Lite# arv Character ist i c?al Catalogue.For May, 1786.An Enquiry info the principal Phenomena of founds and Mufical Strings. By Matthew Young, B. D. Trinity Coll ge, Dublin.In this ingenious production, there are fomonew and excellent obfervatiuns. In U, likcwife, there is a Icientilic dii'cujlion of fever.d curious queflions in harmonics.Anecdote* of the late Dr. Samuel Johnfon. L. L. IX during the Lift 20 Years ot ins Life.By Helter Lynch Piozzi.As this writer was frequently favour'll with Dr. John Ion's converl.it ion, m.i« !i entcrtainm- nt was expelled from her anecdotes ; h u many haw ccn great y dilappoir.ted. The volume contains few anecdotes of the Doctor’s life, no regular converfirion of any length, and fcarcc any remarks, that will he dtcmed important or uf !’mL To point out all the parts of theft* anecdotes which hiendfliip would have fupprcftcd, were an e|!y but tedious office. '1 he preface is auk ward ly fex-prefT-d, and the paragraphs fecm not 10 belong to one another.#■* i oa nc rwf If*- P. ---- XT____ T5 . ^-1