and folemnity of the occafion. His difcourfe is pious, fenfible, and fuitable to the day. M. By William Carpenter, D. D. 6d. Robinfon. —~ Plain and fenfible, properly adapted to a country audience. C.

At Newbery, by the Rev. Thomas PenHofe. 15. Davis.Mr Penrofe is a preach er of peace. He makes a juft and ample en comium on focial tranquillity and happiness, contrasting the pleafing picture with that of the horrors and miferjes of war. He concludes with a proper sketch of liberty, as infeparably connected with the duty of fubmiffion to government; but he takes no direet notice of the immediate occafion of the faft: fo that (abating one or two expreflions relative to angry Spirits, and the cabals of faction) this difcourfe might have been fafely delivered at Philadelphia. M.

Two Sermons, by the Rev. Richard de Courcy, Vicar of St Alkmond's. I s. Robinson.—Mr de Courcy condemns the Americans, but he compaffionates them as fellow Chriftians; and expresses his hopes that we "may yet embrace them as fellow-fubjects, when it pleafes God to diffolve the unhappy fafcination by which their inflammatory leaders delude them into the paths of difcord and rebellion." M.

At Tottenham-court chapel, by Cradock Glafcott, A. M. 3 d. Matthews. - A pious rhapsody, in the ftyle and manner of Mr Whitefield. C.

To a congregation of Proteftant Diffenters, at York, published at the request of the audience, by Newcome Cappe. 6 d. Jobufon.We obferve in this difcourfe many friking and pertinent reflections on the character and manners of the prefent times. What the author fays in the following short extract may ferve as a fpecimen of the preacher's fpirit and fentiments, with regard to thofe public measures which gave rife to the folemnity of the day: "The Lord Jooketh from heaven, and heholdeth all the fons of men from the place of his habitation he looketh on the inhabitants of the carth, and be confidereth all their works. Can he look with pleafure upon Britain? Can he look with approbation on her vices growing as his mercies to her have been multiplied? Can he fee with pleature the land that he hath cared for, forgetting that glorious and fearful name, the Lord their God? Can he fee with pleasure thofe to whom the lines are fallen in fuch pleafant places, alienated in their minds from God, and turning away from him of whom they hold fo goodly an inheritance? With com placency can he fee them, unattached to him by the remembrance of national deliver ances fo great and numerous, unmelted by the long enjoyment and increase of fo many mercies, unimpreft by his warnings and his

chaftifements as much as by his liberalities and tenderness? With complacency can be behold that land which he has founded on the floods, and guarded by the feas; which he has made the refidence of health, and the treafury of plenty; in which, notwith standing many dangers from domestic tyranny and foreign violence, he has fixed the feat of liberty; which by many wonderful events he has emancipated from the chains of darkness and of fuperftition; on which he has fhed down the brightest glories of the evangelic day; and where he has crea ed the comelieft temple of religion with complacency and pleafure can be behold this land fending war and terror cross the ocean; pleafed with the devaftations the has already made, and preparing to make more; in public as well as private life fa crificing humanity to honour abroad, epvying to her own flesh and blood the bene fits of equal law and British liberty; at home, licentious in her liberty, wanton in her plenty, full and denying God, trampling, without remorfe and without care, alike on the doctrine and the precepts of his gofpel!" Our readers will make their own obfervations on this paffage. M.

Natural Hiflory, Husbandry, Mathematics, &t. Metallurgic Chymistry: being a fyftem of mineralogy in general, and of all the arts arifing from this fcience. To the great improvement of manufactures, and the most capital branches of trade and commerce. Theoretical and practical. In two parts. Tranflated from the original German of C E. Gellert, by J. S. with plates. 6 s. boards. Becket. The work of this eminent chy mist now prefented to the English reader, appears juftly intitled to the character given it by the tranflator of "The most concile affemblage of ufeful chymical knowledge which has hitherto been published." By the term Metallurgic the author does not mean what relates folely to Metallic bodies, frictly fo called, but to all foffil fubftances. The fcope he takes is therefore fuficiently comprehenave, and indeed includes the greatest portion of what is chiefly valuable in chymistry. Mr John Seiferth the transla tor, a foreigner, is greatly deficient in w ting English. M.

