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portion of mankind peculiarly depends, cannot be questioned. Though they to be established in every great town; and the more minute and specific they are, the more fully do they answer their purpose-but that which increases their local value diminishes their general importance.

In the present well-conceived and not ill-executed attempt to ascertain all the moral and natural causes which affect the health of the inhabitants of Paris, we find nothing to extract that appears very interesting to an English reader. The whole work, indeed, might be usefully consulted as a guide to any person who should engage in siniilar researches at the place of his own residence. It is divided into two parts; the first of which treats on the situation, soil, air, seasons, food, water, mode of living, and clothing, of Paris; the second, of its hospitals alone.

ART. XXXIII.

Révolution du 18 Fructidor; &c. i. e. The Revolution of the 4th September 1797: with a Detail of preceding and subsequent Events. By an Eye-witness. 8vo. PP. 27. IS. Dulau and Co. London.

THI

HIS narrative rather describes the outside phænomena than the inside springs of the recent revolution in France. The Directory, who ought to be passive instruments for executing the will of the majority of the representatives of the people, are themselves become the supreme authority. They cashier without forbearance, and banish without trial, those members of the legislature who express a wholesome jealousy of their authority; and they seem likely, under the pretext of endless conspiracies, to invade the only remaining fortress of freedom, to prolong beyond its legal term the power of their partisans, and to declare their parliament perpetual. It must be acknowleged, however, that this change has been occasioned by an absurdity of profligacy in the opposite party, which has rarely been equalled.

P. 15. Confidence of victory was equal on both sides. All Paris, convinced that public opinion leaned towards the Councils, expected their success. Still, accounts were brought to different members of the precautions and projects of the Directory, which deterred several from sleeping at their own houses :-but they met in the house of legislation with confidence, from an idea that the inspectors of the hall, who superintend the police of its purlieus, would there be able to protect them from arrest. It was here resolved in a private committee, at which the Generals Pichegru and Willot assisted, to attack the triumvirs. Pastoret was ordered to draw up the act of accusation:-the division in the Directory, of which two members sided with the Councils, gave boldness to the assailants;

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and Thursday, 31st August, was fixed for voting the impeachment: -but the edifice gave way, when the breach was to be mounted. Trouçon du Coudray and Thibaudeau suggested a remark that the whole basis of accusation rested on the supposed unconstitutional arrival of troops, whereas there were no troops in Paris; so that it would be proper to dispatch members, in different directions, to inquire whether troops were really advancing, and to endeavour at adducing some evidence of their having passed the constitutional boundary. The advice was followed: but the delay was fatal. The secret got wind, and the Directory at once determined on the critical measures.'

It would have been much better if the French Directory had consisted of three persons only; and if a new one had been nominated by the Council of Five Hundred immediately after the arrival of each fresh bevy of deputies. By these means, the Directorial majority must ever have coincided with the majority of the representative body. Pentarchies, we have experienced it in Hindostan, are the most inconvenient of sovereignties.

ART. XXXIV. Des Emigrés Français, &c. i. e. On the French Emigrants, in reply to M. de Lally-Tollendal. By J. J. LEULIETE. 12mo. pp. 170. Hamburgh. 1797. Imported by De Boffe,

London.

OF F the original work of M. de Lally-Tollendal, we gave a sufficient account in our last Appendix, p. 508 Were we not inclined to favour the impression of his arguments, and of his rhetoric, we should attribute some weight to the reasons here adduced, and some value to the skill here displayed, in opposition to the validity of his humane suggestions:-but we lament to see a young and an eloquent man engaged in the ungenerous task of defending persevering animosity, and political

intolerance.

ART. XXXV.

Nouveau Voyage autour de ma Chambre. New Travels round my Room. 12mo. Brunswick. 1797Imported by Dulau and Co. London.

THE

pp. 200.

HE Voyage autour de ma Chambre of the Chevalier Ximenes, printed at Turin 1794, is well known in the world of polite literature, for the novelty, vivacity, and urbanity, which grace the composition. This imitation is of a very inferior stamp: equally desultory, but with less ingenuity; as full of reflections, but far less piquant; as trifling, but not so witty. Our new loco-motive animal fabricates the same form of shell, but knows not how to line it with pearl.

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INDEX

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

A

AGRIPPA, Henry Cornelius, some

account of, and of his works, 509.
Aikin, Dr. epigram by, 457.
Alfieri, Count, his Tragedies enume-
rated and characterised, 528. His
remarkable dedication of his Junius
Brutus to General Washington, 530.
Alum, observations on the different sorts
of, 506.

