cated in a manner suitable to her mother's rank, and attended by Lidy, who had been Lady Sarab's Confidante. While she was at a Boardingschool at Oxford, Lord Revell died, and fearing left his will might be contested by his relations, if he left Miss Jenny too large a legacy, he chose the expedient of depofiting a letter-case with one Sir Humphrey, who had been Lord Edward's friend and companion, containing fifteen thousand pounds in Bank-bills, of which he made Miss Jenny a present, together with more than four thousand pounds, which was the produce of what her mother left behind her, besides her jewels.

Soon after Lord Revell's death, accident made Miss Jenny, who was then turned of fifteen, acquainted with a young Baronet, Sir James Huntley, who warmly paid his addresses to her. She, however, difcountenanced his pretensions; and a fatal event succeeded, which put her out of the reach of his solicitations.

Sir Humphrey, who undertook to fulfil Lord Revell's generous intentions, had contracted an intimacy with a loose woman, with whom he cohabited. Sir Humphrey being attacked with a violent fit of iil. ness, imprudently trusted this woman with the keys of his fcrutore; and the discovering the hidden treasure which was the property of Miss Jenny, took an opportunity one night of seizing those precious effects, with which Nie made her escape. This circumstance, together with his fickness, so oppressed Sir Humphrey, that he shortly died, and left Miss Jenny quite deftitute.

In this distress, Miss Jenny and her faithful Lidy, were obliged to take their lodging in town, with Lidy's fifter ; and it was determined, as their last resource, to make Miss Jenny known to Lord Alderson, Chance threw a servant of Lord Alderson's in their way, who had attended Lady Sarah in her infancy; and by her means they were introduced into Lord Alderson's family, as her visitants. At the first sight of Miss Jenny, which was accidental, Lord Alderson felt a prepoffeffion in her favour, and grew exceedingly fond of her : but she no sooner made herself known to him, than he withdrew his kindness, and, after treating her

and Lidy with the utmoft cruelty and rigour, he turned them out of doors.

They returned to London in the utmost despair, and Miss, after many fruitless endeavours to be received as a companion to some wealthy lady, found herself obliged to work for her subsittence. These distresses and mortifications brought her into a decline, which seemed to forerun a consumption. As she was taking an airing, for the recovery of her health, in the Park, with a lady, Me was met by Sir James Huntley, who assiduously renewed his addresses, and offered, with unbounded generosity, to repair her fattered fortune. She nevertheless declined being under any obligations to Sir James, and continued to solicit admission into some reputable family. When Sir James understood this, he reproached her with unkindness, offered to make her his wife, and excused himself for not making the proposal sooner, by alledging, that, if he had required her to make a sacrifice of her liberty, before he con. ferred any obligations upon her, and made her condition independent, jo would have appeared like taking advantage of her diitress,

The delicacy of this sentiment moved Mils Jenny, and, in the end, mhe yielded to his solicitations : And, upon his representing that he was

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dependent on a relation, who pressed him to an interested union, she
consented to marry him privately. After their marriage they retired,
for the sake of privacy, to a house near Isington, where they lived with
ease and elegance. At the end of ten months, the Court going to
Tunbridge, Sir James, who had an office about the King's perlon, was
obliged to attend : And, during his absence, Miss Jenny was furprized
by a visit from the Duchess of Rutland, whose curiosity led her to see
Miss Jenny, whom she considered in the light of a favourite wanion.
This wrong impression occasioned ber to treat Miss Jenny with a fami-
liarity which the resented, and after a good deal of misunderstanding,
the result of this interview disclosed a secret fatal to the young lady's
peace. She learned that Sir James bad imposed upon her under a
feigned title ; that he had been previously married to the Duchess, who
had taken a liking to him when he was young, and, upon his being
ill-treated by his mother, had made him her husband, solely with a view
to secure him a large portion of her fortune, which she could not other.
wise have made him master of; and that they nevertheless continued to
live separately: Lastly, That through the interest of the Duchess, he
had, upon his marriage with her, been created Earl of Danby. These
melancholy tidings threw Miss Jenny into agonies of despair ; but the
Duchess, convinced of her innocence, comforted her, assured her of
her protection, and sent her in her own coach, attended by her faithful
Lidy, to one of her friends in town, whither she promised to follow,
after paying a visit of charity. In the way they met Lord Danby, on
his return in a post-chaise, who, seeing the Duchess's coach and livery,
ftopped to pay his refpects; but, to his great furprize, found Miss Jen-
ny within inttead of her Grace. Suspecting that a discovery had been
made, he became desperate ; and, taking her by force out of the coach,
he carried her into his own post-chaise, and drove to the house of one
Peters, the person who had affumed the habit and function of a clergy-
man, and married him to Miss Jenny.

