Art. 12. A Rhapsody. By Philippina Burton. 4to. 2s. 6d. Love, and all its raptures, is the fubject of this Lady's incoherent rant, which the calls a Rhapfody. Her performance undoubtedly calls for cenfure; but her motives for printing may poffibly entitle her to compaffion. We fhall, therefore, at prefent, take no farther notice of this Nat. Lee in petticoats. Art. 13. The New Foundling Hofpital for Wit, Part III. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Almon.. See Reviews for May, and for December, 1768: the Catalogues. Art. 14. The Female Captive: a Narrative of Fals, which happened in Barbary, in the Year 1756. Written by herself. 12mo. 2 Vols. 5s. fewed. Bathurst. to Contains, if we are not deceived by fair appearances, the real ftory of a young lady, who, in her paffage from the island of England, having the misfortune to be taken by a Salletine, is carried into Barbary, where the with great difficulty avoids the efforts made by the emperor of Morocco to engage her in his feraglio; is at laft fet at liberty; arrives in England; and is married to a gentleman who was the companion of her captivity.-There is nothing marvellous in the narration; which, moreover, affords very few interefting events, and will, perhaps, like many a dull ftory, be the lefs regarded for its being true. Art. 15. The Cafe of the Orphan and Creditors of John Ayliffe, Efq; for the Opinion of the Public. With an Addenda of interefting Queries for the Anfwer of those whom it concerns. The whole fairly stated, and indifputably authenticated from Originals. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Printed for the Author. This pamphlet being lately advertifed, as a new publication, it came of course into our hands; but as it appears, by the date of the title-page, to have been printed in 1761, it does not now properly fall under our notice. Befide, who does not remember the story of the unfortunate Ayliffe? Art. 16. The Works, in Verfe and Profe, of William Shenftone, Efq; Vol. III. containing Letters to particular Friends, from the Year 1739, to 1763. 8vo. 6s. Dodley. 1769. Some of these letters are very trivial, but many others in the collection are no way unworthy of the attention of the public: and they will be particularly acceptable to the admirers of Mr. Shenftone's writings, which, for the most part, have undoubtedly very confiderable merit. Mr. Shenstone, confidered merely as an author, had the uncommon felicity of attracting the love of his readers: and thofe who from readers had the happiness of becoming acquainted with him as a man, never felt any diminution of that pre-conceived efteem for him, infpired by his works.-In thefe letters, his perfonal character appears in the fame amiable light as in his poetical compofitions :they contain the history of his mind for the last twenty-four years of his life.' Art. 17. Art. 17. Genuine Memoirs of the Life of Mifs Ann Elliot. Written by a whom the com12mo. 2s. 6d. An impudent and grofs impofition on the public; and, in all respects, a most worthless production. Mifs E. was admired as an actrefs. She was more admired as a mistress;-particularly by a gen tleman of diftinction in the literary world, and by a perfon of very high rank in the C-t of St. J-s's :-and, even after the cold hand of death had chilled the lillies and rofes of her lovely face, fhe could not but be viewed as a tempting object, by the lurking poachers of Grubftreet, who are conftantly lying in wait for fuch game-Like the hungry jackalls in Turkey, watching the places of interment, in order to harrow up and devour the dead bodies, the moment after they are depofited in the earth. POLITICAL. Art. 18. An Addrefs to the Proprietors of India Stock, fhewing from the political state of Indoftan, the Neceflity of fending Commiffioners to regulate and direct their affairs. 8vo. I s. Bladon. The Author ftrenuously recommends the joining a fervant of the crown-(a military or naval officer) in the commiffion of fupervifor'fhip a measure not very agreeable to the free spirit and jealous temper of the times. Art. 19. Obfervations on Public Liberty, Patriotifm, Minifterial Def potifm, &c. In a Letter to the Freeholders of Middlefex, and the Livery of London. By an Independent Citizen of London, 6 d. Towers. Svo. Written on the popular fide, with more judgment and moderation, than we ufually meet with in party-pamphlets. Art. 20. The Prefent State of Liberty in Great Britain and her Colonies. By an Englishman. 