bear to one another from their fimple or compound virtues, is furely an original thought; but its execution was liable to great and many difficulties. Thefe, however, he has fo far conquered by dint of labour and industry, that his invention may be confidered as an ufeful help for memory in the very intricate study of simple medicines and their respective virtues.

Homeri Odyffea, Latinis verfibus expressa, a Bernardo Zamagna, Ragufino, ad optimum Principem Petrum Leopoldum Auftriacum, &c. Vol. Folio. Senis. (Sienna).

This faithful and elegant tranflation of the Odyffey is printed in the fame fize and type, as the Latin tranflation of the Iliad, lately published by Abbate Cunich, another learned native of Ragufa. Obfervaciones Aftronomicas hechas en Cadiz, en el Obfervatorio real de la Compania de Cavalleros Guardias Marinas, por el Capitan de Navio graduado D. Vicente Tofino de S. Miguel; y por D. Joseph Varela, Capitan da Fragata de la Real Armada, &c. Impreffas de Ordin de S. M. Anno de 1777. 4to.

Of the first volume of this valuable work, we have already taken notice. This fecond volume contains the obfervations made in 1776. The moft remarkable and valuable among thefe, are the obfervations of Mercury, and of the eclipses of stars; as thefe latter obfervations can rarely fucceed in France and England, on account of the inftability of the weather.

MONTHLY CATALOGUE.

POLITICA L.

Candid and impartial Narrative of the Tranfactions of the Fleet, under the Command of Lord Howe. 8vo. IS. Almon.

WE

E are here prefented with a detail of the naval tranfactions from the arrival of the Toulon fquadron on the coaft of America, to the time of lord Howe's departure for England. The Narrative is faid to be written by an officer who ferved under the British admiral, and who places the whole of his fordship's conduct in an advantageous point of view.

15. 6d.

A Letter to the People of America, lately printed at New-York; now re-published by an American. With a Poftfcript, by the Editor, addred to Sir W****** H***. 8vo. Becket. This Letter, which was lately printed at New York, and is now re-published, contains a fenfible and fpirited addrefs to .the Americans on their conduct in the difpute with Great Bri tain. The author expofes with great energy the ridiculous plea of their pretended grievances and apprehenfions; and is particularly farcaftic, as well as argumentative, on their unnatural alliance with France. Subjoined to the Letter is an expoftulatory address to fir W. H. with whose conduct the author declares himfelf not a little diffatisfied.

Letter from an Officer of the Naval Army of France to the Hon. Admiral Keppel; dated on board a French Squadron off Ushant, 9th of Auguft, 1778. With an engraved Plan of the principal Evolutions of the Feets, in the Engagement of Uthant. Tranf lated from the Original, printed at Breft. Wub fome Notes. 8vo. 15. Johnson.

The writer of this Letter, which is printed both in French and English, endeavours to vindicate the honour of the French navy in the late action off Ushant, which he alleges to be mifreprefented in the account given of it by admiral Keppel. To the Letter is prefixed an engraved plan of the principal evolutions in the engagement.

The Junto. Or, the Interior Cabinet laid Open. A flate Farce. 8vo. 15. Bladon.

A farcical dramatic effufion refpe&ting fome high characters; but too deftitute of humour to afford entertainment to any reader.

Obfervations on the Militia Laws. 8vo. 6d. Fielding and Walker.

These Obfervations are faid to have been occafioned by a late opinion upon the militia laws, fo far as they relate to the relief of the indigent families of fuch men as ferve in the militia ; and the writer prefents us with decifive extracts from the acts of parliament on this fubject.

POETRY.

Warley: A Satire. Part I. 4t0. 15. 6d. Brown. This poem commences with a short and picturesque description of Warley camp, whence the author paffes to a review of a different nature; exhibiting to the fancy a number of characters, which, in general, become the fubject of poetical reprehenfion. The plainnefs of the fatire is moftly fuch as feems to disdain the refinements of referved compofition; but its force, if not in. creased, is often rendered more agreeable by a mixture of humour and pleafantry.

