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several other medicines enumerated by our Author, are indispensable articles in a medicine chest, especially when the family reside at a distance from any medical practitioner; but they should be kept under lock and key. When the liver be⚫ comes affected by a residence in hot climates, or by the unhappy fondness for spirituous liquors,' we agree with our Surgeon, that calomel is prodigiously effective.' But as our present business is with young mothers and their infants, in whom the liver is not likely to be affected by such causes, we have only to recommend most earnestly, that calomel be never taken from the medicine-chest, but under specific medical directions. As to wine of antimony, given by our Author under the head of Emetics, we must protest against its use for any such purpose. On this point, we are directly at issue with our Author, who prefers it to the far more innocent and wholly unobjectionable medicine, the powder or wine of ipecacuanha. He gives a curious reason for preferring the wine to the powder as they' (the wines) are less nauseous, and produce vomiting (i. e. nausea) 'sooner.' We prefer the powder.

We should throw some other medicines out of his domestic catalogue, as either superfluous, or proper only to be kept in reserve for medical directions. But we have, we hope, said enough to induce our Author to reconsider his advice, and to caution our readers against the best intentioned anonymous general directions.

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Napoleon in Exile. This interesting work is expected to appear in the ensuing month. It consists almost entirely of Napoleon's own remarks, in his own words, written down at the moment, during three years of the most uarestrained communication, and furnishes, in a way that could probably never have been anticipated, details of all the remarkable events of his life, public and private; characters of his Ministers and Generals; state secrets of the various Courts of Europe; the development of his foreign and domestic policy; anecdótes of his campaigns, and illustrations of most of the extraordinary occurrences and persons which have astonished the world, during the last half century, in a style which carries with it its own evidence, and is sustained by facts known only to the distinguished individual by whom they were related. His death has removed the delicacy which naturally restrained the publisher during his lifetime.

The third Part of Mr. Rhodes, " Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire," will be published in the course of the ensuing month. These Excursions are illustrated with a series of beautiful Engravings by W. Cooke, from Drawings recently made by R. Chantrey, R.A. (60s. 34s. and 24s, each part).

Preparing for publication, Scholastica Doctrina or Lectures to Young Gentlemen at Boarding School, on the various branches of a liberal education; with a characteristic view of the most approved elementary books of instruction; also on the Conduct and Duties of Life. K. Kent, Royston Seminary, Herts.

By J.

A new edition of The Jesuit's Newton may be expected in a few days, printed at the Glasgow University Press, and corrected by a Gentleman of Trinity College, Cambridge.

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Preparing for publication, Bibliotheca Biblica: a Select Descriptive Catalogue of the most important British and Foreign Works in the departments of Biblical

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Criticism and Interpretation; with brief notices of their Authors, and remarks on their theological and critical merits. By William Orme, Author of Memoirs of the life, writings, and religious connexions of John Owen, D.D.

Shortly will be published, Cumnor, and other Plays and Poems. By E. B. Impey, M.A. Student of Christ Church, Oxford.

Speedily will be published, in the same size as the Introduction to Geology by the Rev. D. Coneybeare, and W. Phillips, An Introduction to the Study of Fossils, in a compilation of such information as may assist the Student in obtaining the necessary knowledge respecting these substances and their connexion with the formation of the earth. By James Parkinson, Author of the Organic Remains of a former World.

Professor Dunbar is preparing for publication, the Second Volume of Dalzel's Collectanea Græca Majora: the Text of Homer, Hesiod, and Apollonius Rhodius, will be corrected according to the principles stated in the Essay upon the Versification of Homer in the 2d. part of the Professor's Prosodia Græca. The whole of the Text will undergo the most careful revision, and will be augmented by one of the Nemean Odes of Pindar: and a very considerable number of additional notes, explanatory of different passages, &c. will be given.

