Retrofped of French Literature. —Hiftory. 
In Vol. III. we find the hiftory of 
Charles le Mauvais, King of Navarre ; 
of Pierre le Cruel, King of Caftille ; of 
the good King René; and of Alphonfo 
the Magninimous. The affairs of Bri- 
tanny and of the Low Countries, under 
Charles VIII. are defcribed with parti- 
cularattention, and the faéts difclofed 
upon this occafion poflefs all the inte- 
reft of a romance. 
Vol. IV. contains the expedition into 
Italy by Charles VIII. ; in which we 
meet with a detailed account of the in- 
terview between that Monarch and 
the young Duke of Milan; wealfo find 
fome mention of Savonarole ; the par- 
ticulars of the divorce between Louis 
XII. and Joan of France, daughter of 
Louis XI. ; a portrait of Cardinal d’Am- 
boife ; with a defcription of the charac- 
ser, victories, death, and funeral, of the 
brilliant Gafton de Foix, Duke of Ne- 
mours, nephew to Louis XII. - 
Vol, V. opens with a parallel between 
Ferdinand and Iabella; an account of 
the defence of Metz by the Duke of 
Guife, and of Sienna by Montluc; a 
Parallel between the Marfhal de Brifac 
and the Roman Manlius, relative toa 
point of difcipline; the particulars of 
the abdication of Charles V. and his iaft 
audience to Admiral de Coligny, to- 
gether with adefcription of the conduct 
of the fame Monarch during his retreat. 
In Vol. VI. we finda parallel between 
Henry IV. and Philip II. of courfe 
greatly to the advantage of the former; 
the portraits of Valitein, or Walleftein, 
and Guftavus Adolphus, however, con- 
ftitute the mo prominent features of 
this portion of the work ; while in Vol. 
VII. we have an interefting account of 
the influence of Spain in the troubles 
that took place in the Court of Louis 
XIII. and are, at the fame time, pre- 
fented with a variety of particulars re- 
lative to the conduct of Cardinal Rich- 
lieu, all of which tend to prove that 
this celebrated ftatefinan, in oppofition 
to the aflertions of many hiftorians, 
was notonly fevere, but eminently un- 
juft, in refpe&t to his treatment of the 
grandees. This volume concludes with 
the peace of the Pyrenees, while the 
VIII. and lait commences with a paralle] 
between Turenne and Condé on one 
hand, and thefe two celebrated gene 
rals and Montecuculli on the other.— 
The work naturally finifhes with the 
Family Compact, which, for a time at 
leaft, terminated the rivalry between 
France and Spain, 
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It will be feen from the above analy- 
fis, that this work abounds with origi- 
nal and authentic materials, and that 
Gaillard, the author, formerly a mem- 
ber of the French Academy, and of the 
Academy of Inferiptions, and now one 
of the Affociates of the National Infti- 
tute, has paid great attention to the 
hiftorical documents relative to Spain. 
«© Précis Hiftorique de la Guerre Ci- 
vile de la Vendée,” &c.—-An Hittorical 
Summary of the Civil War of La Ven- 
dée, from its Origin until the Pacifica- 
tion of La Jaumace; to which is added 
a political Defcription of that Country, 
both anterior and fubfequent to uofti 
lities, and alfo a Plan of Mehoration, 
which embraces all the different 
branches of Political Economy ; by P. 
V. J. BERTHRE DE BOURNISEAUX, 
Member of the Free Society of Sciences, 
&c. 1 vol. 8vo. 
While France was combating for her 
independence againft the Combined 
Powers, the Vendean War preyed up- 
on her bowels, and produced an infi- 
nite variety of crimes and misfortunes. 
This portion of her territory was {carces 
ly better known to the Parifians than 
the African deferts, and the firft com- 
motion feemed to attraé&t no more of 
their notice than if it had been fome 
trifling difpute betweentwo foreign na- 
tions. 
The theatre of the infurrection is 
here defcribed as being bounded by the 
Loire, from Saumur ta Nantes, on one 
fide, and the great road from Saumur 
to Rochelle on the other, a {pace com- 
prehending a population of eight hun- 
dred thoufand fouls. The inhabitants 
of the principal towns, fuch as Fonte- 
nai, Lacheteigneraye, Brefluire, and 
‘Thouars, took no direct part in the tu- 
mults, but they, neverthelefs, experi- 
enced the miferies arifing out of them. 
The author before us attributes the 
caufes of this fingular war intirely to 
the perfecution which took place 
“ againft the Chriftian religion and its 
minifters, proceeding from the execra~ 
ble tyranny of the Jacobins, who fcat- 
tered themfelves over the country, and 
endeavoured to prejudice the belief of 
thefe good peafants, by perfuading 
them againft the exiftence of a God 
andthe immortality of the foul, telling 
them, at the fame time, that they oughr 
not to erect temples to any other deity 
than that of human reafon.”’—** Ser- 
mons of this kind (adds he,) were not 
only unattended with fuccefs, but the 
Vendeans 