The Second Part of Warley: a Satire. 4to. 1s. 6d. Brown. This Part is written on the plan of the preceding, and evidently partakes of the fame fpirit.

The Discovery or, Strephon and Amelia. A Poem to the Youth of the Prefent Age. In Two Parts. Evans.

Addressed 4to.

15.

The poet rambles into a wood, where he discovers two lovers, Strephon and Amelia; and is witness to a very tender interview. The next day he repairs to the fame place, and difcovers them on their knees, vowing everlasting conftancy, and determining -to ftay

Till Hymen celebrates the nuptial day.'

A trifling ftory, in very humble verfe; but elegantly printed.

Mora

Moral Eclogues. 410. Is. H. Payne.

This publication confifts of four Eclogues. I. Theron, or the Praife of Rural Life. II. Palemon, or Benevolence. III. Armyn, or the Discontented. IV. Lycoron, or the Unhappy. Though these paftorals do not abound in a variety of original fentiments, they are not unpleafing compofitions: the language is harmonious; and the images are very properly felected from rural life. The profpe&t of futurity, formed by a vivid and youthful imagination, and the vanity of human expectations, are agreeably defcribed in the following lines:

Hafte down, O fun! and clofe the tedious day :

Time, to the unhappy, flowly moves away.

Not fo, to me, in Roden's fylvan bowers,

Pafs'd youth's fhort blissful reign of careless hours;
When to my view the fancy'd future lay,

A region ever tranquil, ever gay.

O then. what ardors did my breast inflame!

What thoughts were mine, of friend hip, love, and fame:
How tafteleis life, now all its joys are try'd,

And warm purfuits in dull repofe fubfide!'
The enfuing lines are tender and pathetic:

That grace of fhape, that elegance of air,
That blooming face fo exquifitely fair;
That eye of brightnefs, bright as morning's ray,
That fmile of foftness, soft as clofing day,
Which bound my foul to thee; all, all are filed-
All loft in dreary manfions of the dead!'

DRAMATI C.

The Lady of the Manor, a Comic Opera: as it is performed at the Theatre-Ryal in Covent Garden, written by Dr. Kenrick. 800. 15. 6d. Dilly.

The outline of this piece is taken from Mr. Charles Johnson's Country Laffes, which has undergone confiderable alterations both in the plot and dialogue. The fituations, in general, are not interefting, nor is the unravelling of the fable produced with that art which fo much pleafes the judgement in a wellconducted drama; but a few of the characters are painted with juftness of expreffion; the fentiments are fometimes placed in a forcible light; and the mufical parts fufficiently well adapted to

the occafion.

The Invafin: or, a Trip to Brighthelmftone. A Farce of Twe As, as it is performed, with Univerfal Applause, at the Theatre-Royal, in Covent-Garden. Written by F. Pilon. 8vo. 15. Kearsley.

The dialogue of this entertainment is fupported with fpirit, and the principal characters are ftrongly marked; but artifice on

the

the one hand, and whimsical credulity on the other, are car ried to a degree that favours of romantic extravagance.

Annette and Lubin: a Comic Opera, in one Act. As it is pers formed at the Theatre Royal in Covent-Garden. 8vo. 6d.

Kearsley.

This is an imitation of the French pieces of one act; and, like Mr. Dibden's other little operatical productions, is calcu lated to afford an hour's agreeable entertainment.

M E DICA L.

Cafes and Obfervations on the Hydrophobia: by J. Vaughan, M. D. The Second Edition. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Cadell.

In our Review for February lat we gave an account of the former edition of this pamphlet, in which, from a diftin&t hiftory of two cafes, Dr. Vaughan contended for the inefficacy of all the remedies that have hitherto been recommended for the cure of the hydrophobia; and he has now confirmed his opinion by the hiftory of an additional Cafe.-Annexed, as before, to the Cafes and Obfervations, is an Account of the Cæfarian Section to which, for the first time, are fubjoined reflexions on dividing the Symphyfis of the Offa Pubis. The laft of thefe treatifes is the production of Dr. Hunter, whofe judicious cautions against precipitate recourfe to that fhocking operation, cannot fail of being highly acceptable, as well as ufeful, to every practitioner in midwifery.

