more deliberate aim. His principal objects are the fportfmen (and there are many fuch) whose luft for diverfion is fuffered to fwallow up almost every other paffion. Nor can the Mufe, without a blush, impart, How wives, with hunters, share the fportfman's heart: Say next, what ftorms the fmalleft ills produce? Bleft be that maid, whose soft perfuafive charms Nor do our sportsmen's labours of the day L4 What! What! tho' thy pointers boaft fuperior fpeed, Till the last bird, with vengeance, thump'd the ground.→ And feem to lay, by G- he was not there. As; fportsman-like, he levels his piece at variety of objects, it is not to be wondered at if he cccafionally fall into a manner iomewhat too defultory, going from one fubject to another, without fufficiently fpccifying the point where they were connected. His verification, if allowance be made for a few carelefs and defective rhymes, is cafy and familiar. C.tt Art. 30. The Reign of Death. A Poem. Occafioned by the Mr. Fawcet's poetical talents have been already hinted at on a former publication. In whatever eftimation his poetry may be held, which, however, does not often fink below mediocrity, his piety and benevolence will at least entitle him to respect. Art. 31. A Selection of Hebrew Poems, tranflated by John Farrer, of Queen's College, Oxford. 4to. 3 s. 6d. Evans. 1780. In this Selection we meet with fome of the most poetical passages of the Old Testament tranflated into very tolerable English verfe. Should, however, the ingenious Tranflator fail of giving that full fatisfaction which fome Readers may expect from him, let it be remembered, his attempt is of that kind which has baffled many writers, even of confiderable reputation. Art. 32. America, a Poem. By John Farrer, of Queen's College. Oxford. 4to. 2 S. Evans. 1780.. America is here confidered as a froward child, quarrelling with an indulgent and affectionate parent. Mr. Farrer prophefies, that the will be compelled to return to her duty and allegiance. The poem, which is apparently a laboured performance, is not without fome marks of ingenuity. Art. 33. The Temptation, or Satan in the Country. A Poem. 4to. I s. 6d. Cadell. 1781. x Satan tempts a lady in the country to pafs off a bad filling at cards. The poem is worthy of its fubject, and the bad fhilling is the full worth of the poem. C.t. Art. 34. Poetical Epifle from Florizel to Perdita: with Perdita's Anfwer. And a Preliminary Difcourfe upon the Education of Frinces. 410. 2 s. 6d. Stockdale. 1781. It was easy to forefee, that the various paragraphs, relative to the pretended amours of a young prince, fo induftrioully diffeminated, for tome months paft, in the newspapers, would, in due feafon, produce a plen.eous crop of fruit, in the more ample forms of pamphlets, poems, and books of New Memoirs, and Secret Hiftory. Accordingly, we fee them begin to fpring up; and here is, already, a full blown This poetical prize fighter feems to have picked up an old cudgel of Churchill's; and though he poffeffes neither ftrength nor dexterity to ufe it with much effect, yet he now and then gives a fly rap with it, especially if a Scotchman comes in his way : The plot mifcarried-but in Scottish lays, The champion's name fhall live in endless praife; To him the matron too fhall tune her reed, C.t.t. Art. 36. The What do you call it: or, a Touch at the Times, 4to I S. A profligate parody of Mr. Pope's Epiale from Eloifa to Abelard. tit Art. 38. A Satire on the prefent Times. The fecond Edition. 4to. I S. Stockdale. 1780. There cannot be a feverer fatire on the times than that fuch a dull rhapsody as this fhould run, as the title-page afferts, to a fecond edition. We fufpect, however, that this is not only the first, but will, in all probability, be the laft edition of this very infipid perform ance. DRAMATIC. C.t.t. Art. 39. The Siege of Sinope. A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. By Mrs. Brooke, Author of Julia Mandeville, &c. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Cadell. From the acknowledged talents of the Writer of this tragedy we expected fomething of more importance than a meagre imitation of an. Italian opera. EAST-IN DIE S. Art. 40. A State of the British Authority in Bengal, under the Two words feem to comprehend the whole hiftory of British tranfactions in the East Indies,-accufation and vindication: thus would it have happened, had printing been as common as it is with us, while the Spaniards were plundering, torturing, and butchering the innogent natives of Mexico and Peru! NATURAL c. NATURAL HISTORY. Art. 41. A Difcourfe on the Emigration of Birds, &c. By a This Naturalift has fpared no pains in collecting almost every thing MISCELLANEOUS. C.t.t Art. 42. Oratio de Ridiculo, habita Cantabrigiæ in Scholis Publicis. Primo Die Julii, 1780. A Gulielmo Cole, A. B. Coil. Regal. Socio. Accedit etiam, ab eodem fcriptum, Carmen Comitiale. 4to. 1 s. Payne, &c. The bufinefs of this claffical Oration is to controvert the position, Hos juxta veneranda cohors, quibus invida nomen Cat Art. 43. Miniature Pictures, written [why did not the Author The method of hinting at public characters, or memorable inci- writers, is become highly fashionable among the numerous tribe of fmall-wits. Of the prefent production, the following fpecimens are offered to the good-natured Reader's acceptance: EARL G - -R. That Jemmy Twitcher fhould peach me, I own furprised me! 'Tis a plain proof that all the world is alike; and that even our gang can no more truft one another than other people. Therefore I beg you, gentlemen, look well to yourselves; for, in all probability, you may live fome months longer yet.' EARL of B-TE. Believe I have quitted the gang; which I can never do but with life. At our private quarters I will continue to meet you.' Sir T s F. D. A covetous fellow, like a jack-daw, fteals what he was never made to enjoy, for the fake of hiding it.' Hon. C. F-x. 'The world is avaricious; and I hate avarice: for money was made for the free-hearted and generous; and where is the injury of taking from another what he hath not the heart to make use of? • W. AD-м, Efq. Is he about to play us any foul play? I'll shoot him through the head?' The Rev. HENRY BATE. • The priest calls the lawyer a cheat' — Mr. JACKMAN. The lawyer be-knaves the divine.' Dr. G-H-M. I have pick'd up a little money by helping the ladies to a preg nancy.' JOSEPH G-LL-W- -Y. "We must punctually pay our fpies, elfe we fhall have no informa tion.' Thefe dealers in "conundrum quaint" have been fo fuccessful, that they have totally driven the poor charade-Spinners out of the field; fo that not one of them now dares show his face, even in the poet's corner of a news-paper. Art. 44. A Letter to the Author of "Confiderations on the late Dr. Ibbetson, Archdeacon of St. Alban's, is vindicated, in this Letter, fee the odium which hath been thrown upon his character, with the? from the countenance which he gave to the intolerant proceedings of respect the Proteftant Affociation. This letter bears evident marks of the Doctor's own pen. Befides, we apprehend, no one but himself would have taken up his caufe fo warmly. By his own account, his enemies, both dead and living, have been very numerous. On fome of the latter he seems difpofed to take revenge, "when he can discover their names; and if the former were not out of his reach, we should tremble for them! Amidst the multitude of thofe who have reprobated the Archdeacon of St. Alban's, the writer of this Letter claffes a late defund body See Review for June, 1780, p. 502. of |