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But on the particular share which men of letters had in effecting this change, there are, of course, different opinions, and a warm controversy has been excited by the subject: The author of this work has done much towards forming a decision of the question without professedly entering into it, or giving a positive judgment upon the degree of concern due to French literature in the political convulsions that have so earfully shaken the state of society, not in Europe only, but in every part of With a masterly hand, and great impartiality, the writer has sketched the literary history of his country from the time of Louis XIV. to the close of the last century: and though, in this picture, he has necessarily assembled a great number of distinguished characters, he has correctly exhibited their opinions, appreciated their merits, and traced the conformity which subsisted between their productions and the manners of the people. 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This pleasant essay will afford considerable en tertainment to those readers who have a classical taste and a relish for humour. The author has selected many choice articles out of an abundant store of literary materials, ancient and modern, study of which is sarcastically recommended to for the illustration of this important subject, the our pious missionaries, since "what arguments can they use, what means of conversion can they more effectually employ, than by setting before the poor unsophisticated rice-eaters the superior excellence of the European kitchen, and the capti vating dainties of Christian diet? 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By William Haygarth, esq. A. M. 4tc. pp. 304. This is a performance that cannot fail to console the reader of taste amid the mortification produced by the perusal of the vapid and extravagant pieces which are continually issuing from the press bearing the dignified name of poems,' without any legi. timate claim to that honourable title. The author of the present volume has nobly disdained to court a frivolous popularity by descriptions that have co realities, sentiments which may be admired bat were never felt, and circumstances of which it would be difficult to trace any corresponding resemblance in the occurrences of this " visible diurnal sphere." The land of heroes and legisla tors, of philosophers and poets, is here delineated with a glowing but faithful pencil, and in that i measure which was consecrated by Homer, and is reudered familiar to v, by Milton. A rich store, of classical illustratin is provided in the not. and the graphic sketches with which the book is ornamented are equally spirited and elegant. France; a Heroic Poem. By Hamilton Roche, esq. late a captain of light infantryi the British service, Author of the heroi poem on Russia; he poem on Salamanca the Sudburiad, or Poems from the Cottage Letters from North America, &c. &c. &c 4to. pp. 36. The honourable list of subscribers with w this piece is introduced, in lines as to believe th the author has rendered his country service in military character; but though now and thes may be said of the same person, "tam Marti q Mercurio," such an instance does not happen e day, and justice compels us to say, that howe heroic this gentleman may have been with sword, he totally mistook his powers when bet tured to change that weapon for the pen. Disappointment, or the Hunt after Royal A Poem. 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We should feel so worse than pity for the person who could any pleasure from such miserable adulation following: "Great kings and emp'rors to thy court rep To hear the speech of so divine a mind; And offer tribute of distinction fair: This doth the soldier of St. Alban bind, And that the golden eagle on thy breast, Or with the Holy Ghost thy sovereign robe in Ossian's Fingal rendered into Eng verse. By Geo. Harvey, 8vo. 10s. Canting, interspersed with tales. post 8s. Alexis and Katherine; a Russian p Translated from the original M,S. of the thor, who fell in the battle before Dra 5s. 6d. The Poetical Register, Vol. VIII. cr. 12s. . 1814.] Review of New Musical Publications. PHILOLOGY. The Dictionary of the English Language. By Sam. Johnson, L. L. D. with corrections and additions, by the Rev. H. J. Todd, Part I. 4to. (to be completed every three months, till completed in 4 vols.) 11. 18. Elements of Hebrew Grammar. Gyles, M. A. 8vo 12s. By J. F. POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. 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The learned doctor begins by pointing out the major scale as invented by Ptolemy, and pursued some centuries afterwards by Tartini, which was obtained by taking three notes, do, fa, sol, expressed by the numbers 6, 8, 9, shewing the respective number of vibrations of each note, adding the major third and fifth to each;-thus, C gives E and G; F gives A and C; and G gives B and D; in this manner of filling up the scale, Pythagoras, says Dr. C. was the inventor of the harmonical canon, or monochord, which is merely a string, having a board under it of exactly the same length, to delineate the respective proportions which produce certain notes. The manner of using the monochord is first to tune the string to C, on the second space of the bass clef, to pinch the string with the finger and thumb of one hand, and bow On the string with a violin bow in the other; or a sliding bridge might be used. After this follows a long section on the mathematical division of strings; shewing the impossibi. lity of perfection on an instrument which has a limited number of sounds in an octave; for on keyed instruments, containing only twelve notes in an octave, three major thirds make an octave; but these tuned perfectly to each other, fall consider. ably short of the true octave. Again, twelve fifths, or six major tones, constitute an octave, which will be found to exceed it by a small portion. If equally distributed, this imperfection will be scarcely perceptible; when the fifths are all equally too flat, the thirds will all become equally too sharp; and this, which is called the equal tempe rament, will repder all the keys equally imperfect. take an early opportunity of examining