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to come to the adult Hate of bon fievre avec redoublements, fo feelingly celebrated by Moliere's phyfician. Thofe of the mobility and gentry who with further information concerning this febrifuge, may apply to the inventor, R. White, in New Bord treet.

Art. 43. An Inquiry into the Nature of the Venereal Poison, and the Remedies made ufe of to prevent its Effects, principally with refpect to Lotions, Unguents, Pomades, and Injections By J. Clubbe, Surgeon, of Ipfwich. 8vo. 2 5. Longman. 1782. The defign of this work is, by a train of reafoning, adapted to perfons not of the medical profeffion, to eftablish just notions of the manner in which the venereal poison enters the body, and of the hazard and inefficacy of every external application to prevent or remove it. The Author's defign appears to be very laudable, and the execution of it fhews him to be a man of fenfe and information. It may be doubted, however, whether fome of his physiological reasonings are not too confidently made for the ftate of our knowledge of the minuteft parts of the animal economy. The fide of the question which he has taken is certainly the fafeft; and we doubt not that a due attention to his admonitions would, on the whole, be of fervice to thofe [ young men'] to whom they are addreffed.

Art. 44. Obfervations on the late Influenza, the Febris Catarrhalis Epidemica of Hippocrates, as it appeared at London in 1775 and 1782. By William Grant, M. D. 8vo. 1 s. 6 d. Cadell, &c.

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Dr. Grant has long distinguished himself as an attentive observer of epidemics, upon the plan of Hippocrates, and his genuine fucceffor Sydenham. He traces the influenza from the time of the great father of phyfic, through various periods, to its two late appearances in this country. He confiders it as a genus of difeafes of the malignant kind, denoted by the peculiar ftupor and affection of the nervous fyftem, which were the first fymptoms of its attack. In his defcription of it, and his directions refpecting the method of cure, he does not materially differ from his predeceffors on the fame subject: and as it has now ceafed to be an interesting object, we shall not detain our Readers any longer with it.

Art. 45. A Treatise on the Venereal Difeafe.. By G. Renny, Surgeon to the Athol Highlanders. 8vo. 3 s. fewed. Murray. 1782.

Though we cannot agree with this Author that there is any want of treatises on the venereal disease, or that his is a more complete and accurate one than many others which have come under our inspection; yet, as he appears to write from real obfervation, his work may be perufed with fome advantage. He is an advocate for the early ufe of injections in a gonorrhoea, the innocence of which he confidently afferts from experience. One of the most curious remarks in his work is relative to fwelled tefticles. He found this fymp tom occur in five out of eight of the highland foldiers who were affected with a gonorrhoea. Hence he concluded it was occafioned by the want of fomething in their drefs, to ferve as a fufpenfory of those parts, and accordingly, on the ufe of a bag trufs as a preventative, the symptom did not afterwards appear. This may ferve as a hint to the wearers of filthy Nankin.

In the treatment of the venereal difeafe, Mr. Renny feems totally to disapprove of falivation, and infifts much on the advantage of keeping up the vital powers, in order to enable the mercury to act with efficacy. A few cafes, in order to illuftrate his doctrine, conclude the work.

Art. 46. The Valetudinarian's Companion; or, Obfervations on Air, Exercife, and Regimen, with the Medical Properties of the Sea and Mineral Waters of Brighthelmftone. By Loftus Wood, M. D. Phyfician to the Mifericordia General Difpenfary. 8vo. Is 6d. Becket. 1782.

As this is merely a compilation defigned for popular ufe, it cannot be expected to contain any thing worthy the attention of the medical reader. The account of the waters of Brighthelmitone is chiefly borrowed from Dr. Relhan.

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Art. 47. The Recefs; or, A Tale of other Times. By the Author of the Chapter of Accidents. Vol. I. 3 s. fewed. Cadell. 1783.

The Dedication hath the fignature of Sophia Lee, a literary volunteer, who hath Tkirmished, with fome fuccefs, in a late theatrical campaign, under the banners of General Colman.

The Tale of other Times is a romantic title. It awakens curiofity; it fets us at once on fairy land-while Fancy, equipped for adventure, fallies forth in queft of the castle, the giant, and the dragon, rob'd in flames;' and already rapt into vifion by its own magic, 'Towers and battlements it fees

Bofom'd high in tufted trees.'

