Art. 29. The Angel and Curate, a Poem. By Nathaniel Weekes. 4to. I S. Coote. The Author of this poem calls it the production of impetuous GENIUS; but Dullness too is fometimes impetuous, and to have given it to the right parent would both have been more modest, and more just. Art. 30. The Temple Student. An Epistle to a Friend. 4to. Is. DodЛley. Mr. Skeate, Author of The Alps, a beautiful descriptive poem; of An Epifle from Lady Jane Gray to Lord Guildford Dudley; and of a curious Account of the Republic of Geneva, has here tried his mufe in a loofer fpecies of poetry in which he humorously attacks the study and profeffion of the law. It is an entertaining piece; although it may not be deemed fo favourable a fpecimen of the Author's poetical abilities, as the Alps, or even as his Ruins of Netley-Abbey: for the first, see Review, Vol. XXVIII. p. 376; for the fecond, Vol. XXIX. p. 322; and for his Account of Geneva, fee Vol. XXIV. p. 205. NOVEL S. Art. 31, The Fruit-fhop, a Tale. 12mo. 2 Vols. 55. Moran. One of the numerous and worthless imitations of Shandy,-totally def titute of the cafy art and happy nature of the original: copying the in coherency and obfcenity of Sterne, without his ingenuity or his wit. May we not fay of Sterne, what Pope has faid of Voiture- Trifles themselves are elegant in him. Art. 32. The Generous Briton; or the authentic Memoirs of William Goldsmith, Efq; 12mo. 6s. Henderson. A decent, fober, and truly moral story, of an amiable young gentleman, an orphan, who was generously taken care of, excellently educated, and munificently provided for, by a moft worthy, benevolent gentleman of Caermarthenshire, in Wales. The work is not a masterpiece of writing; but it abounds with interefting tales, and affecting cenes; and it prefents, us alfo with a variety of exemplary characters: not, indeed, fuch as we ufually meet with in real life, but fuch, however, as we fhould wish to meet with. The whole is intended for the Improvement as well as entertainment of the rifing generation; which feems, indeed, to be a favourite point with the Author: as his readers may conclude, before they have perufed more than his title-page, from bis very proper choice of a motto, viz. Delightful task to rear the tender thought, THOMSON. Art, 33. changed the names, although the fame deftructive measures are ftillpurfued;-our good old man (we had like to have wrote woman) endeavours to persuade us, that this is a falfe and groundless report: and that, if we will but have a little patience, we shall most certainly find that every thing will be right. He particularly refts the matter, on his Majefty's happy choice of fo unexceptionable a perfonage, as the Marquis of Rockingham; of whom he gives a very advantageous character; and thinks that we ought, by no means, to draw any inference to the disadvantage of the Marquis, from the circumftance of his keeping race horses; fince that great ftatesman, the Earl of Godolphin, was no less famed upon the turf, than in the cabinet. MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 37. An Efay on the Duty and Qualifications of a Sea-Officer, written originally for the Ufe of two young Officers. 8vo. Johnston. 2 S. A fenfible and plain expofition of the duty of a fea-officer, in its various branches; with an earnest exhortation to young officers to perufe the inftructions here laid down. It cannot be expected that we should' be qualified to judge of the propriety of the particular injunctions, contained in an effay of this nature. SERMONS. I. The Free Grace of God exalted, in the Charader of the Apostle Paul. At St. Alban's, May 26, 1765. By John Gill, D. D. Keith. II. Difference of Conditions confidered, with respect to Learning and Morals. Before the Univerfity of Cambridge. By John Manwaring,. B. D. Fellow of St. John's College. Whifton. III. At the Vifitation of the Bishop of Winchefter, at Kingston upon Thames, May 23, 1763. By Thomas Herring, M. A. Preb. of York, and Rector of Cullefden, Surry. Whifton. IV. The Ufe and Office, with fome Inftances of the Weakness and Imperfection of Reafon in Matters of Religion.