May-Day; or, The Lyttle Gypfy: A mufical farce of one act. To which is added, The theatrical Candidates ; a mufical prelude As performed at Drury-Lane theatre. s. Becket. fpect to that great poet, he well deferves the Obfervations on the Night-Thoughts of Dr Young with occafional remarks on the beauties of poetical compofition. By Courtney Melmoth. 3 s. 6 d. boards. Richardfon and Urquhart. 165. Griffin.The transition executed in that ftyle of mediocrity which deferves not, in any confiderable degree, either the approbation or cenfure of criticifm. C. A trip to Calais, a medley maritime sketch. Being the poetical, profa:cal production of Timothy Timbertoe, Efq; Dedicated to a Duchefs. 15. 6d. Bew-An expedition, completed in a fortnight, from Blackfriars bridge to Calais, and back to Blackfriars bridge. The entertainment they met with at Margate, Dover, Dunkirk, St Omer, and Calais, are merrily related in a kind of water-wit ftyle. The narrative is interrupted by feveral convivial fongs, fung by these fro Jickfome blades, at their fuppers, &c. which feem to have been written on purpose to enliven the voyage. M. Mrs Lennox. Lane theatre. Plays and Poetry. Old City-Manners; a comedy. Altered from the original Eastward Hoe, written by Ben Johnson, Chapman, and Marton. By As it is performed at DruryI S. Becket. Bon Ton; or, High life above stairs; a comedy in two acts. As it is performed at Drury-Laue theatre. 1 5. Becket. The Man's the Mafter; a comedy in five acts. As now performed at Covent Garden theatre. Written by Sir William Davenant. I S. Evans. A mifcellany of poems. By the Rev. Joseph Wife, rector of Penhurst, Suffex. fewed. Dilly. The fall of Mexico, a poem. Jerningham. 2s. 6d. Robjon. 3 5. By M The story of Aneas and Dido burlesqued From the fourth book of the Æneid of Vir gil I s. 6 d Knox. Τι The Bard. A Pindaric poem, by M Gray. Translated into Latin verfe. which is prefixed a dedication to the Geniu of Ancient Britain. 4to. Is Wallis.. Notwithstanding fome imperfections, there i great merit in this tranflation. C. The Latin odes of Mr Gray, in Englis verfe, with an ode on the death of a favou rite spaniel. I S. Ridley Poetical effays on feveral occafions. B the Rev. William Cooke, A. M. ss. fewed Smith.- -Thefe compofitions in general ar in a moral, congratulatory, or elegiac ftrain abounding with fentiments that cherish th love of virtue, and flowing in agreeable ver fification. C. On illicit love. Written among the ruin of Godstow nunnery. By John Brand, A. E 1 s. 6 d. Wilkie. The spot where thi poem is faid to have been written is the bu rial-place of the famous Rofamond, miftret of Henry H. whofe hiftory has afforded fub ject for various productions both of the a morous and elegiac kind, but never any i which the criminality of an unlawful paffio is more forcibly expofed, or chaftity recom mended in a warmer ftrain of poetry, tha what now lies before us. The author appear to be inspired with all the enthufiaftic ardou which the fcenes of memorable tranfaction are apt to excite in the imagination. The fentiments are glowing and juft, the imagery is animated, and the poem is in general beau tiful, pathetic, and moral. C. 15 Elegiac verfes to a young lady on the dead of her brother. By M. M. Robinfon. Johnjon Not void of merit. C. Duelling a poem. : By Samuel Hayes M. A. rs. Deafley This poem obtained Mr Seaton's reward for the year 1775 in the univerfity of Cambridge, and poffeffes rea merit. C. An heroic epistle to the Rt Hon. the Lord Craven. 1 S. Wheble -A fatirical reproo to bis Lordflip, faid to be written on his delivering the following fentence at a late county-meeting: "I will have it known there is refpect due to a Lord." C. The Lufiad; or, The difcovery of india. Songs duets, trios, in the Duenna, or An epic poem. Tranflated from the origiDouble Elopement. As performed in Co-ginal Portuguese of Luis de Camoëns. By ent-Garden theatre. 6d. Wilkie. William - William Julius Mickle. 4to. 1]. 1s. fewẹ wed. Cadell Now when this work is completed [xxxiii. 