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 A GLANCE AT LAST MONTH'S LITERATURE. 



THE literature of the last month has been uncommonly dull. 

 Novels and tales have burst upon us, nevertheless, with a fresh im- 

 petus, and one from Mr. James has been a treat to read. A certain 

 class speak highly of a tale, or a novel, or romance, called Rook wood. 

 The work can have scarcely as yet been seen, yet a system, and it is 

 a peculiar one, has led the fashionables to believe that it is of un- 

 common interest. We may probably have a word, and a fair word 

 (for we know nothing, whether evil or good, respecting it) to say 

 shortly. 



Scott's prose works are publishing in monthly volumes now ; and 

 three additional tomes are promised to the works of Byron. 



Our critical pages will inform our readers of other literary matters. 



MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE AND ART. 



THE PARENT'S DENTAL GUIDE. BY WILLIAM IMRIE, SURGEON- 

 DENTIST. JOHN CHURCHILL. 



Ij$ this little treatise, Mr. Imrie has conferred a real favour on all 

 mothers, none of whom should be without it j by reading it they will 

 save themselves many anxious mpments, as the natural symptoms of 

 infants cutting their teeth are fully and clearly explained, and the 

 proper remedies pointed out. A work of this description was much 

 wanted, as many of the little ailments attending the cutting of teeth 

 are too often, particularly by young mothers, mistaken for complaints 

 of a serious description. One great recommendation of this little 

 work is, that it is diverted of all technical jargon. We cordially re- 

 commend it to the attention of all parents. 



UWINS ON NERVOUS AND BRAIN DISORDERS. RENSHAW AND RUSH. 



WE have seldom, if ever, read a medical wprk of such general 

 interest as the one before us some of the anecdotes are intensely 

 striking. The chapter on the " Moral and Medical Management of 

 the Insane," comprises a well- written digest of those rules which 

 great experience in the profession, ancj considerable ability as an 

 author, have enabled the Doctor to strike out for the relief of his 

 species. The brain, that most subtle portion of the human frame, is 

 almost the only one that science has not completely laid open. The 

 learned Doctor deserves the thanks of every friend to humanity, for 

 his endeavour to attack that last strong hold, and alleviate that most 

 distressing of all human complaints Insanity. 



CURTIS ON THE PRESERVATION OF SIGHT. 



WE had occasion before to speak in favourable terms of Mr. Curtis's 

 larger treatise we recommend his smaller work to all those who have 

 eyes to preserve, or whose vision is defective. The observations on 

 the choice of reading and eye-glasses are useful and valuable. In 

 page 33, Mr. Curtis recommends persons frequenting the theatres to 



