6oF 
ers Affifiant in Englith Compofition ; or, 
Eafy Rules for Writing Themes, and: 
Compoling Exerciles on Subjeéts proper 
for the Improvement of Youth of both 
Sexes.”” Young perfons are feldom more 
embarrafied than in their firft attempts to 
compofe. 
«© Aphorifms on Education, &c. in three 
parts: 1. as relating chiefly to the Male 
Sex 5 2. with particular Reference to the 
Female Sex; 3. Remarks of general Ap- 
plication to both.” It is furely a, fuffi- 
efent recommendation to this little volume 
to fay, that the aphorifins are judictoufly 
feleéted from fome of the mroft celebrated 
writers on education, from Locke, Rollin, 
Fenelon, La Bruyere, Roufleau, Madame 
dé Genlis, Chefterfield, Edgeworth, &c. 
&e. . 
«t The Governefs ; or, Evening Amufe. 
ments at a Boarding-fchool ;”’ is a collec- 
tion of tales teld to children of different 
ages, from fix to fifteen, after. {chool- 
hours: they are amufing enough, but 
contain too many hard words for the ca- 
pacities of thofe to whom they are ad- 
dreffed. Were it not ‘for this fault, we 
fhould earneftly recommend “* The ration- 
al Exhibition for children,’? which is 
fraught with inftraction, and which con- 
tains numerous prints, fuperior to thofe 
which are ulually found in fuch publica- 
tions. 
Mrs. Gupry’s * Inftruétive and En- 
tertaining Dialogues for Children’ are 
well written; the profits which may arife 
from the publication of them are deftined 
to. the ufe of a charity-fchool for girls at 
Briftol. 
“Mrs. PirxincTon’s ** New Tales of 
the Cafile,” like many other works for 
children, from her prolific pen, combine 
amufement and information, whatever 
they may want in correétnefs of Lan- 
guage. 
“¢ Appendix tothe Family Budget; or, 
Game of Knowledge.”” This Game of 
Knowledge confifts of a box, with a fet of 
cards and counters, by which children 
are to fall in love with knowledge (if we 
may ufe the expreffion) under the difguife 
of fport. The price of the whole appa- 
ratusis a guinea and a half! which we 
do not regret, confidering the utility of 
fuch tricks upon young travellers as of a 
ery queftionable nature. 
Dr. Mavor, who has already laid the 
-yifing generation under fo many obliga- 
tions, continues his labours for their in- 
firuftion: they are indebted to him, in 
conjunction with Mr. Pratt, for a vo- 
lume of * Claffical Englith Poetry,’ fe- 
Retrofpel? of Domeftic Literature—Mifeellanies. 
leéted from the beft authors, with a few 
original pieces. This colle&tion, which 
is remarkably chafte and unexceptionable, 
is introduced by a Preface, indicating the 
fevera] {pecies of poetry, and their beft 
modes of recitation. 
Dr. Mavor has alfo publifhed, for the 
ule of fchools, “* The New Speaker; or; 
Englifh Clafs-book ; confifting of Moral 
and Inftru€tive Effays, Narrative and Pa- 
thetic Pieces, Dialogues, Orations, and 
Harangues, Epitties, Mifcellaneous Pieces, 
and feleét Poetical Verfions ; towhich are © 
added, a fhort Syftem of Rhetoric, and an 
Effay on Enunciation or Delivery, chiefly 
abftraéted frem Blair’s Leétures.”*” We 
do not perceive the utility of this work 
while the Speaker of Dr. Enfield continues’ 
fo defervedly a favourite of the public. 
The following is a very ufeful little 
book: ‘¢ The French and Englith Idioms: 
compared, wherein the Idiomatical Diffi- 
culties of the French are introduced in a 
Sentence, and elucidated in a Manner en= 
tirely new, by W. A. BELLENGER.” 
- Mr. Davin Iavinc has publifhed a 
work of great importance on the ‘* Ele~ 
ments of Englifh Compofition.”” It con- 
fits of plain and practical dire€tions for 
writing the Englifh language with eafe, 
perfpicuity, and elegance, and is defigned, 
in the progrefs of education, to fucceed 
to the ftudy of Englifh grammar, and of 
the Latin and Greek claffics. Suchan 
elementary work as this has long beem 
wanted to facilitate the attainment of a 
pure,and correé Englith ftyle. A 
Mr. RosBinson, inhis ** Art of Teachs 
ing the Orthography, Accent, and Pro- 
nunciation of the Englifh Language,” 
has laid dowa an excellent plarof inftruc- 
tion, which can hardly fail to facilitate 
the tafk of jearning, and confequently the 
tafk ({carcély lefs laborious) of teachung. 
We carinot conclude this divifion of our 
fynopfis of recent literary publications, 
without announcing, that an o€tavo edi- 
‘tion has appeared of Mifs EDGEWORTH’s 
excellent work on ‘“* Praétical Educa- 
tion.”’ ‘ 
; MISCELLANIES. 
«© A Philofophical Treatife on the Paf- 
fions, by T. CoGan, M, D.”? - This is 
no common production. On a fabject 
perhaps the moft interefting of any to the 
human mind, fince it treats of its moft 
firiking chara&teriftics (and therefore al- 
ready a thoufand times amply difcuffed), 
the ingenious author has treated us with 
much -novel and ftriking matter. The 
work is divided inta two parts: the firft 
contains an analyfis of the various a a 
an 
