State, to the Divinity of personal decoration. The edicts of this goddess she announces, and registers_monthly, in the "Records of Fashion and Court Elegance," Price 4s. 6d. per number, beautifully coloured. Mr. W*st*n, Tailor to his

Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters: By a Connoisseur, With a Preface and Notes, pantological and pantogelastical. By Piydu Dividos. Crown 8vo. pp. 148. Price 4s. 6d. Lon-R. H. the P. of W. having (as in duty don: Oddy, 1808.

and gallantry bound) yielded the pas to What can we think, now, of an author, the lady, is introduced in the second who, before he is able to get through the place: then follow Messrs. H*by and three Introductions prefixed to this little H*mby, Bootmakers to their R. H's. &c. sprite of a volume, meditates his own ---and lastly Mr. O*kl*y, Cabinet-maker death? It is true, that he takes advantage and Upholsterer. Such are the "Public of this meditation to favour the editors of Characters" selected, and attempted to be the Reviews, monthly, quarterly, and described in the best manner of certain annual, with sundry bequests,-forming Characteristic pens, by Mr. Ριγδυμ Φυννίδος no real estate, if we understand him "Pleasant but wrong: Public Characrightly, while his personals are continued ters," says the infinitely ingenious Mr. rightly, while his personals are continued Shift to the exquisitely dexterous Mr. by a second pen. Nothing could be more Shuffle, "Public Characters should not à propos than the legacy he has left to the be sported with" and to punish this LITERARY PANORAMA;* for it hap-author for his presumption and temerity pened that our-printing-office, about the time he designed us this favour, was plundered of every dictionary, valuable and invaluable, within reach of a devil and would but our author be civil and oblige us, by dying like a man of honour, with all due dispatch, we might console ourselves by a post obit, and dry up our fears for his loss, if his kindness enabled us so speedily to forget our own. Alas! we have received no black-margined summons to attend his funeral, nor so much as a pair of undertaker's gloves (the critic's fee, as a friendly hand, kind rea der, time immemorial!) We suspect that our learned author has taken advice of his pillow, and improving on second thoughts, has adjourned his decease sine die: at least

Until to-morrow comes defers his fate.
-Sed grave tardus

Expectare colos

What then is the object of his book
To imitate the inimitable, and to equal the
unequalled. His "Public Characters"
are Alrs. F*ske, M-1l-ner and Dr-ss-
mker, whose renown is circulated with
minite complacency among the votaries of
fashion, and whose talents are eminently
conspicuous as the Prime Ministeress
no, we beg pardon, as Secretaryess of

To the Literary Panorama,-I give and
bequeath my Latin and Greek Dictionaries,
together with my Russian, Coptic, Hindos
fanee, and other useful Grammars.
p. xxxviii.

the insurrection of vanity which has taken in thus sporting with them, and "to quell place in his soul," we sentence him to. sufferings to which those of Tantalus

were but shadows of a shade.

On the part of the original author, whose laudable labours he attempts to render ludicrous-" the attempt with out the deed "(Shakespeare, hem!) - we adjudge him to all the terrors of a hauntGuildhall dinners and city festivities;ed imagination-incessant hankerings after. endless visions of gold chains, painted. chariots, be-laced footmen, and be-rib-. boned horses; the perpetual buzz in his to an ideal knighthood,--not merited by ears of a temporary title of office, and so much of martial emprize as amounts to the watching of his arms by night, in an enchanted castle, like the valorous Don Quixote, but conferred by "unhacked rapier, and on carpet consideration."

On the part of Mrs. F*ske, we enjoin his wife (if he have one, of which we confess our doubts) to teaze him vivace et larghetto-de die in diem, and likewise, de notte in noctem, for the most expensive articles of her publication, that have received the fiat of fashion;"whether a Deiopéan cap, an Egerian tucker, an Arragonian mantle, or a robe à la Patriote (for a ridicule she never can be at a loss).-May her discontented fancy brood over the mortification of being unable to obtain the last new-fashioned bonnet devised by Mrs. F*ke, and

to

sanctioned by her privy council;-while
the soft whispers of her grievances, strike
his astonished ear, like, those tremulous
reverberations which terrify the country
looby, when " bang goes the door"
the Whispering Gallery at St. Paul's.
For lack of Mr. W*st*n's assistance
and dexterity, his own appearance shall
be pronounced a bore, hooted at as a quiz,
shunned as a codger, scrutinized as a
relic of Babel, and commented on as a
specimen of the contents of Noah's Ark.
-His very boots (not manufactured by
Mr. H*by; No, No:) shall do justice on
his sole, (if he have one that can feel)
shall compress his toes, sprain his ancle,
and dislocate his calf, till his looks betray
his sufferings, con spirito, and his pallid
countenance be commensurate in length
and confusion to that of a Rt. Hon. Secre-
tary suddenly called to receive the first
formal visit of a long-winded plenipoten
tiary, who meditates a complaint to his
master of all how and about it, in order
to justify a declaration of war, between
two nations whose true policy is peace.

