The Sun.
London, England, 1804-01-05 00:00:00

HOLIDAY PRESENTS.

NA R. TABART, of the JUVENILE LIBRARY,
NEL 157, New Bond-street, has the honour tO inform
his numerous Friends, and the Nobility, Gentry, -Parents,
and Instrudors of Youth in general; that he has re-opened
his well-known and much- approved Establishment . for the
Sale of JUVENILE and SCHOOL BOOKS, under the
Patronage of several'Persons of the highest Disiindion ; and
that helms laid in a-new-and valuable Assortment of the best
Books of Amusement and InstruCtion which have appeared-
in the English Language. "
The established eh:inner of M r..Tabart's Shop. renders it
almost superfluous for him to observe, that na Work is per-
mitted to be sold -in it which is in the slightest degree itiinsic al
to the Interests of Religion, Virtue, and Morality. Parents
rand Teachers may therefore rely with confidence on his selec-
lien of Bok.-10.; pn every Subject, not only in reaped to their
literary Superiority, but also. in:regard to the purity of-their
Principles
Mr. 'f asart thhs p1e471...s .himself for the-variety and for
-the moral and religious charailer of his cullettion ; but he
considers it-as equally reiiiiisiteto state, that his PrL:es'are in
every instance the lowest, .Wfiether in the sale of a sin4le
book, or in the execution of more
.extenSive ,orders for.
Schools. He has a Catalogue of Grammars, Exercises, .and
other Class-Books, expressly' provided for Public Semina-
ries, in vThiCh for credit,• or for money, his Terms are lower
than they could be if this class of. Books were not .the-sole
objea of his Trade. • Upon the §arneprinciple,everp.article
of Stationary conneaed wills the business of Education may
be had on the lowest Terms of Mr. Tabart. FOr-the accent-
modation of 'respeclable Teachers, he undertakes;to forwarct
for inspeaion to every- part of the Kingdom, subjea to the
expence of carriage, an assortment of the best .Books in every
department of'Knowledge.
A' Catalogue of the Books kept in Mr. _Tabart's Library„
may he had (gratis) for the -insyteiion of Private.
and assortments of Books are sent no any part of London, for
4 few bot,to tnspediop ivlacnr;vt4 requited. '

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' - This bay was published; •
One Vol. /go. Price iBs, in boardt;
--rtiF, COMPLETE DISCIPLINE. orsa
GAIIE of INFANTRY, in strici contbriiiity
Principleslaid down in His Majesty's Military Regnlatiri!i•
illustrated by sq Copper plates, with Remarks, Sliewingirow
the Wiolotions of the Battalion and of• the BriAade cornbinw
with those of the Line, and how the
_whole lappil to the de4.'
'neral purposes of

7 7 By JAMES CUNNINGFIAME,
MaJor in the Service of the Eat India Company 4' and Major
or Brigade to the three Regiments of Royal India VolnilL
teers.
Sold by T: Eg,erton, at the Military Library, near White.
hall:

