dote against the Doctor's ungenerous and unjuft infinuations in his preface that however we may have endeavoured to expose the narrow and illiberal fpirit of bigotry; and to oppofe the corruptions of true religion, generally recommended under the pretence of holy myfteries; we have a high and fincere veneration for genuine uncorrupted Christianity; and we think, one of the most effectual methods to advance its interefts, and extend its influence in the world, (a method which we will fteadily pursue) is, as much as poffible, to feparate it from the inventions of men, and to reprefent it in its native purity, full of grace and truth. Art. 2. The Creed of the Nazarenes, or of the first Chriftians, as a Light of Knowledge oppofed to the Darkness of Ignorance, to be perceived amongst the Jews and future Chriftians. Dedicated to the Bishops of the English High-church. 8vo. 3 s. sewed. Nicoll. Hutchinfonian and Moravian jargon, POLITICAL. Art. 3. A candid Examination of the Legality of the Warrant if fued by the Secretaries of State, for apprehending the Printers, Publishers, &c. of a late interesting Paper. 4to. 6d. Fletcher. However interefting the late well-known paper may have been, we will venture to fay, that this Examination is the most uninteresting and abfurd performance that our political fquabbles have produced. The Writer, if we may call him fo, is a stranger to the very elements of reasoning, and is equally destitute of fentiment and expression. Art. 4. Remarks on the prefent State of the National Debt. Together with fome Strictures upon the general Modes of Taxation in England. 8vo. Is. Wilkie. In this fenfible, well-written pamphlet, a perplexed and intricate fubject is placed in a very clear and intelligible point of view. A mong other things, the Writer fhews, that the most common, and by far the moft pernicious, way of contracting national debts, is, when monies are borrowed by the government, at the expence of giving the Lender fome extraordinary advantage, or what is commonly called a Douceur. By this means the State becomes indebted to particular perfons, for money which never even fo much as existed. It would exceed our limits to give a general account of thefe pertinent Remarks; we, therefore, refer to the tract itself, which the Reader will find well worth his perufal. Art. 5. A Diffection of the North Briton, N° 45, Paragraph by Paragraph. Infcribed to the Right Honourable Earl Temple. 8vo. Is. Burnet. A very aukward and butcherly piece of anatomy, indeed! In plain English, this is one of the moft flimfy, abfurd, inconfiftent, contradictory, fervile, and wretched pieces of patch work, which our ridiculous political contefts have produced. It is, indeed, below all criticism, * ** in 1 in refpect to compofition. But it may be a matter of confideration how far the Author is warranted in publishing a paper, paragraph by paragraph, which has been voted a libel by both Houses? Probably, however, his infignificance will prove his fecurity, and he will have no occafion flettere Superos. By the bye, his motto is well worth obfervingFlectere fi nequeo Superos Acheronta movebo. That is, As I cannot write like an angel, I will fcribble away like any devil. Art. 6. A Letter to a Member 4to. is. of the Club in Albemarle-freet. Kearfly. Poor, common-place, declamatory ftuff, to perfuade us, that the Members of this club affemble for the good of their country.- -Ask the Waiters; they, if they dare, can tell whether this be fo, or not. Art. 7. Fragments and Anecdotes, proper to be read, at the prefent Inftead of every honeft Englishman, read-every fleepy Englishman, noftro Periculo; and then the title-page will be properly adapted to the pamphlet. What this Piece-broker would mean, we cannot conjecture. He has given us the impeachment of the Earl of Oxford-The pcech of Richard Hampden, Efq; on opening that impeachment-The fpeech of King George the firft, in 1726-The memorial of Monf. de Palm, the Imperial Refident, relative to the matter of the King's fpeechExtracts from what he calls, an excellent pamphlet, infcribed to G. G. Efq;-With feveral extracts from the Chronicles, cum mult ́s aliis quæ nunc, &c.What thefe fcraps have to do with the prefent crifis, the Editor best knows. We are perfuaded, however, that if the Reader is wife as well as honeft, he will not think it proper to read fuch a collection of indigested and inapplicable matter. Art. 8. Confiderations on the prefent high Prices of Provifions, and S. 4to. The fubject of this pamphlet is highly interefting, and it has. moreover, the merit of being very well written. We are fearful, however, that it will not meet with due attention; for there is an infatuation in the prefent times, which makes men quarrel about imaginary grievances, while they are patient under real hardships. The intent of this able performance is, to fhew, that if manufactures at home, trade abroad, and populouinefs, be the real strength of the nation, the only means to obtain thefe ends are, that the taxes be equally and uniformly laid; that care be taken that foreign States do not carry on their manufactures on better terms than ourfelves, by making provifions cheap to them, in preference to our own induftrious poor; that every kind of monopoly be discountenanced; that the legislative power fix equitable prices, not only on the neceffaries of life, but also on the means of their conveyance, whether by land or water; that the of provifions be made in public markets; that weights and mea of one and the fame capacity throughout the kingdom; and er perfons be appointed to fee the laws relative to these con cerns cerns duly executed, fo as the ftatutes of the realm may no more remain a dead letter. POETICA L. Art. 9. The British Coffee-house. A Poem. 4to. Nicoll. 1 s. 6 d. Abufes the Scotch in the old ftrain: Thefe dirty Scriblers have no invention: nothing but an eternal round of hunger, and filth, rags, rags, and filth and hunger! But, we fuppofe, fuch are the topics they are beft acquainted with: :- - for, alas! we may behold enough of these, without turning our faces toward the North. Art. 10. The Chaplain, a Poem. 4to. Is. 6d. Ridley, Another offering at the fhrine of K-dg-ll; but it is probable that the incense will not rife very acceptably; for, like fome of the facrifices of old, it is compofed of bitter berbs. Thus the Author describes his Chaplain : With the foft amble of a fhuffling pace, With that foft melody's enchanting strain, Can this gay fop, this food for human mirth, Who would be fhock'd, fhould e'er his tongue blafpheme, To public eyes lafcivious fcenes explain; Stamp them his own, and fign them with his hand? Alas! poor K-! how haft thou been buffeted! How have thy pious purpofes, thy difinterefted manoeuvres expofed thee to the ravenous attacks of fatyrs, and beats of prey!