a republican form of government: anarchy ensues; and the General, Alompra, is invited to restore order by usurping the vacant throne. His wife is esteemed and his son be- loved by the people, in a degree which renders the sovereign jealous of their popularity. He therefore undertakes the con- quest of a neighbouring province, forces the prince to bestow on him his daughter in marriage, repudiates his first wife, and sends his son on an odious expedition. At length, his reverses become as remarkable as his early rise; and he sud- denly dies of a dysentery in the midst of an unsuccessful siege.
This is obviously, excepting the mere catastrophe, the his- tory of Bonaparte, related under fictitious names, and termi- nated by a supposed death at the close of the Russian campaign. Many French individuals are introduced, almost by name, in the course of the narrative: thus Mirabeau is called Mira- laid; and, even where such obvious allusions are omitted, it is seldom difficult to find out the person in view. Talleyrand is called Chelobai; Josephine is called Nabi-rheausa; young Beauharnois is called Namdogee-praw; and the Austrian Princess, Zadda. Nevertheless, a great many fables are related of all these persons; for instance, that Alompra at- tempted the assassination of Zadda. Hence a calumnious mixture of fact and fiction is left in the mind; so that the bewildered memory forgets which of its likes or dislikes re- poses on history, and which on falsehood. Thus the whole tendency of the work is unjust, and therefore immoral.
As for its execution; it every where displays that bloated eloquence which Diderot, Saint-Pierre, and Chateaubriand have introduced into the novels of Paris, and which is now considered as essential to the art of stimulating the readers in that metropolis: but, like all the works of these writers, it is too incessantly eloquent for habitual effect. Turtle- soup will not please for a whole dinner, and for every day's dinner: there must be intervals of plainer food to keep up the relish. The style of Gil Blas, though it never rises into de- corated prose, not only never cloys, but delights for a longer time and more exquisitely than this pompous verbiage, this declamation imitated from the tribunes of the Convention. Surely, the French would do right, were it only for the sake of variety, to leave off their brocaded diction for a time, and try once more the forgotten effect of simplicity.
To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume.
N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.
Agriculture, observations on the theory and the practice of, 306. On regulations respecting,471, English Board of Agriculture not efficient, 474. Albanians, description of the manners of, 423. Allan, Mr. his new Theodolite, 183.
Allason, Mr. account of his Per-
spectograph, 181. Alliance, Holy, of the European Sovereigns, obs. on, 532. Ampelakia, account of that vil- lage, 431.
Analysis and Synthesis, on the use of those terms, 381. Angulometer, for measuring an- gles, account of, 181. Animals, various, taken by Mr. Cranch, in his expedition to the Zaire, 296. Aqueduct, of Justinian, supposed not to be the work of that Em- peror, 456. Argonauts, remarks on the ex- pedition of, 453. Argos, on the Grecian origin of its founder, 513. Aristotle, observations on the lo- gical theory of that philoso- pher, 376. Obs. rel. to the two works on Rhetoric which bear his name, 517. Assurance-Companies, remarks on the management and rules of, 89. Atmosphere, on the pressure of, 16 Axioms, obs. on, 262. 264.
Baader, Chevalier, on rotary motion, 183.
APP. REV. VOL. LXXXVI.
Baggage, of troops and officers, in the English army, its cur- tailment recommended, 492. Bantam, See Java.
Barber, Mr. his Angulometer,
Barberry, that shrub supposed to be prejudicial to the growth of corn, 161.
Barclay, Dr. on the causes of organization, 18.
Basalt, in Ireland, obs. on, 130. On the origin of, 131. Beauty, observations on, 219. Belshazzar's Feast, extract from a poem on, 97. Benmore, promontory of, de- scribed, 130.
Beresford, Mr. his prize-poem on Mahomet, 358. Bibles, their welcome distribu- tion in Iceland, 391. Bible-Societies,
verses on, 325. Blarney-Castle, in Ireland, visit to, 135. Boadicea, a poem, extracts from, 356. Bonaparte, Napoleon, his con- quest of Italy described by the Archduke Charles, ib. His history made the subject of a political romance, 544. Borough-Compter, state of that prison, 42. Bosphorus, opinions rel. to the formation of, 451. Lithology of, 453. Currents of, 455. Botany, great extension of that science, 458. New classifica- tions in, 459. Botanical terms in French, 468.
Bouchette, Lt. Col. his maps of Lower Canada, 185. Bourne, Mr. Sturges, particulars of his newly proposed Act re- specting the poor, 187. Nn
Braby, Mr. his fire-escape de- scribed, 183. Brahmans, See Hindoos. Brain, obs. on effusions of blood on that organ, 321. Bremner, Rev. Mr. his day and night telegraphs, 182.
---, Mr. W. his new surgi- cal instruments, 183.
Bristol, its gaol miserably regu- lated, 333
Brown, Mr. T. on the Irish Tes- tacea, 18.
-, Mr. R. on Prof. Smith's Catalogue of Plants from the Congo, 298.
Bucke, See Tharpe. Bury, the gaol of, well regu- lated, 50.
Butterfly, birth of, a poem, 95.
C Cabarrus,Count,memoirs of, 499. Calves, on stall-feeding them,176. Cambridge, obs. on the studies at, 353. Specimens of Prize- Poems, 354-361. Campaign of 1796 in Germany, history of its operations, 492. Canada, Lower, maps and de- scription of, 185. Carron-foundery visited by a French engineer-officer, 510. Cartlane Craig, geological re- marks on, 18. Cartwright, Dr. his traversing apparatus, 182. Cats stated to form a frequent dish in French cookery, 207. Cavallini, Philip, biographical
notice of, 500. Cavalry, remarks on the employ- ment of, 496.
