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It is true that we should not think of remon ftrating with a dead man, any more than of finging pfalms to a dead horfe; but from any want of candour towards the living, every number of our Review, and particularly our notices of his own books, will defend us. In the very arti cle complained of, we hailed him as an old friend, and be ftowed almoft unqualified praife. For the reft, we confess that in the hafte which ufually attends the laft fheet of our monthly labours, errata do creep in; and therefore now defire our readers, in page 93 of this volume, to read for 3s. 6d. 7s-and in page 93, instead of to read, In close inftructive converfe I may find In whofe inftructive converfe I may find Obferving, however, that the difference is not fo great as to ftrike a reader not acquainted with the paffage before. We had much worfe luck ourfelves, in an Erratum which he will fee stated below *. ERRATUM. In our laft, page 195, line 14 from the bottom, for truth, read compliment. LITERARY LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. The Life of Alexander Newell, Dean of St. Paul's, by Mr. Churton, is nearly ready for the pres. It will mak one large volume in octavo, and will be adorned with three portraits from originals, never before engraved, and several other plates. The Editor defires, through the channel of our work, to enquire, in what repofitory, public or private, the following books may be found. 1. Whitaker's tranflation of Jewell's Vindication, dedicated to Nowell. 2. Churchyard on the Earthquake, 1580: dedicated to the fame. 3. Any early Edition of Nowell's fmalleft Catechifin, entitled," Catechifmus parvus, pueris primum Latinè qui edifcatur proponendus in fcholis." The Rev. H. Pearfon is about to publifh a differtation relative to our poffeffions in Afia, and the tranflation of the Scriptures into Oriental Languages. Preparing for publication, A Summary of the Hiftory of the English Church, with an account of the fects which have feparated from it, and anfwers to the tenets of each; by the Rev. Johnfon Grant, M. A. being the work to which was adjudged the premium given by the Society of St. David's for promoting Chriftian Knowledge and Church Union. A novel by Mr. Cumberland, to be entitled John de Lancafter, is immediately to be put to prefs. We understand, that it has long been in hand, and is finished with particular care. We are informed, by the author, that the fecond Edition of Parkes's Chemical Catechifm, is very much enlarged, and that most of the objections which we made to the firft are there removed. ART. I. Sir John Froiffart's Chronicles of England, France, and the adjoining Countries, from the latter Part of the Reign of Edward II. to the Coronation of Henry IV. Newly tran flated from the beft French Editions, with Variations and Additions from many celebrated Manufcripts. By Thomas Johnes. Vol. II. III. & IV. 4to. 12 Guineas. Longman and Co. 1805. A WE E have been long in arrears with Mr. Johnes; and as it happens in the cafe of other than literary arrears, intereft has accumulated upon intereft, till the debt is become twice as much as it was at the commencement. little patience, however, and we will pay it all; and perhaps it would be well for fome of us, if debts of every denomination could be difcharged by efforts of the fame kind, as this, and other inftances of literary obligation. We noticed with due commendation the fift part of this, arduous and elaborate work, in our 25th volume, p. 1, &c. It has fince that time not only been fully completed, but has paffed into another edition; and as it muft neceffarily be a library book, will foon pafs into more. We shall afford our readers an opportunity of perceiving that it has been' continued with the fame fpirit. But before we do this we wifh to exprefs, the common fympathy we feel, with all who B b BRIT, CRIT, VOL. XXXI, APRIL, 1808. are are friends to literature and art, for the great calamity which has befallen the estimable author, in the deftruction of many of the most valuable and moft curious books in the world. The produce of years of anxious research, at enormous expence, united with unwearied perfeverance, were in a few hours confumed at Hafod by fire. May we venture to express our hopes that adequate confolation and resource have been found in the exercife of thefe endowments by which this author is fo eminently diftinguifhed, and that enough has been preferved of his library, to reanimate the tafte and the diligence with which the former exquisite collection had been made? To each of these three volumes, as in the inftance of the firft, chapters of contents are prefixed, with a number of curious engravings, illuftrative of the hiftory. In the last is a map of the Netherlands, the fcene of the various and extraordinary events detailed by Froiffart in his last volume, certainly not the leaft curious or interefting portion of the work. The part we felect as a fpecimen of the tranflator's undiminifhed energy, as well as elegance, is the defcription of the magnificent coronation of the Duke of Lancaster, after the refignation of the crown by Richard. "On a Wednesday, the last day of September, 1399, Henry duke of Lancafter held a parliament at Westminster; at which were affembled the greater part of the clergy and nobility of England, and a fufficient number of deputies from the different towns, according to their extent and wealth. "In this parliament the duke of Lancaster challenged the crown of England, and claimed it as his own, for three reafons: firit, by conqueft; fecondly, from being the right heir to it; and, thirdly, from the pure and free refignation of it to him, by king Richard, in the prefence of the prelates, dukes, and earls, in the hall of the Tower of London. These three claims being made, he required the parliament to declare their opinion and will. Upon this, they unanimously replied, that it was their will he fhould be king, for they would have no other. He again afked, if they were pofitive in this declaration; and, when they faid they were, he feated himself on the royal throne. This throne was elevated fome feet from the floor, with a rich canopy of cloth of gold, fo that he could be seen by all present. On the king's taking his feat, the people clapped their hands for joy, and held them up, promifing him fealty and homage. The parliament was then diffolved, and the day of coronation appointed for the feast of Saint Edward, which fell on a Monday, the 13th of October. "On the Saturday before the coronation, the new king went from Westminster to the Tower of London, attended by great numbers, |