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London, England, 1821-01-13 00:00:00

FOREIGN LITERATURE.

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C7,,ASSICS.-21 COlleCtiO:q 'of, LATIN .CLAssics,
-by N. E. LEMAIII Professor ofiLatinsPoetry at
the .(-eadeny of Pari4.

The seventh tivraison of this great..work, consisting of three
edlumes:, will be published in a few days: Thi! first of those
voluMes e.ompletes the fifth and last volume of Virgil, and-
contains the lesser Poems which arc attributed to him, such
as Cale.r, Ceres, Cataleeta, Cope, flortutus, and Noietum:
Ail the variations in the ancient manuscripts, and of the, best
eciitions, are discussed with learning; the Preface, Notes,
and Dissertations of fleyne on the Veal, the Interpolations,
and the several other parts have heel) revised and corrected'
by M. LeMaire. The original labours. of the Editor occupy'
the ltv~l t'l.,,thirds of this, vth.ttAtit...attil consist of a judicious
seleatori'i)Vail.the Commobtaries whit:Lk are not to be found
in the edition of Heyne, so that this Combination, by avoid-
ing Ike repetitions of Servius, and many others, supplies the
desideratum so lung wanted, and includes all the various in-
terpretations contained in the numerous works published on,
Virgil.

The valuable notes of J. H.,Voss, on the Georgics, have
been translated into Latin for the first time, by M. de Gol-
berry; the tenth Eclogue, and the Moretum, elegantly trans-
lated into Greek verse by Jos. Sealiger, are also printed for
the first time at the end of the original Poem ; but the great-
est 'praise is due to the EditOr for having executed the wishes
of Itollin 'and Hersan, by inserting the criticisnii and inter-
pretations of La ('erda, the most eloquent and erudite of
Spanish Jesuits. On a perusal 'of that portion of the vo-
lume which treats of the Eclogues and Georgics, we shall be
convinced of its great importance and utility.

The two other volumes ofthis littralson; conclude the Edi-
tion of Tacitus ; one contains a more extensive index than
those of Brotier and Oberlin ; it has cost many years labour
and research and is divided into two parts with perspicuity
and method: nam_es and things are separated from the :phrases
which distinguish the style and character of this incompara-
ble historian. The other volume consists of a collection of the
most learned dissertations of Justus Lipsius, ,I'.csret,• J.
Pichon, Brotier, Ernestus, Ilenneceins, &c. and may be con-
sidered as a new work. The selection has been made
by M. M. Beandet and Lemaire, who have spared no rains

in offering to the public an edition superior to its precursors.
These dissertations give genealogical tables of the'Roman
Emperors, anecdotes of their reigns from Tiberius to Trajan,
and chronological tables iron► Romulus ,to Ncrva ; treat on
the manners of the German., their armies, tribunals, civil
and criminal law, and their slaves; and furnish new observa7
thins on the various duties of the Triu►uvirs in the life of

Agricola, on the Governors of Great Britain, on the naviga-
tion of the Northern Seas,Anil omntany sub:Nr.ls'of eguril
interest.—,(JoKrnal des Defiats, Jan. 4.)

RoMAN DRAMA.— The complete Latin Theatre
translated, accompanied with philological and arthacological
notes, by J. 14;..ee and the late 41)1)6 Lc Mollifier to which
are added, Dissertations and. Criticisms by M. M.Aniattry and
Alexander Dural.

In proportion as the passions become calm-and the fury
of political discussion subsides, a taste fir. the belles lettres and
good authors increases. the progress of such a happy change,
and so desirable an improvement, is every day more conspi-
cuous;, and at no period, perhaps,,has the press produced and
mnitiplied editions of the Classics in such numbers as during
the last few years, all of them evincing the greatest research,
correctness, and learning.
.Among the valuable works for which we are indebted of

this laudable feeling, so worthy of-encouragement, the Latin
Theatre is not the least deserving of success or worthy of
praise.' We possessed already in the French language Trans-
lations of the Tragic and Comic Poets of Greece, and wanted
as a companion a collection, translated, on an uniform plan,
of the Dramas which formed the delight of the Romans, and
which the ravages of time had spared to us.'
What Pere Brumoy, and M.M. Rochefort, and La Porte do
Theil have done for the Greek Theatre, M. Levee, the admi-
rable translator of Cicero, and M.M. Amaury and Alexander
Duval, both Members of the Institute, have just undertaken
for the Theatre of ancient Rome. By thus. completing the
Gallery of the Dramatic Poets of antiquity they have sup-
plied, 4 blank which has been long lamented by the
lovers of the drama. It is a monument raised to the
glory of the ancients, and consecrated to the utility of the
moderns. '

'We cannot speak too highly of the criticisms awl disserta-

tions furnished by M. M. Amaury and Alexander Duval. It
would be difficult to select two Weridi, whose studies and
labours should be better adapted to this kind of examination.
One, by his archaeological works, has been long classed
among the French -3qvans, whose erudition has not damped

the fervour of his genius, or diminished the correctness of
his taste ; and the other may he ranked among the first comic
authors of the present flaws for invention, plOt, and incident.
Novel observations and acute criticisms ott the conception and
development of the characters, the conduct of the fable, the
force arid humour of the scene, in the Latin comedies; in-
structive remarks on the manners, usages and customs of the

age, whose vices and follies have • been depicted by Plautus
nod Terence, are the fruits of this association of the two
brothers, who have contributed their talents anti literary in-
fortnal lot) to this valuably production: never have th e merits
of the two Latin Comic Ports been better understouti or mule
justly appreciated.—(Moviirur, Jan. I.)

BRUTAL. OuTRAGE.-014riday evening last,
about 7 o'clock, as two ladieNnother and dangh-
ter, were returning to Bristol from Stapleton-
road, th'ey were a ttf.clted at the top of G locester-
lane, by three ruffians, ,who attempted to take a
small parcel 'from them, which being resisted,
the Villains seized the young lacy, and forcibly
dragged her from her Mother, and attempted to.
force her into Niblet'i court, a place inhabited
by most depraved characters, which wa3 only
prevented by the courageous conduct of the mo-
ther, who stoutly belabonred them on their heads
with a walkingstick,-and'obligsed then to aban-
don their victim.