; From pleasant grove, and tranquil brook, 46. The Progrefs of Painting. A Poem. 4to. 3d. Bew. Mr. Melmoth here traces, in a lively and poetical manner, the progress of painting, from the origin of this elegant art in Greece, to its reception into Britain. His verfification is generally harmonious, and while he recites the hiftory, he animates to the improvement of the art. 47. An Elegy written at a Carthufian Monaftery in the Auftrian Netherlands. 410. 1. Folingby. The author of this Elegy laments the grievances of a monaftic life, which fecludes its votaries from the exertion of those virtues that can only be cultivated in fociety. The gloominefs of the scene is artfully heightened by contraft, and the verfifica. tion is fuitable to the fubject. 48. The Drama, a Poem. 4to. 1s. 6d. Williams. How far the characters defcribed in this poem are justly drawn, it would be invidious to determine. We fhall therefore only obferve, that the author difcovers a confiderable degree of poeti cal merit. The different perfons are introduced in eafy and agreeable tranfition, there is a natural variety in the objects, and the expreffion is marked with energy. 49. Charity; or Momus's Reward. A Poem. 4to. 15. Evans, Paternofler-Row. We are forry to obferve that the feftivity of Bath has been lately interrupted by diffenfions, which, we hope, are now perfectly accommodated. Frivolous difputes are proper fubjects of raillery, if not of fevere fatire; but the author of this poem difcovers a vein of farcasm which might be employed with applaufe on matters of greater importance. 50. A Poetical Addrefs to the Ladies of Bath. 40. 15. Evans, Paternoster-Row. A variety of female characters is here prefented to the ladies, either as objects of imitation or cenfure. They are generally described in animated colours, and the verfification, though I fome. fometimes disfigured with Hudibraftic rhymes, is for the most part harmonious. 51. Poetical Amusements at a Villa near Bath. 8vo. 45. Hawes. Thefe little pieces are of the kind called by the French Bouts Rimés, which was a fashionable compofition among the wits of that nation in the last century. We do not defire to fee the tafte revived in Britain; but for the fake of the charitable establishment at Bath, for the ufe of which the profit arifing from the fale of this performance is intended, we would favour it for once with our indulgence, and even recommendation. 52. The Sentence of Momus on the Poetical Amufements at a Villa near Bath. 4to. is. No Publisher's Name. น On another occafion, perhaps, we would not difapprove of Momus's pleafantry; but where the intereft of a benevolent inftitution is concerned, certainly a celeftial perfonage might check any temptation to ridicule. 53. The Philofophic Whim; or, Aftronomy a Farce. 419. 15. 6d. Becket. The moft whimsical whim this whimsical author ever produced. 54. Infancy. A Poem, Bock the Second. By Hugh Downman, M. D. 410. 15. Kearfly. In the first book of this poem, which is mentioned in our Review for July 1774, the author gives directions concerning the application of the infant to the breaft foon after its birth, the choice of a nurfe, and other incidental circumftances. In the Second, which is now before us, he treats of the food of chil. dren, the hours proper for their refreshment, fleep, and exer cife: particularly pointing out the pernicious effects of repletion, and the abfurd cuftom of feeding children in the night. The author's precepts, as we have already obferved, are founded on the principles of nature and reafon. 55. Prometheus, or the Rife of Moral Evil; a Satire. 4to. Rs. Prometheus, according to heathen mythology, formed the first man of clay, and animated the compofition with fire, which he ftole from heaven. Jupiter was incenfed at his prefamption, and, as this writer continues the fable, denounced his vengeance in these terms: From one daring deed Henceforth what woes to mortals are decreed ! Affections borrow'd from the brutal race.' To this denunciation the poet afcribes the origin of moral evil; and from hence takes occasion to delineate and expose the brutal paffions, which actuate the generality of mankind. The conqueror, according to his reprefentation, has the difpofition of a tiger; the flatterer, that of an ape; the whoremonger, that of a goat; the glutton, that of a fwine; the pimp, or the fpy, who panders for the great,' that of a jackal; Placidus, or, the infenfible man, that of an afs; the rough Rufonius, that of a bear; the peevish Chamont, that of a cur, &c. The thought is ingenious, and the language not inelegant. MEDICAL and CHIRURGICAL. 56. Nymphomania, or, a Differtation concerning the Furor Uterinus. Written originally in French by M. D. T. de Bienville, M. D. and Tranflated by Edward Sloane Wilmot, M. D. 8vo. 35. ferved. Bew. The disease described under the title of the Furor Uterinus is fo imperfectly authenticated, that many phyficians have been led to question its existence; and this fufpicion is much increased by the total filence of Hippocrates, and other writers of antiquity concerning it. If ever fuch a diforder was really obferved, it has been in the fouthern regions, where the heat of the climate might inflame a conftitutional calenture to an exceffive degree. The uncertainty of its existence, however, has not prevented the fubject from being handled by feveral adventurers in the province of medicinal romance; for this Differtation is not the first treatife on the Nymphomania that has been published within these few years. Who are M. D. T. de Bienville, and Edward Sloane Wilmot, M. D, at Padua, we pretend not to know; but this we know, from intrinfic evidence, that both of them are wretched fmatterers in phyfic. Sloane Wilmot may be reckoned a good travelling name for a phyfician, and Padua was once a famous univerfity for the fludy of the fciences; but though formerly a reputed fchool for medical learning, it never was fufpected to be the feat of medical infpiration; and neither name nor place can confer knowledge, where it has not been otherwife implanted. The following prefcription, which would difgrace an apothecary's apprentice who had not been a month at the business, may be fufficient to fhew the therapeutic abilities of thefe authors. Take the peel of preserved oranges, and lemons, of each two ounces; cloves, and canella alba, of each two drachms; grated nutmeg, one drachm; the best treacle, three drachms; Crabs-eyes, one ounce. Pulverife the whole as much as poffible, and beat it a long while in a mortar, with the preserved peel, not ceafing until it be reduced to a pafte; add to it three drachms of the beft rhubarb, finely powdered; beat this alfo in the mortar, until every thing fhall have been incorporated, throwing in, at the fame time, as much fyrup of quinces, as may be neceflary to reduce the whole to the form of an opiate fomewhat folid, which must be put in a pot, and kept for ufe in a cool place.' We never before heard of an opiate being diftinguished by any particular form, or of the existence of fuch a medicine with out out any thing narcotic in its compofition.