ART. X. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.

In the press, Facts, not Fables: with numerous Engravings. By Chas. Williams.

In the press, The Prodigal. By the Rev. I. Thornton. 32mo.

In the press, Spirituality of Mind. By Rev. Jos. Fletcher, D.D.

32mo.

In the press, Conversations on Christian Polity. By a Lady. 1 Vol. 12mo.

In the press, and shortly will be published, A Volume of Sermons. By the late Rev. W. Howels.

In the press, Fancy Fair; to which is added, Starlight; or, a Scene at Tweeddale.

In the press, Bibliotheca Classica; or, a new Classical Dictionary: containing an authentic and minute Account of the proper names which occur in Latin and Greek Authors, relating to History, Biography, Mythology, Geography, and Antiquities. By John Dymock, LL.Ď. and Thomas Dymock, M.A. In one large volume. 8vo. Nearly ready.

The Entomology of Australia, in a Series of Monographs. By George Robert Gray. Part I. containing the genus Phasma. In 4to. With Eight Plates and Descriptive Letterpress, plain and coloured, will appear June 1.

In the press, Lectures on Poetry and General Literature. By James Montgomery. 1 Vol. post 8vo.

Directions for the Analysis of Inorganic Substances. By J. J. Berzelius, translated from the French. By G. O. Rees. Will shortly be published, in 1 Vol. 12mo.

In the press, and shortly will be published, The Life, Times, and Correspondence of Isaac Watts, D.D. with Notices of many of his Contemporaries, and a Critical Examination of his Writings. By the Rev. Thos. Milner, A.M. Author of the "History of the Seven Churches of Asia." 1 thick Volume. 8vo. This Work will contain many particulars of this eminent Divine and Poet, hitherto but little known-a full inquiry into his opinions upon the Trinity, with a view to ascertain his last sentiments upon this important subject.

The Rev. Ebenezer Miller has issued a Prospectus of a Series of Geographical Tables, designed for Youth, and intended to simplify the work of Tuition, by presenting the leading features of every country, both natural and artificial, in a condensed, yet comprehensive form. The names of those towns only will be inserted in the Tables, which are worthy of the learner's attention, either on account of their

general notoriety, their Extent, Population, Commerce, Manufacture, or Antiquities, &c. It is not expected that the Work will exceed Twelve or Fifteen Numbers: and these will embrace the substance of most of the ordinary Works on Geography; besides containing much useful Information, which can only be found by consulting the best Gazetteers, at the expence of much time and labour. As an Introduction to the Series, a General Outline or Summary of the Four Quarters of the World, on the same plan, and on the face of a single sheet, will shortly be published. The price of each No. will be 4d. or 3s. 6d. per dozen.

Preparing for the press, and to be speedily published, The Narrative of two Expeditions into the Interior of Australia, undertaken by Captain Charles Sturt, of the 39th Regiment, by order of the Colonial Government, to ascertain the nature of the Country to the west and north-west of the Colony of New South Wales. This work will contain a correct Chart of the Rivers that were discovered; a minute Description of the Country, its Geology, Productions, the Character of its Rivers, Plains, and Inhabitants, together with much useful information. It will give a distinct account of Captain Barker's Survey of St. Vincent's Gulf, the nature of the Soil in the Promontory of Cape Jervis, its Streams, Anchorage, &c.; and will be illustrated by numerous Drawings of the Scenery, Ornithology, and Fossil Formation of the Country traversed, interspersed with numerous Anecdotes of the Natives, their Manners, Weapons, and other Peculiarities. This work is dedicated, by permission, to Lord Goderich, and will throw a new light on the whole of the Country that was explored.

In the course of this month will appear, An Historical Sketch of the Princes of India, Stipendiary, Subsidiary, Protected, Tributary, and Feudatory; prefaced by a Sketch of the origin and progress of British power in India. With a brief account of the Civil, Military, and Judicial Establishments of the East India Company. By an Officer in the Service of the East India Company.

The Second Edition is nearly ready, of Prinsep's Journal of a Voyage from Calcutta to Van Diemen's Land; comprising a Description of that Colony during a Six Months' Residence. The First Number of the Series of Illustrations to Prinsep's Journal, will be published in a few days.

The Fourth Volume of the Library of Romance, edited by Leitch Ritchie, is from the pen of Mr. Galt, Author of the Ayrshire Legatees, Laurie Todd, &c., and is entitled "The Stolen Child, a Tale of the Town;" founded on a highly interesting fact.

In a few days will be published, Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of the Rev. William Lavers, late of Honiton. By I. S. Elliott. With a portrait.

On May 1, 1833, will be published, demy 8vo. Vol. II. (The continuation) of The Life of the late Dr. Adam Clarke; (from Original Papers,) by a Member of his family.

On the 1st. of May will be published, royal 8vo. Part I. of An Exposition of the Gospels of St. Matthew and St. Mark, and other detached parts of Holy Scripture. By the late Rev. Richard Watson, Author of " A Biblical and Theological Dictionary," &c. &c.

Preparing for publication, A uniform edition of the Works of the late Rev. Richard Watson, in eleven volumes, 8vo: including Memoirs of the Author's Life and Writings, by the Rev. Thomas Jackson.

In a short time will be published, Poetic Vigils; containing a Monody on the Death of Adam Clarke, LL.D. F.A.S. &c. &c. &c., and other Poems. By Willian Bennet Baker.

In the press, The Second Vol. of Sermons which have been preached on Public Subjects and Solemn occasions, with Especial Reference to the Signs of the Times, by Francis Scurray, B.D.

