638 
ing the Lives of the Founders,” with a 
series of illustrative engravings, by 
Messrs. Storer and Greig, in two vo- 
lumes 8vo. has been published too re- 
cently to admit of a full report of its con- 
tents here. From a slight glance, we 
have formed a very high opinion of its 
merits. In our next Retrospect, we shall 
giveathe result of a more careful exa- 
mination, 
“ The Fourth Report of the Directors 
of the African Institution, read at the 
Annual General Meeting on the 28th of 
March, 1810,” forms a tract of no incon- 
siderable interest. We regret, however, 
to learn from it, that the slave-trade is 
still carried on to a great extent, prin- 
cipally by natives of the United States. 
It contains also a communication from 
the commandant of Senegal, relative to 
the probability of Mr. Mungo Park being 
-sull alive. 
Mr. Hicumore’s “ Pietus Londinen- 
sis: the History, Design, and present 
State of the various Public Charities in 
and near London,” will be found a work 
not only of real but general utility. The 
subjects are classed under the -heads of 
Hlospitals, Dispensaries, Colleges, and 
Alms-houses, School Charities, and Mis- 
cellaneous Charities; with an alphabe- 
tical arrangement of each. To the pro- 
duce of personal research, Mr. Highmore 
has added all that could throw light upon 
his subject, from the works of Stowe, 
Strype, Tanner, Camden, Gough, Mait- 
Jand, Lettsom, Lysons, Malcolm, &c. 
Last of all, in the miscellaneous class, 
we shall notice Tasart’s “ Moral 
Tales,” in prose and verse, selected and 
Retrospect of French Literature—History. 
revised from the best authors. They aré 
comprised in four small volumes, and - 
form almost a little library for children. 
The following are the titles of the dif- 
ferent tales. Vol. 4. The Vanity of 
Human Life. —The Basket-Maker.—Ed- 
win and Angelina.—Bozaldab.—-The 
Mountain of Miseries:—The Town and 
‘Country Mice.—The Vision of Almet. 
—Tom Restless:—The Youth and the 
Philosopher.—Prosperity and Adversity. 
—Abbas and Mirza.—The Admirable 
Crichton.—Cruelty to Horses. —The | 
Three Warnings.—Religion and Super- 
stition Contrasted.—The Story of Po- 
lems.—The, Hermit.—The Sailor. —Al- 
cander and Septimius; and the Pro- 
gress of Discontent. Vol. 2. The Vision 
of Theodore.—History of a Country 
Apothecary.—Edwin and Emma.—Story ' 
of La Roche.—Story of Geminus and 
Gemellus. —The Wall-Flower.—Journey 
to the Moon,—Sir Bertrand.—Palemon 
and Lavinia. —Ormah.—The Talisman 
of Truth.—The Experiment.—Memoirs 
of a Cornish Curate; and Inkle and 
Yarico. Vol. 3. Chaubert the Misan- 
thropiste—The Judgment of Hercules. 
—Ibrahim and Adelaide. —The Chame- 
lion—Story of Mr. Saintfort.—Junis 
and Theana.—-The Credulous Chaldean. 
—John Gilpin.—Charles Fleetwood. 
The Bee, the Lily of the Valley, and the 
Tulip.—Albert Bane.—The Indian Cot- 
tage; and Bianca Capello. Vol. 4. 
Tne Little Hermitage.—Nouraddin and. 
Amana.—The Art of Happiness. —Jean-- 
not and Colin.—Carazan and Belisa. 
ris. * 
HALF-YEARLY RETROSPECT OF FRENCH LITERATURE, 
EE ie - 
| HISTORY. 
“ UASSAT sur L'Esprit et Ul’ Influence 
de la Reformation de Luther, 
&c.”—An Essay on the Spirit and In- 
fluence of the Reformation produced by 
Luther; a work which gained the prize 
offered by the National Institute of 
France, for a Question to this purport. 
Sd edit. Printed at Paris, and imported 
by M. De Boffe, Nassau-street, Soho. 
This work, the production of C, Vii- 
LERS, acorrespunding member of theNa- 
tional Institution of France, and a mem- 
her of the Royal Society of Sciences at 
Gottingen, has produced a considerable 
sensation, not only throughout France 
and England, but Europe. After exa- 
mining and defining his subject, the au- 
1 
thor inquires into the nature of referma- 
tions in general, and maintains that man- 
kind have hitherto been gainers by them. 
Greece and Italy, during their early 
days, were far behind those countries at 
the epochs of their civilization. Their ' 
acquisitions, however, appertain ex- 
clusively to their own citizens, and were 
not shared by mankind in general: all 
the rest of the globe was barbarous; the. 
people were either born slaves, or be-- 
came so in fact. 
But there are two ways of dispersing. 
knowledge; such as when a small yet. 
enlightened people conquers innumera-_— 
ble nations sunk in darkness, or when a 
variety of ignorant nations overcome 2 
small collection of inhabitants, and; 
amalgamate 
