guished? Inftead of telling us, that happiness is "the delufive fport of capricious Fortune, which is downright nonfenfe, would it not have been better philofophy to have argued, that happiness was the refult of goodness? Shaftsbury has written an excellent treatife to prove, that virtue is the happiness of every human Being: and, with deference to our Author, gocaefs, in a moral fenfe, is but another name for virtue. Art. 20. Eab Sex in their Humour: Or, the Hiftories of the Families of Brightly, Finch, Fortescue, Shelburne, and Stevens. Written by a Lady of Quality, whilft fhe was abroad on her Travels, and found among her Papers fince her decease. 12mo. 2 Vol. 6s. Noble. Pretty love-mes, invented or related, as it is faid, by a Lady of quality, and ended. Each Sex in their Humour; as much as to fay, Love is the numre both fexes,-and doubtlefs it is, at a proper, and fometimes at incer, feason of life. The facts, whether real or imaginary, are not il muted: and, on the whole, the performance may be read by a without fear of meeting with any thing to offend her delicacy, ac a just expectation of finding many festiments that will a entertainment and inftruction.. Art. 21. fery of London, from its Foundation to the prefert Year. Fa ful Companion for Strangers and Porn ers, offts of song acquainted and the Carsonies of the youn Marthe Rev. George konty Who La lished was egte elegant Copper bounder, ki Those who can afford to parcndle the lan tropoli, may con tien which only affords a view of one fide of the queftion: neither doch a cafe of this nature properly come before our Court. But as Mr. Stewardfon hath at last refolved, (finding all other methods unsuccessful) to have recourse to the law that ultima ratio populi,' fays he, that dermier refort, that last resource of the people, against violence, injustice, and oppreffion;-fo we doubt not but the merits of the cause will be rightly determined, by the verdict of an English Jury. Art. 23. Obfervations concerning the Execution of Criminals, convicted of capital Offences. The Conduct of Sheriffs enquired into, with a short View of the Confequences attending a Military Power. Addreffed to the Magiflrates of Great Britain of all Denominations Wrote in 1751, but never before published. Small 8vo. 6d. Nicol. The Author has fome judicious remarks on the exemplary folemnity proper to be obferved at the public execution of criminals; and on the impropriety and danger of introducing the military power in fupport of them. Thefe obfervations are founded on the conduct of Alderman Janffen, who, with fo much spirit and judgment, executed the office of Sheriff of London, in the year 1749. Art. 24. An Efay on the Study of Literature. Written originally in French, by Edward Gibbon, jun. Efq; now first translated into English. Small 8vo. 2s. fewed. Becket. Of this ingenious treatise we gave our Readers fome account, in our XXVth volume, page 224; we have now only to add, that the tranflation, tho' evidently done by another hand, is not altogether unworthy of the original. Art. 25. A Letter from Dr. Stukeley to Mr. Macpherson, on his Publication of Fingal and Temora, with a Print of Cathmer's Shield. 4to. 6d. Becket. A letter of acknowlegements from the learned Doctor to Mr. Macpherfon, for the pleasure he received from those fine remains of antiquity, Fingal and Temora. It contains feveral fcraps of high conjecture, and old tradition. Art. 26. Remarks upon the Life, Character, and Behaviour of the Rev. George Whitefield, as written by himself, from the Time of his Birth, to the Time he departed from his Tabernacle. Demonfrating by aftronomical Calculation, that his Afcenfion, Meridian, and Declination, were necessarily a&uated by planetary Influence; and that his Doctrine was not from Divine Miffion, but from a mere Fatality, evident, as daily feen in the fatal Catastrophe of his unhappy, gloomy, and misguided Followers. By John Harman, Aftronomer. 8vo. IS. Hinxman. This is the fecond time Mr. Harman has attempted to be witty, and. diverting, at the expence of poor Whitefield. What fort of a man Mr. Whitefield is, our Readers know very well already; and what fort of of a man Mr. Harman is, was fufficienti antamate pendix to our XXIVth volume, page 473 Regulator of Enthufiafts; he here puts fome of his Readers may, perhaps, take fum im a parts, we only look upon him, as a CODICE Genius, who has contrived to plague the ar Leader, in the style of an Almanac maker, jargon of Aftrology. Art. 27. The Life and Adventure fem 12mo. 2 Vols. 45. Love. S 1 The Life of a Proftitute is the cafe sa t have upon his hands. The hackrevet of virtue, and the confequent lof of haurr and the gradual progrefs to genera prune all, and are easily worked up into a reguar se this performance feems to have been ver and, to fpin it out into two volumes, ka at se defcriptions of the towns and villages tunay vels; feveral of which defcriptions are, 2 ir romance as any other part of the work a reformed Magdalen, are fufficiently one e elegance to make proper furniture for anal Art. 28. The History of the given founded on Facts, and illuftres... 