THE PARTHENON. "Lo! Ocean's King engulphs thy victimi bark, On the Dilapidation of the Temple of Snatching the relics of his earthly reign Minerva at Athens. To deck his coral palaces, and hark! The sea-nymphs sound their shells as they regain The shipwreck'd trophies of their monarch's 'And fire with Athens' wrongs an angry age +. Poets unborn shall sing thy impious fame, And Time, from history's eternal page Expunging Alaric's and Omar's name, Shall give to thine alone pre-eminence of shame." There is considerable liveliness in the following, descriptive of the meeting of two drinking associates. Oh! whence are you come, In boyhood's bright sun-shiney weather? After so many years, Has thrown us again both together? How oft you and I Have drank ourselves dry, One night at the British, And sallied out fighting the rabble; Fair cloud-cover'd Venus, Me carried away from the battle; And bore off a lanthorn and rattle. "One of Lord Elgin's vessels was wrecked in the Archipelago. See Lord Byron's Childe Harold. 'Tis six-come and dine, We'll talk of our juvenile laurels ! At twelve let us sup, All night, like your rake-helly ranters; The goddess of laughter, We'll talk of our gambols, Till Phoebus looks out of his garret ; Are excellent fun, So, waiter-a magnum of claret. The following, entitled "New Buildings," is in a good strain of satire, which the better deserves to be transcribed, as the mania is not entirely confined to London. Saint George's Fields are fields no more, The builder's plank, the mason's hod, Wide, and more wide extending still, Usurp the violated sod, From Lambeth Marsh to Balaam Hill. Pert poplars, yew trees, water tubs, No more at Clapham meet the eye, With perfume greet the passer by. Where dunning Phoebus knocks in vain. Not thus acquir'd was Gresham's hoard, Who Bow's recalling peal obey'd. In Mark or Mincing Lane confin'd, In cheerful toil they pass'd the hours; 'Twas theirs to leave their wealth behind, To lavish, while we live, is ours. They gave no treats to thankless kings; Yet sometimes leaving in the lurch We from our circle never roam, Nor ape our sires' eccentric sins; And mostly ends where it begins. The author has often caught, not ill, that tone of pleasure deriving jest from melancholy, which is so much a favourite with his original. Thus in the little piece entitled, "Fortunetelling." Dear girl, from cabalistic lore, To Fortune's dreaded power resign'd, Her favour or her malice: And quaff from Pleasure's chalice To-day the sunny hours dance by, O snatch them! for to-morrow, Time flies-Death threatens to destroy- To laughter, love, and pleasure. New New Works published in Edinburgh. REPORTS of certain remarkable Cases in the Court of Session, and Trials in the High Court of Justiciary. By William Buchanan, Esq. Advocate. 8vo, 18s. Reflections on the present State of Great Britain, in relation chiefly to its Finances. By Henry St George Tucker, Esq. of the Honourable East India Company's service. 8vo, 6s. Thoughts on National Defence. Svo. Encyclopedia Britannica. edition. Vol IV. Part I. (Boo-Bre) 4to, 18s. Literary Intelligence. Fifth THE question between the London Booksellers and the Universities is not yet settled. In a publication by one of the former, a hope is expressed that the Legislature may confirm that construction of the Act of Anne, which a practice of 104 years, and two intermediate acts, had constituted the law of the country. A plan of improvement on the present mode of entry is suggested, viz. that the title. of every book and pamphlet, of every description, should be entered in the register of the Stationers' Company; and that at the time of making such entry, one copy should be deposited with the warehouse-keeper. Also, that of such books so entered and delivered, all that relate to Divinity, Ecclesiastical History, &c. should be sent to the Library of Sion College; to Law in every department, to the Library of Lincoln's Inn, or the Temple; to Medicine, Surgery, Botiny, Mineralogy, and the various branches of Natural History and Philosophy, to the Library of the College of Physicians; and all that do not come under any of these descriptions, to the British Museum. It appears that the Libraries which are entitled to claim copies of new works at Sta 4, 5, 6, 7. The Libraries of the St Andrews, and Aberdeen. Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Advocates of Edinburgh. 8. The Library of the Faculty of 6. -Sion College, in London, (or the Library of the London Clergy.) And by the Act of 41 Geo, III. there were added to these nine, 10. The Library of Trinity College, Dublin. 11. The Library of the Society of the King's Inns, Dublin*. The two English Universities have also the following privileges: 1. The copyright in all works bequeathed to or acquired by them, is vested in them in perpetuity, so long as the works are printed at their own presses. 