Suhm, M. de, his correfpondence in the navy, their fitua- Surgery, the prefent ftate of, 306. Bad ftate of, in the navy, 412. ing winter, 540. Syria, Volney's travels into, 592. His account of the Druzes TAMERLANE the Great, his Political and Military Infti- Templars, Knights, account of Toleration afferted and recom- Tongues, the gift of, as spoken of 213. Trinity, doctrine of, abfurdly in- VANITY of Human Wishes, a poem, by Dr. S. Johnson, 117. Produces different kinds tinguishing characteristics, 469. on a young divine, who was fhewing that true philofophy ed, Dr. S. Johnfon's idea of, 65. Dr. James Fordyce, 371. ment ment of, in refpect of educa- Volcano in the moon defcribed, Vofmaer, M. defcription of the WARING, Profeffor, on infi- Webb, Mr. his reafons for think- his verses to Mira on of fowing, 98. White, Profeffor, concerned in the publication of the Institutes Wine, remarks relative to the , English, the growth of, re- Wines, imported, late act relative on a comet, 177. Wood, Mr. account of the differ- Wool, obfervations relative to YEARSLEY, Mrs. the poetical milk-woman, her character Young, Mr. attacks Sir Ifaac New- 239. to the Reviewers, 422. Correspondence, WE JAN. 31, 1788. E are now happy to oblige our " Conftant Reader" (whose letter was briefly acknowledged on the laft page of our Review for Auguft laft), by informing him, that the third volume of MONTUCLA's Hiftory of the Mathematics has not yet appeared; that SULZER'S Dictionary of the Fine Arts, in 2 vols. 4to. has not yet been tranflated into French; and that although this work is not fo completely finished, as the Author propofed, we think it well deserves an English tranflation.-The fame correfpondent is also informed, that it is true, that Michaelis has published a new and much improved edition of his Introductory Lectures to the Study of the New Teftament, fince they were tranflated into Englifh; affo, that another edition, ftill more improved, is to be expected, as foon as he has finished his Lectures introductory to the Study of the Old Testament.-Our answer to another article of this correfpondent's inquiry, muft be deferred to a future opportunity, as we are not yet poffeffed of certain information on that head, though we believe we shall obtain it very foon. M. The ftrictures of J. T. and P. C-1, on our account of Dr. Butler's " Juftification of the Roman Catholic Religion," are kindly taken. But we ftill apprehend, we were juftified in adverting to the convenient agency of the civil power in religious perfecution: because it is notorious, that the holy tribunal employs the civil power to put heretics to death, and then difclaims the odioufnefs of the act. The difcipline within the very walls of the Inquifition, is not of the moft merciful kind; yet its jurifdiction is fanctioned by the courts of ROME, Spain, and Portugal: and where else are we to feek for the spirit of religion there profefled? Not furely in private opinions here! We do not defcend to reproach perfonal characters, well knowing that principles on either fide, are warped to private purposes by human paffions; the regular operation of principles is therefore the only criterion of their tendency. If intolerance be the object of any principles, let those look to it who profefs them. We are happy to find that those who, under British government, call themselves Roman Catholics, difavow all coercion in religion: and in our humble opinion, when any means beyond argumentative perfuafion are employed in offering principles to our affent, either those principles are not truths, or the teachers of them are not the minifters of truth, but aim at fomething elfe. As France is pointed out particularly to our imitation, it may fuffice to obferve, that when all political diftinction between Catholics and Proteftants is an nihilated nihilated in that country, it will be time enough to confider, whether toleration in all cafes ought to have fo extensive an operation here. Till then, we fee a clear diftinction between perfonal liberty, and political truft. We wish not to embark in any theological difputes; and should we ever be inadvertently betrayed into the flightest appearance of "illiberality in matters of religion," we hope there will never be wanting judicious and difpaffionate friends, who, like our present correfpondents, may remind us of our cenforial dignity, and of what the world expects from the candor of the Monthly Reviewers, the old and ftaunch advocates for religious liberty, in the most catholic and unconfined sense of the words. + The letter figned B. is refpectfully acknowledged. Every well intended admonition will always be thankfully received by us. Such intimations are, no doubt, friendly; and may prove useful, in guarding against inadvertencies. But, with refpect to our correfpondent's charge of inconfiftency, we here enter our ftanding proteft against any comparison of the fentiments of a critic who wrote in remote periods of our journal, with those of the prefent writers. To fuppofe that a living Reviewer is obliged to maintain, or to be, in any meafure, cramped by, the opinions of his predeceffors, would be placing him in a ftate of flavery, the most abject that can be imagined-the SLAVERY OF THE MIND! that very ftate from which it has ever been the great endeavour of the Monthly Reviewers, as far as the influence of their publications might extend, to fet mankind free: and of this, their FAVOURITE OBJECT, it is hoped they will never lofe fight. 1st The new royal folio edition of Smellie's original plates, with additions by Dr. Hamilton, has not, to our knowledge, been advertised in London; confequently we have not yet feen it. Our Edinburgh correfpondent however may depend on its being noticed in our Journal when we have procured the book. S+S We have perufed the monitory reflexions' of HUMA NUS, with fatisfaction. The plan of our Review would not permit our infertion of them; but we have endeavoured to extend their circulation, through the channel of a refpectable Evening Paper. *We have, alas! been too often reminded, that the office of a Reviewer (whatever may become of his works) is by no means an exemption from Mortality. We |