Retrofpett of French Literature.—Hiftory. 
t have a better claim to admiration 
than that of the Eaft. ‘Tranfported to 
a foreign foil, the fatal termination of 
the naval action at Aboukir placed a 
barrier between it and France: but it 
was not difmayed; for arapid march 
tranfported it to the centre of the 
country, and every ftep left behind 
the trace of a victory. Each day pre- 
fented new fatigues, new dangers, and 
privations of every kind; while, on 
the other hand, none of thofe ,enjoy- 
ments which ufually enable a military 
man to forget his toils, prefented them- 
felves on this occafion. Officers, fol- 
diers, all, in fhort, voluntarily fup- 
ported their fate without murmur, ap- 
preciating by the reiterated attacks 
and redoubled zeal of the enemy, how 
ufeful the poffeflion of Egypt would be 
to their native country, and that ideat 
alone compenfated all their fuffer- 
ings.” : 
The author pays many compliments 
to the Britifh navy; but he does not 
render common juitice to the army, as 
may be feen from the following pafiage : 
“‘ The expedition of the Englifh has 
proved fuccefsful; but they have 
gained nothing, except the glory arifing 
out of good fortune, becaufe they never 
knew how to command viétory—by the 
difpofition, bravery, or audacity of 
their forces.’’~ 
«¢ Revolution Francaife, en Table 
Chronologique etAlphabetique du Mo- 
niteur,”’ &c.—The FrenchRevolution ; 
er, a Chronological and Alphabetical 
Table of the Moniteur, from 1787 to 
1799: 
The Moniteur is the oldeft, and per- 
haps alfo the molt celebrated of the 
French newfpapers. Citizen G1RAR- 
DIN has accordingly been employed, 
for feveral years, in drawing up an 
aralyfis of the twenty-two volumes, 
in folio, of which this colleétion now 
confilts; and he has reduced the whole 
within a reafonable compa{s, wsthout 
omitting a fingle article. A chronolo- 
gical table includes a {ummary of the 
various fubjects, while the alphabetical 
ene is divided into three parts. 
1. Contains the names of men. 
2. Of towns, cities, Communes, re- 
publics, kingdoms, &c. 
3. The titles of laws, decrees, dif- 
eourfes, and events. 
‘¢ Tableau Hiftorique, & Politique 
des Operations Militaires, Civiles, 
de Bonaparte, Premier Conful de la 
Republique Frangaife,” &c.—An Hif- 
629 }. 
torical and Political Difcuffion of the 
Military, and Civil Tranfactions of 
Bonaparte, Firft Conful of the French, 
adorned with his Portrait, by J. CHas, 
of Nifmes. : 
The Encomiaft, rather than the 
Hiftorian, of the French General, Ci- 
tizen Chas praifes all his aétions, whe - 
ther civil or military, without the leaft 
difcrimination ; and, ‘ta crown the 
whole, he has dedicated his panegyric 
to Madame Bonaparte ! . 
*‘ Les Illuftres Vidimes Vengées,”* 
&c.—The Illuftrious Viétims avenged 
for the Injuftice committed by their 
Coiitemporaries. 
_ This volume contains thirteen letters, 
all of which are addreffed to the author 
of the work, entitled ** Mémoires 
Hiftoriques et Politiques du Régne de™ 
Louis XVI.” &c.—The author attacks 
M. Soulavie with great afperity, on 
account of the abfurdity of his paras 
doxes, and the injuftice of his animad-~ 
verfions on many of the firft perfonages 
of France. He is aftonifhed how the 
little vicar of a village, who came to 
Paris by the diligence in 1780, fhould 
have been able to become acquainted 
with all the fecret tranfactions of the 
courts of Louis XV. and Louis XVI! 
“¢ Mémoire fur PEtat du Commerce 
en Provence.”-—-A Memoir on the State 
of Cormerce in Provence, during the 
Fifteenth Century, by F. S$. V. 
The inhabitants of Marfeilles ap- 
pear to have carried on an extenfive 
and uninterrupted trade in the Levant 
for a long feries of years. Agathias,a 
Greek hiltorian of @he Sixth Century, 
{peaks of that city, as having loft no- 
thing of its ancient fplendour in his . 
time: andit has been afferted by ano- 
ther writer (Poulli, de Luvina) that 
the merchants of Lyons, Avignon, and 
Marfeilles, were accuftomed, in 813, to” 
repair twice a year to Alexandria, 
whence they brought back the fpices of 
India, and the perfumes of Arabia. 
Thefe precious commodities afcended 
the Rhone and the Sadne, whence they 
were embarked on the Mofelle, which - 
diftributed them, by means of theRhine, 
the Maine, and the Necker, throughout 
Germany. 
The great number of veffels furnifhed 
by the Marfeiilefe, -during the time of 
the crufades, fully demonftrates* the 
extent of.a commerce that could obtain 
employment for fo many fhips. Spice 
was one of the commodities, in which 
the inhabitants appear to have traded 
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