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This fiddleftick in the fuds feems to be the production of fome angry child of rafin, who, from refentment at real or fuppofed oppreffions, has almost fretted his guts to fiddleftrings.

Art. 23. The Gray's Inn Affociation. 4to. 6d. Bew. 1780.
When late, beneath Religion's fpecious veil,

Outrageous tumults turn'd each vifage pale,
The Conftitution to the fhock gave way,
And favage ruffians bore refiftlefs fway:
Then to preferve the Law and fave the nation,
In each part rofe fome bold Affociation."

Some be-mufed apprentice, we fear, has thus been mifemploying his mafter's time, and tagging rhymes, when, perchance, he should have been tagging laces. If, however, this be his firft effay, we hope the young man will take warning from his mifadventure.

"Grow timely wife, and quit this idle trade."

Art. 24. The State Mountebank, or Duke and no Duke. A Tale. 4to. Is. Fielding and Walker. 1780.

This Tale, which is intended to fatirize Oppofition, and to compliment Lord North, is an effort of fuch inoffenfive abilities, that, we apprehend, it is as unlikely to gratify the one as to give pain to

the other.

Art. 25. A Letter from a Burgess at Huntingdon to his Friend in London. 4to. I S. Crowder, &c. 1780.

Defcribes, with tolerable eafe, and fome degree of humour,, in Anftey-verfe (will our Readers allow this coinage?), the circumstances attending the late Election for Huntingdonshire.

Art. 26. A Storm: with a Defcription of a Water-spout, a Shoal of Dolphins; and other ominous Appearances. 4to. 6 d. Bury St. Edmunds printed, and fold by Crowder in London. 1780. The defcriptions natural, the poetry moderate.

Art. 27. A new Hiftory of England in Verfe; or the entertaining British Memorialit. Containing, the Annals of Great Britain, from the Roman Invafion to the prefent Time. Defigned more particularly for the Ufe of Youth; but ferving at the fame Time to refresh the Memories of Perfons in riper Years. With an Introduction concerning the Nature and Study of Hillory. By Charles Egerton, Efq. 12mo. 3 S. Cooke.

This work, we doubt not, might be defigned, as the title-page tells us, for the use of youth, it being well known to all who are verfed in the craft of book-making, that fchool-books, where they fucceed, are the most profitable articles of traffic. But to defign and to adapt are very different matters. It is a mistaken idea that fome people have taken up without the trouble of examining, that to be intelligible is all that is required in books intended for the ufe of children. Every one knows the force of early impreffions; how neceffary is it, therefore, to put into the hands of youth the belt and mott excellent models in every fpecies of compofition, rather than run the risk of vitiating their tafle and misleading their judgment, by fetting before them fuch Belman's rhymes as are put together by this Squire Egerton.

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Now from his horfe the King by chance is thrown,
The fall quite diflocates his collar bone;
Thus the great monarch, and the hero, dy'd,
The bigot's fcourge, and true religion's pride.
With him the glorious Revolution came,
Preferve its fpirit as your freedom's flame;
The Bill of Rights we to this monarch owe,
To guard our privileges from each foe.

William was brown, and had a Roman nofe,
With piercing eyes, terrific to his foes;

A fhortish ftature, and his fhoulders round,
A dauntless courage, and a judgment found.'
DRAMATIC.

Art. 28. A New Musical Interlude, called THE ELECTION, As it is performed at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane. 8vo. 6 d. Lowndes. 1780.

The Bookfeller forgot to infert "New Edition" in the title-page. -Our Readers will find an account of the first edition of this Interlude in our Catalogue for December, 1774. Art. 29.

NOVEL.

Art. 29. The Count de Poland; by Mifs M. Minifie, one of the Authors of Lady Frances and Lady Caroline S. 4 Vols. Izmo. 10 s. fewed. Dodfley, &c. 1780.

We have been fo much amused by the perufal of this Novel, that we fcruple not to recommend it as one of the most pleafing productions of this kind which has lately come under our notice. The incidents are well conceived, and the tale conftructed in a manner properly adapted to intereft the feelings of the Reader: there is an agreeable variety in the characters; the language is eafy, and diverfified; and for the moral, it is a very good one-as the Reader will find, if he will take the pains to fearch for it.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Art. 30. Microscopic Obfervations; or Dr. Hooke's wonderful Discoveries by the Microfcope, illuftrated by 33 Copper-plates, curiously engraved: whereby the most valuable Particulars in that celebrated Author's Micrographia are brought together in a narrow Compafs, and intermixed, occafionally, with many enter taining and inftructive Discoveries and Obfervations in Natural Hiftory. Folio. 12 s. Wilkinfon, in Cornhill. 1780. Dr. Hooke's Micrographia is a work fo well known in the learned and philofophical world, that any account, or commendation of it, from us, would be altogether fuperfluous.

