and, among others, an Account of the North-Britain, No. 45• 8vo. Is. A. Henderson.

Confifts of twenty-eight pages, written in Scotch-English; except about seven of them, which may be read without disgut: viz. those on which the induftrious Author hath reprinted his Majefty's fpeech to both houfes of parliament, April 24, 1765; with the joint address of the lords and commons, in Anfwer thereto.

Art. 9. A felect Collection of the most interesting Letters, on the Government, Liberty, and Conflitution of England, which have lately appeared in the public Papers. Vol. 4th. 12mo. 2s. 6d.

Almon.

Though there are fome pieces in this collection, that feem to bear the marks of licentioufnefs and faction, there are in it, nevertheless, many valuable papers, which, as friends to liberty, we are glad to fee preferved, in a more lafting form than that of a common news paper. We have a ready mentioned the three former volumes, which comprehend the political papers, from the time when Lord Bute came into the treasury.

LAW.

Art. 10. A Digeft of the Law concerning Libels: Containing all the
Refolutions in the Books on the Subject, and many Manuscript
Cafes. The whole illuftrated with occafional Obfervations. By a
Gentleman of the Inner Temple. 4to. 6s. Owen, &c.

It happens unfortunately for the propagation of true knowlege, that
fubjects of a fugitive nature are firft feized by those who fcribble with a
view to immediate profit, fo that a writer who means to unite reputation
with intereft, generally labours under the difadvantage of addreffing the
wearied public on a hackney'd theme. This is the cafe of the Author
of the Digest now before us, who has taken up a fubject with which
every fmatterer in politics profeffes himself difgufted, though he is fill
as much to learn, as if he had never perused the load of libellous lumber
which had been published to explain the law of libels.
We may say,
however, of the Author of this Digest, that though laft, he is not leaft
in merit. He has analysed his fubject with minute Attention, and has
been very indefatigable in collecting the various cafes applicable to each
divifion.

Of a work divided into fo many diftinct heads, it is scarce poffible to give a general view within any reasonable limits; and a diffufe article would be the more unwelcome, as matters of legal knowlege are of little entertainment to readers in general, unless there are fome temporary confiderations which contribute to render them palatable. As thofe motives expire, the public appetite ceases: and when the champions of liberty no longer live in the voice of the people, the law of libels becomes obfolete. This Digeft however will always be of ufe, to the profeffors of the law at leaft; and we are only forry that the Author feems to incline too much on one fide; but on which we will not fay: we rather choose to refer the curious to the Digest icfelf, which will repay them the trouble of their enquiry.

Art. 11.

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Art. 11. Reports of Cafes argued and adjudged in the Court of King's Bench, in the Jeventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Years of his late Majefty King George the Second; during which Time the Right Honourable the Earl of Hardwicke "was Lord Chief-Juftice of England. Folio. 2s. 6d. Flexney.

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It is propofed to publish thefe Reports in numbers, therefore we think it will be candid with refpect to the Author, and juft with regard to the public, to fufpend our opinion, till the whole is compleat; which is to be contained in fix numbers.

POETICAL.

Art. 12. The Temple of Gnidus. A Poem, from the French Profe of M. Secondat, Baron de Montefquieu. By John Sayer, M. Á. 4to. One Guinea, fewed. G. Woodfall.

In our 29th Vol. p. 154, we mentioned the firft Canto, published by Mr. Sayer, as a fpecimen of his performance. We had the misfortune to overlook the tranfcendent merit of that fpecimen; for which Mr. Sayer has now poured upon us a copious torrent of abuse. He says, the Reviewers will infert any character, of any publication, for a Guinea :' -Poor Mr. Sayer! Who will give a Guinea for any production of bis Pen?

Art. 13. Pfalms and Spiritual Songs. Some according to Portions of Scripture, fome from Texts of Scripture, fome on the Scriptural Names, Titles, Characters and Offices of Chrift, and fome others. 12mo. Is. 6d. Rivington, and fome others.