Here she remained for some time in a dangerous state of health, and
in deep affliction of mind. - At length, however, by the help of Peters's
wife, she made her escape, and took a lodging which Mrs. Peters had
provided for her. From hence she in vain made enquiries after the
Duchess of Rutland; and, her little store of money and valuable effects
being exhausted, she was once more reduced to the lowest dillress,
which was aggravated by the loss of her faithful Lidy, who died of
vexation. In this extreme calamity, accident raised her a friend in
Lady Anglesey, who invited her to be her companion, and created ber
in every respect as her friend and equal. This affords room for an
episode, in which Lady Anglesey's history is briefly related, and which
we must pass over.

Lady Anglesey lived with her brother-in-law, Lord Arundel, whose lady was incurably lunatic. Lord Arundel had other motives besides those of humanity, for recommending Miss Jenny to Lady Anglesey's favour, as he had been the innocent instrument of her fatal connection with Lord Danby: Fer, being with him on the day of his pretended marriage, and being a stranger to his prior engagements, and to the imposition he meditated, he gave Miss Jenny away to that baie betrayer.

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ill, confeited the fraud to Lord Arundel, begged of him to ufe his Eos deavours to discover her retreat, and to take her under his protection, promising never to moleft her : and, when he understood that chance had thrown her under Lord Arundel's roof, he religiously kept his promise.

By degrees, Lord Arandel entertained a violent paffion for Miss Jenny, which he carefully concealed; but an accident happened which occasioned him uncommon agitation. Lady Rutland dying, Lord Dan. by offered to repair the wrong he had done Miss Jenny, by making her his lawful wife, and preffed Lord Arundel to intercede for him, which he did from a principle of honour: but Mifs Jenny refused the offer with the utmoft disdain and indignation. Soon after Lady Angletey made her acquainted with Lord Arundel's fondness for ber; and, his Lady being dangerously ill, Lady Anglesey pressed her not to rejea his addresses, in cafe he should be free to make them; to which Mifs Jenny, with reluêtance, and from mere principles of esteem and gratia tude, conseated. Lord Arundel foon after set out to visit his fick lady, after having obtaining a conditional promise of Miss Jenny's hand, whenever he should be free.

During his absence, Miss Jenny became acquainted with Lord Clare, wko, to oblige à relation on whom he was dependent, paid forced ad. dresses to Lady Anglesey. Miss Jenny now, for the first time, felt the power of love. In thort, Lord Clare and the conceived a violent pafa fion for each other : but Miss Jenny, though with pain, ftifed her af fections from principles of honour and gratitude. And Lord Atufre det returning, after having buried his lady, the voluntarily renewed her engagements with hiin, and a day was at length fixed for their marriage. But, on the eve of that day, Lord Arundel received a chala lenge from Lord Danby, which he accepted, and fell by the fword of his antagonist; having first made his will, by which he bequeathed Mils Jenny a very ample fortune.

She remained for a long time inconsolable : and was fcarce retovered, when the received a letter from the Viscounters Belmont, ata quainting her with Lord Clare's paffion for her, and foliciting her in his hehalf. This for a white revived her former fentiments in his favou; but the presently recolledled herself, and facrificed them to honour and friendthip. She gave him a positive and determined denial : in confequence of which he married Lady Anglesey; and Mifs Jenny, to avoid the ill confequentes which might chance to arife from a smothered flame, retired to France, after having generously given up to Lady Anglesey, a great part of the estate which me derived from Lord Atuns del's bounty,

Such are the general outlines of this History; in which the fentiments are, for the molt part, highly affecting the incidents are many of them uncommon, and the moral is laudable and instructive.

R-a. Art. 18. The Tales of the Genii; or, the delightful Leflons of Ho

ram, the Son of Ajmar. Faithfully translated from the Persian Manuscript; and compared with the French and Spanish Editions, publithed at Paris and Madrid. By Sir Charles Morell, formerly Ambassador from the British Settlements in

India to the Great Mogul. 8vo. Published in Numbers
at I s, each. Wilkiè.

