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An Address to the Sovereigns of Europe, shewing the Necessity of bringing Napoleon Bonaparte to a public Trial. By Lewis Goldsmith.

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Statement of the Revenue and Expenditure of Great Britain in each Year of the late War, from 1803 to 1814, both inclusive. Compiled from the Account presented to the House of Commons, by Charles Stokes. 4s.

The French Pretender unmasked: or, an Appeal to the Common-sense of Britons. By an Enemy to Hypocrisy, Usurpation, and Despotism. Translated by Mr. Charles Smith. 5s.

Special Report of the Directors of the African Institution, made at the Annual General Meeting, on the 12th of April, 1815, respecting the Allegations contained iu a Pamphlet entitled "A Letter to William Wilberforce, Esq. by R. Thorpe, Esq." 58.

Substance of the Speech of George Holford, Esq. in the House of Commons, ou Thursday, June 22d, on the Bill to amend the Laws relative to the Transportation of Offenders; containing Provisions respecting the Confinement of Offenders in the Hulks. 15.

POETRY.

Episodes from the Shah Nameh or Annals of the Persian Kings. By Fer doosel. Translated into English Verse, with Notes and Authorities; a Verbal Index, Persian and English; and some Account of the Contents of the whole Poem. By Stephen Weston, B.D. F.R.S. S. A. 8vo. 7s.

Epistles and Miscellaneous Poems. By Thomas Grinfield, of Trinity College, Cambridge. 78.

The Mosiad; or Israel Delivered: a sacred Poem, in six Canticles, with scriptural Notes. Written by an Artist during his Detention in France as an Hostage.

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Monthermer. By Edward Quillinan, Esq. of the third Dragoon-guards. 8vo. 9s.

A second Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte: partly a Parody on that of Lord
Byron. 1s. 6d.

Opoleyta: or a Tale of Ind. In four Cantos. By Bertie Ambrose. 9s.
The Age; the Conqueror: Liberty and Etna. 59. 6d.
Consolation; with other Poems. By the Rev. W. Gillespie. 8vo.

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The Miseries of Music-masters; a Serio-Comic-Didactic Poem. By Ambrose Pitman, Esq. 4to. 10s. 6d.

The Memorable Tuesday; in two Parts. By Timothy Spinbrain, Esq. 2s. The Duel, a satirical Poem, in four Cantos, and other Poems. By L. 0. Shaw.

Poems, by William Cowper, Esq. of the Inner Temple. Vol. III. Containing his posthumous Poetry, and a Sketch of his Life, by his Kinsman, John Johnson, L.L.D. Rector of Yaxham, with Welborne in Norfolk. 12mo, and 8vo.

DRAMATIC.

Fazio, a Tragedy. By H. H. Milman, B.A. Fellow of Brazen Nose College.

The Golden Grove; or, the Farmer's Son: a Comedy, in five Acts. With some poetical Sketches on occasional Subjects. By John Lake. 33. 6d.

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Annals of Oslingbury. 2 vols. 12mo. 10s.

Love and Honor, an Imitation of the present, and a Model for all future Romances.

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Amurath, Prince of Persia, an Arabian Tale. 4s.

Memoirs of an Old Wig. 7s.

The Invisible Hand; a Tale. 5s.

Barozzi: or, the Venetian Sorceress. By Mrs. Smith. 2 vols. 12mo. 10s. 6d.
Celebrity: or, the Unfortunate Choice. By Mrs. Pilkington. 3 vois.. 12mo.

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The Discontented Man: or, Love and Reason. By A. F. Holstein. Vols,

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Treachery; or, the Grave of Antoinette. By L. S. Stanhope. 4 Vols. 12mo. 11. 2s.

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Essays, Religious and Moral. 75.

A Treatise on Dry Rot, in which are described the Nature and Causes of that Disease in Ships, Houses, Mills, &c. with Methods of Prevention and Cure. By Ambrose Bawden, of the Navy Office. 89.

A Proposal for improving the System of Friendly Societies, or of Poor Assurance Offices, &c. By Jerome, Count de Salis, of the Holy Roman Empire, F.R.S. 2s. 6d.

The Principles of War, exhibited in the Practice of the Camp and as developed in a Series of general Orders of Field Marshall the Duke of Wellington, with parallel Orders of George II. the Duke of Cumberland, the Duke of Marlborough, &c. 10s. 6d.

Some Account of a New Process in Painting, by Means of glazed Crayons: with Remarks on its general Correspondence with the l'eculiarities of the Venetian School. By a Lady. 2s.

Hints regarding the Agricultural State of the Netherlands, compared with that of Great Britain; and some Observations on the Means of diminishing the Expence of growing Corn. By the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. 8s.

LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. ·

Mr. Bliss has published the second volume of his new quarto edition of Wood's Athena, Oxoniensis. This volume continues the Athenæ, and includes the Bishops and the Fasti to the year 1640.

Mr. Todd has completed the fourth part, or half volume, of his enlarged edition of Johnson's Dictionary.

WORKS IN THE PRESS.

A History of the House of Romanof, the present Imperial Russian Dynasty; from the earliest period to the time of Peter the Great: designed as an introduction to a History of the Life and Reign of that celebrated Monarch; and including the Russian history, from the first accession of the family to the throne. By the author of the Ode to the Emperor Alexander,

Time, or Light and Shade, a poem, by Mr. Gompertz, in "one volume quarto.

A volume entitled, Repertorium Bibliographicum, to be printed for subscribers only, containing an account of the most celebrated British and foreign public libraries, of British private libraries now existing, portraits of eminent collectors, &c. &c.

Observations on a Tour through certain Provinces of Eastern Russia, by Dr. Halliday, of Birmingham.