As to Mr. O*kl*y we leave him to take his own measures: but, as a man of spirit, we expect he will refuse this transgressor the luxury of a fashionable fauteuil; and instead of a bed of down, on which to repose-but what repose can he enjoy who has traduced such eminent "Public Characters!"

has his fashion; philosophy is in fashion; ships, colonies, and commerce," are in fashion; all that formed the ancient gloties of Greece and Rome, ALL THAT IS ELEVATED AND HONOURABLE, HAS LONG BEEN FASHIONABLE IN BRITAIN !"What can be equally exhilarating to a genuine patriot?Is it possible that Buonaparte can have any hope of success against an island so well defended? "It is this enchanting crown which calls forth the exertion of all the powers of the human mind, and which rewards with fame and emolument the enterprize of talent and wisdom." Bravo! Bravissimo! All this on the "Buenos Ayres court dress," and the "Beguine mantle, cap, and veil!" But we trust, that a longer immortality (for Mrs. F*ske has immortalities, as she has robes, of different lengths), will attend the robe à l'Espagnole, the "Asturian dress," the "Biscayan transparency," and the "Ferrol dancing dress with Castanets!" On what our confidence is founded, we shall enable our readers to determine.. [Hear! Hear!]" Let the snowy bosom then, for a moment unoppressed with diamonds, have room to heave in transport at the success of the brave warriors, in whose hands is fortuitously placed the cause of human kind! and wear no other brilliants than those eyes which will shed sacred pearls to reward the defenders of humanity!". What an exquisite effusion! What are the Resolutions adopted by any body. corporate in comparison with this?

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But we must not part with Mrs. F*ske without complimenting the public with a specimen of her labours: not that we mean to offer any criticism on her "Re- Vive the "ball dress à la Patriote ! cords of Fashion," as distinguished from, -"confined with a patriotic sash : and prodigiously superior to, "the petty the "Spanish hat, which has received. detail of the Fashions : "—No, no: on the considerable attractions in the hands of contrary, we rejoice to find that the eyes Messrs." with "the variety of eleof the British fair are destined to "brighten gant novelties, which have been lately under new adornments," derived from invented and prepared by the tasteful hand the belles of Spain, that the " Spanish of Miss, -, in addition to her cele hat and mantle are already prominent; brated chapeau mantelet, her tunique à la also "the Biscayan veil bonnet,-an As Vendangere!" and "her dignified adopturian vest, in the care of an elegant tions from the age of Nell Gwynn, (Ú! fancy, to adapt itself to the present in-fie! Miss!) as well as the tempoclination of the waist; and an Andalu- rary circumstances of the mantelet à la sian robe to afford an opportunity of Castellane: a description of which," we uniting splendour and taste in no ordinary are told," is rendered useless by the asdegree." But let our patriotism find its siduous attention with which she commuenjoyinent nearer home: for it gives us nicates the originals to her visitors."--—infinite pleasure to learn, in spite of the" The warm weather has also given rise aspersious of certain queer and crabbed "doctors of the Stoic fur," that "the minister of state, and even of the Deity,

to much taste in the Garb du Soleil of Messrs.." How unlucky that we happened to be out of town during this

Icelander, to the Moor, the Turk, and the Hindoo. Who lays under contribution Homer, Virgil, Ovid,the Heathen Pantheon,-and yes,indeed, the Bible !-Yet, after all these immense acquirements, exquisite refinements, and extensive researches, "with too much diffidence," (we use her own words to a correspondent, for we must find something to blame in Mrs. F.) she describes her exertions as feeble," and her selective powers as the hand which only attempts to bind together a wild wreath of mingled flow◄ ers."

warm weather aforesaid, and never so
much as heard of this Garb du Soleil till
the lawer temperature of the atmosphere
had rendered it perfectly inapplicable!
After all, we feel some reluctance on the
part and behalf of honest John Bull, in
suffering this profusion of French nomen-
clature and we think it our duty to re-
commend to those who watch over the
execution of the Alien Bill, to banish
these Gallic appellations, as a part of that
extensive espionnage which is directed"
by the enemy of all good to assume every
variety of shape, that he may ensnare by
his wiles the incautious beauties of Britain.
To the Frenchifications of this learned
lady, then, we own we do object; but
her English is proof against all objections:
we have wearied ourselves in attempting to
discover the smallest blemishes of senti-
ment, construction, or diction, in the fol-
lowing paragraphs: and after our keenest
critical reading-glass has been exercised
in vain, we presume, that we may lay
them in full confidence before our readers.

