with the Subftance of 46 Petitions prefented against the former Treaty, by the Manufacturing Interests of Great Britain, faithfully tranfcribed from the Journals of the Houfe of Commons. Likewife a Narrative of the Reception of the fame Treaty by the Public, and the final Decifion upon it in Parliament. 4to. IS.* Debrett. 1786.

The defign of this publication is to fhew the great fimilarity of Mr. Eden's commercial Treaty, with that of Utrecht, in the year 1713, which was ftrongly objected against by manufacturers and tradesmen of various defcriptions, under the apprehenfion of the bad effects it would have on the commerce and manufactures of the king. dom; and which was rejected by the House of Commons,

Mr. Eden's Treaty is, in fubftance, and generally in words, an exact copy of the former; the compiler of the present comparative performance, feems to think that there is the fame caufe for apprehenfion now that there was in 1713; and he wishes to have this plain queftion determined, vix. Why the very Treaty, which, in 17135 was, with one voice, fcouted through the kingdom, fhould, in 1786, be quietly acquiefced in, as a matter of national honour and advan tage ?'

Art. 13. A Collection of Letters on interefting Subjects; in which the Benefits of Whiggifm are pointed out, and the Origin of the Revolution is inveftigated; that the Public may know to whom they are indebted for this wonderful Change in our political Hemifphere. 12mo. IS. Bramwell. 1786.

King William, a Papift! the Pope, chief inftrument in bringing about the Revolution! The Whigs, a pack of knaves! &c. &c. is the language of this anonymous politician.

What generous mind can refufe to rejoice when truth emergeth from obfcurity, when facts which have been fo long the theme for eulogiums are ftripped of their varnish, and appear in the odious and deteftable light which they deserve?' Preface, p. iv.

What pity that we are left ignorant of the fagacious discoverer, who thus brings forth the truth, and proclaims these great tidings! especially as we are not favoured with references to any other authority for the paradoxical facts here advanced, befide the mere ipfe dixit of Mr. Anybody, or Mr. Nobody.

GEOGRAPHY, &c.

Art. 14. Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles round London. On a Scale of one Inch to a Mile. Wherein the Roads, Rivers, Woods, and Commons, as well as every Market Town, Village, &c. are diftinguished; and every Seat fhewn, with the Name of the Poffeffor. Preceded by a General Map of the Whole. To which is added, an Index of all the Names contained in the Plates. 8vo. 8s. fewed.

Art. 15. Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Ten Miles round Hampton Court and Richmond. On a Scale of One Inch to a Mile. Wherein, &c. 8vo. 35. fewed. Cary, No. 188, Strand.

In our Review for April laft, we made mention of Mr. Cary's Actual Survey of Middlefex, and recommended it to the notice of the Public, as being peculiarly convenient for occafional confultationboth as a county-map, and as a road-directory." And the fame REV. Dec. 1786. degree

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Mr. Cary's Surveys are, without question, the most accurate and elegant of any that have appeared fince the days of Roque. His maps too, are poffeffed of this very peculiar excellence, that when cut, and pasted on canvas for the pocket, the names of the feveral places are no way mangled or injured by it, but remain whole and entire : this gives clearness and diftinétnefs to the various parts of the dif fected map, and adds confiderably to the beauty of the whole.

HISTORICAL.

Art. 16. The Hiftory of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland, commencing in 1775, and ending in 1783. By John Andrews, LL.D. 8vo. 4 Vols. 11. 10s. Boards. Fielding. 1786.

This Hiftory is chiefly compiled from the public prints, and the proceedings of the Houfe of Commons; and is frequently interfperfed with pertinent political remarks. The facts in general are well recorded; in fome circumstances we think the Author has not been fully informed, but thefe are few. Impartiality, the greateft recommendation of an hiftorian, especially the hiftorian of his own times, feems to have been much attended to by the Author; and though, on the whole, he has placed things in a proper light, and apparently attributed them to their true caufes, yet we are doubtful that TIME has not yet fufficiently detected the hidden motives that actuated the contending powers in their various operations.

AGRICULTURE,

Art. 17. National Improvements upon Agriculture, in Twentyfeven Effays, by David Young, Perth. 8vo. 5s. Boards. Edinburgh, Bell. 1785.