- -But thou !-thou, who hadit before been worried by the lion, the king of beafts, wilt never feel the gripe of this poor jackal, Art. 11. The Smithfield Rofciad. By the Author. 4to. 2s. 6d. Flexney. From whatever hand this medley proces, the Author deserves a chaftisement adequate to his impudence and his cruelty. The price of the pamphlet is an evident proof that . deign of the publication was folely to get money; and," for this purofe, to facrifice the characters and interests of any fet of men, is a species of villainy which merits a feverer punishment than the retaliation of the pea. Io hold up to public ridicule, a number of poor men whole bread depends upon the public favour, has fome.hing in it to favage and inhuman, that, if it could be fuppofed to proceed from wantonnefs, it would, indeed, be deteftable; but if it is known to be derived from selfishness, the dirty robber ought to be driven out of fociety. Art. 12. The Garretteer, a Satire. Infcribed (without Permiffion) to the Three most distinguished Heroes of the Poem, the Garretteer's Patrons. 4to. 1s. Hinxman, The most diftinguished Hero of this poem, is the Author himself, of whofe garretical habitation we have no manner of doubt.—He introduces to himself a stranger, with whom he has a most stupid conversation about nothing, or, what is the fame thing, about himself. Art. 13. Epithalamion; or a Bridal Poem on the Marriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Augufta of England, to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick-Lunenburg. 4to. 6d. Flexney, We hope the royal pair, who are here fo wretchedly berhymed, have not taken this Epithalamion abroad with them, as a fpecimen of English poetry. The goofe of an Author has metamorphofed them into fwans, through a prefumptuous imitation of Spenfer, in whofe fteps he is just as capable of treading, as a Dutch Boor is of dancing with Gallini. He has the vanity, however, to affirm, in his dedication, that his poem will be an endless proof of a fubject's loyalty: but whether the materials will really prove fo lafting as he fuppofes, let the Reader judge from the following specimen : Sing, fing Augufta's praife, like Thames's ftream, An endless fubject, but a glorious theme. If Phoebus is the father of the Muse, Can he this fimple one request refuse? In the last quoted line, we apprehend, there is a typographical erros, and that it should be read thus: Can he this fimple one's request refuse? In the following good wishes we do moft heartily join the Poet: · May Peace, and Augufta's name for ever ring, And a more able Mufe her virtues fing!" Ding, dong, ding! God fave the King! MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 14. An Efay on the Neceffity and Farm of a Royal Academy for Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. 8vo. Is. Kearfly. The The dedication of this Effay to Lord Bute, is written in a very peculiar train. The Dedicator cafts fome fevere reflections on the Tranflator of Elvira, for having flattered his Lordfhip by a contemptible panegyric. Our Dedicator, however, talks in a different ftyle- I hope,' fays he, national intereft will be preferred to the intrigues of a few, who baving no pretenfions to public employ, either from ability, integrity, or knowlege, will be obliged to make way for thofe, whofe long tried virtue has endeared them to all true Englishmen. When this is done, which is fo earnestly wifhed; when offices are not proflituted on the ignorant and abandoned; when penfions are not given to Jacobite Writers, only to appease their fury; when our beft of Sovereigns is left to judge for himself; then the nation will be the happy and united people they were, before your Lordship became that odious officer, Prime Minifier. Your Lordship's greatest public virtue was, retiring from an office that juftly gave umbrage to the English. You have now time to promote arts, and I am perfuaded, you have inclination. Thefe will make you as amiable as your politics have rendered you obnoxious. I afk no favour for myself, I plead for the neglected arts; promote the Academy, and you will highly oblige one, who fcorns to be your Flatterer, but is your fincere Well-wisher,' &c. The defign of this pamphlet is evident from the title. As to the execution, it is but just to acknowlege, that it is written in a genteel and fpirited manner. We are informed, in a preface, that this Effay is not ufhered into the world as a new performance, but as a corrected and improved edition of a pamphlet, not totally difregarded, in the year 1755 +-It was then, fays the Editor, the reign of George the fecond, a Prince whofe many excellent qualities, will make his memory dear to the friends of Liberty; but who neither understood nor patronized the liberal arts.—We have only to object, that in this Effay, the Editor makes fome fevere animadverfions on the Society of Arts, &c. which we do not think altogether well founded. * David Mallet, Efq; See Review, vol. XXVIII. page 67. + See Review, vol. XII. page 513. Art. 15. The Method of calculating an Eclipfe geometrically; with an Example of the great Eclipfe of the Sun, which will happen on April 1. between Nine and Ten in the Morning, 1764. The whole Pracefs being fully laid down, and plainly demonftrated by a copper-plate. By D. Fenning, and John Probat, Master of the Academy, Cox's-fquare, Spittle-Fields. 8vo. I S. Crowder. It is reported of the famous Milton, that he taught two of his daughters to pronounce not only the modern, but also the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, though they underfood only their mother-tongue. Our Authors feem to have had Milton in their eye, when they wrote this performance; for the Reader, by perufing the piece before us, will gain an infight into the doctrine of Eclipfes, juft as Milton's daughters improved their knowledge by reading to their father in a language they did not understand. They have not even explained the nature of orthographical projection, nor given one single reafon why the operation is performed |