Of the fecond volume, we fhall alfo give the Advertisement, as it explains fome further particulars refpecting the author's plan.

"This work being now completed, the editor muft apologize for not having intitled it Elements of the Natural Hiftory of the Animal Kingdom. He originally intended to have included Botany and Mineralogy in his plan; but the English reader has already fo many excellent helps to the study of the former branch, that every other attempt in that branch is manifeftly fuperfluous. With regard to the Mineralogical Syftem of Linnæus, he fays himfelf that he did not boaft of it; and Mineralogy in the prefent day has affumed a new afpect; it is therefore judged proper to renounce, for the prefent at least, any introduction to that fcience, till foine system shall appear which may be generally adopted.

"In profecuting the fubject of the prefent volume, it appeared at first fight neceffary, in a tranflation, to give English names to the genera and fpecies; but, as thofe fubjects have hitherto been comparatively little ftudied in this country, it is not furprising, that our language fhould be inadequate to the purpofe. The generally received names are inferted, but they are few: in the genus Papilio, the names of the English collectors are used; and, in that of Sertularia, no perfon will probably venture to change thofe of Mr. Ellis: to the reft, the editor has not prefumed to give any; ere long, no doubt, they will be impofed by foine English naturalift of eminence and authority.

With regard to the terms, the mere English reader will be at no lofs to find the correfponding Latin word in the Gloffary. A number of Latin terms are fometimes retained, when these are either in a manner naturalized in English, fuch as Roftrum, Probofcis, or more determinate, fuch as Apex, a point; the word Punctum having the fame English denomination. Antenna, Palpi, Elytra, &c. are used, as being easily learnt, and by no means of difficult pronunciation. Sefile is as intelligible as Sitting, and either muft have been explained. Other latinized terms will be found, perhaps, more offenfive at firft to an English ear, fuch as porre&ted, turrited, &c. but cuftom will foon reconcile the ftudent to the ufe of them.

"The editor has endeavoured to give as complete a lift of the natives of Britain as his reading, and his view of different collections, could fupply. At a distance from the rich cabinets of London, he is fenfible that, in this refpect, his attempt is ftill very imperfect; but a complete enumeration of fpecies must be a work of time, and the labour of many individuals; and he hopes the prefent volumes, by facilitating the ftudy of Natural Hiftory, will induce many to affist in inveftigating the productions of their native country.

"In the infufory animals, he has given but one fpecies of each genus: to have described all that are natives of England, would have required a feparate volume.

A few errors have been committed in the printing; fome of which, as they affect the fenfe, it is requested may be corrected with the pen," Vol, ii. p. iii,

This is a work which muft infallibly be acceptable, from its very form, to all lovers of Natural Hiftory; and the compilation of it bears the moft evident and refpectable marks of unremitting care and attention.

BRITISH CATALOGUE.

POETRY.

ART. 18. Poems. By Mrs. Opie. 12mo.

man and Rees. 1802.

192 pp. 65. Long

The poetical talents of Mrs. Opie (formerly Mifs Alderfon) are generally known; but whatever may have been thought of them, either from former proofs, or from the contents of the prefent volume, we are perfectly convinced, that the perufal of the following Poem will greatly heighten their eftimation, with those who are capable of just discri

mination.

"THE DYING DAUGHTER TO HER MOTHER.

Mother! when thefe unfteady lines

Thy long averted eyes fhall fee,

This hand that writes, this heart that pines,
Will cold, quite cold, and tranquil be.

That guilty child fo long difowned
Can then, bleft thought! no more offend;
And, fhouldst thou deem my crimes atoned,
O deign my orphan to befriend :-

That orphan, who with trembling hand
To thee will give my dying prayer;-
Canft thou my dying prayer withstand,
And from my child withhold thy care?
O raise the veil which hides her cheek,
Nor start her mother's face to fee,
But let her look thy love befpeak,--
For once that face was dear to thee.

Gaze on, and thou'lt perchance forget.
The long, the mournful lapfe of years,
Thy couch with tears of anguifh wet,
And e'en the guilt which caufed those tears,

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And

And in my pure and artless child
Thou'lt think her mother meets thỳ view;
Such as she was when life first smiled,
And guilt by name alone she knew.

Ah! then I fee thee o'er her charms
A look of fond affection caft;
I fee thee clafp her in thine arms,
And in the prefent lose the past.

But foon the dear illufion flies;
The fad reality returns;
My crimes again to memory rife,
And, ah! in vain my orphan mourns.:

Till fuddenly fome keen remorse,
Some deep regret, her claims fhall aid,
For wrath that held too long its course,
For words of peace too long delayed.

For pardon (moft, alas! denied

When pardon might have fnatched from shame)
And kindness, hadft thou kindness tried,
Had checked my guilt, and faved my fame.

And then thou'lt with, as I do now,
Thy hand my humble bed had smoothed,
Wiped the chill moisture off my brow,
And all the wants of fickness soothed.

For, oh! the means to footh my pain
My poverty has still denied ;

And thou wilt wifh, ah! wifh in vain,
Thy riches had thofe means fupplied.
Thou'lt with, with keen repentance wrung,
I'd clofed my eyes, upon thy breaft
Expiring, while thy faltering tongue
Pardon in kindeft tones expreffed.
O founds which I must never hear!
Through years of woe my fond defire!
O mother, fpite of all most dear!
Muft I unbleft by thee expire?