DIVINITY.

A Dictionary of the Bible; Hiftorical and Geographical, Theologi cal, Moral and Ritual, Philofophical and Philological. By Alexander Macbean, A. M. 8vo. 6. Carnan and F. Newbery.

This work contains a concife account of the men, women, cities, countries, rivers, mountains, animals, difeafes, weights, measures, ceremonies, cuftoms, virtues, vices, fects, doctrines, &c. mentioned in the Old and New Teftament.

In most of the biographical and geographical articles the author has made great ufe of Calmet. But in fome of the moral and theological fubjects, which did not come within the plan of that learned Benedictine, he has quoted Wyttenbach, a writer we have not had the pleasure of feeing. The author's fyftem of divinity is obfcure and Calvinistical. But the reader fhall judge for himself:

Predestination, is the decree of God concerning the state of man after this life, of happiness or mifery; that of happiness, is the decree of election; of mifery, that of rejection or reprobation, implied in election. Predeftination is called purpose, foreknowlege, and predetermination, Rom. viii. 28, 29. It is eternal, immutable, moft free, actuated by motives, and accom

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plished by means, as are all the decrees of God. These means are faith, the gift of heaven, Eph. ii. 8. and holiness, the fruit of faith, ib. i 4. John iii. 18. by which loft men are fitted for the enjoyment of God, Heb. xii. 14. This predestination is properly election; as the leaving a man in his ftate of natural perverfion, is rejection or reprobation, Rom. ix. 22. for fuperior reafons, which no finite understanding can ever compass, ib. xi. 33. as lying deep in the fcheme of divine providence, and involved in the univerfal harmony of the world. We may confider predeftination either as abfolute, including both the end and the means; or as conditional, in our manner of confidering the means feparately, or the decree in the execution, not as in God decreeing, who always joins the means with the end. -Let it be added, that the reprobate are wholly inexcufable, in neither employing the means, nor improving the talents, put into their hands by Providence. John iii. 19.'

It is now well known to the learned, that the doctrine of predeftination, as it is here stated, is built upon grofs misrepre fentations of Scripture.

The Schoolmiftrefs for the Poor. 12mo. 25. 6d. Bell.

Practical reflections on the most interesting parts of the Bible, adapted to the ftations and capacities of poor children; and, on this account, a ufeful performance.

A Book of Prayers and Devotions for private Use. 12mo.

Robinson.

25. 6d.

This publication contains prayers for perfons in almost every circumftance of life; but particularly for women about the time of their delivery; for perfons, who have met with any dangerous accident; and for thofe, who are under inoculation. As fome people entertain fcruples of confcience with respect to inoculation, the author has attempted to remove their objections by fome preliminary remarks; and for the benefit of thofe, who ftill difapprove of that practice, he has fubjoined a preservative medicine, communicated to the public by Dr. Haller. These forms of devotion. lay no claim to accuracy or elegance of compofition; they are drawn up in a plain, familiar ftyle, are fuited to the lowest capacities; and (which is a circumftance in their favour) they are fo fhort, that they cannot poffibly fatigue the attention of any one, who has the leaft inclination to be devout. A Letter of folemn Counjel from a Minifter of the Gospel, to a PerJon in a declining State of Health. 8vo. 6d. Robinfon.

This ghoftly advifer gives the dying offender a general view of his deplorable ftate. He tells him, that death is juft ftretching forth his refiftlefs and relentlefs hand to cut the brittle thread of his life; that the fame meffenger is, as it were, prefenting him with a copy of the death-warrant, figned and fealed by the hand of Him, from whom are the iffues of life; and that, in a very fhort space, the king of terrors will arreft him, as his pri

foner,