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pece de logaryme, luy laissa ceste charge pour les faire apres sa 
mort, ce qu’il fit comme on les voit auiourd’huy par toutes les 
boutiques de Libraires : 11 mourut Pan 1616. et fut enterre 
hors la porte Occidentale d’Edinbourg, dans PEglise de Sainct 
Cudbert.” — Nothing can be more distinct than this plain state- 
ment of facts ; so that, when we consider how near the period 
in which Hume’s book appeared was to the time when Napier 
died, and that he probably had good means of knowing every 
thing remarkable about this illustrious man, we are led to be- 
lieve that his account is correct, and that Napier was buried 
44 without the West Port of Edinburgh, in the Church of St. 
Cuthbert’s.” 
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29. Mohs' System of Mineralogy , translated from the Ger- 
man by Mr Haidinger . — The mineralogical system of Mohs, 
so well known to the British public, by the writings of the Pro- 
fessor of Natural History in Edinburgh, is here given with ail 
its highly interesting and important details and explanations. 
Mr Haidinger, one of the most acute of Professor Mohs’s pu- 
pils, and eminently distinguished in mineralogy and physical 
science, has done ample justice to the Mineralogy of the illustri- 
ous successor of Werner. 
50. Buchanan’' s Illustrations of Acoustic Surgery. — We have 
read this interesting ’work with much pleasure and satisfaction, 
and feel confident that it will add to the deserved reputation of 
the author, as an accurate observer and judicious practitioner. 
51. An attempt to establish the first principles of Che- 
mistry by experiments ; by Dr Thomson , Professor of Che- 
mistry in the University of Glasgow. — This we consider as one 
of the most striking and important chemical works which has 
appeared for some years. It places a most fascinating science 
on an infinitely more stable and philosophical basis, than could 
have been anticipated, from what was known of it previously to 
its appearance. Dr Thomson, by the interesting investigations 
here communicated to the world, has acquired fresh laurels, and 
created an important epoch in the*history of philosophical che- 
mistry. 
