thoughtlessly united themselves with vice, they must submit to pay the price of their unprincipled folly. Possibly so trying an event may occur, as a disappointment in our domestic happiness, even when due caution and pure motives seem to have guided us in the choice. In such a case, the sufferers must rest all their comfort on religion, and all their hopes on a future state. Nor let them sorrow, as those without hope;" if their duties are well performed, and their trials patiently borne, all things shall, for them, work together for good." Other excellent monitions occur: but we must now execute the painful part of our office, that of pointing out defects. We never take this trouble with works which we do not esteem. In p. 7, our author speaks of " expecting forgiveness of our own sins in the exact proportion, that we forgive others :"Not this exactitude of proportion, may it please a gracious God! The same phrase occurs in another passage. We have marked, in our first extract, the word foundation-this term refers to a building; a plant has roots, but no foundation. In p. 45, line 12, is an unlucky misprint, men extract from their wives services and benefits"-read exact. In p. 64, 65, we find the following sentiment We are told to be perfect, even as our Father which is in Heaven, is perfect; " life is to be a constant labour to attain it; and if we use our unceasing and earnest endeavours, the merits and mediation of our Saviour will atone for the rest "Atone for the rest !"-No, Sir, you do not mean this: every thing which poor human nature.can do requires atonement : Forgive our faults! forgive our virtues too; Those lesser faults, half converts to the right! We wonder the more, by what accident this escaped our author, as the following paragraph stands in the same page; Then, it is urged again, "we cannot attain all this; we must be short of perfection."-The knowledge of this unhappy truth, is only applied by pious Christians in one way, to increase their humility and selfabasement; and their faith in, and gratitude for, the GREAT PROPITIATION for the sins of the world. 1 Thessalonians, iv. 18. †Romans viii. 28. * Matt. v. 48. We shall be happy, soon, to see these, with a few other peccadilloes, which the author will discover on revision, carefully corrected, in a second edition. A Manual of Orthodox Divinity; or, Religious Principles in plain and easy Language, suitable for all Persons, and especially adapted to instruct the Young, the Poor, and Uninformed; to ground them in the Doctrines of the Christian Church, and preserve them from Errors in Religion, by the late Oliver St. John Cooper, M A. 8vo. Price 2s. Boards. Printed for the Endeavour Society. Sold by Rivingtons, &c, Lon-. don, 1806. THE object of this work is clearly expressed in the title, and after a careful perusal of it, we must acknowledge that. the author has done every thing that could be expected in so small a compass. We do not find any thing objectionable in his doctrines, which are evidently and strongly corroborated by numerous references to scripture, a plan (by the bye) well calculated to lead the serious reader to a duty, alas, too much neglected by all, that of searching the scriptures". If the texts had been given at length, the bulk of the book, and its price, would have been increased, and of course its. circulation diminished. We recommend it to our readers, who would be gratified with perusing it, and might thereby be better disposed to purchase it for their children, servants, and poor neighbours, We most sincerely join in the prayer of the late worthy author. That this work may be blessed to those who use it, and that it may tend to promote the 66 glory of God, and the salvation of "souls, through Jesus Christ our Lord "and only Saviour.-Amen." For an account of the Endeavour Society, see our Proposita Philanthropica, P. 1048. The Friend of Youth; or, Candid Advice to Parents and Guardian son the Choice of such Trades, Professions, and Em-. ployments, as may be suited to the Taste and Genius, to the Talents and Propensities, to the present Circum-. stances and future Hopes, of their respective Children and Wards. 12mo. PP. 326. Price 6s. Ridgway, London, 1806. THIS long title sufficiently expresses the purport of the work before us. Books of this description are useful, because, it often happens that the judgment of a parent, in itself undecided, is determined by a trivial occurrence, as to what profession may best suit his child. Among the infinitely varied situations of life, circumstances not to be controuled by wishing, or even by endeavour, almost necessitate youth to the adoption of such Occupations as are within their attainment. Nevertheless, at a period when enquiry is duty, a work like the present may be consulted with advantage; and choice, if a choice be permitted, may be made by prudence assisted by good information. There are also, at all times, a considerable number of men grown up to maturity, who have not been regularly trained to any business; others, whose businesses have failed them, or who wish to change those which they have followed; to these such works are useful; and by consulting them, they may be less at the mercy of crimps and kidnappers, with which most of the lower kinds of employments abound, at least in the metropolis, no less than in too many branches of the public service. The author introduces his work, by advice