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duplicity in his conduct as an Author , which we should hardly credit , were notthe names of several persons of the first consequence made use of as vouchers for the fact . Without entering into an enquiry as to the truth of Mr , Owen ' s statement , we give it as our decided opinion , that there is no essential difference between his Edition of the " Thoughts" and that published by theRivingtons , unless in the price , the latter gentlemen charging 3 s . and 6 d . for what Mr . Owen sells at half a crown .
Tivn Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals fir Peace ivith the Regicide Directory of France . By the Ri g ht Honourable Edmund Burke . % vo . pages 188 . Price ^ s . 6 d . izth Edition . Rivingtons . TO this twelfth Edition of Mr . Burke ' s ' Thoughts on a Regicide Peace , ' are subjoined , as an Appendix , some observations on our Colonies in the West Indies ; where , alas ! the demon of destruction has too long scattered
desolation from his wings . May the humanity of the respective Governments of France and England induce them to stop the waste of war , and peace soon be in all our borders 1 Ed'ivard . Various Views of Human Nature , taken from Life aud Manners , chiefly in England . By the Author of Zelnco . 2 vols . % vo . pages 1115 . price 16 s . Cadell and Davies . , THE learned and eloquent Historian of the Roman Empire , in a letter to
one of his familiar friends , * pronounced Dr . Moore's Zeluco to be one of the best philosophical Novels in the English language ; aud with this opinion we perfectly coincide . The present production , Edward , though not written with all that depth of philosophic research into the origin of virtuous or vicious habits among mankind , comprizes what , perhaps , may be equallypleasing to the generality of readers , a faithful delineation of domestic manners , which every one knows the truth of from his own observations- By
this means the lesson of morality is brought home to the common apprehensions and feelings . Edward , the Hero of the Tale , is , in his infancy , removed from the care or the parish by a Mrs . Barnett , and taken under her own protection . After being educated as a gentleman , and introduced into rather high life , in which he meets with a variety of adventures , he at length finds his mother , by means of some memorial which had been tied round his neck soon after his birth . The other leading characters are—Mr . Temple , a
worthy divine ; Mr . Barnet , an epicurean ; Mr . Carnaby Shadow , a law student ; and Mr . Clifton , a polished gentleman . From these discordant atoms is formed a perfect little world . Without entering into a very minute criticism , we think that the morality of Edward is in general pure , and possesses one advantage not usual in works of this kind , that it is well and briefly told . As a specimen of this we select the folowing passage on avarice .
' It is carious to observe the various masks under which men endeavour to conceal the . odious features of permanent or increasing avarice—yet they impose on none , hut those who use them : we are all sufficiently sharp-sighted to see through the flimsy veils , under which our neighbours endeavour to hide what is unamiable in their dispositions ; yet we are weak enough to imagine , that the same piece of old tattered gauze , when thrown over our own foibles , will be impervious to the eyes of all mankind . ' Many parts cf the work are thrown into the form of a dialogue , which * Vide his Memoirs , just published , by Lord Sheffield .
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Review Of New Publications.
duplicity in his conduct as an Author , which we should hardly credit , were notthe names of several persons of the first consequence made use of as vouchers for the fact . Without entering into an enquiry as to the truth of Mr , Owen ' s statement , we give it as our decided opinion , that there is no essential difference between his Edition of the " Thoughts" and that published by theRivingtons , unless in the price , the latter gentlemen charging 3 s . and 6 d . for what Mr . Owen sells at half a crown .
Tivn Letters addressed to a Member of the present Parliament on the Proposals fir Peace ivith the Regicide Directory of France . By the Ri g ht Honourable Edmund Burke . % vo . pages 188 . Price ^ s . 6 d . izth Edition . Rivingtons . TO this twelfth Edition of Mr . Burke ' s ' Thoughts on a Regicide Peace , ' are subjoined , as an Appendix , some observations on our Colonies in the West Indies ; where , alas ! the demon of destruction has too long scattered
desolation from his wings . May the humanity of the respective Governments of France and England induce them to stop the waste of war , and peace soon be in all our borders 1 Ed'ivard . Various Views of Human Nature , taken from Life aud Manners , chiefly in England . By the Author of Zelnco . 2 vols . % vo . pages 1115 . price 16 s . Cadell and Davies . , THE learned and eloquent Historian of the Roman Empire , in a letter to
one of his familiar friends , * pronounced Dr . Moore's Zeluco to be one of the best philosophical Novels in the English language ; aud with this opinion we perfectly coincide . The present production , Edward , though not written with all that depth of philosophic research into the origin of virtuous or vicious habits among mankind , comprizes what , perhaps , may be equallypleasing to the generality of readers , a faithful delineation of domestic manners , which every one knows the truth of from his own observations- By
this means the lesson of morality is brought home to the common apprehensions and feelings . Edward , the Hero of the Tale , is , in his infancy , removed from the care or the parish by a Mrs . Barnett , and taken under her own protection . After being educated as a gentleman , and introduced into rather high life , in which he meets with a variety of adventures , he at length finds his mother , by means of some memorial which had been tied round his neck soon after his birth . The other leading characters are—Mr . Temple , a
worthy divine ; Mr . Barnet , an epicurean ; Mr . Carnaby Shadow , a law student ; and Mr . Clifton , a polished gentleman . From these discordant atoms is formed a perfect little world . Without entering into a very minute criticism , we think that the morality of Edward is in general pure , and possesses one advantage not usual in works of this kind , that it is well and briefly told . As a specimen of this we select the folowing passage on avarice .
' It is carious to observe the various masks under which men endeavour to conceal the . odious features of permanent or increasing avarice—yet they impose on none , hut those who use them : we are all sufficiently sharp-sighted to see through the flimsy veils , under which our neighbours endeavour to hide what is unamiable in their dispositions ; yet we are weak enough to imagine , that the same piece of old tattered gauze , when thrown over our own foibles , will be impervious to the eyes of all mankind . ' Many parts cf the work are thrown into the form of a dialogue , which * Vide his Memoirs , just published , by Lord Sheffield .