Speedily will be published, beautifully printed in one volume, 8vo. The Morning and Evening Sacrific. This work is divided into the four following parts: -1. Prayers for Private Persons, adap ted to the different days of the week, and to Sacramental Sabbaths and Days of Humiliation-2. Family Prayers for the Sabbath-Day.-3. Prayers for Persons who are in peculiar Circumstances.-4. A copious Selection of Prayers entirely in the Language of Scripture.-The work is introduced by two Discourses explanatory of the Lord's Prayer. It has been the object of the Author, by combining

simplicity of language with elevation and Christian fervour of sentiment, to render this volume a suitable Manual of Devotion for persons of all ranks.

Euthanasia; or the State of Man after Death; by the Rev. Luke Booker, L.L.D. Vicar of Dudley; will be published in the course of the next month.

In the press, a new edition of Thomas Coles on Regeneration, Faith, and Repentance; to which will be prefixed, his two Sermons on imputed righteousness: edited by the Rev. John Rees of Rod

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Art. XI. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

ASTRONOMY.

Star Tables for 1823, (No. II.) for more readily ascertaining the Latitude and Longitude at Sea, in the Twilight, and during the Night; with perpetual, and other useful Tables, which, with those of 1822, will be serviceable for many years. By Capt. Thomas Lynn. Royal 8vo. 10s, sewed.

Solar Tables; being the Logarithms of Half-Elapsed Tine, Middle Time, and Rising, for every Second, to six places of Figures, useful in determining the Latitude by Double Altitudes, &c. and working the Longitude by chronometers. By Capt. Thomas Lynn. Royal 8vo. 10s. sewed.

EDUCATION.

The Teacher's Farewell; intended as a Parting Gift to the Elder Scholars, leaving Sunday Schools; comprising Hints for their future Conduct in Life, adapted to both sexes. By a Sunday School Teacher. 18mo.

English Grammar in Verse; with Scripture Examples. By the Rev. T. Searle, 1s. 6d.

HISTORY.

A View of the History, Literature, and Mythology of the Hindoos; including a minute description of their Manners and Customs, and Translations from their principal Works. By William Ward of Serampore. A new edition, arranged according to the original Work printed at Serampore. 3 vols. 8vo. 11. 16s. bds

MISCELLANEOUS,

Hints towards the right Improvement of the present Crisis. By Joseph Jones. M.A. 8vo. 53.

An Account of a Plan, which has been successfully pursued for three years, in the conducting of a Penny Savings' Bank, for Children, with the addition of working Fund for Females; including Directions and Patterns for cutting out every sort of wearing apparel for Girls, Shirts and Pinafores for Boys, and Linen usually lent to the Poor; together with the price allowed for making each Article. 5s.

POETRY.

Sir Andrew Halliday: a Dramatic Sketch. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 8vo. 6s.

Songs of Zion, or Imitations of the Psalms. By James Montgomery. 12mo. 4s.

The Poetical Monitor, consisting of Pieces, original and selected, for the improvement of the young in virtue and piety. 3s. bound.

The Remains of Henry Kirke White. With an account of his life, by Robert Southey. Vol. III. 8vo. 9s.

THEOLOGY.

The Works of James Arminius. D.D. Translated from the Latin. With an Account of his Life and Character. 8vo. Parts 1 and 2, 4s. each.

Christian Fellowship, or the Church Member's Guide. By the Rev. J. A. James. 12mo.

An Examination of the Remonstrance addressed to the Bishop of St. David's, with Answers to the Questions addressed to Trinitarians generally, by Captain James Gifford, R. N. By a Trinitarian. 8vo. 8s.

The Clerical Guide or Ecclesiastical Di

rectory; containing a complete Register of the present Prelates and other Dignitaries of the Church of England; of the Heads of Houses, Professors, &c. of the Universities, and other Colleges and Public Schools; a List of all the Benefices and Chapelries in England and Wales, arranged alphabetically in their several Counties, Dioceses, Archdeaconries, &c. The Names of their respective Incumbents, with the Date of their Institution, the Names of the Patrons, &c. &c. And an Appendix, containing Alphabetical Lists of those Benefices which are in the Patronage of the Crown, the Bishops, Deans, and Chapters, and other Public Bodies. Second Edition, corrected. Royal 8vo. 11. 2s.

