whom, nevertheless, he may ftand a comparison. In his Epiftle to C. L. and in feveral other poems, our author fhews a very happy vein of humour, more correct, and fcarcely lefs poignant than that of Burns. In his Links o' Forth and his Scottish Muse, he challenges a ftill more direct comparison with that powerful genius. The quotations we have given, and several of Mr. Macniel's other Poems, particularly his Ode to Grandeur, and his verfes on the death of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, fhew confiderable strength and elevation of fancy. But tenderness, delicacy, and fenfibility, are the moft ftriking characteristics of his mufe. He is everywhere true to nature and paffion, and touches with a skilful hand the fineft chords of the heart. As a moral writer he is without a ftain,-uniformly faithful to the caufe of innocence and the inte refts of virtue-We thould be happy if we could anticipate the vein of pofterity, and breathe into the ear of the living poet thofe grateful accents with which future generations will hallow his duft." Critical Review, March 1802.

"It is with the greatest pleasure, that we have feen in two oc tavo volumes, a collection of the Poetical Works of Hector Macniel, Efq.' "With feveral of thefe Poems the public is intimately acquainted: Who has not melted at the pathetic Hiftory of Will and Jean,' and the Waes o' War? The greater number of thefe elegant effufions are in the Scottish dialogue; they are more claffical and correct than thofe of Burns, and rival the productions of that wonderful genius, in richness of fancy, fimplicity, and pathos."-Supplement Monthly Magazine, July 1802.

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POEMS chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, by the Rev. James Nicol, 2 vols. foolfcap 8vo.-Price 10s. boards.

"These Verses are in general smooth and correct; and in fome of the Poems the manners of the Scottish peasantry are juftly enough defcribed. In the Addrefs to Poverty, the following stanzas are certainly highly defcriptive. The Poem called the " Daft Days," and that in which the Author applies for an augmentation of ftipend, alfo contain feveral paffages of confiderable merit. Literary Journal, March 1806.

THE PROGRESS of REFINEMENT, an Allegorical Poem; with other Poems. By the Rev. William Gillefpie. One vol. foolfcap 8vo.-Price 6s. boards.

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A reader of thefe volumes will foon perceive that Dr. Brown is not to be placed in the clafs of ordinary verfifiers. A boldness and a vigour of conception, a wild luxuriancy of imagination, and frequent ftrokes of pathos, characterife his mufe. In him we dif cover the laudable wish to be indeed a poet; to be creative; to draw from the ftores of his own mind, to defpife the tamenefs of imitation, and to revolt at the idea of being tracked in the fnow of his predeceffors. We obferve him to delight more in the awful, the fublime, and the terrific, than in the mild and the tranquil; and his poetical delineations refemble the pictures of Salvator Rofa rather than those of Claude Loraine. When he undertakes the pathetic, he touches our hearts and " harrows up our fouls Monthly Review for February 1805.

"Candidates for poetic fame begin, in general, with small efforts, a fonnet, or tale, or a fhort poem; but this author, of whofe talents we have not heard before, comes upon us at once with two volumes, and comes with strong claims to our approbation.

"The imagination of Dr. Brown is ftrong, his feeling lively, and his taste elegant. Sometimes, but not very frequently, his judgment is feduced to employ the unauthorized compounds of modern affectation; but in general his ftyle is pure; ftrong through energy of thought, not stiffened by the buckram of art. His volumes have no profaic introduction, preface, or advertisement, and very few notes. The dedication is in verfe, addreffed to the author's mother, and gives no mean specimen of his powers.

"A long poem in ftanzas, intitled the WAR-FIEND, exhibits much fublimity of thought and expreffion. The fonnets on Negro Slavery have force and beauty, and many others which we could Specify" British Critic, August 1895.

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« After dinner to-day we talked of the extraordinary fact of Lady Grange's being fent to St. Kilda, and confined there, with out any means of relief.

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The true ftory of this lady is as frightfully romantic as if it had been the fiction of a gloomy fancy. She was the wife of of the Lords of Seffion in Scotland, a man of the first blood of his country.

"For fome myfterious reafons, which have never been difcovered, fhe was feized, and carried off in the dark, fhe knew not by whom, and by nightly journeys was conveyed to the Highland fhores, from whence the was tranfported by fea to the remote rock of St. Kilda, where the remained amongst its few wild inhabitants, a forlorn prifoner, but had a conftant fupply of provifions, and woman to wait upon her

*No inquiry was made after her, till she at laft found means to convey a letter to a confidential friend, by the daughter of a catechift, who concealed it in a clue of yarn. Information being thus obtained at Edinburgh, a fhip was fent to bring her off; but

intelligence of this being received, fhe was carried to M'Leod's ifland of Herries, where fhe died."—Bofwell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, p. 277. Edit. 1786.

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"The life and death of Mary Queen of Scots has been rendered fo familiar to every Briton by poets, hiftorians, and even dra matifts, that to give an air of novelty to the incidents of her illfated ftory, or to impart additional intereft to them by poetic language and ftage effect, is a task of no eafy attainment; the li mitations of history become defpotic restraints upon the freedom of imagination.

"By the present anonymous writer, much ingenuity, however, is fhewn in the management of his drama, and much characteristic fpirit is displayed in pourtraying the rival queens.”—Monthly Mirror, Jan. 1802.

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"The materials are evidently fuch as must have coft the Author no inconfiderable labour in collecting: they are generally arranged with fedulous care, and displayed with proper effect. The liberality and candour which adorn every page, it would be unpardonable to leave uncelebrated. Every fragment of information which appeared conducive to the illuftration of his fubject, the Author has collected with abundant care. The biographic sketches which occur in the progrefs of the work render it more interefting and more complete."

"This is not the age of original invention or profound research. We are fo feldom prefented with works of a standard kind, that