Annales de Chimit revived, 501. Review
of select papers in the resumed public-
ations of that collection, ib.
April Day, a poem. See Dallas.
Arabian Nights, &c. that famous work

considered as the Odyssey of Arabia,45.
Astle, Mr. his letter on the tenures and
customs of his manor of Great Tey
in Essex, 299.
Astronomy, remarkable problems of.
See Rios.

B

Bailly, M. his address to his fellow-
citizens, in defence of his political
conduct while Mayor of Paris, 293.
Bailment, law of, 437.
Banking, that business charged with
iniquity: but the charge ineffectually
supported, 220.

Banks, Sir Joseph, his description of a
Roman sepulchre in Lincolnshire,
30%.
Basedoru, J. B. famous for his zeal for
national Christianity, &c. 515.
Bayle, M. his scientific character appre
ciated, 524.

Benjoin, Mr. specimen of his new trans-
lation of Jonah, from the original,
163.

Berkeley, his philosophy characterised
by its originality, 525.

Bianca Capello, an extraordinary charac-
ter, 372.

Born, Baron, curious account of, 173.
Incessantly engaged in scientific re-
searches and literary undertakings,
174. His death, ib.
Boscawen, Mr. his translation of Ho-
race's Satires, Epistles, and Art of
Poetry, chiefly valuable for the notes,
259.

Bouille, Marquis de, his account of his
political conduct with respect to the
revolution, 257.

Brain, accidental injuries of, chirurgical

observations on, 47.

Bread excellent, made without yeast, in
Hungary, 171.
Method of making

and using the ferment, ib. Great
advantages of, ib.

Bulkley, Rev. Charles, his respectable
character, 117.

Buonaparte,


Buonaparte, grand festival in honour of his capture of Milan, 579. Bürger, G. A. his death lamented, 516. Burgbley House, some descriptive sketches of, 235.

Burns and scalds, Dr. Kentish's system relative to, 324. Remarkable case,

325. Butchers, in some foreign countries, their merciful manner of slaughtering cattle, 3, 4

с

Canadian Scenery, poetically displayed,

210.

Carter, Mr. his account of sepulchral monuments discovered in a field in Lincolnshire, 301.

Çarye, Sir G, his life, written by himself, 392.

Catharine, Empress of Russia, her ambitious and tyrannical government, 433, the note. Poetic invective against her, 459. Some good traits in her character, 536. Her misunderstanding with her son Paul Petrovitch, and fondness for bis son Constantine, 537. She ascends the throne on the sudden death of her husband, 540. Her extraordinary character, 547. Rules her empire by her paramours, ib. Her manner of ruling ber favorites, ib. Mode of chusing and initiating them, ib. Manner of dismissing her fa vorites when they ceased to please, 548. Lists of her successive favorites; with an account of their immense pecuniary gratifications, 549. Catullus, specimens of a new translation of, 275

Chapman, his translation of Homer, not destitute of merit, 428. His phrases, epithets, and rhymes, frequently adopted by Pope, ib.

Chaptal, M. his process for making wool soap, 501. On the juices of certain vegetables, and on the circulation of carbone in vegetables, 504, Ол alum, 506. Charles 1. of England, a modern tragedy dedicated to, 53. Chedder Cliffs, 310-31T. China, Sir George Staunton's account of

Lord Macartney's embassy to, 69. Arrival at Ten-choo-foo, and welcome reception from the Chinese, ib. Sketch of the country in the journey to Pekin, 122. No marks of vagrant beggary, 123. No state religion in

China, ib. Pekin described, 126.
The Chinese divided into three classes,
129. The embassy leave Pekin, and
advance into Tartary, where the Em-
peror then resided, 130. Difficulties
about the ceremony of introduction to
the Emperor, 131. The pompous
interview described, 133. Return of
the embassy, after travelling in China,
nearly 20 deg, of latitude, chiefly by
canals, 242. Account of the Chinese
language, ib.
Of the written cha→
racters, 243. Manners and customs
of the people remarkably opposite to
those of the Europeans, 246. Arts
and agriculture, 248. Their govern-
ment, 249.

Chrysolorus, Manuel, some account of, 508.

Clubbe, Mr, his translations from Ho. race, 216.

Coquetry, severely but justly censured, 364.

Cornwall, mines of tin there, and of silver, 307-309. Remarks on the Cornish language, ib. Its affinity with the Welsh, 110. CORRESPONDENCE with the Reviewers, Clericus Bedfordensis, on the Greek middle verb, 120. Rusticus, on the projected Oxford edition of Strabo, ib. Cestriensis, on the "Anecdotes of the House of Bedford," ib. Goldsmith de.fended, in regard to his Ballad of

240

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Edwin and Angelina,' 239. Milton not the first English writer of sonnets, A. B. in defence of Dr. Adam · Smith, on the Wealth of Nations, 360 Mr. Douce, respecting the Re viewer's account of his papers in the Archeologia, 479. Mr. Scott, on his answer to Paine's Age of Reason, 480.

