III. Behold the golden orb of day, To numerous worlds diffufing light, IV. Yes, Virtue brighter than the fun, V.. The flowers that from its effence spring, ART. 17. Julia the African, a Poem in Six Cantes, Hatchard. 1810. 12mo. 48. The benevolence of the author is entitled to the most unequivo. cal commendation, although we may not think him qualified for the higher claffes of poetry. The Epifodes introduced are pleafingly narrated, but we cannot help being of opinion, that the author would have made a more interefting and popular little volume, if he had fatisfed himself with telling his tales in plain profe. ART. 18. Courtship at Oxford, with other Poems. 8vo. 30 PP. 15. 6d. Hatchard. 1809. Thefe Poems are of the fatirical, and rather of the political kind. The Courtship at Oxford, is an allegorical account of the wooing of Mother Church by a noble Lord, who had been thought before to behave unkindly to her, where Mr. H. Tooke is the next fubject of Animadverfion, in fome ftanzas entitled "the Diverfions of Purley."-The third, is called "the Fallen Angels."-The fourth, the "Conteft for the Lead," probably pro nounced long, not fhort. From the second, a few ftanzas will pro bably occafion a smile. Now John was for levelling all Mankind, Because they were equal at first; And fince the Bad could not be rais'd to the Good, "He faid that a Scavenger, Bishop, or Duke, And that nothing would profper till Order gave way "Bat "But it chanc'd Mr. Bull had a very strong fight, And he gueff'd from the turn things were taking in France "So he turn'd up his nofe at the plan of John Horne, So John found his method of bringing folks down "He had met with fome men not unwilling to rife But of thofe who had rifen he could not find one "So he gave up Mankind as an obftinate race And look'd out for a peaceable subject which all "Then ftraight his vaft learning he levell'd at once, And the ranks and degrees that among them prevail'd, There is more humour than feverity in this; and it might be relifhed even by levellers, but for fuch we do not write. ART. 19. Fables in Verfe, by the Rev. Henry Rowe, L. L.B. Rector of Ringball, in Suffolk. 8vo. 15s. J. J. Stockdale. 1810. A fort of folecifm occurs in the commencement of this Vo. lame, which is dedicated, not by the Author to his friend or patron, but by the Bookfeller, as a mark of gratitude on his part to his benefactor the Right Hon. John Baron Rolle. The Fa bles are twenty-nine, and to each is prefixed an engraving on wood, by Willis. There is alfo a Frontifpiece on wood by the fame artit, the beft executed in the Volume. The firft fix lines of Introduction will not exceedingly prepoffefs the Reader in fa your of the elegance or harmony of the poetry. "A Poet, once by all admired, The Nine, the patriot foul infpired; Though years had not o'erftrewed the Sage, Yet on the whole, the Fables will be found entertaining in the perufal, and each has an unexceptionable moral, but they certainly are deficient in what ought to be the great characteristic of this fpecies of compofition, and which is fo confpicuous in the English fabulift's prototype Gay, eafe and smoothness of verfi. Scation, ART! ART. 20. DRAMATIC. Dedicated to all whom it may concern. Valentine's Day; or the Amorous Knight and the Belle-Widow. A new and original Comedy. In Three Acts. Prefixed by a poetical Appeal to the Critics. By one Anonymous. 8vo. 124 pp. 3s. 6d. the Author, by Vernor and Hood, &c. For This drama is evidently the production of a young man, but a Young man of genius. For the ftage, indeed, it is not calculated, hor in all respects for perufal; but it has originality, and fhows, in many points of view, the feeds of fomething that may improve with the maturing of judgment. The redundancy of genius appears in va rious ways; a long Addrefs to the Critics; a Prologue of four elofe-printed pages; with Copies of Verfes and Songs, interfperfed in the Comedy, four times as long as could by any means be tole rated. The following ballad confifts of fourteen stanzas; it is in a ftrain which good mufic would eafily make popular, but a feventh part of it would be fufficient. Ah where, my love! ah where, my Ah whither art thou flown? Why leave to fell despair, my love, Ah fay, my love! ah fay, my love! love! What keeps you still away, my love? What keeps, &c." P.44. With this fpecimen our readers will probably be contented, Not fo, we fear, the author ;-but we must have done. ART. 21. Edward the Second, a Tragedy, and other Poems. By Theophilus Mac, of no Temple. 8vo. 1809. 