hard, make them cowardly; and appeals to hiftory, both ancient and modern, for examples of the truth of his affertion. The rife and fall of empires, fays he, depend for the moft part on very different caules to thofe given for them in books, and for which we are indebted to the fuggeftions of fpeculative minds. The Romans, fuccefsful in the worft circumftances, yet never performed greater prodigies of valour than when they were arrived at their highest pitch of opulence and luxury, as in the times of Lucullus, Cæfar, Pompey, Scylla, &c. To this might we not add, as a corroborating infance, the flriking examples of unparalleled bravery which the prefent age hath been witnefs to, in a people the moft opulent and luxurious? If we fubfcribe, indeed, to this Writer's maxims, there never was a poor, military people in the world a jot better than barbarians and robbers, not excepting even the celebrated States of Greece and Rome, which, in their infancy, were truly fuch, and became refpectable only in proportion as they grew opulent. In our Author's ftrictures on the public debts, it is faid, nothing can be easier than to obviate the objections of Montesquieu and Melon on that fubject. Perhaps to deny that the public funds have their ute and convenience in a wealthy and trading nation, might be juftly deemed abfurd; it requires, however, a nicer examination into the merits of the caufe than our Author has entered into (or, indeed, was confiftent with his plan) to prove them altogether fo falutary as he feems to infinuate. Chapters eleventh and twelfth, relate to the ways and means of raifing money for the ufe of Government, and to the employment of the public revenues. The thirteenth treats of the establifhmert and means of fupporting manufactures, and the encouragement of the ufeful and polite arts; the fourteenth, of Trade, and the inftitutions neceflary for the carrying on, and improvement of, foreign and inland Commerce; the fifteenth, of Navigation, inland and marine; the fixteenth, of the Army and Navy;-our Author concluding this first part of his work with the following apology for his ftile and manner, which we fhall give in his own words, as a short fpecimen of his writing. • Nous avons, pour ainfi dire, décompofé jufqu'ici tous les refforts intérieurs qui font mouvoir le corps de l'etat, qui entretiennent fon activité, qui augmentent fa vigeur, et qui le rendent formidable. Cet examen a conduit nous et nos lecteurs, dans des details dont l'ennui eft infeparable, mais qui femble être racheté par l'utilité qu'une pareille étude • procure ⚫ procure a ceux qui fe deftinent aux affaires publiques. C'eft uniquement pour eux que ce traité eft ecrit. La féchereffe eft l'apanage ordinaire des ouvrages dogmatiques. On peut orner de fleurs des fentiers qui fervent de promenades, mais les chemins, qui doivent conduire la voïageur à un but qu'il fe propofe, font ordinairement arides. Tout ce qu'on peut faire, c'eft de marquer exactement le route qu'il doit tenir, de guider fa marche, et de ne le point arrêter par des amusemens recherchés. Mais peut-être après avoir exercé la patience du lecteur dans cette prémière partie, trouverons nous occafion de l'en dedommager dans la feconde, ou nous lui préfenterons l'etat tout formé, gouverné par fon fouverain, agiffant fur les principes etablis fe trouvant en diverfes liaisons avec les autres nations, et tenant au fiftéme general de l'Europe. On conçoit aifément, que ce point de vue nous mettra fous les yeux des objets plus grands, plus variés, et plus intreffans." But, having extended this article to an unusual length, we muft defer our account of this fecond part of the Baron's work to our next publication. K-n-k MONTHLY CATALOGUE, For JUNE, 1760, continued. MISCELLANEOUS. Art. 1. An Apologetical Oration, on an extraordinary Occafion. By John Afgill, Efq; Dublin printed; London re-printed, by Cooper. 