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    tare is subject are intended either to caution us against greater evils , or to remove them . Here are pains wbifeh can have no object upon any other supposition than that of a future state . "

    No . XI . is a pertinent collection of a Biograp hical Facts illustrative of Dr . Johnson ' s , description of Genius . There are some sensible and spirited observations ** On the proper Objects

    of Literary Antiquarianism , " No . XII . accompanied by honourable notice of the old English writers , William of tfewbury and Richard of Cirencester . The subject of No . XIII . is local Recollections as to the early History

    of Bristol , la the « ' Remarks on Dr . Cogan ' s and Dr . Hartley ' s Classification of the Passion ** " No , XIV ., there is greater clearness than in some of the other papers , and we subscribe to the opinion that «< for acuteness of

    investigation , extent of research , philosophical accuracy of discrimination and elegance of language , Dr . Cogan ' s works are deservedly ranked among the first productions in this branch of philosophy . " Nos . XV . and XVI ., the former a

    " Biographical notice of Yearsley and Bryant , " the latter a " Description of a Visit to Brockley Combe , in Somersetshire , ' are by correspondents ; one of whom asserts for plants and brambles " the attributes of intelligence " and the other writes of the " gems " and characters " transcendently great " in the Bristol milk-woman's poems 1

    No . XVII . contains " Strictures on a few of the principal Writers on Education , " which are continued in No . XIX . The writers introduced are Hannah More , Edgeworth and Hamilton , and Knox and Priestley ; whose merits are liberally allowed and judiciously discriminated .

    The Essay between these , No . XVIII . « On the InBuence of Medhanpj ? ^ " ^ Pfe * in- the Formation of Charac ter , " by a correspondent , is Philosophical only in the title . A friend has furnished in No . XX .

    a interesting " Biographical Memoir of W . J . Roberts , " a youth of Bristol , w « o gave great promise of intellectual Proficiency but was cut otf Li the 21 st year of his age . There is a posthu-TJ * Plication of this young man ' s , en ' » ed « Poem * and Letters . " * ua ° -XXL On the Important of « ud jmg Politics a » * Science / ' we

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    find amidst some sensible observations , calculated to promote enlightened patriotism , a recommendation of " Tfe # British Youth ' s Vade Vecum , " fn * b ~ lished by Didier and Tebbett , atntct Rose ' s « Constitutional CatechimJ * as elementary political books ; Mt . Evans claims the last-named autfeor nm

    a " fellow-citizen . ' No . XXIL is a lively and ingeuioiui paper 4 t On the Advantages resulfiftg from the appointment of Death . " The next paper , No . XXIIL , Frag ^ meats of Historical Recollection ^* fe by a correspondent . - ~ ft

    Nos . XXIV . and XXV . contain the tc Story and Opinions of George Donville . " The Story is simple and barren of incident , but upon the whole pleasing ; the opinions , which appear to be the author ' s own , are perspicuously stated .

    The " Description of the Scenery of the Dargle near Dublin , " No . XXV 7 ., is by the author of No . XVI ., an enthusiastic admirer of nature , who seems to have selected for description two spots as beautiful as can well be imagkied . " On the claims of Chatterton to

    Fame , " No . XXVlLthe authorspeaks with the partiality of sl townsman . We doubt whether it be safe to apologize for this unhappy youth by the maxim that " the very errors of genius are sacred / ' The dangerous maxim is repeated in the account of Mrs . Robinson ( p . 198 ) .

    In No . XXVIII . « On the Cattaes of Poverty and the best means of ? alleviating its Evils , ' the causes mem scarcely to be touched upon , but trte means , namely , instructing the poor to rely upon themselves rather than upon the poor-laws and charities , are judicious , to whatever extent they may be practicable .

    No . XXIX . is an interesting " Biographical Sketch of John Henderson /' chiefly extracted from a little volume of Poems , published anonymously in 1795 . We gave [ vii . 286—292 ] two Letters from this singular man to Dr . Priestley , with Anecdotes of him

    by an acquaintance . Henderson , we are informed by Mr . Evans , wrote the postscript to the Dissertation on Everlasting Punishment , in the third volume of Matthew ' s * " Miscellaneous Companions . " fie > vas buried in the church-yard of St . George , Gloucestershire , about two . miles from Bris-

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    Review . — -Evans ' s Ponderer . 170

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1815, page 179, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1758/page/51/