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On marble pillars rear'd, and golden valves
Majestic, fashion'd by his genuine son.'

The author declares himself, in his Advertisement, far from desirous of being considered as a candidate for public applause.' The present performance, however, induces us to think that he might command applause, if he wished for it, by his future exertions.

Art. 28. The Sorrows of Switzerland. A Poem.

By the Rev.

Wm. Lisle Bowles. 4to. 38. Cadell jun. and Davies., 1801. Having travelled into Switzerland, Mr. Bowles was well acquainted with its sublime and romantic scenery, and with the virtuous simplicity of its inhabitants. His imagination could therefore easily portray the consequences of a French army breaking in on them, and ravaging their country; and these effects he has described in some good and affecting lines. He thus commences with an address to the Man of Blood:

Why art thou come, Man of despair and blood,

To these green vales, and streams o'erhung with wood?
These hills, where far from life's discordant throng,
The lonely goat-maid chaunts her matin song?
This cottag'd glen, where Age in peace reclines,
Sooth'd by the whisper of his native pines;
Where, in the twilight of his closing days,
Upon the glimmering lake he loves to gaze;
And like his life sees on the shadowy flood
The still sweet eve descending? Man of Blood!
Burst not his holy musings. Innocence
And Peace these vales inhabit: hie thee hence
To the waste wilderness, the mournful main,
To caves, where silence and deep darkness reign,
(Where God's eye only can the gloom pervade)
And shroud thy visage in their dreariest shade!
'Or if these scenes so beauteous may impart
A momentary softness to thine heart,
Let Nature plead-plead for a guiltless land-
Ere yet thou lift the desolating brand;
Ere yet thou bid the peaceful echoes swell
With havock's shouts, and many a mingled yell!
Pause yet a moment! By the white white beard
Of him whose tear-red eyes to Heav'n are rear'd;
By her, who frantick lifts her helpless hand-
By those poor little-ones, that speechless stand-
If thou hast nature in thee, oh, relent!

Nor crush the lowly shed of virtue and content!'

In the beginning of the Second Part, Mr. B. very pathetically de scribes the motive which induced him some years ago to visit this Alpine region :

" I was a child of sorrow, when I pass'd,

Sweet Country, through your rocky vallies last;
For one whom I had lov'd, whom I had prest
With honest ardent passion to my breast,

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Was to another vow'd: I heard the tale,
And to the earth sunk heartless, faint, and pale.
Till that sad hour when every hope was flown,
I thought she liv'd for me, and me alone.
Yet did I not, though pangs my heart must rend,
Prove to thy weakness a sustaining friend?
Did I not bid thee never, never more,
Or think of me or mine; as firm I swore
To cast away the dream, and bury-deep,
As in oblivion of the dead man's sleep,
All that once sooth'd; and from the soul to tear
Each longing wish that youth had cherish'd there.
But when 'twas midnight, to the woods I hied
Despairing, and with frantic anguish cry'd:
"Oh! had relentless death with instant dart
Smitten and snatch'd thee from my bleeding heart;
Through life had niggard fortune bid us pine,
And wither'd with despair my hopes and thine;
Yes, yes, I could have borne it--but to see
Th' accusing tear, and know it falls for me!
O cease the thought-a long and last farewell-
We must forget-nor shall my soul rebell!"
Then to my country's cliffs I bade adieu;
And what my sad heart felt, God only knew.
HELVETIA, thy rude scenes, a drooping guest
I sought; and, sorrowing, wish'd a spot of rest.
Through many a mountain-pass, and shaggy vale
I roam'd, an exile, passion-craz'd, and pale.
I saw your clouded heights sublime impend,
I heard your foaming cataracts descend;
And oft the rugged scene my heart endued
With a strange, sad, distemper'd fortitude;
Oft on the lake's green marge I lay reclin'd,
Murm'ring my moody fancies to the wind;
But when some hanging hamlet I survey'd,
Or wood-cot peeping in the shelter'd glade,
A tear perforce would steal; and, as my eye
Fondly reverted to the days gone by,
"How bless'd, (I cry'd) remote from
every care
To rest with her we lov'd, forgotten there!"