8vo. 6 d. Johnson and Payne. On the fame fide with the foregoing obfervations: and contains a very good political Catechifm. Art. 21. The Comments of Bull-face Double Fee, on the Petition of the Freeholders of the County of Middlesex. 8vo. 2 s. Fell. A person of great eminence in the law is here made the author of a refutation of the feveral articles contained in the Middlefex petition; which refutation, or comment, was detailed in the Daily Gazetteer, in a series of that paper, for the month of June laft.-The Editor recommends this comment, as abounding with the most fcurrilous abuse, indecent invectives, and audacious menaces against the Petitioners, and every other perfon concerned in preparing and fupporting that petition.' It contains, however, many very just In his title-page. obfervations. Art. 22. A Reply to the Comments and Menaces of Bull-face Double Fee, on the Petition of the Freeholders of Middlefex. Wherein the the whole of Bull-face's Arguments, and infamous Sophiftry, are detected, confuted and expofed, and the feveral Charges in the Middlesex Petition fully fupported and explained. 8vo. 2 s. Fell. This performance,' fays the modeft Author, in the remainder of his title-page, (for the above is not a copy of the whole of it) will be found worthy the public attention; and the common fafety," he adds, Of all the Freeholders in England, require their perufal of it.'-It may be fo; but we have not been able to difcern all this vaft importance and extraordinary merit,-notwithstanding we have perufed the Performance' with all the attention' in our power. ་ Art. 23. An Anfwer to a Pamphlet, entitled, "The Queftion Stated, Whether the Freeholders of Middlefex forfeited their right by voting for Mr. Wilkes at the laft Election?" With a Poftfcript, occafioned by a letter in the public Papers fubfcribed Junius. 4to. 1 s. 6 d. Fletcher, &c. Highly merits the attention of thofe who have perufed the pamphlet afcribed to Sir W. M. This answer is, indeed, a matterly performance. Review, July, p. 77. art. 30. Art. 24. The Political Conduct of the Earl of Chatham. Svo. 15. Becket. Contains many friking remarks on the character and political conduct of not only the Earl of Chatham, but of Lord Bute, Lord Rockingham, General Conway, and Mr. Grenville. The errors and defects in each are, with great plaufibility, pointed out; and their verfatility, mifinanagement, or incapacity, are fet forth as foils to the ability and firmnefs of the prefent miniftry. The drift of the ingenious Writer (for fuch he undoubtedly is, whatever may be his principles or views, in refpect of the prefent publication) is plainly to be infer'd from his concluding paragraph: We may congratulate Great Britain upon the ftrength her councils must acquire from that prospect of permanency in oflice, which the fituation of the affairs of the nation, as well as his own abilities, feem to promise to the Duke of Grafton.' Art. 25. Loofe Remarks on certain Pofitions to be found in Mr. Hobbes's Philofophical Rudiments of Government and Society. With a Sketch of a democratical Form of Government, in a Letter to Sig. Faoli. By Catharine Macaulay. The fecond Edition. With two Letters, one from an American Gentleman to the Author; which contains fome Comments on her Sketch of Government, and the Author's anfwer. 4to. Is. 6d. Johnston, &c. 1769. When these remarks were firit published, in 1767 *, the name of the writer was concealed from the public. Report, however, gave them to the celebrated Hiftorian, Mrs. Macaulay; who has affixed her name to the prefent edition. The letter annexed, from an American Gentleman, contains an objection to one or two particulars of Mrs. M.'s fcheme of democratical government, which the very ingenious lady, in her anfwers, has fully obviated. See Review, Vol. 3, p. 328. art. 23. Art. 26. POETICA L. Art. 26. Qde performed in the Senats-boufe at Cambridge, July, 1, 1769, at the Inftallation of his Grace Auguftus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of the Univerfity. Set to Mufic by Dr. Randal, Profeffor of Mufic. 