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Review Of New Publications.

To say that Mrs . D'Arblay always writes correctly and elegantly , -would be , to those who have read her former productions , to tell theni what they already know ; to those who have not read them , we recommend the perusal of Camilla , in proof of what we assert . To make a partial extraCt from so long a performance , may perhaps appear like plucking a leaf from a forest ; but the following definition of Ton , in volume 3 d , must be pleasing to our readers .

c Ton , in the scale of connoisseurs in the certain circles , is as much above fashion , as fashion is above fortune : for though the latter is an ingredient that all alike covet to possess , it is courted without being respefted , and desired without being honoured , except only by those who , from ' earliest life , have been taught to earn it as a business . Ton , meanwhile , is as attainable without birth as without understanding , though in all the certain circles it takes lace of either . To define what it is would be as

p difficult to the most renowned of its votaries , as to an utter stranger to its attributes . That those who call themselves of the ton either lead , or hold cheap all others , is obtrusively evident : but how and by what art they attain such pre-eminence , they would be perplexed to explain . That some whim has happily called forth imitators ; that some strange phrase lias been adopted ; that something odd in dress has become popular ; that some beauty , or some deformity , no matter which , has found annotators ;

may commonly be traced as the ori gin of their first public notice . But to whichever of these accidents their early feme may be attributed , its establishment and its glory is built upon vanity that knows no deficiency , or insolence that knows no blush . '

Tne moral throughout is very pure ; this we shall give in the words of the fair writer , which end the last volume . * With joy expanding to that thankfulness which maybe called the beauty of piety , the virtuous Tyrolds , as their first blessings , received these blessings of their children : and the beneficent Sir Hugh felt every wish so satisfied , he could scarcely occupy himself again with a projeCl—save a maxim of prudence , drawn from his own experience , which he daily planned teaching to the little

generation rising around him ; to avoid , from the disasters of their Uncle , the dangers and temptations , to their descendants , of unsettled collateral expeditions . ' Thus ended the long , conflicts , doubts , suspences , and sufferings of Edgar and Camilla ; avho , without one inevitable calamity , one unavoidable distress , so nearly fell the sacrifice to the two extremes of imprudence and suspicion , to the natural heedlessness of youth unguided , or to the acquired

distrust of experience that had been wounded . Edgar , by generous confidence , became the repository of her every thought ; and her friends read her exquisite lot in a gaiety no longer to be feared -. while , faithful to his word , making Etherington , Cleves , and Beech Park , his alternate dwellings , he rarely parted her from her fond parents and enraptured Uncle . And Dr . Marchmont , as he saw the pure innocence , open frankness , and spotless honour of her heart , found her virtues , her errors , her facility , or her desperation ,

but // piBitre of Youth ; and regretting the false light given by the spirit of comparison , in the hypothesis which he had formed from individual experience , acknowledged its injustice , its narrowness , and its arrogance . What , at last , so diversified as man ? What so little to be judged by his fellow ?'

Upon the whole , we are quite of opinion , that Camilla is a picture which must , upon inspection , please every true Connoiseur . As a lesson of morality for young people , to guard them against the ill consequences of precipitance in their aftions , we strongly recommend it ; and we will venture to add , that it may be read by all with amusement , and by most with instruction ,

