Where the worst crimes triumphantly prefide,

Luft, Falfhood, Avarice, Treachery, Fraud, and Pride;
Where ftern Ambition frowns, where Envy leers,
Where Scandal whispers, and Detraction fneers.
Long may I live remote from fcenes like thefe
In humble, quiet, and domeftic ease;
Bleft with the friendship of a chofen few,
Generous my Julia, and fincere as you;
In close instructive converfe I may find
Engagements worthy of a feeling mind;
By whofe examples I my foul may raise
To deeds that candour neer shall blush to praife;
That lead to triumphs won in Virtue's caufe,

And all that confcience crowns with felf applaufe." P. 189.

The remaining poems are on various fubjects, and have various degrees of merit. Upon the whole, the author fhows himself to be a man of talents, but cannot as yet rank with finished and claffical poets.

ART. 36. An hiftorical Account of Corsham Houfe in Wiltshire, the Seat of Paul Cobb Methuen, Efq. with a Catalogue of his celebrated Collection of Pictures! Dedicated to the Patrons of the British Inftitution, and embracing a concife hiftorical Efay on the fine Arts, with a brief Account of the different Schools, and a Review of the progreffive State of the Arts in England; also biographical Sketches of the Artifts whofe Works conftitute the Collection. By John Britton. Embellished with a View and Plan of the Houfe. 8vo. 5s. Miller. 1807.

It is not often that a small book correfponds with an extended title page, to which, on this particular account, we are ge. nerally averfe. But this is a very neat, cheap, and, as far as it goes, fatisfactory publication. To the visitors of Corfham House it must be a most useful and agreeable guide; and the short sketch of the progrefs of the fine arts comprehends as much as could poffibly be expected in fo confined a compafs. The plan of Corfham Houfe, which is introduced as a frontispiece, is exe cuted with particular neatness and effect.

MONTHLY

MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

DIVINITY..

Sermons preached to his Congregation, at Bishop Wearmouth. By the Rev. William Paley, D. D.

Differtations on the Principal Prophecies: reprefenting the Di. vine and the Human Character of our Lord Jefus Chrift. By William Hales, D. D. Rector of Killefandra, formerly Profeffor of Oriental Languages in the University of Dublin. 8s.

Report of a Deputation from the Hibernian Society, respecting the Religious State of Ireland. To which is annexed a Plan of the Society, with a Lift of Officers.

IS.

The Doctrine of the Greek Article, applied to the Criticifin, and the Illuftration of the New Teftament. By T. F. Middleton, A. M. Rector of Tanfor, in Northamptonshire, and of Bytham, in Lincolnshire. 145.

An Inquiry into certain vulgar Opinions, concerning the Catholic Inhabitants and Antiquities of Ireland, in a Series of Let. ters from thence, addreffed to a Proteftant Gentleman in England. By the Rev. J. Milner, D. D. F. S. A. 5s.

A Letter to the Rev. John Owen, in Reply to the Brief Strictures on the Preface to Obfervations on the Present State of the Eaft India Company. To which is added a Poftfcript, containing Remarks on a Note in the Christian Obferver for December laft. By Major Scott Waring. 3s. 6d.

A Sermon, preached at the Parish Church of Thorp, in the County of Surrey, on the 25th of October, 1807, being the Anniversary of his Majefty's Acceffion to the Throne. By the Rev. E. W. Whitaker, Rector of St. Mildred's and All Saints, Canterbury. 1s. 6d.

The Manual of Prophecy. By the Rev. E. W. Whitaker, Rector of St. Mildred's and All Saints, Canterbury. gs. 6d.

Short Remarks on the Alarming Increase of the Diffenters. By W. C. F. Efq. 15.

The Hopes of the Righteous in Death: illuftrated in a Funeral Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Horningfham. By the Rev. Francis Skurray, A. M. Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford. is. 6d.

A few Curfory Remarks on Mr. Twining's Letter to the Chairman of the Eaft India Company. By a Member of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 6d.

A Letter

A Letter to the Prefident of the Board of Controul, on the Propagation of Chriftianity in India: to which are added, Hints to those concerned in fending Miffionaries thither.

LAW.

The Proceedings under a Writ of Inquiry, before the Sheriff of Middlefex, and a Special Jury, in an Action between the Right Hon. the Earl of Elgin, and Robert Fergufon, Efq. for Crimi nal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife, when a Verdict was given in Favour of the Plaintiff for 10,000l. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Gurney.

The Trial of Dr. Campbell, at the Inftance of the College of Physicians, with Remarks by a Friend to Truth and Juftice. Is. The King verfus Graham. Mr. F. Plowden's Refutation of the Charge of having improvidently and maliciously advised the Profecution. 3s. 6d.

ARCHITECTURE.

Defigns for Villas, and other Rural Buildings. With an Introductory Effay, containing Remarks on the prevailing Defects of Modern Architecture, and an Inveftigation of the Styles bett adapted for the Dwellings of the prefent Times. By E. Aiken, Architect. 4to. l. 11s. 6d.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of Sir Thomas More, with a New Tranflation of his Utopia, his Hiftory of King Richard III. and his Latin Poems. By Arthur Cayley, the Younger, Efq. 2 vols. 4to.

21. 25.

MEDICAL.

Obfervations on the Humulus Lupulus of Linnæus, or Hop, with an Account of its Ufe in Gout and other Diseases, with Cafes and Communications from Phyficians. To which is added the Method of obtaining the Extract and Tincture; and other Particulars, By A. Freake, Apothecary, Tottenham-courtroad. 2s. 6d.

