phers are benevolent to one another," may be fufficiently refuted, by mentioning the names Voltaire and Rouffeau. All the corollaries which can be drawn from thefe falfe and foolish pofitions, Mr. B. very carefully ftrings together; fuch as, that "religious eftablishments are inconfiftent with the diffufion of true liberality," yet the account is concluded with an enumeration of prelates who were liberal, and a rant from Volney, making morality the only religion. It would be too invidious to cite the opening, or any ftrong parts from this author's ftrange panegyric on Bonaparte; but we should conceive that, on reconfidering it himself, he muft fee in it the materials from grofs and blind prejudice, rather than of thinking. But what we diflike still more than the praife of the enemy, is the infults frequently offered to his country. Thus he fpeaks of the fhare Bonaparte took at Toulon, in compelling the difgraceful retreat of the English." He ought to know that the English retreated, only because the place was nor defenfible against an enemy occupying the adjacent heights. Mr. B. is now endeavouring to expiate, in fome degree, the affronts he wantonly offered to his country, we will not therefore impede the progrefs of his amendment by reproach; but till he fhall be heartily alhamed of a great part of the contents of this volume, he cannot be confidered as a true patriot, or even a wife man. ART. 60. The Guardian of Education, a periodical Work; confifting of a practical Essay on Christian Education, founded immediately on the Scriptures, and the Sacred Offices of the Church of England; Memoirs of modern Philofophers, and Extracts from their Writings; Extracts from Sermons, and other Books relating to religious Education; and a copious Examination of modern Syftems of Education, Children's Books, and Books for young Perfons; conducted by Mrs. Trimmer. Volumes. From May, 1802, to Auguft, 1803. 8vo. Hatchard, Piccadilly. 1803. We fee with much fatisfaction, that this ufeful and well conducted work, has arrived at the fubftantial magnitude of two confiderable volumes. A progrefs which implies that it has found, in fome degree, the patronage it deferves. The name of Mrs. Trimmer, who has long been privately known, and is now publicly avowed as the conductor of it, ought to be a paffport for it, in all places where useful learning, good morality, and found religion, are heid in eftimation. We have reafon to believe alfo, that Mrs. T. has had very efficient cooperation from the moft diftinguished writers of her own fex. So circumftanced, the Guardian of Education ought certainly to obtain the confidence of every mother who is anxious for the right instruction of her children; and we might add, perhaps, of every father. Among the original Elfays contained in these two volumes, let us particularly recommend that on Chriftian Education, begun at p. 34 of the first volume, and concluded at p. 481 of the fecond. It will be found fo remote from the dangerous philofophical fyftems of modern times, that it has a conftant reference to the inflitutions and ordinances of the Church of England: and examines thofe in particular which are immediately connected with education: fuch as the Office for Baptifin Baptifm, the Church Catechifm, &c. This Effay may eafily be traced throughout the volumes, by referring to the Table of Contents, and will be found to contain fuch fentiments and inftructions as every religious mother will perufe with delight, and adopt with eagernefs. We cannot but regard this work as important in a high degree. Education is fo evidently the fource from which abundance of good or evil must flow to the public, "in patriam populumque fluxit," that a fagacious and well informed writer, employed to watch whatever is propofed as a part of juvenile inftruction, is ftationed, in our opinion, at a poft of the moft patriotic fervice. Our hearty wishes for its increafing fuccefs and circulation will attend the progrefs of the work, which we shall occafionally notice, as other volumes fhall be completed. It would contribute, we conceive, to the fuccefs which we wish, if the Guardian of Education were more frequently enlivened bypoetical extracts, or original productions. Moral or religious fentiments, well expreffed in poetry, make more lafting impreffions than conveyed in any other form. They would attract the young mother, and occafionally make the best leffons for her children. The principal contributors to this work are peculiarly qualified to fupply this little deficiency: which, we hope, they will be willing to undertake, ART. 61. Scientific Dialogues; intended for the Inftruction and Enter- The idea of this work, the author fays, was fuggefted by a chapter in the Practical Education" of Mr. Edgeworth. It is thrown into Dialogues, between a father, and his fon and daughter. The first volume treats of Mechanics, the fecond of Aftronomy, the third of Hydrostatics, and the fourth of Pneumatics. It