t Antimonialia. Tartarum emeticum cum merc. corrof. fub. to the fixteenth part of a grain, diffolved. 451 Turp. mineral. cum Kerm. mineral. The modes, in which fuch remedies have been applied are, to prefcribe very small doses, and drink after each fome folution of camphor and nitre, &c.' 0. Art. 29. Cautions to the Heads of Families, in Three Effays: 1. On Cyder Wine, prepared in Copper Veffels; with Hints for the Thefe ufeful effays have already appeared in the 5th volume of Papers by the Bath Society. We recommend the perufal of them to the heads of families, to whom they are properly addreffed, as enabling them to guard against pernicious impregnations of lead, copper, &c. in the common articles of diet. 0. Art. 30. The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Phyfician; enu- We can recommend this Herbal as an ufeful book; as it appears to be fufficiently accurate and comprehenfive for the purpofes for which it is intended. Mr. Meyrick very wifely rejects thofe numerous and incredible accounts, given by moft writers, of the virtues of different vegetables; accounts fo contradictory and abfurd, that they never fail to remind us of one of honeft old Dr. Baynard's ftories, which he whimfically introduces in his letter to Sir John Floyer, on cold baths. "I remember, (fays the worthy Doctor,) when I was at Leyden in Holland, not much fhort of forty years fince, walking in the phyfic garden, a Scotch gentleman, a fludent there, afked the profeffor, Francifcus De la Boe Sylvius, What Abfinthium marinum was good for? The profeffor fmilingly asked him, What countryman he was? He anfwered, Scoto Britannus. He afked him, If, in their metropolis, Edinburgh, they had not fuch a punishment as the boot, to extort confeffion from the ftubborn criminals? He answered, Yes. Why then, quoth Sylvius, take this plant in his luxuriant feafon, root and branch, and clap him into the boot, and fqueeze it hard, for without it confeffes, I doubt neither thee nor I fhall ever know what his virtues are.' "9 5 To To prevent mistakes from the inaccuracy which prevails among the common English names of plants, the author has added the Latin generic and trivial names of Linné. He has been sparing in the ufe of fcientific terms, and has explained fuch as he has been obliged to adopt. In an appendix, he has given useful directions for gathering and preferving all kinds of roots, herbs, flowers, and feeds; with the methods of preparing diftilled waters, conferves, fyrups, pills, tinctures, ointments, and other neceffary forms of medicine. A table of diseases is added, with references to those remedies commonly employed in their cure. 0. Art. 31. The Ufe and Abufe of Sea Water, impartially confidered and exemplified in feveral Cafes and Remarks: with many neceffary Hints and Cautions to those who bathe in and drink it. Including the most approved Means for preventing the dreadful Ef fects of the Bite of mad Animals. Third Edition, with Additions. By Robert White, M. D. 8vo. pp. 76. is. 6d. Richard, fon. 1791. The perufal of this pamphlet may perhaps be of fome ufe to invalids, who indifcriminately ufe fea water in all complaints. The work will, however, attain its greatest pitch of utility, if it should induce the reader, in cafes of importance, to fubmit to the decifion of fome skilful phyfician. For our account of the first edition, see Review, vol. liii. p. 247. 0. Art. 32. The Anatomical Inftru∨ or an Illuftration of the madern and most approved Methods of preparing and preferving the different parts of the Human Body, and of Quadrupeds, by Injection, Corrofion, Maceration, Diftention, Articulation, Modelling, &c. With a Variety of Copper-plates. By Thomas Pole, Member of the Corporation of Surgeons in London. Svo. PP: 304. 10s. 6d. Boards. Darton and Co. 1790. It is evident from the title of this work, that Mr. Pole aspires to no higher honour than that of inftructing medical students in the art of making anatomical preparations. We have examined his directions on this fubject, and, on the whole, can recommend them as being useful and plain. In a long introductory differtation, confifting of 80 pages, Mr. Pole treats of the utility of anatomical knowlege, and points out what he thinks the best methods of attaining it. 0. Art. 5. The Inftruments of Medicine; or, the Philofophical Digeft and Practice of Phyfic. By George Hoggart Toulmin, M.D. Svo. pp. 265. 