to apprehend a fcarcity of this valuable clafs of materials for our catalogues. EDUCATION. Art. 50. A System of French Accidence and Syntax, intended as an Illuftration, Correction, and Improvement, of the Principles laid down by Chambaud, on thofe Subjects, in his Grammar. By the Rev. Mr. Holder of Barbadoes. Fourth Edition. With Notes by G. Satis. 8vo. PP. 414. 4s. Bound. Dilly. 1794. Art. 51. Thèmes François et Anglois; or French and English Exercifes upon the Rules laid down in Holder's Chambaud's French Grammar. By G. Satis. 8vo. PP. 274. 35. Bound. Dilly. 1794. Art. 52. Claffical Exercifes upon the Rules of the French Syntax; with References to Holder's Chambaud's Grammar. By G. Satis. 8vo. pp. 166. 2s. 6d. Bound. Dilly. 1794. Art. 53. The Guide to Satis's Claffical Exercifes upon the Rules of the French Syntax; with References to Holder's Chambaud's Grammar. By G. Satis. 8vo. pp. 488. Ios. 6d. Dilly. 1794. Of this fet of books for teaching the French language our readers will find an account in our Review for July 1792. The approbation of them, which we then expreffed, we now fee much reason to confirm. Some of the parts, then left unfinished, are now completed; the exercifes being continued through all the parts of speech omitted in the former edition.-The Syftem' is an improved edition of Mr. Holder's Grammar recemmended in our Review for March 1783. O The French and English Exercifes' are Chambaud's improved. In the Claffical Exercifes,' the rules in the Grammar are exemplifed fentences from the beft French writers. The Guide' gives the fame exercises on a new plan, particularly adapted to the ufe of thofe teachers of the French language who have not perfected themfelves in English, and of thofe who ftudy the language without a mafter. The whole appears to form a very complete introduction to the knowlege of the French language. POETRY. E. Art. 54. The Prophecies of the Times: a Satire. By Malachy Mofes, Efq. 4to. Is. Bell, Oxford-ftreet. Imbecility at war with Infanity. 1795. Art. 55. The Garden of Ifleworth, a Sketch, (attempted with a Pen,) of a House and Grounds, on the Banks of the Thames, by one formerly poffeffed of the Place. Infcribed to R. B. Sheridan, Efq. M. P. 4to. Is. 6d. Chapman. 1794. It may appear cruel to cenfure a writer who humbly confeffes that no mufe will deign to fmile on his task, and who appears to be "tremblingly alive all o'er" at the apprehenfion that his verses may be broken on the wheel of criticifm.' Yet, when an author undertakes to give a fketch with a pen of a beautiful garden, and raises an expectation of a piece of defcriptive poetry, while, in truth, his pamphlet fcarcely contains twenty lines of any thing like picturefque description, defcription, it is neceffary that the public fhould be informed that the promife of the title page is not fulfilled. Some atonement, however, is made for the want of poetical imagery and harmony, by the amiable fpirit of filial affection which breathes through the poem, and by the just moral reflections and fentiments which it contains. It appears to have been the genuine effusion of a good heart. E. MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 56. Some Particulars of the Life of the late George Colman, Efq. written by HIMSELF, and delivered by HIM to Richard Jackson, Efq. (one of his Executors) for Publication after his Decease. 8vo. 25. Cadell jun. and Davies. Thofe who may expect, from the title of this publication, a general biographical account of the late Mr. Colman, will be difappointed. The few particulars which it contains are dated Dec. 4, 1787; a short time before the lait fatal derangement of the writer's health,-which terminated in his deceate, after about five or fix years of the most dreadful affiction! The defign of this memoir appears to have been to fet the public right, with regard to a few of the principal circumstances refpecting the family and fortunes of the writer: I. It had been a prevailing opinion that Mr. C. was a fon of the celebrated William Pulteney, afterward Earl of Bath. The physical impoflibility of the fact is here irrefragably evinced. Mr. C.'s mother was a fifter of the Lady of Mr. P. and fhe had refided with her husband, at Florence, where he was fituated as British Minifter Plenipotentiary, for four or five years before the exiflence of Mr. C. who was born at Florence; during which time, Mr. P. and his family were conftantly in England. II. It had been generally faid, and groundlessly believed, that, by his literary purfuits and dramatic compofitions, Mr. C. had lost the favour and affection of the Earl of Bath; and that, by his purchase of a fourth of the patent of Govent Garden Theatre, he knowingly and voluntarily forfeited Lord B.'s intended bequeft of the Newport ettate, under the will of General Pulteney. The contrary of all this is here ftrongly affirmed, and (we believe) with unquestionable truth, fo far as refpects the lafting affection, even to fondnefs, of Lord Bath. Certain it is that the immenfe eftate formerly belonging to Lord Newport, and repeatedly given in feveral wills, by Lord B., to Mr. C. was left fubject to the difcretion of his Lordship's