— Retrofpedt of French Literature—Education. 
-'This is an Eloge on France and its 
Government. The moderation of the 
Contular Chief is dwelt upon with rap- 
ture, and it is pretended that it hath be- 
come the real intereft of Europe, to with for 
the continental aggrandizement of France. 
On the other hand, the ambition of Eng- 
land is pointed outas highly difaftreus to 
mankind, and we aretoid of the gigantic 
attempt, on the part of the latter power, 
“‘+o monopolize that univerfe which fhe 
affeSts to proteé&t and defend.”” The au- 
thor has introduced a ‘parallel between. 
-Cefar and the firft Conful, in which he 
points out the different means that have 
- conduéted both of them to glory. 
EDUCATION, 
Lettres fur VEducation Religieufe de 
LP Exujance, précédes et fuiwies de Details 
Hiftoriques, &c.— Letters on the Re- 
ligious Education. of Children, pre-e 
cede and followed by Historical Details, 
‘ dedicated to the King of Pruffia, by J. 
A. Deruc, Reader to her Majetty the 
Queen of Great Britain, a Member of the 
Royal Societies of London and Dublin, 
and Profeflor of Philolophy at Gottingen, 
1 vol. 8vo, 
M. Deluc, the author of this publica: 
tion, is well-known in the literary world, 
by his- Lettres Phyfiques et Morales fur 
LP Eiftoire de l’Terre, et’ Homme. To this 
work he has added, preliminary dif- 
courfes on a variety of fubjests; in one 
of which he attempts to prove “ that man 
is naturally good, and that he would ne- 
ver become evil, were he not either to 
tranferefs or contemn the pofitive laws of 
a Revelation. which God has given him 
faculties fufficient to difcover.”’ 
In his prefent performance, ‘ Lettres 
fur Education Religieufe,” M. Deluc 
has undertaken to develope this principle, 
and oppofes it to the fophifms of thofe 
whom he terms Cyzical Atherjis, as well 
as thofe who preach up a religion entirely 
buman in its nature. He accordingly 
combats the pofitions of the German Phi- 
lanthrophins, with Bafedow at their head ; 
the opinions of J. J. Roufleau, who 
thought it improper to mention the name 
of God to children ;.and the farcafms and 
guodlibets of Voltaire, ** who only admits 
a natural religion, merely to induce his 
{cholars not to profefs any one.” 
Deluc has the prefumption, as well as 
the impolicy, to treat all who differ from 
him as either ignorant or malicious men, 
and refers them to his ow * Theory of 
the Globe” for the moft complete refu- 
tation of all their fyftems ! 
MonTuiy Mag, No. 75, 
629 
La Science des Negocians et Teneurs des 
Livres, &c.—The Science of Book-keep- 
ing, by. the late DeLaporTe: a Work 
ufeful to all Perfons engaged in Bufinefs, 
more efpecially to thofe young Men, who 
with to learn the Art of Book-keeping by 
Double-entry, &c. dedicatedto the Citi- 
zens, Judges of the Tribunal of Com. 
merce of Bourdeaux, by Boucuer. 
In 3495, Friar Luc, an Italian, pub- 
lifhed a ‘Yreatife on the Keeping of Books, 
by means of Dowble-eniry.. Roger and 
Keenink, two Dutchmen, printed another 
Ini6t1. About 1712, Laporte thought 
fit to prefent the world with ‘* La Scicnce 
des Negocians et Teneurs des Livres ;°* 
Bareme’ printed his Rules and Pradice, 
in 17193 Echin, of Bourdeaux; Larue, 
of Bayonne;. Giraudeau, of Geneva; 
Inhoff, of Vevey ; Gaignant de Laulnais, 
of Nantz; and Gentil, of Paris, fuccef> 
fively wrote books on the fame fubjec. 
Colbert, the great Minifter of France, 
withed to apply this new mode to the 
finances of the State, but. he failed in 
‘his project, from a deficiency of men 
calculated to give it effect ; and in order 
to render this {pecies of knowledge more 
general, Citizen Boucher, who is himfelf 
an experienced accomptant, has now pub- 
lithed a new and correét edition of the 
celebrated work written by Laporte, to- 
wards the beginning of the prefent cen- 
tury. He has alfo added a Dictionary, in 
which he attempts to explain every thing 
relative to commerce and the banking- 
bufinefs. 
C-urs de Mythologie, &c.—A Courfe 
of Mythology, accompanied with Selec& 
Pieces of Poetry, analogous to each 
Article, aWork calculated forthe Educa . 
tion of Youth, 1 vol. §82 p. 12mo. 
The author, who has already made ufe 
of this mode, in the education of children, 
and who tells us that he now publifhes 
it at the requeft of feveral fathers of fa- 
milies, has had recourfe: to Corneille, 
Racine, Boileau, Crebillon, and Voltaire, 
for appropriate paflages. It ought te 
be remarked, however, that although all 
books deftined for children ought to be 
written with the utmoft purity of ftyle 
and di€iion, the prefent is deficient in 
thofe effential requifites. 
DiGionnaire Univerfel de la Langue 
Frangaife, cc.—An Univerlal Ditionary 
of the French Language; or, a Manual 
of Orthography, &c. 1 vol. 580-pages. 
Paris. 
The editors of this work, have been 
indefatigable in comparing all the bef 
4M Frens’ 