These Tales, it is said, were translated from a Persian manuscript,
and contain, under the most agreeable and pleasant kctions, all che mo-
ral duties and doctrines of life ; so that among the Eastern nations they
are efteemed as a summary of Morality; and their entertaining variety
is so great, that few tribes in India are without the leffons of Horia
the fon of Asmar.' The Reader who will take the Editor's word for all
this, and pays a deference to the literary talte of the Indian tribes,

may posibly form an high idea of the entertainment to be met with in there Tales. For our own part, however, after reading those already published, we are hy no means of the opinion of the French Wriret, who is faid to bave recommended them as more pleasant than the Arabian Nights, or the Persian Tales. That they are equally wonderful and absurd, is not to be denied; but we do not think to highly of the moral applicacion of them as the Editor would intimate. As to the Ayle, it is some of the most inflated, jejune bombast, chat we remember ever to have read.

• Eleven Numbers were published when this article was written.

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Art. 19. A Letter concerning Epic Poems, taken from Scripturs

History. 8vo. 6 d. Waugh.
In our Review of the Melliah, translated from the German, we tools
occasion to observe, that the Poets of every nation have been the greater
enemies to the religion of their country, when, with the prevailing fyf-
tem, they have incorporated the fables of their own invention, and rena
dered that an objeđ of imagination, which should support its credibility
by reason and philosophy -We have the honour and the pleasure to
find this learned and sensible Writer, whose Letter turas upon the famio
subject, entirely of our opinion.

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See Review, Vol. XXX. page 70.
Art. 20. The History of the Fortune Teller in the Old Baily.

8vo. 2 s. Griffin.
If there were neither ignorance nor fuperftition in the world, there
would be no Conjurors. Accordingly, in proportion as we have grown
wifer than our ancestors, hath been the decreasc of cunning-men among
us. Nevertheless, we have yet folly enough to maintain a few Mounte-
banks and Fortune-tellers; and, among the latter, one of diftinguithed
note haih, it seems, for many years pait, exercised his aftrological func-
tions, at his apartments near Ludgate-hill. The man, tho' sufficiently
wotet, is but little known; and therefore might reasonably be deemed an
object of some curiosity to some people; and curiosity being the leading
principle in catch-penny literature, the wonder is, that our catch penny
duthors have not long ago teized this Old Baily fübject, and made the
most of him. However, he is here, at length made the molt of; being
crammed into a utle page, and prefixed to a dozen of heets, which, if
shey contain not a fyllable of the For:une-teller's read history, may yet

ferve to amuse such Readers as are fond of loose tales, and black-guard amours; the natural offspring of an Old Baily Biographer, or a New

gate Annalift.

SERM ON S. 1. — Preached at St, Dunftan's, Stepney, O&tober 28, 1764. By James Neale, M. A. of Pembroke-hall, Cambridge, late Head Mafter of the Grammar School of Henley upon Thames, and Curate of Bix, in the county of Oxford. Fuller.

2. The Duty of serving one another in Love, opened and enforced,-at Little Baddow in Essex, at the Separation of the Rev. Mr. Evan Jones, to the office of a Pastor in that place, Sept. 20, 1764. By Thomas Gibbons, A. M. Buckland, &c.

3. The Christian's Concern that he may not be a Calt-au'ay: exemplified in the conduct of the Apostle Paul; being two Discourses on 1 Cor. ix. 27. Published with a view to prevent a growing indulgence to the

pleasures of sense, to the prejudice of vital and practical religion. By Benjamin Wallin. Buckland.

CORRESPONDENCE. BY a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Edward Watkinson *, we are informed, that he is the Author of An Admonition to the younger Clergy; which we had the pleasure of recommending to our Readers, in the Review for September last, page 224.

• Author of Efrays on Gratitude, Economy, &c.

Crito's mention of some late material Errors of the Press, is very obligidg; the apology that he himself suggests, drawn from the little cime afforded by periodical Publications, for a due revisal of the proofsheets, is the real and only excuse we have to plead for such inaccuracies : and it is hoped, that all our Readers will make the same candid allow. ance for imperfections inseparable from the plan of our work.

111 The Letter from Golden-Square is received. If the Author of the printed Advertisement which accompanied that Letter, will please to honour the Reviewers with his occasional correspondence, 'on that sub.' ject of which he is so confeffedly a Master, it will be highly acceptable. His address is requested.

K7 The APPENDIX to the Monthly Review, Vol. XXXI. (containing Foreign LITERATURE) will be published on the Firji day of February next : and will also contain the GENERAL TITLE, Table of Contents, and Index to the said Volume. At the fame time will be published, The Review for JANUARY, 1765.