of the Indian empire, written in the fixteenth century, by order of the emperor Akbar. The part here published, contains the fubah or vice.royalty of Bengal, and is given as a fpecimen of the whole; a tranflation of which is propofed to be made by Mr. Gladwin, a gentleman in the Eaft India company's fervice at Bengal.To the prefent publication is added a fpecimen of an Afiatic vocabulary, proposed to be printed by fubfcription, in three volumes quarto. The Elementary Parts of Dr. Smith's Complete Syflem of Optics, jelected and arranged for the Use of Students at the Univerfities. To which are added, in the Form of Notes, Jome explanatory Propofitions from other Authors. 4to. 10s. 6d. fewed. Nourfe. A judicious and methodical abftract of Dr. Smith's treatife, which has been long out of print, and whose republication is become the lefs neceffary fince the publication of this excellent abridgement. The Defcription of an Engine, for dividing Mathematical Infruments. By Mr. John Ramfden, Mathematical Inftrument-maker. Published by Order of the Commiffioners of the Longitude. 4to. 5s. Nourse. This defcription is accompanied with four engravings, exhibiting the different parts of the inftrument; which is extremely curious, and does honour to the ingenious artift, as doth the publication of its defcription to his patrons, the commiffioners of longitude. An Ode to the warlike Genius of Great Britain. 4to. 25. Now all the Youth of England are on fire, Now thrive the armourers, and honour's thought Reigns folely in the breast of every man. SHAKESPEAR. Such Such is the poet's text. The following is a fpecimen of his comment Genius of Britain! to thy office true, On Cox-Heath rear'd the waving banners view. British spirit never droops: Where late the German hireling troops, Difgrac'd the ftate, and sham'd the land. With freer step, and bolder grace, Which thus o'erlways my raptur'd foul? Doth Beauty dazzle my faint fight? By Venus and the Graces dreft, Or in the fofter features of thy face Trace we the likeness of the Marlbro' race } Hail! fair Devonia ! hail! Thy powerful charms prevail When Churchill's offspring takes the field, America loft. A Poem of Condolence. Addressed to Britannia. 4to. Is. 6d. Lewis. Poor Old England! were thy fituation really fo wretched as this writer's verfes; thou wouldst be worthy of condolence, indeed! Pafhion; a Poem. Addreffed to the Ladies of Great Britain. In two Books. 4to. 2s. Williams. Tolerable verfification and fenfible fatire, thrown away on the follies of women, of which they are infenfible. The The Spirit of Frazer to General Burgoyne; an Ode. To which is added, the Death of Hilda; an American Tate Infcribed 40. IS. Bath printed, and fold by to Mrs. Macaulay. Goldfmith in London. A piece of Bath metal fent up to a London Goldfmith, to make money of What punninment ought not to be inflicted on fuch counterfeiters of poetical coin. Second Thought is beft. An Opera of two Acts, performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury lane Addreffed to R. B Sheridan, Efq. By 7. Hough. of the Inner Temple; in which is introduced the Song rejected by the Lord Chamberlain. 8vo. Is. Murray. If the piece, as it is here publifhed, be the author's fecond thought, and his fecond thought is beft, his first thought must have been a very bad one indeed. As to the printing of the fong, rejected by the Lord Chamberlain, it is the only good thought about the publication: popular curiofity being ever excited to buy what they fhould not read. A poetical, fupplicating, modeft and affecting Epistle to thofe literary Coloffufes the Reviewers. 4to. Is. Baldwin. As we know of no Reviewers, who are Coloffufes, except the hodmandod of Faulcon court and "the land-tortoife earth'd at Turnham Green," we fuppofe this ludicrous epiftle, of course, addreffed to them; to whofe learned and fcientific animadverfion, therefore, we leave it. Tyrranny the worst Taxation; a poetical epiftle to the Rt. Hon. Bew. "If wifhing's treafon, writing is no lefs; Very true, Mr. Traitor. Such writings as yours would condemn you in any court of judicature in the kingdom, if not, indeed, of treafon to your king and country, of hightreafon against Apollo and the Mules. ** An An Elegy in á Riding-Hufe. In Imitation of Virgil's first We have had elegies written in cathedrals, churches, and country-church-yards. We have had them from tea-gardens, ale-houfes, pantheons and public-houses. We have now one from a riding-house, whence we fuppofe they will proceed in a ftill more private line, 'till they end in some necessary house. The Love Feaft. A Poem. By the Author of the Saints a Satire, Perfection, &c. &c. 4to. 2s. 6d. Bew. The character we have given this writer's former pieces may be applied to the prefent. We admire his spirit and approve his caufe; but we apprehend his arms, however keen and pointed, are not adapted to the object of attack. -Fanatifm is callous to ridicule; perhaps, however, though it be unequal to the reclaiming the methodists, it may prevent theit acquiring fresh converts; as the engine, that cannot extinguith a houfe on fire, may prevent the adjacent ones from catching fire, and perifhing in the flames. John and Sujan; or the Intermeddler rewarded. 4to. 6d. Wilkie. The political application, of a well-known tale, to the prefent circumftances of France, in her interpofition in the quarrel between England and America. The Woman of Fashion. A Poem. 4to. 1s. 6d. Bew. Common-place abuse of the fashionable females of the prefent day. Verses on the prefent State of Ireland. 4to. Is. 6d. Elmfly. The defign of thefe verfes appears to be better than the execution of them. Poetry and politics require a very mafterly hand, indeed, to conciliate them. Defultory Defultory Thoughts upon reading an interefting Letter to the Dutchess of Devonshire. Small 8vo. Is. 6d. Longman. A pleafant apology for the fashionable fopperies of the fair fex. Geographical Exercifes by William Faden. fol. 15s. Faden. These exercises confift of nine maps, with an equal number of fheets of letter-prefs, on which are marked the degrees of longitude and latitude of the principal places; in order to be filled up by the student. Ariftophanes being a collection of true Attic Wit: containing the Jefts, Gibes, Bon Mots, Witticifms, &c. of S. Foote, Efq. Lords Chesterfield, Tyrawley, &c. 12mo. 4s 6d fewed. Baldwin.. There are fome good things in this collection, fome bad, and fome much worfe. The compiler it seems has heard of attic wit, but he certainly knows not what it is. A Letter to David Garrick, Efq; on his conduct as principal Manager and Actor at Drury Lane. 4to. 2s. Williams. We look upon it that the English theatre hath much the fame reafon for reprobating the management of Mr. Garrick, as the English nation hath to reprobate the adminiftration of lord Chatham. Dearly, indeed, do both at present pay, and perhaps will pay for many generations, for the fhort-lived eclat; to which they were raised by thofe celebrated actors of the great and little world. Modern Characters, for 1778. By Shakespeare, 12mo. Is Brown. The most popular perfonages of the times, characterised by paffages extracted from the plays of Shakespeare. They VOL. VIII. K were |