27. Manière fure et facile de traiter les Maladies Vénériennes. Par J. Gardane, Docteur Regent de la Faculté de Médecine, de Paris, Médecin de Montpellier, Cenfeur Royal, &c. Approuvée par la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, et publiée par Ordre du Gouvernement. 12mo. Paris.

As there are few disorders more fatal to individuals and to civil fociety than venereal difeafe, it was in the lieutenant of the police at Paris a very charitable and patriotic intention to procure for the venereal patients a fpeedy, fimple, eafy, radical cure, fo cheap as to be within the reach of the pooreft, and abfolutely gratuitous for children.

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For this purpose he has recommended the choice of remedies, and the method of cure to Dr. Gardane, who, by his own experience, by the advice of excellent phyficians, and chiefly by the approbation of the Parifian faculty of phyfic, has been determined to fix upon the remedies and method defcribed with plainnefs, perfpicuity and concifenefs in this pamphlet, where all his prefcrip tions, fifteen in number, and the very moderate price of each, have been inferted..

He has had the fatisfaction of seeing the benevolent views of the magiftrate, and his own remedies, and curative method, already adopted by the intendants of many provinces of France.

28. Reflexions Philofophiques fur le Syfteme de la Nature. Par M. Holland. 2 vols. 12mo Paris.

Another folid confutation of a work famous only for its abfurdities, inconfiftencies, and impiety.

29. Problema de Anno Nativitatis Chrifti, ubi occafionem offerente vetere Herodis Antipæ nummo, in Numophylacio Clementis XIV. P. O. M. Affervato, demonftratur Chriftum natum effe Anno VIII. ante Eram Vulgarem, contra veteres omnes et recentiores Chronologos. Autore P. Dominico Magnan, ordinis Minor. Prefbytero, &c. &c. 8vo. Romæ. (with 7 cuts.)

The method obferved by this very learned and fagacious chronologer and critic is ftrictly geometrical. He begins with axioms, definitions, and poftulata, before he proceeds to his fundamental propofitions. His work is terminated by a chronological canon from the 40th year before the common æra, to the 40th year after the fame æra. The feven plates prefixed to the volume, exhibit the ancient medals referred to. It is to be wifhed that this profound chronologer may fettle the year of Chrift's death in the fame convincing and satisfactory manner.

30. An Account of the Coast of Guinea, by Lewis Ferdinand Roemer, with a Preface by Dr. Eric Pontoppidan. Tranflated from the Danish, with Cuts. 8vo. Copenhagen and Leipzig. (German.)

The account of the fituation of the coaft of Guinea, of the religion and manners of the negroes, the flave, gold, and ivory trade, and the fettlements of the Danes, the Dutch, and the English among them, is given by an eye-witness, and may be confidered as authentic.

The indignities and horrors attending the flave-trade, are here circumftantially related with perfect indifference and infenfibility. But what is still more fcandalous and provoking, is the weakness of a right rev. bishop, who, indeed, in his preface, confeffes that traffic to be in more than one refpect apt to raise fcruples of con

science,

fcience, yet attempts to foothe them, and to palliate, their objects by futile pretences fit only to add infult to cruelty.

The book is very deficient as to order and perfpicuity, indifferently translated, and swarms with errata.

31. L'Art du Fabriquant d'Etoffes de Soie. Prémiére et feconde Sections, contenant le Devidage des Soies teintes, et l'Ourdiffage des Chaines Par M. Paulet, Definateur et Fabriquant en Etoffes de Soie de la Ville de Nimes. Folio (with 35 plates.) Paris.

This defcription of filk manufactures has been approved as very methodical and well written. The preface contains the hiftory of the invention of filk; the time of its introduction into Europe; the progrefs of the arts occafioned by it; the rife of the French filk manufactures, &c. The introduction gives a short but fatiffactory account of the culture of mulberry-trees in France; of filk-worms; and begins with this just and striking reflexion:

Who would think that the art of raifing the first artists of our Juxury is in the hands of people, who fcarcely earn a scanty fupport by it. And why has not my velvet fuit procured fomewhat more than bread to fo many poor people who have been employed on it, before it came to set off my little merit to the eyes of perfons who have as little merit as myself."

