an Account of the Rife and Progrefs of the Government Debt of that Kingdom. Also a general Summary of its military and marine Forces. The whole forming the most just and comprehenfive View, that has hitherto been given, of the State of that Nation. 4to. 3s. 6d. Pottinger.

The contents and defign of this pamphlet, may be collected from the title-page and it is not of a nature to be abridged within our limitted compafs. Therefore we will only obferve, that the publication of it, is very feasonable at this time, when the enemies of their country are magnifying the power and revenue of France, in order to hurry us into a difadvantageous and precarious peace.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Art. 2. An Account of various Particulars relative to the Demife of the Crown. Viz. 1. Of the Demife in general; 2. how far it affects the high Court of Parliament; 3. how far the other Courts, and the feveral Officers of Justice; and 4. What Crimes are ufually excepted out of an Act of Grace, and what Debtors out of an Act of Infolvency? Collected from the best Authorities. By a Gentleman of the Inner-Temple. 8vo. Is. Richardfon, &c.

The Author has endeavoured to fatisfy the curiofity of the public, by abstracting the Acts relative to the above-mentioned particulars, and copying the A&t of Grace paffed in 20 Geo. II. verbatim.

Art. 3. An Effay on the Oeftrum or Enthufiafm of Orpheus. Norwich. 12mo. 6d. Croufe.

This little piece traces the effects of the love of Novelty and Wonder, which produce thofe various kinds of Enthusiasm, by which different men are actuated and concludes, that Upon the whole, the impulfe of Generofity or Love for the world, when not perverted, is a juft and natural paffion, the rational fupport of Heroifm, and the most copious fpring of Happiness.' If we do not discover any thing new in this literary morfel, at least, there are some judicious and ingenious reflections well connected, and not inelegantly expreffed.

Art. 4. The Life and Character, Rife and Conduct, of Count Bruhl, Prime Minister to the King of Poland, Elector of Saxony; in a Series of Letters, by an eminent Hand. Throwing a Light on the real Origin of the past and prefent War in Germany, and the Intrigues of feveral Powers. Carefully tranflated from the German Original. 12mo, 2s. 6d. fewed, Cooper,

Thefe Letters are probably authentic: the picture they exhibit of this Grand Vizir of Saxony, bearing fuch ftrong marks of refem

blance,

blance, as prove it to have been drawn by one who had attentively ftudied the extraordinary original. Many of the facts which are here related, are inconteftibly corroborated by the concurrent report of all Travellers, who have vifited Drefden fince the reign of this unparalleled Prime Minifter; who feems, in luxury and magnificence, as far to exceed our fuperb Wolfey, as the Cardinal furpassed, in this respect, the prefent Mr. Secretary Pitt; whofe general character forms a perfect contrast to that of Count Bruhl.

Art. 5. A Supplement to the Life and Opinions of Triftram Shandy, Gent. By the Author of Yorick s Meditations.

Is. 6d. Pottinger.

Smart and lively enough. The Gentleman really has the knack of talking, in an entertaining manner, about nothing, pretty much in the vein of the true and original Triftram Shandy himself.

Art. 6. The Compting-House Affiftant: Or Book-keeping made eafy; being a compleat Treatife on Merchants Accompts, after the most approved Method. Wherein almost all the Varieties that can happen in that useful Art are introduced, and explained in a concife and eafy manner. The Whole being divided inta two Sets of Books, principally intended to fupply the Defects of thofe already published, and for the Perufal of Youth, during their Inftruction at School, and in the Compting-house. thodized in the Nature of real Bufinefs. With a Supplement. Shewing the Nature of Negociating Bills of Exchange, Promiffory Notes, &c. and a Collection of the different Bills and Forms of Bufinefs in Ufe among Merchants. By John Cooke, Mafter of the Academy the lower End of Charles-ftreet, St. James's-Square. 12mo. 2s. fewed. Hooper, &c.

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This is a plain difplay of Book-keeping, by the method of Wafiebiok, Journal, and Ledger.

