upon its right object, (i. e. God,) and done for good ends, would infallibly fave foul and body; and which now, without repentance, will as infallibly prove the lofs of both. For God is faid to be fo jealous of his honour, that, He will not give it to man, neither his praife unto a Doctor; which is no better than a graven image! Our Author's other arguments are equally pertinent and conclufive. Art. 34. The Advantages and Difadvantages of Inoculation, with respect to Individuals, and the Public, impartially confidered; to which is annexed, Obfervations on the Method propofed by Boerhaave for preventing the Small-pox. Tranflated from the original Latin of the B. Van Swieten, M. D, &c. &c. 8vo. 1 s. 6 d. Griffin. 1773. This is a tolerably exact tranflation of Van Swieten's commentary on part of the 1403 aphorifm, and fome other of the aphorifms of Boerhaave on the fmall-pox. Art. 35. A History of a Gentleman cured of Heats in bis Face. Written by himself. 8vo. 1s. Hawes, & Co. 1773. We have ftrong fufpicions that this is an artfully couched advertifement, to promote the fale of the medicine here recommended. if it is not, let the benevolent Author add his name to the pamphlet ; as no poffible inconvenience can arise, from his giving this fanction to the cafes which are related. Art. 36. A Flagellation for a certain Apothecary, with a full Refutation of the numerous Abfurdities lately published in a Pamphlet entitled An Effay on the Cure of the Venereal Gonorrhoea. in a new Method; fhewing how to relieve the most painful Symptoms in a few Hours.' In a Letter to the Author. 8vo. 1 s. Pridden. 1773. This fmart flagellation is intended as a falutary reproof to the Author of an Effay, of which we have given a fhort account in our Review for March 1772, p. 252. The Author of the Effay apprehends, that there is a fpecific difference between the infectious matter which produces a gonorrhoea and that which produces a confirmed lues: and that the first of thefe does not require the ufe of mercury, but may be effectually cured by taking the balfam copaiva, and by ufing an aftringent injection. Our fpirited flagellator is convinced, that these opinions are not properly fupported either by argument or experience, and makes fome pertinent obfervations on the points in queftion.-Whether Mr. Es will patiently receive fuch a whipping, or will in his turn prepare a flagellation for the flagellator, time must discover. As to ourselves, we have determined not to prejudge the matter, but to fee fair play between the Knight of the Peftle and the Knight of the Lancet.. Since this article was written, the Reviewer has been informed that a very smart news-paper controverfy has been carried on, between thete medical difputants; and that they even proceeded to talk of gun porder: but we have not yet heard the explosion. · Art. Art. 37. An eafy Way to prolong Life, by a little Attention to what wwe eat and drink: Containing a Chymical Analyfis, or, Enquiry into the Nature and Properties of all Kinds of Food; how far they are wholefome, and agree with Conftitutions: With fome Directions refpecting our Way of Living. Collected from the Authorities of our ableft Phyficians. By a Medical Gentleman. 8vo. 2s. Bell. The best parts of this publication are picked up from Dr. Cullen's lectures on the Materia Medica: of which work we have given an account in our Review for February last, page 138. The fate of this juftly celebrated profeffor is indeed fomewhat extraordinary. First to be dragged before the tribunal of the Public, by fome of his ungracious pupils; with all their imperfections on his head.' And now to be ftill further mangled, pillaged, and retailed, by an anonymous compiler! Art. 38. A Treatise on the principal Difeafes of the Eyes; containing a critical and candid Examination of the ancient and modern Methods of Cure, of the prefent defective Modes of Practice, with an Account of new, mild, and fuccefsful Methods for the Cure of Difeafes of this Organ. By William Rowley, Surgeon. 8vo. 3. fewed. Newbery. 1773. A very confiderable part of this treatife has already appeared in Mr. Rowley's Efay on the Ophthalmia, &c. fee our Review for March 1772, p. 254. And we find little in the additions to this republication, which merit that it should be ufhered into the world, under its present more promifing title-page. Art. 39. Obfervationes de Antimonio, &c. i. e. Obfervations on 25. In thefe obfervations, we have the natural, chemical, and medical hiftory of antimony, delivered in a clear and concise manner, DRAMATIC. Art. 40. A New Dramatic Entertainment, called, "A Chriftmas Tale." In Five Parts: As it is performed at the Theatre in Drury Lane. Embellifhed with an Etching by Mr. Loutherbourg. 