two magiftrates going under that denomination, of the city' where the medal was ftruck. We refer to the perufal of the article itself fuch of our Readers as violently interest themselves in the fame and fortunes of the Lufian Family now brought to light; the name of which, Mr. Swinton fomewhat exultingly obferves, has never yet appeared, as he apprehends, on any other antient coins:a ftrong recommendation, doubtlefs, to with for a further acquaintance with them! MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES. In the 7th Article Dr. R. Watson relates the result of an experiment made by him to afcertain the increase of heat which the bulb of a thermometer, expofed to the rays of the fun, would receive on its being painted black with Indian ink. In confequence of this coating, it rofe from 108 to 118. He propofes that the bulbs of feveral correfponding thermometers fhould be painted of different colours, and expofed at the fame time to the fun; that conjectures may be formed respecting the difpofition of the feveral primary colours for receiving and retaining the fun's heat. In the 17th Article are contained fome obfervations communicated by Sir William Johnfon, on the cuftoms, manners, and language of the Northern Indians of America. The 24th Article exhibits fome tables of births and burials in the isle of Anglefey; and in the 26th and laft, a fhort account is given of the effects attending an explosion of inflammable air in a coal-pit near Leeds. B...y. MONTHLY CATALOGUE, For JUN E, 1774. POETICAL. Art. 8. The Cave of Morar, the Man of Sorrows; a legendary Tale, in Two Parts. 4to. 2 S. Davies. E cannot fay much in praise of this poem. 1774. The Author's WE meaning however seems to be fo good, that we wish the Reader to pay all due attention to the following apology, which he has added by way of poftfcript: It will perhaps be objected to this poem, that fome of the in cidents in it are not fufficiently interefting to merit the attention of the Public. To this the Author anfwers, That it has ever been the chief object of poetry to COPY NATURE and her several operations on the human mind in the moft barbarous as well as the most cultivated state of fociety, in the breast of the peasant as well as that of the monarch. If, therefore, the Author has given a juft copy of Nature, he apprehends it is of very little confequence that from the structure of the poem, the ftory, he relates, would appear to have happened at least as far back as three centuries ago, and that the characters he has introduced are not furrounded with riches or deRev. June, 1774. Ii corated corated with titles; he is hopeful the ftory he has told is not unng tural, becaufe, though he has taken the liberty of placing fo long ago feveral incidents which happened in the present century, in or. der to give the poem a LEGENDARY appearance; yet the whole forrows which compofe the life of the hermit are fuch as the Author himfelf has once witneffed; for the birth of MORAR, and the death of his parents are literally copied from his own life, and the incident of MARIA's death is taken from a very affecting scene, of which he was an eye-witness, fo that the circumftance of MORAR's becoming an hermit, and the difcovery made at the end of the poem are the only imaginary incidents in the fecond part of it, and for thefe he can offer no apology.' W. Art. 9. Infancy; a Poem. Book the First. By Hugh Downman. M. D. Is. Kearfly. 1774. Book the First. If we mistake not, this is not the firit occafion on which we have had the pleasure of waiting on Dr. Downman, and we hope it will not be the laft. This little poem relates to the management of children; and the Author writes as a judicious phyfician, a good poet, and an excellent moralift; for his medical directions, and poetical talents, feem to be all fo much devoted to the fervice of humanity and virtue, that we cannot but heartily with him fuccefs in the pro fecution of his plan. He will forgive us if we fuggeft to him the propriety of a greater attention than he has paid in fome few lines to the harmony and elegance of his verfification. We recommend the following paffage to the ferious perufal of the ladies : O MOTHER (let me by that tenderest name Though fweetnefs feem pourtray'd in every line, The form of Woman's thine, but not the heart; This act detects thee, fhews thee to have loft Cold, and infenfible to the warm touch Of .A Of generous emotions, lock'd up clofe W. Art. 10. Love, Friendship, and Charity; a Poem, written by a Gentleman for his Amufement. 4to. is. 6d. Shropshire, &c. 1774. If the critics fhould proclaim That my mufe has loft her aim; To unbridle her I'm able, And put her once more in the ftable. There, now, is your Gentleman-poet, who writes for his amufement; and he talks like a gentleman, fhews figns of grace and goodnefs, is forry for his paft follies, and promifes to forfake them. Shame and famine befall you, ye peftilent Grubs, who remain incorrigible under a thoufand flagellations! What bleffed times for us Reviewers, who work for fo much a week, wet and dry,-what golden days thould we enjoy, had every miferable rhymer the modefty of this worthy Gentleman! 1. Art. 11. Hero and Leander; a Poem, from the Greek of Mu fæus. 4to. 2 s. Ridley. 1774. The Tranflator of this poem feems willing to believe that it belongs to the Mufcus of high antiquity, but all evidence, both internal and external, is against it. He has, in our opinion, made an improper choice of verfification for the fubject. Blank verfe is too folemn, too formal for a love tale; a tale, too, fo romantic in itself, that, fwelling with the pomp of numbers, it grows into the idea of burlesque. We have feen much more agreeable tranflations of it in rhyme. Art. 12. The Advantage of Misfortune; a Poem. 4to. I S. Ridley, &c. 1774. An unphilofophical ftring of rhymes! In the first page, Bozaldab, King of Egypt, is reprefented as a respected monarch, whofe happy reign is crowned with unnumbered bleffings;' in the next, this valuable prince is condemn'd to prove น. The just refentment of the powers above. And yet, afterwards, it appears that the powers above were fo far from entertaining any refentment against him, that the afflictions they allotted him were only meant in kindness. L. Art. 13. Catulli, Tibulli, Propertii Opera: Londini: Typis J.. Brindley, Sumptibus J. Murray. 