8vo. Is. THE HE Ghoft of the celebrated Gentleman commonly called tranflated Algill, here undertakes the defence of Lord George Sackville; and tho' we would not take the Ghoft's word for a ⚫ thousand pounds,' yet it must be allowed, he has not produced the worst piece that we have feen on that fide the queftion. Art. 2. The Multitude of Holidays detrimental to the Public, and not advantageous to Religion. By James Tilfon, Efq; Dublin printed by Faulkner. 8vo. 6d. Mr. Tilfon has undoubtedly put his hand to a good work, and we heartily wish him fuccefs in his attempt to fet his country free from that fwarm of ungodly Holidays, which may justly be confidered as the worst kind of Locufts, the Devourers of Time, eating up almoft the whole year, and destroying the fruits of every feafon, Pp 2 Art. Art. 3. Short Principles for the Architecture, of Stone Bridges. With practical Objervations, and a new Geometrical Diagram to determine the Thickness of the Piers to the Height and Baje of any given Arch. Illuftrated with Figures. By Stephen Riou, Efq; Architect. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Hitch. To those who are curious with regard to this fpecies of Architec ture, Mr. Riou's treatife will, no doubt, be found acceptable; notwithstanding the Auther makes fomewhat too fond a display of bis own abilities. Merit never appears in fo amiable a light, as when accompanied by Modefty. Art. 4. Triftram Shandy at Ranelagh. 8vo. 1s. Dunftan." An obfcene and contemptible catch-penny. Tho' few can contend with Mr. St for wit, yet every Scribbler can write afterifms, and make blanks for baudy words; but if fuch vile ftuff is encouraged, the public are ftill more to blame than thefe miferable Pamphleteers, who are compelled by hunger to proftitute their talents, fuch as they are, to please the depraved tafte of their Readers. Few Chapmen carry any goods to market but fuch as they know are faleable. Art. 5. The Adventures of a Black Coat. As related by itself. 12mo. 3s. Williams. The Author of thefe Adventures tells us, in his Preface, that in this age of Magazines and Chronicles, the Cacoethes Scribendi hath infected the town fo much, that almost every shop or work-room. harbours an Author, and that Gentlemen of the File, now leave their more ufeful labour at the vice, to polifh periods.' It had been well if, knowing this, he had thought proper himself, not to have added one to the herd of Authors; which, indeed, is numerous enough. We must do him the juftice, however, to fay we do not think he ever knew how to handle a File, or was ever capable of polishing any thing, his work being one of the most bungling performances of the kind we have lately perufed. K-n-k Art. 6. Mifs Kitty Fisher's Miscellany. 8vo. 1s. Ranger. Filthy and filly-fit only for K- F to perufe. Art. 7. Memoirs of the Life of Laurence Earl Ferrers. 8vo. I S. Coote. Collected from the printed Trial, the Sheriff's Account, and the News-papers. Art. 8. A Difcourfe, by M. Rouffeau of Geneva, which got the Premium at the Academy of Dijon, on this Question pro...pofed by the faid Academy, Whether the Revival of the Arts and and Sciences has contributed to render our Manners pure? Proving in the Negative. Tranflated from the French. 8vo. 1 s. Burnet. It was in the year 1750 that M. Rouffeau produced this famous difcourse; and in 1751 a tranflation of it was published here; of which we gave fome account in the fifth volume of our Review, page 237; and what was then faid, may fuffice for the prefent article. في Art. 9. The Soldier's Amusement. A Novel. By the Author of the Memoirs of ****. 8vo. Is. Warcus. We have here fome old Spanish ftories revived, with the above whimfical title; which hath as much connection with the book, as if the Editor had filed it, the Porter's Delight; the Cook-Maid's Comfort; or the Bunter's Bleffing. Art. 10. An authentic Register of the British Succeffes; being a Collection of all the Extraordinary, and fome of the ordinary Gazettes, from the taking of Louisbourg, July 26, 1758, by the Hon. Admiral Bofcawen and General Amberst, to the Defeat of the French Fleet under M. Conflans, Nov. 21, 1759, by Sir Edwark Hawke. To which is added, a particular AcCount of M. Thurot's Defeat, by Capt. John Elliot. 2 S. Kearsley. Needs no comment. 