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE, AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE . Article 4
A DEFENCE OF MASONRY, Article 10
FEMALE SECRESY. Article 17
HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM OF WYKEHAM. Article 18
ON THE ABUSES PRACTISED BY MILLERS AND DEALERS IN CORN. Article 22
REFLECTIONS ON HISTORY. Article 24
ON THE POWER OF HABIT. Article 25
SKETCHES OF CELEBRATED CHARACTERS. Article 28
ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PROMISSORY NOTES AND PAPER CREDIT. Article 34
THE REMOVAL OF THE MONUMENTS OF THE FINE ARTS FROM ITALY TO FRANCE. Article 37
CURIOUS ANECDOTE OF A FRENCH TRAVELLER. Article 38
EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE REPRESENTING A COMPANION OF THE ANCIENT KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, Article 40
ON THE DEGENERATE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. Article 42
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 44
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 53
POETRY. Article 54
ODE TO FORTITUDE. Article 55
ELEGY, ON MR. MATTHEW WINTERBOTHAM, Article 56
VERSES, Article 57
SONNET. Article 58
THE SIGH AND THE TEAR. Article 58
EPIGRAMS, Article 59
THE CONJUGAL REPARTEE. Article 59
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 60
INTELLIGENCE OF IMPORTANCE Article 62
ARMIES IN ITALY. Article 64
HOME NEWS. Article 66
THE ARTS. Article 66
OBITUARY. Article 68
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Review Of New Publications.

To say that Mrs . D'Arblay always writes correctly and elegantly , -would be , to those who have read her former productions , to tell theni what they already know ; to those who have not read them , we recommend the perusal of Camilla , in proof of what we assert . To make a partial extraCt from so long a performance , may perhaps appear like plucking a leaf from a forest ; but the following definition of Ton , in volume 3 d , must be pleasing to our readers .

c Ton , in the scale of connoisseurs in the certain circles , is as much above fashion , as fashion is above fortune : for though the latter is an ingredient that all alike covet to possess , it is courted without being respefted , and desired without being honoured , except only by those who , from ' earliest life , have been taught to earn it as a business . Ton , meanwhile , is as attainable without birth as without understanding , though in all the certain circles it takes lace of either . To define what it is would be as

p difficult to the most renowned of its votaries , as to an utter stranger to its attributes . That those who call themselves of the ton either lead , or hold cheap all others , is obtrusively evident : but how and by what art they attain such pre-eminence , they would be perplexed to explain . That some whim has happily called forth imitators ; that some strange phrase lias been adopted ; that something odd in dress has become popular ; that some beauty , or some deformity , no matter which , has found annotators ;

may commonly be traced as the ori gin of their first public notice . But to whichever of these accidents their early feme may be attributed , its establishment and its glory is built upon vanity that knows no deficiency , or insolence that knows no blush . '

Tne moral throughout is very pure ; this we shall give in the words of the fair writer , which end the last volume . * With joy expanding to that thankfulness which maybe called the beauty of piety , the virtuous Tyrolds , as their first blessings , received these blessings of their children : and the beneficent Sir Hugh felt every wish so satisfied , he could scarcely occupy himself again with a projeCl—save a maxim of prudence , drawn from his own experience , which he daily planned teaching to the little

generation rising around him ; to avoid , from the disasters of their Uncle , the dangers and temptations , to their descendants , of unsettled collateral expeditions . ' Thus ended the long , conflicts , doubts , suspences , and sufferings of Edgar and Camilla ; avho , without one inevitable calamity , one unavoidable distress , so nearly fell the sacrifice to the two extremes of imprudence and suspicion , to the natural heedlessness of youth unguided , or to the acquired

distrust of experience that had been wounded . Edgar , by generous confidence , became the repository of her every thought ; and her friends read her exquisite lot in a gaiety no longer to be feared -. while , faithful to his word , making Etherington , Cleves , and Beech Park , his alternate dwellings , he rarely parted her from her fond parents and enraptured Uncle . And Dr . Marchmont , as he saw the pure innocence , open frankness , and spotless honour of her heart , found her virtues , her errors , her facility , or her desperation ,

but // piBitre of Youth ; and regretting the false light given by the spirit of comparison , in the hypothesis which he had formed from individual experience , acknowledged its injustice , its narrowness , and its arrogance . What , at last , so diversified as man ? What so little to be judged by his fellow ?'

Upon the whole , we are quite of opinion , that Camilla is a picture which must , upon inspection , please every true Connoiseur . As a lesson of morality for young people , to guard them against the ill consequences of precipitance in their aftions , we strongly recommend it ; and we will venture to add , that it may be read by all with amusement , and by most with instruction ,

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