Art. 33. A Specimen of a Book, entitled, Ane compendious Booke of Godly and Spiritual Sangs, collectit out of fundrie Partes of the Scripture, with fundrie of other Ballates changed out of prophaine Sangs, for avoiding of Sin and Harlotrie,' &c. 8vo. IS. Edinburgh printed, and fold by Nicoll in

London.

We can learn no other intelligence of this northern curiofity, than what is fet forth in the title-page of this fpecimen thereof; which farther declareth, that it is printed from an edition augmented with fundrie gude and godly ballates, not contained in the first edition.' Moreover, that it was printed at Edinburgh by Andro Hart': but in what year is not faid. From the ftyle, as well as the fubjects, these Sangs appear to have been compofed about the time of the reformation from popery; and farely pelted in them is the puer Hure of Babylon. The following droll ftanzas, on the celibacy of the priefs, may ferve as a Specimen :

God fend every priest ane wife

And every nunne a man,

That they may live that haly life
As firft the kirk began.

San&t Peter, quhom nane can reprufe
His life in marriage led,

All gude pricfts, whom God did lufe,
Their maryit wyfes had.

Greit caufis then I grant had they,

Fra wyfes to refraine,

Bot greiter caufes have they may
Now wyfs to wed againe.

For then fuld noght fa many hure

Be up and down this land:
Nor zit fa many beggars puer,

In kirk and mercat stand.

And not fa meikill baftard feid

Throw out this country fawin;

Nor gude men uncouth fry fuld feed,
And all the fuith* were knawin.

* truth.

Art. 34. Characters: an Epifle, infcribed to the Earl of Carlisle, By Francis Gentleman. 4to. Is. 6d. Becket.

There is an energy both in the fentiments and verification of this little poem, which is intended as a fatire on fome of the prevailing foibles and vices of the age. The following sketches of Doraftus and Nebulofus will give the Reader fome idea of the Author's manner : See Friendship's felf (O virtue moft fublime!) Shrunk to a name, and dark'ning to a crime! Full to the view, lo! weak Doraltus ftands, Each new acquaintance all his foul commands; To each he tells his fecret joy, or grief, Each joins his laugh, or kindly prays relief; Within the cabinet of faithful breafts, His truft, weak man, he thinks fecurely refts;

So very humble, and so very free,

He feems the effence of humility

He knows no distance that should ftep between,
And striving to be affable, is mean;

Worthy, or worthlefs, claim an equal place;
All who approach engage his ready grace;
Happy that he fo many Friends can call,
The unfufpecting Dupe, or Jeft of all.

Friendship, like love, fhould be with caution plac'd,
Conftant, when fix'd, and in its nature chafte;
To one, and one alone, it can be true,
Worthlefs, when made the weathercock of two.
View fpirit o'er the bounds of reafon ftride,
And fwell itfelf into gigantic pride;
How grand the figure, how auguft the port,
Of Nebulofus new advanc'd at court!

His tongue no word, his eye no look affords,
To aught that fits not in the House of Lords;
If he muft fpeak, what manifeft regret,
To wafte his breath upon a Baronet!
His mighty felf the everlasting theme,
Grandeur his waking wifh, and nightly dream;
His huge importance leaves the world behind,
And rules at large his folitary mind;
At diftant Majefty he looks with pain,
And curfes fate he was not born to reign.

Thus all the fmiles of fortune he enjoys,

One empty wish unfatisfied deftroys;

Juft punishment by Providence ordain'd,

For wealth and honours thus by Pride prophan'd.

By an advertisement fubjoined to this poem, we are promised a collection of royal fables by the fame Author; intended, we fuppofe, for the ufe of the Prince of Wales.

Art. 35. The Works of Virgil, Englished by Robert Andrews. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Printed by Bafkerville, for the Author. Sold at Mr. Sheinton's, a Grocer, in Great-Ruffel-Street.