to parents of rank and fortune, in which he discusses the relative advantages of the learned professions; and of naval and military employments. After this follows advice to parents of the middle classes, to which the author refers the Arts, Agriculture, &c. in alphabetical order. His endeavour is, to give a general idea of the capital necessary for beginners in each profession, and of the emoluments deriveable from it. He also distinguishes such as are peculiarly injurious to health, and introduces various cautions, the observance of which would pove highly beneficial. It could not be expected that the modes of conducting businesses, or the unpleasantnesses inseparable from them, should have been communicated even to the most careful enquiries of a stranger to such businesses: these can be taught by nothing short of experience. It is evident, therefore, that a general notion is all which can be obtained from this volume; and under that view of it, it is intitled to praise. The author considers himself as having. taken advantage of a hint derived from a friend; and professes to give us the result of personal enquiries. He might have known, that many years ago, forty, perhaps, or more, a work of this nature was published, of which the editor, we believe, was Mr. Collyer. This, (or others of the same nature) has been since reprinted, from to time, so that the present volume is not the only one from which similar information may be derived. Account of the Introduction of the Cow. Pox into India. 8vo. pp. 111. Bombay. Printed by Moroba Damotherjee Prabhoor, 1803. WE register this little volume, with no other intention than that of recording a history of the transmission of the Cow-Pox to a country so remote as India. This fact alone, demonstrates the importance of commerce, and the powerful effects of intercourse between distant nations. Had not commerce induced Europeans to settle in India, this event could not have occurred: an enlightened nation only could manifest such zeal in promoting what was understood to be so great a public blessing, or could have produced the means of conveyance, and the persons capable and willing to take advantage of its powers. Dr. Keir, the author of this work, asserts, that "there is no country where the small-pox proves so great a scourge as it does in India, owing to the climate, as well as to the prejudices of the inhabitants," p. 7; and the Medical Board at Bombay, write, August 4, 1801. "The small pox from inoculation is certainly here a much more dangerous disease than in Europe; for a greater proportion die of it, and of those who escape, great numbers suffer severely from it. We think that one third of those who get the disease naturally, are destroyed by it; at times, indeed, it appears under a much milder form, but occasionally, the mortality from it is still more deplorable." Circumstances so distressing most surely justify the anxiety of these gentlemen to obtain whatever preventive they had reason to hope was salutary. Many attempts were made to send the virus to India, by sea; but from the length of the voyage, they failed. After various miscarriages, the matter was received at Constantinople, from Dr. De Caro at Vienna, and the disease was established at Constantinople; Lord Elgin, the British Ambassador there, inoculating his child on September 6, who was born August 31. From Constantinople the vaccine matter was carefully conveyed, by land, of course, to Bagdad; a journey of from 25 to 30 days. From Bagdad to Bussorah the distance is much shorter, so that Mr Milne the surgeon at Bussorah received it in a few days. The next difficult step, perhaps the most difficult of the whole, was to produce it in Bombay, after a sea voyage, and after it had been kept for weeks before we could use it. This will account for the many failures experienced before success was obtained. The Recovery left Bussorah late in May, and as the season was favourable for making a quick passage, reached Bombay in three weeks, bringing supplies of virus, carefully put up in different ways. Between 20 and 30 subjects were immediately inoculated, among which only one instance of success occurred. Anna Dusihall, the child of a female servant belonging to Capt. Hardie, was inoculated by Dr. Scott, June 14. She was about three years of age, healthy, and certainly never had had the small-pox. She was remarkably good tempered, and to her quietness and patience in suffering the operation, its success is in some measure to be attributed.--The disease succeeded :- -here was only one pustule on the inoculated spot, nor did the child suffer any material inconvenience during the whole progress of the complaint. From Anna Dusthall. on the 8th day of her disease, seven children were inocu lated; and thus, this discovery has been established in India. The island of Bombay, does not contain less than 150,000 people, so that the disease may certainly be kept up. The Hindoos and Parsees, both here, and at Surat, shew the utmost desire of having their children inoculated. The Medical Board, impressed with a just sense of the important acquisition they had made, and anxious to diffuse it throughout India, directed the virus to be forwarded to Bengal, Fort St. George, Ceylon, and to all the other principal stations, every week; till they had the satisfaction of learning, that the disease was produced at Hyderabad, Masulipatam, at different