Travels through Italy, in the years 177) and 1772. Defcribed in a series of letters to Baron Born, on the natural history, par ticularly the mountains and volcanos of that country, by John James Ferber, Profeffor of Natural Hiftory at Mictaw in Curland. Tranflated from the German; with expla natory notes, and a preface on the prefent ftate and future improvement of mineralogy. By R. E. Rafpe [xxxviii. 261.]. 5 s. boards. L. Davies. Mr Rafpe formed a defign of

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introducing to the acquaintance of the Englith reader, the accounts which have been lately published of the travels of feveral learned foreigners, eminent for their skill in various branches of Natural Hiftory; particularly with refpect to the internal structure and productions of the earth, fo wonderful-fo various, -fo rich,-so beautiful, fo ufeful, and fo little known to the generality of mankind. Accordingly, Ferber's Letters to Baron Born, [from the German], on the Natural Hiftory of Italy, here take the lead; and we hope to fee them followed, in due time, by the fame writer's mineralogical defcription of Bohemia; the voyages of Aberto Fertis, from the Italian; and Baron BORN's journey into the Bannat, Tranfylvasia, and Hungary, from the German: from all of which, the stock of mineralogical and botanical knowledge, in this country, may gain a very confiderable augmentation. According to Mr Raspe," Mr Ferber was born at Carlferona in Sweden, and had his education at Upfal, that famous fchool of Natural Hiftory, where Linnaus, Cronstedt, and Wallerius, have so successfully fyftema tized the different kingdoms of Nature; and where, of late, fo many eminent Naturalifts have been infpired with their genius. Ferber caught a true fpark of it. Not idly devoting himself, with many fecond-rate difciples of Linnaus, to the collection and claffification of plants, he betook himself rather to the abftrufer fubterraneous kingdom of Nature; which, from its being fur rounded with darkness, and attended with difficulties, has hitherto been too much neglected. Nor did he cramp his understanding with the barren nomenclatures of foflils. He thought of fatisfying himself; and of improving fcience, for the fcholar and the miner. In this view he examined the mines and fmelting places in Sweden; and travelled, from the year 1768 to 1773, through Gemany, Holland, Switzerland, France, England, Bohemia, Hungary, and Italy, in order to enlarge and rectify his ideas, and to gather that various inftructión, from the learned and the unlearned, from the Philo fophers, Chymifts, Miners, and Smelters, which the improved culture of thofe countries offers to the obferver." M.

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Rural Improvements; or, Effays on the most rational methods of improving eftates; accommodated to the foil, climate, and cir. cumftances of England. 5 s. birds. Dodfley A great variety of remarks, on moft branches of husbandry and farming, and which appear to be the refult of practical obfervation, are to be met with in this work. M. Agricultura; or, The Good Husbandman: Being a track of ancient and modern experimental obfervations on the green vegetable fyftem. Interperfed with exemplary reVOL. XXXIX.

marks on the police of other nations; to promote industry,self-love,and public good, by reducing forefts, chaces, and heaths, into farms. Together with fome obfervations, &c. &c. By Matthew Peters, Member of the Dublin Society for the encouragement of husbandry and other useful arts. 3 s. fcwed. Flexney- A great number of mifcellaneous obfervations, from which men of practical experience may collect many good hints. M.

Every farmer his own cattle-doctor: containing a full and clear account of the fymp toms and caufes of the difeafes of cattle, with the most approved preferiptions for their cure, &c. &c. By John Swaine. 2 s. Richardson and Urquhart. Out of a fmall compilation of this kind, fomething may chance to be picked worth the purchase. M.