A Polish ambaffador at the Porte had his horfes fhod with filver, upon which the grand vifier observed, that his excellency's horfes fhoes might be of filver, but his brains were certainly of lead, when, though the reprefentative of a needy people, he came with the emblems of fuperfluous wealth.' Our Tranflator, or rather Englisher, is under the fame predicament. His types are filver, but his pen is lead; and the mufe has certainly treated him, or, at leaft, ought to treat him, as Damotas, in the language of his tranflation, fays he was ferved by Galatea :

Pears at my pate arch GALEA Softly flings.

In the original,

Malo me Galatea petit, lafciva puella.

Art. 36. The Curate, a Poem, infcribed to all the Curates in England and Wales. By E. Lloyd. 4to. 2s. 6d. Richardfon and Urquhart.

The language of this poem is fometimes too humble, and the images

com low; but, in the detail of the curate's fufferings, there, is neither wanting a keenness of fatire on the principal causes of them, nor humour in the description; witnefs the following paffage :

-How it galls,

To hear how pert the undertaker calls!
Loud his complaint that he is made to wait,
Fire minutes, hearfe and coaches at the gate,
By thread-bare fellows.-He, forfooth, would have
Curues, like yew-trees, growing to the grave.
• My breath and blood!' It is too much to bear
The vile mechanic's domineering air.

Note him-He trafficks in his brethren's duft,
If his good neighbours will not die, He muft.
Broker to death, and taylor to the dead,
To dreis the body, when the foul is filed,
Y are this reptile's taunts fo rude, so loud,
You'd wear he fold the curate with the shroud.
error concludes his poem with fome advice to his brethren,

el in fuperior language and a better ftrain of poetry, and enced make them fenfible of the dignity of their ap nasted with the narrowness of their income. Tution of David. Written in 1763, by a Suffex Sra. 15. Lewes, printed and fold by W. Lee. den in Pater-nofter-Row.

zumuz piece, not altogether destitute of poetry; but in nudicious, and, upon the whole, very unequal Lze inject.

NOVELS.

mirs of the celebrated Mifs Maria Brown Curtezan, in the most fashionable Scenes 2 Vols. 6s. Allcock,

e not indelicate nor the worst written pery no means proper to meet the eye of

By the Mifs Minifies, of Fair

*

ners of the Hiftory of LadyQueline S12mo. 3 Vols.

sarofels, by the fuccefs of their a fecond;' and we recommend procent and moral entertainis picture, view fome exemnature.-Higher praise than e fex, allow this performce, but is rather to be cons, we doubt not, these inhad they allowed them

Art. 40€

Art. 40. The Adventures of Jack Wander. Written by himself. Interfperfed with fome humorous Anecdotes, and original Memoirs. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Jones.

Porters and chairmen may be delighted with this book; and pronounce it very funny and clever; but footmen and chambermaids will be apt to cenfure it, as too low and vulgar.

Art. 41. The Vicar of Wakefield: a Tale. Supposed to be written by himself. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6s. Newbery.

Through the whole courfe of our travels in the wild regions of romance, we never met with any thing more difficult to characterize, than the Vicar of Wakefield; a performance which contains beauties fufficient to entitle it to almost the highest applause, and defects enough to put the discerning reader out of all patience with an author capable of fo ftrangely under-writing himself. With marks of genius equal, in fome refpects, to those which diftinguish our most celebrated novelwriters, there are in this work, fuch palpable indications of the want of a thorough acquaintance with mankind, as might go near to prove the Author totally unqualified for fuccefs in this fpecies of compofition, were it not that he finds fuch resources in his own extraordinary natural talents, as may, in the judgment of many readers, in a great measure, compenfate for his limited knowledge of men, manners, and charac ters, as they really appear in the living world.-In brief, with all its faults, there is much rational entertainment to be met with in this very fingular tale: but it deferves our warmer approbation, for its moral tendency; particularly for the exemplary manner in which it recommends and enforces the great obligations of univerfal BENEVOLENCE: the most amiable quality that can poffibly diftinguish and adorn the WORTHY MAN and the GOOD CHRISTIAN!

POLITICA L.

Art. 42. A Charge to the Grand Jury for the City and Liberty of Westminster. By Sir John Fielding, Knight. 4to.

Marfh.

VIS.

