The pamphlet concludes with an account of a prefent fent by a father to his daughter the day after her marriage, confifting, among other things, of a pocket-book, which enclosed a number of short, fententious directions for conducting herfelf in a wife, comfortable, and honourable manner in her new relation. They are entitled, Receipts copied from your Grandmother's Common-place-book, and are in ge neral a collection of good rules, which young perfons may do well to attend to. Take a little fpecimen as follows: The way to grow rich, Learn to hear, and know when to speak.. Art. 46. A critical Latin Grammar; containing clear and distinct Rules for Boys jult initiated; and Notes explanatory of almoft every Antiquity and Obfcurity in the Language, for Youth fomewhat advanced in Latin Learning. By John Coledridge, Vicar and Schoolmaster at Ottery St. Mary, Devon. 12mo. 3 s. Gardner, &c. 1772. Though there is a difplay of pedantry, and learned frivolifm in this publication, it appears to be the work of an experienced teacher; and may be employed in fchools with advantage. Art. 47. The general Hiflory of Polybius; tranflated from the Greek. By Mr. Hampton. Vol. II. 4to. l. 1 s. in Boards. Davies. 1772. In our 14th and 15th volumes, we gave an ample review of the first volume of Mr. Hampton's tranflation of this valuable historian; including an account of the feveral preceding tranflations of Polybius: and we alfo took that opportunity of introducing the celebrated Commentary of the Chevalier Folard, to the acquaintance of our Readers in general, but efpecially the gentlemen of the army; to whom, we have had reafon to believe, that article was peculiarly acceptable. Mr. Hampton's former volume contained the firft five books of the General History of Polybius; which are all, of the original forty, that have escaped, entire, from the ravages of Time and the Goths. -The fecond volume, now publifhed, contains the Extracts fuppofed, by fome writers, to have been made by Marcus Brutus, from the twelve following books, viz. from the 6th to the 17th. Our learned and ingenious tranflator is of opinion, however, that Brutus never could have given himself the trouble of transcribing thefe detached paffages from Polybius; and he has offered fach very fatisfactory reafons for diffenting from the learned Caufabon, in this particular, as have entirely convinced us, that this illuftrious Roman never could have fo mif spent his time, efpecially thofe im Founded, it is fuppofed, on fome expreffions of Plutarch and Suidas. A a 4 portant portant moments which he is faid to have thus employed, viz. the evening before the battle of Pharfalia. As we have, in our former articles, above referred to, fully de livered our fentiments in regard to the merit of Mr. H.'s performance, it were needlefs to enlarge on the prefent occafion.--We would just hint, however, that he is fill careless of propriety with refpect to military phrafes; fuch, for instance, as faying, that the Romans defeated the Carthaginians in a fet engagement,' inftead ef a pitched battle: Vid. our cenfure of Mr. H. with regard to this particular, in our review of his first volume. Many writers, we have obferved, have fhewn themselves either ignorant or negligent of the diftinction in the appropriated terms which fignify the conflicts between two fleets, and between two armies: the former is an engagement; the latter a battle. Art. 48. An Examination of the Arguments contained in a late Introd ion to the Hiftory of the ancient Irish and Scots. 4to. 2 S. Johnffon. 1772. The Public, we are informed, is indebted for this performance to Dr. Leland, Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. The work is full of acuteness, and good fenfe; and though the ingenious Author profeffes himfef totally unacquainted with the dialects of the Celtic, he has yet given a very important criticifm on the publication which has drawn him into this field of controverfy. But, while he attempts to overthrow the opinions of Mr. Macpherfon, relative to the origia of the Irish and Scots, he has not ventured to advance any fyftem of his own; his prefent defign being, as he himself remarks, only to fhew how far a national prejudice may carry a learned and ingenious writer into falfe deductions,' &c. &c. Art. 49. Remarks on an Introduction to the Hiflory of Great Britain and Ireland. By James Macpherfon, Efq; 8vo. I s. 6 d. Whifton. 