The Preface, however, foon broke the charm of the title; and we were brought back to our fober fenfes by an affurance, that the ground we had before us was real and not imaginary: it was founded on fact, and not on fiction; and that what we took for a romance was only a history! Not being permitted (fays the fair Editor) to publish the means which enriched me with the obfolete MS. from whence the following Tale is extracted, its fimplicity alone can authenticate it. I make no apology for adapting the language to the prefent times, fince that of the Author's would be frequently unintelligible.' Obfolete Manufcript!-The pretence is fo common, and hath been so much played off, like the trick of a juggler, to amuse and deceive the credulous, that it needs uncommon dexterity to give it, in these days, the power of impofition. It bath, indeed, per formed miracles with fome Tales of other Times ;' but when a trick is found out, it ceases to be wondered at; and fuch is the ill effec of impofition, that it frequently brings a fufpicion on truth itself.

1 his' Tale of other Times' is given to us in an unfinished state. We have only the first volume; and we know not how many more we are to have before the work will be completed. In peruling all romances, or pieces of hiftory refembling, by their bold colouring, the fictions of imagination, curiofity is ftrongly excited, expectation is on the firetch, and fancy is arrested and hurried away by an irrefistible power. Sufpence creates anxiety; and delay of gratification

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increases the wish for it. Witnefs the fate of Fielding's introductory chapters: Masterpieces of compofition! and to be read with equal pleafure and improvement in a cool hour, when the ardour of expectation hath been gratified by objects in which our feelings are more interested. Now they are confidered as tedious and provek. ing interruptions to the main fory, and are generally passed over, of only hastily glanced at, till the fate of Sophia is known.

We may appeal to Mifs Lee, and, as giving credit to berinis lable refpect for truth,' afk her,-Whether, on the first perufal of the obfolete manufcript,' the did not feel such an interest in ' the Tale,' as would have made the lofs of the concluding events of it a fevere mortification? And to us they are as loft; nor are we fure that they will ever be found! If, however, the should publish the remaining part, we fhall be happy to pay that tribute of refpect to her genius, which a view of the whole will warrant us fairly to bestow. We would not encourage impofition; nor, on the other hand, would we check the exertions of fancy. Let her genius have its full scope; but if the ranges in fairy land to delight the imagination, let her not infult our understandings by delufive pleas. If it be Fancy's work, let it pafs as fuch. It will not the lefs amufe, if it be well executed. At no rate let the fanctity of truth be violated to arrest attention, nor a ftrange tale told of obfolete manufcripts, to deceive the simple reader, and make him ' wonder with a foolish face of praise ' Art. 48. The Woman of Letters; or, The Hiftory of Mifs

Fanny Bolton. 2 Vols. Izmo. 6. Noble. 1783.

This interefting Narrative we fufpe&t to be fomething more than the fiction of a lively imagination; but whether fictitious or real, we think it in many refpects fuperior to the ufual furniture of a circulating library. It inculcates a very useful leffon,-That all the fire of ge nius, all the advantages of a learned education, are of themselves infufficient to procure a female a decent fubfiftence, or fecure her from falling a victim to the artifices of a hypocrite. Learned ladies are phoenomena in nature, rather to be admired than loved-and to be respected rather than imitated. We with the fex, without neglecting the accomplishments of general knowledge, would chiefly direct their attention to thofe humbler, but neceffary qualifications adapted to that fphere of life they were defigned to fil, and in which they are called to the difcharge of offices, that, if not fplendid, are indifpenfible to domeftic order; and if they do not draw forth public notice, yet will establish private felicity. Thus will they becomE agreeable and amiable companions; they will enfure efteem without exciting envy; and, without defcending to meanneffis, they will prac tife the virtues of œconomy.

Art. 49. Coombe Wood. By the Author of Barford Abbey, and the Cottage. 12mo. 2 Vols. 5 s. fewed. Baldwin,

This novel introduces us to the acquaintance of Lord Elgin and Mifs Althum, two amiable young perfons, who have contracted a fondness for each other. We alfo meet with a Mifs Moor, a lady of a very different character, who, by a train of female artifices, throws fome obstacles in their way, which are all cleared up, according to custom, in due time; and the fecond volume concludes with a marriage between the hero and the heroine of the piece, to the fatisfac

tion of all parties-as is ufual on thofe occafions. We have no high encomiums to bestow on this performance. The ftory is meagre ; the incidents are few; and the characters have been long worn out in the fervice of the novel writers. We must, however, pay fome tribute of acknowledgment to the ftyle and manner of the letters, which make up the ftory of Coombe Wood. They are written with eafe, and contain no inconfiderable portion of the agreeable. Some of Lady Blank's are not deftitute of humour and vivacity. This lady, with a noble family, paffes fame time at Coombe Wood, in a manner, we fear, not very uncommon among great people in their retirement. The letters relative to this vifit form a kind of underplot, or episode, as it is but flightly connected with the principal story,

On the whole, we think these letters have a claim to attention from those who are fond of this fpecies of literary amufement. They cannot corrupt the reader: they may entertain, and perhaps inftruct him.

Art. 50.

