Mr. B's character is here moft outrageoufly attacked. Those who have the curiofity to fee what lengths of fcurrility an anonymous writer may take the liberty to run, are referred to the pamphlet itself.

IV. The Freethinker's Criteria exemplified, in a vindication of the characters of M. Tullius Cicero, and the late Duke of Marlborough, against the cenfure of the late Lord Bolingbroke. By Philologus Cantabrigienfis. 8vo. Is. 6d. Owen.

In our Review for December laft we gave a short account of a piece entitled, Mifcellaneous Obfervations on the Works of the late Lord Bolingbroke, &c. in a series of letters to a nobleman. By a free-thinker. This free thinker's fourth letter contains fome eriteria of his lordship's upon a particular examination of his works. In order to try the effect of thefe criteria, our author, in the piece before us, examines that part of Lord Bolingbroke's fecond letter on the study of history, which contains his cenfure on Tully, and the late Duke of Marlborough. He is at great pains to difplay Cicero's military fervices during his government of Cilicia, and to fhew how falfe a reprefentation of the matter the noble author has made. He confiders largely, too, what his lordship has alleged in regard to Cicero's vanity in expecting a fupplication, and Cato's not propofing it in Cicero's behalf; labouring all along to vindicate Cicero, and to make Bolingbroke appear guilty of the groffeft mifrepresentation. And, indeed, whether the motives he affigns for his [Mr. St. John's] treatment of Cicero be the true ones or not; or whether Cicero's governing paffion was that love of his country, as he afferts, or was not, he fairly proves his lordship guilty of mifrepresenting the matter under examination, as will evidently appear to any impartial reader, who perufes what he has faid."

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In regard to the Duke of Marlborough, he fays but little, and that little feems to have no great weight in it: he hints at the motives of his lordship's malice to the duke, tho' it does not appear from any thing that is faid in the fecond letter on the ftudy of hiftory, that he was actuated by malice, or intended to pull down the duke's glory, as this author expreffes it.. V. Remarks on Dr. Warburton's Sermon, concerning the nature and end of the Lord's fupper; wherein is fhewn, in oppofition to that writer, that the Lord's fupper neither is, nor can be, of the nature of a feaft on the facrifice. In a letter to . By a Country Gentleman. 8vo. 6d. Payne. The author of this judicious and accurate pamphlet, hath given a full refutation of the two principal points which Dr. Warburton attempted to establish, viz. That the Lord's Supper is a feaft upon a facrifice, even the facrifice of the crofs. That it is a communication or exhibition of the merits of that facrifice to all the participants; or that it is a rite, by which the

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benefits of his death and paffion are communicated to the partakers thereof. Our country gentleman having offered feveral juft obfervations relating to the customs and phrafeology of the legal intitution, concludes with the following remarks, which exhibit a compendium or fummary of the arguments he has enforced. 1. That-if the Lord's fupper, to be partaken of by all Chriftian people, be really a feaft upon the facrifice of the crofs; then Chrift's death was no other than a facrifice of peaceoffering, fuch only being allowed to be feafted on by the people. 2. If the death of Christ be a facrifice for fin, then the Lord's Supper cannot be a feast upon that facrifice; becaufe fuch were forbidden to be feafted upon. 3. Therefore neither can the Lord's fupper be productive of thofe great and fpecial benefits to the partakers, which Dr. Warburton imagines: it cannot, nor ought it to be, confidered as a rite, in which the benefits of Chrift's death and paffion are conveyed; nor does each partaker receive thereby the feal of pardon, or of restoration to his loft inheritance, as the doctor prefumes to affert. Unless the doctor can fubvert these principles, the whole fcheme of his reafoning relating to thefe points, will appear to be altogether precarious and inconclufive.

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VI. The Chriftian. Being a course of practical fermons. By Samuel Walker, A. B. curate of Truro, in Cornwall, and formerly of Exeter-college, in Oxford. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Owen.

