Art. XXII. A Sermon, preached at the Great Synagogue, Duke's Place, on the 14th Kislav, (A. M.) 5565, answering to Thursday, 5th December, 1805; being the Day appointed for a General Thanksgiving for the Success of his Majesty's Fleet under Lord Nelson, off Trafalgar; by the Rev. Solomon Hirschel, Presiding Rabbi (erroneously styled the High Priest) of the German Jews in London. Arranged and rendered into English by a Friend. W. J. and J. Richardson. London. 1805. A SERMON preached in a Synagogue is almost a curiosity in literature. Jewish instructors rarely favour the British public with their pulpit discourses. Indeed, as they preach, and of course must publish, in their own language, generally; only their own people could benefit by such communications. The present composition has, however, found a friend to arrange and translate it; who well deserves thanks for his trouble and skill on the occasion. We could wish that the learned among the Jews would more frequently step forward, and contribute to support the republic of letters. We might mention several names on the Continent, and a few in Britain, to whom we are obliged for works which bespeak liberal and well-informed minds: and, perhaps, some of that' odium, of which the Hebrew nation complains, might be diminished, if not removed, would its literati shew, by their productions, that they are not absorbed in those abstruse and peculiar objects of study, which are usually considered as too much engrossing the researches of their Doctors and Rabbins. TEXT." And when he had consulted the people, he appointed singers unto the Lord, and that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army, to say, give thanks unto the Lord, for his mercy endureth for ever." The preacher takes considerable pains to vindicate his nation from rejoicing in the shedding of human blood. He reminds his hearers, that although the Israelites anciently were authorised to exterminate the Canaanites; “ yet we were commanded to offer peace unto them; the acceptance of which would have spared the execution of that dreadful sentence. Nay, according to the precepts of our rabbies, [Maimon. Lex Regium,] we are directed, in the siege or blockade of a town, always to leave a part open for the flight of the inhabitants who would save themselves." Thus we see that humanity was always a paramount consideration even in wars against pagans: how much more must we be influenced at present, when all civilized nations unite in the belief of the true God! Their destruction, then, can surely be no source of pleasure or exultation; nor can we have the most distant idea, that such could be the ground, on which our virtuous and humane King has commanded this day of thanksgiving. The true ground of thanksgiving to God on such an occasion, is not, then, that of exultation over the fall of our fellow creatures, but the gratitude that we must feel at having ourselves escaped a similar destruction, with which we were threatened, and from which we had no right of preference to expect the peculiar deliverance which God has vouchsafed to grant unto us; seeing that we are sinful creatures in common with the rest of mankind. Although we may lament the necessity of the evil attached to it, yet it is our indispensible duty to thank the Supreme Director of all things for our salvation: and our gratitude gratitude should prompt us to amend our ways, and walk uprightly be fore the Lord. The good and evil in this life are so mingled, that neither can ever be said to be unalloyed; yet we are bound to praise God for the good that befals us on all occasions: and in battle, where the evil must necessarily preponderate on one side or the other, we ought surely to be thankful when the good falls to our share.' pp. 10, 11. We need not point out to our readers the coincidence of these scntiments, with those of a Christian preacher in a foregoing article. Many loyal things are said of the King; and many handsome compliments are paid to Lord Nelson: but we did not expect to find his name inserted without preface or apology in a text of Scripture: "Alas! how are the mighty fallen in the midst of battle! O Nelson! thou wast slain in thine high place!" Art. XXIII. An Elegy on the lamented, though glorious Death of Admiral the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronti, &c. Commander in Chief in the Mediterranean; with an Address to Britannia. By George Taylor, of the Bank of England. · Dulce et decorum est pro Patriá mori.-Hor. Lib. iii. Ode i. In (Nelson's) praise no man can lib'ral be, Since they, whose Muses have the highest flown, Add not to his immortal memory, But do an act of friendship to their own.- -DRYDEN. WE give Mr. Taylor credit for his zeal on this occasion, but conceive he has mistaken his forte, of which, indeed, he seems himself to have entertained some suspicion. However, for his consolation, we can assure him that he does not stand alone in this respect; for the subject has been handled very much and very roughly by many others; and with less success. We give a specimen of the poetry in support of our opinion. Skilful and brave, and gen'rous and humane, Pious to God, and friendly to mankind; Oh Nelson, might but this, my lowly strain A bard it needs, illum'd with heavenly beam, Whose soul can nobly soar, or softly sigh. pp. 5, 6. Art. XXIV. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION. GREAT BRITAIN. Mr. Parkes, chemist, has in the press a Chemical Catechism for the use of schools, &c. with notes and a vocabulary of terms. Sir J. Throckmorton has written Considerations arising from the Debates in Parliament on the Petition of the Irish Catholics. Col. Thornton's Tour through France is nearly ready for publication, in two volumes, 4to. Mr.Turnbull will speedily publish The Navy Surgeon, explaining the duties of that important office. Rev. Israel Worsley, who has lately escaped from France, intends to publish an Account of the State of France, and its Government during the last three gic provinces, and the treatment of the years, particularly as related to the BelEnglish. Mrs. M. Lee is preparing a History of the Isle of Man. 2 vols. 8vo. Mr. T. Hunt, of Harleston in Norfolk," proposes to publish by subscription, in one volume, 8vo. the celebrated Tussers "Five Hundred Points of husbandry," as practised in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. Originally printed in 1562. Mr. Mr. John Anstey is preparing a complete edition of the Works of his late father: with a sketch of his life. A uew Translation of Juvenal, with Notes, by Mr. Hodson, of King's College, Cambridge. The first Volume of a new Persian Dictionary. The Historical Review of the Moral, Religious, Literary, and Political Character of the English Nation, from the earliest periods, by Dr. Andrews. An improved edition of Mr. Planta's History of the Helvetic Confederacy. A new edition of Mr. Harmer's Observations on divers Passages of Scripture. A volume of Treatises on Religious Subjects; by the late Rev. R. Holmes, D. D. Dean of Winchester, and Editor of the Septuagint Version; by subscription. Mr. G. de Hoven has published at Heilbron, a Manuel of Practical Medicine; said to be one of the best and most interesting publications which have lately appeared on the subject; Handbuch de Praktischen Heilkunde. Mr. I. B. Fischer has published at Nuremberg, the commencement of a Work on the cultivation of exotic grain and other useful plants, in Germany. It contains the result of the Author's own Experiments. The Number published contains 25 articles. M. E. F. Wrede has published at Berlin, Geognostic Researches on the Southern Countries of the Baltic. In discussing the subject of the diminution of the depth of water in this sea, he attributes it to a change in the centre of gravity in the globe of the earth, which circumstance would of coursed is place the moveable masses of the surface of the Globe. Mr. G. Hermann, Professor of Eloquence in the University of Leipsick, 15 at present engaged in preparing for the press an edition of Eschylus, with a Latin translation, critical notes, and complete indexes, enlarged scholia, and a full and exact collection of all the various readings which are to be found either in printed editions, or in manuscripts hitherto collated. At the end will be added, a Dissertation on the Metres of Eschylus, similar to that which the Professor has already written on Pindar. Explanatory notes will only be given where former writers have mistaken the sense-as Schutze's Commentary may always be bought without the text. The whole will consist of three quarto vo lumes, the first of which will be published next spring. FRANCE. M. G. Cuvier's Lectures on compara tive Anatomy, have been edited and published by M. L. Duvernoy, under the particular and immediate inspection and superintendance of M. C. himself: the Sd, 4th, and 5th volumes now just published, complete the work. The author's opportunities of acquiring knowledge in this particular department of science, have been numerous and fortunate, and the assistance afforded him by learned men, liberal and extensive. MM. A de Humboldt and A. Bonp land, have published at Paris, the com mencement of their promised Work on Equinoctial Plants. The herbal brought by these travellers from Mexico, the Cordilleras, the Andes, the Isle of Cuba, the Provinces of Carracas Cumana, and Barcelona, New Grenada, Quito, Peru, the banks of the Rio Negro, the Oronoko, and the River of Amazons, is supposed to be the richest in exotic plants ever brought to Europe. As these naturalists have resided a considerable time in countries hitherto unexplored by botanists, the value of the collection of 6,300 species may be appreciated. The great length of time which a publication of this magnitude would consume in preparation, if not published until complete, has induced the authors to offer it to the literary world in a series of numbers; the first just published, contains the Cerorilon Audicola, or Wax Palm, with two engravings. The plates are well executed. M. Fourcroy has published a third and improved and enlarged edition of his Chemical Philosophy. Boisgelin's Ancient and Modern Malta, has been translated