4to. Is. Cambridge printed, and fold by Dodfley, &c. in London. This ode abounds with the beauties of poetry; the verfification includes almost all the varieties of harmony, a new image rifes in almoft every line, fancy is regulated by judgment, and judgment enlivened by fancy. The following are the first air and chorus: AIR. "Hence, avaunt, ('tis holy ground) "Nor in these confecrated bowers "Let painted Flatt'ry hide her ferpent-train in flowers. CHORU S. "Nor Envy bafe, nor creeping Gain "Dare the mufe's walk to ftain, "While bright-eyed Science watches round: Thefe imaginary beings are well felected, and their attributes happily applied. In the recitative that follows, the Poet, mentioning the realms of empyrean day,' fays, There fit the fainted Sage, the Bard divine The few, whom Genius gave to fhine Through every unborn age, and undifcover'd clime." The words gave to fhine, in this paffage, feem to refer the act of fhining rather to the paft than the future; the firft and most obvious fense of the few whom Genius gave to fhine' is rather, the few who fhone by the aid of Genius' than the few to whom Genius has given the power of fhining hereafter.' The prefent reading may perhaps be defenfible, but it is pity there fhould, in fuch a poem, be any paffage that needs defence. The Poet has with great art recorded, for the honour of Cambridge, that Milton received his academic education there, and celebrated him not as a poet only but as the friend of freedom. Having fuppofed mufic and fong to burst on his ear' from the realms of happiness above, he immediately adds, ''Twas Milton ftruck the deep-toned fhell, And, as the choral warblings round him fwell, "Ye brown o'er-arching groves, "That Contemplation loves, "Where "Where willowy Camus lingers with delight! "I trod your level lawn; "Oft woo'd the gleam of Cynthia filver-bright "With Freedom by my fide, and foft-ey'd Melancholy." He then reprefents the founders of the feveral colleges as coming in proceffion to hail their Fitzroy's feftal morning,' and haying addressed him collectively, Foremost and leaning from her golden cloud,' the venerable Marg'ret gives him a particular welcome, and in her mouth the Author has put the encomium on the duke which was expected from him on this occafion; whether it is juft, is not the enquiry of literary criticifm, but the fteadiness of his Grace's conduct during the popular clamour against him, is touched with a mafterly hand, in the following Grand Chorus, which concludes the piece: "Thro' the wild waves as they roar "With watchful eye and dauntlefs mien "Thy fteady course of honor keep, "Nor fear the rocks, nor feek the fhore: "The Star of Brunswick fmiles ferene, "And gilds the horrors of the deep." Art. 27. The Middlesex Petition Inverfed. 4to. A parody, without wit, humour, or sense. Is. Bladon. ADVERTISEMENT. In the fection marked III. in the Abbé Chappe's Travels into Siber ria, (p. 599 of our last Appendix) where an account is given of the punishment of the Knout, as inflicted on Mademoiselle Lapouchin, a reflection of the Reviewer of that work, towards the close of the article, is, by the omiffion of a whole fentence, at the prefs, rendered not only abfurd, but abfolutely unintelligible. The reader therefore, after the words [hanging in ftripes over her fhift] is defired to add, and to correct, as follows: Her tongue was, in the next place, torn out, and she was fent into exile into Siberia. [After what had paffed before, the execution of this last part of the fentence was, we think, &c.] In the fame article, p. 597. line 10, the fenfe is likewise destroyed by printing as, inftead of us. The Reader is alfo defired to correc the following among other flighter errata in this and a preceding article; viz. At p. 557. line 5. for helm, read elm. P. 560. line 24. dele gently. P. Ibid. line 37. for lettice, read lattice. 590. line 22. for an alternate fit, read alternate fits. P. 591. line 20. After on, add this. P. 594. line 8. P. 596. line 24. After interual, add contaɛ. for the, read their most distinguishing tenets. |