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ef it, inthe States General; and although 
his zeal might have miftaken the means, 
yet it is allowed, that he was not defici« 
€nt in patriotifm. It appears from the 
work now before us, that he was fully 
penetrated with the dignity, the delicacy, 
and the duties of prelacy; for he remarks, 
‘* how difficult it is for a poor, weak, 
and feeble mortal, to become the medi- 
ator between heaven and earth, the vice- 
gerent of God among men, and-the Me- 
_ diator in behalf of man with God ; 
the univerfal cenfor of the wicked, the 
joy and the encouragement of the good, 
the refuge of the poor, the fupport of the 
people, the confolation of the afflicted, - 
the reconciler of enemies, the guide of 
the blind, and the oracle and’ father of 
all."” He is of opinion, that no one 
ought to covet epifcopacy; and he even 
goes fo far as to fay “ that many, very 
many bifhops will be damned.”’ : 
NOVELS, ROMANCES, AND: PLAYS. _ 
**L’Amante Coupable fans le Savoir, 
ou les Amans Crimineéls et Vertueux ; 
par 
J. B. NOUGARET ; 
Tout vit par la chaleur d’une lettre 
eloquente, 
Le fentiment fe peint fous les doigts d’une 
amante: | 
Son ceur s’y developpe; elle peut, fans 
rougir, 
Y mettre tout le feu d’un amoureux defir. 
3 CoLARDEAU. 
The Guilty Flame; or, Lovers at once 
Criminal and Virtuous. 
Eleonora Montcalm, the heroine of this 
hiltory, is a young lady who appears to 
be well acquainted with love, although 
‘brought up within the walls of a convent. 
The very firft moment that fhe and M. 
de Marigny beheld each other,.a reciprocal 
paffion took place; and as her young 
lover poffefled the qualifications of family 
and fortune, it was fuppofed that no ob- 
ftacle could intervene, fo as to thwart 
their happineds, : 
Her mother, however, who was a 
widow, refufed to give her confent, but 
without being able to aflign any rea- 
fon that appeared {atisfactory ; on this the 
young couple became more defparately 
enamoured than before ; and the old lady, 
being afraid of the confequences, removed 
with her daughter toa cattle near Bour- 
deaux. 
Being followed thither by young Ma- 
rigny, Madame Montcalm flies to Paris, 
and confents to beftow the hand and for- 
tune of her daughter on a M. Falbert ; 
but at the very moment the marriage ceres 
monies were about to be performed, her 
lover thruits into the chapel, draws his 
{word upon, and wounds, his rival. Not- 
withflanding this, the ceremony would 
have affuredly taken place, had it not 
been for the unexpected arrival of Eleo- 
nora’s brother, who infifted on her being 
married to Mariony. 
On this, the mother, who is taken fud- 
denly ill, fends fer Mademoifelle Mont- » 
calm, and difclofes the fatal fecret, which 
is no other than that her intended hufband 
is her own brother! The heroine then 
poifons herfelf, and the lover dies foon after 
of a broken heart? 
*¢ Refurre&tion d’Atala, &c.’? The 
Refurreétion of Atala, and his journey to 
Paris, 2 vol. 12mo. 
On the refuicitation of Atala, he re- 
ceives orders to vifit the city of Vice, and 
imagining of courfe that this mult be 
_ Paris, he embarks for Europe, lands at 
Bourdeaux, and proceeds thither by land» 
with an intention of preaching up virtue 
to the inhabitants: but he foon finds thae 
they are fo conftantly employed in intrigue 
and diifipation, the he can find no one dil- 
pofed to liften to him. 
<¢ Semiramis, Tragédie Lyrique, en 3 
Aétes, arrangée d’apres la Tragédie 
de Voltaire, par DeRriaux; Mufique du 
Cit. Catel, Ballets du Cit. Gardel3 re- 
préfentee pour la premiére Fois fur le 
‘Theatre de la République et ‘des Arts, 
le 14 Floréal an x0. Paris... Br. 89, 
Prix, 1 fr. 5° c.—-Semiramis, a Lyrick / 
Tragedy, in three Acts. 
It appears to be an enterprife of no 
fmall difficulty, to adapt the tragedy of 
Semiramis to the lyrick fcenes. It how- 
ever has been attempted upon the prefent 
occafion, and were the venerable propri- 
etor of Ferney to revifit this planet, he, 
whofe operas could néver-be fung, would 
be aftonifhed to behold one of his deepeft 
tragedies traveitied into recitativo. We 
are however affured, that the fuccefs of 
this piece has been wonderful. at the 
Théatre dela République, that the bal-. 
lets compoied for the occafion, by Citizen 
Gardel, are found to poffefs uncommon 
grace, and can only be equalled by the 
mufic of Citizen Catel, the verfes of 
Derriaux, and the extreme gratification of 
the public. 
‘© La Femme a Deux Maris, méledrame 
en 3 Aétes, en Profe et a Spectacle ; par 
R. C. GuILBERT-PiXERECOURT, repré- 
fenté, pour la premiére fois, fur le Théatre 
de }Ambigu-Comique, le 27 Fruétidor 
an X. Paris.’ — The Wife with Two 
Hufbands, &c. 
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