ART. 48. Letter to a Member of Parliament on the Character and Writings of Baron Swedenborg, containing full and compleat Refutation of all the Abbé Barruel's Calumnies against the Honourable Authar. By J. Clowes, M. A. Recior of St. John's Church, Manchefter, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo. 355 PP. 45. Clarke, Manchefter. 1799. When the prefent is called a fagacious or enlightened age, a largededuction must be made for fanaticifm of various kinds, which, by an unaccountable effect, feems to increase in fome parts as much as infidelity unhappily prevails in others. That two fuch oppofites fhould arife together, may perhaps be in part explained, by confidering them as equal deviations, on different fides, from the middle point of found fenfe. That the reveries of Swedenborg, and his Doctrine of Correfpondences, fhould be defended by the Rector of a Church is very lamentable; but as we cannot hope to cure his diforder by any words that we can use, and as we hope we have no readers who partake the infection, we shall take no further notice of his 355 pages. ART. 49. An Appeal to the British Hop-Planters. By S. F. Waddington. 8vo. 39 PP. 15. Crosby. 1800. We have, fome of us, good reason for believing, that the difpures betwixt the planters and the venders of hops, are not quite fo interesting to the public as is commonly fuppofed, becaufe that commodity enters much less into our beverage than moft perfons are aware of. It is in a fair way of being fupplanted, by a plant which Miller thus defcribes: "It hath an indeterminate italk, branching out into many fmall shoots, with fpikes of naked flowers hanging downwards; the leaves are hoary and bitter. Of this plant there are thirty-two fpecies." After this hint (which the porter-brewers will underftand) our business is with Mr. W. and his book; which compreffes within a small space much clofer than hops can be packed) a vaft quantity of vulgar ego, ifm, profane allufion to Scripture, and ignorance of the laws. t ART. 50. The Victim. In Five Letters, to Adolphus, 12mo. 2s. 6d. Button. 1800. This little volume contains fome excellent reafoning and arguments, on the fubject of feduction. The name given it is only applicable to the fubject in the abstract, and feems to have nothing to do with any thing which is related. The defign is good, and the execution not undelerving of praife. ART. 51. La Bruyere the Lefs; or, Characters and Manners of the Children of the prefent Age. Written for the Ufe of Children of Twelve ar Thirteen Years of Age, with the Exception of the Ten laft Chapters, which apply to Perfens of more advanced Years. Translated from the French of Madame de Genlis. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Longman and Rees. 1800. This author's name has been fufficiently celebrated by volumes of tales, dramas, romances, letters, &c. not to require any preliminary ob fervations fervations upon her character and abilities. The original work of La ART. 52. A Satirical View of London, at the Commencement of the This idea is certainly a very good one, and if well executed might convey much information and amusement to the public. We cannot, however, very highly commend the prefent performance, which feems deficient in the more effential qualifications of acuteness, and an inmate knowledge of fashionable life. There is, however, some skill in the arrangement, and fome entertainment in the volume. ART. 53. Analysis of Horsemanship: teaching the whole Art of Riding in the Manege, Military, Hunting, Racing, or Travelling Syftem. To gether with the Method of breaking Horfes, and dreffing them to all Kinds of Manege. By John Adams, Riding-Mafler. 8vo. 196 pp. Cadell and Davies. 1799. 