586 Retrofpe of Domzftic Literature —Fine Arts. 
farry firmament. Leo denotes, the fun, 
from the qualities or attributes of this 
animal. “* Thefe are dtrength and watch- 
fulnefs.” Now both thefe aredito, with the 
ftricteh truth, attributed to the fun, who 
is ftyled the eye of the world by Mart. 
Capella. = . . And, as its foreparts 
are emblematical of ftrength, fo are its 
hinder parts of weaknefs ; in whicn it 
again refembles the departing or fetting 
fun. And, as the lion’s preience caufes 
the other animals to difappear, fo the fun’s 
rifing makes the ftars to difappear from 
the heavens!!°? Virgo means the teem- 
ing earth. ‘This illuitration is labouied 
with aftonifhing dexterity and learning. 
Libra denotes the fabbath. While the 
effect of all other machines is to ‘produce 
motion, this alone produces reft. Scor- 
pio defignates the chief inftrument in the 
fallof man. Sagittarius is fymbolical of 
the Great Deliverer. Capricornus means 
the devil. Aquarius denotes troubles 
and miferies. “* The idea of water’ is 
naturally conneéted with that of multitude, 
and confequently with that of immenfity ; 
hence the ocean is the only obje& to which 
we attribute immenfity ; and from its 
parts being eafily divifible, it is connected 
with the idea of motion. From thefe it 
wiil follow, firft, that waters denote péo- 
ples, « mations,” Rev.) xvil. ers, xix." - 6. 
Secondly, that they will denote troubles, 
forrows ; as a multitude of/affairs necefla- 
rily implies forrow; and, as a ftate of 
trouble is naturally a ftate oppofite to that 
of refi, i. e. a ftate of motion.”? Pifces 
fignifies death: fince the land of the living 
is mentioned in Scripture, the fea of 
courfe muft denote death, and fithes very 
fairly dead men, &c. &c.!1" 
«© A Synopfis of Data for the Con- 
firuftion of Triangles, by Tuomas Ley- 
BOURN.” This ingenious work,is di- 
vided into four parts :—The firft dontains 
data for fuch triangles as have been con- 
ftructed generally, the vertical angle being 
fuppofed acute or obtufe; the fecond, 
data for the conftruction of right-angled 
triangles; the third, data for fuch trian- 
gles as have been confiruéted by plane’ 
geometry, when certain parts were equal 
to given folids; and the fourth data, for 
fuch triangles as have been conftructed, 
when certain parts were required to be 
the greateft or leaft poffible. Inftead of 
referring tothofe authors where conftruc- 
tions may be found, as Mr. Lawfon has 
done, Mr, Leyboarn intends to publith fe- 
parately a complete fet of folutions, which 
are to be exhibited both geometrically, 
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with their modes of ca lculation, and al- 
gebraically. 
Mr. Levet’s & Aftronomical and Ge- 
ographical Leffons,”’? might better have 
been arranged, perhaps, under the head of 
Education. 
correct. 
Mr. Pinkerton has publithed, in two 
quarto volumes, a fyftem of *¢ Modern 
Geography,”’ including the moit recent 
difcoveries, and poli tical alterations. An 
Aftronomical Intredu&ion is prefixed by 
the Rev. Mr. Vince ; and the maps, al- 
though they are net on a {cale fe large as 
we could have wifhed, are extremely ele- 
gant and correét; they are drawn under 
the dire€tion, ane with the lateft i improve- 
ments, of Arrowfmith, and are engraved 
by Lowry. We have not yet had anop- 
portunity of perufing this work ; that op» 
portunity will foon occur, in which cafe 
we fhall ka enlarge on its merits on 
a future occafion. 
FINE ARTS. 
*s Extracts from a Correfpondence with . 
the Academics of Vienna and St. Peterf- 
burg, on the Cultivation of the Arts of 
Paints ing, Sculpture, and Architecture, in 
the Anfirian and Ruffian Dominions 3 to 
which is prefixed a fummary Aécount of 
the Tran{a€tions of the Royal Academy 
of London, from the Clofe of the Exhi- 
bition of 1801, to the prefent Exhibition 
at Somerfet-houfe, 1802, by PRINCE 
Hoare, Member of the Academies of Flo- 
rence and Cortona, and Secretary for Fo- 
reign Correfpondence to the Royal Aca- 
demy of London.” This volume opens 
with an elegant, but too laboured, adcrefs 
from Mr. Hoare to the Prefident and 
Academicians, in which he enlarges, with, 
great propriety, on the advantages likely 
to refule from the liberal correfpondence 
opened with foreign academies; the neble 
mulation which will be awakened by tie 
contemplation of congenial talent “mult 
increafe the ene ergies of intellectual pro- 
grefs, and an enlarged communication of 
fentiments and ideas, muft tend ** to pre- 
vent the growth of contraéted habits in 
art, or what is commonly called manner, 
which, whether national or 
will, wherever it prevails, neceflarily de- 
traét fomething from the perfection of ta- 
lents.” After the Addreis to the Prefi- 
dent, a fummary Account fucceeds of the 
principal Occurrences and Tranfa€étions 
relative to the Royal Academy of Lon- 
don, from the Clofe of the Exhibition, 
r8ar. Next follow fome particulars re< 
lating to the Academy at Vienna, name- 
ly, 
They are perfpicuous and . 
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