32. Reflexions fur les Cométes qui peuvent approcher de la Terre. Par M. de la Lande. 4to. Paris.

This celebrated aftronomer had employed himself on a work concerning comets, and communicated the result of his calculations to fome of his friends: they were foon propagated with great and ftrange additions, and fpread a panic both at Paris and in the provinces; which induced M. de la Lande inftantly to abftract and publish thefe reflexions from a memoire intended for the Academy of Sciences, in order to calm the fears of the public.

33. Traité du Rakitis, ou l'Art de redreffer les Enfans Contrefaits. Par M. le Vacher de la Feutrie, Docteur en Médecine de l'Univerfité de Caen, et Docteur Regent en la même Faculté de l'Univerfité de Paris. (with 5 cuts.) 8vo. Paris.

A work very interefting for its object, and highly commendable by its execution.

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POETRY.

34. Simplicity or Domeftic Poems. 410. 25. Dodfley. Hefe three poems, the fubjects of which are Morning, Noon, and Evening, have been profeffedly written to ridicule Simplicity in poetical compofitions. We are of opinion, however, that the author puts too large a conftruction upon the fenfe of thofe writers whofe authority he produces in favour of fuch a fimplicity as is entirely deftitute of ornament. Should this not be the cafe, we hope at least that the picture of domestic life, as delineated in thefe fimple poems, will prove fufficient to explode fo difgufting an idea of poetical beauty.

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35. Anti-Pantheon or Verfes occafioned on reading a late Publication, called, The Pantheon. 4to. 15. Snagg.

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The author here cenfures the conduct of thofe atyrifts who aim their invectives against perfons rather than vice, and therefore can never be ferviceable to morality. We approve of the reprehenfion, and only wish that it had been enforced by more refpectable poetical talents.

36. The Phyficians. A Satire. With other Poems. To which is added, A Specimen of an Enquiry concerning the Mind. 8vo. Is. 6d. Bladon.

The affectation and grimace of the faculty have been fo often expofed to ridicule, that we fcarcely can expect any new ftrokes of general fatire on thofe fubjects. The poems before us, however, may be confidered as in fome degree laughable. With refpect to the annexed metaphyfical fpecimen, we shall only obferve that the firft propofition, which is produced to prove that the mind is extended, is founded upon a conclufion by no means refulting from the premifes; and as this principle is the bafis of much of the reasoning which the author has adopted, his fcholaftic fabric muft of confequence fall to the ground.

37. The Triumphs of Britannia. A Poem. Humbly inferibed to George Robert Fitzgerald, Efq. 4to. 25. Snagg.

Under an ironical title we are here prefented with an unfavourable reprefentation of the character of several perfons of eminence. The portraits, as frequently happens in poetical defcription, are more glaring than juft; and with refpect to fentiment, it is obfervable, that the author fometimes becomes fo obfcure as to elude our comprehenfion. The following couplet is of this kind.

For party's biafs let fedition fight,

And toil at that which never can be bright.'

38. City Patrotifm Displayed: A Poem. Addressed to the right bon. Frederick Lord North. 4to. IS. Dixwell.

The veil of poor patriotifm is now become fo tattered by frequent ufe, that all the prudifh airs which the lady practifes, are infufficient to remove the fufpicion of her being a most vepal and abandoned proftitute. She is here exhibited to public view in a middling ftrain of poetry.

39. The Votes and Proceedings of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of the Town of Bofton, in Town-Meeting affembled, ac cording to Law. Published by Order of the Town, &c. 8vo, 15. Wilkie.

The history of affairs at Bofton is fo well known to the pubJic that it would be fuperfluous to deliver any account of the recital in this publication. We shall therefore only exprefs a wish, that the discontents in that part of our American dominions were totally appealed.

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40. The Letters of Junior to Lord North, with Two additional Letters on the Dijmiffion of the Cuftom-boufe Officers. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Woodmafon.

In these letters, which were originally published in a Newfpaper, complaint is made of the unjustifiable practices of customhoufe officers. There is much reafon for admitting the general charge to be well founded; but the author has chiefly contented himself with declamation, where he ought rather to have given a particular detail of the alledged abuses.

MEDICA. L.

41. Obfervationes de Antimonio ejufque Ufu in Morbis curandis. Auctore Gulielmo Saunders, M. D. et Nofocomii a Thom. Guy, Armiger, inftituti, Medico 8vo. 1s. 6d. Whifton.