This celebrated production was first published about 80 years ago; and though two editions * of it have fince appeared, the work is now extremely fcarce, and fells at a great price.

Fortunately for the Public, all the plates of this celebrated work, feven only excepted, were lately met with, well preferved, and almost

• The laft edition was given by the late ingenious Mr. Henry Baker.

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in as good condition as when they first came from the hands of the engraver, no great number (it is fuppofed) having been taken from them. The little ruft they had received was easily cleared away; and the seven plates that could not be found, were fupplied by exact copies, little or nothing (fays the Editor) inferior to the original.' The engravings being thus difcovered, repaired, and completed, the prefent republication was refolved on; not of the whole Micrographia, at large, but of the pictures, accompanied by fuch short and plain defcriptions of the objects †, as might prove perfectly to the fatisfaction of the Reader, without fatiguing his attention by that verbofe and diffused way of writing which was the mode in Dr. Hooke's time.

The Editor gives us another reason for abbreviating the letterprefs part of Dr. Hooke's original publication. When this learned author wrote, the doctrine of Equivocal Generation †, or a spontaneous production of many fpecies of minute living animals, as well as vegetables, without any other parents than accident and putrefaction, almost univerfally prevailed; but every thing relative to this bypothefis has been judiciously omitted by the prefent Editor; whofe object was clear description, rather than matters of opinion. On the whole, therefore, we recommend this publication as a valuable prefent to the lovers of microfcopical refearches,-the most delightful, perhaps, of all philofophical amufements.

MATHEMATICA L.

Art. 31. An Essay on the Refolution of plain Triangles, by common Arithmetic: with a new and concife Table, adapted to the Purpose. By Hugh Worthington, Junior. 8vo. 1 s. Buckland. 1780.

The writings of mathematicians who lived before the inven tion of logarithms, are full of complaints of the tedioufnefs of the operations, and of wishes that fome expeditious and exact method could be difcovered for refolving the feveral cafes of trigonometry. Ever fince the invention of fuch a method, and notwithstanding that tables of logarithms may be picked up on every ftall, almost for the value of a pinch of fnuff,-and, when purchafed, fcarcely take up more room in the pocket than the box out of which the pinch of fnuff was taken, we have been continually inventing less exact, and more operofe rules for the fame purpose; and the reafon alleged is, "That cales frequently occur in practice, wherein it is expedient to perform trigonometrical operations without the logarithmic canon." We are firmly perfuaded that few perfons, now living, have had occafion to perform more, or a greater variety of trigonometrical ope

† We must not omit to remark, that the Editor has likewife inferted many new obfervations, and difcoveries made fince Dr. Hooke's time, on the feveral fubjects which the figures reprefent: fo that, on the whole, a great variety of natural history is conveyed to the Reader's hands, in a moderate compafs, and at a fmall expence.

Those who would fee the doctrine of Equivocal Generation refuted, in a masterly manner, are referred to a Letter to Sir Robert Southwell, printed at the end of Whitlocke Bulfrode's Effays.

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Art. 20. Nathan to Lord North. 8vo. Is. Wilkie. 1780. An ironical panegyric on the Premier, under the form of abuse and popular invective.

A M E RICA.

Art. 21. A Plan of Articles of perpetual Union, Commerce, and Friendship, between Great Britain and her American Colonies; founded on the folid Bafis of Juftice, and proposed as a Medium between the Claims of total Independence on the one hand, and thofe of legal Subjection on the other. 8vo. I s. 6d. Johnson, &c. 1785.

We really think this Author's profeffions are very honeftly meant, when he offers this plan, as founded on the folid basis of justice, &c. And we alfo join with him in recommending it particularly to thofe who can divert themfe'ves of paffion and prejudice,-who, with liberal hearts, and unbiaffed understandings, can judge with candor, and decide with juice, on the rights of mankind.'- We likewife cordially join with him, in his good prayer, at the clofe of his publication-That the facred ties which reciprocally bind and connect the parts of fociety,-that our mutual fufferings, increafed burthens, and growing evils,may incline our hearts' [and the hearts of thofe with whom we are fo unfortunately at variance] feriously to purfue the paths that lead to peace: peace upon a broad and liberal foundation-fupported by justice and liberty, fecured by intereft, and cemented by mutual and folemn engagements!'