the tracts of Lord Stanhope, Dr. Calcott, Mr. Kollmann, and others on this subject. Frederick the Great, or the Heart of a Soldier; an Operatic Anecdote; as performed at the Theatre Royal, Lyceum. Written by S. J. Arnold, Esq.; composed by T. Cooke. In an opera, the first thing that claims notice is the overture. Operatical overtures have a style peculiar to themselves; for if all the harmony of Haydn and Mozart combined were poured forth, it would avail but little with play-going folks, unless it were plentifully interlarded with solos for various instruments,-such as flutes, clarionets, oboes, bassoons, &c. The introduction to this piece is an adagio movement, fully possessing these requisites; after which follows a very spirited allegro, much in the style of our favourite Vaumaldere, in which sound harmony is blended with elegant fancy. The song of "Contradiction" is un mor. Geau tres piquant, and is sung in a very provok. ing way by Miss Kelly. The songs "Oh! give me the heart which is cheerful and gay," and "Hark! the trumpet, hark!" sung by Mr. Cooke, are charming pieces, and remind us of Shield in his best days. "Zounds! my lad, never pine," sung by Fawcett; "That's the way," and "Ulrica," by Liston, are no bad specimens of Mr. Cooke's ta lents in the comic style: nor must the song be forgotten of Roll drums merrily." arranged to the tune of " Voulez vous danser, Madame." Mr. Pyne's song of "It is not that a woman's eye," is a close imitation (in the sentiment at least) of Mr. Sheridan's song, "I could never lustre see," in the Duenna. The duet, in the last act, of "In search of glory," beginning in the minor key of D, is a Unequal temperament is that wherein some of chef d'auore and displays no small share of must the fifths and thirds are more perfect than others; of this there are many systems; but as the learned professor goes no further in his treatise, we shall cal pathos. But by far the best song in the piece is I love thee ever dearly," (so wretchedly sketched the day after the first performance, in the 352 Dramatic Register—Covent Garden. Morning Post,) sung by Mr. Cooke, and accompanied on the carillous. This kind of accompaniment is at present much in request with lady performers, but who, instead of the carillons, or bells, as used at the theatres, have an instrument called an harunonica, in which the hammers strike on glass. In chamber music it has a soft and pleasing effect — The charusses, in which there is a plentiful spriukling of drums and trumpets, are as good as most we have heard lately. But we cannot forget the admirable compositions of Storace in that branch, [Nov. 1, which seem to be the ne plus ultra of choml music; witness his Haunted Tower, Siege of Belgrade, &c.-Before we take leave of Mr. Conie, we cannot omit noticing the wonderful faculty this promising young composer possesses as an instru mental performer, he having been known to play obligato concertos on five or six different instru meats in the same evening! We must now bid him adieu, wishing him all the success his merit deserves. DRAMATIC REGISTER. COVENT GARDEN-On the 30th of September a very interesting melo-drame, under the title of the Forest of Bondy, or The Dog of Montargis, was presented for the first time. The story is as follows: man is resolute in the belief of his in The colonel of a French regiment, after an engagement in which one of his othcers has distinguished himself, confers on him, by a royal mandate, the command of his own company, and as a proof of personal esteem his daughter's hand. His rival in love and in ambition is Macaire, a brother officer, who provokes him to fight, and is spared by the generosity of his conqueror. Aubry, the young captain, charged with dispatches, is obliged to pass through the forest; Macaire follows and murders him. At this point the interest of the piece commences. On the curtain rising for the second act, a farm-house, with its offices, occupies the stage It is the dead of the night; a dog is heard barking; he bounds across the stage, springs to the bell at the house-door, and rings it in cessantly till the mistress of the farm appears with her lantern. Nothing could pacify the dog which continued bounding and barking violently; the lantern was his object; it was set down, seized in a moment by this extraordinary creature, and carried off. The old woman, excited by his anxiety, follows him. The murderer now appears gliding back to his chamber with the strong agitation of recent blood upon him. In a moment after, the village is roused by the report, that Aubry has been found freshly buried on the spot where his dog tore up the earth. Florio, a dumb boy, is seized on the suspicious evidence of having the purse and pocket-book of the dead man, who had confided it to him for the purpose of conveying it to his mother in the event of the duel proving fatal to him, found in his bosom. His attempts at defence, under the heavy calamity of the loss of speech, were most touching, and very gracefully con- appeared through the play to k Iceived by Miss Booth. He is, however, quite well what she was about. W carried off to punishment. The old wo- doubt whether Juliet was the characte On the 5th October, was performe Romeo and Juliet, in which a Miss O'Ne from the Dublin Theatre, was introduc in the part of Juliet, it being her public appearance in London. T young lady has attracted much attenti at Dublin, and comes hither with a com derable share of reputation. This, ho ever, from public expectations being nerally raised too high, is as often like to prove a disadvantage as a bene In this instance, the new actress, but candour to say, did not disapp us in any reasonable hopes. In person she is elegant; her face is ha some, though not quite so expressive a tragic actress seems to require. gait and attitudes were unstrained, tural and graceful. Her voice is good modulation, of considerable swet ness, and is capable of strong expressio She has no very striking traits in acting, and discovers no very particul originality of genius. She has a judgment, a fair share of taste, sufficient experience of the business the stage. Hence, with an allowa for the diffidence so natural to a fema on coming before a London audience, diffidence which was commendable,) |