Retrofped? of French Litcrature.——Mifcellancous. 
adopted is far more fatisfactory than that 
* of a Dictionary, the details of which muft 
e allowed to be, both dry and uninteref- 
ine. The fecond volume is entirely de- 
dicated to an enguiry conceriing the an- 
cient Druids, the original religion of the 
Britons, and the mythology of the Scan- 
dikes: The plates are far inferior to 
the» work, 
*¢ Objervations fur l’Opinions de anielt 
ques Helléniftes, touchant le Grec. Mo- 
derne.”’-——Gbfrvations on the Opinions of 
fome Helleniftes, relative to the Modern 
Greek. By P. Coprika, an Athenian, 
Paris, rath Year, 8vo. Pamph. 
M. Bonamy, a Member of the Acade- 
my of Inferiptions and B 
read a difflertation, in which he afferted, 
“* that not only the French language had 
been introduced at Conftantinople, 
among the provinces of European Greece, 
where the Franks were for a long time 
predominant, but that feveral familiar 
expreflions were to be met with in the val. 
gar Greek tongue, whence we may de- 
duce that this fpecieNtof Greek had been 
o1iginally formed on the Italian and 
French model.”” M. Codrika, who ap- 
pears to have inherited, from the place 
that gave him birth, that patriotifm. for 
which his countrymen were fo remarkable, 
boldly denies this affertion, and refers ‘to 
a comparative eftimate for that purpofe. 
He terminates his labours with recom- 
mending the Rudy ofa language,too much 
defpifed, to mén of letiers. 
«The genius,” fays he, “ of a na- 
tion once fo famous, lulled to ‘Mleep, but 
not degenerated, only ftands in need of 
encouragement once: more to excel in arts 
and ean ning ; its efforts, therefore, ought 
to be aifed, in order to recall the Mufes 
to the {pot which gave them birth.” 
His adverfaries, however, maintain that 
Homer long ago pointed, out the true caule 
of the degeneracy of the people to whom 
he alludes, and triumphantly quote the 
following couplet from Boileau: — 
&* Le méme inftant qui met\un homme libre 
aux fers, 
€¢ Lui ravit la moitié de fa vertu premiére.”” 
‘¢ Dictionnaire Univerfel, Géogra- 
phique, Statistique, Hiftorique et Politique 
de la France, contenant fa Population, 
fa Mineralogie, fon Hydrographie, fon 
Commerce, fes Produits Naturels et In- 
dufiriels; une Généalogie de tous ceux 
qui Pont gouvernée, depuis plus de 
Quatre Cents Ans avant Jefus. Chrift 
juiqu’a ce Jour, avec les principaux Eve- 
nemens qui fe font paffées fous les Gif- 
férens Regnes et Gouvernemens; les 
NF se es, les anciennes et nouvelle Ins 
MonTHLY Mac. No 131. 
elles Lettres, lately 
and . 
689° 
flitutions, Civiles, Militaires, et Ecclé-~ 
fiaftiques; Origine et la Valeur dé 
toutes les Monnaies de France, et /des 
Pays Conguis et Réunis; les anciennes et 
nouvelles Mefures; les anciens et les nou. 
veaux Poids; Cent Cinguante Tableaux 
comparatifs de Ja France Monarchique 
avec la France Aéiuelle; tous les Hommes 
illuitres, -célébres, ou fameux, depuis 
plufieurs fiécles jufqu’a ce Jour, avec un 
Notice dé tous les oN) gue ceux 
dentr’eux ant publieés; les Siéges, les 
Batailies, le Lieu ou elles fe font den- 
nées, le nom es Généraux qui y ont 
commandés l’Hiftoire de tous les pays 
Conquis et Réunis ala France; la Cons 
ftitution Frangaife, le Sénatus. Cenfuite 
organique de la Conftitution, le Sénatus 
Contulie qui nomme Napoléon Bona. 
parte Empereur des Francais; toutes les 
Inftitutions fous ce dernier Gouvernement 3_ 
les Traués de Paix conclus jufqu’a ce 
Jour, avec toutes les. Puifflances Etran- 
géress; un: Dictionnaire ces Colonies ; 
une Carte générale, &c. &c. /Par une 
Société d’Hommes de Lettres.. Cing Vols. 
in4to. a trois Colonnes, Caraéteres Petit. 
romain et Petit-texce, chaque Volume de 
8co Pages, broché, en Carton; Prix) 15 
fr. Papier Grand-raifin fin d Auvergne, 
25 fr, Pap. Grand-raifin Vélin, 48 fr.””"— 
Univerfal, Geographical, Statiftical, Hite. 
ricaland Political Dictionary of France, &c. . 
The title-page fufficiently. announces 
the nature and extent of this Dictionary, 
which was fir announced no lefs than 
twelve ‘years fince. The editor affures 
us, that this delay has arifen out sf the 
immenfity of the details neceflary for the 
perfeétion of the work, as well as the dif 
fieulty of collecting and obtaining them, 
In: the mean time “he has ke; it ep am 
uninterrupted correfpendence with the ad- 
miniftrative ihe) 1g well as the moft ce- 
lebrated geographers a Sasoaes, merchants, 
&c.”” He adds, ‘* That all the various go- 
vernments that have fucceeded e:ch other 
fince 1789, appreciating the intent and 
utility of his dictionary, have opened to 
him their archives and records, in order 
that he might extract whatloever appears 
ed neceffary for per! fe€ting his pian, 
He boafts, alfo, that Teveral geographers 
have been occupied no lefs than eight, 
years in correcting the charts of Caflini, 
Ferrari, &c.. The form, or order of the 
fubjects, is alphabetical. Paris, Bour- 
deaux, Lyons, &c. are to be found ac-~ 
cording to their refpeftive letiers ; under 
the head of Conftitution, is a fuccinét ac- 
count of all the former Conftitutions of 
France, as weil as the one now’ predomi. 
nant; while, under the title Clergy, is 
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