We have feldom read a performance that affumes a more uninviting appearance than that now before us. The language is vulgar, and abounding in Scotticifms, fo as to be fearcely intelligible; the style prolix, and embarraffed, full of digreffions that have no connec tion with the fubject, and repetitions without end. The Author is evidently unacquainted with the first principles of philofophy; yet the greatest part of his performance confifts of attempts to account. for the various phenomena of nature; and he talks in a decifive manner on the most intricate fubjects. The formation of the universe, the internal ftructure of the earth, the changes that have been produced on the earth's furface, &c. &c. are favourite fubjects with our Author, to which he recurs in almost every page of his book. He is likewife particularly fond of treating of the fingular fabftance called pear, or, as he styles it, mes; though it is very evident to an intelligent reader that he knows little of its nature and qualities, and that he recommends it, for many ufes for which it is altogether unfit. In short, there is fuch a jumble of nonfenfe to be met with in almost every page of the book, as will probably disgust most readers, and prompt them to throw it afide before they have perused one half of it.

Notwithstanding this fevere cenfure, which juftice obliges us to pafs upon this work, the fame juftice obliges as to own, that an intelli

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gent reader, who can pafs over its imperfections, will difcover that fome fundamental principles of agriculture are laid down in this work, and frequently inculcated with great and laudable zeal; fuch as, that ground fhould be, at any rate, made perfectly clean, and before any other improvement fhould be attempted that it is of importance to lay ground into grafs when perfectly clean, and fully enriched by manures that it is a great improvement to keep a large proportion of ground, thus cleaned and enriched, in grafs: with feveral other general axioms of the fame kind, that are not fufficiently adverted to: but, while we approve of thefe fundamental principles, as advanced by our Author, we must condemn, as abfurd and impracticable, the greatest part of the meafures he recommends, for bringing the ground into that good order which he wishes. The object that he is defirous to attain is good, but the means he prefcribes for that purpofe are altogether inadequate, and many of them are fo exceedingly whimsical, as to excite compaffion for the man who could feriously recommend them.

EDUCATION.

Art. 18. A Chart, fhewing the Gender of every Noun in the French Language, included in two Tables of Mafculine and Fe minine Terminations. A Sheet in large Folio. Is. Law. French grammarians have found great difficulty in making rules for the genders of nouns. This chart, fhewing the rules in one view, may have fome advantages over a grammar, where the rules are not placed together.

ECCLESIASTICAL LAW. Art. 19. The Arguments of Counsel in the Ecclefiaftical Court, in the Caufe of Inglefield. With the Speech of Dr. Calvert, July 22, 1786, at giving Judgment. 8vo. 25. Murray. Thefe fpeeches were printed from Mr. Gurney's short-hand notes; and are curious fpecimens of the abilities of the learned Civilians. As to the nature of this extraordinary cause, delicacy commands our filence.

POETRY.

Art. 20. Poems, and other Pieces, by Henry Headley. 8vo. Is. 6d. Robfon. 1786.

Mr. Headley, we understand, was a Member of Trinity College, Oxford, and now refides at Norwich. The greater part of these poems, or, as he himself quaintly fays, the majority,' have been before made public. They are dedicated to Doctor Parr, as a mark of the gratitude and respect, which an ingenuous fcholar thought due to his able and faithful mafter. The application of the paffage from Laurent, Valla, does credit to the judgment of Mr. Headley, and expreffes, very juftly and fully, the merits of Dr. Parr. In the Poems themfelves there is much tafte, and fome poetry; many nervous expreffions, fome harmonious verfes, a few fentiments that have traces of originality, and a general felicity in the choice of fubjects. The character of Lothario is well drawn; and we were much pleased with the Invocation to Melancholy, which feems to mark, not merely the powers of the writer, but the peculiarities of his character. A young man, educated under Dr. Parr, cannot but reflect, with pity and re

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verence, upon the neglected genius and virtues of Peter Elkington, to whose memory Mr. H. has paid a handsome tribute of respect in an ingenious profe epitaph. We think, with Mr. H. that many of these pieces were originally published too haftily;' and we allow that his attempts to render them fomewhat lefs exceptionable' have not been totally unfuccefsful. Many of the lines are, however, languid and inharmonious: the diction is fometimes incorrect, and fometimes even coarfe; and there is a general deficiency in that art of finishing, which every young writer fhould endeavour to attain, before he prefumes to encounter the difcerning eye of the Public. We think favourably of Mr. Headley's abilities; we are willing to encourage his exertions; and we advife him not to flight those powerful and judicious objections, which his Master is well known to employ against precipitate publication.

Art. 21. Folly triumphant over Wisdom. A Poem. 4to. Is. Robinsons, &c.

