Poems. By a Literary Society, Regular Ode, addreffed to the Hon. William Pitt, The Fairy Ring; or Emmeline, 832 ibid. 233 233 Mutual Attachment; or, the Memoirs of Victoria de Ponty, ib. Phantoms; or, the Adventures of a Gold-headed Cane, St. Ruthin's Abbey, Dewell's Philofophy of Phyfic, or Phlogistic Syftem, ibid. 234 235 ibid. 236 ibid. Dr. Charfley's Effay on the General Mortality of Fevers, ibid. Pharus Artis Grammatica Hebrææ. Confecit Job Uri, 237 238 ibid. 239 ibid. Enquiry into the Caufes of that Disease in Wheat called Brand, 240 ibid. ibid. 240, 400 241 248 251 White's Institutes, written by the Great Timour, The Hiftory of Modern Europe, Part II. Jones's Relicks of the Welsh Bards, Attempt to recommend the Study of Botanical Analogy, Grammar of the Bengal Language, Sir Wm. Jones's Moalakat; or Seven Arabian Poems, Narrative of the Diffenfions and Debates in the Royal Society, 299 Burges's Confiderations on the Law of Infolvency, 305 Reflections, occafioned by the late additional Duties on Sugars and Rum, 310 314 ibid. A Letter from Common Senfe, Letters on Credit, ibid. ibid. A Letter to Sir Philip Jennings Clerke, 312 Account of the Proceedings in Westminster Hall, Feb. 14. ibid. An Abstract of all the Game Laws, ibid. An Abstract of an Act to explain and amend an Act for granting Stamp-duties on, Bills of Exchange, &c. ibid. Sharp's Rumble from Newport to Cowes, ibid. Effay on True Fafliion; or the Beauties natural to Man, Poems on Mifcellaneous Subjects. By Ann Curtis, Selima and Azor, a Perfian Tale, 316 Siberian Anecdotes, a Novel, ibid. Mental Novellift and amyfing Companion, ibid. Sacred Hiftory, Vol. IV. By Mrs. Trimmer, 317 A Key to the three firft Chapters of Genefis, ibid. Faith and Works. A Sermon. By Richard Sandilands, ibid. 318 Four Letters to a Minifter of an Independent Church, ibid, Dr. Trufler's View of the Common and Statute Law, 319 An Account of the Scots Society in Norwich, ibid. ibid. Cunningham's Law of Simony, 320 A Letter to her Grace the Duchefs of Devonshire, Lewis's Experimental Hiftory of the Materia Medica, 3d edit. 342 A Syftem of Anatomy. From Monro, Winflow, &c. 345 347 Wallace's Thoughts on the Origin of Feudal Tenures, &c. 355 376 371, 418 Effay on the Treatment and Converfion of African Slaves, 381,449 Review of Obfervations on the Commerce of the American States,' 390 . Earl of Stair's Addrefs to, and Expoftulation with, the Public, 391 Popular Topics; or the Grand Question difcuffed, Thoughts on a Parliamentary Reform, Letters to a Member of the prefent Parliament, 392 ibid. 393 The Parallel: a fecond Letter to the Right. Hon. W. Pitt, ibid. Refolutions on the Question between the Privileges of the Houfe of Commons and the Prerogative of the Crown, ibid. The Argument collected; or State Carriage reviewed, A Plan for the Conduct of Money Tranfactions without Re The Denouement; or, the Hift of Lady Louifa Wingrove, ib. 398 ibid. Letters in behalf of Profeffors of Mufic refiding in the Country, 399 Labute's Coxe's Travels into Poland, Ruffia, Sweden, &c. Smyth's Tour into the United States of America, Mafters's Memoirs of the late Rev. Thomas Baker, Huffey's Inquiry into the Caufe and Cure of Fevers, Hopkins's Tranflation of Exodus, Advice to a New Member of Parliament, Obfervations on the National Debt, Silas Deane's Addrefs to the United States of America, Mr. Hardinge's Speech at the Bar of the Houfe of Lords, ibid. ibid. THE CRITICAL REVIEW. For the Month of January, 1784. Kapanтanos επ Mavn. Sive Cl, Mafoni Cara&tacus Graco Carmine redditus cum Verfione Latina. A Georgio Henrico Glaffe, 8vo. 55. A. B. Edis Chrifti Alumno. 8vo. TH Gardner. HAT the author, in this arduous undertaking, should fometimes fail; that Caractacus fhould appear with greater eafe and dignity in his British garb than Grecian veft, will surprise no one who is acquainted with the original; for how can any additional embellishments be expected to heighten the beauties of a performance, where ftrength of reafon unites with the boldeft flights of imagination; where elevation of fentiment and brilliancy of expreflion are confpicuous in the most eminent degree, and reflect a mutual light to adorn each other? The difadvantage, therefore, this gentleman labours under, and the difficulty of the attempt, may, in many respects, apologize for fome defective paffages which we shall proceed to confider. Aulus Didius opens the Drama with the following lines: Here, Romans, paufe, and let the eye of wonder How ftern he frowns, and with his broad brown arms They are thus rendered by Mr. Glaffe. • Νησου λαθραῖον ἥκομεν πρὸς ἐμφαλόν· It is fpelt in the tranflation auxe; but as we know of no fuch word, and apprehend it to have been an error of the press, we have substituted that in its place for which we suppose it was intended. VOL. LVII. Jan. 1784. B This This is the literal re-tranflation. • Arrived at the fecret centre of the island, behold, behold a wonder!'-Now, what is this wonder? The ancient oak makes the plain cold with its thick branches.' What a ftrange falling off is this at the first onfet! In justice however to Mr. Glaffe we must allow, that the remaining part of the fpeech preferves its pristine dignity. When Arviragus, like Shakspeare's Edgar, enumerates his various artifices to escape his enemies, and win obfcurity to shroud his name,' we have, among others, thefe very expreffive lines: How, now a peafant from a beggarly fcrip I fold cheap food to flaves, that nam'd the price, With ill-tun'd harp, and uncouth descant shrill I ply'd a thriftlefs trade " Though the fubfequent paffage retains the fenfe, yet the Spirit is entirely loft: • Νῦν γρυτοπώλης ἐν μέσῳ δὴμε λαθον· The following is one of the most beautiful and highlyfinished images we can recollect in any author: A noble counterpart to Shakspeare's perfonification of the fame ideal being, whom he represents as fitting on a monument, smiling at grief.' 'Patience here, Her meek hands folded on her modest breast, This is fpoken by the first person of the chorus to Caractacus and Evelina, but feems peculiarly addreffed to the latter as a feminine virtue, and recommended to her imitation. An idea totally deftroyed by ἡρωϊκὸν τῆθος and ιφθίμως φέρει. The lines are not bad; but refignation, not fortitude, is inculcated in the original. We meet with fimilar defects in other places. For inftance, -Ναι, τάλαιν' Εὐηλίνη, Απ' ἀσθενῆς ἀπελθε, καὶ καταφρόνει But |