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*• Unfold its store of argument" 



in the same tone of devout philosophy which characterizes the pre- 

 ceding volume. Few could read these volumes without being made 

 wiser, no one could peruse them with any degree of attention and 

 not be made better. To have the mind imbued with such senti- 

 ments is one of the greatest of earthly blessings, and one of the 

 surest ways we can take 



'* To walk from holiness below 

 To holiness above." 



How truly does the amiable Bernard Barton put the case : — 



'' O ! look up to the soft blue sky 



Arching above thee bright and fair : 

 Cold is the heart and dull the eye 



Which feels not, sees not, God is there ! 



Look round thee on this spacious earth, 



With evei-y varied beauty rife : 

 Starts not an instant thought to birth 



Of Him whose presence gives it life ?" 



Our limits forbid our making any extracts, and it is besides quite 

 unnecessary, for the public has shewn its appreciation of the first 

 volume so fully as to bring it already to a second edition, which has 

 given the author an opportunity of considerably improving the ar- 

 rangement ; and we cannot doubt but that an equally favourable re- 

 ception will attend this second volume. 



The Physiology of Digestion, considered with relation to the Princi- 

 ples of Dietetics. By Andrew Combe, M.D., &c. &c. The se- 

 cond edition, revised and enlarged, pp. xxviii, 350 ; small 8vo. 

 London : Simi)kin, Marshall, & Co. — Edinburgh : Machlachlan 

 and Stewart. 1837. 



As we fully anticipated, this excellent and justly popular treatise 

 approaches to a third impression : the first was large ; so was the 

 second, which has been carefully revised and considerably enlarged. 

 The first Part, which is introductory and physiological, includes 

 much valuable information communicated in a style remarkably per- 

 spicuous and intelligible by unprofessional readers. We recom- 

 mend, in an especial manner, the sixth chapter of the second Part to 

 the attention of invalids and convalescents. Altogether, the volume 

 abounds with principles and precepts peculiarly adapted to secure 

 the advantages of health — the principal element of comfort and hap- 

 piness. 



