mian language and literature. Two numbers have appeared, whose contents correspond with this object. They include translations of select pieces from Lucian, Cicero, Pope, and the Messiah of Klopstock. The editor is assisted by Witsch Negedly, J. Mysliwecki, Joseph Jungman, and others. M. Stephen Kultsar has entitled his paper, published at Pest, in the Hungarian language, Hazai tudesitasok, "Advices of our Native Country." He has already more than 200 subscribers; and the Comitates wish to remove the prohibition, by which he can insert nothing but domestic Hungarian articles. A sheet is published twice a week, since July 2. Price for the half year 4 florins. M. Kultsar, formerly Professor of Elocution, and tutor to the young Count Festerits, writes a pure Hun-, garian style. This journal finds its way into the neighbouring countries, as Servia, Bosnia, Moldavia, and Wallachia. For some time there was expectation of the appearance of a journal, under the title of Austrian Leaves (Oesterreichische Blatten) which was to embrace much, but at present nothing is said about it. HUNGARY. Professor N. Revai has published the first division of the second volume of his Grammatica Hungarica elaboratior: it relates to the Verbs. At Pest, M. Tanarki has published a Hungarian translation of Tasso's Jerusalem delivered. M. Francis von Pusposky, Canon of Grosswardein, in-Hungary, by his last will appointed the sum of 24,000 florins to be applied to charitable uses: his executor has disposed of this legacy as follows: 5000 florins for the erection of a hospital for the sick at Grosswardem, for the use of all religions and classes, in the county of Bihar: the care of establishing this is undertaken by Mr. Sandorffi, an active physician in the county. 10000 florins for the support of village schools in the diocese of Grosswardein. 7000 florins for the increase of salaries' to local ministers. 1000 florins for philosophical experiments in the royal academy at Grosswardein. .1000 florins for reward-books to children, who answer best in the parish catechisms. There are some appearances as if the Censurate here would imperceptibly become milder, at least many free spoken words in The number of students who have atthe foreign newspapers receive the "tolest tended the catholic Pædagogia in the five ratur," if not the admittitur.". to literary circles of Hungary, in the course of the year 1804, amounts to 11,832, out of which 4553 were pupils to the Piaristes; 1228 to the Benedictines, Cordeliers, and Minorites; and 6047 were educated in those colleges where the instruction of youth is committed to the care of lay professors. Fifteen booksellers were declared insol vent at the September Fair, and it is feared that fifty more will follow them at Easter. The last catalogue contained in all 3,077 articles, among which were Theology Jurisprudence, including Political 257 Nine Answers to the following Prize Question of the Amsterdam Society for the Increase of Religious Knowledge, have been received: "How comes it, that in our dark and sorrowful times, insensibility is so great, and a sufficient attention to the dispensations and judgements of God is so little observable? And what are the best means, and most applicable, to counteract the spreading of that insensibi-: lity?" The answer of M. C. A. van der Broeck, preacher, at Oud-Beizerland, has btained the prize, NORWAY. In 1803, Mr. Tank, a merchant of Bergen, bequeathed to that city 60,000 crowns, for the foundation and support of a primary school. In 1805, a glover of Odensee, named Kahn, bequeathed his own dwelling-house and 50,000 crowns for the establishment of an asylum for orphans, and other destitute children. M. Glarup, of Copenhagen, in the same year, left legacies for the relief of the poor, and for the support of the school-masters of the little island of Gioel. PRUSSIA. The following is said to be a correct Statement of Works printed in the year 1805, in all the provinces of the Prussian States; the provinces of Anspach and Cleves excepted, and likewise all political news-papers, intelligencers, almanacks, and academical dissertations. Number of Subjects. Fine arts, romances, plays, music 145 Miscellaneous works, journals, &c. 62 2335 Another Journal appears at Moscow, under the direction of M. Kutusof, ancient Curator of the University, entitled, The Friend of Illumination, or Journal of the Arts and Sciences. M. von Murr, of Nuremburg has sent to 2691 his majesty the Emperor of Russia, three manuscripts of the great mathematician Johannes Regiomontanus, together with some rare printed works of the same author. They have been placed in the Imperial Library, and M. von Murr has been honoured by his majesty with a present of a superb brilliant ring. 1694 65 1446 1187 831 780 767 .58 German and other living lan 747 505 114 489 SPAIN. The Admiralty is in possession of an immense collection of observations and ships' journals