brother and heir, General Pulteney; who continued, as the Earl had done, to behave with the greatest appearance of the most cordial regard for this ingenious, witty, plealant, we had almoft faid fafcinating little man:-for we knew him, and loved him, well! When Mr. C. was in treaty for the purchase of the above-mentioned thare in the property of Covent Garden Theatre, Gen. P. according to this account, manifested fome degree of disapprobation The dedication is figned Willoughby Lacy; and from circumstances in the Sketch it appears that (if we mistake not) the writer is fun of James Lacy, Efq. the late owner of a well known pleasant feat on the Bank of the Thames; the place here described. of of Mr. C.'s engagement; on which the latter, rather than offend the General, propofed to relinquish his contract, at the expence of 300cl. forfeit in which meafure General P. did not feem much inclined to acquiefce, on account of the heavy penalty; and fo the bufinefs, as the public well know, was allowed to take its full effect. The General continued to give Mr. C. affurances of his friendly intentions towards him, as fully appears from the letters inferted in. thofe pages; though there feems to be a little abatement in the warmth of his expreffion, after the play-house connection took place. In fine, at the General's decease, a few years afterward, it was found that Mr. C. was deprived of the fplendid provifion which Lord Bath had made for him, and which General P. had thought it proper to commute for an annuity of only four hundred pounds.-What a mortifying reduction from the many thousands per ann, which he expected! for great was the value of the Newport eftate. Mr. Colman was certainly very ill treated. This little tract, of 33 pages, is well written; as was every thing that came from the elegant pen of the accomplished narrator. A print of Mr. C., not a bad refemblance, is given as a frontispiece; engraved by Hall, from a painting by Gainsborough. Art. 57. An Appeal to the prefent Parliament of England, on the According to this well-drawn and very interefting reprefentation, the valuable, or, rather, invaluable Museum of the late Mr. Hunter has been, in pursuance of his will, offered to the Governors of this country, at the moderate fum of 20,000l. A fum very fmall, indeed,' fays the appellant, compared with the money and labour which it has coft, and infinitely below its abfolute value.' He adds, the cold reception which the propofal to Government haft already met with, and the danger there is of its being entirely neglected, are the only motives which have induced the author of this Appeal to make his thoughts public.' It is farther obferved that this collection is unparalleled in every refpect throughout Europe, I may fafely fay, throughout the world. It is almost wholly made by the hands of Mr. Hunter himself; but all of it was planned and arranged according to his own peculiar genius. It was not hattily formed in a fit of caprice or vanity, as many heterogeneous collections have been; but was the refult of a well digefted, truly fcientific fcheme, which had for its object the improvement of every branch of the medical art; upon an unerring bafis, upon the bafis of demonftrative truths, and genuine philofophy. It comprehends a comparative view of almoft all the productions of animated nature; exhibiting the peculiarities of their mechanifm, both external and internal: and, in this refpect, forming a perfect school for natural hiftory as far as it extends.' We are here told that Mr. Hunter, in forming this unparalleled collection, ufually laboured in it four hours every day and often much more; he received prefents of curious animals for his examination from every civilized part of the globe; and he spent, in the purchase of objects for his inveftigation, thirty thoufand pounds, the produce of thirty years of hard labour of body and mind, in the practice of a REV. MARCH, 1795. profesion B b 215 profeffion where painful anxiety, and eager folicitude for the welfare. of fuffering humanity are among a number of other drawbacks on the enjoyments of life.' The appellant proceeds. On reviewing the conduct of fo valua⚫ ble a character, you will readily anticipate one inevitable confequence, viz. the leaving his family without any fuitable provifion; this is abfolutely the cafe. A widow, a fon, and a daughter remain victims to Mr. Hunter's generous enthufiafm for his profeffion. His daughter, it is true, is married to a gentleman in affluent circumftances; but this has not been the refult of national munificence.' It is farther obferved that, fhould Mr. H.'s Museum be purchased and transferred to fome other country, it will there be established as a fchool for comparative anatomy, phyfiology, and natural hiftory. And in that cafe, every perfon acquainted with the fubject will decidedly affirm, it would foon become the refort of all the medical ftudents both of Europe and America. Perhaps it may grace one of the frozen temples at Petersburg. And fhall the hiftorian record, that the modern Goths and Vandals, pillaged modern Rome of its chief ornament, and that the feat of one great branch of science was tamely fuffered to pass from England to Ruffia? Forbid it, legislators of Great Britain.' Should government anfwer, "If we buy this collection, what fhall we do with it?" The author fuggefts that it fhould be kept in the metropolis, because it would be effentially injured by a removal; and that it ought to be eltablished as a fchool for teaching comparative anatomy, phyfiology, and natural history.'