ART. 41. lefon. 1806. Mifcellanies, in Profe and Verfe. By Alexander Mol. 12mo. 221 PP. Price 3s. 6d. Mollefon, Glafgow. Since the days of the Manutii, Stephani, &c. it has become uncommon for the characters of author and publisher to be united. Here, however, if we mistake not, they are fo, both parts being filled by the identical Alexander Mollefon, of Glasgow. We mean not to object to this union; on the contrary, we think it defirable that it should become more common. One advantage, among many, would be that publishers, who were authors alfo, would probably have more fellow feeling for poor authors, than mere publishers are fometimes found to have. Some of thefe pieces, the author tells us, have been published before, and among thefe the most confiderable of the whole, the Effay, entitled "Melody the Soul of Mufic." On this, it is unneceffary for us to make many remarks, the author having given with it the criticisms of feveral reviewers, fome of which are extremely acute and good. The author extols melody in comparifon of harmony; which latter, however, if his word may be taken, he by no means intended to depreciate. He makes his apology in the form of the following Quere.Might not an architect be allowed to recommend a particular ftile of building," as elegant, comfortable, and pleafant, contrafted with another ftile, grand perhaps, but not fo ufeful, without being accused of a barbarous inclination to demolifh certain magnificent ftructures?" So the author makes his peace with Handel, and the Handelians, for whom, as among the moft ftaunch, we beg leave to fay that we are willing to accept his apology; adding only the fuggeftion, that the fweeteft and even the most fimple melodies are to be found in the works of Handel, as well as the fublimeft harmonies; and that, undoubtedly, a great mufician cannot be formed without much attention to the refpective advantages of melody and harmony, and every poffible combination of both. Mr. Mollefon appears to be a loyal fubject, and a good patriot, as well as an ingenious writer, and we are happy to give him our encouragement in all thefe capacities. If his verfes foar not much above mediocrity, we fee many which fall to a greater dif tance below it; and his profe is generally perfpicuous and fen fible. ART. 43. The Picture of Liverpool; or, Stranger's Guide. 12mo. 4s. Woodward, 1806. J These manuals have of late become frequent, and when they are defcriptive of places like Liverpool, progreffively advancing in commerce and opulence, muft be very ufeful. They are compiled from the best writers and moft authentic documents, and appear a conve nient and agreeable fubftitute for more expenfive and lefs attainable publications. To the prefent work is prefixed a plan of the town of Liverpool, a defcription of the public buildings, churches, exchange, 3 exchange, town hall, theatre, &c. There is alfo, which to ftran gers must be more particularly defirable, an account of the inns and taverns, ftage coaches, packets, ferry boats, and hackney coach fares. Some very good verfes, defcriptive of the fcenes viewed from Mount Pleasant, are inferted in the body of the work, faid to be the production of a native poet. That they deferve preferva. tion, cannot be denied after perusing the following conclufion. Here fober evening wet with pearly dews, Slow o'er the mead the lingering gleam purfues; ART. 43. Hiftorical, Literary, and Political Anecdotes and Mil- Some of these anecdotes are interesting and entertaining, fuch particularly as the account of the Chinese Entertainment, the Tract on Banishment, the Journal of the laft King of Poland, and a few others. Some are trifling indeed, and not a few contemptible. The tranflation indicates great ignorance, or great care. leffnefs, and fometimes both; we should not have expreffed ourfelves fo ftrongly, but that the tranflator, who is also the publisher, threatens his fubfcribers, (the fubfcribers, as we prefume, to his circulating library) with many more publications. We would advise him either to take more pains himfelf, or to employ the affiftance of fome more experienced hand. MONTHLY LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. DIVINITY. Religious Union Perfective and the Support of Civil Union. Dedicated by Permiffion, to Lord Grenville. 35. Parochial Divinity; a Selection of Sermons on different Subjects. By Charles Abbot, D. D. F. L. S. 8vo. Truth difpelling the Clouds of Error, Part I. containing a New Explanation of Nebuchadnezzar's Great Image, and the Prophecies of Balaam, which relate to the approaching Deftruc tion of the Anti-Chriftian Powers, and the Total Annihilation of the Turkish and Perfian Empires. By L. Mayer. 25. Daniel's Evening Vifion compared with Hiftory: in which is difclofed a Prophecy concerning Bonaparte. By the Author of La Revolution. IS. Lectures Lectures on Scripture Facts. By the Rev. W. B. Collyer. 128. Thoughts on the Thirteen Laft Chapters of Revelations, By C. Goring, Efq. late of Bengal. A Sermon preached to the Supporters of the Unitarian Fund in Parliament Court, Spitalfields, Nov. 26, 1806. By Joshua Toulmin, D. D. IS. A Second Defence of Revealed Religion, in Two Sermons preached in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. By Richard Watson, D. D. Lord Bishop of Llandaff. 