Mifcellanies; or, A mifcellaneous trea-. tife; containing several mathematical subjects. 75. 6 d. Nourse. Mr Emerson is an indefatigable, and a valuable writer, on the most abftrufe parts of mathematical science; but the rapidity with which he writes and publishes, expofes him to many inaccuracies, which time and patience might prevent The articles contained in this volume are, Laws of Chance, Annuities, Societies, Moon's Motion, Construction of Arches, Preceffion of the Equinoxes, Conftruction of Logarithms, Interpolation, the Longitude, Intereft, Figure of Sines, &c. Fortification, Gunnery, Architecture, Mufic, Rules of Philofophy, Optical Lectures, Problems. M.

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The adventures of Telemachus the fon of Ulyffes. Tranflated from the French of Monf. F. Salignac de la Mothe-Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambray. By T. Smollet, M. D. 2 vols. 6 s. Crowder, &c.This tranflation is, we think, at least, as correct and elegant as any which had before appeared, and does no difcredit to the refpectable name which is prefixed to it. M.

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A differtation upon the epiftles of Phalaris, with an answer to the objections of the Hon. Charles Boyle. By Richard Bentley, D. D. 6 s Bowyer & Nichols. Bentley's Differtation was become scarce, and therefore this republication cannot fail of being acceptable to the learned; efpecially as it is improved with feveral useful remarks. There are, however, fome peculiarities in this impreffion which we can by no means admire. The editor has given an air of faifnels and form..lity to Bentley's language by

his method of pointing, and has adopted a mode of fpelling which has the appearance of an affected fingularity. There is a deference due to the character of one of the most illuftrious critics that has ever appeared in this nation. Not a phrafe, not a letter of his, fhould be altered upon a mere hypothe. fis. C.

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Christmas Tale; a dramatic entertainment 3's. Becket. This entertainment has been reduced from five acts to three, to render it more conformable to the ufual length of an after-piece. As a production of this kind, it is not deftitute of a few laughable characteriftics, and is accompanied in the reprefentation with fome ftriking feenery. C.

The Seraglio; a musical entertainment. 1 s. Becket Frivolous. C.

A collection of pfalms and hymns, extracted from different authors. With a preface by the Rev. Mr de Courcy. Robinson. Small

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The Diaboliad, a poem. I s. 6d. Kearfley.Seems to be intended as a fatire on fome particular characters. It is not void of poetical fancy, nor defective in point of verfification. C.

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So rapid was the fale of this book, that a fecond edition became neceffary in a few weeks. -It confifts of fifteen fermons: 1. On the union of piety and morality; 2. 3. On the inAluence of religion upon adverfity, and profperity; 4. On our imperfect knowledge of a future ftate; 5. On the death of Chrift; 6. On gentleness; 7. On the diforders of the pallions: 8 On our ignorance of good and evil in this life; 9. On religious retirement; 10. On devotion; 11. On the duties of the young; 12. On the duties and confolations of the aged; 13. On the power of confcience; $4. On the mixture of joy and fear in religion; 15. On the motives to conftancy in virtue-An account of thefe Sermons in the news-papers, concludes thus. "They are

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The deftinction between the kingdom of Chrift and the kingdoms of this world, briefly ftated from the fcriptures; and applied to confirm the loyalty, and to affert the liberty of Chriftians: The fubftance of a fermon preached to the congregation which meets at St Mary's chapel, Edinburgh, on Thurfday, Dec. 12. 1776, the day appointed for the national faft in Scotland.. By Charles Stuart [xxxviii. 339.]. 6d. Bell, Creech, &c. Eflays relating to agriculture and rural affairs. 2 vols. Edit 2. with large additions. By James Anderfon, Farmer at Monkthill, Aberdeenshire. 13 s. Creech. The firft volume confifts of fix Eflays: 1. On inclofures and fences; 2. On draining bogs and fwampy ground; 3. On the proper method of levelling high ridges; 4. On the proper method of fowing grafs-feeds; 5. On hay ma king; 6. On quicktime. The firft effay is divided into thity-five fections, and the laft into two parts. -The fecond volume confifts of Mifcellaneous Difquifitions, Doubts, and Queries: and an Appendix, containing fome experiments for afcertaining what plants are eat, or rejected, by oxen, cattle, horses, fheep, and fwine.

