tain, than about the brown verdure of the East. She knows the public influence of her sex in her own island, infinitely better than the secrets and seclusion of the Oriental haram. Nevertheless, her labours are pleasing; and these are faults to be pardoned in a poetess. As we lately reported to our readers a Poem on the subject of Jepthah, the production of a manly mind, we shall select our specimen from this lady's poem on the same subject. It is somewhat curi « Why thus, my Sire!"-the lovely victim cries, replies, sound Then pause his quivering lips; a murm'ring ous to observe the different tracks taken by the writers. Mr. Smedley treated" My Child! my only hope!"-the Chief the hero and the father at large: Mrs. Rolls brings the daughter full on the sight: one expatiates on the patriot: the affections of the sex impart softer graces, with increasing interest to his daughter, under the tender pencil of the Both of them write for English readers: Mrs. R's lover is rather British than Arabian: his character includes learning and bravery. other. Zared, that lover, accompanies Jepthah; watches over him in battle, and attends his triumph -a triumph too soon concluded in woe, both to commander and soldier. Bright shone the Sun 'mid Evening's golden skies, When beauteous Orma bade her maids arise, Gay fragrant wreaths of blooming flowers, to twine, And Warrior's laurel, with their sweetness woes, As his rash vow, his deep breath'd words disclose. "Whatever pangs this wretched heart may wring, "Shall I be perjur'd to Heaven's awful King? "Prompted by rage, I breath'd an impious A spotless Victim, to thy Father's crime? "That race, I thought to raise, with thee must die!" Now gushing tears, his farther speech deny. Ah! say what pass'd through beauteous Orma's breast As thus her Father his rash Vow confest! Rival the whiteness of her snowy veil; Scarcely with life her beauteous bosom heaves: Swift, through her mind, each thought con fus'dly flies, Whilst, in her heart, Love's cherish'd Vision dies: Her father's anguish now awakes her care, Her's the dear task to rouse him from despair; As thus she spake, pure filial love alone, Beam'd in her eye, and melted in her tone. "Whate'er thy vow, behold thy duteous child, "To its full purpose firmly reconcil'd! As thus she spake, young Zared's frantic hand, Half from its sheath had drawn his glitt'ring brand; Before the Chief his guardian arm is rais'd, As thrill'd with horror, on his face, he gaz'd The hapless Lover, pitying Jephtha view'd, And all his sorrows that sad glance renew'd : "Fear not," he cried, "this Vow shall reach her life, • Dread not the cruel Sacrificer's knife! Israel's just God no human off'ring claims, No blood of Children, feeds his Altar's flames; "I hop'd, amidst a blooming race, to stand, "The future heroes of this rescued land; "Now, lonely to the grave I must descend, "And, with my daughter, all my memory end; «For her, must ne'er be sung the bridal lay, "For her, must never smile the nuptial day; "Sacred to prayer, and solemn rites alone, "The guiltless for the guilty must atone. "Lord! now I see thy mighty chastening power, “And yield submissive in thy awful hour; "Had this proud heart bow'd low before thy throne, "Nor sought to raise above thy will, my own, "I might have liv'd to see a blooming band, "My children's children, round thy Altar stand!" Say ye, whose hearts have own'd Love's mighty power, What were her feelings in that mournful hour, Which saw at once her rising hopes de stroy'd, Her future life decreed a joyless, void? To soothe her father's loue repentant age: She stops!-'tis vain !-to speak, her tongue denies, And tears of softness tremble in her eyes: She caught one hand of each, first fondly prest, Mrs. R. in her notes apologizes for not having sacrificed Jepthah's daughter: her conduct requires no apology; she certainly has better understood the history than those who doom that patriotic virgin to the sacrifical knife. A New and Practical Course of Bookkeeping; by P. Thoreau, Accomptant. Price 93. Law and Whitaker, London. 1815. The importance of keeping correct accounts cannot possibly be over estimated. They are necessary in every branch of concerns; not merely to the merchant, or the tradesman, but to the professional man, and the gentleman: every attempt, therefore, to diminish that labour which some dread from mere fancy, and others find, principally from indolence, is laudable. M. Thoreau seems to have studied brevity; and he hopes that he has obtained it, without diminishing perspicuity. We can do no more than announce his labours, as our own Journal does not allow us leisure to examine his with that accuracy which we incline to think it deserves. We recommend this concise address to master manufacturers, at large: for, although we do not coincide in every remark of the writer to its full extent, yet we know that enough is true, to warrant his general conclusions. He thinks the wonderful spread of manufactures during a few years has had injurious effects on the morals and character of our population he complains, very justly, of the management adopted in most of our ma Then join'd and clasp'd them to her throb-nufactories, and especially of the early bing breast; Wrapp'd close her veil, as from their arms she flew, And bade to early love a last adieu, age at which children are employed, and the many hours they are kept to their labour. The principal topics have come under our report already, at different Messrs. Highley and Son will publish in a few days, a Chemical Table, by Mr. Crowe, Surgeon in the Royal Navy, exhibiting an elementary view of Chemistry, intended for the use of students and young practitioners experienced persons, being very convenient for hanging in public and private libraries. Dr. Henry