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ftory of ‘* Sappho,” the ground-work of 
a romance, which may be read without 
ennui 
“St. Clair; or, the Heirefs of Def- 
mond,’ is a very imple and affecting tale, 
difplaying great fenfibility and fuperior 
judgment. 
‘* Barbara Markham, to our utter 
aftonifhment, is devicated to the Duchefs 
of Bedtord, and printed by the Philan- 
thropic Society!’ Who would fufpect after 
this to find it difgraced with immoral fen- 
timents and licentious deferiptions ? There 
mult have heen fome very foul manceuyer- 
ing in this bufinefs. 
«© Lobenfteia Village,’ tranflated by 
Mr. MeEeEKE from La Fontaine, is an in- 
terefting and well writien novel. 
Madame de SraeL’s ** Margaret of 
Strafford,”’ is in every refpe&t contempti- 
ble : Madame de Stael is totally ignorant 
of, or wilfully mifreprefents, thofe hiftori- 
cal facts which form the fubje& of her 
novel ; and the immorality of thefe pages 
rivals that which difgraces Delphine. 
A fecond edition is publithed, correéted 
and improved, of a tranflation of Bocca- 
cio’s ** Decameron.’ The Life of the 
author is well drawn up, 
Mifs EnDGEwortH’s ** Popular Tales” | 
unite initruction and amufement. 
“< The Foreft of Hohenelbe” is above the 
ordinary run of novels: the characters are 
well difcriminated, and the incidents arife 
without violating probability. 
‘© Light and Shade,” is the title of a 
pleafing and lively novel. 
Mr. Moore’s © Theodofius de Zulim,” 
is a Spanifh tale, in which the author has 
evinced himfelf to be a man of talent: 
there ave fome defcriptions, however, 
which ought to be expunged. The au- 
thor’s object is to fhew the evil confe- 
quences of a private and retired educa- 
tion. Mr. Moore is a good novelift, but 
not a legitimate reafoner. We are amuf- 
ed by his (tory, but not convinced by his 
argument. 
“< Mofs Cliff Abbey; or, the Sepulchral 
Harmonift,”’ is a novel by Mifs Younc: 
the incidents are not very probable, nor 
are the chara‘ters very natural. The 
ftory is, neverthelefs, not ta be read 
ithout intereft. 
MIr.Lane can fhow the Catalogue of an 
hundred other novels, which have efcaped 
us; but we have probably noticed all, 
and more thanall, that are worth reading, 
EDUCATION. 
We are exceedingly gratified to find 
that Dr. Barrow has been induced, by the 
approbation of the public, to prefent it 
Retrofpe of Domeftic Literature.— Education. 
667 
with a fecond edition of his excellens 
« Effay on Education.” The prefent is 
not only corrected, but enlarged by two 
long chapters. In the firft, afrera fair 
inve(tigation, he condemns, as of immo- 
ral and injurious tendency, all dramatic 
performances at fchool; in the other, he 
has entered upon an elaborate defence of 
the Englifh Univerfities, chiefly againtt 
the very grave and ferious attacks of Gib- 
bon, Smith, and Knox. 
Mr. WHeaT Ley's ** Friendly Advifer” 
attempts the correction of thofe minor im- 
moralities, tattling, liftening, peevifhnels, 
difcontent, &c. which are oftentimes 
through inattention,- fuffered to expand 
into groffer faults. 
Mrs. Crespicny’s ** Letters of Ad- 
vice” to her fon, ought to be recommend. 
ed by every parent to the attentive peru- 
fal of her child. Having already brought 
down our Retrofpect to the verge of its 
utual limits, we cannot expatiate on the 
found judgment, the powerful reafoning, 
and pure morality, which pervade thele 
excellent admonitions. We muft content 
ourfelves with giving the author our beft 
thanks, and very {trenuoufly recommend- 
ing her publication. 
Mr. Hoxuvanp has publifhed a volume 
of * Effays on Hiftory ; particularly the 
Fewifh, Affyrian, Perfian, Grecian, and 
Roman.” 
This may ferve as an ufeful text-book 
to inftruétors: to every eflay Mr. Hol- 
Jand has fu>joined queftions for examina~ 
tion, and thefe conititute a valuable por- 
tion of the work. 
Mrs. Mary TriMMEr’s ‘§ Hiftory of 
Quadrupeds” is by no means to be recom- 
mended. 
Weare furprifed that Mrs. PILKINGTON 
fhould have abridged ‘ Goldfmith’s Na- 
tural Hiftory, for the Ufe of Schools. A 
(trange want of judgment! Goldimith was 
a very incompetent naturalift. 
M<firs. E. and J. BRuCE’s * Intro- 
duGion to Geography and Aftronomy” isa 
very ulefal Jittie book; the firft part con- 
tains thirty-fx problems to be relolved 
by the terrefirial globe; the fecond con- 
tains thirty adapted tor the celeftial. The 
writings of Dr. Hutton, Proteffor Vince, 
Dr. Her{chell, and other able mathemari- 
cians, have been judicioufly had recourfe 
to, and the modern difcoveries are infert- 
ed in their proper places. Vie whole 
forms a complete treatife, fuperor in 
many refpeéts to moft of its predeceflors 
on the fame fubjeét. 
Mr. GoOLDsmiTH’s §* Geography for 
the Uje of Schools,” is an elementary woik 
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