Vol V.] « Retrofped of Spanifh Literature.—Theology, Sc. 
and foreboded the downfall of the envied 
favourite, LireR ATURE alone flourithed 
under his powerful protection. That, 
within fo fhort a period, theology fhould 
have divefted itfelf of monkith bigotry 
and prejudices, will hardly be expected, 
but in every other deparement of {cience 
and learning, ftronger and purer livhts 
were rapidly diftufed throughout the 
country. The ftock of medical and hifgori- 
cal knowledge was confiderably increafed; 
in the department of natural-hiftory, and 
of the arts, works were publifhed, which 
would do honour to a country in the very 
zenith of its profperity; and novels and 
-¥omances, which, in our romantic era, 
f{pread themfelves with wild luxuriancy 
over the literary foil, kept within bounds, 
which circumftance bears an honourable 
teftimony to the profperous ftate of ufeful 
hiterature in Spain. 
As vouchers for the truth of thefe re- 
marks, we fhall lay before our readers the 
following fele€tions from the Madrid-Ga- 
zette, which form-a pretty correét table 
of the literary produétions of Spain, within 
the laft fix months of the year 1797. | 
There being zo critical work publithed 
in Spain, on the plan of the Englith and 
German reviews, this retrofpect forms 
rather a catalogue raifonné than a critical 
fynopfis, fuch as we have given of the 
hterature of England and Germany. 
THEOLOGY, 
1. Ejfeuela del Salvador, &c. The 
School of our Saviour, &c. Extraéted 
from the works of Santa Terefa de Jefus, 
and other myftic authors. 
2. Meditaciones fobre los Novifimos, re- 
partidas por los Dias del Mes con la Regfa por 
vivir bien, por el P. Pinamonte, Se. 
Meditations on the laft Things, adapted 
to the Days of the Month, with the 
Rule for liying a virtuous Life, by Father 
Pinamonte, &¢. : 
3. Diferiacion de Difciplina eclefiaftica 
Sobre la afifiencia de los Fieles a la Mifa 
Parroguial, y @ or la Explicacion del Evan- 
Scho de Boca de fu Parroco, por DB. Domaizo 
gena, Prefbitero. A Differtation of Ec- 
clefiaftical Difcipline, the Prefence of the 
Faithful at the Mefs, and to hear the Ex- 
planation of the Gofpel, from the Lips of 
their Curate, by D. Domingo Ugena, 
Prefbiter. 
4. Prontuario pradlico de las Exequias 
Funerales, &c, por el Dr. Antonio Crvit y 
Nadal. <A practical Repofitory of Fune- 
ral Rites, &c. by Dr. Antonio Civit y 
Nadal. 
5. El buen Solddo de Dios y del Rey, ar- 
mado de un Cateci/mio, y eis ppaticas, que 
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contienen [us principales Obligaciones efcrito, 
por el Padre Antonio Codorniu, fc. The 
good Soldier, armed with a Catechifm, 
and fix Difcourfes, containing his princie 
pal Duties, by F. Antonio Codorniu, &c. 
6. Embriologia facrada 6 Tratado de la 
Obligacion, que tienen los Curas, Confefores, 
Meédicos, Comadres y otras perfonas, dé co- 
operar 4 la Salvacion de los Ninos que aun no 
han nacido, ce. Sacred Embryology, or 
a Treatife on the Duty of Curates, Con- 
feflors, Phyficians, and Midwives, to co- 
operate for the Salvation of Children, yet 
unborn, 
MEDICINE, 
1. Tratados Méduos en dos tomos, &c. 
por el Dr. D. Antonio Mendal y Villalta, 
Academico de la Real Academia Medica 
Matritenfe, Sc. Medical Traéts, in two 
volumes, &c. by Dr. Antonio Mendal y 
Villalba, Fellow of the Royal Academy 
of Phyfic, at Madrid, &c. 
The author treats, firft, on the inflam- 
mations of the throat, and the moft pro- 
per and eafy means of curing them; fe- 
condly, on the power of nature, and the 
moft rational mode of curing ail forts 
of difeafes; and thirdly, on the medical 
ufe of the waters of Graena, which he 
analyzes, and points out the cafes, wherein 
they may be either ufeful or hurtful. 
2. Pharmacope@ia Hi/pana, editio altera ; 
Regis juffu et impenfa, Matriti ex oa 
graphia Ibarriana, un tomoen 4to. The 
Spanifh Difpenfatory, or Pharmacopceia ; 
the fecond edition ; by the King’s com- 
mand, and at his expence, at Madrid; 
printed by Ibarro, 1 vol. gto. fold by Mar- 
tinez, ftreet de las Carretas. 
The firft edition of this Pharmacopeeia, 
publifhed in 1794, being entirely exhauft- 
ed, the Royal College of Phyficians caufed 
it to be reprinted, enriched with feveral 
improvements and additions, which have 
been printed feparately, for the accommo- 
dation of thofe who poffefs the firft edi- 
tion, and to whom they are delivered 
graits by the above book fellers. 
3. Guia Veterinaria original: dividida 
en 4 tomos, &c. por D. Alonfoy D. Francifco 
de Rus Garcid, The original Guide to 
the Vererinary Art, divided into 4 vols. &c. 
The authors treat on the principal dif- 
cafes of cattle, expofe the errors commitred 
in the cure of them, point out the moft 
proper method for curing the different 
difeafes, and conciude with a table of 
veterinary aphorifms, for the ufe of the- 
beginners in this art, and the owners of 
cattle. 
4. Difertacion fificoechimica, y Analy/is de 
fas Aguas Minerales dela Filla de Albase 
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