Art. 7. A Mirrour for the Rulers of the People. In which are contained feveral mifcellaneous Pieces, adapted to the Times, &c. &c. 8vo. Is. Seyffert, Hooper, &c.

A fort of Index to the grievances of the times; or, at least, to fuch diforders in the Body-politic as have fallen under the notice of the Author; who, however, does not appear to have had many opportunities of extending his obfervations beyond the lower ranks of the people. In a word, he is but indifferently qualified to hold the Marrour to the Rulers of the nation.

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Art. 8. An Enquiry into the real Merit of a certain popular Performer; in a Series of Letters first published in the Craftf

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man, or Gray's-Inn Journal; with an Introduction to D-d Gk, Efq; 8vo. Is. Thrush.

The defign of republishing thefe important pieces of criticism, is, to prevent the mis tune of their finking into oblivion with a last year's News-paper If we believe the Author, all the praises that have hitherto been given to Mr G―――k, as an Actor, are so entirely, without foundation, that he never did, nor never could, fpeak ten ⚫ fuccellive lines of Shakespear with grammatical propriety. This is an affertion fo contrary to the opinion of many better Critics than this Author fhews himfelf to be, and in reality fo oppofite to truth, that it is alone fufficient to invalidate all his reafonings upon the fubject.

Art. 9. Some Reflections on the Management of a Theatre. 8vo. 6 d. Cooke.

Refentment, we fuppofe, has begotten this litterary Brat, on the fruitful brain of fome difappointed Adventurer in dramatic Writing. It is ufual for thefe unfortunate fons of the Muses, to raise a furious outcry again.t the Manager by whom their pieces have been rejected; and they comiantly attack him with the fame weapons. If he does not approve the writings, they directly arraign his judgment, or his moral He is ignorant, or taftelefs, or felfish, or, in thort, any thing but what he ought to be Certain it is, however, that there are thote who give a certain Gentleman here reflected upon, a very different character.

Art. 10. An unfortunate Mother's Advice to her abfent Daughter; in a Letter to Mifs Pennington, 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Briftow. Whether this be a real or fictitious Fpiftle, we cannot take upon us to determine, nor, indeed, do we think that of any importance to the public. Be it fufficient to inform our Readers, that it is written in a file by no means def, icable. and contains fo much wholesome advice, that it may iafely be recommended to the perufal of any young Lady; particularly that part of it which directs Miis Pennington in her choice of a Hu..and.

Art. 11. The Adventures of Sylvia Hughes. Written by herself. 12mo. 3s. Williams.

So long as our British Ladies continue to encourage our hackney Scriblers, by reading every Romance that appears, we need not wonder that the Preis thould fwarm with fuch poor infignificant productions. We, however, who are under a neceffity of reading every thing that is printed, confeis our obligations to Mifs Sylvia, for having made her toy fhort.

Art. 12. The Works of the celebrated Mrs. Centlivre. In three Volumes. Containing, the Perjured Husband, Beaux's Duel, Gamefter, Baffet Table, Love at a Venture, Love's Contrivance, Bufy Body, Marplot in Lisbon, Platonic Lady, Perplexed Lovers, Cruel Gift; Wonder, a Woman keeps a Secret; Man's

bewitched

bewitched, Gotham Election, Wife well managed, Bickerfaff's Burying, Bold Stroke for a Wife, Artifice, Stolen Heirefs. With a new Account of her Life. 12mo. 9s. in boards, or 10s. bound. Knapton, &c.

The truly ingenious Mrs. Centlivre's works having never before been collected into one fet, the prefent edition is therefore entitled to a place in our Catalogue. The Life of the Author prefixed, is faid to come from the pen of a Lady, to whom Mrs. Centlivre was perfonally known: however, fhe has been able to give us few, if any, particulars concerning her, which are not to be found in Cibber's Lives of the Poets. Perhaps the distance of near forty years may have impaired the Lady's memory, with refpect to the perfonal hiftory of her old acquaintance; for we find that Mrs. Centlivre departed this life fo long ago as the year 1722.-As to the pieces contained in thefe volumes, they are fufficiently enumerated in the foregoing copy of the title-page; and the public have had no unfavourable specimens of them in thofe witty and entertaining Comedies, the Buty Body, and Bold Stroke for a Wife.