80 pp. 3s. 6d. Barker. What this gentleman means by his witty defignation, "of no Temple," is beyond our powers of conjecture. That he does not belong to the Temple of the mufes, may be proved, by any speech taken at random from his tragedy. For instance, gates "Why then thus it is—the enemy at the And And to whofe pride and whim we must submit ; P. 8. The other poems, mentioned in the title page, amount only to four, and they are very fhort, and very trifling. How Mr. Mac, or any other perfon can imagine that perfons will be found difposed to give three fhillings and fixpence, for this precious farrago, we cannot conceive. After having examined it, we will gladly part with our copy for less than half the money, MEDICAL. ART. 22. A Treatife on Scrofula. By James Ruffell, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and Profeffer of Clinical Surgery in the University of Edinburgh. 8vo. pp. 144. 5s. Edin. burgh, Conftable and Co.; London, Murray. 1810 From the station which Mr. Ruffell holds, and the opportu nities for obfervation which he enjoys, we were led to expect a very different performance from that now before us, in which we have difcovered neither accuracy of difcrimination nor improvement in practice, to indemnify us for the perufal of its contents. The author acquaints us, that "the Treatife was origi. nally compofed for the inftruction of ftudents in furgery, in the form of a fpoken difcourfe." Certainly his reputation would not have fuftained any lofs had he remained satisfied with the effect of his difcourfe, upon an audience willing to receive instruc tion, without having much capacity for eftimating its quality. Yet we doubt if fuch a truifm as that which we fubjoin, however gravely delivered by the learned profeffor, could be received without a smile, “ Although the cold bath acts as a tonic, and invigorates the fyftem, when judiciously employed, it produces a contrary effect, when the circumstances of the cafe are not favour. able to the practice." P. 54. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. ART. 23. An Account of the British Settlement of Honduras, being a brief View of the Commercial and Agricultural Refources, Soil, Climate, Natural Hiftory, &c. To which are added, Sketches of the Manners and Customs of the Mofquito Indians, preceded by the Journal of a Voyage to the Mofquito Shore, illuftrated by a Map. By Capt. Henderfon, of bis Majefty's fifth Weft India Regiment. 12mo. 12mo. Price 75. Baldwin. 1810. An interefting and entertaining little volume, in which the information communicated about a portion of the British domi nions not very familiarly known is not more confpicuous than the unaffuming modefty of the narrator. The confiderations on the agricultural refources and commercial advantages of Honduras deferve very ferious attention. The operation of cutting the mahogany is defcribed in a very pleafing manner, and the Journal of a Voyage to the Mofquito Shore, with the fketches of the manners and cuftoms of the Mofquito Indians, is particularly interefting. If the author had been converfant in the art of bookmaking, he might with great facility have produced a large octavo volume; but we thankfully accept his modest and compressed narrative, which we think he will ere long be called upon to reprint. A neat map is prefixed, illuftrative of the places defcribed; and on the whole, it has not often fallen to our lot to find, in fo fmall a compass, so much folid information and variety of amufe ment. ART. 24. Travels through the Empire of Morocco, by John Buffa, M. D. Physician to the Forces. 8vo. Price 75. Stockdale. 1810. We have lately received a great deal of information refpecting the part of Africa which is here defcribed, and we are thankful for it. With the author's private difagreement with Government we have nothing to do, though he appears to have had hard measure dealt him. Whilft in a state of fufpenfe at Gibraltar, Dr. Buffa received an invitation to cross over to Barbary, to attend the first Minister of the Emperor of Morocco. He fucceeded in his attempt to cure this perfonage, and obtained the friendship and approbation of the Emperor and his Court. Hence he obtained the most defirable facilities in the vifits which he made to Larache, Sallee, Mequinez, Fez, and again to the Coaft of Mogador, Santa Cruz, &c. If the volume be not of grea: importance in a scientific or literary point of view, as it does not aim at the disclosure of any new difcoveries of any kind, it is both entertaining, and evidently the performance of an intelligent writer. The author's hints about the policy of keeping on good terms with the Government of Morocco certainly deferve attention. It is most undoubtedly in the power of this petty fovereign to affift or obAruct the commercial, and indeed military enterprizes of this country. A map is prefixed, in which the author's route in Bar bary is defignated. POLITICS. ART. 25. Speech of Charles, Earl Grey, on the State of the Nation in the House of Lords, on Friday, June 14, 1810. Taken in Short Hand by Mr. Power. 8vo. 87 pp. Ridgway. 1810. Near the clofe, we believe, of almoft every feffion of Parliament, it has been usual for fome leading speaker of the oppofition |