Burton Wood. By a Lady. 2 Vols. 12mo. 55, fewed. Dodfley.

As this is a first attempt, and especially the first attempt of a female author, candour fhould reprefs the rigour of criticism, even though impartiality could not compliment with the warmth of applaufe. The ftory of this novel is natural and pathetic; and it hath still the higher merit of encouraging the virtuous propenfities of the human heart: nor doth it flight the fanctions of religion, in enforcing and recommending the obligations of morality.

Art. 51. The Reconciliation; or, The Hiftory of Mifs Mortimer and Mifs Fitzgerald. An Hibernian Novel. In Two Vols. By an Irish Lady. 8vo. 5 s. fewed. Lane. 1783.

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Why an Hibernian novel? We know not, unless it hath this diftinction given it for the fake of two or three Irish names that chiefly figure in it. We have no difcriminating reprefentations of Hibernian manners, or Hibernian fcenes. We do not even meet with blunders thofe happy and truly laughable blunders, fortuitoufly ftruck out beyond the reach of art;' which have fo long been characteristic of Hibernian converfation, as to become proverbial. All that is transacted in this novel, from the firing of the volunteers in the first letter, to the grand catastrophe, vulgarly called marriage, in the laft, might have paffed in England, without faying one word about Ireland or Irish folk.- -There is one thing, however, fomewhat out of the common way, whether it be the more Hibernian on that account we, pretend not to determine. Mifs Mortimer, to get rid of the addreffes of a Lord whom he hated, vows fhe will never marry the man fhe loves. She made this rafh vow in hafte, in order to fatisfy her father that her partiality for the latter was not the cause of her rejecting the former. Her lover returns; fhe refuses him-for her vow's fake. She loves him ardently: but oh! the vow! Every thing is agreeable: the father himself confents to relieve her from the promife fhe made him. But it is all in vain. The fcruples of confcience controuled the force of love. She can make a dying lover wretched; she can make herself miserable in his torment. But the matter is paft all relief. The yow!-the vow!-Curse the REV. May, 1783.

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EDUCATION.

Art. 52. Tyrocinium in Hofpitiis Curia; or, Exercises for the First Year in the Inns of Court, preparatory to the Study of the Law. Vol. I. Containing Logic, Rhetoric, and Ehics. By B. D. Free, Student in the Civil Law, of Alban Hall, Oxford; and a Member of Lincoln's Inn. 8vo. 3 s. fewed. Brown. 1783. The first part treats of Logic, on the old fcholaftic plan; and is a good abridgment of Crakenthorp, Heereboord, Burgerfdicius, Crucius, Sanderfon, Wallis, &c. &c. We here meet with a very accu rate account of the predicaments, and the ante-predicaments, and the post-predicaments; the predicamental line and the predicables; together with the moods and figures of fyllogifm in every poffible form, directly and tranfverfely from Barbara to Baroko, and so on, from Bockardo to Camenes.

The fecond part, on Rhetoric, confifts of collections from Ariftotle, and a concife view of the general principles of the fublime, from the celebrated treatife of Longinus; to which is annexed, an explanation of the Greek terms that are made ufe of by rhetoricians, to exprefs the different figures of fpeech, accompanied with illuftrations.

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The third part is entitled Ethics, or the doctrine of moral agency, as defcribed by philofophers.' This is, for the moll part, a tranf Jation of Langbaine's treatife on the fame fubject, which is too we!! known in the fchools to need any account from us.

The Tranflator hath executed his tafk with fidelity. He hath not ftudied elegance: indeed the fubject would not admit of it; and, perhaps, it is fortunate for Mr. Free that it would not.

Art. 53. A Short Introduction to English Grammar: Adapted to

the Ufe of Schools. 8vo. I s. 6 d. Baldwin. 1782. Concife, but clear and accurate. The rules are well ́explained, and the illuftrations are judiciously chofen. The Grammatical Analyfis, in the Appendix, is equally copious, correct, and inftructive. It is, we think, a very good model for mafters who would lead their pupils through the various gradations of fpeech, from the fimpleft elements to the more complex forms of language.

Art. 54. A Collection of English Exercifes. Tranflated from the Writings of Cicero only, for School Boys to re tranflate into Latin, and adapted to the Principal Rules in the Compendium of Erafmus's Syntax. By William Ellis, A. M. 8vo. 2 s. 6d. Robinson. 1782,

We approve of Mr. Ellis's plan. His examples are drawn from the purest fources, and have a tendency to inftil into the minds of fcholars a safe for the more elegant forms of claffical expreffion.

His work is divided into three parts. The firft contains fome introductory fentences, as examples to the more general rules, which

Mafter of the Grammar School at Alford, in Lincolnshire, and the Tranflator of Ariftotle on Government.

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