MISCELLANEOUS COMMUNICATIONS from CORRESPONDENTS, MEMOIRS of DISTINGUISHED PERSONS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, ANECDOTES, &C. POETRY. LITERARY and PHILOSOPHICAL INTELLIGENCE. REVIEW of the NEW MUSIC. of the FINE ARTS. LIST of NEW BOOKS and IMPORTATIONS. LISTS of BANKRUPTCIES and DIVIDENDS. in the Geographical Order of the Counties. of AGRICULTURE, &c. of the WEATHER. VOL. XI. PART I. FOR 1801. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, inclusive. LONDON: PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, No. 71, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD: (Price Twelve Shillings half-bound.) [J. ADLARD, PRINTER, DUKE-STREET, WEST-SMITHFIELD] MONTHLY No. 69. THE 43. MAGAZINE. FEBRUARY 1, 1801. [No. 1. of VOL. 11. On the 28th Day of January was published, the SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBER to the Tenth Vo me of the MONTHLY MAGAZINE, containing A comprehenfive Retrospect of the Progres BRITISH LITERATURE during the last fix Months—and fimilar Retrospects of GERMAN, and FRENCH LITERATURE; with INDEXES, TITLE, &c. ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. For the Monthly Magazine. La accurate ACCOUNT of the PRESENT STATE of the FRENCH REPUBLIC. (Continued from page 492 of our laft Number.) PUBLIC BUILDINGS. T would be impoffible to enumerate all the particular buildings which deferve notice; I fhall therefore content myself with a few, a very few of those principally to which the Revolution has given birth. In the Rue des Petits Auguftins, Citizen Lenoir has, by order of government, difpofed and decorated, with exquifite taste, the ci-devant Convent des Petits Auguftins for the reception of all the monuments of French fculpture which have been difplaced by the Vandalism (to use a French phrafe) of the earlier periods of the Revolution. They are arranged in the cloisters and in the different apartments according to their respective centuries. The effect is charming <<Where awful arches make a noon-day night, "And the dim windows fhed a folemn light." POPE. Pantheon.-The Pantheon is an elegant and taperb structure, deftined to receive and preferve the afhes of the illuftrious French, who do honour to their country, either by their writings or exploits. It is not yet finished; but to judge from its preLent advanced state, a very few months of peace will ferve to complete it. Cabinet of Natural Hiftory.-The arrangement of this cabinet, begun by the celebrated Buffon, is still in its infancy. A molt ipacious room is, however, prepared for a collection of natural history, which promiles to outdo every thing of the kind. The cabinet of minerals is in the fame building, and is, I fancy, allowed to be the first in Europe. Adjoining this building are the Jardins des Plantes, which are kept with proper care and attention. But amongit the curious and interefting, although not amongst the new, buildings of Paris, let me not forget the chemical and mineral cabinet of Mr. Lefage, at the Monnaie. I believe for justMONTHLY MAG. No. 69. nefs of taste and elegance of design there is not its equal. National Library.-This library was in former times allowed to equal, if not excel, every other collection now extant, It is now fo much enriched by the spoils of Venice, Florence, and Rome, that it is fcarcely in the power of words to convey an idea of its value. I fhould have employed fome part of my time in tran fcribing the written but imperfect catalogue of the new manufcripts, had I not been told by M. De La Porte du Thiel (Confervateur de la Bibliotheque) that a detailed account will be printed in the next volume of the "Notices des Manufcrits," which will appear in the course of the winter. I need now only ftate, that the French felected 500 Greek and Latin MSS. from the Vatican and 230 from the Library of St. Marc at Venice, 70, (our of 300, the original number granted by the treaty) having been exchanged for a beautiful gem of Jupiter Aigiochus, which is now in the public library at Paris. In fpeaking upon this fubject I cannot resist the pleasure of acknowledging my obligations to the gentlemen who are intrusted with the care and direction of the national the "Confervateurs de la Bilibrary bliotheque Nationale," as it is justly called by way of eminence. I do not believe that the world can produce men better qualified for their important duty than Meffrs. De La Porte du Thiel, Lagrande, Langles, and Millin, men who unite with the most eafy and obliging manners the rareft talents and the profoundeft learning. As a ftranger, as an Englishman, I was literally overpowered with their civility. This library is open every morning from ten till two: during which time every perfon who has accefs to it is indulged with the ufe of whatever books or manufcripts he requires. Bibliotheque de l'Arfenal.-I may dif mils this library with faying, that it contains a most extenfive and valuable collection of printed books, but very few manufcripts. National Inflitute.-A fubject fomewhat connected with the above is the N ti B Not more than THREE volumes shall be taken out at the same time, and no Books shall be permitted to be taken or used, but by the owner of share or his family. FINES are incurred, for each volume retained above five weeks, 17 cents per week; for the abuse of Books, the value of the book when new. If any book be lost, the same must be replaced by a similar volume, or by paying the current price of a new volume; if it be part of -set the remainder must be taken, paying the current price of a new set. Two DOLLARS assessment must be paid previous to the delivery of any Books after the annual meeting. ALL BOOKS must be returned into the Library, ten days previous to the annual meeting, which is always on the seoond Friday of June, ir pection; fine for non-compliance is $1. Books must be called for by their numbers, and not by their titles. THE LIBRARY is opened every Tuesday Thursday, and Saturday afternoon, from 3 to 6, in summer, and 3 to 5, in winter; also every Satu. day forenoon, from 10 to 1 o'clock. No PERSON shall be allowed to go within the railing, or to take down any Book, without the special leave of the Librarian. The present price of a share, is $25, subject to an assessment of $2 a year. |