feven years war, whereas Mr. Koch's Abridgment comes down to a much later period. Concerning his own book, Mably obferves, that "il ne peut convenir qu'aux perfonnes qui ont quelque connoiffance du droit naturel et de l'hiftoire moderne de l'Europe; par quel moyen,' adds he," pourroit-on, à la fois, inftruire des hommes qui ne favent rien et intéreffer les hommes déjà inftruits?"

In the fecond volume the Treaty of Verfailles, in 1783, brings on the fubject of the American revolution. The author imagines that he has difcovered the firft ground of that revolution in the change which took place in the fituation of affairs at that time. "Jufques-là," fays he, une confidération propre à retenir les Anglo-Americains attachés á la métropole, étoit celle de la protection que la mère-contrée leur accordoit contre des voifins puiffans, les Français du Canada, les Efpagnols de la Floride, et les fauvages de l'Oueft-Par le traité de 1763, l'Angleterre eût la mauvaife politique de fe faire céder le Canada et la Floride, et rompit ainfi le principal noeud qui attachoit les colonies à fon gouvernement. Dès-lors ces colonies, n'envisageant plus les Français comme leurs ennemis, et pouvant fe paffer des forces de la métropole pour fe garantir de leurs attaques, fongèrent foigneufement à s'affranchir de la dominatiom Britannique." Ibid.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

On a further confideration of what has been alledged by the author of Essential Principles of the Wealth of Nations, the ulmolt that we find ourselves able to grant is, that he poffibly did not difcern the obvious, and even the arithmetical confequences of his own pofitions and plans. He difavows all intention of fupporting the effective confifcation of landed property, yet we maintain that by charging the proprietors, both in his letter and his book, with a burden equivalent to the defence of the state in war, he virtually provides for an abforption of their revenue, which will be equivalent to a confifcation; and this difpofition is alfo intimated by calling them the most uneffential and burthenfome clafs in fociety.' We could reply more at large to feveral points in his letter, but find it necessary to attend to other correfpondents and to other bufinefs.

Rufticus puts feveral questions to which he muft infallibly know how we thould reply, if we thought it neceffary to answer them at all. We cannot enter into theological controverfy with every writer who chooses to explain to us how little he believes, and how much he is prejudiced. As to Reform, were the word honeftly ufed, we could have no honeft objection to it; but knowing that not to be the cafe at prefent, we wish to oppofe

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pofe every mischief intended to be introduced under fo fpeci

ous a name.

A true though unknown Friend, writes like one who deferves that name; and we fincerely with that the exception which we meant to make had been made with more ftrength. We fhall not forget his admonition, and fhall hope to fatisfy him that we do not.

A Friend fhould recollect that a chapel is not a Cathedral. In the article he mentions afterwards, an omiffion was intended, which by mere accident did not take place.

We would very willingly have inferted the fhort article fent by a correfpondent from Bath had it not been quite contrary to rule. We have given our own opinion briefly but candidly on the fame fubject.

LÍTERARY INTELLIGENCE.

Mr. J. C. Walker's Hiftorical Memoir on Italian Tragedy, is in fome forwardness at the prefs; it will form a handfome volume in 4to. with engraved head and tail-pieces, representing feveral of the theatres of Italy, and other objects illuftrative of the work.

The first volume of Mr. Shaw's elaborate Hiftory of Staffordfire, will be publifhed in little more than a month. The whole work will extend to three folio volumes.

Mr. Seward is preparing a new publication, of the amufing kind which the world has already approved, under the fingular title of Biographiana.

The fecond volume of Mr. Maurice's very important Hiftory of Hindoftan, will be published in October next.

A complete edition of the works of Dr. Goldsmith will foon appear; with a life of the author, carefully corrected by one of his furviving literary friends.

Mr. Ph. Alwood, A. M. is proceeding in his Literary Antiquities of Greece.

Biographical Memoirs of the French Revolution, in two volumes, octavo, will be published, ere long, by John Adolphus, Efq. F. S. A. The firft volume is faid to be nearly finished.

Mr. Richardfon, of Hull, informs that the new edition of his Philofophical Principles of Brewing, which will foon appear, will contain fome curious experiments on the fubject of yeaft.