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frs readers may think exceptionable language . Every error , however , of this kind , is the error of a first rate genius ; and we will venture , from th ? present collection , to place Mr . Coleridge in the very first rank cf English poets . Odes and Miscellaneous Poems . By a Student of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh . A- - " ^ d . Johnson .
THESE Poems are loosely and incorrectly written , and abound too much with the hackneyed p hraseology of common-place poetasters . Though the author certainly possesses some of the requisites to form a poet , yet we think Jie would do well to adhere to the study of Medicine , and not woo an ungrateful Muse , till time and experience shall secure to him a favourable reception . Albert de Nordemhild : orthe Modern Alcihiades . A Noveltranslated from the
, , German . 2 Vols . izmo . -js . Boards . Robinsons . 179 6 . THERE are scarcely any circumstances , in the general history of mankind , that form a more striking contrast , than the manners , principles , and charafters of" military and commercial nations . The novel before us is certainly an obj & of literary curiosity , as affording a picture of the manners in the interior parts of Germany , and , probably , rather of the last age , than the
present . A national character , more remote from all that we see in this country , can scarcely be conceived ; and many passages will appear in the hig hest degree tinctured with romance , which , we doubt not , are fair delineations of nature in the scene which the author has undertaken to depict . Independent , however , of this circumstance , the novel before us partakes of the genius of the German literary productions : the story js wild , fanciful , andin some measureimprobable ; ' but it is highly interesting , and must be
, , entertaining to all classes of readers . Anecdotes Historical and Literary , or , a Miscellaneous Selection of Curious and Striking Passages from Eminent Modern Authors . Vernor and Hood . 179 6 . Paizes 470 . % vo . 6 s .
THIS compilation is made with considerable taste and judgment . The articles of which it consists are chiefly taken from authors not universall y known , generally foreign , but more particularly French . ' In the course of my reading , ' says the editor , ' I have often met with an important remark , or fact , amidst many pages of chill and uninteresting matter ; these I have separated , and attempted to g ive them a more pleasing form ' than they originally possessed . ' The plan adopted by the different editors of the French
Ana has been followed in this work ; each article is titled , and a copious Index and Table of Contents are given . On the whole , we confess ourselves indebted to the compiler , for many hours of rational amusement ; and very confidently recommend his work to the favour of the public . As bearing a reference to the nature of our own Publication , the following short extract may not be unpleasing to our readers :
' FREEMASONS . The society , known by the name of the Freemasons , is so called , because they who first established it understood building and Masonry ; or , perhaps , the first princip les of it were laid down by Masons . But , whatever may have been their orig in , they are now very numerous ; and there
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Review Of New Publications.
frs readers may think exceptionable language . Every error , however , of this kind , is the error of a first rate genius ; and we will venture , from th ? present collection , to place Mr . Coleridge in the very first rank cf English poets . Odes and Miscellaneous Poems . By a Student of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh . A- - " ^ d . Johnson .
THESE Poems are loosely and incorrectly written , and abound too much with the hackneyed p hraseology of common-place poetasters . Though the author certainly possesses some of the requisites to form a poet , yet we think Jie would do well to adhere to the study of Medicine , and not woo an ungrateful Muse , till time and experience shall secure to him a favourable reception . Albert de Nordemhild : orthe Modern Alcihiades . A Noveltranslated from the
, , German . 2 Vols . izmo . -js . Boards . Robinsons . 179 6 . THERE are scarcely any circumstances , in the general history of mankind , that form a more striking contrast , than the manners , principles , and charafters of" military and commercial nations . The novel before us is certainly an obj & of literary curiosity , as affording a picture of the manners in the interior parts of Germany , and , probably , rather of the last age , than the
present . A national character , more remote from all that we see in this country , can scarcely be conceived ; and many passages will appear in the hig hest degree tinctured with romance , which , we doubt not , are fair delineations of nature in the scene which the author has undertaken to depict . Independent , however , of this circumstance , the novel before us partakes of the genius of the German literary productions : the story js wild , fanciful , andin some measureimprobable ; ' but it is highly interesting , and must be
, , entertaining to all classes of readers . Anecdotes Historical and Literary , or , a Miscellaneous Selection of Curious and Striking Passages from Eminent Modern Authors . Vernor and Hood . 179 6 . Paizes 470 . % vo . 6 s .
THIS compilation is made with considerable taste and judgment . The articles of which it consists are chiefly taken from authors not universall y known , generally foreign , but more particularly French . ' In the course of my reading , ' says the editor , ' I have often met with an important remark , or fact , amidst many pages of chill and uninteresting matter ; these I have separated , and attempted to g ive them a more pleasing form ' than they originally possessed . ' The plan adopted by the different editors of the French
Ana has been followed in this work ; each article is titled , and a copious Index and Table of Contents are given . On the whole , we confess ourselves indebted to the compiler , for many hours of rational amusement ; and very confidently recommend his work to the favour of the public . As bearing a reference to the nature of our own Publication , the following short extract may not be unpleasing to our readers :
' FREEMASONS . The society , known by the name of the Freemasons , is so called , because they who first established it understood building and Masonry ; or , perhaps , the first princip les of it were laid down by Masons . But , whatever may have been their orig in , they are now very numerous ; and there