ART. 55. Authentic and interefting Letters from Paris, refpecting the This writer, after combating the opinion, that it was not the in tereft of the governing powers in France to destroy their royal prifoner, declares his own, that he certainly was removed, not by actual violence or poifon, "but by a meditated and executed plan of fhortening his existence, by clofe and folitary confinement, unwholefome food, deprivation of exercife, and exhibition of medicines of qualities oppofite to the intention of cure," in fhort every kind of neglect of the means by which health can poffibly be preferved, and difeafe prevented, "which comprehends a fpecies of affaffination infinitely more cruel than that of the moft fummary kind!" According to this writer the mental fufferings of this unhappy child were fufficient to have put an end to his exiftence, had not other means been thought neceffary to haften that event. The picture he draws is very affecting. "Thus debarred from all exercife, except in the space of a room in the tower of the Temple, about twelve feet fquare-deprived of the company of his fifter, the only remaining relative that was in exiftence within the boundaries of France. and labouring under afflictions of mind, and a debilitated state of body, well might his guards report, that they found him, on bringing him his food, exactly in the fame inclancholy pofture they left him--which was, reclined in a chair, with his cheek on his hand, eyes fixed on the ground, and with a countenance in which grief and defpair were fully depicted. In fhort, the fhaft of death might even at this interval be faid to have been deeply fixed in his bofom, and that if ever a child could be pronounced to be dying of a broken heart, young Capet was the inftance." It is ftated as a notorious fact," that when he was inhumanly and everlaftingly divided from his mother, he was a fine, hale, blooming boy-in lefs than two months after that feparation, an appearance utterly reverfed was a fact as flagrant-pale looks-spare habit-foulneffes on his fkin-and total dejection of fpirits." The horrible inhumanity of this whole plan adds, if poffible, a deeper ftain to the crimes of that guilty government. It is clearly afferted, p. 34, that Default the furgeon was cut off, left he should at any time develop the horrors in which he had co-operated. Thefe letters-are three in number, and are faid to have been written at Paris in June last. ART. 56. Two Letters on the Origin, Antiquity, and Hiftory of Norman Titles, ftained with armorial Bearings. Ct. 8vo. 114 pp. with Plates. 45. Kerby. 1794. Thefe letters, addreffed to the Earl of Leicester by John Henniker Major, Efq., and both read in the Society of Antiquaries, contain a curious difquifition on fome tiles which formerly were part of the building of the Abbaye aux hommes, at Caen. On thefe tiles are depicted armorial bearings, of which tradition reports that they were the arms arms of the principal followers of William the Conqueror, the founde of the abbey, in his expedition against England. The learned writes of the letters contends, from these and other documents, that the ufe of armorial bearings was current among the Normans as early as the conqueft, and did not originate, as it has been ufual to fuppofe, at the Crufades. From the small number of efcutcheons, not exceeding twenty, he conceives that they were rather the arms of the first benefactors to the abbey, most of whom were doubtlefs engaged alfo in the invafion, than, properly speaking, of the followers of William, who would have been very much more numerous and this conjecture has certainly much probability. The arms are accurately reprefented on plates, and, in the firft or fecond letter, are affigned to the families to which they refpectively belonged. The tiles themfelves were prefented by Mr. Major to the Society of Antiquaries. ART. 57. An Appeal to the prefent Parliament of England, on the Subject of the late Mr. John Hunter's Mufeum. 8vo. 19 pp. 19. Kearsley. It does not, we believe, admit of a doubt, that the Museum of the late Mr. Hunter contains a collection unparalleled throughout the world. It was, as this writer expreffes it, if not wholly made by the hands of Mr. Hunter himself, yet "all planned and arranged according to his own peculiar genius. It was not haftily formed in a fit of caprice or vanity, as many heterogenous collections have been ; but was the refult of a well digefted, truly fcientific fcheme, which had for its object the improvement of every branch of the medical art; upon an unerring bafis, upon the bafis of demonftrative truths and genuine philofophy. It comprehends a comparative view of almoft all the productions of animated nature; exhibiting the peculiarities of their mechanifm, both internal and external: and, in this refpect forming a perfect school for natural hiftory, as far as it extends. A ftill greater part of this collection has been made by indefatigable Labour to illuftrate the structure of almost every defcription of living creatures in all its parts; and, by an invaluable fet of difeafed forma tions from the human fubject, to explain many phænomena in the bodies of men, both in their healthy and difeafed ftates," Though all this be true, and though the anxiety of this writer left a treasure of fuch public confequence fhould be fuffered to leave the kingdom, be very laudable, yet, as the fubject is regularly before Parliament, we truft there was no occafion for this appeal; fome parts of which, notwithstanding the evident good intention of the author, are not perfectly judicious. ART. 58. Copies of Letters, merely intended for, and by the Defire of, intimate Friends. By Captain Frederick Jones. 4to. 33 pp. IS. Wilkie. 1795. Of thefe letters, one was written from Paris at the commencement of the late revolution: the other two from Canton in China, in the years 1787 and 1788. There can be nothing more inoffenfive, than Aaa 2 for for a gentleman to gratify his intimate friends with the publication of his letters. As they are published by a bookfeller, however, a tacit hint is given, that they may be interefting to others befides friends. But there is not the leaft novelty in them, except in the letters from China, fome minute details of the names, and other particulars refpecting paffengers, of no note, in the China fhips. ART. 59. A brief Account of the Tullagaum Expedition from Bombay; and likewife of the Sieges of Baffein, Arnoll, Callian, and Cannanore, on the western Side of India, during the Courfe of the War commenced the 21ft of Nov. 1778; extracted from the Journal of an Officer, whs was actually employed on thofe feveral Services. 