Retrofpedt of Dome/tic Literature.—Taétics and Fine Arts. 
rious periodical Reports of Meffrs. East, 
BuLLeR, BosaNnouer, Espinasse, &c. 
Mr.Couuier’s** Effays on the Law of 
Patents for New Inventions” is an uleful 
book; the fame may be faid of Mr. 
Horne’s “* Compendium of the Statute 
Laws and Regulations of the Court of Ad- 
miralty;" of Mr. Hanp’s ** Soliczior’s 
Praétice on the Crown Side of the Court of 
King’s Bench.” 
Mr. Peake has publifhed a fecond edi- 
tion, with confiderable additions, of his 
‘* Compendium of the Law Evidence.” 
TACTICS. 
“* Military Memoirs, relating to Cam- 
paigns, Battles, and Stratagems of War, 
Ancient and Modern, &c.? ihis work 
cannot be too ttrongly recommended to 
mulitary men, as the object of it Is to 
fhew how battles have been loft and won ; 
what qualifications are neceflary to the 
general, what knowledge, and how it is 
10 be applied. The work ts divided into 
three parts: the firft comp:ebends an ac- 
count of war before the invention of gun. 
p wder, beginning with the times of Ho- 
mer, and ending with the lafi battles woich 
the Englifh and Scotch fought during the 
reign of Edwird II. and in the beginning 
of the reign of his fon, The feccnd port 
contains wars after the invention of gun- 
powder, beginning with the battle of 
Crecy, and ending with the battle «f Fon- 
tenoy. The third part deferibes war {ince 
the introduction of the Priffian tattics, 
and brings it down to the battie of Alex- 
andria in 1801. The author of (his very 
interefins and inftru€tive volume is Dr. 
W. THOMSON, the well known author 
of various hiftorical memoirs. 
<< A Treatife on the Duties of Light 
Troops: tranflated from the German cf 
Colonel Von EXWALD, of the Danifb Stf- 
avick Yager Corps, Gc.” This ; ublica- 
tion will be read with advantage by young 
officers of light infantry. 
Colonel HerriEs’s §* Iafiruftions for 
the Ufe of Yeomanry and Volunteer Corps 
of Cavalry,” are weil dian up. 
“« The Nineteen Manauvres explained, 
&c.”” 
This little volume affords a fock of 
very ufful information. 
Majer CUNNINGHAM has reduced §* tae 
Tactics of the Britifh Army to de- 
tan. 
Gereral MONEY recommends the ufe 
of Ba toons in a fhort ‘* Treatife’’ on the 
fubject. 
We muft refer our readers to the 
mont ly catalogue for a fuller lift of mi- 
60s 
litary pamphlets, and proceed to atother 
divifion of our compendium, the 
FINE ARTS. 
“* Oofervations on the Theory and Prac- 
tice of Landfcape Gardening, |  luding 
fome Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Are 
chite4ure, collecte! from various Many- 
foripts, Sen 
The price of this fhowy book is five 
gnineas!! As guineas are now con- 
fidently afferted to be an ‘* “incuma 
brance cn commeree,”? Mr. Repron 
may probsbly take a tew of thele refufe 
counters in trade. The plates to this 
drawing-room quarto are Numerous, many 
of them are drawn with tafte, and the 
fuggetted alterations are frequentiy judici- 
ous. Mr. Repton is a Bruxzonian: we 
did flarter ourlelves that Uvedale Price 
had broken up this flat, infipid, monoto- 
nous {chool ; time and better tafte pre- 
vailing will do it. Among the plates we 
cught to mention that the interefting por- 
trait of the Profeffor himfelf is not omit- 
ted! My. Repton, indeed, is too much of 
an egotilt: he would be a lefs dilagree- 
able writer if he were Jefs vain: that 
pert pronoun J is always obtruding itlelf 
in a very offentive and provoking manner. 
It is with pleafure we turn from thefe felf- 
fuficieat pages toa work which is entirely 
without a rival—** Oriental Scenery 3 or, 
Views in Hindoofian. By THomMas Da- 
NIELL, R. A. Howland-flreet. Three 
Parts; 24. Views in each.’ §* Antigui- 
tes of India. Twelve Views.”? °° Hine- 
doo Excavations inthe Mountains of EL 
lora, near Aurungabad, in the Docan. 
Taventy four Views ; from the Drawings 
of Mr. 
The execution of thefe drawings is in- 
deed matterly ; there is every realon to 
vonfide in the fidelity of the reprefenta- 
tions; and the effect produced by this 
rich and fplerdid difplay of oriental fce- 
nery is truly {triking. Every thing in- 
deed is drawn with the moft aftonifhing 
accuracy: in looking at it one may al- 
moft feel the warmth of an Iodian tky; 
the wa'er fecms to be in a&ual moiion, 
and the animais, trees, and plants “ are 
ftuclies for the naturaliit-’ Lue views in 
the four firit paits were taken by Mr. Da- 
niell, with finguiar perfeverance and in- 
dultry, during a long refidence in India, 
They contain the {cencry of the country, 
Britifh and Mahommedan buildings, In- 
dian pagodas, and the excavations of Ele¢- 
phanta and Sallette; the views of the ex 
cavations of Ellora, which form the fifth 
part, were executed from the drawings of 
Mr, Wales, who was prevented by death 
from 
oe 
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Liss VV} 
WALES. 
