Tradefmen, who fuffer feverely by this iniquitous impofition, are induced to indemnify themfelves in the rates of their Bills; and Gentlemen, no lefs mortified at being obliged to pay their Reckoning, where they, nevertheless, continue under an obligation for their dinner, are led to patronize that in their own houfes, which themfelves are fubjected to, at thofe of all their friends. Thus has Extortion in trade been rendered a crime of neceffity; and thus are all invitations and kindness among friends, deftroyed in their very nature; fince they only follicit cuftom to each other's Eating-house and Ordinary, But it is time to defift from fuch reflections, which, upon confideration of this fubject, must occur to every one. The Remarks in thefe Letters, though very juft in the main, against fuch univerfal bribery, are delivered in a loose, cold, defultory manner, which fufficiently point out the Author to be a Gentleman who has lately favoured the public with Letters upon feveral popular fubjects. Not having time to throw them into regular order, nor much room to fpare to infert any of them, we fhall refer our Readers to the Letters themfelves, where they will, nevertheless, find many good arguments against this pernicious and fcandalous cultom. Art. 3. The Sentiments and Advice of Thomas Trueman, a virtuous and understanding Footman; in a Letter to his brother Jonathan, fetting forth the Custom of Vails-giving, in a candid and most interesting Point of View, with regard to the private and public Happiness which depends on this Practice. 8vo. Is. Henderfon. S. Honeft Tom Trueman is here made to turn abfolute Traitor to his Cloth, among whom it would not be quite fafe in him to acknowlege himself We imagined, by reading the first page or two, that Thomas certainly lived with Mr. H- which, in the courfe of his Letter, we find to be the cafe. He tells his brother Jonathan, that his Mafter was then writing Letters to the Duke of -, but that he had not communicated them to him, nor any thing of the fubject of them;-which, to be fure, was fomewhat odd; but the arch Rogue muft then have taken an opportunity, when hs Mafter was gone to the Marine Society, of peeping into them; or elfe, like Mafter, like Man, great Wits have jumped, wonderfully. N. B. Thomas is a very loyal fubject to King George the third, and pathetically laments the death of George the fecond. Art. 4. Memoirs of the Life of Stephen Keld, late Wine-Merchant of Ipfwich, &c. 8vo. I s. 6 d. Bird. The Author of thefe Memoirs appears to have been very unfortunate in all his undertakings: which a perfonal acquaintance only, with the man, might, as is frequently the cafe, enable any one to account for. We believe the narrative to be a true relation of his life; it being an artlefs tale, though we cannot add that it is plainly told for his language is fo bad, that in many places it is not intelligible. One ftory of Mr. Keld's, however, we really cannot fwal low, low, though not much difpofed at prefent to be very nice he tells us, that his fifter, looking in her glais one day, told her maid fhe was a dead woman; and actually died a few hours afterward: on which occafion he affures his worthy Reader, that the appearance of her face remained in the glass 'till after the funeral, in defiance of all washing and endeavours to get it out. This relation, neverthelefs, though it may be ridiculed on this fide the water, may, perhaps, if properly attested, obtain this fifter the honour of a place in the Ro mith Kalender. Art. 5. A Letter to David Garrick, Efq; occafioned by the in- The intent of this Letter is to prove Mr Foote's Minor to be a very profane and indecent performance, and confequently unfit to be The Author, as an advocate for Chriftiarepresented on the itage. nity, argues the point calmly and fenfibly: fbmitting it with per fect decency, to Mr. Garrick, whether he ought to fuffer fuch a piece to be represented on the theatre under his direction ? Art. 6. Flora Britannica: five Synopfis Methodica Stirpium Britannicarum. Auctore Johanne Hill, M. D. &c. 8vo. 9s. Waugh. your eternal A truce! for goodness' fake, dear doctor! a truce with Natural Hillory! So much of it is really enough to turn one's ftomach. Natural Hiftory roafted, Natural History boiled, Natural Hiftory baked, Natural Hiftory flewed, Natural History hashed, Natural Hiftory fricaffeed!