4to. 29 pp. Wilkie. 1794• 196 This account is very brief indeed. In all the particulars of any kind of importance, to which it extends, it perfectly agrees with the copious narratives of the fame expedition contained in the Memoirs of the War in Afia. What therefore could be a motive for this publication, we are at a lofs to conjecture. It ferves, it is true, to authenticate the narrative juft mentioned; to which indeed full credit is given by Captain Scott, tranflator and continuator of Ferifhta, and other writers, on Eaft-India fubjects. ART. 60. Paffages felected by diftinguished Perfonages, on the great Literary Trial of Vortigern and Rowena. A Comi-Tragedy. Whether it be or be not from the immortal Pen of Shakspeare. Vol. I. Second Edition. Izmo. 101 pp. 2s. 6d. Ridgway. 1795. This is a fuccefsful jeu d'efprit, though in fomè inftances reprehenfibly fatirical. The curiofity of the public being greatly excited with refpect to the authenticity of the firft play afcribed to Shak fpeare, now in the poffeffion of Mr. Ireland, and hereafter to be exhibited, the author of this publication reprefents fome well known characters of either fex, as felecting paffages from the manufcript, and declaring them the genuine production of our bard, or the contrary. Thele paffages are made more or lefs, and many happily enough, to refemble the style of Shakspeare; and are intended alfo to be defcriptive of the perfonages whofe names they bear. They appeared first in a morning paper. We fubjoin a few fpecimens. "LADY CH. C—B-LL—. Looke what a fhape: Limbes fondlie fashioned in the wanton moulde P-sS OF W-L-S. She came, A lovelie ftranger to a foreigne clime, To feale her virgin vowe, and proudlie winne A people's homage Rough Rough was her paffage o'er-for three long moones To wreft her from her lorde; but now arrived, HON. MRS. ST—N―PE. Smiled midde her griefe: o'er all his val'rous deedes, ART. 61. Candid and impartial Strictures on the Performers belonging to Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and the Haymarket Theatres. "Dedicated to that great Admirer and Patron of the Stage, his Grace the Duke of Leeds. 8vo. 71 pp. Martin and Bain. 1795. 25. The author feems fully equal to the task he has undertaken, and defcribes the different performers at our theatres with great acuteness, and with the impartiality he profeffes. ART. 62. A bort Treatife on the Latin Particles, in Alphabetical Order. With a brief Explanation, in English, for the Use of Schools. 15. Johnfon. 1795. 12mo. 28 pp. A very useful little book for beginners. ART. 63. The Youth's Mentor, by Precept and Example. In Profe and Verfe. 8vo. 81 pp. Mathews. 1795. IS. A proper compilation to be given to children, in which, to use the author's own words, the feveral leading expreffions of religion and morality are described." ART. 64. Hiftory of the City and County of Litchfield, &c. 8vo. 89 PP. 2s. 6d. Jackfon, Litchfield; Robinfons, London. 1795. This topographical work is the performance of Mr. Jackson, and bears evident marks of accuracy and diligence. The anecdotes of Garrick and Johnson contain nothing new, and it is indeed allowed that thefe are compiled from the works of others. A perfon refident in Litchfield, it might have been prefumed, would have found more to intereft the public curiofity about characters fo eminent. FOREIGN FOREIGN CATALOGUE. GERMANY. ART. 65. Dorina Chriftiana Pars theoretica e facris literis petita. Auditoribus fuis fcripfit D. Gottlob Chriftianus Storr. Stuttgart, 350 pp. in 8vo. The plan on which this compendium is formed, is particularly re. commended by its fimplicity, and luminous arrangement. In the first book the author treats of the refpect due to the facred writings; on which, on account of the exigencies of the times, he dwells longer than might otherwife have been expected in a general fyftem of this fize. He enquires here into the authenticity and integrity of the books of the New Teftament, the proofs of the divine miffion of Jefus, the infpiration of the Apoftles, and of the writings afcribed to them, as well as of thofe of the New Teftament in general; and, finally, into the falutary effects of the doctrines inculcated in them, as tending to evince the truth of the teftimony of Jefus, and of the Apoftles. The fecond book difcourfes of God, then of Creation and Providence; and, laftly, of God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft. In the third book the author confiders the nature of rational beings, both, 1. Angels, and, 2. Men. The latter of thefe heads is again fubdivided into two parts, in which an account is given of, 1. The Origin and Degradation of the Human Race, with the Mifery confequent on Sin, and the Punishment incurred by it in a future Life. 2. The Determinations of God in Favour of wretched Man. Under this laft divifion Dr. St. treats of Death, which, through the compaffion of our Saviour, is converted into a bleffing to man, of the Re furrection, of that future happiness, of which, by the eternal counfels of God, through Jefus Chriit, and for his fake, we may be partakers, of the final judgment; of Election, Reprobation, &c. The fourth book gives an account of Jefus Chrift, the Redee ner of mankind. It is divided into two parts, the first concerning the perfon of Jesus, with the different relations in which he flood; whilft in the fecond are explained the nature of his office, as well during his refidence on earth, as in his prefent exalted fituation. Under the title of The Care of the glorified Jefus for his Church, are introduced the doctrines of Baptifm, the Lord's Supper, and the operations of Grace. The fifth book treats of the reformation of our lives, as the natural effect of our belief in the doctrines of Chrift; and of its neceflity for the attainment of Salvation. Even thofe readers who would not always admit the force of our author's arguments, or fubfcribe indifcriminately to all his opinions, will, however, difcover in this epitome many original and important obfervations; and fuch as are difpofed to reject the established doctrines |