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The Youth's Miscellany, or a Father's Gift to his Children, consisting of original Essays, moral and literary, Tales, Fables, Reflections, &c. intended to promote a Love of Virtue and Learning, &c. by the Author of the Juvenile Olio, &c." is a work in which improvement and entertainment are blended together in a lively and pleasing manner, well adapted to interest the attention of young readers.

The same character is applicable to "Instructive Rambles in London, and the adjacent Villages, designed to amuse the Mind, and improve the Understanding of Youth, by Elizabeth Helme," in 2 volumes; to "Tales of the Hermitage, written for the Instruction and Amusement of the rising Generation;" to "Pity's Gift, a Collection of interesting Tales, to excite the Compassion of Youth for the Animal Creation," selected by a lady, from the writings of Mr. Pratt; to "Tales of the Cottage, or Stories, moral and amusing, for young Persons, written on the Plan of that celebrated work, Les Veillées du Château, by Madame de Genlis;" and to "Familiar Conversations for the Use of Young Children, interspersed with Stories, &c. by their very good friend, Harriet Mandeville," in 2 volumes.

"The Female Ægis, or the Duties of Women from Childhood to Old Age, and in most Situations of Life, exemplified," contains much important and valuable instruction, which the author has borrowed, with great freedom, from Mr. Gisborne's Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex, noticed in our last volume.

The "Appeal to the Men of Great Britain in behalf of Women," is an ingenious, lively, and well-written defence of the claims of the female sex to be considered on the same footing as the male, with respect to authority, intellect, and energy of character; of their right to the same freedom and advantages of education; and of the necessity of their being admitted to the exercise of that right, for promoting the peace and happiness of both sexes, and for perfecting the human species. These subjects are discussed under the divisions of "erroneous ideas which men have formed, of the character and abili ties of women; what men would have women to be; what women are; and what women ought to be." In each division the reader will meet with many just observations, and striking remarks, and will be entertained by the authoress's manner as well as matter, whatever may be his opinion respecting the conclusiveness of her arguments.

The Essay on Humanity to Animals, by Thomas Young, A.M." deserves to be highly commended, for the able persuasive manner in which the author has conducted his reasoning, and for the useful effects which it is calculated to pro. duce on young and ingenuous minds. In executing his work of benevolence, Mr. Young has judiciously introduced pleasing and pathetic narratives of facts, illustra

tive of the affection displayed by animals towards their offspring, which add considerable weight and force to his arguments.

"The posthumous works of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman," in 4 volumes, consist of an unfinished novel, entitled "The Wrongs of Woman, or Maria;" the chief object of which is to maintain the principles on which Mrs. Godwin acted in ber connexions with the male sex, and when attempting to commit suicide, in opposition to the "cant of virtue," and the weak prejudices of religionists; simple and useful lessons for a child, which are also printed separately; a series of letters, addressed chiefly to Mr. Imlay; and some small miscella neous pieces. Mrs. Godwin's letters, certainly, contain "fine examples of the language of sentiment and passion," and cannot be read without exciting a painful interest in the sufferings which embittered her life. But those very letters will enable the serious reflecting reader to trace the greater part of her sufferings to their legitimate sources; the principles which she had adopted, and the imprudence of her conduct. And he will not be led by them greatly to admire the delicacy of the editor, in permitting some passages which they contain to be laid before the public.

The treatise, entitled "Emigration to America, candidly considered, in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman resident there, to his Friend in England," contains much useful information, which merits the serious notice of those Englishmen who deliberate about exchanging their native country for a trans-atlantic settlement. It adds weight to the concurrent opinion of the most intelligent travellers, that

in the new world, "the more useful a man is, the more likely he is to get forward, and the farther he is removed by his occupation from assisting his neighbours in the commodities and necessaries of life, the less likely he is to succeed." The pictures which the author has drawn of American manners, and of the American character, are very far from being favourable. We hope, and trust, that personal disappoint ment, and the misrepresentations of others to whom he applied for information, have contributed to give a tincture to his colouring.

Of the contents of the following amusing publication, which is not ill conducted, our readers will be able to form a sufficient idea from its title. "The Spirit of the public Journals for 1797, being an impartial Selection of the most exquisite Essays and Jeux-d'esprit, principally Prose, that appeared in the Newspapers,and other Publications, with explanatory Notes, and Anecdotes of many of the Persons alluded to. To be continued annnally.”

