Retrofpect of Spanifh Literature—Painting, Statuary, ee. B15 
- fubject, as well as the matters of contro- 
verly of little importance ; but, what is_ 
of more confequence, he has fuppreffed 
the fentiments dangerous to the youthful 
mind. Thus, without error or fuperflui- 
ty, all that is valuable in the extenfive 
work of the French Naturalift, in the. 
claffes of birds and quadrupeds, is reduced 
to twenty-fix volumes, 12mo. © ‘The tranf- 
lator his not, however, confined himlelf 
to improvements in the arrangement, and 
in the exclufion of unneceilary or perni- 
cious matter ; he has had it in his power 
to colleést fome valuable notes, and to 
make {ome confiderable corrections in the 
original text, principally on the birds and 
quadrupeds of Spanifh America, which ts 
{uppofed to be the moft defective part of 
the work of Buffon. 
PAINTING, STATUARY, AND ENGRAV- . 
ING. 
“© Quaderno 45 de la Coleccion General 
de los Trages que ufan lis Naciones del 
Mundo Defeubierto, arreglado ala Eii- 
_cion del Viagero Univerial.”—Fafciculus 
the forty-fifth of the General Collection 
of Coftumes ufed by all Nations, accom- 
modated to the Euition of the Univerial 
Traveller. This publication contains the 
dieffes of Greenland, and fome of thofe 
in Roffia. 
“‘Eftampa que reprefenta las Urnas en 
que eftan el Cuerpo de S. Ifidro Labrador, 
y las Reliquias’ de fu Efpofa, Sta. Maria 
de la Capeza.”°—Engraving, which repre-’ 
fents the Urns in which are depofited the 
Body of St. Ifidor Labrador, and the: 
Body and Reliéts of his Spoufe, Sta. Ma- 
ria de la Capeza. 
«¢ Eftampa de a Pliego, que reprefenta 
la Publicacion de la Paz conforme fe ha 
executado en elteCorte.”’—Engravings on 
one Sheet, explaining the Mode of Pubii- 
tion of Peace adopted in Madrid. 
<< Colleccion General de los Tragos que 
actuelmente fe ufan en Efpana: quaderno 
_5°%.’—General Collef&ticn of Coitumes 
ufed in Spain at this time, fatciculus 
the sth. 
<¢ Eftampa de Ntra Sra del Carmen, fe- 
gun fe venera en el Altar mayor de P. P. 
Carmelitas Calzados de Sezovia.”’—En- 
graving of Our Lady of Mount Carmel as 
fhe receives veneration on theHighAltar of 
the Church of the Calceated Carimelites 
of Segovia. 
* Quaderno, 4°. de la Iconologia; 6, 
Idea de Emblemas y Alegorias por Fi- 
gures, copiadas del original Frances.” 
—Fafciculus the ath, of Iconologia ; or, 
Sketches of Embiematical and Allego- 
tical Figures, copied from the French. 
This is the only work of the fame kind 
publifhed in Spain: it is neceflary for the’ 
artifts of that country, and ufetul to all 
for the ftudy of the fine arts. The pre- 
fent publication contains Vigilance in two 
different fituations, Commerce, Charity, 
Generofity, Avarice, Sincerity, Hypocrify, 
Geometry, and Architecture. 4 
POETRY AND PLAYS. 
‘¢ Himno en Elogio de la Paz, difpuefto 
en Verfos Saficcs, por D. Francisco 
GreGorio DE SaLas.”’—Ode on the 
Peace, in Sapphic Verfes, by D. Francifco 
Giegorio de Salas. 
“Oda ‘a la Paz, por D, F.”—-Ode to 
the Peace, by D. F. This little ode is the 
produce of the competition in the ‘poetical. 
clafs of the royal feminary of the Nobles’ 
of Madrid. © 
“Fj Viajante Defconocido; Comedia, 
en 2 Actos, tomada del Teatro Frances, y 
arregiada al Efpanol, por-D. JosrpHMa-. 
RiA DE CaRNERERO.’——The Incognito 
‘Traveller, a Comedy, in two Atts, trom 
the French Theatre ; accommodated to the 
Spanish, byDr. Joleph Maria de Carnerero. 
“*¢ Poefiasde D. Nrcasio ALVAREZ, 
pe Ciznruecos.”-—Poemis of Dr. Igna- 
cio Alvarez de Cienfuegos. ~ * 
“€ Otelo; 6, el Moro de Venecia, Txa- 
gedia en 5 Actos; traducida de Frances, 
por D. Troporo La CaLLe.”—Othel- 
lo; or, the Moor of Venice, a Tragedy in 
Five Adts, from the French by Dr. Theo- 
doro la Calle. We fancy few Englihh rea- 
ders, who.have enjoyed this fublime pro- 
duétion of their favourite poet in their ver~ 
nacular tongue would,be fatisfied with this 
tianflation of a tranflation. | 
«« El Negro y la Blanca, Comedia nueva, 
por D.VicENTE RODRIGUEZ DE AREL- 
LANo. The Black. Man: and White 
Woman, a new Comedy, by Dr. Vicente 
. Rodriguez de Arellano. 
<¢ La Florentina; Comedia, del mifmo 
Autor.’—The Female Florentine; a Co- 
medy, by the fame Author. ' 
<¢ FE] Contrato Anulado: Comedia ef- 
crita en Profa Francefa por Marfollier, 
traducida libreménte y arreglida 4 nuettras | 
coftumbres por MIRTILIo SECURITANO.”’ 
—TYhe Contract Diffolved; a Comedy,. 
from the French . of -Marfolier; freely 
tranflated and accommoda'ed to the Man- 
ners of Spain, by Mirtilio Securitano. 
« Agulto y Teodoro; 6, los Pages de 
Federico IT..Comedia, por D. Vicenvs 
RopRiGuez DE ARELLANO.” —~Au- 
guitus and Theodore; or, the Pages of 
Frederic the Second, a Comeiy, by D. 
Vicente Rodriguez de-Areliano. 
‘¢ Poehas 
