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a>id practical expeiu'nr c in wliicli, some of 

 llie most (iieadfii! evils to whicli liiinian 

 iiati)i-c issiibji'cUi), can iieiliser be averted 

 nor remedied. Witii Mr. Macitenzic's 

 observation, that lectmes and demonstra- 

 tions of tearhcis of anatomy, are to i)e 

 regarded only as preparations to tlie exa- 

 mination of the dead body, every reflect- 

 ing reader ninst agree. Insight, contact, 

 Knd operative application, are indispensa- 

 ble ; and tiie great cpie-tioii i?, Uuw are 

 subj> cts to be ohtaived? It is a disconraging 

 retieciion to tlie faculty, tljat, as the num- 

 ber of surgical pnpils have increased, th-.i 

 opportunities ot instruction Isave become 

 fewer, and the chance of fnture great and 

 able practitioners, of course, much dinii- 

 miui.vhcd. For the removal of this nioi^t 

 serious inconvenience, Mr. M. offers a 

 variety of suggestions, for the particulars 

 <if which we refer our readers to his publi- 

 cation, which they will fmd well worth 

 their perusal. 



Mk. Landseer, engraver !o his ma- 

 jesty, has lately publi<^hed a work, replete 

 witli recondite erudition, entitled, Sabcaii 

 liesearcki's. It is chitily employed iu 

 giving an account of the sjmbols en- 

 graved upon cylinders of opal, calcedony, 

 and other very bard stones, wliicli have 

 been found in considerable nnmbers 

 among the ruins of Babylon, and the vici- 

 nity, and brought to Europe by various 

 Oriental travellers. The symbols en- 

 graved upon them have hitherto defied the 

 inve.-ti:;ation of the antiquary; but Mr. 

 Landseer seems to have hit upon a liappy 

 conjecture, or discovery, which bids fair 

 to unveil the whole mystery. It is well 

 known that the early inliabitants of these 

 countries were 15actiians,or worshippersof 

 the hosts of heaven ; and, mistaking 

 roncomitancy for cause, considered that 

 the aspects of the stars, at the time of the 

 nativity, especially of persons of distin- 

 guished families, excited considerable in- 

 fluence upon the future life and forttuics 

 of the individual. He considers tiiose 

 amule.ts, which arc perforated longitudi- 

 nally, evidently for tlie purpose of being 

 attached to the peison of the viearer, as 

 engraved symbols of the nativity of the 

 person wearing them, as calculated by the 

 astroloKcrs of the day. Such was the 

 fiignet left as a pledge in the hands of his 

 daughter-in-law by Judah, at the sheep- 

 slieaiing at T.mnaih; such probably were 

 llic fame images possessed by Rachel, and 

 fabricat(!d by 'I'eiali the Chaldean, fiither 

 of Abraham, the first engraver and sculp- 

 tor on record. This curious and recondite 

 work throws much light on various parts 

 of the sacred records, especially of that 

 nioKt aiK.'ient work, the book of Job; and, 

 indeed, upon many obscure departments 

 of Oriental learning, 



LIST OF BOOKS. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



Part I. of Lackington and Co.'s Cata- 

 logue of the most extensive and valuable 

 Collection of Second-hand Books on Sale 

 in this Country. 2s. 6d. 



Richard Baynes's General Catalogue of 

 Books, English and Foreign. 8vo. 2s. 6d. 



BIOGRAPHY. 



Memoirs of Captain F?ock, the cele- 

 brated Irish Chieftain, with some Account 

 of his Ancestors. Written by himself. 

 Fcap. 8vo. 9s. boards. 



Tlie Memoirs of Madame de Sapinaud, 

 ou La Vendue : translated from the 

 French. Fcap. Cvo. 53. 



CLASSICS. 



^schyli Choephora", ad fidem Manus- 

 ciiptoruni cmendavit, Notaset Glossarinni 

 adjecit, Carolus Jacobus Blomfield, 

 s.T.p. Collegii SS. Trinitatis apud Canla- 

 brigienses olim Socins. 8vo, 6s. Od. 

 boards. 



The Orlando Furioso. Translated into 

 English Verse from the Italian of 

 Ludovico Ariosto, with Notes ; by William 

 Stewart Rose. Post 8vo. 9s. 6d. 



DRAMA. 



No. II. of the Old English Drama : 

 containing, the Ball, a Comedy; by G. 

 Chapman and J. Shirley. Crown 8vo. 

 2s. 6<i. demy, 4s. 



The Deformed Transformed : a Drama ; 

 by the Right Hon. Lord Byron. 8vo. 5s. 



Alasco, a Tragedy ; by M. A. Shec. 

 8vo. 7s. 6d. 



EDUCATION. 



A Key to the Course of Mathematics 

 composed for the Use of tlie Royal Mili- 

 tary Academy, Woolwich, by Charles Hut- 

 ton, ll.d. By Daniel Bowling, 11. 4s. 



A Key to Hiitton's Compendious Mea- 

 surer: containing Solutions, atfull length, 

 to ail the Questions which have only the 

 Answers annexed to them in that work. 

 12ino. 5s. bound. 



Five Hundred Questio:,s to Dr. Bar- 

 row's Sciiptnre Narrative:-, with ruled 

 spaces for the pupil to write the Answers. 

 4to. Is. 



A Key to the above, for the use of 

 Teachers. Gd. 



The Italian Interpreter, consisting of 

 Copious and Familiar Conversations on 

 subjects of general interest and utility, 

 together with a complete Vocabulary in 

 English and Italian; by S. A. Bernardo. 

 (is. 6d. 



A New Pocket Dictionary of the Dutch 

 and English Languages, with a Vocabulary 

 ot' Proper Names, Geographical, Histori- 

 cal, &c. by J. Werninck, d. u. 12mo. 

 12s. bound. 



A Guiile to the French Language, con- 

 sisting of Vocabulary, Verbs, Dialogues, 

 and Exercises, adapted to the use of 

 Voung Persons of both Sexes; by Eliza- 

 beth Aiinlcton. 12ino. 5s. bound. 



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