of the most interesting kind. It is only within a very short period that these treasures have been em❤ ployed to advantage. In 1797, an idea was first entertained of erecting an office called the Hydrographic Archives, where all observations are collected, arranged, and numbered, for the purpose of projecting the best maps and charts from them. This capital institution, which properly commenced only in 1798, will soon become very extensive; as the directors are men of the greatest talents, zealous, and inde122 fatigable. This is proved by the number of maps which have already been published in so short a time. 474 24 21 349 11 239 12 Greek and Roman antiquities Political writings Astronomy Freemasonry 367 239 114 2 61 DonVentura Barcaistegui began in 1791 a map of the Philippine Islands, which are said to amount to 1100. They were discovered by Magellan in 1540, and have been described by Le Gentil, La Pérouse, and Malespina. In the Indian Record Office there are numerous MSS. relating to the Philippines, with the voyages of Fernando de la Torre, Garcia Escalante, Martin de Yslares, and many others, which partly relate to the voyages of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos in 1542. SWEDEN. In the Swedish province of Smaland, the birth place of the famous Linuæns, a subscription is opened for the purpose of erecting a monument to his memory. The Academy of Sciences of Stockholm publishes its. Transactions yearly, in one volume 8vo. "The Royal Academy of Belles Lettres publishes likewise one volume annually. The Journal Economique is continued by the Patriotic Society, and forms six numbers yearly. ART. XXXII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED, AGRICULTURE. COMMUNICATIONS to the Board of Agriculture on Subjects relative to the Husbandry and internal Improvement of the Country. Vol. 5, Part 1. 12s. ANTIQUITIES. No. I. of the Beauties of Antiquity; or, Remnants of Feudal Splendor and Monastic Times. By J. Hassell, Esq. 2s. CHEMISTRY, A System of Chemistry. by J. Murray, vol. 1 and 2. 8vo. 11. 1s. to be completed in four volumes.-The third and fourth vofumes, which complete the work, will be published in the course of the winter. CLASSICAL. LITERATURE. A new Translation of Persius, with the priginal Latin and Notes, 8vo, 7s. 6d. royal paper, 10s. GEOGRAPHY. Part I. of a new Gazetteer, on a more correct and copious plan than any hitherto published, with Maps and Plates. 2s. 6d. A General and Classical Atlas, with blank Duplicates of each Map, and a Treatise on the Principles of Geography; by the Rev. Edward Patterson, M. A.-This work is published in the following forms, and at the prices annexed. 1. Fine paper, full coloured and hotpressed, with blank duplicates of each map, 31. 12s. 2. Ditto ditto, without the blank map, 31.3s. 3. Inferior paper, outlined with colour, with blank duplicates, 11. 16s. 4. Ditto ditto, without the blank maps, 11. 11s. 6d. N. B. Any desired number of blank sets may be had with one set of the full maps, price coloured, 9s. per set, plain, 5s. HISTORY. Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, &c. vol. 10, 11, and 12, from the French. By Thomas Johnes, 11. 16s. Hollinshead's Chronicles of Scotland, a new edition in 4to. 2 vols. plates, boards, 11. 10s. LAW. Reflections on the Administration of Civil Justice in Scotland, and on the Resolutions of the Committee of the House of Lords relative to that Subject. 2s. 6d. Esculapius; or, the Pocket Physician, Collection of scarce and curious Receipts in Medicine and Surgery. 2s. 6d. Observations on Indigestion; in which is satisfactorily shewn the efficacy of Ipecacuana, in relieving this, as well as its connected train of Complaints peculiar to the decline of life. Translated from the French Memoir of M. Daubenton, Member of the Royal Medical Society at Paris. 8vo. 1s. 6d. A Treatise on Insanity; in which are contained, the Principles of a new and more practical Nosology of Maniacal Disorders than has yet been offered to the Public; exemplified by numerous and accurate Historical Relations of Cases, from the Author's public and private Practice. With Plates illustrative of the Craniology of Maniacs and Ideots. By Ph. Pinel, Pro fessor of the School of Medicine at Paris, Senior Physician to the Female National Asylum La Salpêtrière, &c. Translated from the French by D. D. Davis, M. D. Physician to the Sheffield General Infirmary. 8vo. 9s. MISCELLANIES. A Letter to the Earl of Moira, containing a Review of the Libellous Pamphlets, by a Barrister. 2s. 6d. Third Report of the Society for the Suppression of Vice. Distributed gratuitously. Dialogues, Letters, and Essays, on various Subjects, by A. Fuller. 3s. 6d. Tales for Domestic Instruction, by H. Ventum. 1s. 6d. Christmas Holidays; or, the Young Visitants, a Tale. 1s. 6d. The Vase of Fancy; or, Happy Association of Mirth and Ingenuity. 