This work will not detract from the reputation which Mr. B. has already acquired as a poet: but, when we consider the general elegance and force of his numbers, we were surprized occasionally to meet lines which were rendered feeble by such low and flat expressions as-the days gone by'—

And what my sad heart felt, God only knew' 'Amid the gory tracts sit down and cry.',

These defects might easily have been avoided.

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Art. 29. A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament, with Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Law and Equity, respecting Tithes. By Henry Gwillim, Esq. one of his Majesty's judges of the Supreme Court of Madras. 4 Vols. Royal 8vo. 21. 12s. 6d. Boards. Butterworth. 1801. The public have long been in expectation of this work; and though they will be disappointed by the omission of the treatise on the subject of tithes, which the author had promised, and the appearance of which he has been compelled by circumstances to postpone, yet they will feel obliged by the accurate and faithful manner in which he has executed the other parts of his undertaking. The acts and records of parliament relating to the subject of tithes, and the decisions in the several courts of law and equity, are arranged (with few exceptions) in chronological order.-The value of the publication is considerably augmented by the insertion of many MS. cases, taken at different periods by men who reflect high honour on the profession, and whose names impart distinguished credit to these yolumes.

Art. 30. A Summary of the Law of Set off; with an Appendix of Cases argued and determined in the Courts of Law and Equity upon that Subject. By Basil Montague, of Gray's Inn, Esq. Barrister at Law. 8vo. PP. 139. 6s. Boards. Butterworth. 1801.

A collection of the cases on the subject of the law of set-off is rather a desideratum in the profession; because that title, in the last edition of Bacon's Abridgement, is short and incomplete; and because there is no separate title on this topic in the last edition of Comyns's Digest, though several (but by no means all) of the cases are collected under the title Pleader (2. G. 17.) Mr. Montague has divided his work into two books, in the first of which he cousiders the doctrine in question both at common law and by statute; and the statutes on this subject relate both to set-off in general between all descriptions of persons, and to set-off in the particular cases of bankrupts and of insolvent debtors. The second book treats of set-off in Equity.

The lav, as laid down in this treatise, appears to us to be accurate; and the cases seem to be diligently collected, and faithfully analyzed. This observation, however, we must confine to the first book, since the division, which considers the doctrine of set-off in Equity, is very scanty and incomplete; indeed this objection occurred to the author himself, who says; It is, perhaps, scarcely necessary for me to say that I consider this book as incomplete.'Why, then, did he publish it in that state?

We think that the Appendix, containing all the cases at length, after they had been quoted and the decisions given in the notes, was altogether unnecessary. Surely, Mr. Montague cannot imagine that such a subject bis repetita placebit.

Art. 31. Historia Placitorum Corone. The History of the Pleas of the Crown, by Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, published from the original MSS. by Sollom Emlyn of

Lincoln's

Lincoln's Inn, Esq. with additional Notes and References to modern Cases concerning the Pleas of the Crown, by George Wilson, Serjeant at Law. A New Edition. And an Abridgment of the Statutes relating to Felonies continued to the present Time, with Notes and References by Thomas Dogherty, Esq. of Clifford's Inn. 2 Vols. royal 8vo. 11. 8s. Boards. Payne, and Butterworth. 1800.

The merit of this production of Chief Justice Hale has been too long known, and its utility to the profession has been too frequently acknowleged, to require at this time any observations from us. Indeed, the circumstance of the House of Commons * having directed the publication of it is alone a sufficient proof of the exalted reputa tion of the author ;-a compliment which we do not recollect to have been paid to any other writer, and a just tribute of praise to the indefatigable and enlightened exertions of this exemplary judge.