The "Copies of original Letters, recently written by a Person in Paris, to Dr. Priestley, in America, taken on board of a neutral vessel," contain the Parisian news, and political speculations at the time when the author wrote, and express his hopes of a revolution taking place in this country. On the reveries of this quidnunc, the editor has pub lished a most laborious comment; in which, by a species of logic, equally honourable to his understanding, as the intention of it is to his heart, he attributes to Dr. Priestley the same sentiments and hopes which the language of his intended correspondent discover. In the arts of malignant insinuation, and foul abuse, our commentator appears to be no mean proficient.

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As far as we are warranted by internal evidence, we are led to ascribe to the same editor the preface and notes accompanying Copies of original Letters from the Army of General Bonaparte, in Egypt, intercepted by the Fleet under the command of Admiral Nelson, with an English Translation." The letters themselves, however, are very interesting, as conveying the remarks, observations, and sentiments of a number of individuals engaged in the most extraordinary expedition of modern times, and with which has been connected one of the most brilliant events in the history of the British navy. But they will not impart to the reader any information with respect to the real ultimate objects of the French general. The editor's attempt to resolve the motive of the Egyptian invasion, into a desire of the directory to get rid of 40,000 of the best soldiers belonging to the republic, and several of her ablest generals, merely because they had no money to enable them to fulfil their promise of a free gift to the troops, at the conclusion of a general peace, appears to us to be highly absurd,

The following list comprises the Novels and Romances of the year; of which the first seven articles are stated to be superior, in point of execution, to the vast mass; "The Young Philosopher, by Charlotte Smith, in 4 vols;" "Arthur Fitzalbini, a Novel, in 2 vols;" "Edmund Oliver, by Charles Lloyd, in 2 vols;" "The Life and Opinions of Sebaldus Nothanker, from the German of Nicolai, by Thomas Dutton, M. A. vols. II. and III.;" "The Mountain Cottager, or Wonders upon Wonders, from the German of C. H. Spiess;" "The Rector's Son, by Ann Plumptre,

in 3 vols;" "George Barnwell, a Novel, by T. S. Surr, in 3 vols ;" "The Step-Mother, a Domestic Tale, from real Life, by a Lady, in 2 vols;" "Rosalind de Tracey, by Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins, in 3 vols;" "Octavia, by Anna Maria Porter, in 3 vols;” “Geraldina, a Novel, founded on a recent Event, in 2 vols ;" "Human Vicissitudes, or Travels into unexplored Regions, in 2 vols;"" Augusta, a Novel, in French, in 3 vols;" "Henry Willoughby, in 2 vols;" "Statira, or the Mother;" "Derwent Priory, or Memoirs of an Orphan, in a Series of Letters, in 2 vols;" "The Castle on the Rock, or Memoirs of the Elderland Family, in 3 vols," by the author of the last mentioned article; "Ianthé, or the Flower of Carnarvon, by Emily Clarke, Granddaughter of the late Colonel Frederic, Son of Theodore, King of Corsica, in 2 vols;" "Sadaski, or the Wandering Penitent, by Thomas Bellamy, in 2 vols;" "Ellinor, or the World as it is, by Mary Ann Hanway, in 4 vols;" "Waldorf, or the Dangers of Philosophy, by Sophia King, in 2 vols;" "The Midnight Bell, a German Story, founded on Incidents in real Life,in 3 vols;" "The Sicilian, by the Author of the Mysterious Wife, in 4 vols;" "Anecdotes of two well-known Families, &c. written by a Descendant, and prepared for the Press, by Mrs. Parsons, in 3 vols ;" "Theopha, or Memoirs of a Greek Slave, in 2 vols;" "Caroline, by a Lady, in 3 vols;" "Calaf, a Persian Tale, in 2 vols ;" "Dusseldorf, or the Fratricide, a Romance, by Anna Maria Mackenzie,in 3 vols;" "St. Julien, or Memoirs of a Father, from the German of Augustus la Fontaine, in 2 vols ;" "The Castle of Beeston, or Randolf Earl of Chester,