In the press, An Israelite Indeed: or, a Tribute of Sympathy, to the Memory of a Beloved Father; with characteristic sketches of a Life of unusual interest. By John Morison, D.D. 18mo.

In the press, Sermons for Christian Families, on the most important Relative Duties, by the late Rev. Edward Payson, D.D. Pastor of the second Church in Portland.

ART. XI.

WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Whychcotte of St. John's; or the Court, the Camp, the Quarter Deck, and the Cloister. 2 vols.

18s.

A Letter to Thomas Wilson, Esq. Treasurer of the London Missionary Society, By William Alex. Hankey, Esq. occasioned by the "Analysis" of his Evidence on the Subject of Slavery, before the Committee of the House of Commons, contained in the Anti-Slavery Reporter. With Notes by its Editor. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Spirit of Sectarianism; with Observations on the Duty and Means of destroying Prejudice, and restoring the primitive Unity of the Church. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

ORIENTAL LITERATURE.

The Mahávánsi, the Rájá-ratnácari, and the Rájá-Vali, forming the Sacred and Historical Books of Ceylon; also a Collection of Tracts illustrative of the Doctrines and Literature of Buddhism; translated from the Singhalese. Edited by Edward Upham, M.R.A.S. and F.R.S., Author

TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS..

We must cast ourselves on the lenity and kindness of our Subscribers. The present Number must appear without the Index, &c., so long unavoidably delayed. It was found impossible to pass it through the Press in time. Arrangements have been made, which will, it is. confidently hoped, prevent the recurrence of similar irregularities. The Editor begs to acknowledge the valuable contributions by which the present Number is enriched, and to solicit, under the heavy pressure of his engagements, the help of his correspondents in bringing up his arrears.

THE

ECLECTIC REVIEW,

FOR MAY, 1833.

Art. I. 1. The Causes of the French Revolution. 8vo. pp. 274. London. 1832.

2. Quarterly Review, No. XCVII. ART. Lord John Russell on the Causes of the French Revolution.

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HIS lively, amusing, and not uninstructive brochure is from the pen of Lord John Russell. It has been stigmatised in the Quarterly Review, with that gentlemanly and impartial feeling which characterises the pages of that Journal, as 'an impudent 'catchpenny.' We believe that we must call it an indiscretion. When a cabinet minister becomes an author, he may expect to find political critics, in whom the rancour of party, if not of personal animosity, shall be superinduced upon the spirit of detraction which too much pervades modern criticism. We think that the noble Writer should have refrained from thus putting himself into the power of a clever, malignant, unscrupulous, personal adversary. The volume can add little to his literary reputation, even with those who estimate it the most favourably; and unless some very obvious purpose could be answered by the publication, we must think that it would have been discreet to withhold it.

We believe it is Lord John Russell himself who has made the remark, that the French Revolution is ascribed to every thing, and every thing is ascribed to the French Revolution.' Upon no subject has so large a portion of shallow philosophizing and flippant declamation been vented by littérateurs, great and petty. What is meant by Causes of the French Revolution? Are we to understand by the phrase, the causes which necessitated some revolution in France, or the causes which led to such a revolution, and which determined its character? The originating causes were mainly politi

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cal: they are matter of history. The governing causes were moral, and these are not so much the matter of history as the key to it. The real causes seem to the Quarterly Reviewer very obvious'; and first, the feeble character of Louis XVI.' Can any thing be more absurd? Could the feeble character of Louis XVI. have caused a revolution, if he had not been the successor of Louis XV.? His indecision, his weakness, his half-measures, led to his own ruin, and to the downfall of the monarchy, because it rendered all timely compromise impossible, and, in the conflict of the new opinions with the old, which constituted the revolution, prevented what Necker forcibly styled, the august mediation' of the crown. The benign but incompetent character of Louis XVI., which precluded the efficient intervention of the monarch, may be said to have ruined the Revolution, rather than to have caused it. There was a time in France, when the monarch was every thing. Although that time was past, there was no period during the whole first assembly', M. Dumont remarks, when the king, could he have changed 'his character, might not have re-established his authority, and 'formed a mixed constitution.' But would not the formation of a mixed constitution have been a revolution, a decided and a happy

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If this is all that the king could have done, this is but to make him the negative cause of what was not effected. He caused a bad revolution, merely by hindering a good one; but a revolution was confessedly inevitable.

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The Quarterly Reviewer, after having exhibited the feeble character of Louis as the chief cause and mainspring of the Revolution, proceeds to express his persuasion, under the sanction of M. Dumont, that the king might, if a firmer man, have stayed the revolution in its course. We believe, in fact,' they that there never was a revolution which might not have 'been arrested by a proper policy on the part of the government, '—by a sufficiently steady resistance or sufficiently liberal con'cession. This is, indeed, oracular wisdom. Every revolution might, it seems, have been stayed, if the policy of the government had been just the opposite to what it was: if it was the policy of concession, it ought to have been resistance; if that of resistance, it ought to have been concession. Can any thing be more ingenious and satisfactory? In a word, there never was a revolution which might not have issued differently, had the causes been different! But the question before us is, not whether Louis XVI. might have stayed the Revolution, but whether he can be said, by his feeble character or temporizing conduct, to have caused it. His ill-timed concessions were but the last steps of that fatal series of political blunders by which the misguided monarch 'ruined every thing.' At the proper time he had refused to accede to the reasonable wishes of France. By nothing did he