This piece is too dull to be called fatire, and too profaic to deferve the name of a poem; it is nothing better than feeble senfe in rhime.

Art. 22. An Ode on the Immortality of the Soul: occafioned by the Opinions of Dr. Priestley. And Life, an Elegy. By the Rev. John Walter, M. A. Master of Ruthin School, and late Fellow of Jefus College, Oxford. To which is added, An Ode to Humanity, founded on the Story of Scipio: by the Rev. John Walter, Senior, Rector of Landough, Glamorganfhire. 12mo. Johnson. 1786.

Is. 6d.

In the firft of these pieces, the Author has unquestionably started, and is combating, a bugbear; for every one who is acquainted with Dr. Priestley's writings, muft know, that he is a believer in the doctrine of Immortality, on the authority of Divine Revelation. These Poems are of that middle character, which neither engages admiration, nor provokes cenfure. The fentiments expreffed in them are, in general, fuch as will give pleasure to the pious reader; and the numbers are not inharmonious.

NOVEL.

Art. 23. The Rambles of Fancy; or moral and interefting Tales. Containing, The Laplander. The ambitious Mother. Letters from Lindamira to Olivia. Miranda to Elvira. Felicia to Cecilia. The American Indian. The Fatal Refolution. The Creole. By the Author of the Adventures of the Six Princeffes of Babylon *. 12mo. 2 Vols. 58. fewed. Buckland. 1786.

Take care, fair lady! you are by no means fafely mountedFancy is a runaway tit, and stands in particular need of the curb. Without a figure, we would recommend it to Mifs Peacock, in her future writings, to keep a little more within the line of nature and probability. Her ftories are too romantic to affect us, and her language much too pompous to please. We muft farther obferve to her, that in the prefent times, a tale about Genii and enchanted palaces has but little chance of being read.

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We mean not, however, to difcourage the lady: fhe is not without abilities-but the finest foil requires the hand of culture to make it valuable. Let Mifs Peacock attend to this; and we doubt not but that her imagination, when meliorated by time, will bring forth good and wholesome fruit.

DRAMATIC.

Art. 24. He would be a Soldier; a Comedy. In Five Acts. As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Written by Frederic Pilon. 8vo. Is. 6d. Robinsons. 1786.

In his Preface, Mr. Pilon informs the reader, that the very great fuccefs which has attended the performance of this comedy, induces the Author to state a circumstance which, on the first blush of the bufinefs, muft appear rather fingular. He would be a Soldier was prefented to Mr. Colman in the course of laft fummer, and returnedbecause that gentleman did not like a line of it.'-If our Author means by this anecdote, to impeach Mr. Colman's judgment, he, at the fame time, does him complete juftice, by printing the play,

MEDICAL.

Art. 25. Two introductory Lectures, delivered by Dr. W. Hunter, to his last Course of anatomical Lectures at his Theatre in Windmill-freet. To which are added, fome Papers relative to Dr. Hunter's intended Plan for establishing a Museum in London for the Improvement of Anatomy, Surgery, and Phyfic. Printed by Order of the Traftees. 4to. 6s. Boards. Johnfon. 1784 *. The two lectures here published contain the hiftory and the culogium of anatomy; alfo the proper method of pursuing anatomical ftudies with advantage.

Though we do not perfectly agree with the late Dr. Hunter in all the opinions advanced by him, yet we think this performance, efpecially the latter part of it, merits the peculiar attention of the anatomical ftudent; the advice it delivers muft, if duly attended to, be fingularly useful.

We have in this publication a memorial from Dr. Hunter which was prefented to the King by Lord Bute, fhewing the usefulness of anatomy, and the neceffity of its being cultivated. The Doctor proposed to establish an anatomical school for teaching this fcience more advantageously than it had hitherto been taught in this kingdom. Toward executing this plan, he folicited Lord Bute to obtain from the King a grant of a piece of ground for building a theatre, mufeum, and dwelling-houfe for the profeffor; offering to expend fix or seven thousand pounds in the building, and in the endowment of a perpetual lectureship, over and above furnishing the mufeum with his very valuable and curious collection of preparations and books. After repeated applications, he had the mortification to find that his proposals were unacceptable. At length, wearied by long delay, he wrote to Mr. Grenville, begging pardon for having given fo much trouble, and withdrawing his generous offer.

That Government should difcountenance a scheme, fo well calculated to promote the advancement of a useful fcience, feems unaccountable!

* This article has by fome accident been overlooked: it ought to have appeared fooner.

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