»70 Notices respecting the Fhie Arts. 



and it is but justice to the author to say he has been very 

 industrious, having allowed nothing to escape him which 

 ought to appear in a work of the kind he had undertaken. 

 He divides the historical part of his work into two epochs j 

 the first consisting of the various discoveries from the pe- 

 riod of Galvani to that of the Voltaic pile ; when the second 

 commences, which comes down to the present time. This 

 is followed by what the author calls his particular theory, 

 in which, however, several opinions are mentioned as new 

 which we have seen elsewhere, and some of which appear 

 to us to have been mentioned in the historical part as being 

 entertained by others. 



The language of the author is neat and correct, and the 

 work will afford a considerable portion of anmsement to 

 readers in general, as well as to those whose pursuits render 

 it necessary for them to make themselves acquainted with 

 this new and interesting subject. 



The Soldier's Friend: containing Fami/iar Insfructinns to 

 the Ijoyal Volunteers, Yeomanry Corps, and Military 

 Mcfi in se.'^eral, on the Preservatio7i and Recovery of' 

 their Health. By William Blair, A. M. &c, &c. 

 A New Edition. 12mo. 



Mr. Blair's exertions at the present crisis have been highly 

 meritorious. His gratuitous lectures to the volunteers will 

 be long remembered with gratitude by his countrymen, and 

 the present little volume will be well received by the public, 

 especially by those for whose service it is chiefly intended. 

 No military gentleman or volunteer ought to be without it. 

 The Conversion of Saul: engraved by Hellyer yVow a 

 Picture by Dayes. 



The composition, breadth of light and shadow, and other 

 points of excellence which are conspicuous in tliis print, 

 rank it among the finest productions of the Briti^ii school- 

 It possesses a force of expression that must recommend jrt 

 to all the lovers of true art, at the same time that the choice 

 of the subject, and its truly classical mode of treatment, 

 seem well calculated to ensHire to it a general reception. The 

 «tyle of the engraving, which does great credit to Mr. Hell- 

 yer, has not been excelled by any thing of the kind we have 

 seen, the judicious nvixture of the line with the dot fonning 

 a most happy foil to each other. 



We eaiiiiot titip observing that this print is doubly wel- 

 come to us, as it shows that the arts have only been appa- 

 rently on the decline since the publication, from the pictures 

 of Mr. \V'est, of those fine subjects — Mark Anthony, Kegu- 

 lu?, Stralonice, and thesonot'Aiitigonus, &c. Sec. What 



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