different kind, which am- 
ply compenfate the lofs. Though a lefs 
luxuriant, we remark a more chafte dic- 
tion: we obferve alfo a general juftnefs of 
fentiment and confiftency of character, 
which have not always diftinguifhed the 
productions of this plaintive writer. Of 
thofe letters which are uncunneéted, Mrs. 
Smith promifes us a continuation at fome 
future time. 
Mrs. Parsons’s ** Mifer and his Fa- 
mily,”” is a fevere, and, we are afraid, a 
juft fatire on the fafhionable world, or. 
rather perhaps it may be characterifed as. 
the fumple expofure of its vices, but fuch 
an expofure as has for its objeét to deter 
young perfons from approaching near 
that vortex of diffipation in which fo 
many perifh. : 
«©The Myfterious Penitent; or, the 
Norman Chateau,” is a romance of: far. 
lefs exceptionable conftruction, than rsoft 
of thefe wild ftories are: the charaéters 
are not badly drawn, and the tale by ne 
means badly told. © . 
We could enumerate a great many 
more novels—‘* The Irifh Excurfion,*’ 
‘¢ Miriam,’ —** Midfummer Eve, or, the 
Country Wake,”’ &c. &c. &c. but many 
of them are fcarcely worth the trouble of 
tran{cribing. We fhall proceed therefore 
to the 
_  DRAMA3 
which has had fewer offerings prefented te 
it than ulual, and thofe few of very infigni- 
ficant worth. Mr, C. KemBve’s * Point 
of Honour,’’ is taken from the French, . 
and notwith{tanding it has been performed 
‘with univerfal applaule at the Theatre 
Royals 
