Retrofpelt of Dumeftic Literature—Educatiot. 
Royal, Haymarket,”’ is poffeffed of con- 
fiderable merit. —** What a Blunder !” is 
a Comic Opera by Mr. Houtman, the 
language of which is correét, and the 
Rory not uninterefting.—Mr. Reyno.ps’ 
‘Life,’ is a poor performance, but if 
the author can contrive to ive by it, 
that is enough for him.—Mr. Gopwin’s 
<< Antonio’? was damned on the ftage, 
and we are afraid will fhare a fimilar fate 
from the public in general.—Mr, Suep- 
HERD’s **Orphans, or, Generous Lo- 
_ vers,” is an Opera publifhed for the be- 
nefit of the Widows and Orphans of the 
troops who fell in Holland: the author 
has high merit as a patriot, and has cer- 
tainly fome claim to it as a poet.—‘* The- 
edora; or, The Spanifh Daughter,” is a 
Tragedy evincing fome talent, which how- 
ever requires cultivation.—** Maximi- 
nian,”’ is a tragedy taken from the French 
of Corneille by a lady, who, in order to 
‘<render it interefting,’’ has taken many 
unwarrantable and injudicious liberties 
with the original—Mr. HouLtTon’s 
“ Wilmore Caitle,”” appears to have been 
endured by the audience for the fake of 
Mr. Hook’s mufic, which is allowed to 
be excellent. . 
EDUCATION. 
«© The Contemplative Philofopher ; or, 
Shoit Eflays on the various Objeéts of 
Natnre throughout the Year; with Poe- 
tical I!luftrations and Moral Refleétions 
on each. fubjeét.’” Thefe Effays, we are 
informed by the advertifement prefixed to 
the work, appeared originally in the Uni- 
verfai Magazine: the fubjeét of each 
paper is fuitable to the month in which 
it wasinferted, and the reflections are al- 
together adapted to the capacities of young 
perfons. 
The Rev. B. Witxis has compiled 
“« A Concife Englifh Grammar for the 
Ufe of Schools;”’ in the adoption of 
which, the author ftates himfelf to have 
had confiderable fuccefs. 
«© La Bruyere the Lefs; or, Characters 
and Manners of the Children of the Pre- 
fent Age,”’ &c. has been tranflated: from 
the French of Madame de Genlis. This 
little work is worthy of the celebrated au- 
thor whofe name it"bears. It is divided 
into chapters, and is adapted to the un- 
derftanding of children of twelve or thir- 
teen years of age, with the exception of 
the ten laft chapters, which apply to per- 
fons of more advanced years. 
~ The following work has alfo been tran- 
flated from the French of the fame lady, 
and is the refult, fhe tells us, of a longer 
~ courte of ftudy and reflection than any of 
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her former; it is intitled, «* A New Me- 
thod of Inftruétion, for Childrenfrom five 
to ten Years old, including Moral Dia- 
logues: the Children’s Ifland, a Tale ; 
Thoughts and Maxims ; Models of Com- 
pofition in Writing for Children ten or 
twelve Years old, and a New Method of 
teaching Children to Draw.” 
Mr. NofeuDeEn has publifhed **¢ AGer- 
man Grammar, adapted to the Ufe of 
Englifhmen.”? At a time when German 
literature is fo fafhionable in this countrys 
and the German language, of courfe, fo 
generally cultivated, it is an advantage of 
no fmall confequence, that aGrammar like 
the prefent, fo accurate, fo comprehenfive, 
and fo peculiarly free from obfcurity, 
fhould have made its appearance. Mr, 
Noehden, in fhort, is intitled to the thanks 
of Englifhmen, for having prefented them 
with perhaps the beft German Grammar 
which has appeared in this country. 
It is faying a great deal in favour of 
the following work, that it does not dif- 
credit its fuperabundant title-page: *¢ La~ 
tin Profody made Eafly; or, Rules and 
Authorities for the Quantity of Final 
Syllables in general, and of the Increments 
of Nouns and Verbs; interfperfed with 
occafional Obfervations and Conjectures: 
on the Pronunciation of the Ancient 
Greeks and Romans ; to which ase added, 
Dire&tions for Scanning and Compofing 
different Kinds of Verbs, followed by 
Analytic Remarks on the Harmonious 
Structure of the Hexameter; together 
with Synoptical Tables of Quantity for 
every Declenfion and Conjugation, by J. 
Carey.’ The rules of this very uletul 
work are given in Latin verfe, and after- 
wards explained and elucidated in Englith. 
Mr. Carey feems to be completely matter 
of his fubjeét, which he has treated with 
much accuracy, ingenuity, and clearnels. 
M. DovupoiT, Curate of Lourmais, in 
Britany, and Teacher of the French and 
Latin Languages in: the Free-ichool, 
Ludlow, has publifhed an ufeful <* Latin 
Profody,’” &c. 
The following work will be found fer. 
vicable to thofe who have undertaken the 
tafk of teaching either them{elves or others 
the art of writing Latin: ** The Latin 
Scholar's Guide ; or, Clarke’s and Tur, 
ner’s Latin Exercifes Correéted, &c. &c. 
by Mr. Tocquet.” Mr. Tocquet hag 
referred the reader to the originals from 
which the extraéts are taken. 
_ Mr. Wacker, a gentleman very well] 
known and re{peéted as the intiruétor of 
young perfons, has publifhed a work of 
much ufefulnefs, intitled, ** The Teach 
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