Cautions and Reflections on Canine Madness; with the Method of preventing the Hydrophobia in Persons who have been bitten. By George Lipscomb, Surgeon, 8vo. pp. 21. Price 1s. 6d. Budd. London, 1807. A slight essay, intended principally to put the public on its guard against the pretences of specifics. The author agrees with Dr. Moseley that caustics offer the best mode of treatment; and that lapis infernalis is the most advantageous. We are of opinion that instantaneous treatment is of the utmost importance; and that, whoever has presence of mind to suck the part wounded immediately as the wound is inflicted, applies the most effectual medicament. We speak on our own knowledge of such instances; and this may allay the anxieties of mothers, when their children have suffered such accidents. The virus, were it swallowed, would, in the stomach, excite no disorder: but, indeed, there is no occasion to swallow any thing drawn from the patient. This operation should be continued long enough, and a free discharge from the wound promoted. By this means a cure may be greatly advanced before it is possible for professional assistance to arrive. Triomphe de l'Evangile, Sc The Triumph of the Gospel, or Memoirs of a Man of the World who has renounced the Errors of modern Philosophy. Translated from the 7th edition of the original Spanish. 8vo. 4 vols. Lyons, Bruyset and Co. Paris. Leclerc. A work which has passed through seven editions may be supposed to possess a considerable degree of merit, and its interest is increased by the nature of its subject, whence we derive some insight into the prevailing disposition of the Spanish nation. The author is a Spaniard, who lived in France during the most violent periods of the tempest which desolated that country. He saw what he describes. He supposes a philosopher who had long wandered amid the doctrines of modern sophists, and who had been kurried away by the illusory power of his passions, now forced by unforeseen misfortune, to seek a secret asylum, where, in spite of himself, the proofs of religion which he hears from an ecclesiastic who had given him shelter, sink deeply into his mind. At first he maintains his er rors; but by degrees the force of truth expells them; and his contrition is preceded by reformation. In consequence he determines to render himself useful in that station wherein Providence had placed him. This work is thought to be extended somewhat too far; a more succinct manual would have answered the purpose equally well. It shews, however, the author's familiarity with the motives, abilities, and subterfuges, of the champions of infidelity; and the exposure of these gives equal value and interest to the book, The Fisherman's Hut, in the Highlands of Scotland. With other Poems. By Alexander Yeman, Esq. 12mo. pp. 152. price 5s. Crosby, London, 1807. Hail, gentle Muse! O teach me how to sing, Fledg'd by thy powers, to fly on airy wing; Like thee to please, in mildest, meek controul, Glow thro' the veins, and charm my very soul. When weather-bound, man's providential foe, O wretched state! no teeming vessels here, And sad forebodings shape the solemn bier! Now comes the crimson stream, the knife ob tains, Warm flows the substance from the heifer's veins, Oatmeal commixt with the yet reeking blood; Thus Nature's voice demands the sorry food! Inured to want, with countless cares to know, While welcome death now takes the famish'd cow, Whose blood has long supplied the wretched fast, The cottage friend, and sacrifice at last! A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz. By the Austrian General Stutterheim. Translated from the French by Major Pine Coffin, Assistant Quarter Master General to the British Army. 8vo. pp. 146. price Goddard. London. 1807. We We have read this useful little work with attention, and believe we understand it; but the want of a map of the operations is so great a defect, that we are unable to determine whether the censure passed by the writer on the commander in chief be well founded or not. must, however, praise the management of Bonaparte, who did every thing, by doing nothing till the moment it was necessary, and then he did it effectually. Several practical inferences may be deduced from this detail: in stating which we shall adopt the words of the author. Among the most prominent causes of defeat is placed that folly of never anticipating a check; and of not establishing magazines in the rear; as a consequence of that presumption. To these circumstances it was owing, that the army, while in the position of Olmutz was almost destitute of provisions. It had only been there one day, before it was obliged to have recourse to forced requisitions; a violent expedient, which, by the disorderly manner in which it was executed, had much influence on the discipline of the army, into which a spirit of licentiousness began to insinuate itself from that day forwards. In the then state of politics, the gaining time was, at that moment, nearly of equal importance with the gaining a battle: and, the instant it was decided, not to manœuvre, it became of the highest importance to be enabled to subsist in the position of Olmutz, for the purpose of maintaining it. There still remained countries, from whence it would have been possible to draw provisions; but they were at a distance, and the convoys were obliged to make a long circuit. To this it was necessary to apply a speedy remedy. The officers of the commissariat received orders, incessantly repeated, but never sufficiently urgent, to