125. Horfemanship, like other practical arts, cannot be taught folely, or even principally, by books: yet a judicious treatife on the subject may affift ordinary mafters, and fix in the memory of pupils the instructions they have received. The treatife before us contains ample and (as it feems to us) judicious rules for the Manège; but there is only a fhort chapter on Military Horfemanship, and a few occafional remarks on the other fpecies of riding. Thefe, however, are referved for a fecond volume, which is promifed by the author; and which, if executed with the fame care and judgment as the first, will probably form one of the completeft books of the kind which have been produced in this country. ART. 54. Domeftic Union, or London as it should be; containing Obfervations on the prefent State of the Municipality of London; with Hints for its Extenfion and Improvement: together with Remarks on the WeftIndia Docks in the Isle of Dogs, the Wapping-Docks, the Projects for improving London Bridge, and for making a new Iron Bridge across the Thames; the Canal on the South Side of the River, and the feveral new Streets under Contemplation. By the Author of the Portentous Globe. 4to. 3s. 6d. Walter. 1800. Some good and ufeful hints are communicated in this publication, in a very fingular and uncouth manner. When the meaning, however, of ་ of an author is fo obviously praifeworthy, we are not fo rigorous as to cavil about that precifion, accuracy, and elegance, which can only be the effect of long exercife and experience. ART. 55. Memorials of the Family of Tufton, Earls of Thanet, deduced from various Sources of authentic Information. 8vo. 7. Ro binfons. 1800. A work of this kind cannot be acceptable to many; but it certainly has its ufe, and when well and fkilfully conducted, inaterially adds to our knowledge of ancient manners. Mr. Pocock is well qualified for the task he has undertaken; he is perfevering, diligent, and obferving. The Monument in the title-page from Rainbow Church, cannot be viewed without a fmile. A warrior in an immenfe tye-wig is, to modern prejudice, the cervix equina humano capiti. But the progrefs and changes even of drefs are one fource of interefting information, by no means to be difcouraged. Some agreeable anecdotes are interwoven in this volume, particularly at pp. 63, 110, 138, &c. &c. ART. 56. Obfervations on the Failure of Turnip Crops, with Propofals for a Remedy, not altogether new, yet not fully confidered by Agricul tural Writers. By the Rev. H. P. Stacy, LL, B. F. L. S. Svo, 24 PP. IS. Hatchard. 1800. "That turnip crops are materially injured by infects, is not to be denied; but that they are wholly defroyed by them, is certainly yielding to an opinion, without confidering whether there are not other caufes operating at the fame and with more effect." P. 9. Thefe caufes are faid, with great probability, to be heat and drought; and the remedy fuggefted is, "placing the teed at fuch a depth, that its radicle may have powers to fupply the young plant wi h moisture fufficient to forward its growth, notwithstanding the ravages of the infects, and the heat of the weather." P. 20. An experiment, which much favours this opinion, is ftated at p. 11: "Thirty-two turnip feeds were fown at different depths, in glaís veffels, filled with common garden mould, and plunged into the earth; on the fourth day after towing, they were examined, and the refults were as follows: feed fown, at 4 inches depth, had fhot forth a radicle 3 inches long, a germ 1 inch, 3 ditto, 2 ditto, I ditto, ditto, dito, ditto ditto, 2 ditto, ditto 2 ditto, n an average." This tract appears to be very deferving of the attention of farmers, The illuftration at p. 19, would better have been omitted. We object ftrongly to the introduction of facred topics on trivial occafions. ART. 57. The British Tourist's or Traveller's Pocket Companion through Volume In vol. xii, p. 556, of the British Critic, an account is given, in favourable terms, of the commencement of this work. This continua t tion is entitled to the fame praife. It is very neatly executed, will often be found an acceptable companion to the traveller, and will form a very defirable portion of a youthful library. ART. 58. An Account of the French Expediton to Egypt; comprehending a Views of the Country of Lower Egypt, is Cities, Monuments, and Inhabitants, at the Time of the Arrival of the French; and a particular Defcription and Measurement of Pompey's Pillar, illuftrated by a Plate. By Charles Norry, Member of the Philotechnical Society, and One of the Architects attached to the Expedition. Tranflated from the French. 8vo. 53 PP. 2s. 6d. Ridgway. 