8vo. I s. 6d. Becket. 1774. Those who have feen this piece performed, have, in general, agreed in their judgment of its merit; which is of the fort that is calculated, chiefly, to find favour in the eyes of the audience; although the ear alfo comes in for a confiderable fhare in the entertainment. Barely to perufe this Christmas Mafque, is not the way to be much prejudiced in favour of a work compofed of the higheft extravagancies of knight-. errantry and necromancy; with all their train of evil fpirits, en chanted caftles, and monsters. The monsters, however, make as good a figure on the ftage, as any monfters can, in reason, be expected to make; and it is confeffed that moniters, mufic, scenery,— all together, have combined to furnish out a very agreeable uppergallery exhibition; which feems to have been the utmost of the Author's aim. Vid. PROLOGUE. Art Art. 41. Achilles in Petticoats. An Opera. As it is performed at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden. Written by Mr. Gay. With Alterations. The Mufic entirely new, by Dr. Arne, 8vo. I s. Lowndes, &c. 1774. Mr. Gay's Achilles, confidered as a readable entertainment, has fuffered greatly in the abridgment, by which it is now, unfkilfully, reduced from three acts to two. What may have been the stage effect of its prefent alteration, with Dr. Arne's new mufic, fome new airs, new dreffes, &c. is best known to thofe who have feen it represented: We have not yet "affifted" at this exhibition, as the Chevalier Taylor, and fome other chevaliers of the Beau Monde would exprefs it. Art. 42. Palladias and Irene, a Drama, in Three Acts. 8vo. 1 s. 6d. Dodfley. 1773. A fingular, wild, irregular compofition; void of nature and probability, but not deftitute of poetry, or of moral purpose; as will appear from the following fhort fpecimens: How fleeting is the form Of earth-born greatnefs! not more changeable Is but polpon'd; And vengeance, that comes flow, comes fure at laft.' This piece, which is alfo of the Mafque fpecies, does not seem to have been intended for the Stage. RELIGIOUS and CONTROVERSIAL. Art. 43. A Continuation of the Narrative of academical Proceedings, relative to the Propofal for the Establishment of annual Examinations in the University of Cambridge; with Obfervations upon the Conduct of the Committee, appointed by Grace of the Senate on the 5th of July 1773. By the Rev. John Jebb, M. A. late Fellow of St. Peter's College. 8vo. 6d. Cambridge, printed, and fold by Crowder in London. As the fubject of this Narrative is of public concernment,' the Author justly concludes, that the Public, therefore, have an unqueftionable claim to information, with refpect to every material circumftance relating to it.' And, hence, he thinks it his duty, It is fufficient that we note a flip of this kind, by printing the word in a different character. perpetually, perpetually, as new matter arifes, to continue his Narrative of these academical proceedings.' The detail is accordingly carried on, with proper obfervations and conclufions; at the clofe of which Mr. Jebb takes leave of his readers, for the prefent, in the following terms: Thus, unconscious of an intention to mifreprefent the conduct of any gentlemen concerned, I have continued my Narrative to the present hour, and have unfolded the most material circumstances attending the propofal of an inftitution, which has long appeared to me most likely to reftore our credit with the Public. An inftitution, which after many ineffectual remonftrances of a more private nature, I was at length induced to propofe to our fenate, upon the encou ragement of many perfons, whofe characters I reverence, and whofe opinions, in whatever relates to the improvement of literature, and the honour of our University, I think it wisdom to refpect. My attempts have not hitherto been attended with fuccefs-yet the judgement I have formed of the importance of the caufe, and the confi dence, derived from the expectation that I fhall be fupported by the voice of an approving Public, forbid me to defpond. And if at laft, after the exertion of every manly effort, overborne by the weight of prejudice, and circumvented in my endeavours to obtain a fair and candid decifion of my question, I fhould be obliged to defift, I fhall not remain altogether without my confolation; as, exclufively of the fatisfaction derived from the approbation of the friends of learning and religion, I fhall retire with the perfuafion, that, in confequence of my ftruggles, the tafk of academical reformation will be rendered more eafy to those who shall hereafter be disposed to undertake it; and fhall therefore have laid in a fund of pleafing reflections, more than fufficient to compenfate for the anxieties, and ill treatment, which I have experienced in the profecution of my design.' Cambridge, Nov. the 4th, 1773. Art. 44. The Heidelberg Catechifm, with proper Texts annexed to each Answer; used for the Inftruction of Children and grown Perfons in Holland: and on which the Minifters are obliged to preach in turn every Sabbath. 