We are informed by the present editor, to whose industry and judgment on former occasions we have borne willing testimony +, that the additional notes and references to modern cases, applying to the subject of this work, which were inserted in the margin of the former edition, are placed at the end of each chapter in the present; and an abridgment of those statutes relating to felonies, which have been enacted since the first publication of the work in the year 1739, to the present time, is introduced after the addenda in notis, at the end of the first volume, in order to prevent any derangement of the original paging. We have examined, with some attention, the additions introduced by the present editor, which appear to us to be judicious and pertinent; and we think that his labours have increased the value of a most useful and profound work.

MEDICAL, &c.

Art. 32. A Practical Inquiry into Disordered Respiration, &c. By Robert Bree, M. D. The Second Edition, corrected. With an Appendix. 8vo. pp. 300. 6s. Boards. Robinsons. 1800. We have spoken our opinion fully respecting the first edition of this useful work; (vol. xxxii. p.66.) and we notice the second only for the purpose of remarking that Dr. Bree has made several judicious retrenchments, which will render the book more acceptable to readers in general, without detracting from the quantity of actual information which it contains. On the opinions and facts, we have nothing

new to observe.

Art. 33. The Villager's Friend and Physician; or a familiar Address on the Preservation of Health, and the Removal of Disease on its first Appearance; supposed to be delivered by a VillageApothecary. With cursory Observations on the Treatment of Children, on Sobriety, Industry, &c. By James Parkinson. 8vo. IS. Symonds. 1800.

*Vide Journ. Com. Lunæ. 29. die Novemb. 1680.

Mr. Dogherty was the author of the Crown Circuit Assistant, and the editor of the last edition of the Crown Circuit Companion, noticed in our 30th Vol. p. 456.

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Much good advice is offered in this publication; and it is conveyed in a style which is in general well adapted to a village-audience. We therefore recommend it to the attention of our honest neighbours in the country.

Art. 34. The Chemical Pocket-Book; or Memoranda Chemica: arranged in a Compendium of Chemistry: with Tables of Attractions, &c. calculated as well for the occasional Reference of the Professional Student, as to supply others with a general Knowlege of Chemistry. By James Parkinson. Second Edition, with the latest Discoveries. Small 8vo. 6s. Boards. Symonds, &c. 1801. The first impression of this compendium was accidentally overlooked, among a few other small publications. This new edition is much improved in every respect; and it will be found an useful and convenient book for reference, by readers who have not opportunities of perusing the systematic writers on chemistry.

Art. 35. The Hospital Pupil; or an Essay intended to facilitate the Study of Medicine and Surgery. By James Parkinson. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d. Boards. Symonds, &c. 1800.

This essay contains, like Mr. Parkinson's other productions, much plain good sense, and many practical observations, applicable to most of the younger candidates for the honours and emoluments of the profession. Society is deeply interested in this subject; which, in the hands of a master, would be capable of exciting a much more general attention than it seems to command. In the mean time, Mr. Parkinson's treatise may be strongly recommended as a safe and useful guide to parents, who mean to educate their children for the practice of medicine and surgery.

Art. 36. Clinical Lectures, delivered in the Years 1765 and 1765, By William Cullen, M. D. &c. Taken in Short-hand by a Gen. tleman who attended. 8vo. 6s. Boards. Lee and Hurst. These Lectures cannot fail to excite attention; since, amid all the revolutions which have happened in medical opinions, the name of Cullen must command high degree of respect. Yet when it is considered that the First Lines of the Practice of Physic, printed long after the date of the present Lectures, contain the author's improved opinions respecting the diseases cursorily treated in this volume, it may rather be regarded as a literary curiosity than as an accession to the stock of actual knowlege. The excellence of Dr. Cullen as a teacher can never be obliterated from the memory of those who had the advantage of hearing him; he knew particularly how to impart an enthusiasm for study and observation, which has contributed to form many eminent practitioners; and the freedom with which he attacked the humoral pathology, then universally established, was a principal cause of that emancipation from the shackles of system, which has given scope to the extensive and spirited improvements of medicine in modern times.

Those who are curious in tracing the progress of opinions may derive considerable amusement from comparing the practice and the comments of Cullen, in the cases here stated, with his matured sentiments, as they are contained in the latest edition of his First Lines.

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