The Ancient and Modern History of Reading, illustrated with Maps and Prints, by Mr. J. Man.

The History of the Military Order of the Bath, from its institution to the present time, with a Dissertation on ancient Chivalry, in two quarto volumes, illustrated with engravings.

THE

BRITISH CRITIC,

FOR AUGUST, 1815.

ART. I. Sermons, by Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. Dean of Bocking. 2 vols. 8vo. 18s. Rivingtons. 1815

OUR sentiments respecting the necessity of the constant and continued publication of such sermons, as are calculated to display the doctrines, and to enforce the practice of Christianity, have been too lately declared to require any repetition in this place. Could our arguments be strengthened by any additional consideration, it would arise from the advantage resulting not to the readers only, but also to the authors. A powerful stimulus is applied by these means to the industry and to the zeal of the clergy; the desire of literary distinction, acting as an able subsidiary to the motives and the discharge of their more sacred duties, inspires them with activity and vigour in the composition. of such exhortations and instructions as are required from time to time to meet the ever varying errors and profligacies of the age. With a view, however distant, of submitting their compositions to the press, they are willing to expend more thought upon the subject, more accuracy upon the structure, and more pains upon the style, than if their labours, having answered the immediate purposes of delivery, were to be consigned to the darkness and dust of the closet, there to remain till, after the regular interval of repose, the revolving year shall again give them their turn in the pulpit,

Rursus et incipiant in corpora velle reverti,

again and again to undergo the customary operations of mouldering and revival. For it is upon ordinary occasions only that the activity of the clergy is roused and their energy increased by the habit of publication; but when any extraordinary event demands

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mands their interference; when infidelity or fanaticism start up in some new and destructive form; when licentiousness or crime are armed with some novel fascination and power, then it is that they descend into the field of battle, not as raw recruits, but as veterans in the contest, and present a formidable and unbroken-phalanx against the foe. We trust therefore that the time will never come, when the clergy of the Church of England shall cease to exercise their talents in the frequent publication of those compositions, which the judgment either of themselves or of their congregations may consider worthy of being presented to the world. There are few, very few volumes which have not been of much advantage either to their authors or to their readers; for if they have failed in instructing and reforming the latter, they have at least awakened the activity, and animated the exertions of the former.

In another point of view also, peculiar to the present day, we are happy to bear our testimony to the labour and assiduity of the clergy in this department of their profession. When a party exists, who sometimes by sly insinuation, sometimes by language more unreserved, prefer an unceasing charge against the great body of the clergy, of neglecting the doctrines, and invalidating the powers of that Gospel, of which they are the ministers and stewards, they are called upon most solemnly to meet. and to answer the accusation. It has been met with spiritanswered with success. That answer stands recorded not in words alone but in deeds; in the publications of the clergy of the present day, in their sermons, in their tracts, in their lectures, in their controversies, forming altogether such a body of Christian theology, as would have done honour to the best ages of the Church. We speak not of the ability which may be conspicuous in their writings, as this, however great, is not the point under consideration; but we speak of the Christian principles declared, the Christian motives inculcated, and the Christian faith sustained. Every volume of theology that appears, is a new and triumphant refutation of so gross and so unfounded a charge. From their cold and systematic neglect of such frequent and such overpowering testimonies, and from their determined and practical perseverance in the charge, we are almost inclined to believe that the party wish that such a charge were true. The only excuse that we can frame in their favour is the supposition that their wishes in this case bias their better judgment. They have established, by a self-erected charter, a monopoly of Christian faith within their own Masonic circle; any proclamation of the same high doctrines by the uninitiated is an infringement of their patent, and an act of rebellion against their

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power. They are slow to suspect even the existence of such a calamity, fearing least the very acknowledgment should accelerate its progress.

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To the long and venerable list of those who have come forward, by their writings, to bear witness to the sound and evan gelical doctrines of the clergy of the Established Church, we shall with pleasure add the name of Dr. Wordsworth. A clearer refutation of the calumnies of the puritanical party could not be produced than the volumes before us. There is not a page which breathes not the pure and vital spirit of Christianity, untainted by the intoxicating vapours of low and canting fanaticism. The high ground of the Gospel is wisely taken, and resolutely maintained. It is this alone which can add power to precept, and success to exhortation.

The great characteristic of these sermons is perfect simpli→ city; they are primarily intended by their author for the use of families, hence they are peculiarly adapted both to common and to inixed congregations. The subjects which Dr. Wordsworth has selected are such as in themselves cannot fail to attract the attention of every rank and condition of his Christian brethren. The following is the catalogue of the contents of the first volume.

I. The Leprosy of Naaman. II. The Leprosy of Gehazi. III. Jesus raises from the Dead the Widow's Son of Nain. IV. The Christian delivered from Condemnation. V. The Flesh and the

Spirit. VI. The Woman of Canaan. VII. Demas and Paul. VIII. Jesus is the Christ. IX. The Ten Lepers. X. A Christian Comment on the Sixth Commandment. XI. The Gergesenes. XII. Christ purges the Temple. XIII. The Parable of the Lost Sheep. XIV. The Parable of the Tares. XV. The Unforgiving Servant. XVI. Herod, Herodias and her Daughter.

From this catalogue the reader will observe, that but four of the sermons in this volume are professedly upon abstract texts, the remaining twelve are founded either upon parables or particular histories. We highly approve of this plan, as peculiarly calculated to fix the attention of every class and description of hearers. The inferences, both doctrinal as well as practical, which are deduced from histories and parables, are listened to with more general eagerness, and are retained with much greater fidelity than those which spring from abstract or general texts. The instructions which are thus interwoven, and appear to arise from the events of the story, not only by their familiarity create

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