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that this had been prefented by the 
illuftrious author himfelf, to M. Ar- 
naud d’Andilly. | ; 
Be this as,it may, the work now ap- 
pears under new and favourable auf- 
pices. The fubjeéts mutt be allowed to 
be arranged, in a far better and more 
regular order than before, while the 
text itfelf is indifputably more corre. 
Neither ought it to be omitted, that 
it contains feven different portraits, all 
of which have been engraved by M, 
pone Aubin. The fubjecis are as fol- 
OW : z 
a. The Duke de la Rochefoucauld, 
2. Anne of Auftria. 
3. Louis XIV. while a child. 
4. Cardinal Mazarine. 
s. Cardinal Retz. 
6. The great Condé. 
7. Turenne. 
It is expected, that M. Renouard, 
who is a bookfeller at’ Paris, will foon 
prefent the public with a new edition of 
the Maxims, after the text of that 
fplendid one by Abbé Brotier, fo that 
the public may be in poileffion of all 
the works of the fame author, executed 
on the fame-fized paper and the fame 
types. 
«© Penfées-de Braise PascaL.”— 
The Thoughts of Blaife Pafcal. Three 
different kinds of paper; with a Por. 
rait. 2 vols. 8vo. 
This is a new edition of a work of 
fome celebrity, and on account of its 
fidelity, correctnefs, and execution, 
feems entitled to the praife befiowed by 
a learned German on the £aitio Abfo- 
lutiffima. 
The editor, in a preface, which gives 
an account of all the former impreflions 
of Paical’s Thoughts, informs us that 
the firf appeared in 1670; this was re- 
printed both in France and Holland; 
but it was far from being complete, 
feveral of the Thoughts having been 
fuppreffed, in order that neither Jan- 
fenifts nor Jefuits might be offended. 
In 1776, Condorcet, without affixing 
his name, publifhed a new edition, 
to which he added an eulogium on Paf- 
cal, and philofophical notes ; the tirle- 
page purported that it came from the 
Englith prefs. 
. Two years after (1778) Voltaire fu- 
perintended another, with a preface and 
notes of his own. 
In 1779, M. Boffut having prepared 
+ the firft and only complete edition of 
the works of Paical, perufed the ori- 
ginal manufcripts, which are now pre- 
Retrofpeci of French Literature.—Mifcellaneous. 
ferved in the National Library, and 
adopted a far better claffification than 
what had hitherto been made ufe of. . 
Notwithitanding this, M. Renouard, 
thought that his pains would not be 
ill beftowed, in prefenting the public 
with a new and {till more complete 
edition than shad, yet been given 3 
and he afluredly poffeffes the merit 
of having reitored {everal paflages, 
which were either ebicure, or unintel- 
ligible. re 
In addition to the prefent work M. 
Renouard has lately publifhed newand 
improved editions of Les Prowinciales, 
and Les Penjées de Marc-Aurele. . 
‘* Legons de Littérature et de Mo- 
rale, ou Recueil en Profe et en Vers, 
des plus beaux morceaux de notre 
Langue, dans la Littérature des deux 
derniers Siécles ; ouvrage claflique 
adopté par le Gouvernement pour les 
Lycées et les Ecoles fecondaires, et a 
l’Ufagede tous les autres Etablifflemens 
dInftruction, publics et particuliers, 
de Tun et de l’autres Sexe; par Fri 
Noet, Infpecteur-géneral de l’Inftruc- 
tion Publique, et Fr. DELAPLACE, 
Profefleur a l’Ecole Central de Pan- 
‘theon,”* &c.—Leffons in Literature and 
Morals; or a Collection in Profe and 
Verie, of the choiceft Produ€tions in 
our Language, extracted from. the 
Works publiihed during the two laf 
Centuries 5; a Claffical Work adopted 
bythe Government for the Lyceumsand 
Secondary Schools, &c; by Fr. NokEL; 
In{pector-general of Public Inftrugtion, 
and Fr. DeELaPLace, Profeflor in the 
Central School of the Pantheon. ' 
The compilers of this work, have ale 
ready publifhed a fimilar colleétion. in 
Latin, under the title of . Conciones 
Poetice, and it appears pretty evident 
tbat the defign of the preient, confilting 
of two ogtavo volumes, has been bor- 
rowed from our Elegant Extracts in 
Profe and Verfe. It is but fair, how- 
ever, to remark, that the original idea 
appears to have been firft carried into 
eflect in France, as may be gathered 
from two old and popular productions 
one of which is entitled Ornemens de. 
lz Mémoire, and the other, Morceaux 
Choifs. The editor obferves, that their 
predeceflorswere chieflyanxioustoamufe, 
the rich and opulent, while their la- 
bours have been folely directed towards 
the inftruction of youth. They, have 
accordingly diftributed the, fubjects 
under the following heads : Narratives. 
—De(criptions.—-Allegories. — Defint- _ 
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