545.], it appears with a degree of elegance and correctnefs which can hardly receive improvement in a subsequent edition. For the fidelity of the verfion, we rely with entire confidence on the ingenuity of the tranflator; and in respect to the epic fpirit and dignity with which it is executed, we are fatisfied from our own examination. The Lufiad may henceforth be read in Englith, perhaps, with as much delight, as in the original composition of Camoëns. C. Infancy. A poem. Book 3. By Hugh Downman, M. D. 15. Kearsley. Our ingenious didactic poet, having in the two foregoing books [xxxvii. 149.] pointed out the proper management of a child at the breaft, proceeds to fhew how he ought to be treated, when he comes to be near two years old, and to require more fubftantial Dourifhment. At this period he warmly and pathetically exhorts the parent to confult nature, and the unvitiated appetite. He then proceeds to recommend that plain and fimple diet which is fit for children; as, milk, broths, fresh animal food, with vegetables, bread and water, fruits; and the like. The author, as he advances, enlivens his precepts with a proper degree of poetical embelli ment. C. EDINBURGH. Annals of Scotland. From the acceffion of Malcolm III. furnamed Canmore, to the acceffion of Robert I. By Sir David Dalrymple. [Lord Hailes.] 15 s. boards. Murray, London. The Hiftorical Memorials, formerly published by this refpectable writer [ 594], contained the cleareft evidence of his difcernment, and great erudition, as an antiquary; and thefe eminent qualifica tions receive additional confirmation from the elaborate researches now before us. C. -To the indefatigable industry and curiofity of an antiquarian, to whom no object ap pears trifling if it ferves to elucidate his fubject, our author has joined the learning and kill of an able lawyer to found judgement and taste, and the candour of a liberal mind, he has added the masterly execution of a man of genius, much verfant in the art of writing E. Huberti Langueti, Galli, Epiftola ad Philippum Sydneium, Equitem Anglum. Accurante D. Dalrymple, de Hailes, Eq. 8vo. J. Marray, Lond -Thefe letters have been exceedingly admired, and are still valuable, both for the matter they contain, and the ftyle in which they are written. They preferve many political and hiftorical details concerning the times to which they refer; they breathe an uncommon liberality of fentinent; and are expreffed with fire, and with spirit.—In acting as the editor of this work, Lord Hailes has bestowed a moft commendable attention. It is elegant in its form, and correct in its execution. He has alfo given it the advantage of many hiftorical notices, expreffed in a strain of pure Latinity, concerning perfons who are fimply mentioned by the author; and in thefe he has difcovered his ufual accuracy of refearch, and that lettered labour, which frivolous purfuits, and the fpirit of a weak and prefumptous philofophy, have nearly banished from our nation. E. Sermons on religious and practical subjects, by John Hume, Minister of Greenlaw. 55. Neill & Co. -The object of these fermons is, to explain and recommend genuine piety, and to how its connection with, and influence upon all the other duties of the Chriftian life. By the juftnefs of the fentiments which they contain, and the plainnefs and perfpicuity of the language in which they are offered to the public, they feem well calculated to promote the important end the author has in view E. The fcripture doctrine of miracles difplayed: in which their nature, their different kinds, their poflibility, their ends, inftru. ments, authority, criterion, and continuation, are impartially examined and explained, according to the light of revelation, and the principles of found reafon. By G. H. vols. P. Cochlan, London; Drummond, Edinburgh. Our church is here boldly challenged to the field by no contemptible adverfaty With respect to the general execution of this work, it must be allowed, that the plan is happily conducted, the topics judicioufly and artfully difpofed, and the reafoning, though not invincible, yet fpecious and dangerous. Truth is fo artfully mixed with falfehood, and fophistry with ar gument, that it requires no imali degree of vigilance and perfpicacity to difintangle the one from the other. Hence it is, that we apprehend fo much danger to Protestants who are not properly qualified to give a reafon for the faith that is in them. The ftyle is expreflive and clear, yet not uniformly pure, nor entirely free from foleciims. E. The XLV. chapter of the prophecies of Thomas the Rhymer, in verfe: with notes and illustrations. Dedicated to Dr Silver fpoon, Preacher of Sedition in America. 