-We find mention likewife made of clear broth, made of milk and barley flour, in which syrop of poppies had been infufed. But it is not furprifing to meet with fuch jargon in authors who can present us with the following passage.. A beautiful youth prefents himself to their view; yet, what do I fay? a man, fuch as they chufe to imagine him to be; for in the whirlwind of flames which compose their atmofphere, the fparks of fire which dart from their eyes may well caft fuch light and brilliancy over any object, howfoever deformed, as would change a Vulcan into an Adonis.' Of the fame kind is the fubfequent fentence: Until I had vifited countries lefs favoured by nature, where the blood, inftead of being animated by a fulphureous and balfamic air, is inceffantly corrupted by lumps of ice which are there devoured, through the fatal neceffity of respiration.' With how much learned precifion is one and the fame fenfation multiplied by these notable doctors! First, to an agreeable friction of the organs which is pleafing to the woman, and the fenfation of which occafions, as far as a certain point, titellations of different kinds, and of different degrees. 6 Secondly, to foft and delightful tinglings, by which she is fweetly disturbed. Thirdly, to voluptuous thrillings, by which he is at once agitated, and animated.' Notwithstanding all the profeffions of a moral intention, the beneficial tendency of this production may be called in question; and instead of extinguishing the firebrand of lubricity*, perhaps the author rather increafes its rage. 57. A critical Enquiry into the ancient and modern Manners of treating the Difeafes of the Urethra, with an improved Method of Cure. By Jeffe Foot. 8vo. 15. 6d. Becket. Mr. Foot here delivers a diftinct account of the several me thods which have been practifed, for curing the disorders of the urethra; fhewing, at the fame time, the difadvantages with which they are respectively attended. The means which he re commends from his own experience, in caruncles of the urethra, is the medicated catgut bougie; during the ufe of which, the patient is advised to fit over the fteam of hot water once a day, for half an hour, and to anoint the perinæum, where the fchirrous tumors may be felt, with a fmall quantity of the unguentum cœruleum fortius; continuing likewife in the use of fome mercurial alterative. DIVINITY. 58. Sermons on the most interesting and important Subjects. By Christopher Atkinfon. 8vo. 5s. Boards. Crowder. This volume confits of twenty difcouries on the following fubjects God's fuperintending Providence; God the Author of The firebrand and fire of lubricity, are fome of the elegant metaphors ufed in the work. : all fpiritual Graces; the Nativity of Chrift; the Crucifixion; the Refurrection; Faith, Hope, and Charity; Self-examination; the Reasonableness and Propriety of fenfual Mortification; Repentance; Truft in God the beft Support under Affliction; Contentment; Prayer; the Pleasure and Happiness of Religion; Motives for alienating our Affections from this World, and fixing them on the next; a wicked Courfe of Life the feverest Sting of Death; Chrift's Victory over Sin and Death; and the Day of Judgement. Thefe difcourfes are of a practical nature; rather perfuafive than argumentative. The ftyle in which they are written is lively and animated: fometimes perhaps a little too florid. The author's fyftem of faith is what is ufually called orthodox. 59. The Nature of Religious Zeal, in Two Difcourfes, the Subfance of avhich was delivered at the Vifitation of the Archdeacon of Bucks, at Newport Pagnel, April 27, 1774. By J. Briggs, A. M. 8vo. Is. Payne. The author's text is this paffage in the Epiftle of St. Jude: That ye fhould earnestly contend for the faith, which was once delivered to the faints." In difcourfing on these words he endeavours to fhew the proper grounds and meafures of religious zeal; the reafons on which it is founded; the caufes by which it is liable to be corrupted; the fpirit and temper with which it is to be exercised; the objects to which it is to be directed; and the limits within which it ought to be restrained. The principles inculcated in thefe difcourfes, are rational, and agreeable to the genius of Christianity. 60. An Effay on the fundamental or most important Doctrines of Natural and Revealed Religion. By J. Wood, B. D. 8vo. 25. Law. The following fentences will be fufficient to thew the reader, what fort of entertainment he may expect, if he fhould undertake to perufe this Effay. We may perhaps have English flices of infidelity no lefs · favory or extenfive than thefe, which are faid to have been oc cafionally lodged in the brain of a Roman orator [See Cæfar's Speech in Salluft]; but no one has ever had imprudence, or impudence enough to produce them before the houfe of lords or commons, nor before a pious court of London aldermen.' That Plato and Tully, or any of the antient philofophers, did not believe a future ftate of reward and punishment, appears to me to be a puzzle-cap of truth, or labyrinth of error, on which is erected a kind of philofophic fign-poft, fignifying to all travellers into the immenfe and cultivated countries of Religion, no future ftate, the first fettled and fundamental article of the philofopher's creed.' 61. A Prefervative against Criminal Offences: cr the Power of Gadlinefs to conquer the reigning Vices of Senjuality and Profanenefs. 12mo. 15. Longman. A pious, well-intended performance, free from enthusiasm; but written in a very indifferent ftyle: for which the author 1 .makes |