‘what may be ‘called miscellanea. 
1825.) 
thors, not recent, of whom Mr. M. has 
made no mention: but of these latter our 
space warns us that we must only give the 
names of the authors whom H. Stephens has 
‘put together in one work—Dionysius (Pe- 
riegetes) ; Pomponius Mela and C. J. Soli-' 
nus (Polyhistor) ; while, as to the former, 
we must beg the patience of our readers, 
while we give a copy of the title-page of 
what appears to us a curious old edition of 
Terence— : , 
_ Terence in English. 
FABVLAE COMICI 
FACETISSIMI ET ELE- 
GANTISSIMI POET ZA TE- 
RENTI OMNES ANGLICAE 
factee & hac nova forma edite : opera 
ac industria, 2. B.in Axholmenst insula 
Lincolnsherij Epwortheatis. 
Quinta editio multd emendatior. 
Ex Horario. 
Sunt delicta quidem quibus ignovisse velimus : 
Nam neque chorda sonum reddit, quem vult manus § 
mens : 
Poscentique gravem persepe remittit acutum. 
Nee semper feriet, quodcunque minabitur arcus. 
Prodesse non obesse : 
Tilud ex animo fict, hoc preter voluntatem aceidet. 
LONDON 
Printed by Iohn Legatt, and are to be sold by Iames 
Boler, at the signe of the Mary-gold in Pauls 
Church-yard. 1629. 
Dr. Grey’s Memoria Technica, or Method 
of Artificial Memory, applied to and exem- 
plified in the Sciences of History and Chro- 
nology. Together with a new Appendix and 
Index Verborum; revised, abridged, and 
adapted to general use, by J. H. Topp, 18mo. 
—The merits of Dr. Grey’s celebrated and 
elaborate treatise are pretty universally al- 
lowed: ‘‘ Why then,” it is asked, “‘ has it 
not acquired a greater degree of popularity, 
and come into more general use?” The 
usua] answers of the adversaries of this 
system are:—that the Dr.’s memorial verses 
and words are so utterly outré and absurd, 
that the introduction of them rather con- 
founds and perverts the understanding, than 
lends any aid to the recollection; and, 2. 
‘That it abounds with matter, not having a 
‘strict relation to classical authors, whence 
it is not received in schools and colleges, 
where separate regard is paid to History 
and Chronology, or where the common 
modes of education are pursued. To the 
removal of this second objection Mr. Todd 
has successfully devoted his attention; and 
having, with the originator of the method, 
stated that— 
** The design is, not to make the memory better, 
but things more easy to be remembered ; so that, by 
‘the help of it, an ordinary, or even a weak memory, 
shall be able to retain what the strongest and most 
extraordinary memory could not retain without it :”— 
he presents a faithful abridgment, omit- 
ting all that Dr. G, has inserted relative to 
feography and astronomy, and principally 
In this 
“we cannot Rie Mr. 'T. of injustice, for 
the Doctor 
elf has laid down, a8 a ne- 
Domestic and Foreign. 
847. 
eessary preliminary advice, Quintillian’s mule, 
that the student must “make himself master 
of one thing before he proceeds to another, 
beginning with such ‘particulars as he has 
most oceasion or inclination to retain,” 
For this neat and prettily-finished little ve- 
lume, a useful and complete original index, 
verborum, is appended: which alone would 
entitle Mr. 'T. to the thanks and. gratitude 
of the admirers or learners of this system 
The Practical Miner's Guite, &c. Gi; 
also a Treatise on the Art and Practice® 
Assaying Silver, Copper, Lead, and i 
&e. &c.; together with a Collection of 
Tables, Rules, and Iliustrations, excluswely 
applicable to the Mining Business. | The 
whole introduced and exemplified in the moat 
plain and practicable manner. By J. 
BuDGE. hin 8vo.—This little volume, 
containing only about 100 pages of text, 
while its bulk is somewhat increased by 
“ Dedications,’ ‘* Prefaces,” “ Introdue- 
tions,” ‘ Preliminary Observations,” &é., 
together with several very neatly engraved 
plans and diagrams, elucidatory of subjects 
propounded, appears to be gotten up with 
much care and attention; and we sincerely 
hope that Mr. Budge, having overcome his 
“‘ apprehensions,” will be not only ‘en- 
couraged by an enlivening hope springing 
up” as he proceeds, but also reap some of 
the more substantial (pecuniary) fruits of 
noble daring ; for we are prepared to admit 
that the present practice of mining, and 
more especially dialling, is very imperfeet, 
and that, ‘“ consequently, some plain 
scheme, founded on pure mathematical 
principles, is a great mining desideratum.” 
The great merits of his work, Mr. B. ad- 
judges to be, Accuracy, Plainness, and Des- 
patch : should these be found, the author, 
certainly, will not have reason to “ regret 
the labour, pain, expense, privation, trou- 
ble and perplexity,” the production of this 
work has cost. 
A Speedy End to Slavery in our West 
India Colomes, by Safe, Effectual and Equi- 
table Means, for the Benefit of all Parties 
concerned. By T.S. Winn, formerly Reési- 
dent in the West Indies. 8vo. pamphlet.— 
We are glad to see that the pens of our 
advocates for the rights of sable men, end 
the interests and obligations of humanity, 
are not yet worn to the stump—that the 
discussion still goes on—and that the con- 
yiction seems to be becoming genera], mot 
only that the decrees of the Legislature of 
one nation can neither abolish the slaye 
trade, nor diminish the aggregate hor- 
rors of that traffic, or the miserable 
sufferings of its victims; but that the gys- 
tem of colonial slavery is, in its nature, 1n- 
capable of mitigation ; and that, therefore, 
there is no possible remedy for this erying 
evil, but the emancipation of the slaves. 
We are glad, also, to find the questions of 
gradual and of immediate emancipation 
eater ‘ant considered in all their, bear- 
Ins ; 
