66 Nbticei respecting New Books, 



The only objection that I can see, is the ridiculous figure 

 that persons liimished with such masks rvould at first be 

 thought to cut. But this would soon hnve an end. The 

 adoption of such veils by a few ot" the great would be suffi- 

 cient to induce even the robust to wear them ; and in re- 

 ality there would be much less to laugh at than there was 

 at the tirsi use ot umbrellas, inasmuch as a man's lungs 

 are somewhat better worth protecting than his coat. 



I shall he glad if these hasty and indigested hints prove 

 of any value in furthering the laudable views of Dr. Pearson. 

 I am, sir, your most humble servant, 



.Jan»ary 15, 1810. CeNEPS. 



IX. Notices respecting New Books, 

 ^^ The Hudiments of Chemist ry, illustrated by Experiments, 

 and eight Copper-plate Engravings of Chemical Appa- 

 ratusJ* By Samuel Parkes. Price bs, in Boards. 



X here is much to commend in this little volume, which 

 contains the principal chemical, facts, detailed with pre- 

 cision and perspicuity, and illustrated with apposite expe- 

 riments : but alter the luminous discoveries of Mr. Davy, 

 — discoveries which have entirely changed the relation and 

 dependence of the various facts w hich constitute chemical 

 science, — we cannot but express our surprise that Mr. Parkes 

 «hould have adopted such an arrangement as the following : — 

 Introduction; Atmospheric Air; Caloric; Water; Earths; 

 Alkalies ; Acids ; Salts ; Simple Combustibles ; Metals ; 

 Oxides ; Combustion ; Chemical Affinity. In typography 

 and mechanical structure the present work is an exact pic- 

 ture of Blair's Grammar of Chemistry, nor could a better 

 model have been followed for an elementary work of this 

 kind ; but justice demands that we should add, it is far more' 

 correct in its detail of facts. 



''^ A?i Essay on the Effects of Carbonate, and other Pre- 

 parations of Iron, upon Cancer : with an Inquiry into the 

 . Nature of thai and other Diseases to which it hears a Re- 

 ,latw?i,'* By Richard Carmichaki, Surgeon, Second 

 Edition, considerably enlarged and improved, _ 8i/o, 

 Dublin printed, and sold by Murray, London, 



Though subjects of medicine may fijid their way to the 

 public by publications confined to that science, yet, as a 

 branch of natural philosophy, we have always been ready 

 to receive a selection. The disease to which this work rc- 



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