Who is this wretched Spiritual Song fter?-never did we before meet with fo vile an affront to the facred Mufe! Sternhold and Hopkins feem to have been the models which this woeful Scribbler had chosen for imitation; but he hobbles after even Sternhold and Hopkins, with fuch unequal pace, that he is feldom able to keep within fight of his mighty mafters: the unfeather'd, whirring Bat, might as well pretend to emulate the loftier flight of the Qwl.-The following ftanzas will ferve to fhew what a ftrange burlesquer of facred subjects we have now before us: David was the Almighty's care,

And after God's own heart;

Who gave him ftrength to fight the bear,

Or fought on David's part.

Nor was the lion by him fear'd,

Tho' wont to give difmay;

Vig'rous he feiz'd him by the beard,

And (wung his life away.

The foregoing lines will be apt to make the Reader fmile, but what will he fay to the following defcription of the Supreme Being?

When God we angry understand,

And warlike image out;

He grafps all nature in his hand,
And whirls the spheres about.

We

We have fome fufpicion that thefe Compofures, as their Author ftyles them, are the production of North-America; if fo, we are forry for the circumftance: for if they fhould be difperfed in that part of the world, in order to make converts among the favages, they can only ferve to turn the ftomachs of the poor Indians, and impede the progrefs of our pious miffionaries.

Art. 14. A Morning's Meditation: Or, a Defcant on the Times. A Poem. By T. L. 4to. Is. 6d. Richardfon and Urquhart.

The moral, beneficent intention of this Writer, will most certainly be defeated by the badness of his verfes. 'Tis pity fo many well-meaning people should be fo egregiously mistaken, in the estimation of their own abilities!

THEATRICAL.

Art. 15. The Spanish Lady, a Musical Entertainment, in two A&s; founded on the Plan of the old Ballad. As performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. 8vo. 6d. Printed for the Author. Sold by Davies, &c.

The old innocent ballad of the Spanish Lady, fhewing How fhe woo'd an Englishman,' has given rife to a very innocent new theatrical production. The foundation and the fuperftructure are perfectly uniform, and well-proportioned to each other.

Art. 16. The Country Wife, a Comedy in two Alt, as it is per formed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. Alter'd from Wycherly. 8vo. I S. Printed for the Editor, at Le Grange's Medicinal Warehouse, in New-ftreet, Covent-Garden.

A performance equally innocent with the foregoing article.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Art. 17. Some trifling Thoughts on ferious Subjects, addreffed to the Earl of Sandwich; with a Defcription of modern Patriotifm, c. &c. &c.. 8vo. Is. 6d. Nicoll.

An honeft title page. The Author is, indeed, a very trivial writer, though he has chofen fome important fubjects to trifle upon; fuch as the encouragement of matrimony, a fcheme for the multiplication of foundling hofpitals; and another fcheme, for regulating our public proftitutes, and licenfing the stews.

Art. 18. The Rules of the Members of the Company of Jefus, commonly filed Jefuits. Tranflated from the original Latin, printed at Rome with the Approbation of the General of the Order. With an Appendix, containing a chronological Catalogue of the most eminent Writers of that Order; and a Preface, in which feveral of

their Artifices are expofed. By a Proteftant. 4to. Kearfly.

I s. 6d.

These Rules are seasonably published, to ferve as a warning to proteftants, against the artifices of men who are bound by them to propa gate the Romish religion, and the fupremacy of the Romish bishop; men who have taught the horrid doctrine of murder and treason to advance their interefts, and who have authority to take any fhape or appearance to accomplish their ends.' There feems to be no doubt that the rules are genuine; but we have never feen the original; nor hath the present Tranflator thought fit to affix his name to the publication.

Art. 19. The Hiftory of the Marquis de Rofelle. In a Series of Letters. By Madam Elie de Beaumont. Tranflated from the French. 12mo. 2 Vols. 5s. Becket and De Hondt.

