Retrofpect of Domoftic Literature.—Hyfory. 
traitorous decree of the Conferenza, and 
the gates were thrown open, thirty thou- 
fand betrayed patriots were anxivufly ard 
unavailingly feeking tor one folitary pa- 
tricia, t> give his influence and direc- 
tion. Nota patrician was to be foun: 
the Doge had flunk fro his palace, and 
after the difappointed fury of the popu- 
Jace was abatcd, the French took poflef- 
fion of the capital. 
6s If fuch a one were fit to govern, fpcak: 
Fit to govern! 
No; not fo live.” 
“© Sir Fobn Frotfart’s Chronicles of 
England, France, a.d the adjvining Goun- 
tries, fram: ithe latter Part of the Reign of 
Edward Il. to the Coronation of Edward 
Wo’ sewly trinflsted. from the  beft 
French Editions, with Variations and Ad- 
ditions, from many celebrated Manu- 
{cripts, by THOMAS JOHRNES. 
The firt volume ct this lovg promifed 
work has at leng h made its appearance, 
and the public wii feel grateful to Mr. 
Johnes for the. labour he has beftowed on 
fo valuable an hiftorian, He has collated 
the printed copies with feveral MSS. added 
to them fome chapters which now firit ap- 
pear, and given feveral notes which are 
pregnant with curious matter. It moft 
be acknowledged, however, that the tran[- 
lation of Lord Berners, now fo fcarce, by 
its antiquated phrafeology and ftyle, ex- 
cites an intereft which the more modern 
language of Mr. Johnes fails to iafpire ; 
and, perhaps, a republication of that 
work, with the tame notes, additions, 
and correGions, which flamp fo hgha 
value on the prefeat, would altogether 
have been preferable, particularly if Mr, 
Johaes had fomewhat modernized the or- 
thography. i 
Mr. Heriot has written a ** Hiftory 
6f Canada, from its firft Difcovery,” 
comp'ehending an Account of the origi- 
nal Eitablifhment of Louifiana. 
The prefent yolume brings down the 
hiftory to the year 1731: we may expect 
that the next will record events of more 
immediate intereft and importance. Mr. 
Heriot allo fays in his preface, that the 
maners and cuftoms of various nations 
onthe Continent of America, will, per- 
_baps, compofe the fubject of a future dif 
quifition. 
“¢ The Hiftory of Free-Mafonry,’’ drawn 
frem authentic Sources of Information; 
with an Account of the Grand Lodge of 
Scotland, from its Initi:ution, in 1736, 
to the prefent Time; compiled from the 
Records; and an Appendix of original 
Papers. 
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635 
The origin of Free-Mafonry has eluded 
the enquiries of the hiftorian: fome ima- 
gine it to have been derived from the 
guilds of the mafons, who, like other 
tradefmen, formed themfelves into a fra- 
ternity, and held, occafionally, the guilds 
or clubs, for confulting the common in- 
terefts, and regu ating the common con. 
cerns, cf their profefon. Others derive 
Mafonry from the Jewith (cSt of Effenes, 
to which, indeed, the author of this vo- 
lume confiders it indebted for much of its 
interior Organization, Some have believ- 
ed that Mafonry was invented by the Eng- 
lith Jeiuits; others that it is derived from 
the Vemplars: fome that it: hid its ori- 
ginin an order of chivalry, and others 
that isderived from the Pythagorean foci- 
etes. The auchor of this volume de- 
duces ‘t, not without ingenuity, from the 
Dyonifiacs of Afia Minor. This is 
aicribing to it avery high antiquity, but 
he endeavours to cbviate tome objections 
againit the hypothefis, and thinks, that if 
it be poffitle to prove the identity of any 
two focieties from the coincidence of their 
external forms, we are authorized to con- 
clude that the fraternity of Iouan Archi- 
tects and the fraternity of Free-mafons are 
exactiy the fame; and that, as the former 
practiied the myfterics of Bacchus and 
Ceres, feveral of which are thewn to be 
fimilar to the myfteries of Mafonry, we 
may fafely afhrm, that in their internal, 
as well as external procedure, the fociety 
of Free-mafons refembles the Dyonifiacs 
of Afia Minor. The charge of infidel 
and revolutionary principles, brought by 
Barruel and Robifon againi the lodges of 
Free-Mafcnry,.is ‘repelled with indigna- 
tion and fcorn. 
Mr. Carp has publithed a fecord edi- 
tion, fomewhat condenfed, of his  Hi/- 
tory of the Rewolutions of Rujkas we 
noticed the firfton its appearance. 
Mr. Maurice has publifhed Part I. 
of the fecond volume of his ‘* Modern 
Hiftory of Hindoftan.’* 
The two former parts were noticed by 
us as they cameout, and we tran{cribed 
the author’s outline of his projected plan. 
The prefent portion of the work com- 
mences with the incurfion cf Timur into 
Hindoltan, in the year 1398, and traces 
the fucceffion of that Prince’s defeendanrs 
onthe throne of Tartary and India, tothe 
death of Jehanguire, in 1627: a period 
inciuding ihe opening of a paffage by Ga- 
ma to Isdiay round the Cape of Good 
Hope, and the confequent overthrow of 
the oriental fyftems ot policy, by the fuc- 
_ Ceflive intrufions of European colonifts. 
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