35. A Sermon before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in the Abbey Church of Westminster, Feb. 25, 1807. By John, Lord Bishop of Exeter. IS. A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Richmond, Surrey, on the 8th of March 1807, being the Firft Sunday_after the Erection of a Marble Tablet by the Parishioners of Richmond, in Memory of Thomas Wakefield, B. A. their beloved and refpected Minifter; to which is fubjoined a Sketch of the Character of that excellent Man. By Edward Pattefon, M.A. formerly of Trinity College, Oxford. Is. 6d. A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Mary Mag dalen, Bermondfey, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1807, for the Benefit of the Refuge for the Deftitute, Cuper's Bridge, Lambeth. By the Rev. E. W. Whitaker. Is. 6d. A Short Epitome of the Hiftory and Doctrine of the Holy Bible with Practical Inftructions, for the Ufe of Young Perfons. By Mrs. Wilfon, Author of Juvenile Inftruction. Is. 6d. No. 5 of the Churchman's Remembrancer. Extracts from a Work entitled Appello Evangelium, for the True Doctrine of the Divine Predeftination, concorded with the Orthodox Doctrine of God's Free Grace, and Man's Free Will. By John Plaifere, B. D. 2s. 6d. The First Volume of the Churchman's Remembrancer: being a Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts in Defence of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England. 10s. 6d. in boards, HISTORY. TRAVELS. Obfervations on a Journey through Spain and Italy to Naples, and thence to Smyrna and Conftantinople: comprizing a Defcription of the Principal Places in that Route, and Remarks on the prefent Natural and Political State of thofe Countries. By Ro. bert Semple. 2 vols. 10s. 6d. The Laft Years of the Reign and Life of Louis XVI. By Francis Hue, One of the Officers of the King's Chamber. Tranflated by R. C. Dallas, Efq. 8vo, 10s. 6d. Travels Travels through the Canadas. By Georges Heriot, Efq. De. puty Poftmaster General of British North America. 4to. 21. 12s. 6d. Travels in the Year 1800, from Italy to England. By the Marquis de Salvo. 8vo. 6s. MEDICAL. An Inquiry into the Seat and Nature of Fever, Part I. containing the general Doctrine of Fever. By Henry Clutterbuck, M.D. 95. A View of the Nervous Temperament, By Thomas Trot- ter, 75. A comparative Sketch of the Effects of the Variolous and Vaccine Inoculation. By Thomas Pruen, Efq. 2s. 6d. Dialogues in Chemistry, intended for the Inftruction and Entertainment of Young People, By the Rev. J. Joyce. 2 vols. 6s. Firft Lines of the Practice of Surgery. By Samuel Cooper, 125. A popular Effay on the Disorder familiarly termed a Cold, By E. L. White, Surgeon. 5s. BIOGRAPHY. An Account of the Life and Writings of David Hume, Efq. By Thomas Edward Ritchie. Ios. 6d. An Account of the Life and Writings of Hugh Blair, D.D. F.R.S. E. By the late John Hill, LL. D. 6s. An Hiftorical Effay on the Life of the Great Condé, written by his Serene Highness the Prince of Condé, his Defcendant in the Fourth Degree, now in England. 8vo. 9s. LAW. The Proceedings of a General Court Martial, held at Colchef. ter Barracks, on Seven Officers of the Weft Kent Militia, on a Charge preferred by Lieut. Col. Dalton of the fame Regiment, &c. POLITICS. Speech of the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Howick, in the Houfe of Commons, ftating the Circumftances which led to the Change of Adminiftration. 6d. Letters addreffed to Lord Grenville and Lord Howick, upon their Removal from the Councils of the King, in Confequence of their attempting the Total Repeal of the Teft Laws, applicable to the Service of his Majefty's Army and Navy. By a Protef tant. IS. State of the Cafe, addreffed to Lord Grenville and Lord Howick. The The British Cabinet of 1806, or Memoirs of the illuftriou Perfonages who compofed the late Administration. 5s. A plain Addrefs to the People of Great Britain, in Explanation of the Secret Caufes which occafioned the Difmiffal of his Majefty's late Minifters. 6s. The Subftance of Lord Erfkine's Speech in the Houfe of Lords, Monday, April 13. IS. A Short Account of a late Short Adminiftration. 6d. A Letter to Lord Grenville, containing Obfervations on the Merits of the late Administration. By Poplicola. 2s. 6d. A Letter to Sam. Whitbread, Efq. M. P. on his propofed Bill for the Amendment of the Poor Laws. By the Rev. T. R. Malthus. 1s. 6d. Some Thoughts on the prefent State of the English Peafantry, Written in Confequence of Mr. Whitbread's Motion on the Poor Laws. By J. N. Brewer. Is. 6d. A Letter addreffed to Sam. Whitbread, Efq. M. P. in Confe quence of the unqualified Approbation expreffed by him in the Houfe of Commons, of Mr. Lancafter's Plan of Education, &c. By John Bowles, Efq. 2s. 6d. Obfervations on the Poor Laws. With a fhort View of Mr. Whitbread's Bill now before Parliament. By John Berkeley Monck, Efq. A Letter to the Honourable and Right Reverend the Bihop of Durham, on the Principle and Detail of the Measures. now under the Confideration of Parliament, for promoting and encouraging Induftry, and for the Relief and Regulation of the Poor. By Thomas Bernard, Efq. Remarks upon a Bill (as amended by the Committee) for pro moting and encouraging of Induftry among ft the labouring Claffes of the Community, and for the Relief and Regulation of the Neceffitous and Criminal Poor. Ordered to be printed 24th Feb. 1807. By one of His Majefty's Juftices of the Peace. Is. 6d. A Correfpondence between Richard Wilfon, Efq. a Magiftrate for the County of Tyrone, and late a Member of the Britifa Parliament: the Right Hon. William Eliot, principal Secretary to his Grace the Duke of Bedford, and the Right Hon, George Ponsonby, Lord High Chancellor of Ireland, relative to the Per fecutions of the Roman Catholics in his District. 2s. 6d. An Effay on the History and Effect of the Coronation Oath, including Obfervations on a Bill recently brought into the Houfe of Commons. By John Jofeph Dillon, of Lincoln's Inn, Efq. 2s. 6d. Naval Anecdotes: or a New Key to the Proceedings of a late Administration. 5s. The |