Charonea, its ruins described, 427.
Charcoal, mode of preparing, for drawing, 180. Charles of Austria, Archduke, his principles of military science, and history of the paign of 1796 in Germany, 488, &c. His opinion of the
French Revolution and the treaty of Pilnitz, 494. Of the conduct of Moreau at Nere- sheim, 495. Of that of Bona- parte in Italy, ib. His state- ment of the failure of Austria in the above campaign, 497- Chatham, Lord, his intercourse with Dr. Franklin, 38. Cheke, Sir John, memoirs of, 258. His address to the Popish in- surgents in 1549, 259. Chillingworth, Mr. remarks on his reasoning powers and doubting propensities, 379. Chimney-Sweepers' Boys, on the cruelty of employing them, and on superseding the use of them, 447.
Church of England, remarks on the opportunities of religious instruction which it affords, 164. Chyr-shah, memoirs of that ori- ental adventurer, 500. Clanny, Dr. his safety-lamp for collieries, 180.
Collieries, in Ireland, account of, 131. On a method of venti- lating, 178. On safety-lamps for them, 180. Columbus, a prize-poem, speci- mens of, 354.
Commerce, observations on regu- lations respecting, 469. Concordat, new, in France, the Pope's opposition to it, 541. Congo, See Zaire.
Congreve, Mr.on planting acorns, 176. Constantinople, its supply of wa- ter, 455. Its population, 457- Corax, memoir on the Oratorical Art of, 517.
Corea, west coast of, account of a
visit to, and of the natives, 226. Corolla, on the form, colours,
and odours of that part of plants, 464.
Corrodi, Henry, life of, 501. Cowper, Mr. observations on his style of poetry, 251. Cranch, Mr. memoir of, 119. Animals taken by him, 296. Cubitt,
Cubitt, Mr. his instrument for drawing ellipses, 181. Curwen, Mr. on stall-feeding very young cattle, 176. Cyaneans, facts and observations relative to those islands, 453.
Dacosta, Mr. on native iron at Leadhills, 15.
De Courcy, story of, in Women,
a Tale, 404. Delphi,visited by Dr. Clarke, 425. Demonstration, mathematical, re- marks on, 267. Demosthenes, on the supposed declamation of, 524. Dickson, Mr. on propelling steam- boats, 184.
Docks of England, obs. on, by a
French engineer, 505-509. Drawing-board, improved, 181. Drawing, with chalk or with charcoal, mode of rendering it permanent, 180. Dry-rot, observations on that disease in timber, 361-375-
Fishing, singular mode of, in Java, 342
Flea, on the duration of its life, 94
Fleming, Dr. on the Mineralogy of the Redhead, 13. Flower, Mr. gains a medal for superfine Merino cloth, 181. Fortresses, observations on, as defences of a country, 490. France, its regulations concern- ing agriculture, commerce, manufactures, &c., and great advancement in all those branches, 469-485. Its in- stitution of a society, for en- couraging national industry, 476. note. Of saving-banks, and of a workman's registry- office, 484. On the affairs of, in 1818, 529. New French journals, 536. New budget, 540. Strength and leaders of the Ultra-royalists and the Independents, 542. Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, parti- culars of the life of, 26. Fréret, M. his opinions contro-
verted respecting the found- ation of Argos, 514. Fruit-trees, on the culture of,436. Fry, Mrs. success of her exer-
tions for the improvement of the prison of Newgate, 52. Funeral of a Highland chief described, 314.
Fungi, appearing on timber, &c. account of, 363.
Geology, curious anecdote re- specting systems of, 438. Germany, campaign in, anno 1796, history of, 492. Giants, attack of, on the monks of a convent, poetically nar- rated, 275. Gobelins, See Tapestry. Grant, Mr. a Highland chief,
his funeral described, 314. Gray, Lord, on the pressure of the atmosphere, 16. Guildford, account of the gaol of, 45. Gun-powder, anecdote of the Quakers voting a supply of it in Pennsylvania, 31. Said to be rendered stronger by a mixture of flix-weed in the preparation of it, 162.
specting that country and the people, 137-158. Java, history of its occupation by Europeans, and of its pre- sent state, 337-352- Ice, Greenland, or Polar, me moir on, 12.
Iceland, particulars relative to the country and people of, 391-403. Jerusalem, a prize-poem, cha- racterized, 361. Ilchester, its gaol well regulated, 333-
Imprisonment, for debt and for
crime, obs. on the mode of, in English gaols, 46. Indians, American, their argu- ment that God intended Rum
for them with," 33. Insanity, various observations on, 442-445. Inscriptions, Greek, memoir on, 520.523.
Insects, on two families of, 19. Instruments, surgical, new, 183. Intemperance, on the effects of, 23. Inventions, on the claims of the
English and the French on this subject, 503.
Journals, new French, account and specimens of, 536. Iron, native, at Leadhills, de- scription of, 15. Justinian, acqueduct of, See Aqueduct.
Kirkstall Abbey, description of, 288.
König, Mr. on specimens of rocks observed in Africa, 297.
Lakes, coloured, apparatus for preparing, 178. Langollen Vale described by a French traveller, 511. Language in China, Japan, Corea, &c. different when written and when spoken,
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