-At the triennial Vifitation of the Dean and Chapter, at the Cathedral Church at Litchfield, April 20, 1765. By Thomas Shaw, M. A. late of Queen's College, Oxford. Rivington. V. The Nature and Obligation of an Oath-In the Chapel of his Majefty's Caftle of Dublin, Nov. 13, 1763. Before the Earl of Northumberland, Ld. Lieut.. of Ireland. By Will. Henry, D. D. F. R, S. Dean of Killaloe, and Chaplain to his Excellency, Kearily. An Ecclefiaftical History, Ancient and Modern, from the Birth of Chrift, to the Beginning of the prefent Century: In which the Rife, Progrefs, and Variations of Church Power are confidered in their Connexion with the State of Learning and Philofophy, and the Political Hiftory of Europe during that Period. By the late learned John Lawrence Mofheim, D. D. and Chancellor of the Univerfity of Gottingen. Tranflated from the Original, and accompanied with Notes and Chronological Tables, by Archibald Maclaine, M. A. Minifter of the English Church at the Hague. 4to. 2 Vols. 21. 2s. Boards. Millar. R. Mofheim's character for learning, judgment, and can Don is too well established in the republic of letters, to ftand in need of any praises from us. Such of our Readers as are unacquainted with his works will, in the hiftory now before us, meet with abundant proofs of uncommon erudition, difcernment, and induftry. The plan of it is excellent; a spirit of freedom and moderation breathes through the whole; and it may with truth be affirmed, that no ecclefiaftical history has hitherto appeared, that, upon the whole, is fo impartial and infructive. In a work of fuch extent, comprehending fo great a variety of objects, errors and mistakes are indeed unavoidable; the moft confiderable of thefe, however, are corrected by the ingenious and learned Tranflator, who has added many useful and judicious notes, which do honour to his abilities and tafte, and render the tranflation much more valuable than the original. The account Mr. Maclaine gives of his tranflation is as follows: How far juftice has been done to this excellent work, in the following tranflation, is a point that must be left to the decifion of those who fhall think proper to perufe it with attention. I can fay, with the fricteft truth, that I have spared VOL. XXXIII. H no no pains to render it worthy of their gracious acceptance; and this confideration gives me fome claim to their candour and indulgence, for any defects they may find in it. I have endeavoured to render my tranflation faithful, but never propofed to render it entirely literal. The ftyle of the original is, by no means, a model to imitate in a work defigned for general ufe. Dr. Mofheim affected brevity, and laboured to croud many things into few words; thus his diction, though pure and correct, became fententious and harfh, without that harmony which pleases the ear, and thofe tranfitions which make a narration flow with eafe. This being the cafe, I have fometimes taken confiderable liberties with my author, and followed the fpirit of his narrative without adhering ftrictly to the letter. Where, indeed, the Latin phrafe appeared to me elegant, expreffive, and compatible with the English idiom, I have conftantly followed it; in all other cafes, I have departed from it, and have often added a few fentences to render an obfervation more ftriking, a fact more clear, a portrait more finished. Had I been tranflating Cicero or Tacitus, I fhould not have thought fuch freedom pardonable. The tranflation of a claffic author, like the copy of a capital picture, muft exhibit not only the Jubject, but also the manner of the original; this rule, however, is not applicable to the work now under confideration. When I entered upon this undertaking, I propofed rendering the additional notes more numerous and ample, than the Reader will find them. I foon perceived that the profecution of my original plan would render this work too voluminous, and this induced me to alter my purpofe. The notes I have given are not, however, inconfiderable in number; I wish I could fay as much with refpect to their merit and importance. I would only hope, that fome of them will be looked upon, as not altogether unneceflary.' --- Such are the modeft terms in which Mr. Maclaine speaks of his tranflation: we fhall only add, that whoever takes the pains of comparing it with the original, will find that he has executed his talk with fidelity and judgment. Dr. Mofheim, in his preface, acquaints his readers, that his principal care has been employed in establishing upon the most folid foundations, and confirming by the moit refpectable authority, the credit of the facts related in his hiftory;—that for this purpofe, he has drawn from the fountain-head, and gone to thofe genuine fources from whence the pure and uncorrupted ftreams of evidence flow ;-that he has confulted the beft authors of every age, and chiefly the with the events they relate, or li they happened;--and that he contents with brevity, perfpicu were contemporary periods in to rep |