312 Notices respecting New Books. 



series of easy, amusinn;, and instructive experiments, in illustra- 

 tion of the affinities of bodies, and most important chemical 

 changes of which certain substances of nature are susceptible in 

 their reciprocal action. 



Mr. Accum's name as an author and practical philosophical 

 chemiit is sufficiently known, and we think tliis treatise (which 

 uas hitherto a desideratum in chemical libraries) will add to his 

 reputation. The work is clear and explicit. The peculiar pro- 

 perties of the individual tests, together with their altvibutc;^, 

 modes of action, and the rules for applying them, are detailed 

 with precision, and the scries of experiments are well calculated 

 to answer the intended purpose. 



A scientific and interesting work on Mental Derangement 

 and the Treatment of Lunatics, will shortly be laid before the 

 public, by a Medical Gentleman, who has devoted many years to 

 the investigation of madhouses and the cure of diseases of the 

 brain. 



Dr. Duppa has just published, from an original manuscript, 

 the late Dr. Johnson's Diary of a Tour in North Wales. 



An elaborate work on the Forms of the Cranium has recently 

 been imported from Germany, with the following title : — " Ce- 

 phalogenesis sive Capitis Ossei Structura, Fornuitio, et Significa- 

 tio, per omnes Animalium Classes, Familias, Genera et States, 

 digesta; Tabulis illustrata Authore J. B. Spix." This work 

 contains some very good folio plates of sculls, &:c. It is pub- 

 lished at Munich. 



Dr. Reade has just published, at Cork, " Experimental Out- 

 lines for a new Theory of Colours, Light, and \'ision,"' in one 

 volume 8vo. 



Dr. Halliday has lately published, at Edinburgh, " A Letter to 

 Lord Binning, on the subject of Lunatic Asylums ;" in w'.iich he 

 exposes several flagrant abuses. He has been engaged lately in 

 viewing houses for insane persons, in company with Dr. Spur/S- 

 heim, in Scotland. 



A small vvork also (which has excited considerable interest) 

 has made its appearance at Edinburgh, entitled " Prospectus of 

 the Anatomical Views of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim, confronted 

 with the Edinburgh Review (No, 49. June 1815, Art. X.) and 

 Dr. Gordon's Opinions in his System of Human Anatomy and 

 Surgery, vol. 1. Edinburgh, 1815." By J, G. Spurzheim, M.D. 



The Editors of the new edition of the Greek Thesaurus of 

 Stephens have lately purchased the valuable Lexicographic 

 Matniscripts of Professor Schaefer, which will be a valuable ad- 

 dition to the work. 



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