12mo. Art. 11. Explanatory Remarks upon the Life and Opinions of Triftram Shandy; wherein the Morals and Politics of this Piece are clearly laid open. By Jeremiah Kunaftrokius, M. D. 12mo. IS. Cabe. Tristram Shandy's fuccefs has, of course, fet all the writing mills agoing Grind away, Gentlemen! and we will make all poffible room for you, in our Monthly Catalogues: but it will not be advifeable for you, like Dr. Kunaltrokius, to affect Mr. Shandy's manner of writing; it must be an excellent joke, indeed, that will bear repeating. Art. 12. Triftram Shandy in a Reverie. 8vo. Is. Williams. All froth and folly imitating Mr. Sterne's manner, as Alexander's Courtiers did their Mafter, by carrying their heads awry. MEDICAL. Art. 13. A Difcourfe on the Nature, Caufes, and Cure of Cor- Dr. Flemyng fets out with fome general remarks on the nature and ufes of the animal oil termed Fat, and fhews the manner of its being fecreted from the blood. Corpulency he defines to be an accumulation of too great a quantity of this Fat, or animal oil, in the veficles of the Membrana Cellulofa, wherever they are large enough to admit oily particles. The efficient caufes of it, which may operate fingly, or may fometimes even unite in the fame constitution, he reduces to the following; namely, an introduction of too much cil into the habit, through the channels of nourishment, whereby it is retained in too great a quantity-an over-laxity, or, perhaps, overlargeness of the cells, in which it is repofited, difpofing them to admit, and retain, an over-proportion of it-or fuch a crafis or temperament of the blood, as renders it liable to part too eafily with its oily particles, and let them be ftrained off in too great plenty by the fecretory veffels-or, laftly, a deficient evacuation or expulfion of oil already taken in and feparated from the blood, and laid up in its cells, through the outlets of the body. Our Author then proceeds to lay down a method of cure, adapted to the nature of each of thefe caufes. It chiefly confifts in a thin fpare diet, proper exercife, and cold bathing. But the most efficacious remedy for reducing Corpulency, according to the Doctor, is Soap. He expatiates pretty largely on the nature of this compound, and thews it to be a mild, fafe, detergent, refolvent, and deobftruent medicine, the fitteft to render animal oils mifcible with water, and to carry them off by urine. To confirm and illuftrate what he fays on this fubject, we are prefented with the following cafe. A worthy acquaintance of mine, a judicious and experienced Phyfician, in his younger days had been very active, and used • much exercise, both on foot and on horseback; and for many years feemed as little liable to extreme Corpulency as most people. By infenfible degrees, as he diminished his daily labours, fatnets ftole upon him, and kept increafing; infomuch that when I met with • him, about fix years ago, I found him in the greatest distress thro' mere Corpulency, of any perfon not exceeding middle-age, 1 ever ⚫ knew. He was then about forty-five. He was obliged to ride from house to houfe to vifit his Patients in the town where he prac tifed, being quite unable to walk an hundred yards at a ftretch; and was in no fmall degree lethargic. In other refpects, he feemed " pretty clear of any remarkable disease, except gout, of which he had felt fome, not very violent, attacks. I warmly recommended the inward ufe of foap, in order to reduce his Corpulency, as the only fafe and effectual remedy in his cafe, and a remedy which he might continue to use the longeft; I enforced my advice by the reafonings above urged, of which he was too good a judge not to perceive their full cogency. Accordingly he began to take it July 1754, at which time he weighed twenty ftone and eleven pounds, jockey weight, a vaft load for him to bear, who is little above middle ftature, and withal fmall boned. He took every night at bedtime, a quarter of an ounce of common home-made Caftile foap, diffolved in a quarter of a pint of foft water. In about two or three months time he began to feel more freedom, and an increase |