RdrofpcSi of Dome/tic Literature— Natural Ilifiory. 625 



Prom the Sekmons wc muft not ex- 

 clutlu tile mention of tlic tiilt volume of 

 tl)ol« "J'llccUii ttad ubiidj^cdfrom Mtno>- 

 Aitllior's," by Mi-. Clapuam ; tidapted 

 gcni'ially to tlie n|)illlo, ^lolpel, or liril 

 IclVuii'*, or to the Icvcral iealbiis of the 

 year. The names of the \M-iters are as 

 follow: Skeltoii, Scattdgood, Peters, 

 Elfnierc, Catcott, l.a-.vfou, Bilhop Iticli- 

 moufl, lliii.lock, Bilh(i[j I'earce, Newlm, 

 (ioddard, Mid'cut, Tutker, Gilbert, Pow- 

 ell, Alunton, Bilhoi) Coiivbcare, Ciooke, 

 nnd St. John. Aa puliiit-coiupolitions, 

 YC ailree with Mr. Clapham, they may 

 perhaps be clalkd anioni; the firft which 

 ^his country has produced, either in the 

 two preceding centuries, or in the pre- 

 icnt. 



Dr. Brackenbuiiy " Fiftifthree Dif- 

 cnurfca" are Ipokeu of, in the title, as 

 fomiiiii; a count lied j'lilhm of du6tnnal 

 find prafticui C/irijliuiiiti/. 'Ihey are 

 pious and judicioti^, and proceed in or- 

 der; thougli in their compolition we dif- 

 cover little that feeuis to indicate the 

 rei;ijlarity of fyitcm. 



iMr. Gi^^nou.NK's " Scniiom," itispof- 

 fdjlc, may not merit that general appro- 

 bation V. hich his other works have met 

 with. They are undoubtedly uneijuiJ, but 

 feveral are to be dil'c('Vered among tliem 

 well fitted to inlhiK I, to aiiiniatc, and to 

 conlijle, in the various circundhuices of 

 life. 



Anwns; the Sinci.k Sermons, one of 

 the nioli valuable is that preached at the 

 " Annivcrj'urii of llic Incorporated .S'u- 

 ciefi/ for l/ic Prvpui:at'wn of the GofpeL 

 in IwLijSu Ports," by the Bisuoi' of 

 Ilociirsiiin. It is in aid of the caufe 

 wiiich lias been fo ably ad\ oeated by Dr. 

 T'laudius iJiichan.an ; and directs the no- 

 tice of the yDCiety for the I'ropaiiation 

 of the (jofpel to the itate of religion 

 amonjr i)ur own countrymen in foreign 

 parts, and mncnig the natives of Britilh 

 India. 



Dr. Zoi f n's " Alfizc Sermon" is ano- 

 ther of no ordinary value. 



Mr. JNIooi'.r.'s, '' On Female Compaf- 

 Jjiin" will at leaft have one ctiett ; it 

 vill extend the knowIeds;e of a very va- 

 luable inltitution for the relief of necef- 

 htous families in the city of llochefter, 

 and adjacent [>ariflics. 



'Jhe " Cluuiic' delivered by the Bisno? 

 ofNouwicm, at his primary vilitation, 

 ^s chiedy directed to the increafe of 

 lectarici, pointini: out the proper means 

 by which the cllablilhed i-loivy cuii aloite 

 ii'.'I'e to c'-'unteruci [li^ju- clfoitJ. 



NATVRAt, HISTORY 



The author of" Werneriu," w ho hinted 

 in the preface to the former part of his 

 work an intention of proceedinj; from the 

 earths to tlie metals, has written on the 

 latter in the lame form of text and note^. 

 In a fuppltuneut at the end he has de- 

 fcribed a few fubllances omitted in the 

 former part. Mineralogy in verfe, how- 

 ever, is itiU witnout its charms for us : 

 although we thuik we have found the 

 rythm of the ftcoud part more tolerable 

 than the tirll. Some of the notes contam 

 valuable obfervations. On <Acir account 

 Werneria may be prefervcd. 



ProtelVor Jameso.n's " Minerologkal 

 Defcriptioil of the County of Dumfries," 

 is obfcured beneath an innnenfe load of 

 German geology, fomc part of which is 

 trauilated, and the other left in the origi- 

 nal language. Ilie perufal of his work 

 is troublefome even to a profelfed rni- 

 ncralogift. Nor does it profefs in every 

 part to be perfect even in its defcriptions. 

 Tiie dilficulty of the undertaking v> ill, 

 no doubt, account for many inaccui-acies 

 in " The Botanical Guide through -B'l.f- 

 lund and Wules," by MelTrs. Tun.N-i;a 

 and DiLLWYN. The plan of the work 

 proceeds on the alphabetical lerics of the 

 counties, tollowed by the Linnean ar- 

 rangement of the rarer plants in each. 

 Rarity, however, in this compilation is 

 but a term of relative import, lince plants 

 which are extremely fearce in one por- 

 tion of a county may be quite common in 

 another. The compilers, we are glad to 

 fay, are ufually much more accurate when 

 they cite from their own obfervation, 

 than when they (|uotc on the authority of 

 former writers. 



Another woik, lefs valuable perhaps, 

 though not lefs conimendalde, is Mr. 

 Galpise's " Si/noplical Compend of 

 Britijh Butani/ :'' dt-fi'ined to bring Dr. 

 Smith's Corapendimn (»f the Britifli Flora 

 within the reach of the Englilli botanill. 

 It is prefented in a tabular form; and in 

 one view the Undent has an opportunity 

 of marking, on the one page, die clafs and 

 order of every Englilh fpecies, accordmg 

 to the fyfiem of Linna'us; the Linnean 

 and Englilh names, their foil or fitu;ition, 

 the colour of each ilower, the time of 

 flowering, and duration, together with re- 

 ferences to the figures of plants, as de- 

 fcribed by Curtis, ."^owerhy, &c. and oa 

 theoppofite pa!ie,their fpecilic characters. 

 The clafo crypto>,aniia is excluded. 



Nor of lefs iinj.'ortance are tiie Tracts 

 relative to Botany, trunflaled from dif- 

 ferent 