POETICA L.

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Art. 22. Mufic in Mourning: or, Fiddleftick in the Suds. A Tragic comic, Poetical Burlefque, neither in Profe or Rhyme. 4to. I S. Faulder. 1780.

This Mufic, though often out of tune, has fome lively notes, but not in the chromatic train. The following paffage contains fome crotchets that found ftrongly of the orchestra:

Let worthy N-1-n with his martial Kets,

Unicrew th' elaftic heads, that nought but dub,
Dire, doleful dub be heard; and S-rj-nt's trump,
That filverly fo fweet enchants our ears,
Be hoarfe and out of tune; the fprightly horns
Be muff'd with dubbed fills; the hautboys too,
By Sh-rp and Gr-y fo pleadingly attun'd,
Shall croak a toad like note with cotton fluff'd,
And All-y's bold baffcon, with shattered reed,
Sound forth a growling, grumbling, grunting groan.
Z-dl-r and W-1l-ms on their clear-ton'd viols,
Which times and oft they touch with greatest skill,
Shall fcreech-owl tones difplay, with drawling bows
And fliding fingers on the half prefs'd firings;
While C-nd-l's tinkling harp forgets its fire,
And, doubly buff'd, ftrums difmally the bafs.-
The vocal choir of the theatric band
Muft all in gratitude attend, and join
The tributary Song: hoarfe let them be,
For hoarfe have they repeatedly been made,
By chaunting forth his dull chromatic trains.

This fiddleflick in the fuds feems to be the production of fome angry child of rofin, who, from refentment at real or fuppofed oppreffions, has almost fretted his guts to fiddlefirings.

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Art. 23. The Gray's Inn Affociation. 4to. 6d. Bew. 1780.
When late, beneath Religion's fpecious veil,
Outrageous tumults turn'd each vifage pale,
The Conftitution to the fhock gave way,
And favage ruflians bore refiftlefs fway:
Then to preferve the Law and fave the nation,
In each part rofe fome bold Affociation.'

Some be-mufed apprentice, we fear, has thus been mifemploying his master's time, and tagging rhymes, when, perchance, he should have been tagging laces. If, however, this be his firft effay, we hope the young man will take warning from his mifadventure.

"Grow timely wife, and quit this idle trade."

Art. 24. The State Mountebank, or Duke and no Duke. A Tale. 4to. I S. Fielding and Walker. 1780.

This Tale, which is intended to fatirize Oppofition, and to compliment Lord North, is an effort of fuch inoffenfive abilities, that, we apprehend, it is as unlikely to gratify the one as to give pain to the other.

Art. 25. A Letter from a Burgess at Huntingdon to his Friend in London. 4to. I S. Crowder, &c. 1780.

Defcribes, with tolerable eafe, and fome degree of humour,, in Anftey verfe (will our Readers allow this coinage ?), the circumstances attending the late Election for Huntingdonshire.

Art. 26. A Storm with a Defcription of a Water-fpout, a Shoal of Dolphins; and other ominous Appearances. 4to. 6 d. Bury St. Edmunds printed, and fold by Crowder in London. 1780. The defcriptions natural, the poetry moderate.

Art. 27. A new Hiftory of England in Verfe; or the entertaining British Memorialit. Containing, the Annals of Great Britain, from the Roman Invafion to the prefent Time. Defigned more particularly for the Ufe of Youth; but ferving at the fame Time to refresh the Memories of Perfons in riper Years. With an Introduction concerning the Nature and Study of Hillory. By Charles Egerton, Efq. Izmo. ༢༠. Cooke.

This work, we doubt not, might be defigned, as the title-page tells us, for the use of youth, it being well known to all who are verfed in the craft of book-making, that fchool-books, where they fucceed, are the most profitable articles of traffic. But to defign and to adapt are very different matters. It is a mistaken idea that fome people have taken up without the trouble of examining, that to be intelligible is all that is required in books intended for the ufe of children. Every one knows the force of early impreffions; how neceffary is it, therefore, to put into the hands of youth the best and most excellent models in every fpecies of compofition, rather than run the risk of vitiating their tafle and mifleading their judgment, by fetting before them fuch Belman's rhymes as are put together by this Squire Egerton.

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