1796.] Varieties.-Literary Notices, &c. A depot has been established in Paris, under the title of a MUSEUM OF FRENCH MONUMENTS, to which are to be removed all the monuments, ftatues, tombs, painted windows, &c. of the churches and alienated edifices. This museum will be formed in the ci-devant church of the little Auguftines. It is folely appropriated to the prefervation of national monuments, which may throw a light on the French hiftory, and amounts already to a very interefting collection. All the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman antiquities have been removed to the MUSEUM OF THE LOUVRE, which, in other refpects, is to be confidered as the central mufeum of the whole republic. J.B.H.DE ST. PIERRE, well known to Englith readers,has published the profpectus of a work, entitled, the Harmonies of Nature, as an elementary treatise on morals, and for the use of the primary fchools. Mr. JOHN SHERLOCK, of St. Alban's, has announced the difcovery of a fubftitute for yeaft, perfectly harmlefs, and at the fame time wholefome and nutritious. He propofes to communicate his fecret to all perfons who subscribe not lefs than five fhillings. The Executive Directory, at the inftance of the Mufcum of Natural Hiftory, have ordered a fcientific voyage to be undertaken to the Spanish island of Trinidad and the neighbouring continent. BAUDIN, affifted by two naturalifts and a gardener, have charge of it. LANGLES, profeffor of the Oriental Languages, &c. at Paris, announces a tranflation, with copious notes, of Hoeft's celebrated and learned Defcription of Morocco and Fez. On the 6th of last August, the day on which GRIESBACH was inftalled into the office of Prorector of the Univerfity of Jena, the ufua! fpeech was made by SCHEUBY. His fubject was, Gfeos WAKEFELDIANE Euripides quibujitam locis adlibitæ cenfura fecunda. PRONY, at Paris, has finished a table of Logarithms, Sines, and Tangents, correfponding with the New Decimal Divifion of the Circle, more accurate and extenfive than any in prefent ufe. A new and more complete edition is publishing in France of the Works of Voltaire, under the fuperintendance of PALISSOT. The first 30 volumes were prefented by him to the National Inftitute at their laft fitting. 807 An unfuccefsful attempt has been made before the Lyceum of Arts, at Paris, on the Harmonica, or Mufical Glaffes, by KRASA. The failure of the inftrument was afcribed to the circumftance of the found not being produced at the inftant the glaffes were ftruck, and from its wanting a determinate beginning and end. A fplendid edition of YOUNG'S NIGHT THOUGHTS, in large quarto, enriched with 150 etchings upon the borders, and frontifpieces to each book, from original defigns by BLAKE, is in forwardness. The price of the work to fubfcribers is FIVE GUINEAS; to non-fubscribers Six GUINEAS. A Treatife on the Law of Bonds is preparing for the Prefs, by a Barrister at Law. A new mufical work is in forwardness at Dublin, of all the Irish National Airs, many of which would otherwife become extinct. Mr. PAPPELBAUM, of Berlin, has published his letters to Mr. TRAVIS, in Latin, on the subject of the controverted text in John. A parcel of them was fhipped from Hamburgh to England; but no intelligence can be gained of them. -Though the letters of Mr. PORSON and Mr. MARSH leave us in no doubt refpecting the abilities and industry of the archdeacon, the public must be anxious to fee what new errors Mr. PAPPELBAUM can have difcovered, after the almoft innumerable ones detected by our own Grecians and divines. A work, in fix volumes, is announced at Paris, under the Title of Travels of Pythagoras, fimilar in defign and exe cution to the Abbé Barthelemy's Travels of Anacharfis. FOURCROY is engaged in delivering a courfe of chemical lectures in Paris.LAMARCK has published a refutation of Fourcroy's Theory. There has lately been much fparring among the chemifts of France and Germany, respecting their feveral theories, more particular notices of which will appear in future Numbers of the Monthly Magazine. Herfchel's great Reflecting Telescope is 40 English, or 37 French feet in length; another Reflecting Telescope, however, is now constructing at the Obfervatory in Paris, which will measure 65 English, or 60 French feet in length. A fecond fupply of platina is on its its way from Spain, for the purpofe of conftructing the great mirror, which is to be 6 feet in diameter ! ORIGINAL ORIGINAL The XXIXth ODE OF CATULLUS. SWEETEST ifle, of lake or main, I revifit thy dear shore; O what more blissful, than to find Delightful Sirmio, hail!