As we gave a fufficient account of this very pleafing and entertaining performance, from the original, in our laft APPENDIX, we have now only to fpeak of the tranflation; which is far from being the worst we have lately perufed: although it is not to be ranked with that of Rouffeau's Eloifa, by an anonymous hand. Some of these letters, indeed, are faid, in the preface, to have been tranflated by that gentleman; and, certain it is, that we find fome inequality in the work: which, notwithstanding, is, upon the whole, as we have intimated, ftill fuperior to the generality of our verfions from the French.

Art. 20. A fhort View of the great Benefits which have already arisen to the Public, by means of the Society inftituted in London in 1753, for the Enrouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 8vo. 6d. Hooper.

This Author's feeble recommendation of a most respectable society, to the favourable notice of the public, is almoft as difgraceful to the gen tlemen of that fociety, as their own ill-judged and unfuccessful adver tifement, folliciting a fubfcription towards building their late intended houfe near Catherine Street.It is with real concern that we have feen any circumftance arife, bearing the least tendency towards leffening the credit of a truly patriotic affociation, which we have, with fincere plea fure, so often mentioned, in terms of the highest respect.

• To recommend this fubfcription, appears to have been the principal defign of the present pamphlet.

Art. 21. The Hiftory of Mifs Indiana Danby. By a Lady. 12m0. 2 Vols. 6s. Dodfley.

Richardfon's mode of novel-writing, in the form of letters from the principal characters of the work, feems to grow more and more fashionable. The very ingenious Rouffeau has given great fanction to the plan, by adopting it, in his admirable Eloia; the fuccefs of fome late productions of our female pens, particularly the Hiltory of Lady Julia Man

deville,

deville, hath encouraged others to proceed in the fame track. Poffibly, indeed, the ingenious Lady to whom the public is obliged for the story of Mifs Danby, and the writer of the Hiftory of Julia Mandeville, are one and the fame perfon: but this is only a random conjecture, formed on a fancied fimilarity of manner, in the fpirit and ftyle of both performances.

The letters comprising the ftory of Mifs Danby, are agreeably and elegantly written; the incidents are natural and affecting; the characters introduced are properly varied, and well fupported : but we cannot fay that we were either edified or pleased with the Heroine's unfortunate and unmerited catastrophe. The punishment of virtue, however countenanced by the practice of our tragic writers, is an unhappy reverie of that moral tendency of which our novellifts ought never to lofe fight; viz. the just difcouragement and exemplary chailifement of vice.

See Review, Vol. XXIX. p. 159.

Art. 22. British Zoology, Part III. Folio.

Walter, &c.

21. 2 S.

Of this fplendid and elegant work, we have already given two articles: fee Review, Vols. XXIX. and XXX. We need fay no more at prefent, but that we can with pleasure acquaint our Readers, that this noble and worthy undertaking is carried on with the fame accuracy, skill, and mafterly execution with which it was first fet on foot. The letter-prefs, and feveral plates of the 4th part, are, we are affured, already executed, and the remainder of the work will be delivered with all poffible expedition.

The propriety of this epithet will fufficiently appear to those who recollect the benevolent intention of the gentlemen by whom this work was undertaken: fee Review for November 1764.

Art. 23. The Trial of William Lord Byron, Baron of Rochdale, for the Murder of William Chaworth, Efq; before the Right Hon. the Houfe of Peers, in Weftminster-Hall, in full Parliament, April 10-17, 1765. Published by Order of the House of Peers. Folio. 3s. 3s. Billingfley.

PRIVILEGE!

By John

Art. 24. A Collection of authentic, ufeful and entertaining Voyages and Difcoveries, digested in a chronological feries. Barrow, Efq; 1200. 3 Vols. 95. Knox.

Mr. Barrow has here given a very entertaining abridgment of the voyages published in the larger collections,-which are fold at an high price; but now we may vifit all parts of the globe at a fmall expence indeed!

Art. 25. The Complete Vocabulary in English and French, and in French and English, properly accented, and difpofed under above REV. June, 1765.

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