establish convoys of provisions, with all possible dispatch, upon the different roads; but some of this department wanted both activity and inclination; their systematic conception of things not allowing them to feel the extent of the emergency; while others experienced great embarrassment, from the detention, by the Russians, of a great part of the horses belonging to the country, which were employed in the transport of provisions, and were, in consequence, at a loss for the means of conveyance. p. 37. The bread was plundered on the roads both by the detachments appointed for its escort, and by a number of marauders who followed the army. The strict discipline that ought to have existed was not vigorously maintained, under the pretext, that the army was starving. Relaxation of discipline is always succeeded by excesses, and the licentiousness; attendant upon it, gives full latitude to the disaffected, and to all those who have not courage to support the numerous privations attendant upon modern warfare. It was thought impossible to subsist the army in the position in front of Olmutz, and it was resolved to abandon it, for the purpose of attacking the enemy. p. 39. During the whole night there was no chain of out-posts established in front of the position occupied by the combined army. The out-posts on the left of the allies sent, continually patroles during the night, to their right, in order to establish a communication with the Russian advanced posts, but could never fall in with them. p. 62. An army which fought for want of food, which had not the discretion to establish outposts, which was totally ignorant of the position of the enemy, and of his designs, of course, which had manoeuvred the whole day previous to the battle, under the eye of the enemy, who might count every battalion,-an army which had no central mass, and the columns which were detached from its main body were divergent, and were led by officers who literally adhered to their orders, though when in the presence of the enemy these orders were no longer applicable, must have been victorious by miracle, if at all. We may regret the battle of Austerlitz, but we cannot wonder at its issue. A powerful battery to have protected the centie, with effect, would have prevented the ruin, if not the defeat-no such resource existed. An Index to the History of English Poetry, by Thomas Warton, B.D. Quarto pp. 70 Price 9s. Lackington and Co. 1806. This is a useful companion to Warton: from the nature of it we can do no more than register it, for the advantage of those who possess the valuable work to which it refers. We have no reason to doubt its correctness. The indexes are printed separately, and may be placed to each vo lume at the pleasure of the purchaser. leather straps; FURTHER PARTICULARS RELATING TO. THE DEATH OF LOUIS XVI. To the Editor of the LITERARY PANORAMA. SIR, I have read with great satisfaction the very curious anecdotes you have collected in proof of the prediction of M. de Cazotte, which was found among the papers left by the late M. de la Harpe. Allow me to beg your attention to an extract from Soulavie's History of Louis XVI. describing the particulars of the King's death; which, although not materially differing from the one you have inserted in Panorama, p. 1003, written by the Abbé Edgeworth's sister, yet, perhaps, as farther corroborating the circumstances, may prove not unworthy a place in your entertaining work. Anxiously waiting for your account of the conversion of M. de la Harpe himself to Christianity, as the only thing remaining to complete your interesting history of all the parties concerned, and distinctly mentioned in his paper, I remain, with great respect, B. T. Louis dedicated his last moments to acts of piety and devotion, in which there was neither weakness nor vanity. Those who entertain any friendship for me,' said he to Cléry, ought to rejoice at seeing me arrived at the end of so many sufferings.' He performed his last christian duties with piety and fortitude. As they were leading him to the scene of execution, he recited the prayers appointed for persons in their last moments. On his arrival at the foot of the scaffold, he finished his oraisons, took off his coat and cravat, untied his hair, and opened his shirt to expose his neck and shoulders. He then threw himself on his knees to receive from his confessor the absolution, in articulo mortis. As he rose to ascend the scaffold, his confessor himself fell upon his knees, and exclaimed, as if by inspiration, "Go, son "of St. Louis, ascend to heaven!" rived on the scaffold, Louis looked stedfastly on the instrument of death; one of the executioners tied his hands and cut off his hair: when he said to the people, in an elevated tone of voice, "" I die perfectly innocent of Ar all pretended crimes they have charged me "with, and I forgive my enemies."