Remarks on the Reform of the Pharmaceutical Nomenclature, and particularly on that adopted by the Edinburgh College, read before the Liverpool Medical Society. By John Bostock, M. D.

25.

A Letter, containing fome Obfervations on Fractures of the Lower Limbs; to which is added, an Account of a Contrivance to adminifter Cleanliness and Comfort to the Bed-Ridden, or Perfons confined to Bed, by Age, Accident, Sicknefs, or any other Infirmity; with Explanatory Plates. By Sir James Earle, F. R. S. Surgeon Extraordinary to his Majefty, and Senior Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hofpital, 35.

A Letter

A Letter to his Royal Highnefs the Duke of York, Prefident, the Vice Presidents, Treasurer and Governors of the Small Pox Hofpital, on the prefent State of that Charity. Gratis.

An Attempt at a Syftematic Reform of the Modern Practice of Adhefion, efpecially in relation to the Ufe and Abuse of the Thread Suture; with a View of its Merits comparatively with those of the Adhesive Strap, in the Surgery of Wounds: being the Substance of a Courfe of Lectures, intended to have been delivered to Students in Surgery. By Samuel Young, of the London College of Surgeons. 145.

CLASSICAL EDUCATION—AND LITERATURE.

Scanning Exercifes for Young Profodians, containing the First two Epiftles from the Electa ex Ovidio, minutely fcanned, proved by the Rules of the Eton Grammar, and interfperfed with occafional Remarks; the whole calculated to save Time and Labour, to both Teacher and Pupil. By J. Carey, L. L. D. 4s.

An Inaugural Lecture on the Utility of Anglo-Saxon Literature; to which is added the Geography of Europe, by King Alfred, including the Discovery of the North Cape, with an Account of two Voyages in the Baltic, during his Reign: now first correctly printed in Saxon and English, and illuftrated with Notes. By the Rev. J. Ingram, M. A. Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Oxford, and Anglo-Saxon Profeffor. 8s. 6d.

An Address to the Legislature of the British Empire, upon the
moft Important, although the most neglected Branch of Scholaftic
Education.
Is. 6d.

A Second Letter to Samuel Whitbread, Efq. M. P. containing
Obfervations on his Bill for Parochial Schools, and Supplementary
Obfervations on the Religious Systems maintained by the Monthly
and Critical Reviewers. By John Bowles, Efq. 3s. 6d.

Lord Bacon's Diftribution of Knowledge into particular Sciences, reduced to a Map; or, An Abstract of the Treatife De Augment. Scientiarum. Engraved on a large Folio Sheet. 75.

Collectanea Oratoria; or, the Academic Orator. Confifting of a Diversity of Oratorical Selections, appertaining to every Clafs of Public Orations, appofitely arranged, and calculated for the Ufe of Schools and Academies. To which is prefixed, a 'Differtation on Oratorical Pronunciation, or Action, moftly ab. ftracted from Profeffor Ward's Syftem of Oratory. By J. H. Rice. 55.

NATURAL HISTORY-GARDENING,

Zoography, or the Beauties of Nature difplayed; in felect. Defcriptions from the Animal and Vegetable, with Additions from the Mineral Kingdom, fyftematically arranged. Illuftrated

with Sixty Plates, defigned and engraved by William Daniel. By W. Wood, F. L. S. Imperial Octavo. 3 vols. 61. 6s. my, 31. 13s. 6d.

The Gardener's and Botanift's Dictionary; containing the beft and newest Methods of cultivating and improving the Kitchen, Fruit, Flower Garden, and Nursery; of performing the practical Parts of Agriculture: of managing Vineyards, and of propagating all Sorts of Timber Trees. By the late Phillip Miller, F. R. S. with Additions and Improvements, by Thomas Martyn, B. D. F. R. S. Regius Profeffor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. Folio. 4 vols. 14l. 145.

An Introduction to Phyfiological and Syftematical Botany. By James Edward Smith, M. D. F. R. S. Prefident of the Linnæan Society. 8vo. 145.

TOPOGRAPHY. /

A Topographical Dictionary of England: exhibiting the various Subdivifions of each Country into Hundreds, Lathes, Wapentakes, &c. The Refident Population of each Parish and Township, according to the Returns made to Parliament, in 1801; and the Amount of the Parochial Affeffments, according to the Returns made to Parliament in 1803. The Valuations in the King's Books; the Patrons of the Ecclefiaftical Benefices; and the Tutelary Saint of each Church. The Distance and Bearing of every Parish, or Hamlet, from the nearest Poft-Office Town. Markets. Fairs.-Corporations.-Free Schools. The Situa tion and Defcription of Monafteries, and other Religious Houfes. Members of Parliament.-Affizes and Petty Seffions.-Collected from the moft authentic Documents, and arranged in Alphabetical Order, &c. By Nicholas Carlifle, Fellow and Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London. 4to. 2 vols. 51. 5s.

POETRY.

The Satires of Juvenal. Tranflated and illuftrated by Francis Hodgson, A. M. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. 4to. 21.

The Poetical Works of John Milton, from the Text of the Rev. Henry John Todd, M. A. with a Critical Effay By J. Aikin, M.D. 12mo. 4 vols. 11. 19.

Edwy and Elgiva, and Sir Everard. By the Rev. Robert Bland. 8vo. 75.

The Royal Legend: In which are detailed the Character of Bardolph, Lupo, Waldon, and other dangerous Companions for a Prince. I 2mo. 55.

DRAMA.

Three Comedies. Tranflated from the Spanish, 7s. 6d.

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