2. They have (in common with land, and Ireland,) the exclusive the King's printers in England, Scotprivilege of printing Bibles and Prayer The law in France for securing copy. right is as follows:-" Tout citoyen qui mettra au jour un ouvrage, soit de litterature soit, sera oblige d'en deposer deux sxcmou de gravures, dans quelque gerne que ce plaires a la Bibliotheque Nationale, ou an Cabinet des Estampes de la Republique, dont il recevra un reçu signe dar le Biblio. admis en justice pour la poursuite des contrefac thecaire; FAUTE DE QUOI il ne paurra etre teurs."-Chaging two into eleven, and substituting the regu for the entry at Stationers' Hall, the meaning is precisely the same as our law for the same purpose; but there is a prodigious difference between giving eleven copies and two copies. Prayer Books; and an exemption from the duty on paper used for them. 3. They have the same privilege (in common with the King's printer in England) of printing the statutes of the realm. 4. They have an exemption from the duty on paper used for Books for the purposes of classical instruction, and all works in the learned languages, printed at their presses. 5. They have £.500 per annum paid to each of them by the nation, for the purpose of enabling them to assist poor scholars and fellows in printing their works. The four Universities of Scotland, and Trinity College, Dublin, have the same advantage as to the perpetuity of their copyrights, which the English Universities have. The printing of Bibles and Prayer Books, in both these kingdoms, is claimed exclusively as the right of the King's printer. They have also an exemption from the duty on paper, on all works of classical instruction, and in the learned languages, printed at their presses. The Scotch Universities never appear to have made use of this privilege in the manner that Oxford and Cambridge have done; but, by naming some individual printer to the University, they have communicated to him the advantage derived from it. Dr John Moodie, of Bath, member of several literary societies, has finished for publication a work on which he has been several years engaged, on the Modern Geography of Asia. It is to contain a full and authentic description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States and Colonies; with the Oceans, Seas, and Isles, of this great division of the Globe; including the most recent descoveries and political alterations. Also a general introduction, illustrative of the physical geography, and present moral and political state of Asia. The whole to form two volumes, quarto, with an atlas. Some interesting and affecting particulars relative to the arrival and seizure of General Miranda, with his British Staff, in South America, are preparing for the press, and speedily will be published. Proposals have been issued for publishing by subscription, a Hebrew and English Dictionary; containing, 1. All the Hebrew and Chaldee words used in the Old Testament. The derivatives will be referred to their respective roots, the pronunciation given in English letters. 2. There will also be a second part, containing principal words in the English language, with those which correspond to them in Hebrew. The whole by Joseph Samuel C. F. Frey, author of a Hebrew grammar in the English language, and editor of Vander Hooght's Hebrew Bible. We are concerned to hear of the operation of a new duty of 50 per cent. on the importation of foreign books, amounting in many instances to a prohibition. A Historical View of the Philippine Islands, translated from the Spanish of Martinez de Zuniga, by Mr John Mavor, jun. merchant, will shortly appear in two octavo volumes, with appropriate maps. A Collection of Curious and Interesting Letters, translated from the Originals in the Bodleian Library, with Biographical and Literary Illustrations, is preparing, in two volumes, 8vo. Dr Montucci is presevering in his engagements in Prussia, notwithstanding the war, and expects to complete his Chinese Dictionary in the summer of 1815. He has engraved 24,000 characters, and proceeded as far as letter K, in the course of five years. Uniform Editions are announced of the Speeches of the late Edmund Burke and Charles James Fox. Mr Belfour intends to publish, early in the next month, an edition of Ray's Collction of English Proverbs. POETRY. Poetry. FROM THE FRENCH OF M. LEONARD CHAUSON. "ADIEU, Camille! adieu, tous mes beaux jours." Quí me rendra la timide innocence De tes seize aus, ou le cœur est si pur, Adieu, dear girl! a long adieu- Thy artless grace, thy open truth, To To be the theme of every hour If thus to live in every part Το The world had just begun to steal I felt not as I us'd to feel, And life grew dark, and love was gone! No lip to mingle pleasure's breath, Oh! something seem'd to tell me then, And hope and bliss might bloom again ! With every beamy smile that crost Your kindling check, you lighted home Some feeling which my heart had lost, And peace which long had learn'd to roam! "Twas then indeed so sweet to live, Hope look'd so new and love so kind, The ruin which they've left behind! Which only lives while passion glows: When the heart's vivid morning fleets, By one whose heart, though vain and wild, Finds something dear to rest upon, By passion led, by youth beguil'd, Can proudly still aspire to know Which pays him for the loss of all! The feeling soul's divinest glow! PRO |