1772. There are men whofe gloomy difpofitions lead them to receive pleafure from disfiguring and torturing every work of merit which they examine. Such is, apparently, the author of thefe remarks. In all his obfervations, there is a difagreeable mixture of petulance and ill-nature; in few of them does he difcover any real knowledge of history; and in none does he feem to pay much regard to good fenfe and found reafon. Here and there, indeed, we may, perhaps, difcern fome feeble glimmerings of truth; but he forfeits all pretenfions to commendation, by his low fneers and perfonal abufe of the eminent writer who is the object of his illiberal attacks. His main defign is to convict Mr. Macpherson of infidelity, with respect to the Chriftian religion -The author's zeal for Chriftianity may, in itself, be very laudable; but zeal without knowledge, prudence, and candour, never does religion any fervice. Art. 59. Efays and Letters, with othe fcellaneous Pieces. By the Author of New-Market, or an Effay on the Turf. 8vo. 2s. 6d. fewed. Pearch, &c. Most of thefe effays and letters have already appeared in various periodical publications, and fome in the News-papers; which are + Or fights, now now become fashionable vehicles: the belt wits of the age not dif daining to communicate their thoughts occafionally, to the Public, by that ready and extenfive mode of circulation. The molt confiderable of thefe mifcellaneous pieces were originally printed in The STUDENT; a work of no mean reputation, fupported, for fome time, by the contributions of feveral men of genius, of our two univerlities. Of this writer's abilities, we endeavoured to give our Readers a com, petent idea, in the brief account of his New Market: See Review for May 1771, p. 42. Art. 51. A Travelling Dictionary; or alphabetical Tables of the Distance of all the principal Cities, Borough, Market and Sea-port Towns in Great Britain, from each other. Being the fecond Part to the New Description of the Roads. By Daniel Pater, fon, Affiftant to the Quarter-Mafter-General of his Majesty's Forces. 8vo. A s. fewed. Carnan. Mr. Paterson's Defcription of the Roads was mentioned in our Review for July laft, p. 79. He has here, in the dictionary-form, which we there recommended, fupplemented that Defeription, by a fet of very useful tables, of distances, digefted in a plain and fimple manner; by which the number of miles from any one place (mentioned in the book) to another, may be feen on immediate infpection. -Not a few towns, we obferve, are omitted; and fome of such confiderable note, for inftance, as Newport in Shropshire, Congleton in Cheshire, Stockport, Ware, &c. notwithstanding which, it feems there are not less than 46,000 diftances here given fo that it can rarely happen that any distance will be fought for which cannot be found in the book. The compiler hath added, in one page, at the end of the volume, a table fhewing the diftance of feveral towns, bridges, &c. on the river Thames, from each other by water.— On the whole, we think this will be found a very useful book, as Mr. P. obferves, both to the traveller on the road, and the trader at his defk. Art. 52. A Letter to a Friend, occafioned by a French Pamphlet lately published against Doctor Kennicott, and his Collation of the Hebrew MSS. 8vo. 1 s. Elmfley. 1772. Let The French treatise, to which this is an anfwer, is written with a good deal of art, and its authors are by no means unacquainted with the Hebrew language, and with Rabbinical difquifitions. us confefs, however, that the prefent publication defends Dr. Kennicott, in a great meafure, from their attack; though it is written with a degree of fpleen which does not ferve to recommend it, Art. 53. The Rights of Sailors vindicated. In Answer to a Letter of Junius on the 5th of October, wherein he afferts the Neceffity and Legality of preffing Men into the Service of the Navy. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Keariley. 1772. This author has revived the confideration of the legality of prefswarrants in a season of tranquillity; because, in fuch a season, government has leifure for the reformation of abuses. But though we refpect, very highly, the principles which he means to inculcate, we may venture to affure him, that the legislature will pay very little attention to his arguments and reafonings. Art. Art. 54. Confufion worfe confounded; rout on rout: or the Bishop of Gr's Commentary upon Rice Evans's Echo from Heaven examined and expofed. By Indignatio. 8vo. I s. 6 d. Hingefton. 1772. In the appendix to Jortin's Ecclefiaftical Hiftory, vol. I. we have the Bishop of Gloucester's account of the vifions of a strange fanatical enthufiaft called Rice Evans, (or Arife Evans,) a prophet of the last century, with his Lordship's comment on thofe vifions; which hath furnished a fubject for the present humorous author, who diverts himself and his readers at the expence of the learned Commentator: against whom learning, wit, and argument are, on this occafion, combined. But we muft not omit to observe, that their attacks are alfo occafionally made on various other parts of Dr. W.'s writings; especially his critical performances. The whole is intended to evince the truth of a remark of the great Selden's, that no man is the wifer for his learning :'— that learning may adminifter matter to work-in, or objects to work-upon; but wisdom and wit are born with a man.' TABLE TALK. Art. 55. The Beauties of the Magazines, and other periodical Works, felected for a Series of Years: confifting of Effays, Moral Tales, Characters, and other fugitive Pieces, by the most eminent Hands. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6s. Richardson and Urquhart. 1772. There are many papers worth preferving, that are, in fome meafure, loft in the mob of materials of which our magazines are, in general, compofed; and here we have a collection of them, which, in our opinion, forms a very agreeable mifcellany. Art. 56. Critical Account of the Situation and Destruction, by the firft Eruption of Mount Vefuvius, of Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabia; the late Difcovery of their Remains,-the Books, Utenfils, and other Greek and Roman Antiquities thereby happily recovered. In a Letter, originally in German, to Count Bruhl, from the celebrated Abbé Winkelman, Antiquarian to the Pope. Illuftrated with Notes. 8vo. 2 5. 6 d. fewed. Newbery. From the ftale appearance of the paper and print, we are inclined to fufpect that this tranflation has been a long time delivered from the prefs, if not actually published earlier than the year 1771, which is the date of the title page; yet we do not recollect to have feen or heard of it before. The name, however, of the learned and lamented • Abbé Winkelman, will fufficiently recommend it to the curious. Art. 57. Ten Minutes Advice to every Gentleman going to purchafe a Horfe, out of a Dealer, jockey, or Groom's Stable. 12mo. I S. Bell. Intended to guard the horse-purchafer from falling into the mares which are commonly laid by dealers,' &c. This little tract may ferve as a proper fupplement to Thomson's excellent Rules for bad Horfemen.' * This ingenious and worthy man was wickedly and bafely murdered, at an inn, at Triefte, in the year 1768. The fact was perpetrated by a thieving wretch, merely for the fake of robbing the Abbé of fome medals which had been given him by the Emperor of Germany. Art. Art. 58. Antiquities of Greece. By Lambert Bos. With the Notes of Frederick Leifner. Intended principally for the Ufe of Schools. Tranflated from the original Latin, by Percival Stockdale. 8vo. 6s. Davies. 1772. We recommended this work to our Readers, in the Appendix to the 41ft vol. of the M. Rev. p. 559; where we had occafion to mention the French tranflation of it. Mr. Stockdale, the English tranflator, is of opinion, and, we' think, not without reafon, that this work will be more ufeful to young scholars, than Potter's Antiquities of Greece. It is, fays he, more concife, and therefore its information is more easily committed to memory: its plan is more fimple and clear; it leads us through a plain and direct path, to a profpect of antiquity. The work of the learned prelate fhould only be perufed by thofe who are well verfed in Greek literature.' The prefent tranflation feems to have been executed with fidelity and care; but is there not fome kind of index, or table of contents, wanting to this work, for the convenience of those who may oecafionally with to confult it? Art. 59. A new Prefent for a Servant-Maid: containing Rules for her moral Conduct, both with respect to herfelf and her Superiors: the whole Art of Cookery, Pickling, Preferving, &c. With Marketing Tables, and Tables for cafting up Expences, &c. By Mrs. Haywood. 12mo. 2 s. bound. Pearch, &c. 1771. The Prefent for a Servant-Maid has been publifhed, as a twelvepenny pamphlet, above 20 years; and was esteemed by your good boufe wifes (the race was not quite extinct, in this ifland, about zo years ago) as a well-defigned and valuable tract. The additions now made, relating to Cookery, and other domeftic concerns, muft render the work ftill more extenfively ufeful. Art. 60. Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow. With a Collection of original Papers, and the Cafe of King Charles the First. 4to. 11. 1 s. Becket. &c. 1771. Ludlow's name and memory, as the prefent Editor of his very valuable Memoirs has obferved, will ever be dear and precious to all lovers of Liberty.'-What the worthy and truly patriotic writer did and suffered for the freedom of his country, his own pen has told us; and the grateful acknowledgments of fucceeding generations have done ample justice to his merit and fame; thereby, in fome degree, compenfating for the hard measure which he perfonally endured in his life-time. This edition is handfomely printed, and is prefaced by a fhort account of General Ludlow's Life. To the Memoirs and original Papers is added, by way of Appendix, the tract mentioned in the title-page; which was drawn up by Cook, the follicitor for the highcourt of juftice, and was intended to have been delivered at the bar, if the king had pleaded to the charge, and put himself upon a fair trial. In this tract, fays the editor, the reader may fee on what principles thofe men acted, who paffed fentence on King Charles I, it being then published as a juftification of their conduct in that particular. The |