many fenfible and important obfervations on the fubject of religious liberty. Art. 22. Letters on the Subject of Subfcription to the Liturgy, &c. First printed in the Whitehall Evening Poft, under the Signature. of Paulinus; now reprinted, with Notes and Additions. 8vo. Thefe Letters conftitute one of the most masterly productions the public hath yet feen in fupport of the petitioning Clergy. The Author is completely acquainted with the fubject, and he has accordingly treated it with diftinguished accuracy and judgment. Our Readers will here meet with a full view of the scheme of the Petitioners, and fee how far it was intended and wifhed to be carried; from which it will appear that the clamours raised against it, as threatening danger to the Church, are groundlefs and imaginary. The addrefs of Paulinus to the Under-graduates of the univerfity of Cambridge deferves particular attention, and, were it duly confidered, could not fail of contributing towards procuring relief with regard to the Subfcriptions required at the matriculation of Students. at Oxford, and at the taking of the firft Degree in Cambridge. Such relief will, we doubt not, in a little time be obtained. Art. 23. Confiderations on the projected Reformation of the Church of England. In a Letter to Lord North. By a Clergyman. 4to. 1 s. Robinfon. Eafe and elegance of ftyle, a happy talent at imagery and allufion, together with a confiderable portion of vivacity and wit, characte rize the prefent performance; but the arrogance with which the petitioning Clergy are treated, and the uncandid and unjust conftructions that are put upon their defign, merit a fevere reprehenfion. There is fomething in the whole turn of this letter which feems to indicate that the Author of it is one of thofe fortunate Clergymen who is either already fo well provided for, or, at leaft, is fo fure of being comfortably fettled, that he cannot but look with a fovereign contempt on any endeavours to alter a Church which he finds to be fo excellently constituted. Art. 24. The Reasonableness and Neceffity of Subfcription to explana tory Articles of Faith demonftrated: in two Letters; the one to the Author of the Confeffional; the other to the late Mr. Samuel Chandler, now re-published. By George Harveft, M. A. Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge. 8vo. 2s. 6d. Newbery. 1772. After having heard nothing of our old acquaintance, Mr. Harvest, For more than twenty years, we are glad to find that he is alive. When his letter to Dr. Chandler first appeared, we read it with attention; but were not convinced by it of the neceffity of fubfcription to explanatory articles of faith. Neither are we convinced of the reasonableness of fuch fubfcription, by the letter now added, and addreffed to the Author of the Confeffional. A t. 25. A Dialogue betweeen two Gentlemen, concerning the lase Application to Parliament, for Relief in the Matter of subfcription, &c. Evo. 6 d. Towers. This is the fat publication that has appeared in the fabfcription controverfy, but though laft, not leaft in merit. It is in favour of • the petitioners, and contains many pertinent obfervations. The Author has condescended to take fome notice of Mr. Madan, and Mr. Samuel Roe. NOVEL S. Art. 26. The Miftakes of the Heart: or, Memoirs of Lady Caroline Felham, and Lady Victoria Nevil. In a Series of Letters, published by M. Treyfac de Vergy, Counsellor in the Parliaments of Paris and Bourdeaux. Vol. IV. and latt. 12mo. fewed. Shatwell. 1771. 2s. 6d Our principal objections to this volume, are, 1, The difgufting famenefs of ityle in all the various letters fuppofed to be written by the feral characters employed in this imaginary correfpondence. zdlv, The affectation of a SUPERIOR air and tone of expreffion, which, instead of being a true refemblance of the happy freedom and eafe which always accompany trae politeness, often gives us a preposterous exhibition of high-life in backram. 3dly, The eternal, ridiculous thee-ing and thou-ing, in this polite epiftolary intercourfe; from whence a reader, wholly unacquainted with the prevailing manners of people in the higher ranks of life, might conclude that cur nobility and gentry were all tarned Quakers. If Monfieur de Vergy had ever been really acquainted with perfons of diftinction in this country, or had feen any of their letters, he could not have fo egregiously mistaken their flyle and manner. He has, perhaps, obferved the coffee-houfe converfation of fome of our bucks of quality, in the ufual familiarity of Harry and Charles,' and he has, from thence, concluded, that every man and woman of rank, and every well-bred perfon in the kingdom, observed no other forms of addrefs than thee and thou, and Rabert and Mary, and Richard and Jane †, The mistakes of the pen, however, may be pardoned in a foreigner, although we are quite wearied with their perpetual repetition,-and the frequent intances of broken English, into the bargain. Art. 27. The Storm; or, the Hiftory of Nancy and Lucy. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6s. bound. Noble. 1772. This production is in the narrative form; and there is a vivacity in it which renders it more interefting than the common run of novels. Ail of which have been punctually noticed in our Review, ex'cept the fermons of Dr. Hallifax; of which we have not yet been able to procure a copy. See Review, vol. 40, F. 511. We are not ignorant that this kind of the familiar, is by fome modif perfons, affected as the true bon ton; but De Vergy has ridden the poor hobby-horfe to death, and made up fuch a ridiculous mixture of the flippant and the fately, that one is at a lofs whether to Lugh at or be angry with him. Art. 28. The Hory of Lady Barton, in Letters. By Mrs. Art. 29. The Reclaimed Proffitute; or, The Adventures of Ame. * Another defpicable and fcandalous attempt to impofe on the public, by a wretched piece of patch-work, the fhameless plunder of fuperannuated and worthlefs novels. The adventures here trump'd up, and published as originals, are chiefly ttolen from an old foryBook, printed by Curl, above forty years ago, entitled Spanish+ Amujemen.s; a few alterations being made to difguife the impotture. Art. 30. The Feft of Filial Duty. In a Series of Letters between Mus Emilia Leonard, and Mifs Charlotte Arlington. 12mo. > Vuls. 6 s. bound. Carnan. 1772. The excellent lefons of morality, which this work inculcates, will not be able to fave it from oblivion. MATHEMATICA L. Art. 31. The nautical Almanack, and aftronomical Ephemeris, for the Year 1773. Published by Order of the Com.nifioners of Longitude. 3s 6 d. fewed. Nourfe. 1771. To this Ephemeris are added new tables of equal altitudes, more extenfive and complete than any extant, computed by Mr. William Wales, together with an account of their confiruction and ufe; alio a catalogue of the places of 387 fixed ilars, in right afcenfion, declination, longitude, and latitude, adapted to the Year 1770, with their magnitudes and annual variations tm right afcenfion and declination, calculated from the late Dr. Bradley s obfervations, by Mr. Charles Majon, formerly his affiftant; to which are likewife annexed, Memoranda, Thewing the extreme differences of the right afcenfions of ilars, fettled from different days obfervations. See the accounts of Love in a Nunnery, and the Oxonian, in our Iaft month's Catalogue; both of which have the fame publisher's name with the present article: from whence it may not unreasonably bé concluded, that they are all the workmanship of one and the fame respectable hand. We know not who this induftrious manufacturer is, but, after being fo fully detected, we hope he will have the grace to betake himself to fome honefter means of gaining a fubfidence. Written originally in Spanish:-if we may believe Carl's preface. M 3 POLITICAL POLITICAL. Art. 32. Confiderations on the Indignity fuffered by the Crown, and the Dishonour brought upon the Nation, by the Marriage of his Royal Highnefs the DUKE of CUMBERLAND with an ENGLISH Subject. By a King's Friend. 4to. I s. 6d. Almon. 1772. An artful production of A Duke of Cumberland's Friend,' covertly intended to divert the refentment of both king and people, occafioned by the Duke's indifcreet marriage, into fuch a channel, as may finally lofe itself in the full tide of popularity; and we fhould not wonder to fee the ftream (in time) take this courfe, notwithstanding the past irregularities in the conduct of his Royal Highness, by which he hath, for the present, fo justly forfeited the esteem of the public. Art. 33. Reafons against the intended Bill for laying fame Restraint upon the Liberty of the Prefs Wherein all the Arguments yet advanced by the Promoters of it, are unanswerably answered. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Wilkie. This pamphlet is written in a ftrein of continued irony, and is intended as a fatire against the friends of liberty. The freedom of the prefs inftead of being defended is attacked; and the Author is aukwardly pleasant, to make our patriots ashamed of having fupported our natural, inherent, and conftitutional rights. It difcovers but a very flender share of ability; and fenfible men and good citizens, if they happen to perufe it, will feel that degree of contempt, which it is proper they fhould feel, when the partizans of a court employ themselves in weak attempts to impofe on the understandings of the people, and to infinuate the detestable maxims of tyranny. MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 34. Something New. In two Volumes. Dilly, &c. 1772. 12mo. 6 s. A feries of original effays, obfervations, remarks, &c. by a man of parts and literature; written a little in the Shandy-way, and, probably, by the pen of the ingenious writer of Sterne's pofthumous works; of which fee our cenfure, Review, vol. xlii. p. 360. Art. 35. The Hiflory of the Life of Jonathan Britain, continued down to his prefent Confinement in Reading Jail. Written by himfelf. 8vo. 1 s. 6 d.. Printed for the Author, and fold by Rofon. Jonathan Britain appears, from his own account of his adventures, to have been as unprincipled a rogue as Jonathan Wild, though his villainies have been of a different ftamp from Wild's. His reprefentations, however, of the facts contained in his narrative, are not, in any degree, to be depended on; and it is more than probable that his ftory of the fire in Portsmouth dock-yard (the particulars of which he has fo often inferted in the news-papers), together with the plot to affaffinate his Majesty,-may be all fiction, devifed to anfwer his particular ends: yet it will feem very odd if his pretended treafon fhould operate in bar of every other title to the gallows. He is yet to be tried for feveral forgeries. LAW. LAW. Art. 36. Imprisonment for Debt confidered, with respect to the bad Policy, Inhumanity, and evil Tendency of that Practice. Tranflated from the Italian. 8vo. Is. Newberry. 1772. It is time, that the severity of the treatment of debtors fhould be remitted. Long cuftom, and an idle refpect for ancient times, fhould not give a fanction to injustice and oppreffion. The prefent advocate for the honeft bankrupt has proved very ably the cruelty and dangerous confequences of imprisonment for debt. But is there a man of common humanity and understanding in the dominions of Great Britain, or indeed in thofe of any other country, who is not ready to defend the fame pofitions? The members of our legislature fhould blush for their continuing to give authority to proceedings, which are found, fometimes, to fhock the feelings even of catchpoles and pettifogging attorneys! Art. 37. A Letter to Richard Whitworth, Efq; Member of Parliament for the Town of Stafford; on his publishing a Bill, proposed to be brought into parliament, for amending the Laws relating to Game, and pretended to be for the Eafe and Liberty of the People. 8vo. 1 S. Wilkie. 1772. We have here several valuable strictures on a bill for amending the laws relating to the game. The Author feems to be a friend to li berty and his country. MEDICAL. The Second Edi- Art. 38. Effays Medical and Experimental. tion, revifed, and confiderably enlarged. an Appendix. By Thomas Percival, M. D. F. R. S. 8vo. 6s. bound Johnfon. 1772. These valuable Effays, are, in this fecond edition, rendered fill more useful and complete by fome additional experiments, facts, and obfervations.-The Appendix contains our ingenious Author's effays on Water +, and on Inoculation ‡. There is a fhort article at the end of the Appendix, which we have not yet reviewed; and in which Dr. Percival judiciously recommends fome efficacious external remedies in the angina maligna or ulcerous fore throat. These are especially to be had recourse to in the cafes of children, where the administration of fuch internal remedies, as are ftrongly indicated, often becomes impracticable. DRAMATIC. Art. 39. The Fafboinable Lover; A Comedy: As it is acted at the Theatre in Drury-lane. Svo. I s. 6 d. Griffin. 1772. Having, in the Review for February 1771, given our opinion of the merit of this Writer, in our ample criticitin on his Wet Indian, a comedy, we fhall only remark, in few words, that his Fafhionable Lover has not ill fupported the reputation which he gained by his former piece. Perhaps there is lefs fpirit in this than in the laft winter's production; but it is more correct, more chale, and, .confequently, on the whole, a more moral performance; yet it is Monthly Review, vol. xxxviii. p. 21. + Do, vol. xl. p. 60. 1 Do. vol. xxxviii. p. 495. M 4 not |