CONTENTS TO NO. 1, OF VOL. X.

Art. I.

EMBELLISHMENTS.

Portrait of Robert Morris, engraved by Heath.
Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Fairman.

Memoirs of Anacreon. By J. E. Hall,

II. The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, LL.D.

III. An Essay on the Principles of Historical Compo-

sition, with an application of those principles to

the writings of Tacitus. By John Hill,

IV. A Treatise on the Being and Attributes of God;

with an Appendix on the Immortality of the Soul.

By William Bruce, D.D.

V. The Hunting of Badlewe, a Dramatic Tale,

VI. A description of Horace's Villa,

I

33

40

63

74

87

VII. On the choice of a Musical Instrument for Females, 91

VIII. The Adversaria,

93

IX. Illustrations of Scripture; from a Second Journey

through Persia, &c. By James Morier, Esq. 100

X. Memoirs of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Hamilton. By

Miss Benger,

XI. English Synonymes discriminated. By W. Tay-

lor, Jr.

110

English Synonymes explained. By George Crabb, 129

XII. Letters from the British Settlement in Pennsyl-

vania. By C. B. Johnson,

140

XIII. Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

148

XIV. The Dream of Youth; a Poem. By Barton Bou-

cher, Esq.

163

XV. On the Character of Hamlet. From the German

of Goethe,

166-

XVI. Life of Robert Morris,

171

XVII. Observations on Society. From the German of

Kotzebue,

173

XX. Stories for Children, chiefly confined to words

of two syllables. By Mrs. Hughs,

180

XXVII. An Investigation of the Causes which have

led to the Condemnation of Novels,

XXVIII. Oration on Eutropius. From the Greek of

217

221

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THE PORT FOLIO,

CONDUCTED BY OLIVER OLDSCHOOL, ESQ.

Various, that the mind

Of desultory man, studious of change

And pleased with novelty, may be indulged.-COWPER.

ART. I.-Memoirs of Anacreon; by J. E. HALL.

(Continued from Vol. IX. p. 435.)

THIS picture was hung in one of the apartments which Pisistratus had assigned to Anacreon, and I believe it was worshipped much more fervently than any of the deities he had placed there,

The Poet endeavoured to alleviate the pangs of this separation from Eurypyle by the society of her brother Bathyllus, who was a Sanian by birth, and beautiful as Narcissus. Anacreon had for a long time wished to obtain his friendship, but the boy had been taught by the sages of the Academus to revolt from the pleasures of wine and music: and the alluring enticements of the Poet had no other effect than to attach the object of his fondness, with more assiduity to the lectures of the schools, and their system of rigid discipline. The following is one, among the many arts by which Anacreon hoped to win his heart.

VOL. X.

TO BATHYLLUS.

Gentle youth! whose looks assume
Such a soft and girlish bloom,

Why, repulsive, why refuse

The friendship which my heart pursues?
Thou little know'st the fond controul
With which thy virtue reins my soul!
Then smile not on my locks of gray;
Believe me, oft with converse gay,
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I've chain'd the ear of tender age,
And boys have lov'd the prattling sage!*
For mine is many a soothing pleasure,
And mine is many a soothing measure;

And much I hate the beamless mind,
Whose earthly vision, unrefin'd,
Nature has never form'd to see
The beauties of simplicity!
Simplicity, the flower of heaven,
To souls elect, by nature given!

The artist Archas, being employed by Polycrates, tyrant of Samos, to make a statue of Apollo, for the decoration of a temple, which he had erected to that divinity, came to consult Anacreon on the subject. But he either doubted his taste or suspected his partiality when he recommended Bathyllus as a perfect model.

The artist attempted to paint an Apollo, but his mind had been directed to one object, and the utmost exertion of his fancy could not conceive another of superior beauty. After he had finished it, Anacreon desired him to sketch a likeness of the youthful Bathyllus, which he intended to place by that of Eurypyle. But while he was giving his directions, his eye accidentally caught the representation of Apollo, and the resemblance was so accurate that he insisted upon having that portrait; for he feared that Archas could not be more successful, even with the original before him. His conversation was so animated, and his expressions so glowing, that I committed them to writing when I returned home. Anacreon afterwards corrected them and added the charms of melody to the description.

TO A PAINTER.†

And now with all thy pencil's truth,

Portray Bathyllus, lovely youth!

* Monsieur Chaulieu has given a very amiable idea of an old man's intercourse with youth:

Que cherche par les jeunes gens,

Pour leurs erreurs plein d'indulgence,

Je tolere leur imprudence

En faveur de leurs agremens.

† The reader, who wishes to acquire an accurate idea of the judgment of the ancients in beauty, will be indulged by consulting Junius de Pictura