"To this, the only attempt hitherto made, to give permanence to those more important occurrences in the higher spheres and gay circles of British society, which must be cousidered events in the History of Manners, the assistance of all, whose opportunities, either as actors in, or contributors to, the World of Fashion, who can appreciate such a purpose, is most respectfully solicited, and will be gratefully and attentively received!......These, with their various relations, are the subjects on which authentic information is requested, and of which it is proposed to furnish a liberal and interesting account;-as far as it shall be enabled by the most strenuous exertions of the Editor, with whatever aid he may be afforded, to repress the malignance of vulgar prejudice, aid genius, and preserve those fleeting circumstances of a period of the highest refinement, the recollection of which endears, and often elevates human nature, and the knowledge of which in past ages has been ardently desired by the historian of past ages, and the philosopher.”

An Analysis of Country Dancing, where, in are displayed all the Figures ever used in Country Dances, in a Way so easy and familiar that Persons of the meanest Capa city may in a short Time acquire (without the Aid of a Master) a complete Know ledge of that rational and polite Amusement. To which are added, Instructions for Dancing some entire new Reels, toge ther with the Rules, Regulations, and complete Etiquette, of the Ball Room. By T. Wilson, Dancing-master, from the King's Theatre, Opera House. Dedicated, by Permission, to Madame Deshayes, Principal Dancer at the King's Theatre, Opera House. Embellished and illustrated with Engravings on. Wood, by J. BerryPocket Size; price 7s. 6d. Dutton,

man.

London, 1808.

Ah! sure a pair were never seen

So justly form'd to meet by Nature, as that Mrs. F*ske and this Mr. Wilson! We trust, that we are doing no inconsiderable service to the elegances and graces, and fashionables, of the polite world in thus bringing them together. A very learned musician has told us (vide Panorama, Vol. I. p. 992) that music is the language of the celestial world; and we know sufficiently well that to the Let them stand confuted-those crabbed music of the spheres the planets dance: critics! who have affected to calumniate the they form the chorus; and in imitation of truly genteel style of this truly genteel them, say our sages, the dancing parties lady a lady who is (either personally, or of that country which (we transcribe by deputy) acquainted with the whole from Mr. Wilson)" gave birth to Hohis ry of ancient nations, and person-mer, Zeuxis, Praxiteles, Apelles, Soages, from Adam-no, from Eve-to Queen Semiramis, and the present period: who examines every nation, from the Greenlander, the Laplander and the

crates, and Demosthenes," performed as well as they could, and as the absence of modern improvements permitted, the fa shionable reels, and country dances, of the

To MADAME DESHAYES, Principal Dancer at the King's Theatre, Opera House. Madam-Your approbation of my hamble efforts is a reward, I fear, beyond my just deserving; for whether I reflect on the Le maître à danser.-Il n'y a rien qui elegance of your taste, the brilliancy of your soit si nécessaire aux hommes, que la danse. talents, your goodness of heart, or suavity of....Sans la danse, un homme ne sauroit rien manners, I am equally wrapt in admiration, and can scarcely reconcile a belief, that I am entitled to such EXALTED PATRONAGE.

Thus when we contemplate that those glorious plains which gave birth to Honer, mind, would bring conviction, that a prodi But a moment's thought, to a reflecting Zeuxis, Praxiteles, Apelles, Socrates, and Demosthenes, have been gladdened in their ga, like a moth near a candle, is sure to bring on his own destruction; flitting from days with the lively steps of DANCING, can we for a moment hesitate to join in an amuseone scene of voluptuousness to another, still iment held in such high estimation from the very instant he thinks he has arrived at the viewing felicity through false optics, till the earliest period of antiquity to the present day? zenith of his enjoyments, like the poor moth, We have, too, in modern times, the authority of the GREAT Buchan, who particu-ed in his hopes, and for ever lost. he is plunged into an abyss of misery, blast Larly recommends DANCING, and riding, as highly conducive to preserve a healthy con