Epitres et Poésies, suivies du Poème de Parga. Paris, 1821, 1 vol. 8vo. "M. Viennet deservedly bears the character of a distinguished poet, a philosopher, and good citizen. The present collection consists of sixteen Epistles, followed by Parga, a poem. Part of these Epistles are purely literary; and in others of them, the author glances at passing events; one of them is a specimen of a heroic Epistle, a species of writing, it must be allowed, not very successful in France, since the only remarkable specimen we have is a translation from Pope, and like all other translations very inferior to the original."-Revue Ency. vol. 10, p. 136. INTRODUCTION. The Fine Arts are a subject upon which the French have expended a great deal of study and research, as the fine works which they have published sufficiently testify. The "Galerie Française" is a magnificent undertaking, and worthy of the great names, which are enrolled among its contributors. The "Annales du Musée," the " Galerie historique des Hommes célèbres, &c." and the "Vies et Euvres des Peintres, &c." with which the celebrated name of LANDON is connected, are works of no ordinary stamp. The "Histoire de l'Art par les Monumens, &c." by M. SEROUX d'AGINCOURT, is a work of great labour and profound research. Fourteen hundred objects, connected with the remains of Art, are engraved, to illustrate the author's subject. Other works of more or less interest and celebrity, in reference to the Fine Arts, will be found in the succeeding pages, |