ening to his story, suddenly broke off, and descending from the ros trum, proceeded to walk out of the court. The judges calling to him to finish his story, I perceive you are ready enough,' he said, to listen to a ridiculous story about the shadow of an ass, but when I was pleading the cause of a man, accused of a crime affecting his life, you had not leisure to pay it the necessary attention, to enable you to be masters of the subject on which you were to decide.' A story in many respects similar to this, is related of Dr. Elmar, who was Bishop of London in the time of Queen Elizabeth. In the course of a sermon he was preaching in his parish church, before he had attained to the dignity of a bishopric, finding his auditory careless and inattentive, he read, with great solemnity, a passage from a Hebrew book he happened to have with him. This drawing the attention of the congregation, he reproved them for their inconsistency in listening to him when reading a language they did not understand, and neglecting or refusing to hear him, when explaining to them in their own language, doctrines, which they were materially interested to know and understand."" P. 70.

We must confess that we have some objections to the execution of the work. In the first place, there appears to be no sort of arrangement or plan from beginning to end. We are aware that proverbs are necessarily an unconnected and independent creation of the human wit. Yet we have seen more volatile and capricious creatures than these reduced into some sort of order, if it be only the artificial one of alphabetical arrangement. We are also of opinion that Dr. Bland does not always stick close to his subject, but introduces parallelisms and illustrations, which are very little to the purpose; as in the following instance, where the old fable of the fox and the lion is as little connected with flamma fumo est proxima," as with "fucum facere," or any thing else.

"Flamma Fumo est proxima.

Vice is a monster of such frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
But
Itseen
too oft, familiar with her face,
We first admire, next pity, then embrace.'

The fox, when he first saw a lion, ran from him in great terror, but mecting one a second, and then a third time, he had courage enough to approach, and salute hip. The Spaniards and the

French

French use the proverb somewhat differently. Cérca le anda el humo, tras la llama,' and Il n'y a point de feu sans fumée,' where there is fire, there will be some smoke; that is, where any foul action has been committed, it will by some outlet or other escape, and become known, Murder will out,' we say."

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Another indispensable requisite to publish a perfect edition of proverbs, is an accurate knowledge of the Greek language. We expected to have seen the various proverbs traced to their remotest origin, we hoped to have found the Scholia upon Aristophanes sifted for information, and all the treasures of Greek antiquity expanded to our view. This department of the work is very meagrely supplied, nor is there any thing to be found which can either interest or inform the scholar. We heartily wish that Dr. Bland had given us only what Erasmus had collected. If he were unwilling to pollute his text with the Greek character, he might have thrown all the citations and the learning into the notes. We much wonder that the editor has not made more use of the proverbs of the Arabians, as that nation is as much distinquished for aphorisms and dark sayings, as the Spaniard in more modern times. We must also express our regret, that in the preface, Dr. Bland has given us no historical account of the use of proverbs, nor of the antiquity of their origin; had he only given us a translation of the preface of Erasmus, we should have been contented. He appears to have made very little use of the publications which preceded his own, in which he would have found much learning and information ready to his hands. We particularly allude to Joseph Scaliger's "Two Centuries of Arabian Proverbs," and the Florilegium Ethico Politicum of that admirable scholar and antiquarian, James Gruter. Should this publication pass through another edition, we hope to see these defects supplied. We cannot therefore consider this as by any means a perfect work, although to many of our readers it may be a source of some amusement and information.

ART. 15. The Art of preserving the Sight. By an experienced Oculist. 12mo. pp. 234. 4s. 6d. Colburn. 1813.

This is a treatise, from which many very useful hints may be derived upon a subject, which must always be interesting to the scholar and the man of business, the management of his eyes. He will find nothing deep or scientific, but a few plain and practical rules which cannot fail in most cases of attaining their object. Many of them may appear at first childish and minute, bnt we believe that there is no organ of the body, upon which small and trivial circumstances have so strong an effect, as upon the eye. The constant repetition gives an importance even to

the

the most trifling habits. The following is a specimen of the style and manner of this little volume, in which the author lays down the method in which the eyes ought to be treated in case of unforeseen accidents, which are not of such immediate import as to require any professional operation.

"It often happens that a sudden gust of wind shall drive extrą, neous matter into the eye; and many artisans have their eyes attacked by small sparks of iron, pewter, silver, or gold, which is too often attended with very improper treatment.

The first thing done is, generally, to rub the eye-lids with the band, a thing which seldom takes place without unpleasant consequences, never failing to bring on a degree of inflammation, and sometimes even causing the loss of an eye; since, by this inconsiderate rubbing, the person risks the forcing of the substance, with its angular points, into the body of the eye, and which it is thus impossible for an operator to extract without considerable injury.

"As soon, then, as any extraneous substance, of whatever nature it may be, has got under the eye-lids, and that it painfully affects the eye, either by its inherent qualities, or by the sharpness of its form, whether quick-lime, dust, insects, or pieces of metal, it may be generally expelled merely by raising the upper eye-lid, and leaning the head forward. If possible, it is best for the sufferer to do this himself, as his own sensations will prevent him from doing it too forcibly. In keeping thus the eye-lid elevated, and the eye quiescent for a few moments, one feels a flow of tears starting from the organ, which does not fail to bring along with it the cause of the pain, whatever it may be, or at least to carry it towards the corner of the eye next to the nose, from whence it may be removed by a small piece of linen folded to a point, or even by the corner of a handkerchief,

"If this operation is not sufficient, then a finger ought to be passed frequently, yet gently, over the eye-lid, from the exterion. corner of the eye towards the great canthus, or interior corner, by which means the substance is made to descend towards the lachrymal glands, from whence it may be drawn by a very fine hair pencil.

"But if this latter resource should fail, then the upper eye-lid must be taken as before, and kept elevated as much as possible, and the eye being then turned towards the nose, a small hair pencil dipped in cream must be introduced between the eye-lid and the body of the eye, beginning at the little canthus, or exterior corner, and ending at the interior corner; in doing which the extraneous matter cannot fail to be extracted.

"This latter operation is, indeed, best performed by another per son, as he can more readily discover the place into which the substance has retired. For this effect the patient ought to be placed in a chair near the light, his head resting backwards, and he himself holding the eye-lid in a state of elevation, in such a manner that

the

the person operating shall only have to pass the pencil lightly over the place where the substance lies, and which he may thus instantly extract. By this method the patient will suffer less than if he attempts to perform the whole himself, and any person can perform the additional part, which requires but little understanding."

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