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fragments of six orations of Cicero, and of eight speeches of Symmachus,—ninety-six Latin epistles to and from Fronto, with two books "de Orationibus," several fragments, and seven epistles written in Greek,—fragments of Plautus, and some commentaries on Terence,—the complete oration of Isæus, de hereditate Cleonymi, of which before we possessed about one-third,—an oration of Themistius,—and lastly, an epitome of part of the Antiquitates Romanæ of Dionysius Halicarnessensis, extending from the year of the city 315 to the year 685, which is valuable, inasmuch as this portion of the original work is not known to exist. We may judge of the labour which M. Mai has undergone in his researches, when we are told that all these relics (with the exception of the oration of Isæus) were elicited from what are called palimpsesti, or rescripti, that is, ancient MSS., which, from motives of economy, had been partly effaced, and then used by the Monks, in the middle ages, on which to transcribe the works of a very different description of writers. His discoveries, the Reviewers add, "are curious and interesting to the classical antiquary, but they are not of that importance which the learned editor attaches to them; nor do they satisfy the expectations which the first intelligence of them had excited in our minds."—M. Mai is preparing for publication, a fac-simile of a very ancient MS., containing about 800 lines of the Iliad, with paintings illustrative of the descriptions of the poem. On one side of the leaf of this MS., which is of parchment, are the paintings, on the reverse the poetry; but this reverse had been covered with silk paper, on which are written some scholia, and the arguments of some books of the Iliad. M. Mai separated the paper from the parchment; which last, he thinks, was written on at least 1400 years ago.

3. Narrative of a residence in Ireland, during the summer of 1814, and that of 1815. By Anne Plumptre:—A work which the Reviewers, apparently forgetful of the nec deus intersit, &c. of a very competent judge in matters of criticism, have thought it worth their while to hold up to scorn and ridicule.

4. Travels in Brazil. By Henry Koster. This is a condensed, though sometimes sufficiently minute, account of what the book contains. The Reviewers tell us what course the traveller took, what he saw and did, and some of the incidental observations which he made on the appearance of the country, and on the condition of the various races of its population. The most interesting features in the state of society seem to be, the ignorance and superstition of all classes—the feeble administration of the laws—and that hospitality to strangers, which is one of the characteristics of a thinly peopled agricultural country, abounding in the necessaries of life, and uncontaminated by the selfishness and luxuries of the higher stages of civilization and refinement. The inhabitants of the provinces are said to be greatly superior, in their moral character and in their habits, to their Spanish neighbours. Slavery, it would appear, assumes a mild form in Brazil; though the inhumanity with which the Portuguese carry on the slave-trade is well known to have imprinted an indelible stain on the national character. Praise is liberally bestowed on the Jesuits for their efforts in behalf of the Indians, who are said to have now, in many places, relapsed into barbarism.—That which is particularly interesting to this country, especially since recent events have promised to effect a very important change in the American possessions of Portugal, as well as of Spain, is the growing demand for British manufactures, and the freedom of intercourse which an enlightened policy may be expected to ensure. Both the author and the Reviewers assure us of this increasing demand for our commodities, several years before the present revolutionary movements began in Portuguese America; and there is sxifficient evidence in the account which Koster has given us of his progress through the provinces, for a course of upwards of 1000 miles, that this demand must, for a long period, be limited only by the means which the people have of purchasing. All that refines and embellishes life is wanted in Brazil; but the want will be generally felt, and the means of supplying it extensively diffused, by a liberal and independent government, in a country, the natural resources of which are incalculable. The Reviewer gives us very little information about Koster himself, except thnt he resided several