614 Retrofpee? of Spanih Literature—Natural Hiflory, Fe. 
work, we find, in an Appendix, a Cazta- 
logue of -the Contents of the Mufeum of 
the Tranflator, conitfting of medals, gems, 
ancient monuments, paintings, and other 
curiolities. ; 4 
«¢ Semanario de Acricultura y. Artes, 
tomo 11."—Periodical Review of Agri- 
culture and Arts, vol. 71. This continu, 
ation cf that ufeful work coritains a com- 
pendium of elementary lectures on a va- 
riety of fubjects: it treats on the cultiva- 
tion of the goofeberry and the cherry ; 
and ftates the advantages to be cerived 
from the profecution of it. It contains 
papers on fumach; on the means of -pre- 
venting the injuries from inundations; fo 
common in mountainous countries; on 
the aflitance given by government to the 
plantation of the mulbeity in the province 
of Granada; on the method of ftacking; 
fo as to preferve the produce, with an en- 
graving ; on the comparative utility of 
Jarge and {mall farms} on the beneficial 
effe&t of agriculture on manufactures; on 
the improvements that have been adopted 
by Englifh cultivators ; on the neceflity of 
making agriculture an article of public 
infruction, and the. moft advantageous 
means of fo doing; on mountainous 
farms, and the moft produétive way of 
managing wocds; on rearing turkeys ; 
on the goats of Angora in the royal 
flocks; on the bifon, a fpecies of buf- 
falco, and the. utility of naturalifing this 
animal in Spain; on thy ule of deccrticated 
barley, as a fubftitute for rite: on the 
culture of fruit-trees; on the improve- 
ment of water; on the management of 
vines; on the converfion of milk into 
Vinegar; cautions to fportfmen; on tem- 
pering fteel; on the Englifh way of mak- 
ing gunpowder; on the methed of ex- 
tracting fugar from what is called raz de 
la miferia; on the new method of prepar- 
ing charcoal; on the manufacture of pa- 
per ;on kitchen utenfi's; on the extraction of 
a purple colour from different fhells; and on 
the means of avo.ding conflagrations. The 
works treats further on the fevers in 
prifons, and in fhips, wih other oferul en- 
quiries. 
<¢ Obras Jocofas de D. Francisco DE 
Quéevepo.’—Entertaining Works of D. 
Francifco-de Quevedo. : This writer was 
a raanof general talents ; but a great por- 
tion of his leifure was applied. to the 
more ferious works, accommodated to the 
fuperftition of his times. We have an. 
edit cn of his-whele works, publithed in 
the year 1660, at Brofltls,; when Flanders 
was yet under the Spaniih yoke; his graver 
_ predustions are forgotten, while his moré 
lively effor:s, introduced into this new 
edition, furvive the deftrufive attacks of 
time: we fhall quote from the latter & 
madrigal, in.which the quaint ftyle of the 
day is fufficiently expoied: 
: Amante fin Refofo. 
«¢ Efta la ave en el aite con fo fiego, 
En la agua el pez la falamandra en fuego, 
Y el hombre, en Cuyo fer’ todo fe encierray 
Efta en fola la tiefra. i acl 
Yo folo, que naci para tormentos, 
Eftoy en todos éftos elementos. 
La boca tengo en aire fofpirando, 
El cuerpe en tierra efia peregrinando, 
Los ojos tengo en agua, noche, v dia, 
Y en fuego el coracon, y elalma mia.” 
m+ 
Notwithftanding the abilities of this 
writer, we do not recadlect to have feen 
any tranflation from him, excepting of his 
Dream of the Skulls, which we believe has 
been given in almoft every language of 
Europe. . We hope that the prefent at- 
tempt, applied to refcue from oblivion au- 
thors of diltinguifhed merit will preferve 
to us the works of Quevedo, who, whether. 
confidered asa theclogian, an orafor, an 
hiftorian, a humourift, or a poet, main- 
tains a dignified rank among the candi- 
dates for pofthumous fame.’ . 
NATURAL HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY: 
“<< Tratado Praéiico de Colmenas 6 Paf- 
toria de las Abejas.’’+-Practical Treatife 
on Hives, and the Treatment of Bees. The 
work enters into the means of increafing 
this uieful little animal, and the fituations 
beft adapted for that purpofe; it even, 
gives a hiftory cf their difeafes, and the 
-mof effectual means for their cure. 
«¢ Compendio de la Hilteria Naturel de. 
Buffon, clafifieado fegun el Siffema de. 
Linneo por Renato Ricardo Caftel; tra- 
ducido € iluftrado, por D..Pepro Esra- 
La, Prefbitero, tomo 1.’’——Compendium, 
of the Natural Hittory of Buffon, claffified, 
agreeably to the Linnean Syfiem, by Re- 
nate Ricardo Cafel; tranflated and iluf- 
trated by D. Pedro Eftala, Prieft, ift vol, 
This work is decorated with an engraving 
of Buffon, and centains the Theory of the 
Earth. -Caftel is the author of the Poem; 
of the Plants; in the work from Buffon,. 
he avails himfelf of a methodical arrange= 
ment, much fuperior to that of the original, 
of which the kearned have complained ; the 
author has ‘corrected the. errors, which 
Buffon himfelf -has acknowledged, and 
pointed out in his voluminous Supplement; 
he has properly omitted the notes of\pure 
esudition, unconnected with the general 
fubject, 
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