-indeed, indeed, Dr. Hill! this is too much. Art. 7. A particular Account of the Solemnities ufed at the Coronations of his facred Majefty King George II. (our late moft gracious Sovereign) and of his royal Confort Queen Caroline. On Wednesday the 11th of October 1727. Ao a Lift of the Claims of feveral Perfons to do Service at the Coronation. And an Account of their Majefties Entertainment at Guildhall, on Paterfon. the Lord Mayor's day following. 8vo. I S. A Narrative how and about a fine raree fhew. Art. 8. A Letter to Mr. Foote, occafioned by his Letter to the reverend Author of the Chriflian and Critical Remarks on the Minor. By the Author of the Chriftian and Critical Remarks. 8vo. I S. Wicks. The first page of this Letter, gives the lye to its own title; and fhews that it was not written by the Author of the Chriftian and Critical Remarks. The whole appears to have been blundering E e 4 ly ly vamped up, in hopes to make a penny by a controversy which the public has treated with deserved contempt. Art. 9. The Hiftory of Frederic the forfaken. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6 s. Noble. Mr. Noble's Novel-makers begin to mend their hands. They have here given us a natural and not unaffecting tale, of a young man named Frederic, who is fuppofed to have been forfaken by his pa rents, brought up at a country boarding fchool, kept in ignorance of his birth and family; and at lalt forced to feek his fortune in the wide world, as the faying is. After a variety of adventures, and remarkable viciffitudes, his virtue is rewarded by a joyful discovery of his parents, a rich inheritance, and a happy wedding with a fine lady. Vid. Boniface-not the Pope. Art. 10. The Religious Tradefman; or plain and ferious Hints of Advice for the Tradefman's prudent and pious Conduct; from his Entrance into Bufinefs to leaving it off. 12mo. Buckland. I S. Taken from an old book entitled the Tradefman's Calling; with alterations and improvements. It is defervedly recommended by the late pious Dr. Watts, Art. 11. The English Theatre: containing twenty Comedies, and twenty Tragedies; being the most valuable Plays which have been afted on the British Stage. 12mo. 8 Vois. 24 S. bound. Lownds. Selected from Steel, Vanbrugh, Hill, Dryden, Cibber, Addifon, Young, Hoadley, Farquhar, Ctway, Congreve, Rowe, Lillo, and Mrs. Centliver. Art. 12. A Funeral Oration for his facred Majefty King George the fecond. Delivered the Sunday after his Death. By E. Radcliff. 8vo. 6 d. 6 d. Henderfon. Senfible, nervous, and pathetic. Art. 13. The Impoftors detected; or, the Life of a Portuguese. In which the Artifices and Intrigues of the Romish Priejts are bumorously displayed. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6 s. Briftow. When any thing happens more than ufually to attract the notice of the public, our Book-makers-general feldom mifs the opportunity of trumping up fomething fuitable to the recalin. Thus when lately Portugal was fo much the object of public attention, no subject fo proper as that Country, or whatever might seem to bear relation to it. it. At this genial juncture, we fuppofe, the prefent production was hatched; though we apprehend, it fhould have appeared fooner, in order to have fully anfwered the Writer's end. At this distance of time, the piece muft, probably, be left to ftand or fall by its intrinfe merit: a very precarious dependence, even for much better performances than this! which, to fum up its character in few words, may afford fome entertainment, to fome Readers, although it abounds with the groeit abfurdities, and feems to be almost entirely made up of the most improbable fictions. Art. 14. The Proceedings of a general Court-Martial held at Maidstone in Kent, on Wednesday the 17th and continued by feveral Adjournments to Friday 27th of September 1760, upon the Trial of Lieutenant William Hill of the firft Battalion of the Surry Militia: and of a general Court-Martial, held at Maidflone aforefaid, on Saturday the 28th, and continued by Adjournment to Monday the 30th of September 1760, upon the Trial of Enfign William Hill of the faid Battalion of Surry Militia. Published by Authority. 