Cowper, Mr. his translation of Homer

critically appreciated, 429.

Cricklade, the famous election for that

borough, in 1982, produces a happy instance of Parliamentary Reform, 385. Groonian Lectures, in which the morbid actions of the strait muscles and cornea of the eye are explained, &c. 3'3. Cruikshank, Mr. his experiments rela tive to animal impregnation, 3150

316.

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Denne, Mr. remarks on the whimsical
ornaments on the church porch at
Chalk in Kent, 299. On stalls in
churches, 301. On paper-marks, ib.
On the life of Mr. Phineas Pette, a
celebrated ship-wright, 388.
Diamond. See Tennant.

D'Israeli, Mr. his miscellanies com-
mended, 375.
His curious chapter

on Prefaces, ib. His sensible disqui-
sition on the phrase "the enlightened
public," 376.

Divine, Christian,

poetic eulogium on
the character and conduct of a con-
scientious one, 453..

Donald Bane, an heroic poem, extract
from, 50.
Douce, Mr. papers communicated by,
for the Archeologia, 303, 304. Let-
ter from, to the Reviewers, respect-
ing those papers, 479; Correspondence.
Dress of the English ladies, in former

times, certain ornamental parts of de-
scribed, 304.

Dropsy of the spine, observations re-
Iative to, 19.

Dyer, Mr. his free-mason's song, 473.

E

Earth, theory of, according to M. de la
Metherie, 556.

Education, female, plan of an academy

for, recommended by Dr. Darwin, 13.
Duties of the female sex antecedent to
marriage, 362.

Edwards, Bryan, Esq. epigram by,
453.

Electricity, animal, experiments relative
to, 486.

Encyclopedists, song on, 496.
Epigrams, select, 457.
Eye. See Croonian Lectures.

F

Fairies, dialogues of, in verse, 461.
Falconer, Dr. his chronological tables,
their utility, II.

Family histories, from the German, 565.
Family of the Halden's, ib. Story of
little Hennig, 566. ́

Fell, Rev. Mr. his excellent character,
and unmerited sufferings, 479.
Female Sex, duties of, antecedent to
marriage, investigated, 362. Co-
quetry severely condemned, 364. In-
fluence of the female character, 378.
Fishing birds of China, described, 248.
France, the condition of that kingdom

.

previous to the revolution, 256, Se-
cret history and anecdotes relative to
that great change, 291. General re-
sult of that stupendous event, consi-
dered in a moral view, 298. Biogra
phical anecdotes of the founders of the
republic, 365. Spy on the French
revolution, 494. Encyclopedists, song
on, 496, Barère's thoughts on the
scheme of government of, 532. Pre-
sent state of religion in France, 55.
New sect of the Theophilanthropists,
with the articles of their religion, 554.
The new system patronized by the
people of Paris, $55. Its near re-
semblance to the Christian Scrip
tures,' ib.

G

Gardens, near London, account of those
that were most noted about 100 years
ago, 303.

Gay, John, characterized as a poet, 86.
Germany, travels in, since the present
war became so distressful to that em-
pire, 22.

Gibson, Mr. his account of the most

noted gardens near London, at the
clofe of the last century, 303.
Gimbernat, M. his treatment of a case of
dropsy of the spine, 20. Improve-
ments in the practice of surgery, 21.
Goldsmith's « Turn Gentle Hermit of
the Dale," said to be translated from
the French, and a copy produced, 114.
The contrary opinion maintained, viz.
that Goldsmith's ballad is the original,
239, 240. Correspondence.
Glastonbury thorn, 312.

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Gratitude, concisely defined, 426.
Gravimeter. See Moreau.
Gray, Mr. his attacks on the principles
of Smith's Wealth of Nations, 28.
Grecian paintings, on antique vases,
lately dug up in Campania and Sicily,

574.

Greeks, antient, deficient in the science
of government, 155. State of the
Athenians under the 30 tyrants, 156.
Remarks on the peace of Antalcidas,
157.

Gretry, M. his parentage and education,
482. Becomes famous for his musi-
cal powers and attainments, ib. Begins
his career at Rome, as a composer, 483.
His critical reflections on church mu-
sic and that of the opera, &c. 484.
His works, 485.
Guyton. (See Morveau) M. his gravi
meter, 501. On the hyacinth (fossil)
of France, 502.

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