stations on the island of Ceylon, and elsewhere. VOL. I. [Lit, Pun. Feb. 1807.] We have no occasion to quote any part of the descriptions of this disease, which compose a considerable portion of the volume before us: but it appears, from p. 41, that several instances occurred in Ceylon, of secondary pustules on parts of the body distant from the seat of inoculation. In one instance, three pustules ran their course regularly. From Madras, the cow-pox was communicated to Port Jackson: three children being inoculated during the voyage. The cows of India have not this disease, p. 71. If the cow-pox should succeed in ex. terminating the small pox from India, this history of the conveyance of the means by which it was effected, will be future occasion, a similar communication read with peculiar interest; or if, on any should be desirable, the measures taken in this instance may be recurred to with advantage. Dr. Meek, at Cochin, had inoculated 1,044 subjects February 1, 1803, and had put 25 of them to the test of variolus contagion, without producing the small pox. vaccinated in India, between Sept. 1, No less than 145,840 persons were 1802, and April 30, 1804. The Rajah of Tanjore is a zealous supporter of it; and the Divan of Travancore has submitted to this process. Among those vaccinated were 5s. Brahmins Malabars Mahometans 4,141 41,806 10,926 An Historical Account of Corsham House, in Wiltshire; the Seat of P. C. Methuen, Esq. with a Catalogue of his Collection of Pictures, &c. by John Britton. Crown 8vo. pp. 108. Price For the Author. London, 1806. A pleasing and useful little volume, which certainly shall be a pocket companion in our next excursion into Wiltshire when we shall also endeavour to take advantage of Mr. Britton's information, and contrive to visit Corsham, either on a Tuesday or a Friday, those being open days for viewing the pictures, which form a principal attraction of this mansion. Mr. B. has added an interest to his work, by dedicating it to the patrons of 2 K the British Institution for promoting the arts, the purposes of which he states with great satisfaction, and takes advantage, from the nature of the institution itself, to predict flourishing times for graphic merit. The prices of the pictures sold in this gallery during its first exhibition, which closed June 10, 1806, amounted to £5,450. A sketch of the distinctions between the schools of painting, also, an historical glimpse at the estimation in which the fine arts have been held, precede the catalogue of pictures, to which is appended notes, and which is followed by some accounts of the masters whose works the reader is supposed to have been visiting, among whom are several names not in common dictionaries. A history of this seat, concludes the work. Such assistance is very useful to whoever intends to enjoy the inspection of a Cabinet of Pictures, or other performances of art and the perusal of a work of this kind, not only prepares and enables the mind to dwell with most satisfaction on the principal articles, but supersedes a number of questions, which, sometimes, while they interrupt the contemplations of a connoisseur, vex him, by the little honour they do to the inquirer. A variety of information comprised in a small compass, renders this compilation useful in several other respects, even to those who have no such visit in prospect. Dismissing this volume with the general praise it deserves; we take the opportunity it offers, to recommend in works relating to the arts, a more than customary attention to correctness in the names of persons, places, and things: and, we choose to select our instances in explanation of this principle, from the work of a gentleman well known for his indefatigable researches and general information, rather than from performances of dubious merit, in order that our intention may not be subject to misconstruction. Such slips, when detected, are no greater drawbacks from Mr. B.'s merit, or from the reader's entertainment, than they are from the gratification of inspecting these unquestionable chefs-d'œvie of art. First, we observe, that abbreviations of every kind are inconvenient; they are imposed by necessity, and not to be adopted by choice: we would not, therefore put pan. for pannel: can. for canvas: or cop. for copper. It is a blemish; and that abbre viations, of names especially, may be deceptive, is evident, by the instance of FRAN. [Fran Mola.] which may be either Francis, Francisco, or François; yet, the first, if written at length, would mark the artist as an Englishman, the second, as an Italian, and the third, as a Frenchman. It would be better to risk the seeming affectation of putting the Christian name at length.-A directly contrary error, though of the same nature, is committed in "No. S. Portrait of ToMASO MAS ANIELLO," the Neapolitan. Here the Christian name is twice inserted; Mas being the Italian mode of abbreviating TOMASO: whereas, we say in English, Tom.-Av. Ostade. p. 51, should be either, Ad. for Adrian, or A. v. for Adrian van Ostade.