Retrofpec? of Domeftic Literature—Claffical Literature, Se. 59°7 
ly, Extraéts of a Letter from its Prefi- 
dent, Mr. Fiiger; the Hiltory of the 
Plaftic Arts at Vienna; and a View of 
the prefent Regulations and Eftablithment 
of the Imperial Royal Academy of Arts 
at Vienna; and, thirdly, particulars rela- 
tive to the Academy of St. Peterfburg, 
namely, a Letter from its Secretary, M. 
de Labzin, wherein the writer gives the 
itate of the Fine Arts in that Capital, to- 
gether with a brief Account of the Works 
of forse its Members ; to which he fub= 
joins an Account of the Regulations and 
the Privileges granted to the Academy by 
the Empre{s, Catherine IT. a 
** Plans, and Views in Perfpeétive, with 
Defcriptions of Buildings erected in Eng- 
Jand and Scotland; and alfo an Effay to 
elucidate the Grecian, Roman, and Go- 
thic Architeéture, accompanied with De- 
figns, by Roperr MrrcHeLty; Archi- 
tect, large folio.’” ‘Thistmagnificent work 
is printed in Englifh and French, and is 
accompanied with numerous plates. The 
author evinces great tafte, and a confide- 
rable acquaintance with the principles o 
his are. | 
The fcllowing work will be found to 
contain many fenible rules and ufeful in- 
ftructions—** The Young Painter’s Maul- 
ftick, being a Praétical Treatife on Per- 
{pective ; containing Rules and Principles 
for Delineation on Planes, treated fo as 
“to render the Art of Drawing correétly 
eafy of attainment even to common Capa-. 
cities ; and entertaining, at the fame 
Time, from its Truth and Facility ; 
founded on tne clear: mechanical Procefs 
of Vignola and Sirigatti ; united with the 
theoretic Principles of the celebrated Dr. 
Brook Taylor; addreffed to Students in 
Drawing, by James Matton, Archi- 
tect and Draft{man.” 
<< The Coftume of Turkey, illuftrated 
by a Series of Engravings ; with Defcrip- 
tions in Englifh and French.’’ This very 
{plendid and beautiful work.will of courfe 
be placed on the fame coiftly fhelt with the 
‘ Coftume of China, and the Punifhments 
of China: it contains fixty coloured en- 
gravings, the drawings for which, we are 
informed by the editor, were made on. the 
{pot about four years ago, by M. Dalvi- 
mart, and may be depended on for their 
correctnefs. It might reafonably have been 
expected from the editor, who charges 
eight guineas for his volume, that he 
would give us fome information refpecting 
‘M. Dalvimart, in order that we mizhe 
have been able to eftimate his authority ; 
becaufe, ina work of this fort, fidelity of 
reprefentation 1s of the utmoft importance, 
MonTHuLy Mac, No, 96. 
Tt may fairly be objected againft the pre- 
fent volume, that the defcriptions which 
accompany the plates are too briefand un- 
fatisfactory : nothing, certainly, can ex- 
ceed the brilliancy of the plates. 
CLASSICAL AND ORIENTAL LITERA~ 
TURE. 
<* An Introduétion to the Knowledge of 
rare and valuable editions of the Greek _ 
and Roman Claffics ; being in Part a ta~ 
bulated Arrangement from Dr. Harwood’s 
View, &c. with Notes trom Muittzire, De 
Bure, Diétionnaire Bibliographique, and 
References to ancient and modern Cata- 
logues, by T. F. Dippin, A.B.” Mr. 
Dibdin has compreffed within a fmalk | 
compafs a great deal of matter, by dividing 
his pages into five. columns, the firtt of 
which contains the namie of the editor of 
the book, the fecond the place at which 
it was printed ; ‘the third-the fize, whether 
folio, quarto, or other ; the fourth the datey 
and the fifth its character, as to its value. 
The notes are numerous and well-fele&- 
ed, and the work is altogether a very ufes 
ful compendium. 
*¢ Viridarium Poeticum, feu Delestus 
Epithetorum in celeberrimis Latinis Scrip= 
toribus fparforam, defignatum, Epitheta 
ab antiquis ufurpata Exemplis illufran- 
dum, in Scholarum ufum quibus compo= 
fitio Latina precipuam Eruditionis para 
tem effecit, a FHoma Browne, A.M.’? 
This is a republication, in anew forms 
of the work of Johannes Ravifius, &c. 
The prefent work, which is introduced by 
a Preface written in very elegant Latin, 
is ably executed, and will be found ex- 
tremely uleful. | 
‘© The Anti-jargonift ; or, a Short In- 
troduction to the Hindooftanee Language, 
vulgarly, but erroneoufly, called the 
Moors, &c. by the Author of the Hin- 
dooftanee Diétionary.” Tne prefent is 
an abftraét, by Mr. Grucurist, of his 
“ Oriental Linguiit.”” The objeé&t of it 
is to prevent Indian and Enolifh gentle- 
men from imbibing that vulgar dialect er 
jargon which fome grammars have taught. 
The Introduction contains many curious © 
remarks on the prejudices, manners, &c. 
of the Indians; a Synopsis of the Gram- 
‘mar follows rhe Intro. uétion ; and is fuce 
ceeded by a copious Vocabulary, Englith 
and Hindooftanee, as well as Hindooftanee 
and Enghih. Then follow (ome very 
uletul lifts of technical and military 
terms, familiar dialogues, reguiations con= 
cerning the new College of Calcutta, 
tranflations from profe and verfe, with a 
copper-plate engraving of the Indian Ho- 
4F ral 