12mo. 2 s. Dilly. 1773. t The Editor, whoever he is, informs us in his title-page, that all orthodox divines allow this catechism to contain the true doctrine of proteftants: a declaration which without doubt must recommend his publication to general regard: he should however have confidered, that perfons may be true proteftants, and yet have different fentiments on certain particular fubjects; fome of which are afferted in this work. The first reformers did not, in every point, exactly agree with each other; nor is it to be fuppofed that Chriftians, fince their time, fhould, on enquiry, always fee reafon to conform to their maxims and fpeculations. With refpect to the catechifm before us, it contains feveral useful and important truths, to which every Christian will fubfcribe; and as to other matters, every one must form his own judgment according to the light he receives, under the direction of fcripture and reafon. But one thing we must ever object to, as inconfiftent with the Chriftian fpirit, and Chriftian liberty, viz. the prescribing to any perfons perfons by human authority, what articles of faith, and explications of particular parts of Scripture, they fhall receive as facred truths; at the fame time binding down minifters, or others, to declare their belief of and fubjection to them. This, we apprehend, is a claim which no man, or any fet of men in the Christian church, can lawfully pretend to, or ever be able to fupport, on the principles of true proteftantifm. The Bible is the religion of Chriftians, especially of proLeftants. Whatever declarations they really find there, they are to receive with meekness and candour; but the affirmations and interpretations, even of the wifeft and the best of men, though they may merit confideration and refpect, cannot confiftently be regarded in them felves as certain and obligatory rules of faith and manners. This catechifm is much of the fame nature with other creeds and formularies that have been established; but it enlarges more than fome do, on thofe topics in refpect to which the Proteftants differ from the Papifts. Art. 45. O Tempora! O Mores! or, the New-year's Gift for a Prime Minifter. Being the Subftance of two Sermons preached at a few small Churches only, and published at the repeated Requeft of the Congregations. By the Rev. William Scott, M. A. late of Eton. Dedicated to Lord North. 8vo. 1s. Wilkie. A violent declamation against the vices of the age, which, accord. ing to the Author, is fo deplorably and defperately corrupt, as to leave very little hope of a reformation. An ulcer, he says, has overrun our body politic, from head to foot, the King and Queen, whom God preferve, excepted.'-Mercy on us! what a pickle are we in, preacher and all! for only two perfons, we fee, have escaped the infection. After this fhort but fufficient fpecimen of what this warm-headed Divine is capable of advancing, before even a congregation of honest, fober, and patriotic citizens, need we wonder that the pulpit was REFUSED him at EIGHT of their moft CAPITAL churches? Art. 46. Socinianism brought to the Teft: or Jefus Chrift proved to be either the adorable God, or a notorious Impoftor. In a feries of Letters to Doctor Priestley. In which it appears, That if Jefus Chrift is not a divine Perfon, the Mahommedan is, in all respects, preferable to the Chriftian Religion, and the Koran a better Book than the Bible. By John Macgowan, Author of Death, a Vision, and Familiar Epifles to the Reverend Doctor Priestley, &c t. 8vo, Is. 6d. Keith. 1773. Can it be confidered as very probable, that a pious Chriftian, truly affected by, and interested in, the declarations of the Gospel, and at the fame time acquainted with the doubts and difficulties with which fome parts of it are attended, fhould be rafh enough to venture the truth of this divine revelation, on the certainty of that explication of a difputed article which he has feen fit to embrace? At least it may be fuppofed that fuch a perfon will be modeft, humble, and eautious of affording any thing like a cause of triumph to unbelievers. Vide the N. B. printed at the foot of the title page. + See Review, vol. xlv. p. 239. Оц |