5s. Boards. Johnton. In an introduction to this work, Dr. Toulmin laments that the practice of phyfic fhould be involved in obfcurity, from the deviation from fimplicity, and from the fondness for whatever is complex and unintelligible, fo obfervable in the profeffors of the medical art. He profeffes, however, not to enter into a confideration of the theoretical part of the fcience, referring his readers, for all that is requifite to be known on that fubject, to the Elementa Medicina of the late Dr. Brown; whofe character our author holds in great veneration. Dr. Dr. T. has given a flight hiftory of the principal difeafes, and has fubjoined prefcriptions adapted to their feveral natures. histories are generally exact, and the remedies are judicious. The 0. EDUCATION and SCHOOL-BOOKS. Art. 34. The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Lan- Our account of the fecond edition of this very useful portable Few books have been more affiduously improved in fucceeding editions, than this dictionary. So numerous are the additions, that there is danger left it should no longer continue to be a pocket dictionary. Its fmall fize was, however, a great recommendation ; and to preferve it in that fize, it is now fo contrived, that the fupplement may be fubjoined or omitted, at the option of the purchafer. As the fupplement chiefly concerns thofe who are in the navy and army, it may be entirely omitted by others who are not in that line, and who wish to avoid whatever fwells the volume with extraneous matter, not effentially neceffary to bind up with the dictionary, though ufeful to officers, &c. The Supplement may be had in a separate state. The reader will, of courfe, advert to one great improvement in this edition, the introduction of many phrafes which are very ufeful, but which never appeared in any preceding edition,' Art. 35. Sententiæ & Hiftoriæ, hinc & inde excerptæ. Quibus fubji- Gil...s. This little work appears very well adapted for the use of boys Thefe extracts appear to be judiciously selected, and the readings carefully regulated. Di Art. 37. A Summary of Geography; and Claffical Geography: being the Second Part of a Summary of Geography, ancient and mo- These two volumes form a judicious abridgment of ancient and modern geography, properly adapted for the ufe of the lower claffes in fchools, as the title page fairly fets forth, without oftentation of parade. Gil...s. POETRY and DRAMATIC. Art. 38. Monody to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, late Prefi dent of the Royal Academy, &c. &c. &c. By Mrs. Mary Robinfon. 4to. Is. 6d. Bell. 1792. Another poetic tear bedewing the hearfe of Sir Joshua *.- Mrs. Robinson has already obtained from us a wreath of laurel; and we feel a pleasure in being now able to enrich the garland by an added tribute of commendation. The Monody before us deferves and meets with our fincerest praife. The poetry is good, the numbers are pleafingly harmonious, and the apparent heart-felt affection, which animates the diction, impreffes the reader's mind with the most agreeable fenfations. We were alfo gratified with reflecting, that the praife here beftowed by the Mufe on her fifter art is not merely poetical. Mrs. R. very happily and very justly describes the Painter's excellence, in the following lines: Tafte, feeling, character, his pencil knew, And Truth acknowledg'd e'en what Fancy drew.' In p. 11. addreffing herfelf to her Mufe, fhe illuftrates, in very Say, can't thou add one ray to Heav'n's own light; Midft the vast fplendours of a NATION'S PRAISE !' Who living own'd the virtues of his heart, May the fond MUSE, to WORTH and GENIUS true, WITH EQUAL JUSTICE FORM A WREATH FOR YOU!' We have fo often met with as foon ye must rhiming to duft, on tomb-flones, that the phrafe ftrikes us as too common and vulgar for an elegant poem. Confidering the attention which Mrs. R. has paid to her rhimes, we were furprized to obferve, in p. 8, charm used as a rhime to form. The too frequent repetition of the word glow, in fo fhort a poem, likewife difpleafed us: ⚫ Canvas glows' • Bofoms proudly glow.' Beauties glow.' Nature's blush glows." Diamonds glow.' It has been remarked, that critical commendation generally has a fting in its tail. The defects here pointed out are of fo trivial a nature, that the conclufion of this article cannot be felt by the fair author as a fting. On Mrs. R. we are perfuaded, the hint of friendly criticifm will produce no unpleasant fenfation, nor will it be thrown away. Art. 39. L'Avocat du Diable: The Devil's Advocate; or SATAN PP. 19. A humourous parody on fome proceedings in the caufe, Lord Lagainft P. Pindar; who had, in the exuberance of his imagination, liken'd his LDarkness takes offence at the comparifon; the caufe is brought into p. to Lucifer. Here the Prince of the court of Uncommon Pleas; and thus the counfel for his infernal highness fets forth his client's complaint against the brotherartists, the painter and the poet : But limners, 'bove all the calumnious race, Yet all this, I fay, he has patiently borne, |