-His plan for the endow ment of the inftitution, and the maintenance of three profeffors, appears to be very unexceptionable in point of expence; and the national advantages that might be reasonably expected from fuch an eftablishment feem highly deferving of public attention. In conclufion, the appellant exhorts the gentlemen who are here addreffed, on this extraordinary occafion, to appoint a committee of men skilled in science, to examine and report upon this collection, or cause the catalogue of it to be printed for your individual inspection : ak your learned and liberal minded friends, who are judges of the fubject, and let your conduct be guided by the refult. The author of this appeal is only folicitous that his country be not disgraced through overfight; and this most important branch of science be not difregarded in a nation famed for its generofity, its science, and its judg ment.' FAST SERMONS, Feb. 25, 1795. [In the order of their publication.] Art. 58. The Pacific Temper of the Priesthood. A Sermon on the National Faft, Feb. 25, 1795. By an Orthodox British Proteftant. 8vo. 19. Johnson. It does not appear that this difcourfe was delivered from the pulpit; nor would it, perhaps, in these beated times, have been coolly received by every member of any congregation. The author is an advocate for peace; and he appears to have calculated his fermon for the admonition of his brethren of the priesthood, whofe pacific temper (as ge • We fay this merely on the fuppofition that he is a clergyman. nerally nerally manifested fince the commencement of the present war with France,) feems to be ironically complimented in the line which stands at the head of the title-page. The difcourfe contains a very serious and fober exhortation to its hearers, or readers, to maintain peace on earth, and good-will to mankind, without confining it to our own community; and to cultivate the virtues of humanity, on principles truly CHRISTIAN, The writer's exhortations are aptly illuftrated by references to the fcriptures, and by examples drawn from facred hiftory; among which he cites that of King Ahab, who was encouraged by his 400 prophets to go againft Ramoth-Gilead :-in which expedition he perished. In his concluding paragraph, the author thus fpeaks concerning the clerical order; to whom he acknowleges he has more immediately addressed himself: As they are, he remarks, feldom difpofed to pafs over in filence what manifeftly tends to the honour of their profeffion,' fo they have, no doubt, (fays he,) already anticipated the obfervation I was going to make, by recollecting that there was found, even at Ahab's council-board, in Micaiah the fon of Imlah, one virtuous upright prophet, who attached himself to the interefts of humanity.' Prudent men will not wonder that the author of this difcourfe fhould have with-holden his name, if he reflected on the reward of Micaiah the fon of Imlah. Art. 59. Before the Houfe of Commons. By the Rev. S. Good. enough, LL. D. F. R. S. Rector of Broughton Pogges, Oxford. fhire. 4to. 1s. Rivingtons, &c. We do not recollect a difcourfe of this kind better adapted to the occafion, and to the audience before whom it was delivered. It breathes the genuine fpirit of piety, and it is rational, patriotic, and manly. While the preacher earneftly exhorts us to endeavour to avert the judgments of God, by reforming our lives, our manners, and our morals; while he would have us devoutly pray to Heaven to aid our laudable exertions in defence of the religion, the laws, and the liberties of our country; we meet with nothing of the unchristian language (too frequently heard!) of intolerance and extermination: on the con❤ trary, while we pray for the continuance of our own national profpe rity, he would have us humbly intercede with Heaven in behalf of our enemies,—that it might please God to turn their hearts from the evil of their way to the good of mankind, and the glory of his holy name.'-This is the true CHRISTIAN SPIRIT! Although an air of primitive plainnefs, and of the evangelical piety "of other times," prevails through this difcourfe, unaffected strokes of eloquence are occafionally interfperfed, which ought not wholly to pass unnoticed here: witness the following paffage, which occurs when the preacher is difplaying the dreadful effects of the prevalence of anarchy in France: We fee with astonishment and serious pity a mighty empire convulfed from its very centre, its fovereign murdered, its religion exiled, all civil order, all venerable establishments, borne down with impious fury. Would you talk of property? it is all confifcated; of the temples? they have been all moft facrilegioufly pillaged; of the comforts of focial life? they are all interrupted by the din of ferocious Bb 2 uproar. |