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The defign of thefe difcourfes, is to give an account of the gofpel-falvation, the fum of which is comprehended, it is faid, in faith and the new creature. In the four first the author treats of the mifery and helplessness of man, the power and love of Chrift, and faith in him; in the remaining feven, he defcribes the character of the new creature, takes a furvey of this character, in the feveral branches of it. and reprefents the workings of a renewed foul in thought, word, and action. In what he fays, he endeavours to be as practical as poffible, and tho' there is nothing very animated or ftriking in his manner, yet he writes like one fincerely defirous of doing good, of making men better, and wife unto falvation. VII. Friendly Conferences. 1. On fome paffages in Mr. Taylor's key to the apoftolic writings, and his paraphrafe, with notes, on the epiftle to the Romans. 2. On Dr. Sykes's remarks on the late Lord Bolingbroke's treatment of St. Paul, in the introduction to his paraphrafe and notes upon the epiftle to the Hebrews. Defigned to fhew, that they who are Chrift's difciples indeed, are much happier, at prefent, than the wicked profeffors of Chriftianity: and to ftate and vindicate feveral doctrines of the gospel. By John Greene. 8vo. 2s. Buckland.

This author treats, at fome length, of the doctrines of justification, faith, &c. and endeavours to prove, that the election and predeftination of particular perfons to rewards or punishments, is the doctrine not only of St. Paul, but of our Saviour himself, and that it is a doctrine far from having any evil tendency. He fets himself to oppofe Mr. Locke, and Mr. Taylor in fome things they have advanced, but what he fays in oppofition to them does not appear to us of importance enough to deferve a particular account. R

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VIII. A Grammar of the Italian Language. In two parts. In the first, the rudiments are accurately delivered; the peculiarities and idioms carefully noted, and the learner completely inftructed to read, write, and fpeak Italian correctly.-To which are added, rules never before publifhed; particularly for a true pronunciation, which is carefully exemplified by correspondent founds in English fyllables.-The fecond part contains an Italian and English vocabulary; a collection of the moft useful adjectives; Italian phrafes on different fubjects; mifcellaneous phrafes; familiar dialogues, in Italian and Englife, and the choiceft Italian proverbs. By Evangelift Paler mo, A. M. editor of Altieri's Italian and English dictionary, and teacher of the Italian tongue in London. 8vo. 5s. Millar.

Our author has fo fully fpecificated his plan in his title page, that he has left us little to fay upon it; except that the reader will find Mr. Palermo's execution equal to what he proposes: fuch as may be defirous of making a proficiency in this harmonious language, cannot, we apprehend, have recourfe to any thing better than this performance.

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IX. Tergiverfation displayed, in fome cafes of common life; wherein a fincere directness and precision are both the most indifpenfibly requifite, and the most plaufibly evaded. 8vo. Is. 6d. Crowder, &c.

This is the feventh letter of N. R.'s account of himself. See Review, vol. VI. p. 483, art. 9. And vol. VIII. p. 511.

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X. London in Miniature. Being a concife and comprehenfive description of the cities of London and Westminster, and parts adjacent, for forty miles round. In which the many public building, ftatues, ornaments, royal palaces, houses of the nobility and gentry, places of public diverfion and entertainment, &c. in and about this great metropolis, are accurately difplayed: with the addition of a correct lift of all the

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ftreets, lanes, fquares, courts, alleys, &c. within the bills of mortality. The whole collected from Stow, Maitland, and other large books on this fubject; with feveral new and curious particulars. Intended as a complete guide to foreigners, and all others who come to view this city, or travel for pleasure to any of its circumjacent parts. 12mo. 35. Corbet.

XI. The Complete Letter-writer: or, New and polite EngHifh fecretary. Containing directions to write letters on all occafions, in a polite, eafy, and proper manner; with a great variety of examples, from the beft authors, on bufinefs, duty, amufement, affection, courtship, love, and friendship, &c. To which is prefixed, a plain and compendious English grammar; with inftructions how to address perfons of all ranks, either in writing or difcourfe; and, at the end, fome elegant poetical epiftles, and neceffary orthographical directions; with a fpelling dictionary of fuch words as are alike in found, but different in fenfe. Very useful to the English fcholar. 12mo. 2s. Crowder and Woodgate.

