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Review Of New Publications.

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .

JW-. Y Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa , by the IFay of the Cape of Good Hope , in tic Tears 1783 , 8 4 , and 85 . Translated from the French ofLe Vaillant . 3 vol . & vo . pages about 1000 . Price 21 s . boards . Robinsons . HHWO volumes of Travels by Mr . Le Vaillant were translated into English , A some years since , and read with great avidity . With the contents of

those volumes , we doubt not , many of our readers are well acquainted . The three volumes now under review continue the narrative from where the two former left otf . In the former ' part of bis travels , Mr . Le Vaillant stated , that lie was born in the Dutch settlement of Surinam ; and that his infant , wander- ings in the woods there , first gave him a taste for forming collections of na-, tural history . This taste was strengthened by a variety of events ; and , at , length , led him on to the arduous enterprize of exploring the interior parts of

Africa . How singular are the propensities of man ! Mr . Le Vaillant , with a heart formed to benevolence and philanthropy , at an early period of his life , forsook . the refinements of civilized society , to wander amid the scenes of uncultivated nature . Yet philosophers have declared man to be a social animal . How then shall we reconcile the seeming incongruity ? Minds of superior cultivation and goodness , disgusted with the vices which are inseparable from a high degree of civilization , look in a rude and unpolished state of society for that simplicity and integrity of manners , which are hardly to be found among the nations of modern Europe . Such seem to be in part the sentiments o £ Monsieur Le Vaillant . We extract the opening of his travels , in support of

our opinion . ' I sit down at last to discharge my debt . Different as are the circumstances under which I resume my pen , the impulse to write is become the more powerful . The benefit of my long and wearisome travels' shall not be lost . If the first fruits have been devoured by merciless oppressors , the misfortune is amply repaid by the spectacle of public liberty . A sufficiently fine harvest still remains to make me anxious of offering it to my country ; and

this portion , at least , of the only presents I am able to bestow , will neither be debased by tares nor weeds . In the situation in which I live , I find the image of my early independence . I have no obstacles to overcome , and no corrupt beings to deal with , that I may pay to nature the tribute of adoration , which she has a right to expect from the most faithful of her lovers . I re-enter the desarts of Africa once more to visit her . I shall paint her as she is . She cannot but be pleased at seeing me , when she learns the efforts that , in this

happy portion of the earth , have been made to revive her worship , and rebuild her altars . I will shew her her portraits . She will not despise the dress in which they will be seen . Can she be offended if , at so great a distance from the country where she first appeared to me without either paint or attire , a slight veil be thrown over her charms ? or rather has she not herselFfixed the limits where change of temperature and greater wants imperiously demand a modification of her essence ? Let it then excite no astonishment if , in the relation of my adventures , and desirous of preserving my sincerity , a sigh ¦ . escape me at the sight of her first image . She had my whole affections ; I

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TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS,&c. Article 3
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE, AND FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY, Article 4
MEMOIRS OF HER LATE IMPERIAL MAJESTY, CATHARINE II. Article 6
REFLECTIONS UPON TRAGEDY. Article 10
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ON THE INFLUENCE OF THE SEASONS ON THE MENTAL POWERS. Article 14
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MEMOIRS OF THE LATE COLONEL FREDERICK. Article 18
NEW OXFORD GUIDE: OR HUMOROUS SUPPLEMENT TO ALL FORMER ACCOUNTS, OFTHAT ANCIENT CITY AND UNIVERSITY. Article 21
YORICK AND ELIZA. Article 26
ON THE IMPASSIBILITY OF INSECTS. Article 27
ON THE EXISTENCE OF MERMAIDS. Article 28
BON MOT OF A SPANIARD. Article 31
ORIGINAL LETTER FROM ADDISON TO A LADY. Article 32
DESCRIPTION OF AN UNFREQUENTED CAVE, NEAR BESANCON, IN FRANCE. Article 33
FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY. Article 34
ROYAL ARCH. Article 38
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 40
POETRY. Article 50
EPILOGUE, TO THE SAME, Article 50
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MARY, A TALE. Article 52
SONG. Article 53
OCCASIONAL ADDRESS, SUNG BY THE CHILDREN OF THE FREEMASONS' FEMALE CHARITY, FEBRUARY- 9, 1797. Article 53
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HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 57
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LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 73
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Review Of New Publications.

REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .

JW-. Y Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa , by the IFay of the Cape of Good Hope , in tic Tears 1783 , 8 4 , and 85 . Translated from the French ofLe Vaillant . 3 vol . & vo . pages about 1000 . Price 21 s . boards . Robinsons . HHWO volumes of Travels by Mr . Le Vaillant were translated into English , A some years since , and read with great avidity . With the contents of

those volumes , we doubt not , many of our readers are well acquainted . The three volumes now under review continue the narrative from where the two former left otf . In the former ' part of bis travels , Mr . Le Vaillant stated , that lie was born in the Dutch settlement of Surinam ; and that his infant , wander- ings in the woods there , first gave him a taste for forming collections of na-, tural history . This taste was strengthened by a variety of events ; and , at , length , led him on to the arduous enterprize of exploring the interior parts of

Africa . How singular are the propensities of man ! Mr . Le Vaillant , with a heart formed to benevolence and philanthropy , at an early period of his life , forsook . the refinements of civilized society , to wander amid the scenes of uncultivated nature . Yet philosophers have declared man to be a social animal . How then shall we reconcile the seeming incongruity ? Minds of superior cultivation and goodness , disgusted with the vices which are inseparable from a high degree of civilization , look in a rude and unpolished state of society for that simplicity and integrity of manners , which are hardly to be found among the nations of modern Europe . Such seem to be in part the sentiments o £ Monsieur Le Vaillant . We extract the opening of his travels , in support of

our opinion . ' I sit down at last to discharge my debt . Different as are the circumstances under which I resume my pen , the impulse to write is become the more powerful . The benefit of my long and wearisome travels' shall not be lost . If the first fruits have been devoured by merciless oppressors , the misfortune is amply repaid by the spectacle of public liberty . A sufficiently fine harvest still remains to make me anxious of offering it to my country ; and

this portion , at least , of the only presents I am able to bestow , will neither be debased by tares nor weeds . In the situation in which I live , I find the image of my early independence . I have no obstacles to overcome , and no corrupt beings to deal with , that I may pay to nature the tribute of adoration , which she has a right to expect from the most faithful of her lovers . I re-enter the desarts of Africa once more to visit her . I shall paint her as she is . She cannot but be pleased at seeing me , when she learns the efforts that , in this

happy portion of the earth , have been made to revive her worship , and rebuild her altars . I will shew her her portraits . She will not despise the dress in which they will be seen . Can she be offended if , at so great a distance from the country where she first appeared to me without either paint or attire , a slight veil be thrown over her charms ? or rather has she not herselFfixed the limits where change of temperature and greater wants imperiously demand a modification of her essence ? Let it then excite no astonishment if , in the relation of my adventures , and desirous of preserving my sincerity , a sigh ¦ . escape me at the sight of her first image . She had my whole affections ; I

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