ART. XI. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION. Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the public, if consistent with its plan. The second volume of Morell's History of England to the close of the reign of George the Third, and which completes the series of Studies in History, will be published in a few days. Mrs. Graham, author of a Journal of a Residence in India, is printing, an Account of a Residence of three months in the Mountainous Country east of Rome, with engravings of the banditti and peasantry. The Rev. T. Jebb is preparing a work, on Sacred Literature; comprising a review of the principles laid down in the Prelections and Isaiah of Bp. Lowth, and an application of those principles to the illustration of the New Testament. The Rev. J. Jones, of Newchurch, near Warrington, is printing, a Course of Morning and Evening Prayers, for four weeks. The Rev. J. Lewis, of Margate, will soon publish in octavo, the History of the Life and Sufferings of the Rev. Dr. John Wiclif. James Wilson, Esq. is printing, in three octavo volumes, a Journal of Two successive Tours on the Continent, in the years 1816-17-18. Mr. J. Zweed, of Bocking, will soon publish, Popular Observations on Regimen and Diet; with rules and regulations in regard to health. Mr. J. W. W. English, of Wellingborough, has in the press, Medical and Surgical Remarks; including an effec tual method of removing enlargements from the throat, commonly called Wens. Mr. E. Howitt is printing, Selections from Letters written during a Tour through the United States, in 1811, illustrative of the native Indians, and of the Emigrants. George Colman the Younger will soon publish in a quarto volume, Posthumous Letters, addressed to Francis Colman, and George Colman the Elder; with annotations and remarks. Dr. Thompson is printing a new edition of his System of Chemistry; and is preparing a work on the Practice of Chemistry. Very shortly will be published, Part X. of Stephens' Greek Thesaurus, which will be accompanied with a reply to the critique in the Quarterly Review. In a few days will be published, Part I. in 8vo. price 1s. of a new and beautiful edition of Shakespear's Plays: the whole will be completed in nine parts, each of which will contain 4 plays. In a few days will be published, a new and elegant edition of the Holy War, by John Bunyan. Embellished with eight highly finished engravings, and explanatory notes. By the Rev. George Burder, A.M. To be published early in August, the School Prayer-Book; being a week's course of prayers for the use of schools and young persons, together with a few on particular occasions: also, the col lects throughout the year, with a short explanatory catechism prefixed to each; the Church Catechism in English and French; and some select psalms and hymns. ART. XII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. BIOGRAPHY. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. Composed from his own MSS. and other authentic Documents in the possession of his family and of the African Institution. By Prince Hoare. With Ob servations on Mr. Sharp's Biblical Cri ticisms. By the Lord Bishop of St. David's. 4to. CLASSICAL LITERATURE. Ricardi Porsoni Notæ in Aristophanem quibus Plutum Comediam partim ex ejusdem Recensione, partim è Manu scriptis emendatam et variis Lectionibus instructam præmisit, et Collationum Appendicem adjecit Petrus Paulus Dobree, 8vo. A M. Collegii SS. Trinitatis Socius 11. Is. boards, large paper, 21. 23. Joannis Scapulæ Lexicon Græco Latinum e probatis Auctoribus locupletatum, cum Indicibus auctis et correctis. Item Lexicon Etymologicum cum Thematibus investigatu difficilioribus et anomalis, et Jo. Meursii Glossarium Contractum. Indici Græco inseruntur aliquot Verborum millia e Scotto, Bastio, aliisque. Accedunt Prisciani Lib. XVIII. Pars posterior, et Ammonius περὶ Ὁμοίων καὶ Διαφόρων λέξεων e Cod. MS. Reg. Musei Britannici emendatus: Cum Opusculis grammaticis ex Edit. Valckenærii. Oxonii, e Typographeo Clarendonian. 1820. Fol. 31. 13s. 6d. in sheets. EDUCATION. A System of Education for the Infant King of Rome, and other French Princes of the Blood; drawn up by the Imperial Council of State, with the approbation and under the personal superintendence of the Emperor Napoleon. In English and French. With a beautiful portrait the son of Napoleon, from a very fine original miniature by Isabey. 8vo. 8s. Early Education; or the Management of Children considered with a View to their future Character. By Miss Appleton, author of " Private Education." 