-Santerre, giving the signal for the drums to beat a roll, replied, "I HAVE NOT BROUGHT YOU HERE TO HARANGUE, BUT TO DIE." The three executioners then seized the person of Louis, and tied him to the instrument with his head was instantly struck off, and held up to the populace amid the cries of Vive la liberté et la république! Several persons having gathered, with pieces of linen, some drops and threads of blood, which fell on the ground and on the scaffold, they afterwards caused a representation of the nails which fixed Christ to the cross, and some sacrés cœurs to be engraved, and coloured them with the blood of Louis. My collection contains several copies of these. The Abbé le Duc, an acknowledged son of Louis XV. and Madame de Cavanac, had the courage to ask the Convention for the body of his uncle. It was, however, carried without a coffin to the burying ground of la Magdelaine, thrown, without any funeral ceremony, into a grave, and covered over with quick lime. We are much obliged to our correspondent for the flattering encomiums he has passed upon us, relative to the pains we have taken in elucidating M. de la Harpe's paper. We do not deny that it was a work of some trouble, but not so much to us as it might have been to others, as we personally knew most of the parties, and have anecdotes in store, never before published, of many others of the mon ster-heroes of that accursed revolution. We are at the same time well aware of the circumstance which M. Soulávie has mentioned, and which was not noticed by Miss Edgeworth, viz. the unmanly expression uttered by the regicide brewer Santerre to his dying Sovereign-nay, farther, it has been our misfortune to know the subaltern wretch who is said to have acted as aid-de-camp on that occasion to Santerre, and who delivered the order" almost with the lightning's speed," for the drums to beat and drown the King's voice, we mean Dugazon, a play-actor, who at that moment was a pensioner of his monarch, as almost all those actors were who belonged to the Théâtre François. We believe that, in this instance, M. Soulavie may be credited as a faithful historian-we have therefore inserted his narrative in compliance with our correspondent's request. But implicit reliance is not on all occasions to be placed on what he says; we shall instance particularly his puerilities against England, and more especially his libels against the muchinjured MARIA-ANTOINETTA, whom he has deeply calumniated, and this we speak of our own knowledge; many interesting anecdotes of whom, of indisputable authority, we are obliged to defer to some future numbers of A Detailed Account of the Battle of Austerlitz. By the Austrian General Stutterheim. Translated from the French by Major Pine Coffin, Assistant Quarter Master General to the British Army. 8vo. pp. 146. price Goddard. London. 1807. We WE have read this useful little work with attention, and believe we understand it; but the want of a map of the operations is so great a defect, that we are unable to determine whether the censure passed by the writer on the commander in chief be well founded or not. must, however, praise the management of Bonaparte, who did every thing, by doing nothing till the moment it was necessary, and then he did it effectually. Several practical inferences may be deduced from this detail in stating which we shall adopt the words of the author. Among the most prominent causes of defeat is placed that folly of never anticipating a check; and of not establishing magazines in the rear; as a consequence of that presumption. To these circumstances it was owing, that the army, while in the position of Olmutz was almost destitute of provisions. It had only been there one day, before it was obliged to have recourse to forced requisitions; a violent expedient, which, by the disorderly manner in which it was executed, had much influence on the discipline of the army, into which a spirit of licentiousness began to insinuate itself from that day forwards. In the then state of politics, the gaining time was, at that moment, nearly of equal importance with the gaining a battle: and, the instant it was decided, not to manœuvre, it became of the highest importance to be enabled to subsist in the position of Olmutz, for the purpose of maintaining it. There still remained countries, from whence it would have been possible to draw provisions; but they were at a distance, and the convoys were obliged to make a long circuit. To this it was necessary to apply a speedy remedy. The officers of the commissariat received orders, incessantly repeated, but never sufficiently urgent, to establish convoys of provisions, with all possible dispatch, upon the different roads; but some of this department wanted both activity and inclination; their systematic conception of things not allowing them to feel the extent of the emergency; while others experienced great embarrassment, from the detention, by the Russians, of a great part of the horses belonging to the country, which were employed in the transport of provisions, and were, in consequence, at a loss for the means of conveyance. p. 37. The bread was plundered on the roads both by the detachments appointed for its escort, and by a number of marauders who followed the army. The strict discipline that ought to have existed was not vigorously maintained, under the pretext, that the army was starv ing. Relaxation of discipline is always succeeded by excesses, and the licentiousness; attendant upon it, gives full latitude to the disaffected, and to all those who have not courage to support the numerous privations attendant upon modern warfare. It was thought impossible to subsist the army in the position in front of Olmutz, and it was resolved to abandon it, for the purpose of attacking the enemy. p. 39. During the whole night there was no chain of out-posts established in front of the posi tion occupied by the combined army. The out-posts on the left of the allies sent, continually patroles during the night, to their right, in order to establish a communication with the Russian advanced posts, but could never fall in with them. p. 62. An army which fought for want of food, which