Art. 13. Polly Honeycombe; a dramatic Novel of one Alt, as it is acted at the Theatre-royal in Drury-lane. 8vo. 1s. Becket. Ridicules the fondness of our young Ladies for Novels and Romances. The piece is not ill written; and being well played, it met with a very good reception on the Stage.

Art. 14. The Life and Imaginations of Sally Paul. Izmo. 2s. fewed. Hooper.

A very filly, lying flory, cooked up from the few particulars, true or falfe, commonly related of one Sarah Paul, faid to have been committed to Bridewell, about half a year ago, for affuming the dress of a man, and the character of an husband. Vid. Review, vol. XXII. page 522.

Art. 15. Memoirs of the Life of a modern Saint. Containing bis Adventures in England, Scotland, and America. 8vo. 2s. Ranger.

A moft defpicable, catchpenny, fcandalous abufe of a Gentleman. whom it is lately become the fashion to vilify under the delicate name of Dr. Squintum: of whofe real character and hiftory, however, this fhameless Scribbler feems entirely ignorant.

Art. 16. Obfervations, good or bad, fupid or clever, ferious ar jocular, on Squire Foote's dramatic Entertainment, entitled, The Minor. By a Genius. 8vo. 4d. Wilkie.

All the humour of this lies in the title-page.

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Art. 17. A most compleat and circumfiantial Account of that unfortunate young Lady Mifs Bell, otherwife Sharp, who died at Marybone, on Saturday October 4. By Heartfree, Author of two Letters on the fame Subject in the Gazetteer. 8vo. I s. 6d. Williams.

Amounts to very little more than the news-paper account above referred to. The matter is yet by no means cleared up: and, perhaps, like the famous ftory of Canning and the Gipfeys, never will be.

POETICAL.

Art. 18. Ode to the Mufes. By Mr. Wodhull. 4to. IS. Payne and Cropley.

This Ode confifts of twenty-one ftanzas, of an unequal and arbitrary length, the metre and rhyme being alfo irregular, in the manner of thofe improperly called Pindaric. The Author affumes the character of an ardent Devotee to the Mufes; and his efforts, indeed, are confiderable, tho' his atchievements, upon the whole, are rather moderate. Nevertheless, if this be one of Mr. Wodhull's earlieft effays, there appears fufficient merit in it, to make us hope for happier approaches towards fublimity and perfection, in his future ones. The starting, defultory manner of an Ode, the Mufes most unruly horfe, as the Duke of Buckingham terms it, is, in the main, well preferved. He fets out with the customary fupplication to his virgin Deities; and then employs a great part of his fong in tracing the progreffion of their favours, from Homer and Pindar down to our time, and our island too: his laudable, or venial, partiality to which, prompts him to parallel many of the first Poets of antiquity, by those he deems equal among our own. Thus Milton is rather affociated with, than oppofed to, Homer and Virgil; Shakespear with Ariftophanes, Terence, and Sophocles; Pope with Juyenal; and Thomfon with Theocritus. Fired, as it were, with the recital of fo many poetical Worthies, our Bard foars to the temple of the Mufes; and thence catching the mimic founds, as he fays, of their various strains, he gives one itanza to the defcription of War and Victory; the next to the generous compaffion of an heroic Conqueror; a third to a delineation of the Beauties of Nature; a fourth to a Sea-Profpect, with a picture of the Naiads, who are introduced as hymning the birth of Venus from the Ocean, and her power of infpiring love, of which they become fufceptible while they fing it. From hence, at midnight, he finds himself alarmed by a Paffing bell, and inclosed within a folitary old church, with all its vifionary horrors at that gloomy period.

Here is no want, it must be confeffed, of variety of poctical matter, and abundant excurfion; which fome have imagined effential to this fpecies of poetry. We find, however, that Horace wrote fome excellent Odes with very little; tho' in others he has foared and expanded with great force and art, and a kind of concealed connection. Upon the whole, a Reader of Pindar may be apt to imagine our

Bard