1782. 3 LETTERS from an American farmer; describing certain provincial situations, manners, and customs, not generally known; and conveying some idea of the late and present interior circumstances of the British colonies in North America. Written for the information of a friend in England. By J. Hector St. John, a farmer in Pennsylvania. Davis, 8vo. pp. 318. A writer in the Edinburgh Review (said to be Mr. Hazlitt) allows this to be one of the few well written works produced by American authors. A more liberal English writer had done justice to it nearly half a century before. An article in the Monthly Review, for June 1782, and continued in the numbers for August and October, probably first directed the attention of Mr. Hazlitt to this work. The Monthly Reviewer concludes his long article, by saying that this work will be read with pleasure "by those who are admirers of natural, easy composition, where truth and simplicity unite with good sense to furnish the philosophic enquirer with rational amusement and useful information.” M. Hector St. John de Crevecœur was a native of Normandy, who went to the British colonies at the age of sixteen, and became a naturalized American. Having established himself on a farm near the frontiers of the colonies, he became one of the first victims of the war of independence, the Indian allies of Great Britain setting fire to and destroying his estate. He wrote his letters during the different epochs of the war in English. Returning afterwards to France, he translated them into French, in which language they were printed, in 1784 and 1787. 4 THE CONSTITUTIONS of the several independent States of America; the declaration of Independence; the articles of Confederation between the States; the treaties between H. M. C. M. and the United States of America. Published by order of Congress. 8vo. Philadelphia. Reprinted in London, for Stockdale, &c. "This interesting publication contains a greater portion of unsophisticated wisdom and good sense, than is perhaps to be met with in any other legislative code that was ever yet framed. It is, in short, the book which may be considered as the MAGNA CHARTA of the United American States." M.R. Reprinted in 1783, for J. Walker. 5 A CONCISE ACCOUNT of voyages for the discovery of a North West passage. Undertaken for finding a new way to the East Indies. With reflections on the practicability of gaining 6 AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in H. M.'s ships Resolution and Discovery, during the year 1776-80, in search of a N. W. passage between the continents of Asia and America. Including a faithful account of their discoveries, and the unfortunate death of Captain Cook. Illustrated with a chart, and a variety of cuts. By W. Ellis, assistant-surgeon to both Robinson, vessels. 8vo. 2 vols. 7 THE NEW AND IMPARTIAL universal history of North and South America, and of the present Transatlantic war. Containing, &c. &c. &c. By Charles Henry Arnold, esq. late of Philadelphia, now of Burlington street. 12mo. Hogg, A catchpenny work with a very long title, not worth transcribing. 8 NARRATIVE of a shipwreck on the Island of Cape Breton, in a voyage from Quebec, 1780. By S. W. Prentiss, ensign of the 84th regiment of Foot. Richardson, 12mo. An interesting narrative, related with moderation and good sense; several times reprinted. In 9 OBSERVATIONS and reflections on an Act passed in the year 1774 for the settlement of the province of Quebec. tended to have been then printed for the use of the electors of Great Britain, but now first published. By a Country Gentleman. 8vo. pp. 39. Stockdale, 10 THE HISTORY of the second ten years of the reign of George 8vo. The most important part of this work is that which relates to the com- 1782. at impartiality, and no where discovers the zeal of a partizan. He is neither a determined Whig, nor a pertinacious Tory, but seems to have made it a rule to steer a middle course. This volume is intended as a continuation to the history of the first ten years of the reign of George III., written apparently by a different author. 11 A VIEW OF THE HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN during the administration of Lord North, to the second session of the fifteenth Parliament. In two parts. With statements of the public expenditure in that period. 8vo. Wilkie, The first part was published in the preceding year, under the title of the 12 NARRATIVE of Lieut.-gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B., relative 8vo. and Ill success is the parent of accusation, exculpation, and recrimination; in this detail Sir Henry Clinton acquits himself of all share in Lord Cornwallis's misfortune; leaving that general to answer for misconceptions of the orders sent him, and for the choice of the post he was reduced to surrender. For the reply to this narrative, see No. 28, 1783. 