8vo. I S. 6 d. Woodgate, &c. The charge against Lieutenant Hill, was, that he had behaved himself difrefpectfully to his fuperior officers, and had afperfed the character of Major Parker of the faid Militia, by intinuating that he was engaged in an improper correfpondence with the French prifoners, and had otherwife behaved in a manner unbecoming an officer, and a Gentleman, by keeping company and affociating with ferjeants and private men, and had alfo endeavoured to excite ⚫ difcontent among the militia-men.' Mr. Hill was found guilty only of the first part of the charge, and fentenced to afk pardon. Enfign Hill's charge was that he the faid Enfign Hill, had behaved in a manner unbecoming an officer, and a Gentleman, by affociating, drinking, and lying with the private men.' He was found guilty of the whole charge, and fentenced to ask pardon at the head of the battalion. Art. 15. Emendationes in Suidam: in quibus plurima loca veterum Græcorum, Sophoclis et Aristophanis in primis, cum explicantur tum emaculantur. Scripfit Jo. Toup, A. M. Ecclefiæ S. Martin, cum Capella de Loo, in Agro Cornubienfi, Rector. 8vo. 3s. fewed. Whifton. The Author of this performance has fhewn no inconfiderable share of critical fagacity, and appears to us to be very happy in many of his conjectures; the only thing that will difpleafe the learned and judicious Reader is, that he will fo frequently meet with the following expreffions-Tu repone, me fide juffore-at nos nullo negotio et loci fenfui conJuluimus, et veram lectionem reftituimus :-repono certiffime: appello tamen elegantiores omnes annon recte emendaverimus: refcribe fine mora; &c. Et. Our Our Readers will not be displeased with our laying before them what he has offered upon a difficult paffage in St. Paul's first epiftle to the Corinthians; we shall give his own words, and leave the critical Reader to judge for himself. Libet, porro, dum in hoc curriculo fumus, hanc occafionem amplecti D. Paulo fuppetias ferendi in Epift. 1. ad Corinthios xi. • 10. Δια τετο ἐφειλει ἡ γυνὴ εξεσίαν ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς δια τις αγέλες. • Quocirca debet mulier poteßatem habere fupra caput propter angelos. • Eft locus vexatiffimus, et vere, quod aiunt, commentatorum crux. • Nimirum omnes ingenii fui nervos intenderunt viri docti in expli⚫canda voce iecia. In quo quidem operam atque oleum perdiderunt univerfi. Neque enim explicatione fed emendatione eget ifta vox. Quare omnes facrarum literarum ftudiofos gratias mihi habituris fpero, fi Apoftolo, qui a multis feculis mifere decubuit, opem atque medelam certiffimam jam tandem attulero. Refcribendum una literula amota: Διὰ τὸτο οφείλει ή γυνή ΕΞΙΟΥΣΑ ἔχειν ἐπὶ της κεφαλής. Quapropter oportet mulierem, cum prout in publicum, velato effe capite; idque utique da Te's ayyères. Quod poftremum aliis explicandum relinquo. Idem autem eft ixixpaλsix ac xà κεφαλὴς ἔχειν. Quomodo locutus eft Paulus fupra ver. 4. Huc facit adprime Valer. Max. lib. 6. cap. 3. Horridum C. quoque Sulpitii Galli maritale fupercilium. Nam uxorem dimifit, quod eam capite aperto foris verfatum cognoverat.' POETICA L. Art. 16. A Collection of elegiac Poefy, all Originals: to which 8vo. The lovers of poetry will remember to have feen the pieces particularly fpecified in this title, together with others, in the Grand Magazine, under the name of the Sylvan Male: any particular confideration of them now, is therefore fuperfeded by fuch previous publication of this Gentleman's poetical abilities. Art. 17. The Tears and Triumph of Parnaffus: an Ode for Music, as it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. 410. 6 d. Vaillant. Fitted rather for theatrical exhibition than for reading; but not abfolutely unworthy of the latter. Art. 18. Medea to Fafon. An Epiftle. By a Gentleman. Folio. Is. Hitch, &c. As this unknown Gentleman begs for indulgence to this fre fort of an infant mufe'-it fhall be exempted from our Criticism; but, as the judges at the Old Baily fometimes accompany their le nity with a warning to young offenders againft coming there anoth |