Mifcellaneous obfervations on planting and training timber-trees; particularly calculated for the climate of Scotland. By Agricola. 3.s. boards. Elliot.Firl printed in the Weekly Magazine, and thence extracted into the Scots. [xxxiii. 233.579. XXXV. 5.36]'

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ODE for the NEW YEAR 1777. By William Whitehead, Efq; Poet Laureat. Gain imperial Winter's fway

Bids the earth and air obey, Throws o'er yon hoftile lakes his icy bar, And, for a while, fufpends the rage of war. O may it ne'er revive! Ye wife, Ye juft, ye virtuous, and ye brave, Leave fell Contention to the fons of Vice And join your powers to save.

Enough of flaughter have ye known, Ye wayward children of a distant clime; For you we heave the kindred groan, We pity your misfortune, and your crime. Stop, parricides, the blow,

O find another foe!

And hear a parent's dear request, Who longs to clafp you to her yielding breaft. What change would ye require? What form Ideal floats in Fancy's tky?

Ye fond Enthufiafts, break the charm,
And let cool Reafon clear the mental eye.
On Britain's well-mix'd state alone,
True Liberty has fix'd her throne,
Where law, not man, an equal rule maintains:
Can Freedom e'er be found where many a ty-
rant reigns?

United, let us all those bleffings find
The God of nature meant mankind.
Whate'er of error, ill redreft,
Whate'er of paflion, ill represt,
Whate'er the wicked have conceiv'd,
And Folly's heedlefs fons believ'd,
Let all lie buried in Oblivion's flood,
And our great cement be, The Public Good.

To the Rt Rev. the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, Preceptor to the Prince of Wales and Bishop of Ofnaburg,

Such as were wont the ear,

- while yet they charm'd

To fteal the plaudit of a filent tear,
When Otway gave domeftic grief its part,
And Rowe's familiar forrows touch'd the heart.
A fcepter'd traitor, lafli'd by vengeful fate,
A bleeding hero, or a falling ftute,

Are themes (tho' nobly worth the claffic fong) Which feebly claim your fighs, nor claim them long;

Too great for pity, they inspire respect,
Their deeds aftonith rather than affect;
Proving how rate the heart that woe can move,.
Which reafon tells us we can never prove.

Other the fcene, where fadly ftands confelt, The private pang that rends the fufferer's breaft;

When forrow fits upon a parent's brow,
When fortune mocks the youthful lover's vow—

What fathers' forrows are?---What lovers' woes?

Ail feel the tale-for who fo mean, but knows

On kindred ground our Bard his fabric built, And plac'd a mirror there for private guilt; Where-fatal union!-will appear combin'd An angel's form-and an abundon'd mind; Honour attempting Paflion to reprove, And Friendflup ftruggling with unhallow'd Love! Yet view not, Critics, with fevere regard The orphan offspring of an orphan-baid, Doom'd, while he wrote, unpitied to fuftain More real mis'ries than his pen could feign! -Ill-fated Savage! at whofe birth was giv'n No parent but the Mufe, no friend but Heav'n! Whofe youth no brother knew, with focial care To foothe his fuff'rings, or demand to share; No wedded partner of his mortal woe, To win his file at all that fate could do; While at his death, nor friend's, nor mother's

Round his unhoufed temples twin'd her bays,
And foften'd hunger with the food of praise;
In want, defpair, imprisonment, in death,
With hands convuls'd, ftill wove this tragic
wreath,

True to the last in his lov'd caufe appears,
And afks the foft libation of your tears:
To his yet ling'ring fhade the prize imparts,
And greets him with the tribute of your hearts.
Thus, whilft with praise you crown departed
worth,

You bring fucceeding Genius to its birth.

