Retrofped? of French Literature.— Mifeellaneous. 
requeft of the late Emperor Leopold, 
while Duke of Tufcany, who was ex- 
tremely defirous that the peafantry of 
his dominions fhould be inftructed in 
thefe fubjects fo intimately connected 
with their profperity. 
We merely take notice of this work, 
which is neither adapted to the foil nor 
climate of England or France, on pur- 
pofe to remark, that the inftructions 
here intended for the Florentines, are 
compofed in the form of a Dialogue, 
and as this mede is peculiarly adapted 
to Farmers, we could wifh that it were 
adopted in fimilar cafes, in this coun- 
try. 
«< Differtations de Maxime de 
Tyre.’—The Differtations of Maxi- 
mus of Tyre, a Platonician Philofo- 
pher, tranflated from the Greek Text, 
with critical, hiftorical, and philofo- 
phical Notes, by J. J. Comspes Dovu- 
Nous, a Member of tbe Legiflative 
Body, and alfo of feveral Literary So- 
Cieties, 1 vol. 8Vo. 
It is a well known faét, that the 
Greek language is lefs cultivated in 
France, than in any of the neighbour- 
ing nations, and that it is held in far 
greater eftimation every where elfe, 
than there. 
Citizen Combes Dotinou, notwith- 
ftanding fo difcouraging a circum- 
{tance has dedicated much of his time 
to this itudy, and he diftiaguifhed him- 
felf about two years fince, by his tran- 
flation of Alcinous, a work which has 
already obtained the approbation of the 
learned St. Croix. . 
«Recueil des principauxTraités d’Al- 
liance, de Paix, de Tréve, de Neutra- 
lite, &c.”—A Colleétion of the princi- 
pal Treaties of Alliance, Peace Truce, 
Neutrality, Commerce, Limits, and 
Exchanges, conciuded by the different 
Powers of Europe, by G. F, p—E Mar- 
TENS. 
This work, confifting of feven vo-. 
Jumes, commences with the year 1741, 
and concludes with the laft century. 
In addition to the Treaties of Peace, 
&c. which ufually appear in the Ga- 
zettes, the collection before us, con- 
tains a variety of public atts, not 
hitherto printed, or generally known. 
Among thefe are to be fourid, for in- 
fiance, the Treaties between France and 
Spain, in 1768, 1774, and 1786: be- 
tween Swedenand Algiers, in 17923 be- 
tween the latter and Geneva, 1n 1796; 
between Spain and the United States 
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of America, in 1795; and between the 
United States and Algiers, in the fame 
ear. 
All the above are to be found in the 
fixth volume, while the feventh con- 
tains the Auftro-Rufian Alliance of 
1792: the Treaty between North- 
America, and Tripoli, in 1796; the 
A& of Accefflion on the part of the 
Batavian Republic, to the Alliance 
between France and Spain, in 17973 
the new Treaty of Commerce of 1798, 
between Ruffia and Portugal, &c. 
«¢ Refultats des Obfervations de la 
nouvelle Etoile, &c.’—The Reiult of 
the Obfervations relative to the new 
Star, which was difcovered onthe firfk 
of January, 1801, at the Royal Obfer- 
vatory of Palermo, by Josepu Prazzz; 
with Additions by Profeffor SevFFrER. 
This is a tranflation of the “ Reful- 
tate der Beobachtungen des neuen 
Sterns, &c.”’—and contains the hiftory 
of the difcovery of the Ceres Ferdinan- 
dea, together with the original Obfer- 
vations, as well as the Calculations of 
M. Piazzi. The additions made by 
M. Seyffer comprehend the labours 
of the other Aftronomers, as well as 
Obfervations on the nature of this 
Star, concerning which there is fome 
difpute, relative to its particular deno- 
mination, fome contending that itis a 
Planet, while others aflert that it is a 
Comet, the arch of its orbit being too 
fmall to determine this queition with 
any degree of certainty. 
M. Seyffer propofes to diftinguifh 
the new Star, by means of a fign ana- 
Jogous to the others, fuch as the Cadu- 
ceus of Mercury, the Buckler and 
Lance of Mars, the Mirror of Venus, 
&e. It is accordingly recommended 
to choofe for Ceres, a flambeau, the 
head of a poppy, or an ear of corn. 
Dr. Qlbers of Bremen lately an- 
nounced to the Royal Society of Sci- 
ences, that he faw, on the firft day of 
January, 1802, precifely a year after 
its difcovery, a Star which he took to 
be the Ceres Ferdinandea of M. Piaze 
21; thaton the fecond, he diltinguifhed 
its motions, and that on the morning 
of the fixth, he was perfectly aflured 
that it was the new Planet. On the 
laft of thefe days he perceived it to 
have advanced below No. 20, of the 
Virgin, in conformity to the theory of 
its movements. It is his opinion, that 
M. Piszzi has made the apparent dia- 
meter two large. 
For 