After premifing fo much of the natural and chemical history of antimony as is more immediately connected with its pharmaceutical treatment, Dr. Saunders here proceeds to enquire into the virtues of that medicine, and by what method it may be beft prepared for effecting the cure of difeafes. The author has not made any new obfervations on the fubject, but as the tréatife contains a fuccinct account of the feveral modes of action in which the force of antimony is exerted, it may be acceptable to medical readers. 42. Medical and Philofophical Commentaries. By a Society in Edinburgh, Vol. 1. Part I. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Murray.

In this work, it is intended to deliver, quarterly, a concife account of all the discoveries and improvements which shall be made or propofed in medicine, or the fciences moft intimately connected with it; which is to be compiled from the tranfactions of focieties, the writings of private perfons, or the correfpondence of the editors. If compiled with judgment, this work may be useful to the faculty; but it is improperly diftinguished by the title of Commentaries,

43. Some ufiful Hints and friendly Admonitions to young Surgeons, on the Practice of Midwifery. By John Gibson, Surgeon. 12mo. Colchester.

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We cannot here perceive a fingle hint or admonition which has not been repeatedly inculcated by every writer on the fubject. It is probable, therefore, that Mr. Gibfon's fole motive to this publication, was to inform the public, that out of near 2000 women whom he has delivered, he has loft only three. Admitting this fact, if we cannot commend him as an author, we may certainly congratulate him on his extraordinary fuccefs in practice.

DIVINITY.

44. The English Preacher: or, Sermons on the principal Subjects of Religion and Morality, felected, revised, and abridged from various Authors. Three Vols. 12mo. 95. ferved. Johnson. The authors, whofe difcourfes are published in this collection, are, Tillotson, Clarke, Hoadly, Atterbury, Baiguy, Smal

ridge, Butler, Herring, Hutton, Waterland, Denne, Fothergill, Gough, Trebeck, Holland, Abernethy, Foller, Bourn, Tidcombe, Hayley, Batty, Evans, Grove.

The learned reader will observe, that in this list of divines, there are authors of different perfuafions, and very different abilities. The compiler, Mr. Enfield, has corrected and abridged. fome of these discourses.

45. The Nature and Extent of Industry, a Sermon, preached before his Grace, Frederick, Archbishop of Canterbury, the 4th of July, 1773. In the Parish Church of Shiplake, in Oxfordhire. By James Granger, Vicar. 8vo. 6d. Davies.

It has been frequently obferved, that idleness is the root of all evil. Nothing therefore, one might imagine, could be more feasonable than a fermon upon induftry. But the misfortune is, idle people feldom read; and if they do read, they feldom reflect. In thefe cafes preaching to them, is like preaching to pofts and ftatues.-Our author, having confidered the nature of this epidemical complaint, and the inattention of mankind to every thing which requires the exertion of their faculties, infcribes his difcourfe to his parishioners in the following terms: To the inhabitants of the parish of Shiplake, who neglect the fervice of the church, and fpend the fabbath in the worst kind of idlenes, this plain fermon, which they never beard, and probably will never read, is infcribed by their fincere well-wisher and faithful minifter, James Granger.

From this infcription the reader may probably conclude, that the fermon itself is written in the fame fatirical train. But this is not the cafe: it is a serious, fenfible, and useful discourse, fhewing the nature and reasonableness of industry, and the extent of it, as it regards all orders and degrees of men, from the king to the lowest of his fubjects.

The gentleman who lives independent of any profeflion, who poffeffes a fortune which is the entire acquifition of his ancestors, must not think that he came into the world to be an idle fpectator, or what is much worse, to have no regard to any thing but pleasure and diffipation. No; he has a part to act in the fight of mankind: every eye is turned upon him to ob ferve his virtues or mark his vices. He has various refinements and ornamental qualities to attain, to distinguish himself from the vulgar; to be a fhining example to thofe who are be neath him, and to gain the efteem of fuch as are above him; to acquire feveral virtues which are effential to his character; particularly generofity, courtefy, and humility; to know the right ufe of wealth and power, and how to fuit his behaviour to the different ranks of mankind; and by a juft and well adapted complaifance to accommodate himfelf to their feveral difpofitions; and above all, to knew that great fecret, which is too little known, how to maintain at once the character of the gentleman and the christian.