muft ertainly be allowed, that the author has contrived to make the general principles of thefe fciences as intelligible as poffible to young minds; nor can it be doubted that, with the aid of a teacher, to comment properly on the contents, a good commencement of knowledge may be obtained from these volumes. Charles and Emma, the young ftudents here inftructed, cannot be fuppofed extremely young, from the queftions they put to their fa ther. Thus, Emma fays, "If I let a piece of metal, as a penny piece, and a feather fall from my hand at the fame time, the penny will reach the ground much fooner than the feather. Now how do you account for this, if all bodies are equally affected by gravitation, and defcend with equal velocities, when at the fame diftance from the earth? Vol. i. p. 43. This doubt would not haftily arife in a very young mind, nor would many boys be able fo fpeedily to illuftrate it, as Charles docs, by the fall of bodies through a different medium, as water. The most difficult of thefe fciences to render familiar in fuch a manner is Aftronomy; and we much doubt, whether many young perfons would comprehend the doctrine of the harvest man from the explanation here given. The book, however, is written with a very commendable degree of clearness; and the plates by which it is illuftrated, are executed with peculiar neatness. At the fame time we muft confcfs, that we are not at at all admirers of the Practical Education, which is faid to have afforded the thought of this performance. ART. 62. A popular View of the Structure and Economy of the Human Body: interfperfed with Reflections, moral, practical, and mifcellantòus, including modern Discoveries; and defigned for general Information and Improvement. To which is annexed, an Explanation of difficult Terms. By John Feltham, 12mo. 432 pp. 75. Ginger, 1803. This book is written, in our opinion, on a much more rational plan, than a work fomewhat fimilar which was noticed in cur Review for September. (ART. 43.) Without going into any particulars inconfiteat with delicacy and propriety, it gives a general and, as it is rightly called, "a popular View" of the human frame; with fuch reflections, moral and theological, as will make, in general, the most falutary impreflions on the reader. The author refers to many writers of established credit; but, it must be owned, in a manner which gives no very ftrong idea of his own deep proficiency in the fubjects of which he treats. It will appear particularly ftrange, to any well-informed reader, that he fpeaks of Galvanifm and tractorifm (if we may coin the term) in exactly the fame light: though the former is known to be an eftablished and improving difcovery; and the other never engaged a ferious thought of a man of fcience. "The principles of that newly difcovered process called Galvanifm, and the fuccefsful operation of the metallic tractors, deferve attention alfo; at least a candid investigation fhould precede their adoption or rejection." P. 13. On the other hand, it is little lefs furprising to fee the author writing with a degree of doubt refpecting the cow-pox. "It is earnestly hoped and expected," he fays, "that it will continue to answer the withes of its promoters." P. 29. Indeed! and is this all? Surely there are proofs enough before the public now to authorize a much stronger language; even the tone of certainty, Verfes are here and there introduced, illuftrative of the subjects of the work; among the beft of which, are thofe at p. 156, on the human Countenance: and of thefe, the following three stanzas are desidedly the most worthy of notice. "Ceafe, O ceafe thee, fightless creature, Thus I hear thee fern reply, 'Tis not in one wizard feature, My enchanting fources lie. Neither yet, where gently flowing Secret fource of trange controul, Here they should have en led. The moral in the additional flanza though juft and well-intended, is flat, and injurious to the effect of its predeceffor. ART. 63. Lives of the Ancient Philofophers, comprehending a choice Selection of their beft Maxims, written for the Education of a Prince, by the Author of Telemackus. Tra flated from the French. Illuftrated with Notes, and preceded by a Life of Fenelon. By John Cormack, A. M. 12mo. 6s. Longman and Rees. 1803, The original of this work, it feems, is fearce, and, what is fingular enough, confidering the great name of Fenelon, has never before been tranflated. The life is well written, and the tranflation is yery refpectable. The whole may, with great advantage, be put into the hands of young perfons. ART. 64. An Addrefs to a young Student on his Entrance into College. By Eumenes. Second Edition. 8vo. 14 pp. Carrick, Bedford row, Dublin. 1803. This fenfible and friendly addrefs to a young man, at a very im portant period of life, well deferves to be introduced at the British universities. Eumenes, if we are not mifinformed, is, in reality, Mr.