1s. 6d. Orlando Herbert; or, the Runaway, a Tale. 4s. The Laundress's Check Book; or, Complete Family Washing Book, for keeping a regular Account of Linen, &c. given out to Wash, Iron, or Mangle, for the Year 1807. 1s. 3d. The Invention, Principles of Construction, and Uses, of Unimmergible Boats, stated in a Letter to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, by L. Lukin. 1s. 6d. Desultory Observations on the Public Securities, and Hints on Taxation, by a Revenue Officer. 2s. An Instructive. and Entertaining Med ley, in Eight Lessons. 6d. Canine Gratitude; or, a Collection of Anecdotes illustrative of the faithful Attachment and wonderful Sagacity of Dogs. By J. Taylor. 3s. POLITICS. A genuine and corrected Report of the Speeches of the late Right Hon. W. Pitt, in the House of Commons, from his entrance in Parliament in 1781 to the close of the Session in 1805. 4 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s. Napoleon, and the French People under his Empire. From the German. Svo. 9s. THEOLOGY. The Goodness of God; to which are added, Pious Meditations; with important Considerations, and Advice to the Young unmarried Man and Woman. By W. N. Hart, Esq. 8vo. 10s 6d. The Leading Features of the Gospel delineated. By the Rev. N. Sloan. 8vo. 7s. 6d. A Sermon delivered in the Parish Church of St. Bene't, Gracechurch Street, by G. Gaskin, D. D. 1s. The Superintending Agency of God a Source of Consolation in Times of Public and Private Calamity; a Discourse delivered to the United Congregations of Protestant Dissenters in Exeter, Nov. 2, 1806. By Lant Carpenter. Is. TRAVELS. A Tour through some of the Islands of Orkney and Shetland, with a View chiefly to objects of Natural History, but including also Occasional Remarks on the State of the Inhabitants, their Husbandry, and Fisheries; with an Appendix, containing Observations, Political and Economical, on the Shetland Islands, a Sketch of their Mineralogy, &c. By Patrick Neill, A.M. Secretary to the Natural History Society of Edinburgh. 8vo. 5s. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have to thank many friends for various hints and communications which will be uitably regarded. In compliance with the wish of a correspondent, who signs F. R. S. we insert his "attempt to translate Catullus's inimitable lines, quoted Ecl. Rev. ii. p. 901." Though it should be admitted; that "the ideas are accurately preserved, and the simplicity not wholly lost," he must be aware that a measureless distance remains, in point of gracefulness and expression, between the original and the copy. This difference, perhaps, may be reduced to its lowest terms, by taking the epithets desiderato and long'd-for as its exponents. << O, what more blissful than release from cares! We regret that Mr. Satchell's Strictures on the Review of Thornton Abbey, Ecl. Rev. H. p. 1029, came too late to receive due attention in the present Number. THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, For FEBRUARY, 1807. Art. 1. The Principles of Moral Science. By Robert Forsyth, Esq. Advocate. Vol. I. 8vo. pp. 520. Price 10s. 6d. boards. Edinburgh. Bell and Bradfute; Longman and Co. London. 1805. ON a subject of so much importance to mankind as moral science, our attention could not fail to be considerably awakened, when this volume came before us; and indeed we began the perusal of it with a strange persuasion, that the author was in reality an Advocate' for virtue, morality, and religion. We should feel ourselves happy in announcing to the world that this expectation had been fully realized; and that at least, if the author had advanced nothing new, on a subject which has been so fully investigated by many of our most acute reasoners, we should have found such a judicious selection of excellences, as would in some measure have atoned for the want of originality. On either of these grounds we should have availed ourselves of his labours with pleasure, and have warmly recommended the publication to the notice of every serious inquirer after truth. But unfortunately, instead of finding Mr. Forsyth an Advocate for those truths which are the foundation of virtue and happiness in time, and of our expectations in eternity;-truths, on which the virtuous rest their hopes, and from which the guilty derive their fears ;—we are compelled to behold him as a feeble Advocate for those principles of infidelity, with which Christianity has been so ineffectually assailed, from the days of Porphyry and Julian to those of Robert Forsyth, Esq. In a scientific view, indeed, his work is perfectly" toothless," and does but little more than flutter in the rear of the army of scepticism, or swell the catalogue of those books which rally round the writings of Diderot, D'Alembert, Hume, and Voltaire. St. Paul has told us, That all have sinned, and ́ come short of the glory of God (Rom. iii. 23); but Mr. Forsyth tells us(p.410) "That in truth there is no such thing as moral evil to be found VOL. III. I |