had not the discretion to establish outposts, which was totally ig norant of the position of the enemy, and of his designs, of course, which had ma noeuvred the whole day previous to the battle, under the eye of the enemy, who might count every battalion,-an army which had no central mass, and the columns which were detached from its main body were divergent, and were led by officers who literally adhered to their or ders, though when in the presence of the enemy these orders were no longer applicable, must have been victorious by miracle, if at all. We may regret the battle of Austerlitz, but we cannot wonder at its issue. A powerful battery to have protected the centre, with effect, would have prevented the ruin, if not the defeat-no such resource existed. FURTHER PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE DEATH OF LOUIS XVI. To the Editor of the LITERARY PANORAMA. SIR, I have read with great satisfaction the very curious anecdotes you have collected in proof of the prediction of M. de Cazotte, which was found among the papers left by the late M. de la Harpe. Allow me to beg your attention to an extract from Soulavie's History of Louis XVI. describing the particulars of the King's death; which, although not materially differing from the one you have inserted in Panorama, p. 1003, written by the Abbé Edgeworth's sister, yet, perhaps, as farther corroborating the circumstances, may prove not unworthy a place in your entertaining work. Anxiously waiting for your account of the conversion of M. de la Harpe himself to Christianity, as the only thing remaining to complete your interesting history of all the parties concerned, and distinctly mentioned in his paper, I remain, with great respect, B. T. Louis dedicated his last moments to acts of piety and devotion, in which there was neither weakness nor vanity. Those who entertain any friendship for me,' said he to Cléry, ought to rejoice at seeing me arrived at the end of so many sufferings.' He performed his last christian duties with piety and fortitude. As they were leading him to the scene of execution, he recited the prayers appointed for persons in their last moments.— On his arrival at the foot of the scaffold, he finished his oraisons, took off his coat and cravat, untied his hair, and opened his shirt to expose his neck and shoulders. He then threw himself on his knees to receive from his confessor the absolution, in articulo mortis. As he rose to ascend the scaffold, his confessor himself fell upon his knees, and exclaimed, as if by inspiration, Go, son "of St. Louis, ascend to heaven!" Arrived on the scaffold, Louis looked stedfastly on the instrument of death; one of the executioners tied his hands and cut off his hair: when he said to the people, in an elevated tone of voice, "I die perfectly innocent of all pretended crimes they have charged me "with, and I forgive my enemies."-Santerre, giving the signal for the drums to beat a roll, replied, "I HAVE NOT BROUGHT YOU 66 HERE TO HARANGUE, BUT TO DIE." The three executioners then seized the person of Louis, and tied him to the instrument with leather straps; his head was instantly struck off, and held up to the populace amid the cries of Vive la liberté et la république ! Several persons having gathered, with pieces of linen, some drops and threads of blood, which fell on the ground and on the scaffold, they afterwards caused a representation of the nails which fixed Christ to the cross, and some sacrés cœurs to be engraved, and coloured them with the blood of Louis. My collection contains several copies of these. The Abbé le Duc, an acknowledged son of Louis XV. and Madame de Cavanac, had the cou-rage to ask the Convention for the body of his uncle. It was, however, carried without a coffin to the burying ground of la Magdelaine, thrown, without any funeral ceremony, into a grave, and covered over with quick lime. We are much obliged to our correspondent for the flattering encomiums he has passed upon us, relative to the pains we have taken in elucidating M. de la Harpe's paper. We do not deny that it was a work of some trouble, but not so much to us as it might have been to others, as we personally knew most of the parties, and have anecdotes in store, never before published, of many others of the monster-heroes of that accursed revolution. We are at the same time well aware of the circumstance which M. Soulávie has mentioned, and which was not noticed by Miss Edgeworth, viz. the unmanly expression uttered by the regicide brewer Santerre to his dying Sovereign-nay, farther, it has been our misfortune to know the subaltern wretch who is said to have acted as aid-de-camp on that occasion to Santerre, and who delivered the order" almost with the lightning's speed," for the drums to beat and drown the King's voice, we mean Dugazon, a play-actor, who at that moment was a pensioner of his monarch, as almost all those actors were who belonged to the Théâtre François. We believe that, in this instance, M. Soulavie may be credited as a faithful historian-we have therefore inserted his narrative in compliance with our correspondent's request. But implicit reliance is not on all occasions to be placed on what he says; we shall instance particularly his puerilities against England, and more especially his libels against the muchinjured MARIA-ANTOINETTA, whom he has deeply calumniated, and this we speak of our own knowledge; many interesting anecdotes of whom, of indisputable authority, we are obliged to defer to some future numbers of |