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station on an eminence, and by a few striking outlines gives a 

 sketch of the prospects around him, it becomes impossible to 

 make an analysis of his work. I mast therefore confine myself 

 to say, that this treatise contains many important and highly 

 interesting truths, delivered with perspicuity and elegance. 



M. De Luc's Geological Travels in Germany^ France, and 

 Switzerland, are nearly ready for publication. 



A work on Oriental Commerce, in two 4to. vols. By Mr. 

 Milburn, with numerous Charts, by Arrowsmith, is expected 

 to be published in a few weeks, 



Tyrocimum medicum ; or a Dissertation on tlie Duties of Youth, 

 apprenticed to the Medical profession. By William Chamber- 

 lay ne, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, Fellow of 

 the Medical Society of London, &c, duodecimo, 253 pages, 

 London, 1812. 



This familiar and very perspicuous Dissertation, contains much 

 more than is indicated in the title. It is a subject of primary 

 interest to the public, that the preparation and dispensing of 

 medicines should be done with fidelity, precision, and dispatch. 

 It is of equal importance that the professors of the art should 

 not be deficient in the requisite information. But in every class 

 and every rank of Society, the habits of order, method, cleanli- 

 ness, punctuality, and other good qualities, which have been 

 called the minor virtues, are so essential to prosperity and hap- 

 piness, that a book which strikingly displays their advantages, 

 must be considered as of much more extensive utility than any 

 set of Aphorisms confined to an individual profession. The 

 good advice with which this Treatise abounds, is calculated to 

 afford great benefit to the reader, whether intended for the 

 Medical profession, or for any other department of life. 



M. Zambeccari, accompanied by a friend, ascended in a bal- 

 loon from Bologna, on the 21st September. On his descent, 

 the balloon became entangled in the branches of a high tree, 

 and, before it could be disengaged, caught fire. The two aero- 

 nauts leaped out. M. Zambeccari was killed upon the spot ; 



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