XII. Oratio habita Cantabrigiæ, in Sacello collegioque S. S. et individua trinitatis folenni feftoque die fundatoris memoria Jacro, octavo kalendas Junii MDCCLV. Ex teftimento optimi nuper viri Johannis Wilfoni, S. T. P. perorante Gulielmo Mafkelyne, A. M. ejufdem collegii focio. Cantabrigia typis academicis excudebat 7. Bentham. Veneunt apud G. Thurlbourn, Cantabrigia; J. Fletcher, Oxoniæ; J. Leake, Baiis; item apud P. Vaillant, B. Barker, et R. Dodfley, Bibliopolas Londinenfes. Pret. Is.

XIII. The French Scholar's Guide: or, An eafy help for tranflating French into English. Containing, 1. Select fables.

2. Diverting tales.-3. Witty rapartees.-4. Rarities of different countries.-5. Familiar letters.-6. Moral fentences. 7. Bills, receipts, and other forms of bufinefs, &c. With an index, in an exact alphabetical order, of all the words contained in the book, their proper fignification in English, and their grammatical derivation.-Defigned for the ufe of schools as well as private learners: very useful to foreigners who underftand French, and want to learn English; and alfo very affifting to the miftreffes of French boarding-fchools, &c. who, if they fhould understand but little of grammar, or English, may, by the index, eafily correct their scholars tranflations. By Peter Hudfon, teacher of French, writing, and accompts, c. and author of The New English introduction to the Latin tongue. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Keith.

So circumftantial a title, renders a further explanation of the defign of this performance unneceffary: wherefore we shall

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content ourselves with adding one fuffrage to thofe of five and forty matters of academies, and teachers of the French language, molt of them names of eminence in their respective profeffions, who concur in recommending it. น

XIV. The Method and plain Process for making Pot-afh equal, if not fuperior, to the best foreign Pot-afb. Publifhed in confequence of the late encouragement granted by parliament for that purpose. By Thomas Stephens. 4to. Is. 6d. Griffiths, &c.

Though the fanction under which this process is published, muft fuppofe the evidence, that proved the efficacy of it, inconteftable, and fufficiently recommend its peruíal to all perfons concerned in ufing, felling, or purposing to make this commodity; it may be a further recommendation of the defign to the public, to inform them, that about fixty thousand pounds fterling's worth of this commodity is annually imported from the continent, and confumed here; which, with great probability, will henceforth be imported from our plantatio return for British manufactures exported hence. Mr. Stephens, in a fhort preface, takes notice of the obftacles he encountered from the artifice, or more direct oppofition, of a few, in his application on this account. After his acknowlegements to the feveral boards and perfons of condition, who favoured his endeavours on this public occafion, he mentions Mr. Tomlinfon and Mr. Hanbury, as gentlemen very zealous, without doors, to defeat the oppofition it received. The whole method and process are delivered in the clearest manner, and seem to be communicated with all the integrity they ought. The pamphlet is handfomely printed; and two neat copper plates are added, exhibiting all the inftruments and apparatus neceffary to the production of the manufacture. In the courfe of this process notice is taken of an ineffectual one, which our author terms infamous, published near two years ago, and very lately re-published, which was afcribed to the late Hon. Sir PETER WARREN. K

POETICAL.

XV. Familiar Letters and Poems on feveral Occafions. By Mary Mafters. 8vo. 5s. in fheets. Henry and Cave.

This volume is the fecond published by Mrs. Mafters. Her former collection came out in the year 1733. Both were printed by fubfcription; and the lift of names prefixed to each is very numerous. As this Lady's poetical talents have been fo long known to the public, we have thought it needless to give either their character, or specimens of them.-The pre

Not only from the volume printed in 1733, but by means of the Magazines.