following lines, which were inserted in the Gentleman's Magazine for the month of September, 1779. "No plausive satire in my verse I bear, That POPE might give, or ADDISON might fear." ANON. "ARE there two nymphs that grace this favourite isle, To catch the strokes that Nature's pencil wrought, To these should every lovely grace be given, A taste exact! an elegance of soul! While (loveliest still) good nature crowns the whole. J. W. Or o'er each breast a gloomy empire keep, Shall not the Muses sigh, and Friendship weep? Or say, shall Envy's glance the scene explore, Or guess the name-a COWLEY, or a MORE?" Mrs. C. is also the author of "The Belle's Stratagem," a comedy, acted at Covent Garden, 1780. This had a run of upwards of twenty nights. "The School for Eloquence," an interlude, acted at Drury Lane, for Mr. Brereton's benefit, 1780, not printed; "The World as it Goes; or, A Trip to Montpelier," a comedy, acted at Covent Garden, 1781. This piece was unfavourably received, which occasioned its being altered, and again brought forward under the title of "Second Thoughts are best," 1781, and was again unfavourably received. Neither of these are published. “Which is the Man," comedy, acted at Covent Garden, 1782; "A Bold Stroke for a Husband," comedy, acted at Covent Garden, 1783; "More Ways than one," comedy, acted at Covent Garden, 1783; "A School for Grey Beards," comedy, acted at Drury Lane, 1786; "The Fate of Sparta," tragedy, acted at Drury Lane, 1781. The poetical correspondence of "Della Crusca," and "Anna Matilda," engrossed so much of the public attention, that the utmost ingenuity was exerted to remove the veil of mystery from those two writers. It was at longth discovered that " Anna Matilda" was Mrs. Cowley, and the "Della Crusca," Mr. Merry. She is also the author of " A Day in Turkey;" "The Town before you ;" and a poem " On the Siege of Acre." MR. CUMBERLAND'S MEMOIRS. MR. CUMBERLAND, in his most interesting and intelligent Memoir of himself, observes-" As Goldsmith in his Retaliation had served up the company, at the St. James's Coffee-house, under the similitude of various sorts of meat, I had, in the mean time, figured them under that of liquors; which little poem I rather think was printed, but of this I am not sure."-Happening to possess printed copy of the poetical jeu d'esprit in question, I transcribe it for insertion in your agreeable mélange. "TO DOCTOR GOLDSMITH, AS A SUPPLEMENT TO HIS RETALIATION." You've character'd us all in dishes; Of various emblematic meat: And now it's time, I trust, you'll think TO DOUGLAS,* fraught with learned stock Of critic lore, give ancient Hock: Let it be genuine, bright, and fine, Pure unadulterated wine; For if there's fault in taste or odour, He'll search it, as he search'd out Lauder. TO JOHNSON, philosophic sage, The moral Mentor of the age, And crown his cup with priestly Port. S. K. Now fill the glass with gay Champagne, And frisk it in a livelier strain; Quick! quick! the sparkling nectar quaff, Drink it, dear GARRICK! drink, and laugh! Pour forth to REYNOLDS, without stint, If e'er his colours chance to fade, Fill out my friend, the Dean of Derry,* A bumper of conventual Sherry. Give RIDGE and HICKEY, generous souls! And, DOCTOR, I would have you know it, Come, draw your chair and stir the fire;- MR. EDITOR, PROFESSOR RICHARDSON. In your account of Professor Richardson, inserted in your Mirror for May, you have mistaken the name of the parish in which he was born. It was the parish of Aberfoil, or Aberfoyle, according to the orthography in the excellent description given of it in Sir John Sinclair's statistical account, and not Aberfail, of which his father was minister. You might likewise have added to the list of his works, that besides his well-known essays on Shakespeare, his anecdotes of Russia, and other performances, all his poems and plays have been lately published in two elegant octavo volumes. From these I shall select, as peculiarly suited to the subject of the slave. trade, now so interesting to the public, the following lines.. ON SLAVERY. Misery, worse than death, When free-born men, endowed with godlike powers, With generous passions glowing, are compell'd Their faltering speech. When pride and avarice warp The sense of merit from his darken'd soul, B-VOL. XXII. H Impute not guile, or an unfeeling breast. I shall add, as an example of the author's composition in rhyme, the following passage from his poem, entitled THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF AMBITION AND LUXURY. Oft in the wilds, on Etna's swelling side, The wand'ring peasant, with amazement, views The genius of the gay retreat reveres ; And light'nings flash; and flames assail the skies. Sicania labours with convulsive throes; The mountain yawns; the molten torrent flows, |