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“© Poems from the Portuguefe of Luis 
de Camcens, with Remarks on his Writ- 
ings, Notes, @c. by Lorn Viscount 
STRANGFORD.” 
Camoens has been fizgularly fortunate: 
he owes much of his eftimation in this 
country to Mr. Mickle’s faithlefs but de- 
Jightful verfion of the Lufiad, and his 
charaéter as a poet will now ftand higher 
in the opinion of thefe whe can only efti- 
mate his merits by the more faithlefs and 
more exuuifite verfions of Lord Strang- 
ford. Thefe poems are, indeed, enchant- 
ing: no hing can exceed the delicacy and 
{weetnefs, both of language and of {enti- 
ment which pervade them. His Lord- 
fhip’s notes are exceedingly appropriates 
and the remarks on the life and writings 
of Cameens are compofed in a ftyle of 
claffical correétnefs. 
“© The Prefs, a Poem; publifhed as 
a Specimen of Typography, by JoHN 
M’CREERY.” 
The printer of this elegant volume, who 
medeftly calls the attention of the public 
to it “asa fpecimen of typography,” is 
himfelf the author of the poem, which does 
him very great credit. The verfe is in 
eneral {pirited and harmonious. 
“© Glafzow, a Poem, by JouN MAYNE.” 
It is no mean honour to this little pro- 
duction that it attraéted the notice of Dr. 
Geddes, who alluded to it in his Epiftle to 
the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 
very flattering terms. 
It is with great pleafure that we ari- 
nounce the publication of a third volume 
of the ** Minftrelfy of the Scottifo Border.” 
Mr. Scort has divided the contents of 
this, as he did of the two former volumes, 
jnto the three clafies of hiftorical ballads, 
romantic ballads, and modern imitations. 
The notes are rieh in Antiquarian lore, 
and are made the vehicle of miuch curious 
hiftorical information. 
Mr. Geo. Extrs has publifhed a new 
editi@m (the third) of his admirable work, 
<<‘ Specimensof the early Englifo Poets, Fc.” 
We notice this, becaule the work has 
“‘ndersone very material improvements, 
and becaufe we find a fecond iferies of 
{pecime>s announced as ready for the 
pre{s, felcted from our early metrical ro- 
mances, in order to complete the fketch 
of our poetical antiquities. 
Mr.. Maurice has publithee a volume 
of ** Select Poems.” 
The fplendid genius, the fertiie umagi- 
nation, and various knowledee of this gen- 
tleman, amply qualify him “ to build the 
Jofty rhyme’? : his peem to the memory of 
tir William Jones, and the hymn to 
Retrofpedt of Domeftic Literature.—Fine Arts, &fc, 
Mithra, are rick in oriental learning and 
allufion. pe 
Another volume is publifhed of the 
‘* Poetical Regifter 3° it is a very elegant 
collection. 
“ The Year of Sorrew, written in the 
Spring of 1203, by W. R. SPENCER.” 
Deeply affeéted by the lof of feveral 
of his relatives and friends, who died 
early in the laft year, Mr. Spencer has paid 
this mournful tribute to their memory. 
“ The Fudge; or an Eftimate of the 
Importance of the Fudicial Character oc- 
cafioned by the Death of the late Lord 
Clare.” : 
This poem is the produétion of the 
Rev. JEROME ALLEY, and it does credit 
to his tafte and avilities. ae 
We have noticed all the poetical publi- 
cations which have any claim to attention; 
many of inferior merit, indeed, might be 
aaded. We proceed to 
THE DRAMA, 
“< The Seafide Hero,” is the production 
of Mr. Carr, author of ** The Stranger 
in France.”” The fcene of this drama is 
the fea-fide on the Suffex coaft, and the in- 
cidents are founded on t *z fuppofed attack 
of the French. It is altogether a compo 
fition of confiderable merit. 
The ‘ Soldier's Daughter,” by Mr. 
Cuerry, has been aéted with great ap- 
plaufe at Drury-Lane. 
Mr. Coes’s ** Wife of Two Hufbands” 
is altered from the French of Pixerécourt : 
the mufic of this entertaining piece is 
compofed and feleéted from Mazzinghi. 
The “ Counterfeit,” <* Lowe laughs at 
Lockfmiths,” and a few et eecteras, com+ 
plete the uninterefting catalogue of dra- 
matic produétions. 
NOVELS AND ROMANCES, 
“© Amelia Mansfield” is tranflated from 
the French of Madame de Cotin. It 
difplays confiderable talent, but the ten- 
dency of it is to awaken thofe paffions 
which need no ft imulant. The character 
of Madame Woidemar is extravagant and 
unnatural to the laft degree: the condu& 
of Erveft abounds with inconfiftencies ; 
and that of Amelia is not fuch.as ought 
to be attributed to the heroine who is te 
call forth ali our intere& and compaffion. 
The language in which Amelia relates 
the fcene of her feduction, is fhametully 
voluptuous. 
Mifs Hetme’s ** St. Claire of the Iftes, 
& ce. is a Scotrith tradition, full of inte- 
reft and novelty: the work may be Ye- 
commended as inililling found morality, 
and affording rational amufement. 
An anonymous writer has made the 
flory 