-Giacoma Bassan, p. 53, has, as we conceive, two errors we should read Giacomo; and Bassano as no native of Italy, to which country this artist appertained, would omit the o; and it is desirable, that each country should be supposed to retain its own mode of expressing its own names. For the same reason we remark Eustachius Le Sueur : a Frenchiman would write it Eustache : also, Bartholomew Stephen Murillo: this is English, not Spanish. "Peter van Lear, born at Laeren," should certainly have been written Laer, correspondingly to the place of his birth. Calvert is also printed Calvart. John Lanfranc[o] p. 81, should be Giovanni. “Carlo Maratti called Cavalière," is also impro per: : Cavalière imports the honour of knighthood, conferred on this eminent painter.-The same remark applies to Titiano Vecelli Cavalière," p. 97. Finally, we must protest against introducing knighthood among saints, contrary to authority. "No. 98, SIR Charies Borromeus visiting the sick :" and the same in "No. 167, Sir Francis Xavire (Xaverius) dying on the coast of China." A complete Verbal Index to the Plays of Shakspeare; adapted to all the Editions, comprehending every Substantive, Adjective, Verb, Participle, and Adverb, used by Shakspeare; with a distinct Reference to every individual Passage in which each Word occurs. By Francis Twiss, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. pp. 1190. Price £3 3s. Egerton, London, 1805. We always supposed that Reviewers had no equals, for patience; and that in the walks of literature, they stood foremost in the persevering line, and in the exercise of indefatigability. We acknowledge, however, a formidable rival in Mr. Twiss, who, by incessant attention to substantive, adjective, verb, participle, and adverb, has almost shuffled us out of our precedence. We confess freely, that when we find works of which duty alone urges us to the perusal, we do not scruple to pay much less ceremony to both nouns and pronouns, than Mr. Twiss has paid to mere participles. But, then, the writers whom we thus treat with accelerated motion, are not Shakspeares, nor of the Shaksperean family; and we consider it as a great abatement of the applause due to Mr. T's. exertions, that he could find, wherever he went, some agreeable idea, or poetic beauty, to support his spirits; while we, alas! have drudged through many a volume without finding any such thing: without any mitigation of our labour, and with hopes truly forlorn, till we joyfully beheld the best word in the book-FINIS. We submit therefore, that if Mr. T. should be thought to excell in patience, yet that we exceed in long-suffering. These volumes contain several hundred thousand references; and the author boldly "puts in his claim to general correctness, though he has not the presumption to imagine that such a work will be found entirely free from errors." Mr. T. has collated in addition, the play of Pericles, that having been admitted by Mr. Malone into his edition of 1790, and, on the suggestion of Dr. Fariner, reprinted by Mr. Steevens. It appears, that after Mr T. bad made a progress in his work, which included all the then published editions, a new edition of Shakspeare in fifteen volumeş, appeared; and this he has also comprised in his references, "wishing to profit by the last labours of so acute a critic as Mr. Steevens." We are almost tempted to accommodate to our author, the words of the satirist on another subject, Rem duplica. Feci.-Jam triplex; jam mihi " ' quarto, • Jam decies redit in rugam. Depunge ubi sistam, Inventor, Chrysippe, tui, et finitor acerei! A Letter to Samuel Whitbread, Esq. M. P. containing Observations on the Distresses peculiar to the Poor of Spitalfields, arising from their local Situation; by William Hale 8vo. pp. 35. price 1s. Williams and Co. London, 1906. MR. Hale has been very active as an inspector of the poor of the parishes of Spitalfields, St. Mathew Bethnal Green, and Mile End New Town, which are considered as forming one district. He has witnessed the most pungent distress, and in the present pamphlet he states a case of extreme misery. It appears that this quarter was principally built for, and peopled by, the French refugees, who left their country in consequence of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and the persecutions attending that iniquitous measure. Of these, some were rich; but the main body was poor, and the rich have gradually withdrawn to what they think more respectable situations, leaving the poor to burden each other, This mass of poverty, accumulated no doubt by the increase of families, and affected by every disadvantageous fluctuation in the market price of provisions, feels its own misery, but knows not how to relieve it. From the hand of those already poor is wrung the parish rate which is to support those who receive parish assistance; and this has been so severe a trial to humanity, that "the collector of the poor rates, appalled at their miserable situation, and well knowing the total impossibility of wringing the money from them, gave up his books, though at the expense of losing a salary of about eighty pounds a year It appears, that this parish has had three or four acts of parliament for its direction and beside what assistance it received from the Patriotic Society at Lloyds' a few years ago, it had also £20,000 from his Majesty at the request of the House of Commons. Yet still it is greatly in debt, and barely able to pay the annuitants whose money it has borrowed. The distress of this case needs no farther proof, and it strongly excites our compassion; but, whoever might wish to devise a remedy, would desire better insight into the causes of this peculiar state of suffering. We should wish to know the population of this district, the em |