186 MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 



A Brief Memoir of Sir Wm. Blizzard, Knt., F.R.S., & L. & E. Sur- 

 geon and Vice-President of the London Hospital ; read before the 

 Huntonian Society, Oct. 7, 1835. With additional Particulars of his 

 Writings. By John Cooke, Member of the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons, &c Longman and Co. 



This very sensible essay is from the pen of a gentleman of good taste and feeling, 

 is well wriHeii, and contains some interesting matter well worthy the attention 

 bo'ih of tlie learnid, scient.fic, and piofessional literaiurist. 



The Scripture Cabinet. Allan Bell and Co., Warwick Square. 



A CONCisK summary of the principal events in Biblical History, neatly illustrated 

 by Lisars. We strongly recommend this book to teachers, and all who are 

 charged with the important task of educating young persons. 



Tales for Boys, and Tales for Girls. W. Darton, Holborn Hill. 



Two pretty little volumes, well worthy the attention of the parent, as a present of 

 sterling worth, combining the useful with the interesting. 



The Mother's Assistant. Derby : Thomas Richardson. 



This useful little juvenile instructor contains sixteen hundred and eighty words of 

 one syllable, classed according to sound. Nothing could be conceived better 

 adapted to the purpose for which it is intended, and we recommend its use to 

 those who are on the first step of the ladder of knowledge, or guiding others up 

 that " steep (but necessary) ascent, fo hard to climb." 



A Popular Manual of the Art of Preserving Health, embracing the 

 Subject of Diet, Air, Exercise, Gymnastics, General and Physical 

 Education, Occupations, Bathing, Clothing, Ventilation, &c., designed 

 for the Use of all Ranks and Professions in Society. ByW. J.B. 

 Davis, Surgeon. Whittaker and Co. 



Tuis is an elaborate and masterly undeitakinj; on the part of the author, evidently 

 an acute and able essayist, who has laboured pretty successfully to demonstrate 

 that there '3 no .longer a shadow of reason for doubting that ihe preservation of 

 health, and the material prolongation of life, are largely williui the mediate, if 

 not immediate, control of well-directed intelligence. We congratulate Mr. 

 Davis, and have only to express our regret that we cannot draw laigely from his 

 excellent work, by way of extract. 



The Landscape Gardener; comprising the History and Principles of 

 Tasteful Horticulture. By J. Dknnis, B.C.L. Ridgway and Sons, 

 Piccadilly. 

 This refreshing volume is dedicated to Sir Richard Colt Hoare, as a practical 

 amateur and liberal patron of taste, &c., &c., and, as we opine, will prove alto- 

 gether worthy of such a protectorate ; for, whether we revert to the various essays 

 devoted to the subject of landscape gardening, taste for horticulture, Italian land- 

 scapes, or the Dutch and Roman styles ; or whether we linger over the very eliec- 

 tive illustrations with which this charming work abounds, — such as the " View 

 from the West Walk," — we are alike pWasingly interested and cniertauied. This- 

 work will be sure to go through many editions. 