8vo. 10s. 6d. HISTORY. An Essay on the Origin and Purity of the Primitive Church of the British Isles, and its Independence upon the Church of Rome. By the Rev. William Hales, D.D. Rector of Killesandra, &c. 8vo. 16s. An Introduction to Modern History. In continuation of an Introduction to Chronology and Ancient History. By W. Jillard Hort. 2 vols. 18mo. Letters from Germany and Holland, in 1813, 14, containing a detailed Account of the Operations of the British Army in those Countrics. cr. 8vo. 7s. MECHANICS. An Essay on the Construction of Wheel Carriages, as they effect both the Roads and the Horses; with Suggestions relating to the Principles on which the Tolls ought to be imposed, and a few Remarks on the Formation of Roads. By Joseph Storrs Fry. 8vo. 6s. MEDICINE. Cases of a Serious Morbid Affection; principally incident to females after delivery, abortion, &c. and arising from Uterine Hæmorrhagy, undue Venæsection, Menorrhagia, protracted Lactation, Diarrhoea, Aphthæ, Constipation, Scybalæ, or other causes of exhaustion and irritation. By Marshal Hall, M.D. F.R.S. E. &c. 8vo. 4s. sewed. An Historic Sketch of the causes, progress, extent, and mortality of the Contagious Fever Epidemic in Ireland, during the years 1817-18-19, with numerous tables; and an appendix, containing various documents, illustrative of its general history, and of the system of management adopted for its suppres sion. By William Hartz, M.B. Physician to the King's Hospital, and to the Prisons of Dublin. MISCELLANEOUS. Tales of the Heart. By Mrs. Opie. 4 vols, 12mo. 11. 8s. The Works of the Rev. Thomas Zouch, D.D. F.L.S. Rector of Scrayingham, and Prebendary of Durham; with a memoir of his life. By the Rev. Francis Wrangham, M.A. F.R.S. and Chaplain to his Grace the Archbishop of York. 2 Vols. 8vo. 11. 4s. The Rector's Memorandum Book being memoirs of a family in the north. 12mo. 7s. The Wharbroke Legend; a tale of the dead. By the author of Forman; a tale. 2 Vols. 12mo. 14s. Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay. Vol. II. With engravings. 4to. 31. 3s. Lucian of Samosata, from the Greek. With the comments of Wieland and others. By William Tooke, F.R.S. 2 vols. 4to. 51. 5s. Essays and Sketches of Life and Character. By a gentleman who has left his lodgings. cr. 8vo. POETRY. Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods: from the Italian of Torquato Tasso. By Leigh Hunt. With a portrait of Tasso, and five wood-cuts. fcap. 8vo. 7s. 6d. The Battle of Tewkesbury: a Poem. Written on a view of the intrenchments near the Town. With historical notes and observations. By Cecilia Cooper. 3s. America, an Epistle in Verse. With other poems. 12mo. 3s. Sacred Leisure; or poems on Religious Subjects. By the Rev. Francis Hodgson, A.M. Vicar of Bakewell, author of the Friends, a poem, &c. fcap. 8vo. 6s. Julia Alpinula. With the Captive of Stamboul and other poems. By J. H. Wiffen, author of Aonian Hours. ¡2mo. 7s. 6d. POLITICAL ECONOMY. A Vindication of Mr. Owen's Plan, in reply to the misconceptions of a writer in No. LXIV. of the Edinburgh Review. THEOLOGY. Lectures on the Holy Bible, illustrative and confirmatory of its character as an economy of religion. By the Rev. Tho. Gilbart, Dublin. 8vo. 8s. Weekly Prayers, imitating that Form of Worship contained in the Liturgy. Likewise, Evening Prayers. By the author of the Historical Epitome of the Old and New Testament. 2s. Sketches of Sermons preached to congregations in various parts of the united kingdom, and on the European continent: furnished by their respective authors. Vol. 1. 12mo. 5s. TRAVELS AND TOPOGRAPHY. Travels in Sicily, Greece, and Albania. By the Rev. T. S. Hughes, Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge. Illustrated by numerous fine engravings. 2 vols. 4to. 51. 5s. A Survey of Staffordshire: containing the antiquities of that county. By Sampson Erdeswick, Esq. Collated with MS. copies, and with additions and corrections by Wyrley, Chetwynd, Degge, Smyth, Lyttleton, Buckeridge, and others; illustrative of the history and antiquities of that county. By the Rev. Thomas Harwood, B. D. F.S.A. **The whole impression has been limited to a very small number, the greater part appropriated to the subscribers 8vo. 11. Is. a few copis on large paper. 11. 11s. 6d. The Journal of a Short Captivity in Dahomy, in Africa; with some account of the manners and customs of that nation. By John M'Leod, M.D. author of the Voyage and Shipwreck of the Alceste. fcap. 8vo. with plates. 5s. 6d. Sketches illustrative of the Mauners and Costumes of Italy, Switzerland, and France. By R. Bridgens. No. 1. With five coloured plates, and descriptive letter-press. royal 4to. 10s. 6d. Voyage to South America, performed by order of the American Government in the years 1817-18, in the frigate Congress. By H. M. Brackenbridge, Esq. Secretary to the Mission. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 4s. A Tour through a part of the Netherlands, France, and Switzerland in 1817. With reflections serious and lively. By Thomas Heger. 