Eighteen Sermons intended to esta blish the inseparable connexion between the doctrines and the practice of Chris tianity, 12mo. 5s.

Discourses chiefly doctrinal, delivered in the chapel of Trinity College, Dublin. By Bartholomew Lloyd, D.D. S.F.T.C.D. M. R. I. A. Professor of Mathematics in the University, and Chaplain to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.. 10s. 6d.

Proofs of Inspiration; or the Grounds of Distinction between the New Testament and the Apocryphal volume, occaaioned by the recent publication of the Apocryphal New Testament, by Hone. By the Rev. Thomas Rennell, B. D. F. R. S. 6s.

A Defence of the Clergy of the Church of England, stating their services, their

rights, and their revenues from the ear liest ages to the present times, and shewing the relation in which they stand to the community and to the agriculturist. By the Rev. Francis Thackeray, 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Part. II. of Lectures on the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity. By Edward Andrews, LL D. minister of Beresford Chapel, Walworth. 8vo. 7s.

An Address from a Christian Pastor to his Church and Congregation upon Baptism; containing a statement of some essential points in which the systems both of Pædobaptists and Anti-Pædo, baptists appear to differ from that of the New Testament. By James Bass, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Directions and Encouragements for Travellers to Zion. By the late Rev. Jos. Freeston, 3d edition. 8vo. 7s. 12mo. 5s. Sketches of Sermons. Vol. III. Part 2. 12mo. 2s.

A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Goulty of Henley. By Robert Winter, DD. Is. 6d. The Duty and Importance of Free Communion among Real Christians of every Denomination, especially at the present Period. With some notices of the writings of Messrs, Booth, Fuller, Hall, &c. on this Subject, 16. 6d.

The Duties of Churchwardens explained and enforced. A Charge delivered to the Clergy and Churchwardens, of the Archdeaconry of Colchester, in, the Diocese of London, in the year 1821. By the Rev.J. Jefferson, A. M. and F.A.S. late Archdeacon. 2s,

The Title-page, Contents, and Index to Vol. XVII, will be given in the Number for August,

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ECLECTIC REVIEW,

FOR AUGUST, 1822.

Art. I. Memoirs of the Court of King James the First. By Lucy Aikin. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 858. Price 11. 4s. London. 1822.

WORKS of this description, if executed with tolerable

ability and fairness, deserve well of the public. Occupying a middle rank between works of dry information and works of amusement, they answer a very useful purpose, in this busy but unlearned age, by making general readers better acquainted with what they ought to be ashamed to be ignorant of, the history of their own country. On this ground, indeed, the Author of Waverley has some claims to the gratitude of his readers; for, although as an expositor of history, he is a most delusive guide, still, we are certainly indebted to him for a personal introduction to some of the most illustrious cha racters of former days. After reading the Abbot, and Kenilworth, and the Heart of Mid Lothian, we feel that we have not merely read of-we have seen Mary, Queen of Scots, have seen Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Caroline. Were the historical portraits executed with even less fidelity than they are, they would still be valuable as giving an impulse to curiosity respecting the events in which those personages were implicated. In the same manner as the Lady of the Lake sent all our tourists in search of the picturesque amid the scenery of the Trosachs, and Rokeby recalled them to the milder beauties of the Greta, the Tales of my Landlord put its readers upon looking into Scottish history; and the subsequent works of the same inexhaustible pen have tended to create a strong interest in the history of our own country. This interest, the more substantial productions of the memoir-writer are well adapted to gratify. The Memoirs of the Court of Elizabeth form an acceptable supplement to Kenilworth; and the present work will, we doubt not, succeed all the better for the Fortunes of Nigel. VOL. XVIII. N. S.

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