Sir John here ftates the natural liberty of the fubject, as it is enjoyed under the protection of the law, in a manner well-becoming the dignity of the Chair.-Among the feveral public offences recommended to the attention of the grand jury, we are glad to find particular notice taken of- foreftalling, ingroffing, and regrating; a crime fhameful to humanity, infulting to providence, and the bafe invention of avarice to grind the face of the poor.'

Art. 43. An Examination of the Alterations in the Poor's Laws, propofed by Dr. Burn, and a Refutation of his Objections to Werkhoufes, fo far as they relate to Hundred-houfes. 8vo. 15.

Becket.

This fenfible and candid Writer alledges, that-' to fupprefs begging, nothing more feems neceffary, than to take away the toleration of all beggars whatsoever, and to make fuch a provifion, that all who are unable to work may be certainly maintained; and that all who are able may effectually be employed.'-For producing this falutary effect, he thinks county workhoufes much too large to be well managed, and parochial ones too small to answer the expence neceffarily attending them. He is therefore a ftrenuous advocate for the expediency of hundred houses,

upon

upon the plan of that already established at Nacton in Suffolk and is of opinion, that if the education and employment of children were the only advantages, which would accrue from the establishment of fuch houfes, thefe circumftances would alone be fufficient to recommend them.'

RELIGIOUS.

Art. 44. A plain and full Account of the Chriftian Practices obferved by the Church in St. Martin's-le-Grand, London, and other Churches in Fellowship with them. In a Letter to a Friend. 12mo. 3d. Vernor and Chater.

Chriftian practices! This founds oddly; but the Narrator means no reflection on the congregation of Sandemonians in St. Martin's-le-Grand. On the contrary, he appears to be, or to have been, a leading perfon among them; and has published this account of their religious oeconomy, in order to recommend and enlarge this little church: which, however, we hardly think he will be able to effect, in any confiderable degree; as the fcheme is founded on fuch a literal adherence to the principles and practices of the first Chriftians, as cannot but prove impracticable in these times. Art. 45. A very humble, earnest, and affectionate Addrefs, to the Bishops and Clergy of this Kingdom; particularly to John Wesley, Dr. Gill, &c. The whole intended for a Confirmation of the Writings of John Jerom Boefwillibald, late Profeffor of the illuftrious College at Tubingen, &c. By W. K. 8vo. 6d. Nicoll, &c.

A molt extraordinary piece of devout jargon, intended chiefly to fhew forth the wondrous merits of fome books written by the above-mentioned John Jerom Borfuillibald, a German fanatic, whofe uncouth name we never heard of before, and hope we shall never meet with it again.

SE К MON S.

I. At the Rev. Mr. Winter's Meeting, in New Court, Careyftreet, March 6, 1766, before the Gentlemen that fupport the Academy at Mile-End. By William Crookshank, D. D. Dilly.

II. Before the Houfe of Lords, Jan. 30, 1766. By the Bishop of Exeter, Sandby.

III. At St Mary's, Cambridge, at the Lent Affizes, 1766. By John Mainwaring, B. D. Fellow of St. John's College. White.

IV. The Indifpenfible In portance of Religion. At Shakespeare's Walk, March 21. By Samuel Stennet, D. D. Buckland.

V. At the Ordination of the Rev. Mr. William Kingsbury, at Southampton, C. 8, 1765. By William Wright. With Mr. K.'s Confeliion of Faith, and the Charge delivered by Thomas Gibbons, D. D. Buckland, &c.

VI. The fincere Chriftian's bappy Profpe& after Death.-Preached at Huddlefcough, in Cumberland, June 19, 1765, at the Interment of Mrs. Sarah Brown, in the Burying Ground belonging to the Proteftant Diffenters ufually affembling for Public Worship at that Place Adam Dean. Newcastle, printed for Charnley.

By

VII. The Duties of Indufiry, Frugality, and Sobriety.-Before a So. ciety of Tradefmen, &c. at St. Chad's, Salop, on Eafter-Monday, 1766. By W. Adams, D. D. Minister of St. Chad, and Chaplain to the Bp. of St. Asaph. Whition, &c.

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