8s. The Title, Index, and Contents to Vol. XIII. are unavoidably deferred till the next Number, * THE ECLECTIC REVIEW, FOR SEPTEMBER, 1820. Art. I. Memoirs of Granville Sharp, Esq. composed from his own Manuscripts and other authentic Documents in the Possession of his Family and of the African Institution. By Prince Hoare. With Observations on Mr. Sharp's Biblical Criticisms. By the Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's. 4to. Ixvi, 524. [Portrait.] London. 1820. EVEN years have elapsed since the decease of the venerable Philanthropist who is the subject of these Memoirs, during which period, the Public have been justly wondering that, in an age of exuberant authorship like the present, such a man should not be able to find a biographer. At length, a bulky quarto appears, comprising a copious selection from Mr. Sharp's voluminous papers; and now, we are told, his friends are beginning to talk of collecting the whole of his correspondence, to form the materials of a future publication; on which account his Biographer has been induced to omit several letters referred to in the course of the narrative, the intended insertion of which in the Appendix, was necessary in order to illustrate the text. So that these Memoirs cannot even now be considered as complete without this future publication, whatever may be its bulk and price: they will no doubt be made o match with the present costly volume. This way of proeeding is worse than injudicious. Mr. Sharp was by no means a elegant letter writer, and his correspondence, although it might have been read with interest while the remembrance of his singular worth was fresh in the public mind, can have no pretensions to be considered as of permanent value, except as any part of it may serve to illustrate the history of the important transactions in which he was engaged. The whole of it could at no time have been an acceptable present to general readers; and at this time, the intimation looks a great deal too much like a disposition'in some quarter or other, to try how much paper and print may be made to float by means of the ever VOL. XIV. N.S. S venerable name of Granville Sharp. The present volume contains a great number of letters selected from his correspondence, which Mr. Hoare would doubtless have refrained from inserting at length, had the announced intention of publishing the whole, been any thing but an after-thought. The task of drawing up a memorial of Mr. Sharp's long and active career of usefulness, was originally assigned to an intimate friend, whose abilities and professional character rendered him, we are told, eminently suited to the undertaking. The pressure of other occupations induced him after a time to relinquish it ;' and the present Writer was requested by the Executrix to take the charge on himself. For the further delay for which he is responsible, the following apology is offered. Obligations of gratitude to the family precluded refusal on my part and my high respect for the person whose life was to be the subject of the Memoirs, made me accede cheerfully to the proposal: but in giving my consent, I did not form an adequate idea of the task in which I was about to engage. The most voluminous and diffuse documents were confided to my care, from which I had to extract whatever might be thought useful to the public, and (what was far more difficult) in which I was to discover and trace a connected thread of Mr. Sharp's progressive actions through his long and important life. That such a task would be tedious, it was easy to anticipate. But it has been further protracted by causes which could not be foreseen,-by the suffering of repeated illness since the period when I first printed my Prospectus-of illness aggravated not unfrequently by an apprehension that, as the real cause of the delay could be known only to a few, I might suffer no slight imputation of neglect in the performance of what I had undertaken.' If Mr. Hoare, then, does not unite in himself every qualification which we could have wished for in the biographer of Granville Sharp, it is clear that he is not to blame for the task's being left to fall into his hands; and under all the circumstances of the case, we are not disposed severely to criticise the manner in which he has executed it. The wish to give satisfaction to the family, must have presented a constant inducement to be minute and diffuse to a degree which otherwise he would have felt exposed him to the danger of becoming tedious. We can easily imagine, too, how the same disposition which we see every where prompting the erection of lofty mausolea or gigantic mounds, in order to express by bulk the estimated worth or dignity of the illustrious dead, might seduce the Biographer into the persuasion that he would do honour to the deceased in the eyes of his family, by the magnitude of the literary monument he should construct to his memory. To this feeling, perhaps, we are to attribute the copiousness of these Memoirs; a copiousness far exceeding the proper bounds of biography, and for |