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Crilkal Notices of New Books. 



Lord Greiivillcliy IMr. Wlicatlj appm;; 

 to us the most elahorate, and, upon the 

 views of tlie writer, the most able. — A 

 pamphlet on tlie means of imjjroviiig- 

 the condition of the poor is worthy of at- 

 tention, with respect to the minor nica- 

 sines wliich aid the care, bnt cannot 

 supply the neglect, oF political <;n;)rdian- 

 siiip. — J5y the bye, we are ^\-aA to per- 

 ceive that a iini)lication, under tiic title 

 of West-India Sketches, comes out fiom 

 time to time in nnnJbers, of a single 

 sheet each. Its object is to spread a 

 knowledge of tlie ;icf«al state of negro 

 slavery in the West Indies, by giving, 

 chiefly from ;uit!ifiitic sources, passages 

 which forcibly dcj)ictnre it. Tiic [ire- 

 seiit \o. V. ( onsists of extracts from 

 Dr. Finckard ; and, satisfied as we are 

 of the veracity and abiiiiy of the narra- 

 tor, they must convince all the world of 

 the sad necessity of paying little atten- 

 tion to the arguments of self-interest on 

 the score of slavery, whether negro or 

 European. 



In the benign regions of science and 

 general information, we have to record 

 with pleasure the completion of another 

 part of Dr. Kees's Cyclopedia, a work 

 now hastening io a close, and which 

 will prove one of the most correct and 

 able compilations on record. A Latin 

 prize Dissertati<ni upon the Origin and 

 Nature of Hieroglyphics, by i'tlr. James 

 Bailey, of 'I'rinity College, Cambridge, 

 has gained great praise at the Univer- 

 sity, as an honourable instance of youth- 

 ful research and learning. 



The most conspicuous production in 

 Biography, is the life of the Rev. D. 

 Brown, of CaleUtt.i, drawn up by the 

 Rev. C. Simeon. It prove:; Mr. Brov/n 

 to have been an ardent, yet meek a:!<l 

 consistent, divine of the establi.sfied 

 church, wliose laboms in the eonver.sion 

 and instruction of the natives of India 

 Dierit every praise. 



With rosiieet to Theology, muc!) con- 

 troversy is afloat between the Unitarian 

 and other Christian (congregations, 'i'lie 

 chief dis|>ntunt:^ of the present month arc 

 the Rev. Edward Law, of the established 

 <hurch at Preston; and Mr. Holland, 

 an Unitarian pastor of t!ie same place. 

 Sermons on the Union of Truth, Reason, 

 and Revelation, by the lion, and Rev. 

 E. Turnour, point exceedingly at tliis 

 dispute, being composed chiedy in 

 iiup|)ort of the Trinity and other siiccial 

 doctrines involved in it. The Sennons 

 of the Rev. Mr. Mayo, called Plain 

 Prcachiug ; and a third volume by the 

 RcYt Wijliaio Butcher, bearing (lie sv- 

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nonymons title of Plain Discourses, are 

 of more general and practical utility, 

 'i'he Rev. Dr. Gleig, primate of the 

 .Scotch Episcopal Church, has also sent 

 out the first part of an improved edition 

 of Siackliouse's History of the Bible. 



Under Law, besides some volumes of 

 Reports by various hands, Mr. Scbultes 

 has favoured the world with an able 

 treatise on tiiat very fruitlul source of 

 litigation, the Proi)riety of Ground pro- 

 duced by the Desertion of the Sea. A 

 Treatise on the Law of Slander, Libel, 

 and Difiiniaiion, Las also appeared, by 

 ?.Ir. Staikie, of Lincoln's Inn ; being the 

 tiiird on this undefinable subject within 

 a few years, all materially diiiering 

 from each other in regard to the legal 

 tiieory on that critical branch of ju- 

 risj)rudencc. 



In Medicine, an Essay on the Causa 

 and Prevention of Diseases of the Liver, 

 by Dr. Crillith; and a treatise on the 

 Gout, by Dr. Seudamore, claim par- 

 ticular attention. A Vindication of 

 Edinburgh, as a School of JMedicine, 

 from tlie Aspersions of a Member of 

 the Uui^ ersity of Oxford, by Dr. Wlial- 

 ley, was scarcely wanted ; but it is for 

 the honour of Institutions to repel as- 

 sailants, even when little is to be ap 

 prcliended. 



In Antiquity and the Fine Arts, it 

 gives us pleasure to notice iVfr. Ncale's 

 ' History and Antiquities of Westmin- 

 ster Abbey,' the first part of which is 

 published, containing forty pages of 

 ieltcr-pre.ss, and five engravings, three 

 finished and two etchings. Each 

 number, of wliich there are to be ten, ia 

 to contain the same proportit.n. The 

 plates are to consist, as far as practi- 

 c:ible, of ground plans of the building, as 

 ;.iso of sucIj of its parts, including mo 

 iiuments, as are remarkable for anti- 

 {juity or beatify. 



VVc now proceed to an article which, 

 iii Poetry, is by far the most distiu- 

 giiishcd publication of the month, we 

 juean tiie Additional Canto to Chilcle 

 Harold's Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron. 

 Tiic first production of his lordship, af- 

 tcr circumstances so calculated to fix 

 attention, cannot but excite great cu- 

 riosity. In otir opinion it will not be dis- 

 ap|)oiuted, for a more beautiful and 

 cliavactcrislic poem never issued from 

 Lord Byron's pen. The intelligent 

 reader will recollect tliat the more 

 steady avVarders of praise have always 

 given t!ie palm of merit to Childe Ha- 

 rold over his olh'pr productions, and we 

 clearly think the present canto will con- 



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