6d. Dodley, Becket, &c. London; Elliot, Edin burgh To the heads of the popular clergy in the Scottish church, thefe Trophecies impute opinions and defigns of a moft pernicious and dangerous tendency; and they every where point very strongly against particular clergymen: we muft, however, confider them as indicating a spirit of wantonnefs and cruelty. But while we bestow this cenfure on the author, it would be improper F 2 not not to remark his merit. In the plan of his poem, there are a fancy, and an invention, which are poetical and ingenious; and, in his execution, there are a fpirit, and a power of expreffion, which do juftice to his ideas. E. Commentaries upon Boerhaave's Aphorifms concerning the knowledge and cure of dlifeafes. By Baron Van Swieten. Tranflafed from the Latin. Dedicated to Dr Cul. Jen In 18 vols ramo The first 4 vols now published. 2s. 6d. each tewed. Murray. London; Elliot, Edinburgb The univerfal fhort hand: by which any perfon, from a few weeks practice, may be come able to keep pace with any public fpeaker, and carry off, verbatim, whatever inay be delivered. 6 s. Elliot. minations, and a great number of fervants, labourers, and flaves, the latter of whom are indeed chiefly to be met with in the fouthern provinces, where the ftaples of tobacco, rice, and indigo, make the most valuable part of their exports "-For the conclufions we refer to the pamphlet; inferting the last paragraph, viz. "It will probably be asked, If America is always to be kept in fubordination to G. Britain? Perhaps not. But, if wife and proper meafures are purfued, the period of her becoming an independent ftate muft ftill be far diftant. It cannot happen till her ftrength and power are so much increafed as to enable her to maintain and carry on a foreign trade in fpite of the mother-country Confiderations on the late act for prohibiting all commercial intercourfe with the rebellious colonies; or, The weakness of America expofed 6 d Elliot. This author thinks, that the refraining act, if properly carried into execution, muft, of itself, bring the colonists to a due fubmiflion, withOnt the aid of other military operations. In confidering the fubject, he first lays down certain propofitions, and afterwards draws conclufions. The propofi ions are these. 1 That before the commencement of the prefent difputes, the colonies now in rebellion, befides keeping a fufficiency for home confumption, exported yearly, from the produce of their lands, woods, and fifleries, to the amount of more than L 3,500,000 Sterling 2 That the profit arifing from this exportation was the only fund (the money remitted from G. Britain, for the payment of troops, and the maintenance of garrifons, excepted), out of which they were enabled to defray the expence of their internal go. vernment, and to purchase many commodi. ties and articles of luxury, which they either did not, or could not raife at home, fuch as wine, rum, fugar, tea, coffee, chocolate, fpiceries, cambrics, muflin, filks, and other articles of drefs, drugs of various forts, &c. c. 3. That a very confide able part of the inhabitants of thefe colonies, particularly fuch of them as lie to the north of Virginia and Maryland, do not gain their fubfiftence Or wealth immediately by agriculture; fuch as men of large eftates, who let their lands to tenants; lawyers, phyficians, furgeons, clergymen, and teachers of fchools and col. leges, who fubfift by the fees or stipends they receive from their clients, patients, hearers, bad pupils; merchants, who aquire wealth py importing foreign commodiues, and exporting the product of their own country; fhopkeepers who fell in retail; the owners of veffels employed in trade, or in the fisheries, and the failors who navigate thefe veffels; manufacturers of different articles of cloathing; arufans and mechanics of various deno An effay on Nothing. Dedicated to Obli. vion. 2 s. Murray, London; Elliot, Edinburgh. -Sceptical. The rights of G. Britain afferted against the claims of America [16.]