12mo. 2s. 6d. fewed. Cours. Qualified by experience, (as we fome share of wit, the manners of 25+ of the world. A young Blood, 112 the University of Oxford, and a s literary act of exclufion-fends 2 .”: -appoints an evening to recens Lhis dear fellow. Collegiates-i ton and four, two blacks bet lion gives the alarm-crack of firuments Rauco firepur ing their hats, give him the in his fpeed, as he darts throug danger of running over dis gazed-at-object of wonderf windows. His horfes al ter of his eye.'-Being com gles out his favourite among cape to her artifice, avem fondness, in a fit of i ber to ham felf, and in posed to him, whose fat The story of the far a ford, debauched by Lam effect his purpose) ax. abandoned by her own parents-reduced to the utmost distress-resolving to come to London in fearch of her perfidious Betrayer-robbed upon the road-falling, when at London, into the hands of bawds and villains-making a furprizing and difficult efcape from them-taken no tice of by another Nobleman, who learning her story, was touched with generofity and compaffion; reconciles her parents to her; and marries her.The Author then advifes young Proftitutes how to make the most of their charms, and keep themfelves out of the hands of their Harpyes, in a method, which, we apprehend, very few of them are in a capacity of purfuing. However, the performance upon the whole is not deftitute of fpirit and pathos: and had the Author omitted his coxcomical introduction, his low, illiberal reflections upon the marriageact, on the reputed father of it (that great Master of the science of law and government) and on the Nobility in general, his work might have been worthy of our recommendation. 0. Art. 29. A Letter to his Excellency Claude, Francois, Louis, Regnier Count de Guerchy, Knight of the Order of the Moft Chriftian King, Lieutenant-general of his Armies, and his Embaffador-extraordinary to his Britannic Majefty. By the Noble Charles, Genevieve, Louis, Auguftus, Cafar, Andrew, Timotheus D'Eon de Beaumont, Advocate of the Parliament of Paris, Royal Licenfer of History and Belles Lettres, Aid du Camp to the Marshal Duke de Broglio, Knight of the Order of St. Louis, Minifter Plenipotentiary from the King to his Majefly the King of Great Britain, &c. &c. 4to. 2 s. 6d. Dixwell. This Letter contains an account of a very unfortunate difagreement between two worthy Perfonages, which took its rife from a very inconfiderable circumftance. A Frenchman, who calls himself De Vergy, folicited the acquaintance of Monf. D'Eon, who very prudently refused to countenance him till he brought letters of recommendation. De Vergy, fomewhat piqued at the refufal, boafted of being perfectly well known to the Count De Guerchy. On the arrival of that Embaffador, De Vergy prefented himself before him, Monf. D'Eon being likewife prefent, and the Embaffador then difclaimed all knowledge of him. This feemed a fufficient detection of De Vergy as an impoftor, and he ought to have been treated with the contempt he deferved. But Monf. D'Eon, offended at fome expreffions which dropped from that adventurer, anfwered him with alegree of intemperance which bordered on a challenge. De Vergy, taking advantage of his warmth, called at his house the next day; and, not finding him at home, left a meffage, which Monf. D'Eon interpreted as a public defiance. The fame day Monf. D'Eon had an invitation to dine with the Earl of Hallifax, where he met with the Count De Guerchy. After dinner, Monf. D'Eon acquainted Lord Hallifax with the adventure relating to De Vergy, and at the fame time publicly declared his intention of anfwering what he called De Vergy's public challenge. His Lordship having endeavoured in vain to diffuade him from his refolution, he at length made the Count De Guerchy acquainted with Monf. D'Eon's declaration. They united their intreaties to him, to defit from his purpofe; and Lord Hallifax offered him a note to fign, whereby he was to engage not to encounter 79 De Vergy. On his refufal, his Lordship thought himself obliged to ies for a guard. Monf. D'Eon however pertiited in his retual, all the Cont De Guerchy, in the name of the King his Matter, ordered him eply to fign it, whereupon he yielded obedience. The account of the scene which followed between him and De kergy is whitical and entertaining, but it is too minute for abridgment. This unlucky incident, however, has been attended with difagreeable confequences to Monf. D'Eon, who, when preffed by Lord Halifax and the Coat De Guerchy, to abandon his defign of engaging with De Porgr let fall feveral indifcreet and piquant expreflions, which could not be otherwife than offenfive to the Count. The refult of this controvesly. which has for a long time been the subject of converfation in the polita circle, is well known: And it is much to be lamented that a man of Monf. D'Eon's acknowledged abilities and manly fint, fhould have drawn himself into fach inconveniencies, by an ungoverned imponohty and intemperance of behaviour. Art 30. Lettre a M. de la M***, Ecuyer, et de la Societe Parale d'Agriculture, par M. Tona de Verry's en Peginje a una Latina de Monfieur le Duc de Namukt. Looters, M, Brambre, 87lege 8vo. 6 d. Bocket. This little French piece contains Most Du Vergy vidsters & the sho venture between rim and Monéta, am facts in a very diferent i que from a 2.0. affair is, in pone i reza z 12 Came Tu volien in |