1800. We have here a title-page almost as extenfive as the publication itfelf. The reader will judge what fort of an account may be expected of the French expedition to Egypt, its cities, monuments, inhabitants, &c. &c. &c. in the compafs of fifty-three pages. ART. 59. The Impolicy of prohibiting the Exportation of Rock-Salt, Constable, Edinburgh, 1799. "The reader is not to expect any new matter in the following work it is rather a felection from other authors; but such a selection as, perhaps, has not hitherto been prefented to the public." P. 4. In perufing many of the introductory pages of this tract, we looked back continually to the title-page; wondering (but in vain) how they were to be connected with the fubject propofed. Thofe pages, however, are not unentertaining. The main bufinefs of the book is entered upon at page 18; where it is propofed to fhow," that by the importation of rock-falt from England into Scotland, the revenue will not be diminished or endangered; the proprietors of falt-works will not be injured; and that confiderable advantages to the fisheries, the manufactories, and, in general, to the whole of that part of the united kingdom, will be acquired." Thefe points feem to be well established and the whole tract (which does not admit of abridgment) appears to be very deferving of attention, FOREIGN CATALOGUE. FRANCE. ART. 60. Fragmens fur les inftitutions républicaines. Ouvrage pofthume de St, Juft. Paris. The editor of the Fragments concludes his Introduction thus : “ A peine agé de 27 ans, St. Juft a été moijonné par une révolution à laquelle laquelle il avoit confacré fon existence; il a laiffé de longs regrets à la patrie et à l'amitié." To enable our readers to form fome judgment of them for themfelves, we fhall prefent them with the following extracts: "Le bien même eft fouvent un moyen d'intrigue. Soyons ingrats, fi nous voulons fauver la patrie. "La groffièreté eft une forte de réfiftance à l'oppreffion. "La modeftie d'un héros ne m'en impofe pas; fi vous louez la modeftie d'un homme, que feroit-il de plus dangereux pour la liberté, s'il montroit de l'orgueil? "Un gouvernement républicain a la vertu pour principe; finɔn la terreur, que veulent ceux qui ne veulent ni vertu, ni terreur ? "L'opulence eft une infamie. "Il faut détruire la mendicité par la diftribution des biens nationaux aux pauvres.” "Le XVIIIe fiècle doit être mis au Panthéon." We cite this propofition merely to fhow its abfurdity. "Combien ne doit il pas exifter de riches, puifqu'il y a en circulation quatre fois plus de fignes qu'autrefois ? Combien trois ou quatre cent millions (d'effignats) émis par mois ne jettent ils pas de corruption dans la focié é? Ce fyftême de finances pourroit faire fleurir une monarchie; mais il doit perdre toute république." He propofes "de lever tous les tributs, en un feul jour, fur toute la France"; as, alfo, "de donner à tous les Français les moyens d'obtenir les premières néceffités de la vie fans dépendre d'autre chofe que des lois, et fans dépendance mutuelle dans l'état civil." That is, without labour, and without affecting the property of the rich. Again: "Tout homme âgé de 21 ans eft tenu de déclarer dans le temple quels font fes amis. "Cette déclaration doit être renouvelée tous les ans, pendant le mois de Ventôse. "Si un homme quitte un ami, il eft tenu d'en expliquer les motifs devant le peuple, dans les temples, fur l'appel d'un citoyen ou du plus vieux. S'il le refufe, il eft banni. "Si un homme commet un crime, fes amis font bannis. "Celui qui dit qu'il ne croit pas à l'amitié, ou qui n'a point d'amis, eft banni." St. Juft was the friend of Robespierre. "Je défirerois," fays he, in another place, "que lorfqu'une idée auroit faifi tous les efprits jufqu'à la fureur, il y eût, fur la tribune aux harangues, une couronne civique pour celui qui, même en fe trompant, la combattroit avec décence et générofité." This with would be fublime, if it were not the height of hypocrify, or if it did not appear to arise from a presentiment of that fate which awaited the author. St. Juft had talents, which it cannot be doubted that a monster may have. Efpr. d. Journ. ART. 61. La morale de l'enfance, ou Collection de quatrains moraux, mis à la portée des enfans, et rangés par ordre méthodique, par Ch. G. Morel-Vindé. 5e édition, corrigée et augmentée. Paris, 18c0. Though we have been very much fatisfied with the Quatrains of M. Morel Vinde, we are perfuaded that the virtues of the father are kill |