And have you, Britons, have you hearts to
prove

Alien from us, the children of your love?
Are you, like Savage's dire mother, grown
Gentler to all mens offspring than your own?
Will you renounce for an exotic band,
Plants of your own, and natives of your land?
On English ground a Gallic stage erect,
And all that fashion propagates, protect?
Out goes the word, Subfcribe! a fcheme be-
hold,

That turns French tinfel into English gold:
Hither the adventurers flock, for here they find
A huge fat hoft, that welcomes all mankind.
Domestic bards, avaunt! Shakespeare be dumb!
Now, capering, quavering, chattering Mufes,

come;

Gay glittering troops of acrefles appear, With authors tack'd, like futlers, to the rear.

What can we plain unfashion'd mortals do, Rival'd by them, and, ah!-renounc'd by you? Renounc'd!-ere either stage regains its breath, There ftopt by refignation, here by death; Is it like you to fharpen our distress, And make affliction's little remnant lefs?

Were you but faithful, I should fcorn to yield,
By my brave foldier's fide, I'd keep the field;
Safe in your arms, defy the invader's rage,
Whether it shakes the State, or faps the Stage.

Lines defcriptive of his own misfortunes.
Written by the late R. SAVAGE, Efq;

Hopelefs, abandon'd, aimless, and op

prefs'd,

Loft to delight, and ev'ry way distress'd,
Crofs his cold bed, in wild diforder thrown,
Thus figh'd Alexis, friendlefs, and alone :—
Why do I breathe? - What joy can being
give,

When he who gave me life, forgets I live! Feels not thefe wintry blafts, nor heeds my fmart,

Crimes, which the cruel fearce believe can be,
The kind are guilty of, to ruin me!
Ev'n fhe who bore me, blafts me with her hate,
And, meant my fortune, makes herself
my
fate!
Yet has this fweet neglector of my woes,
The fofteft, tenderest breast that pity knows!
Her eyes thed mercy wherefoe'er the y fhine,
And her foul melts at ev'ry woe-but mine!
Sure then fome fecret fate for guilt unwill'd,
Some sentence pre-ordain'd to be fulfill'd!
Plung'd me thus deep in Sorrow's fearching
flood,

And wash'd me from the memory of her blood!
But oh! whatever caufe has mov'd her hate,
Let me but figh, in filence, at my fate;
The God within perhaps may touch her breaft,
And, when the pities, who can be distress'd?"
On the Death of an Infant.

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H! what avail'd that fascinating smile,
Thofe lifping accents, and each infant
wile;

That alabafter form, fo free from fia,
Fair type of all thy purity within,
That oft has charm'd us into fond amaze,
And kindled rapture at each pleasing gaze ;
Thy gentle foul had just began to shoot
Its tender bioffoms, and to take deep root;
When Death relentless fnatch'd thee from our
fight,

And clos'd thy profpects in one endless night.
Safe to the grave thy relicks then we truft,
And drop a tear upon thy mould'ring duft,
Tho' brighter joys, and tairer crowns difplay
Their blooms perennial, and defy decay;
For wreaths immortal are to thee then giv'n,
Thy profpect-Glory, and thy refuge-Heav'n.
To Mifs CHRISTY BRAND, (daughter of the
late Alexander Brand of Brandsfield), with a
box made of the vellum cover of a book.
By ALLAN RAMSAY.
'His volume, tho' it empty be
Of all the dull fubtility

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Of phyfic, law, and clergy, And all that may the mind confufe, This book may prove of better use,

And from the spleen enlarge ye.
Who would their touring fouls encumber
With crabbit tracts of learned lumber,

In Hebrew, Greek, and Latin,
Whilft they in this can please the eye
With ribbons of most thining dye,

Gold, filver, plain, and fatin.
Here too, enfolded, take their place,
The flow'ry point, and Bruffels lace,

Which deck the beauties heads;
Who to fuch altars daily bring
The Sparkling buckle, brotch, and ring,
And in it tell their beads.
Edinburgh, February 1749.

• Afterwards Mrs Hunter, who died in the Spring of 1971.