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A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
exception to this charge . Mr . Boaden ' s ' Italian Monk , ' Mr . Morton ' s ' Cure for the Pleart-Ache . ' Mr Reynold ' s ' Will ' , cum mullis , aliis , have had their day , and to mention them is honour enough . NOVELS . IN this prolific class the greatest difficulty is to determine what ought to be noticedrather than what ought to be rejected . If the whole
, , mass of novels and romances were consigned to eternal oblivion , the public would be no losers . Mr . Holcroft has completed , at last , his ' Hugh Trevor , ' and who will thank him ?—Not those who have any regard for good order , virtue , or religion . The ' Church of St . Siffiid' is a well-written and interesting novel ; which isa character also due to Mrs . Gunning ' s
. * Love at first Sight ; ' ' The Count de Santerre , by a Lady ;' - ' Henry Somerville ; ' The ' Letter ' s of Madame de Moiitier ; ' Mrs . West ' s ' Gossip ' s Story ; ' Mrs . Robinson ' s ' Walsingham ; ' and the Posthumous Daughter . ' We hztve mentioned these , because . they are the best within our recollection . ' .
EDUCATION , THE first performance that claims our notice under this head is Dr . Darwin ' s ' Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding-Schools , ' which is a treatise answerable to the magnitude of the subject . The ' Dialogues in a Library ' - are written in' an amusing and easy manner . ' A Short History of Insects' is an useful and pleasing
manual . Dr- Mavor ' s ^ Literary Miscellany for . Youth" is an agreeable collection of essays , arid well adapted for those for whose use it "Was compiled . MISCELLANIES . UNDER th , is comprehensive class we have a great variety of publications . Professor Richardson ' s ' Essays on the Dramatic
Characters of Shakespeare , ' though a republication , is a work of great merit , and will be read by the admirers of that immortal bard with pleasure . Mr . Hole ' s ' Remarks on the Arabian Tales' are entertaining and ingenious . Mr . Seward ' s ' Supplement to his Anecdotes' will add
much to the gratification afforckd by the former volume . s . This is the most elegant collection of anecdotes in any language . The ' Selections from' the French Anas' is a work of-nearly the same kind , and d , one with great judgment . Dr . Dawson ' s 'Prolepsis Philol . ogiaj ' is a performance of great merit , and abounding in ingenious observations . ' 'The ' Philanthrope , ' written after the manner of a periodical paper , discusses a variety of important subjects , in an able and
hovel manner . ' The ' Fragments , in the Manner of Sterne , ' is a successful imitation ' of that lively but eccentric writer . Mr . Dallas ' s e Miscellanies' are very indifferent . ' We here close our report of the State of Literature for the year that is gone , again expressing our wish that our next task of this kind may be more grateful to our feelings , from the excellence of the sub- « je . ts to be noticed . ... .. - - _
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A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
exception to this charge . Mr . Boaden ' s ' Italian Monk , ' Mr . Morton ' s ' Cure for the Pleart-Ache . ' Mr Reynold ' s ' Will ' , cum mullis , aliis , have had their day , and to mention them is honour enough . NOVELS . IN this prolific class the greatest difficulty is to determine what ought to be noticedrather than what ought to be rejected . If the whole
, , mass of novels and romances were consigned to eternal oblivion , the public would be no losers . Mr . Holcroft has completed , at last , his ' Hugh Trevor , ' and who will thank him ?—Not those who have any regard for good order , virtue , or religion . The ' Church of St . Siffiid' is a well-written and interesting novel ; which isa character also due to Mrs . Gunning ' s
. * Love at first Sight ; ' ' The Count de Santerre , by a Lady ;' - ' Henry Somerville ; ' The ' Letter ' s of Madame de Moiitier ; ' Mrs . West ' s ' Gossip ' s Story ; ' Mrs . Robinson ' s ' Walsingham ; ' and the Posthumous Daughter . ' We hztve mentioned these , because . they are the best within our recollection . ' .
EDUCATION , THE first performance that claims our notice under this head is Dr . Darwin ' s ' Plan for the Conduct of Female Education in Boarding-Schools , ' which is a treatise answerable to the magnitude of the subject . The ' Dialogues in a Library ' - are written in' an amusing and easy manner . ' A Short History of Insects' is an useful and pleasing
manual . Dr- Mavor ' s ^ Literary Miscellany for . Youth" is an agreeable collection of essays , arid well adapted for those for whose use it "Was compiled . MISCELLANIES . UNDER th , is comprehensive class we have a great variety of publications . Professor Richardson ' s ' Essays on the Dramatic
Characters of Shakespeare , ' though a republication , is a work of great merit , and will be read by the admirers of that immortal bard with pleasure . Mr . Hole ' s ' Remarks on the Arabian Tales' are entertaining and ingenious . Mr . Seward ' s ' Supplement to his Anecdotes' will add
much to the gratification afforckd by the former volume . s . This is the most elegant collection of anecdotes in any language . The ' Selections from' the French Anas' is a work of-nearly the same kind , and d , one with great judgment . Dr . Dawson ' s 'Prolepsis Philol . ogiaj ' is a performance of great merit , and abounding in ingenious observations . ' 'The ' Philanthrope , ' written after the manner of a periodical paper , discusses a variety of important subjects , in an able and
hovel manner . ' The ' Fragments , in the Manner of Sterne , ' is a successful imitation ' of that lively but eccentric writer . Mr . Dallas ' s e Miscellanies' are very indifferent . ' We here close our report of the State of Literature for the year that is gone , again expressing our wish that our next task of this kind may be more grateful to our feelings , from the excellence of the sub- « je . ts to be noticed . ... .. - - _