into French, and published by M. A. Fortia. Hodges's Hodges's Picturesque Tour in Hindus tan, has been translated, and illustrated with notes, by M. L. Langles. Capt. Woodard's Narrative has been translated and published in Paris. Mr. Jansen has translated Hogarth's Analysis of Beauty into French. M. Baumes, M. D. whose Treatise on Pulmonary Consumption gained the approbation of the Royal Medical Society of Paris, in 1783, has published a second edition of that Work, revised, corrected, and much enlarged. The preliminary essay contains a description of this malady, and a comparison with other disorders which might be confounded with it by inattentive observers: the first part of the work treats of the predisposing causes of Consumption, the mode of correcting them, and of preventing their consequences. The author considers, 1. the hereditary tendency to this disease; 2. that dependent on constitution and mode of life; and, 3. of accidental disorders, whether necessarily, or probably followed by consumption. In the second part of his work he developes the means of checking its progress in its several stages; and points out the particular symptoms attending them: he notices all those remedies which have been boasted of as specifics. The ideas entertained by author at the first publication of his work, have been confirmed by his experience. Traité sur la Phthisie Pulmonaire. 2 vols. 8vo. M. I. P. Bellaire, who was Captain of Infantry, and attached to the staff of that 'part of the French army of the East, to, which was entrusted the defence of the Ex-Venetian islands and possessions in the Ionian Sea, (now the Republic of the Seven Islands) during the 5th, 6th, and 7th year of the Republic, has published an account of the general operations of that army to which he has added political and topographical observations relative to the Ionian islands, to Ali Pacha of Janina, and to Albania Inferior; on these two latter subjects, he adds some interesting details to those presented by Pouqueville. MM. F. and P. Piranesi have commenced a series of designs of the Antiquities of Magna Græcia, now the kingdom of Naples. They will be engraved by F. Piranesi, from drawings by the late J. B. Piranesi, explained and illustrated by M. Gualtrin. The first part of the first volume, is published, containing 35 plates; price, half bound 217 francs. The first three volumes, which will be devoted to the Works at Pompeia, will contain 160, to which one volume of text will be added. Art. XXV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. A Proposal for destroying the Fire and Choak Damps of Coal Mines, &c. By J. Memoirs of R. Cumberland. Written Trotter, M. D. 2s by himself. 4to 21 2s Memoirs of the Life of the late George Morland. By J. Hassell. 4to 1 1s Public Characters for 1805. 10s 6d Memoirs of Lord Nelson. Charnock, Esq. 8vo. 10s 6d EDUCATION. By J. Geographical Delineations; or, a Compendious View of the Natural and Political State of all Parts of the Globe. By J. Aiken, M.D. small 8vo. 12s LAW. An Abridgement of the Modern Determinations in the Courts of Law and Equity. 5 vols 14s A Treatise on the Statute of Frauds, By W. Roberts. 12s MEDICAL. SCIENCE. Outlines of the Origin and Progress of Galvanism. By W. Meade, M. D. 2s 6d MILITARY SCIENCE. A Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the Regular Corps formed and commanded by Europeans in the Service of the Native Princes of India; with Details of the late War. By L. F. Smith. 10s 6d with coloured plates; or 5s without. The Post Captain; or, the Wooden Walls well manned, comprehending a Survey of Naval Society and Manners. 8yo 7s Gleanings in Africa. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester. 2d Series. Vol. i. 8vo 7s Thoughts on Affectation; addressed to Young Persons. small 8vo 6s The Genuine Art of Gauging, with 60 plates. By P. Jonas. 8vo 9s Remarks, Critical, Conjectural and Explanatory, on Shakespeare. By E. H. Seymour. 8vo 2 vols. 1l 1s The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud; in a Series of Letters, written in 1805. 3 vols 12mo il is A Monody on Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson. By G. Richards, M. A. F. R. S. 4to 1s A Sermon preached at Southampton. By the Rev. Mears. The Destruction of the Combined Fleets of France and Spain. Preached at Worship street, by the Rev. J. Evans, is A Sermon preached at the Drum-head, before the St. Margaret's and St. John's Volunteers. By the Rev. W. W. Dakins, LL. B. F. S. A. 1s 6d Public Tokens of Sorrow due to the Brave Men who fall in the Service of their country. Preached at Pentonville, by R. Lendon, M. A. Reflections on Victory. Preached in Argyle Chapel, Bath, by W. Jay. 8vo 15 A Sermon preached in Oxtord Chapel, Cavendish-square. By the Rev. D. Evans. 8vo. Is 6d Security in the Divine Protection, preached in the Chapel of Berwick. By S. Butten, A. M. 1s National Benefits, a Call for National Repentance. Preached at St. Mary's, Shrewsbury, by J. B. Blakeway, M. A. Is ERRATA. Page 90, line 19 from bottom, for Art. XXV. read Art. II. 114, - 10, for Art. VI. read Art. V. |