13 CUI BONO? or an inquiry, what benefits can arise either to the English or the Americans, the French, Spaniards, or Dutch, from the greatest victories or successes in the present war? Being a series of letters, addressed to, Mons. Necker, late controller-general of the finances of France. By Josiah Tucker, D.D. Dean of Glocester. Cadell, 8vo. The Dean says that no sooner shall the Americans have established their independency, than they will be enslaved by their present rulers, the members of Congress, who will govern them with a rod of iron. The moment they are at peace with England, they will quarrel among themselves, and, with the fury of famished wolves, they will endeavour to tear each other in pieces. Nay, farther; in the course of a few years, those whom by their violence or their crimes they had compelled to migrate into the interior parts of the continent, will, after the manner of the Asiatic and European Tartars, invade them with a numerous and irresistible body of cavalry! 14 CONSIDERATIONS on the Attorney-General's proposition for a 1782. Bill for the establishment of peace with America. Member of Parliament. 8vo. By an old Debrett, This writer is anxious for peace, but considers that it would be a degradation to the country for the offer to come from Parliament. 15 THE DECLARATION and address of H. M.'s suffering loyalists to the people of America. Quarto. " Becket, Many readers on our side the Atlantic will perhaps consider this manifesto as the last effort of expiring loyalty in North America. It pretends to be the resolve of MANY in all the provinces never to submit to the usurped dominion of the CONGRESS, who are stigmatised as a set of tyrants, whose government is not less intolerable than illegal. The editor says that this tract had a very extensive circulation through the colonies, notwithstanding the endeavours of Congress to suppress it." M.R. 16 CONSOLATORY THOUGHTS On American independence; shewing the great advantages that will arise from it to the manufactures, the agriculture, and commercial interest of Britain and Ireland. Published for the benefit of the Orphan hospital at Edinburgh. By a Merchant. Edinburgh. 8vo. This writer, in his representation of the advantages that will be derived from a general freedom of trade to all the American ports, has proved himself a much better prophet than Dean Tucker. See No. 13. 17 TWO MEMORIALS, not originally intended for publication, now published; with an explanatory preface. By Governor Pownall. 8vo. Dodsley, In these memorials the governor offered his services to undertake the negotiation of an indefinite truce, as a preliminary to a treaty of peace. But some of H. M.'s ministers not agreeing to the measure of opening any such negotiation with the persons referred to as being authorised by the Americans to treat for peace, the memorials were delivered back, and never presented to the king. 18 CONSIDERATIONS on the American war, under the following heads:--American independency-Pursuit of the war-War of ports-Plan of operations-French policy. By Joseph Williams, Esq. Quarto. Hookham, 1782. The author served four years in America as a military officer. He recom- 19 FABRICIUS: or, letters to the people of Great Britain, on the 8vo. Mr. Galloway again! 20 A PLAN of reconciliation with America, consistent with the dignity and interest of both countries. Humbly addressed to the King. 8vo. Coghlan, This plan yields to America everything but the word independency. 21 THE PANGS of a patriot, expressed in a letter to a nobleman, Walker, "If the nobleman to whom this letter is addressed hath received from it no more entertainment or instruction than it hath afforded to us, his lordship will not be violently disposed to encourage a continuance of the correspondence." M.R. By 22 REMARKS On Lord Howe's Extraordinary Gazette. Nauticus. As published in a Morning Paper of Nov. 11, 1782. Sibthorp, 8vo. pp. 20. 23 THE INTEREST OF GREAT BRITAIN with regard to her American colonies considered. To which is added, an appendix, containing the outlines of a plan for a general pacification. By James Anderson, M.A. author of Observations on the means of exciting a spirit of national industry, &c. 8vo. Cadell, The object of the author of this pamphlet is to shew "that the American colonies, instead of promoting the trade and manufactures of Great Britain, have tended in a most powerful manner to depress them. That, instead of adding strength and stability to the empire, they have necessarily weakened it to a great degree, and exposed it to the most imminent danger. That therefore the settling of these colonies at first was unwise, and the subsequent encouragement that was given them highly impolitic." |
