660 
fenfe, made ftimulant by voluptuoul- 
nefs. 
Fhe Cafile of Santa Fe,” by a CLER- 
GYMAN’s DaUGHTER, isa well-written 
novel; the incidents are dignified, and 
not improbabl e, the characters are well 
fupported, and the tendency of the ftory 
3s moral and religious. 
Mifs Spencer’s ‘* Nobility of the 
Heart” may be recommended tor the en- 
tertainment and inftruction it affords. 
Mr. Gopwin’s * Fleetwood, or the 
new Man of Feeling,” has been fo widely 
read, that moft perfons have formed an 
opinion of it for themfelves: it abounds 
with beauties, and it is altogether worthy 
of the authcr of Caleb Williams, which 
is one of the moft interefting ftorics in the 
language. 
Milfs EDGEWorRTH’S ‘** Modern Gri- 
Jelda’ is an amufing fatire on fome 
fafnionable marriages. 
“* Adeline Mowbray” is from the inte- 
refting pen of Mrs. OPiz. 
“* What you. Pleafe ; ; or Memoirs of mo 
dern Charaécers,’ is an interefting and 
well written performance, 
Mr. Datvas’s * Aubrey” 
of very confiderable merit. 
“© Memoirs of the Life of Agrippina, the 
Wife of Germanicus,”’ by EvizaBeiH 
HAMILTON. 
We cannot approve of thus mixing fact 
aud fable; they are not likely to be fepa- 
rated by young perions: hiltory ought 
not to be read in the difguife of a novel. 
Mifs Hamilton, however, has preferved 
the character and the coftume of the 
times fhe reprefents. Madame Gents 
has alfo prefented us with an hiftorical 
romance, entitled ‘* The Duchefs of La 
Valliere.”’"—We make the fame objections 
againtt it. 
LavuTIErR’s © Travellers in Switzer- 
Jand,” a lively and amufing work, full 
of anecdote, “has been tranflated by Mr. 
SCHOBERT; and a novel of Gorue’s, 
&* FHeliodora, or the Grecian Minftrel,” 
has appeared in Englifh. 
THE DRAMA. ; 
The only work worth noticing in this 
department of literature is a volume of 
<¢ Mifcellaneous Plays,’ by Joanna 
BaiLvi£, which wiil not dercgate from 
that high reputation which fhe has obtain- 
ed. Mifs Baillie, however, muft not write 
comedy; her genius is only infpired by 
the Tragic Mufe; to her the muft ad- 
drefs all her worfhip, and devote all her 
offerings. 
Mr. Maxin’s ¢ Almabide and Ha- 
is a novel 
Retrofped? of Domeftic Literature.—Mifcellanics. 
PM: 
met’ 1s founded on the fame hiftorical 
events as Dryden’s Conquett of Grena- 
da: the play reads betrer than it would 
att, but it is not of very high merit. 
Mr. CuMBERLAND’s ‘* Sailor's Daugh- 
ter’ is not unworthy of his pen. 
EDUCATION. 
i ‘ The Travelsof Rolando ;” containing, 
ina fuppofed Tour round. the World, au- 
thentic Defcriptions of the Geosrapby; 
Natural Hifory, Manners, and Aniiqui- 
ties of various Countries. From the 
French of L. F. JAUFFRET. | 
We ftrongly recommend this book t6 
parents: the plan is well conceived, and 
the execution extremely refpeétable. Tt 
ought to be noticed that the tranflation is 
remarkably pure and elegant. 
Mr. TaYLor’s ** General Chara&er 
of the Dog,” &c. and “ The Hiffory of 
domeftic Quadrupeas,” will both be found 
very acceptable additions to the juvenile 
library 
Spelling. books, grammars, &c. are, 
every now and then, iffuing from the 
prefs ; but itis time that we fhould no- 
tice a few 
MISCELLANIES. 
‘¢ Indian Recreations; by the Rev. 
W. TENNANT. 
The information here prefented tous, 
on a great variety of interefting fubjeis, 
is the refult of perfonal eb‘ervation and 
of enquiries made upen the fpot during a 
refidexce of feveral years in different parts - 
of India. « The progre{s of the army to 
which I was attached,” fays Dr. Ten- 
nant, ** prefented to my imagination, 
during that period, alarge extent of coun’ 
try, in a line of march of more than 
three thoufand miles. “The duties of my 
profeffion obliged me, befides, to under- 
take many journeys, in ‘different direc- 
tions, where the army did not penetrate ; 
and curiofity often prompted me to make 
fhorter excurfions wherever information 
might be procured.” Dr. Tennant is an 
induftrious obferver, and there jis no-rea- - 
fon to queftion his accuracy as a reporter : 
if his faéts are correct, however, his in- 
ferences are not always legitimately de- 
duced, nor are hts opinions, en certain 
poinis of great moment, fuch as can 
command our aflent. 
Mr. Basin Montacue has publi 
ed a volume of ‘“* Selefions from the 
Works of TayLor, Hooker, HALL, 
and Lord Bacon;” with an Analyfis of 
the Advancementof Learning. 
Mr. Repron’s ** Odd Whims and Mif- 
cellaies” will amufe an idle hour. ~~ 
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