Thus fpake Afpatio, firm possest He was a man among the few Sincere on Virtue's fide, And all his ftrength from scripture drew, That rule he priz'd, by that he fear'd, But when his heart had rov'd. For he was frail as thou or I, But when he felt it, heav'd a figh, And loath'd the thought of fin. Such liv'd Afpatio, and at last His joys be MINE, each reader cries, In these beautiful lines we recognize the fame genius, tafte, and seriousness with which we have, on other occafions, been fo much entertained and inftructed. In the future Numbers of our Mifcellany, we shall furnish our readers with other interefting felections from this work. Hiftorical Hiftorical and Familiar Efays on the Scriptures of the Old and New Teftament. Four Volumes Octavo. By John Collier. Scarlet, Strand. IN the prefent day every judicious illuftration of the Bible must be acceptable to the friends of Revela. tion. The efforts of laymen are peculiarly deferving of praife, fince their difinterestedness is fuppofed to impart a fuperior efficacy to their labours. Hence the theological productions of a Boyle, a Locke, a Newton, and a Beattie, are held in high estimation. MR. COLLIER, we understand, is a refpectable medical gentleman, who has devoted his leifure hours to the ftudy of the Sacred Writings. We are happy in declaring it to be our opinion, that his investigations, which he has now made public, are weli adapted to promote the best interests of mankind. Thefe Eays comprise an eafy and familiar ftyle, the entire history both of the Old and New Teftament, in. terfperfed with fenfible remarks, which tend either to illuftrate their meaning or to impress their admonitions on the heart. Much induftry muft have been employed in the execution of the work; and every attention feems to have been given to render it conducive to religious and moral improvement. A Concife Practical Grammar of the German Tongue, by the Reverend W. Render, Teacher of the Ger man Language in the University of Cambridge. Symonds. 5s. in boards. WE have reafon to believe that this Grammar is well adapted to answer the purposes for which it was compofed. The arrangement feems to be clear, and we doubt not that the learner will find the illuf ftrations fatisfactory. In a fenfible and well written Preface, the author has fully explained himself on the subject. "Though "the critical reader," fays he, " may perhaps difcover "fome trifling inaccuracies in this performance; yet, "I am fully fatisfied, that it will prove highly service"able to all those who are defirous of having access to "the literary treafures of my native country: at all " events I have no doubt but it will be received with "that candid indulgence by the public, which the in"duftrious exertions of foreigners have always expe"rienced from the liberality of the British nation." The Annual Anthology, Volume the First, 1799. Longman and Rees. (Concluded from page 360.) The Morning Mift contains fome pleafing fentiments, well expressed: MORNING MIST. "Look, WILLIAM, how the morning mists Have covered all the scene, Nor houfe nor hill canst thou behold, Grey wood, or meadow green. The diftant fpire across the vale These floating vapours fhroud, But feeft thou, William, where the mists The dim effulgence of the fun Soon fhall the glorious orb of day And roll along his azure way, Then fhall we fee across the vale The village spire as white, And the grey wood and meadow green So, William, from the moral world The clouds fhall pass away; The light that itruggles thro' them now Shall beam eternal day. ERTHUSYO. The Affectionate Heart does its author credit, both in point of poetry and fentiment. THE AFFECTIONATE HEART. BY JOSEPH COTTLE. "Let the great man, his treasures poffeffing, I afk-the affectionate friend. Tho' foibles may fometimes o'ertake him, Affection! thou foother of care, Even genius may weary the fight, By too fierce and too conftant a blaze; VOL. VIII. It It fhall thrive when the flattering forms, It fhall live mid the wide-wafting ftorms, When time, at the end of his race, Shall expire with expiring mankind; It fhall laft till the wreck of the mind." The Spirit is a fine fatire on the ftories of hobgoblins, with which young folks are often affrighted. THE SPIRIT. Founded on Fact. "Now which is the road across the common, "The ghoft never walks till the clock strikes twelve, Cried the woman. "Now why dost thou look at me 'fo? "And why do thine eyes fo fearfully glow? "I tell thee that acrofs the common, "This cart-track thy horfe must pursue ; beat, "That a traveller once murder'd like you." The horfeman replied, "I have no terror "But a ghoft that pops on one before or behind, |