` John Walker, Fellow of Dublin College, and brother to Mr. J. C. Walker, whofe ingenious memoir on Italian Tragedy we formerly commended. (See vol. xiii. p. 346.) The following paffage is remarkable for its truth and utility. After combating the too common notion, that a young man of fortune has no neceffity to study, Mr, W. thus proceeds. : “İndeed I know not any clafs of perfons to whom a literary tafte is of fo much importance, as to country gentlemen. It humanizes their character; it affords them a perpetual fource of innocent and improving gratification; it raifes them above the fycophants, on whom they are otherwife dependent for fociety;-the bane of our gentry, the panders to their vanity, their paffions, and caprice. And though literature be not virtue, yet I am perfuaded that the want of that late for it, which early culture alone can form, has plunged many a man of fortune into vice. Shew me a gentleman of independent property, to whom the clements of the fciences are not unknown, who can relish the beauties of the ancient and modern claffics, and is fond of spending an hour in his library; fhew me fuch a one, and I am mißaken if I will not fhew you a man more eminently distinguished by his character and his conduct than by his rank-a man of urbanity of manners; courteous and beneficent to his dependents, felect in his friendfhips, temperate in his life, and ufelul in fociety." P. 10. ART. 65. A full and plain Account of the Horatian Metres, with a few Obfervations on fome other Sorts of Latin Verje : extracted from various Authors, for the Ufe of Schools. By J. W. 8vo. 15 pp. Colbert, Capel-freet, Dublin. 1803, This is fill the fame author, though here we have his initials, inftead of the feigned name of Eumenes. The account is certainly, as it profeffes to be, both plain and full. The chief n velty in it, is a kind of Horatian cento, inftead of the Pafiphtë written by C. Wafe, to exemplify the various metres of that poet. It would, however, have been preferable, and not difficult, to have written another connected compofition for that purpofe. The claffical reader will, perhaps, be pleafed to be reminded, that Wafe's examples were paralleled in lines from the Greek lyrics, by Bentley. (See his Horace at Epod. xi.) They were reprinted by Wolfus, in the life of Sappho, prefixed to his collection of the Greek Poeteffes. ART. 66. The Dictionary of Merchandise and Nomenclature in all Languages, for the Ule of Counting-Houfes; containing the Hiftory, Places of Growth, Culture, Ufe, and Marks of Excellency of fuch natural Productions as form Articles of Commerce, with their Names in all European Languages. By a Merchant. Svo. 10s. 6d. Boofey. 1803. . This appears to be a truly useful and convenient publication, not only for thofe to whom it is more immediately addressed; but for all readers defirous of general information on fubjects which must ever be of intereft in a com nercial country. It appears to be executed with much care and diligence, and will probably meet with an extenfive circulation. We fubjoin a fhort specimen. "GENTIAN, F. Gentiane, G. Enzian, Gentian, D. Gentiaam, I. Genziane, S. Jenciana, P. Genciana, D A. Entiam Södrod, S W. Bagfota, Pol. Goryczka, L. Gentiana. The Gentiana lutea, or Common Gentian of the fhops, is a plant that affects most places; but more commonly found in Burgundy, the Alps, Pyreneans, and the mountainous districts of Germany; and the roots, the only part used in medicine, are generally brought to England from the latter country. "They are of a yellowish brown colour, and a very bitter taste, fometimes as thick as the arm, but more commonly divided into branches no bigger than the thumb of a man. They should be chofen 'dry, new, of a moderate thicknefs, and free from earth. That which is dried by the air ought to be held as far preferable to that dried in the oven; and the two forts are easily diftinguifhed by the colour, the former being of a golden yellow within, and the latter fomewhat blackish. "This root flands at the head of the ftomachic bitters. Infusions of Gentian, flavoured with orange peel, are fufficiently grateful.” In a work like this we do not look for perfect accuracy. Thus what is faid of Carmine is not quite true, nor of the Carbuncle, of which, who precifely knows what is certain? It will be a very agreeable addition to fome future edition, to give an account of the duties which thefe articles of commercial fpeculation generally pay. ART. 67. A Narrative of the Lofs of his Majefly's Packet the Lady Hobart, on an Ifland of Ice in the Atlantic Ocean, 28th June, 1803, with a particular Account of the providential Escape of the Crew in two open Beats. By William Dorfet Fellowes, Efq. Commander. Dedicated, by Permiffion, to the Right Hon. Poftmafter General. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Stockdale. 1803. A more pathetic narrative of a fingularly providential escape has feldom appeared before the public, nor one in which the patience, perfeverance, |