-rejoice To hear thy mafter's well known voice; SONNET. BY CHARLES LLOYD. THIS hoary labyrinth, the wreck of time, Thefe dark damp caverns breathe mysterious dread, Haply ftill foul with tinct of ancient crime; Methinks, fome spirit of th' ennobl'd dead, High-bofom'd maid, or warrior chief fublime, Haunts them! The flappings of the heavy bird Imagin'd warnings fearfully impart, And the dull breeze below, that feebiy ftirr'd, Seem'd the deep breathing of an o'ercharg'd heart! POETRY. Propitious day ftill as the circling year Renews its courfe, may'ft thou, at each return, Veil'd in fresh fhow'rs of op'ning blifs appear, White Health'sgay fires with purer ardour burn! And may the Loves and Graces ftill, as now, Play round her form and flufh her artless cheek ; While tafte and virtue crown the polish'd brow, And thro' her eyes the native feelings speak! The while fome youth, by Nature's partial love, Form'd in the mold of Genius, Worth, and Senfe, In early prime her virgin heart fhall move, And Hymen's torch its brightest ray dispense. So fhall the charms on her fair form imprefs'd Enhance her blifs, and every tender figh That heaves the foftnefs of Bianca's breast, Be but the herald of approaching joy! Thus does, fweet Maid! the ftrain of Friend. thip flow, Gilding thy fate in colours of the morn : Day without cloud-a rofe without a thorn! But 'twill not be: fome dregs of envious Care In Life's incongruous cup the Fates will fling. Beauty and Worth the bitter draught must share, And Wifdom's felf thall drink at Sorrow's fpring. Be then cach cloud that glooms life's fickle day, Like tranfient fhow'rs that fresh'ning fweets difpenfe, And cach alluring bloffom fnatch'd away, CULTIVATION-A POEM, Addreffed to Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Bart. Prefident of the Board of Agriculture. BY ABRAHAM WILKINSON, M.D. WHILE gath'ring armies crowd Europa's plain, And hoftile fquadrons move in proud difdain, Scar'd by the clafh of arms, the widow's moan, Sinclair, the Mufe thy varied task shall hail, And trace thy footsteps through the water'd vale; O'er the bleak moorlands fhall record thy toil, The fimple pleasures of the golden age, From ftagnant pools, where Peftilence refides, At yonder hut, clofe by the moorland's fide, The jocund plough-boy whittling in his ear.; Where long the Woodman's axe alone was heard, tile waves. Genius of Albion! laden with thy ftores, See numerous veffels crowd thy chalky fhores, 80g To foreign climes fee thy bright harvests born, Oh! blot from mem'ry the tragic tale! In one fad year how num rous victims fell, On the wild heath the ftiff 'ning corpfe was found; Prepare, ye Nine, th' unfading bay prepare, care, Like fome bold centinel, preferves its fland, Long fhall Britannia hold in memory dear No more fhall trav'llers eye the barren wafte, Where thick'ning ranks of corn enrich the fcene, Th' enraptur'd feamen hail the wel ome fhore, GILBERTO WAKEFIELD, T. Lucretü Cari Libros de Rerum Naturâ, emen- Scriptores inhiant, qui Graios carmine læto At perennes Rivos fectari, largofque recludere fontes, Hæc tibi fint laudi. Fugitivum at feftus Amorem Ipfe tuo in Mofcho* quæram, vel Adonida* triftis, Nympharum luctus, fientis Venerifque mifertus, Heu! nimium molles, lugebo; herná fecutus Et planctus mæftos cito jam morientis Elife, tem Jam prenfare manu, mellis dum flumina ftillat * Biwvos xaι Mooyou Anjava ed. G. Wakeheld: inter quæ funt Emiratos Bionis, et Egws Δραπετίδης, Mofchi. Virgilii Maronis opera emendavit, et notulis illuftravit, G. Wakefield; idem etiam et Horatii Opera. Tragadiarum Delectum ed. G. Wakefield, inter quas Hercules Furens, Alceftis, et lon, Euripidea eminent. Homeri Iliada, Popio noftro Anglice verfam ed: G. Wakefield, § Avohoyi Græca; Stephani, Lib. V. τις Όμηρου Ipfa Venus, votis blanda, arridere videtur*, THE MOURNER. BY AMELIA. COME fmiles, come gay attire, and hide Yes I will happy triflers join, Hard was the ftroke !-but O, I hate TO THE GLOW-WORM. GEM of this lone and filent vale, Treasure of Ev'ning's penfive hour, I come thy modeft light to hail! I come a votive ftrain to pour; Nor chilly dews, nor paths untrod, Can from thy fhrine my footsteps fright: Thy lamp fhall guide me o'er the fod, And cheer the gathering mifts of night. Again, thy yellow fire in part! Lo, planets fhed a mimic day! Lo, vivid meteors round me dart! On western clouds red lightnings play! But vain thefe fplendid fires to me, Borne on the feafon's fultry wing, Unless thy flender form I fee Around its fairy luftre fling. Thine is an unobtrufive blaze; Content art thou in fhades to shine; And much I with, while thus I gaze, To make thy modeft merit mine; For long by youth's wild wishes caft, On the falle world's tempeftuous fea, I feek Retirement's fhore at last, And find a monitor in thee. Vide Lucret. 1. 1. fub initio, 1796.] New Publications in November. A CORRECT LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. It is believed that the following Lift may be referred to with confidence; but that it may alwys be perfectly correct and complete, authors and publishers are requested to tranfmit notices of all new works as joon as published.] ANTIQUITIES. 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