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 one fourth part. The ingenious author, from this specimen, appears to possess resources adequate to the extent and importance of his subject."—Monthly Mirror for August 1799.

"To accomplish with success a design such as that which Mr. Thomson has conceived, not only considerable poetic talents are requisite, but a fund of classical learning, nice taste, and a discriminating judgment. We think that, with some limitations, Mr. Thomson has manifested valid claims to these qualities; and that, on the whole, this portion of his work is executed with a degree of ability which entitles it to public patronage."—Monthly Review, October 1800.

5. POEMS, by Ann Bannerman, small 8vo.—Price 5s. boards.

6. VERSES, SOCIAL AND DOMESTIC, by George Hay Drummond, A. M. 1 vol. small 8vo.—Price 7s. boards.

"The highly accomplished and respectable author has with great diffidence entitled his publication Verses: but these verses are derived from a higher lineage than many poems of far prouder boast. They are highly finished miniature representations of domestic life, at various seasons, and deserve to be placed as cabinet pictures in every family apartment.

"We should delight in selecting much from this estimable as-