. Edit. 6. with ad1 5. Elliot. ditions. A letter from an officer retired, to his fon in parliament [6.]. A new edition. Elliot. New Editions by A. Donaldson. M. Saxe's Reveries; or, Memoirs concerning 75. the art of War. Montefquieu's Perfian letters. 3 s. Ditto on the rife and fall of the Roman empire. 2s. 6d. Rochefaucault's Maxims and Moral RCflections. I s. 2 d. The SHORTEST DAY. A Poem Or Ure as our earth around the fun, From his imperial throne; in Reafon's ravish'd eye; Foretell the Winter's gloom : So fure the gloom of death shall come, Ode Ode for the Queen's Birth-day. His day we hail, as that which gave -Princes and Kings are born to fave, Nor all the hopes that wait the natal hour, When the dark cloud that now obscures her way, Shall break before old FREEDOM's light, Like dawning beams which chase the night, And give the Summer-morn, in all her great fublime ? Tis May that own's our Charlotte's name, Tho' Janus seize her rightful claim: Fir'd with the thought the poet views, When happier hours thall yield a subject for his Mufe: He views, with eye prophetic, many a day, When the brave Heroes of the Western Land, Shall clafp their BROTHERS of the British Strand; And own that all their rights reftor'd (More than by murd'rous fire and fword) Their fair revival owe to Charlotte's forming hand. Kneel, fweet Sovereign, kneel, and try The heaving breaft, the streaming eye, And all the pleading powers which grace Old ENGLAND's fav'rite Queen: So thall the beauties of thy face, Through all thy virtues feen, Save a wild empire from despair; Fix on a rock our hopes, and give the winds our care. M. LINES addressed to a Young Lady, on her reading Young's Night-Thoughts. While others tread the vain inglorious round, Where peace and calm content are never Where empty diffipation cheats the eyes, The faint, the hero, and the friend conspire And bids the flavish fears of death depart! Let the vain fop admire the vainer belle, But themes like YOUNG's fhall never know decay, Tho' mountain's melt, and temples fink away; Poor Penury-'twas thine alone While ftarving through the day alone, But then (and gracious Heav'n be prais'd) The deep-funk eye of Mis'ry rais'd, While Hunger fmil'd content. Her long continued fway; When "cloud-capt tow'rs" fhall fink in duft, M. RO ROBERT and MARGARET. Was in the folemn hour of night, And is it thus, he sternly cry'd, My fervice is repaid? Both close in death their eyes? Too well thou know'ft, base, perjur'd fair, My brother's all the madness was, As deep as dreadful were thy plans— The childrens lofs-the hufband gone → Death will advance with hafty ftrides: Some other day, not diftant far, Repent in time-thy life reform, So fhall our ghofts with pleasure own, For when life's lengthen'd to its longest span, Can I forget how oft my Quart Joe wonder'd what the matter was.—— Of Stafford's fable hue been dy'd, Humorous Description of a MODERN By the Author of the New Bath Guide. A An ODE, written by an Under-Graduate of Lincoln's college, Oxford, on the breaking of a China Quart-Mug belonging to the buttery of that fociety. Amphora non meruit tam pretiofa mori.— W Hene'er the cruel hand of death Untimely flops a fav'rite's breath, Mufes in plaintive numbers tell How lov'd he liv'd-how mourn'd he fell Thrice tuneful Bards! could I but chime fo clever, My Quart, my honest Quart, should live for ever. How weak is all a mortal's pow'r (Which was once a cravat). Part gracefully platted and pinn'd is ; Part ftuck upon gauze, Refembles mackaws, And all the fine birds of the Indies. But above all the rest, A bold Amazon's creft, Waves nodding from shoulder to shoulder; At once to furprise, And to ravish'all eyes; To frighten and charm the beholder. And wig all together, With wonder and joy would delight ye; Like the picture I've seen, Of the beautiful, bleft Otaheite. Yet Mifs at the rooms, And roaft all the Loves and the Graces, |