12mo. 3 S. 1774. Dr. Harwood hath carefully corrected this little neat volume of Catullus, Tibullus, and Propertius, after the best editions. The attention and diligence which he has employed as an Editor, are expreffedby him in the following preface, prefixed to thefe three elegant Latin claffics: Hi concordes Amorum Triumviri, Apollinis et Calliopes filii dilectif fimi, me haud ita pridem Tutela demandati funt. Summo illos Studio a teneris Annis femper colueram, et nunc id fedulo egi, ut quam emendatiffime prodirent. Olim Brindlei Typis nitide potius quam fideliter ex preffi fuere. In his perlegendis Animi Candorem fo Lector exhibere velit nibil abfore quod defideret confido.' X. Art. 14. A Paftoral Ballad, in Four Parts: Admiration, Hope, Difappointment, Succefs. 4to. Is. Longman. 1774 Were Lord Chelterfield now living, and were he to read this humorous parody on one of our best paftoral poems*, he would have found it a difficult task to refrain from the horrid fin of laughter, against which he has fo gravely and vehemently declaimed t. This merry performance will not admit of extracts, without injury to the merit of the whole. Perufe it, and laugh, as we have done; and be thankful to the very ingenious Writer, and to us too, gentle Reader, for recommending to thy rifibility, a piece that with afford thee a delicious opportunity of indulging in what wife authors, and this Author among the rest, have fet down as a moft wholesome exercife. Art. 15. Peace; a Poem. 4to. Is. Becket. 1774. Middling verfes in praise of mediocrity; or that ftate of life which is equally free from the diftreffes of poverty, or the plagues of riches. Art 16. Perjury; a Satire. By George Wallis, Author of the Juvenaliad. 4to.. 2s. York printed, and fold in London by Bell. Wretched verfe, and incomprehenfible meaning. Art. 17. The Depopulated Vale; a Poem. By Mr. Conway. 4to. 2 S. Swift. 1774• Poor Mr. Conway! we hope his friends will take care of him, and fee that he does no worfe mifchief than printing a few crazy rhymes. Art. 18. A Poem on the Times. By Mifs Fell, of Newcastle. 4to. 1 S. Wilkie. 1774 The times, we are perfuaded, will not be, in any respect, the worse, fhould Mifs Fell, of Newcastle, refolve never to tag another pair of rhymes; for, in truth, fhe is a very indifferent rhyme-tagger. Was there nobody at Newcastle who could have told Mifs Fell, that ferene and King, and receives and deceived have not even the leaft refemblance to a rhyme? Art. 19. Farringdon Hill; a Poem in Two Books. 4to. 2s. 6d. Oxford printed, and fold by Wilkie in London. 1774. It is faying the leaft that can be faid of the Author of this poem, when we pronounce that he is not deftitute of poetical talents; but no talents could render pleafing a long defcription of a fine profpect, when the feveral parts of which it is compofed are not rendered interefting by fome well imagined circumstances and tranfactions. Art. 20. Poems. 1200. 2 s. Snagg. 1774. Poet. Reviewers. Yet doubly happy, could I justly claim PUFF! น. Shenftone's is the beautiful original which this Writer has in view; but which he by no means intends to ridicule. + Vid. Review for April, p. 266, See Review for March, p. 232. DRAMATIC. DRAMATIC. Art. 21. The Martyrdom of Ignatius ; à Tragedy. Written in the Year 1740. By the late John Gambold, at that time Minister of Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. To which is prefixed, the Life of Ignatius. 8vo. 2 s. Cadell, &c. 1773. Mr. Gambold was a principal leader of the fect known by the name of Unitas Fratrum. This pious man, as we are here informed by the Editor of this pofthumous publication, had, in his youth, a great fondness for dramatic pieces, both ancient and modern. It is added, that though we cannot find that he ever frequented the theatres any where, yet looking on dramatic writings as a pleafing and impreffive manner of conveying ideas and actions to others, we fuppofe he formed the plan of giving, if not to the public, yet to fome of his friends, a reprefentation of the ftate, principles, and practice of the Chriftians in the first and fecond century, in a dramatic compofition.' The reverend Moravian's writing a tragedy on the fubject of the martyrdom of Ignatius (who is faid to have been delivered to the lions, by command of the Emperor Trajan, and was accordingly devoured by them) may appear in a fingular and perhaps an unfavourable light, to thofe who can have no conception of turning over the martyrology for heroes of the drama; but when plays founded on fcripture hiftories were customary in this country, this piece, in honour of the martyrdom of Ignatius, would, probably, have been looked upon as a capital performance: and it will, no doubt, even now, be confidered as a very edifying work, by many devout readers, and especially by the remains of the Unitas Fratrum. As Mr. Gambold's tragedy could not be intended for reprefentation, it is not written in conformity to the established rules of ftage compofition; and, therefore, as the Editor justly obferves, it affords no room for criticifm on dramatic principles. Art. 22. The Two English Gentlemen; or, the Sham Funeral. A W. AMERICAN AFFAIRS. Art. 23. A Plan to reconcile Great Britain and her Colonies, and preferve the Dependency of America. 8vo. I S. Almon. 1774. On the back of the title page we have the following fummary account of this plan, ready prepared, which may therefore be adopted: The method propofed by this work to preferve the dependency of America, and the dignity of Great Britain, is by granting to the colonies liberty to have manufactures of their own, and a foreign trade in British veffels, under the fanction of their own representation and taxation; on the principles of the Americans, and confiftent with the true intereft of the mother country.' When any political diforders appear, it is fome comfort to reflect that if a cure is not performed, it is not for want of licentiates ready to undertake it. The pamphlet before us confifts of a dedication, a letter, and a poftfcript, all addreffed to the Duke of Northumberland; and the Author urges his pretenfions as being a man whofe 1i3 ufeful |