On Saturday next .will be published,' Price gs. stitclittl;
161. N • EAS'f, INDIA AEGIS fER. and DIRF.C:
TORY for. 0304; corrected to the Ist of January, 1804; •
with Indexes to the same,-and Lists of Casualties during the
• last Year. Compiled, by permission of the Honourable the
East •Ihdit Company, from the Official ReturrA received at
the East India House,
'By JOHN MATHESON and•ALF.X. WAY MASON,
• Of the Secretary's Office, E ast,iptlial House.
London : Sold by Blacks and Parry, Leadenhall-street, and
J. Debrett, Piccadilly.
This Day were published, in Three Volumes post Otavo,
Price rss.in boards,
LETTERS-frnixi Mrs..PALMERSTONE to lye
DAUGHTER ; inculcating 'Morality by entertAining
Narratives.. ' • ' '
By i`'.frs''.HUNTEß; of Norwich. - -,••
" This is a very pleasing and well executed performance, ' •
The AnthoClyis,ibefore asserted claims to the Public favour, •
tpLI not without success ; but we think thew Volumes wil
materially.:',aad, to het -repiztatTorr. liar object, •as we le. in •
frpro..te:r_Prefaee,,,lyas _neither, to be too setions, nor too
childish; neither. to- say !too much, nbr too littre ; but to, •
-produce-a stiititl4•blookfor,temale,sOntween twelve 'and te-
• venteen years o,(age. Tbs'i.t4ti try; recommend these :to ee
and moral narratives, most of which We have perused, wire
nerinconside;rablC degree of entertainment."-LBritisli Critic;
August tflosj: • •
Printed tor W.. T. Robberds, Norwich.; and sold by Long,. •
man and Rees; NO. 39, 'Paternoster-riow.
Of whotn may be had, by the same Author,
r. Letitia ; or, a Castle without a Spectre; in fdur vols. •
price it. is, in boards.
z. The liistory of the Grubthorpe,Farnily; or, the Old
Bachelor arid his Sister Penelope. In three vols. pric'e!ii3til.' 4
6d. in boards. ' „a\•`.., •

NEW REVIEW OF BOOKS.
On the 31st Instant will be‘publlshed,
No. I. of
rTHE siMPERIAL AEVIEW ; or
.1.:01\11):ON'
1.• and DUBLIN LITERARY 10.URNA.L. To' he,
continued , regularly on the last Day of each succeeding
Month.

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Vrintei for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strank Lontioni
and for Archer, I. Cooke, and N. Mahon, at
tin.