is printing a new edition of his Elements of Chemistry, with very considerable additions and improvements. EDUCATION. Poetry has ever been valued as a powerful mode of fixing events on the memory. Our earliest chronicles are in verse; and sacred poetry itself is sup-in physic, also to revive the memory of more posed to have bad in view that retention, or recollection, of the incidents treated by it, which the cadence of verse was well calculated to produce. An Epitome of English History in verse, with judicious explanations and references by the teacher, cannot but contribute The Rev. H. Batten will soon publish, a to that knowledge of the principal events, Report of a series of experiments in Eduof which no native should be destitute.cation; shewing that children will learn as This history was "intended to be learn- much in one year by the interrogative system, as in four years by the ordinary meed," to be committed to memory; we thods. suppose, also, to be repeated. If we may guess by the copy sent us, the writer was also in the habit of varying the copies slightly, of correcting, and adding. It forms a respectable school exercise; and may afford valuable hints to principals of seminaries, who often wish for a variety of lessons, not having the air of a task. LITERARY REGISTER. Authors, Editors, and Publishers, are particularly requested to forward to the Literary Panorama Office, post puid, the titles, prices, and other particulars of works in hand, or published, for insertion in this department of the work. WORKS ANNOUNCED FOR PUBLICATION. AGRICULTURE. Mr. Pontey, author of the Forest Pruner's Assistaut, is preparing a work on the Theory Mrs. Bryan has in the press, a compendious Astronomical and Geographical Class Book, for the use of families and young persons. FINE ARTS. Mr. Pyne is preparing for the press, Annals of the Royal Residences of WindsorCastle, Hampton-Court, Kew, Kensington, Buckingham-House, St. James's, Frogmore, and Carlton-House, to be embellished by one hundred coloured engravings, fac similies of drawings by the first artists, representing the apartments, with their painted ceilings, pictures, and splendid furniture.This publication will display, by graphic means, the internal splendor of our palaces and royal residences, as the drawings will present accurate views of all the principalapartments, affording a complete idea of the extent and beauty of these places. The letter-press will comprise the architectural history of each building, and a description of the pictures, statues, furniture, and other decorations, with a notice of each valuable work of art, its author, and biographical An Introduction to Prudence; or, Directions, Counsels, and Cautions tending to Prudent Management of Affairs in common life, by Thomas Fuller, M.D. will be published early in October. The Present of a Mistress to a Young Servant, consisting of friendly advice, and real histories, by Mrs. Taylor, of Ongar, author of Maternal Solitude, and Practical Hints to Young Females, will be published October. accoauts of the illustrious or remarkable JURISPRUDENCE. Mr. Chitty will soon publish, in three royal octavo volumes, a Comprehensive Treatise on the Practice of the Criminal Law. MEDICINE AND CHIRURGERY. Mr. J. B. Sharpe, member of the College of Surgeons, is printing the Report of the Committee of the House of Commons on Madhouses; and for the greater convenience of the reader, has arranged each subject of evidence under distinct heads. Mr. Carpue's work on the Nasal Operation, will be published in a few days. Mr. J. H. Wishart, surgeon in Edinburgh, has in the press, a Treatise on Cataract, in 3vo. Mr. John Faithhorn, will soon publish a second edition, considerably enlarged, of Facts and Observations on Liver Complaints and Bilious Disorders in general. Mr. James Wardrop, will soon produce another volume of Essays on the Morbid Anatomy of the Eye, with numerous coloured engravings. Mr. S. Rootsey, has in the press, a Bristol Dispensatory, intended to establish the nomenclature of pharmacy on a permanent basis, and to explain the advantsges of a new method of expressing the composition of medicines. MISCELLANIES. Mr. J. Coxe has in the press, a Picture of Italy, including a complete guide to all the curiosities and antiquities of that country, illustrated by maps and other engravings. Mr. John Dunlop has a new edition nearly ready of the History of Fiction, in three small 8vo. volumes. Professor Jameson will soon publish a second edition of his System of Mineralogy, in three volumes. John Connell, Esq. procurator of the Church of Scotland, will soon publish, in three 8vo. volumes, a Treatise on the Law of Scotland, with respect to tithes and the stipends of the Parochial Clergy. A Systein of Mechanical Philosophy, by the late Dr. John Robinson, with notes and illustrations, comprising the most recent discoveries in the physical sciences, is preparing for publication by Dr. David Brewster, in four &vo. volumes with plates, Mr. John Mackenzie is preparing for publication, Leisure Hours, or Speculations on various subjects. The fourth volume of the Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland will soon appear. Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolks, being a series of letters from the Continent, will soon appear in an 8vo. volume. The collected works of the Rev. Francis Wrangham, consisting of Sermons, Dissertations, Essays, and Poems, are in the press. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. A new edition of Dr. Well's Essay on Dew, is in the press, and will shortly appear. Mr. Donavan is printing his Essay on the Origin, Progress, and present State of Galvanism, which gained the prize of the Royal Irish Academy. NOVELS AND ROMANCES. Mr. Rippon Porter will speedily publish Love, Rashness, and Revenge; or, Tales of Three Passions, in two volumes, 12mo. The Antiquary, a novel, in three volumes, by the author of Waverley, will soon ap pear. ORIENTAL LITERATURE. In a few weeks will be published, Part I. containing six plates of the ancient and modern Monuments of Hindostan, by M Langles, professor of the Oriental Languages in the Royal Institute of France, and principal Librarian of the Manuscript Departments of the Royal Library, &c. &c. -This work, which is one of the most magnificent that ever issued from the press, will form three grand volumes in folio, which will be published in 25 monthly parts, each contaiming six engravings from drawings made on the spot, executed in the most exquisite To whom then could the literary department of one of the most magnificent works that ever issued from the press on the subject of India, be confided so appropriately as to M. Langles, whose labour in Persta in the new edition of Chardin's Travels, will give the reader a foretaste of what he may expect from the author in the present work, in the description of the monuments and curious research as to their history, and the period of their structure, accompanied by an historical and geographical account of ancient and modern India, not interspersed with the description in detached fraginents, but presenting a whole perfect in itself, and at the same time necessary to illustrate the part descriptive of the plates. manner, and with the most scrupulous re- | Emperor Akber, by command of his master. gard to architectural accuracy by the first artists of France. The letter-press, containing a description of the plates and the history of the works of Art, together with a historical and geographical Essay on Hindostan, will average upwards of six sheets each part; and will be accompanied by a beautifully engraved map, on two sheets of colombier. The work will be published in folio of two sizes. The letter press and plates of both editions, will be printed on French drawing paper, of which only 250 copies for the English, and 250 copies for the French edition will be taken, both executed with the same scrupulous care, under the eye of M. Langles, who is already well known to the world as the author and translator of various works on Oriental Literature, to which he has consecrated the last twenty years, and so highly did Bonaparte appreciate the science and skill of M. Langlès, that on his memorable expedition to Egypt; M. Langles having declined the offer of going with him, he applied to the directory to compel M. Langles to resign the of fice of Librarian, and accompany the expedition, and failing in this effort also, Bonaparte would never forgive, or be reconciled to him; aud while he regularly in his general patronage of merit, bestowed deserved honours on the pupils of M. Langles: he never gave him even the decoration of the Legion of Honor, and absolutely struck out his name from the list of persons proper to bestow it upon presented to him at his creation with his own hand; so highly did he resent the refusal of the first Orientalist in PHILOLOGY. In a few days will be published, an Inquiry into the Integrity of the Greek Vulgate, or received Text of the New Testa ment; in which the Greek manuscripts are newly classed, the integrity of the authorised text vindicated, and the various readings traced to their origin. By the Rev. Frede rick Nolan, a Presbyter of the United Church. 8vo. 16s. boards. The Rev. E. V. Bloomfield, of Emanuel College, Cambridge, is preparing a Greek and English Lexicon, under the patronage of the University. POETRY. The Beauties of Dr. Young's Night Thoughts, printed in a clear type, will be published in the course of the present month Mr. Cobbold, of Ipswich, will soon pub Europe to accompany him on his grand de-lish an Ode on the Victory of Waterloo. sign against our Indian empire. The official situation of M. Langles presents him with facilities for the execution of a work of this nature, which few, perhaps none, could possess. The Royal Library of France contains the most extensive and rare collection of Oriental learning at present in existence, and from well-known political motives, the late government spared no pains or expence to add to its riches. To this immense stock of materials in the Royal Library may be added, M. Langle's private collection, which contains every work on India that has been published in Asia or in Europe, amongst which is the Original Persian manuscript of the Ayeen Akbery, of which it is believed there is not a perfect copy in existence. It contains the most complete and minute description of India that can be imagined, accompanied by an immense number of statistical and other tables, &c. Some idea of the value of the whole may be formed from the Abridgement published by Mr. Gladwin. The original was executed by Abaul Fazel, first vizir to the Mr. Edmund L. Swift, barrister at law, has in the press Waterloo, and other .POLITICAL ECONOMY. poems. At press, in one volume 8vo. Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to enquire into the state of Mendicity and Vagrancy in the Metropolis and its Neighbour hood. Ordered to be printed July 11th, 1815. THEOLOGY. Mr. Frere is preparing for publication, Observations on the Pouring out of the fifth Apocalyptic Vial of Wrath upon the Kingdom of France, together with a reply to Mr. Faber's late pamphlet. A new edition of the much esteemed Sermons of Martin Luther, accompanied by a full length portrait of that great reformer, from the large German print, is in forwardness, and may be expected in the course of the month-one volume 8vo. The Rev. Robert Morehead, will soon publish another volume of Discourses on the Principles of Religious Belief. |