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A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
Royal Society of London , for the year 1797 ' need only be noticed ; It contains but ' few papers of scientific consequence . Mr . Nicholson ' s Journal of Natural Philosophy' is a work of considerable promise , from the specimens already published , and the known character of the editor . Dr . Bourne ' s ' Introductory LeCtures to a Course of Chemistry , read at the Laboratory in Oxford , ' is a work of utility to
young persons who are inclined to make this science their study . We may well connect with Natural Philosophy Natural History ; under which class we have to notice , with satisfaction , Mr . Donovan ' s ' History of British Insects , ' which is carried on with spirit and improvement . The 'Botanical Dialogues , ' and Mrs . Wakefield ' s ' Introduction to Botany , ' are pleasing and useful manuals for learners . MEDICINE .
THIS is also an ever-fruitful field . The ' Annals of Medicine , ' by Dr . Duncan of Edinburgh , form an interesting and valuable treasury of physical cases , observations , and improvements . The ' Medical Trafls and Observations' also continues to merit the reputation which it has obtained . Dr . Turton ' s ' Medical Glossary' is a work of some utility , notwithstanding its magnitude and expensiveness . Dr . Hollo ' s
treatise on the ' Diabetes Mellitus , ' gives some small promise of a radical cure of a fatal disease . Dr . James Hamilton ' s ' Select Cases in Midwifery , ' and ' a Collection of Engravings , ' . intended to facilitate the study of that science , are performances of merit . Dr . John . Bell of Edinburgh ' on Wounds' is a practical book of great usefulness . The same may be said of Mr . Home ' s ' Observations oh
Ulcers in the Legs . ' LAW . MR . Hargrave ' s ' Judicial Arguments and Collections' display that sound legal knowledge and elaborate research , for which that able writer has so long been distinguished . Mr . Plowden ' s ' Treatise upon the Law of Usury and Annuities' is a miscellaneous work , discussing not only law but antiquities , history , and politics , and with considerable shrewdness .
POETRY . AN uncommon degree of attention-has been excited b y the publication of a poem in parts , called ' The Pursuits of Literature ' in which the author has shewn great powers as a satyrist , and directed them in a right cause . The variety of learning displayed in the notes will , however , cause more wonder than pleasure in the reader .
Mrs . Smith ' s second volume of ' Elegiac Sonnets' will not detract from her well-earned reputation . Mr . Bidlake ' s poem , entitled 'The Country Parson , ' will be perused with real pleasure by every admirer of simplicity . DRAMATIC . THE stage has undergone a great , andwe feara very bad change
, , of late years . Few modern plays will bear perusal , and those which are the most successful are generally the ivorsf . Mrs . Inchbald ' s * Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are'is , however , a pleasing VOL . x . L
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
A Retrospective View Of The Literature Of 1797.
Royal Society of London , for the year 1797 ' need only be noticed ; It contains but ' few papers of scientific consequence . Mr . Nicholson ' s Journal of Natural Philosophy' is a work of considerable promise , from the specimens already published , and the known character of the editor . Dr . Bourne ' s ' Introductory LeCtures to a Course of Chemistry , read at the Laboratory in Oxford , ' is a work of utility to
young persons who are inclined to make this science their study . We may well connect with Natural Philosophy Natural History ; under which class we have to notice , with satisfaction , Mr . Donovan ' s ' History of British Insects , ' which is carried on with spirit and improvement . The 'Botanical Dialogues , ' and Mrs . Wakefield ' s ' Introduction to Botany , ' are pleasing and useful manuals for learners . MEDICINE .
THIS is also an ever-fruitful field . The ' Annals of Medicine , ' by Dr . Duncan of Edinburgh , form an interesting and valuable treasury of physical cases , observations , and improvements . The ' Medical Trafls and Observations' also continues to merit the reputation which it has obtained . Dr . Turton ' s ' Medical Glossary' is a work of some utility , notwithstanding its magnitude and expensiveness . Dr . Hollo ' s
treatise on the ' Diabetes Mellitus , ' gives some small promise of a radical cure of a fatal disease . Dr . James Hamilton ' s ' Select Cases in Midwifery , ' and ' a Collection of Engravings , ' . intended to facilitate the study of that science , are performances of merit . Dr . John . Bell of Edinburgh ' on Wounds' is a practical book of great usefulness . The same may be said of Mr . Home ' s ' Observations oh
Ulcers in the Legs . ' LAW . MR . Hargrave ' s ' Judicial Arguments and Collections' display that sound legal knowledge and elaborate research , for which that able writer has so long been distinguished . Mr . Plowden ' s ' Treatise upon the Law of Usury and Annuities' is a miscellaneous work , discussing not only law but antiquities , history , and politics , and with considerable shrewdness .
POETRY . AN uncommon degree of attention-has been excited b y the publication of a poem in parts , called ' The Pursuits of Literature ' in which the author has shewn great powers as a satyrist , and directed them in a right cause . The variety of learning displayed in the notes will , however , cause more wonder than pleasure in the reader .
Mrs . Smith ' s second volume of ' Elegiac Sonnets' will not detract from her well-earned reputation . Mr . Bidlake ' s poem , entitled 'The Country Parson , ' will be perused with real pleasure by every admirer of simplicity . DRAMATIC . THE stage has undergone a great , andwe feara very bad change
, , of late years . Few modern plays will bear perusal , and those which are the most successful are generally the ivorsf . Mrs . Inchbald ' s * Wives as they Were and Maids as they Are'is , however , a pleasing VOL . x . L