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Before the invention of the Art. of Printing, the Cultivrt-
; tort-. of Literature, however strenuous in theitexeitiOns, wire
necessarily few; but when the Press )tail prepared a chr.ip
atol-eXpeilitious mode of circulating the lucubrations of the
Learned, the multiplication of Books facilitated the acquire-
ment of instruelion ; and in consequence-of the publication
of 'Works; written in the vernacular toilette of the difflirent
'Cotintries•- of Europe, the number- of Readers, as w2;l as
Authors, began rapidly to, FACrelise. fa process Ortime, the
vast variety of Literary pro:ildiplis which was continually .00,
isiog from the Printing-hooses,Of Italy, Germany, and Ilol-
land, 'seemed to call:loudly. for classification. The gerieral
Reader found himself distrac-ted in si )(hid of iltqa(.y cliali.,;-
he was frequently mortified, by being betrayed into the peru-
sal of Publications'of little or no intuit.. It appeared, there.'
foreoto'be absolutely necessary to expose to the Public tha
artifices of mere pretenders to science and genius. The corn.
munication of Literary Intelligence became also more and
:more a rodatttr of consequence. The combination of these
causes gave birth to Literary lou rnalS, ,the- A uihors of which
undertook the delicate duty of subjecting the Publications of
' their day to the severe test of.erineal•Estaininatiors. ..
' These journals, when comiutied with fildity and skill,
: may be looked upon as thP guardians of purity, both in taste
•and morals. - They are calculated: to repel ohe attacks too
frequently made by literary quackery on the time and on the
pOrse of the _Public; and they may also he the means of draw.
tug modest Merit from obscurity. Their suffrage may I's-
: conipenie the Scholat for years of diligent study. 'The acett-
sissey of critical iospeCtion which ought to-be exercised in
thei" composition, may discover the errors which-occasional-
: Iy-elude-the vigilance of the most faithful and industrious
Authors---errors which, if pointed 'cut with candour, will
-often betorre6ted with gratitude. Henee, an ingenious Cri-
,,tic is rarely an abject of dread, or of dislike, to Writers of real
merit. •'' Accuracy of workmanship, says Lord. 'Shaftes,-
hory, requires a Critic's eye. kis lost opon a vulosr j'iit
ment. - Nothing grieves a real Artist more than the imlilfro.
'truce of the Publiewhich-suffl:rg Work to pass llncritiel,44
Nothing, bathe other ,side, rejoices him more than the nice
view and inspkiion of-the . accurate examiner and judge of
Work. It is the mean genius, the slovenly performer, who,
knowing'nothing of true oNorkmanship, endeavours to t‘i'm
the eye front attire& and steady survey of his piece."
This Country has'been by'no means destitute of the advans
pge to be.derivod from Literary journals. RespeCtable Pe.
riohical Works" of this kiOd have for a fongspace of time beeo
tew,,artlett by art' ample share of, the public patronage. It
may, therefore; be expected, that the Editors of " Tits I so-
eta f.si. R Es, t zw" should declare the motives which have
induced them to add tolhe nispaber of these Works. In alio
saver toinquiries of this nature, they trust that they shall
not be regarded its invidiously derogating from the merit 'of
their precursors, when tliey declare their opinion, that, not-
withstanding, the ackintviedged ability oimany,bf ()fir _ Pe-
riodical'Crities, the field is still :open' to tompPtition, and
that competition must eikentually tend to,the-public-benefit :
but they-have been influenced by a more powerful motive—
The Metropolis of Ireland, apart •of the United Kingdom
'which has given birth to a fair proportion of liitrary emi-
nence, is still In want of its '" Review." - :The present
.Ull-
- it is hoped, will supply that want, as well as-tend
to strengthen the literary connexion between the Sister
Islands. The assurances of patronage and assistance with
which the Editors have been honoured by distinguished C ha.:
rafters on both-sides, of the. Channel, afford them the- most
confident expedations of suce-ess. • And Whilst TIIE 1/4#E,
RIM: REVlEw.faithfully records; and iraOartially cousisiers
the-valuable productions of North and South Britain, and of
every other Literary-NatiOn; a marked-attentioo 'to the L'i-
rantre of Ireland will fort-hone of its prominent features:
The Edifors.further flatter theutsel ves.t hat they may, with
advantage, der iatefrom the plan of other ',%Jorclity journals;
by cootimog•their detail of Criticism to works of real merit,
.fit to works which, though destitQte 9: that character, onay
' be forced upon notice by the-Celebrity, of their authors, qie
importance of their' subjeas, oot he erroneous apfillisse which
bestows an undeserved popularity.- Their Istinithly Cata-
logue will thereferedo little more than announce t liepoini-
cation of Works of inferior note, ,an ehlargernent „up,eo; the",
merits or (tercets of which, would be a mere waste OTO.exes—
tion. They have seo urea ' nie assistance; of 0 c0t,10.4e4, 4.
_enlarged and liberal minds, WhO will not abuse thie#sio, efokr_
the purpose of raising insignificance into celehrity,',air y(t.os.,.
will not .be inclined, for the' inflillgeoccol::ill-iiitu, Akt.,
I?
"To break a Butterfly-upon a Wheel." ' ..: • . -.... ,,,
Such Arrangements are made•as, the Editors -fruite Wills
enable thenvuniformly to notice interesting WockS _very- soon,
after publieation ; and they purpose availing themselves of
every opporiimity to introthice notices ,of ocher-Musks of the
same description, which have been publi-shed ddlngthe three
last'years; so that their journal maybe considered as VittOtlfs'
,Colll3llpllCillg with the present Century. , • .
Measures are alreadytalten for securingoaregirlar Monthly
Soply to the Booksellers of all the principal, Towns insj re.
land, as.soon as•pqssible after publication. so ' - ,
THE. I MPER! A L REVIEW will be said also, at ()Mid, by "
1. Cooke, Hartwell aini Parker, and 'R. Bliss; iMo. ;. at Call.,
bridge, .by J. Deiglitoti, add T. Barreto; -iir l-dinbtirgh, by
W., Creech,-}Bell arid -Bradfute,,P: Hill, and W. Laing'; ,at
Glasgow, byD 'onlop fad' Wilson, add crash and acid; and,
at...k Whiroif, by A. Etiown.. '• . , .. .

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