Thy love alone I call to mind,
And all thy paft difdain forget,-
Each keen reproach, each frown unkind,
That crushed my hopes when laft we met.

But when I faw that angry brow,
Both health and youth were ftill my own:
O mother! couldst thou fee me now,
Thou wouldit not have the heart to frown.

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But

But fee! my orphan's cheek difplays
Both youth and health's carnation dies,
Such as on mine in happier days
So fondly charmed thy partial eyes.
Grief o'er her bloom a veil now draws,
Grief her loved parent's pangs to fee;
And when thou think 'ft upon the cause,
That palenefs will have charms for thee:
And thou wilt fondly prefs that cheek,
Bid happiness its bloom restore,
And thus in tenderest accents speak,
"Sweet orphan thou shalt mourn no more."

But wilt thou thus indulgent be?
O! am I not by hope beguiled?
The long long anger fhown to me,
Say, will it not pursue my child?

And muft fhe fuffer for my crime?
Ah! no;-forbid it gracious Heaven!
And grant, O grant! in thy good time,

That the be loved, and I forgiven!" P. 3.

We will not attempt to enumerate the beauties of this compofition, which occur in almost every stanza; we will not dwell upon the awful moral it conveys; but leave both to their natural and powerful effect upon the taite and feelings of the judicious reader.

Many of the other Poems in this volume have been feen before in periodical publications.

ART. 19. The Scum uppermof, when the Middlefex Porridge-Pot boils over! An Heroic Election Ballad, with explanatory Notes. Accomcampanied with an admonitory Nod to a blind Horfe. 4to. 19 PP. London. Printed for the Author. 18oz.

This humorous trifle, though published without any author's name, is generally afcribed to the ingenious editor of Salmagundi, author of most of the pieces in that collection, and of feveral other poems, which rank him among the first writers of burlefque poetry. This writer's talents (to his credit be it fpoken) are conftantly employed in the fupport of focial order and established government.

In the Election Ballad before us, he feverely rallies an Honourable Baronet, who has lately been returned for Middlefex, on his antipathy to Houfes of Correction; and, indeed, on the general conduct of himfelf and friends during the late conteft. The following paffage, in which his Satanic Majefty is introduced as a partizan of the Baronet alluded to, will give the reader a juft notion of the performance.

< XI.

"Ho! Ho!"-cries the Devil, "come bring me my boots! Here's a kettle of fish that my appetite fuits.

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To

To Brentford an airing

I'll take-tis paft bearing,

That my friends fhould be fetter'd by Juftice Mainwaring;
But young Btt I like; and we'll form a connection,
To abolith jail, gibbet, and House of Correction.

XII.

Fellow fiends, be fo good as to put up your prayers,
That fuccefs may attend on OUR FIRM above ftairs!
Let your zeal be now shown,

Or they'll fure be o'erthrown

Who belong to a houfe near as old as your own.
Nay, don't turn up your nofes!-1 mean no reflection;
An Old Houfe owns their claim: 'tis the Houfe of Correction.

XIII.

(Enter Satan on the Huftings.)

Frank B-tt for ever!-Poll on;-never flinch!

See my hoof, boys! You know your old friend at a pinch!
Do your fuffrages lack?

Only fwear white is black,

And your mill makes four hundred good votes in a crack!
Take the oath! Honeft C-- o'errules each objection:
Who's afraid of jail, gibbet, or House of Correction?"

Some very fatirical notes are fubjoined to this Ballad.

The Nod to a blind Horfe is an admonition to the brother of a Noble Duke, and an active partizan of the Honourable Baronet. Its merit is inferior to that of the Ballad. To each are prefixed, Caricature Drawings, highly ridiculing the chief actors in the difgraceful fcene defcribed.

ART. 20.

10s. 6d.

The School for Satire; or, a Collection of modern Satirical Poems, written during the prefent Reign. 8vo. 416 pp. Jaques and Co. Lombard-Street, Fleet-Street. 1802.

This volume contains a collection of modern Satires, which many readers will be pleafed to find united in one volume. They are fixteen in number. The first three are, the Heroic Epiftle to Sir W. Chambers; its Poftfcript; and the Epistle to Dr. Shebbeare, the author of which affumed the name of Malcolm Macgregor; but is now known, on abundant teftimony, to have been the fame with the author of Elfrida and Caractacus. Then follows the Imperial Epiftle from Kien Long, avowedly by the unknown author of the Pursuits of Literature, to whom are alfo attributed the 9th, 11th, 14th, and 15th Satires in this collection, being the Epiftle to Dr. Randolph, the Shade of Pope, Pandolfo Attonito, and Capel's Ghoft. The 5th is the Heroic Epifle to Mr. Twifs, by Mr. Preston of Ireland. The 6th and 7th, the Archeological Epiftle to Dr. Milles, and the Epiftle from Oberea, the authors of which are only conjectured. The 8th is Tickell's Wreath of Fafhion; the 10th, the New Morality, from the Anti-jacobiu Newfpaper, a poem well deferving to rank with the

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