Vor. VI.) Retrofped? of Domeftic Literature... Tactics, Sc. 
tricians with the brevity of the moderns ; 
and in his own’ demonttrations, to avoid 
the fuperfluity of the former, and com- 
municate the elegance of the latter. In 
many inftances he has deviated from the 
edition of Euclid by Robert Simfon, but 
his deviations are invariably defended, 
nor is it perhaps too much to fay, that im 
moft cafes at leaft, they are demonttrated 
to be effential to that accuracy of folution 
which is the very foul of the {cience. 
Francis Masere, efq. curhtor baron 
to his majefty’s court of Exchequer, has 
publithed an “Appendix” to Mr. FREND’s 
Principles of Algebra: both thefe gen- 
slemen agree in exploding from their fy{- 
tem all negative quantities, and contend 
not merely for the inutility of them, but 
their abfurdity. This appendix, which 
is larger than the work itfeltf, difplays 
much acute realoning and mathematical 
learning. 
TACTICS. 
Lieutenant Fosrer, of the firft dra- 
goon guards, has, tranflated from the 
French, the late King of Pruffia’s “* Mi-_ 
ditary Inftructions ta his Generals.” It the 
adage be true, ¢ that practice makes per- 
tecine(s,’ the art of flaughter muit have 
already arrived at itsacme. Mr. CLerk 
has publifhed the 2d, 3d, and 4th pacts, 
with explanatory plates, of hjs ‘¢ £//ay ou 
Naval Taétics,”> (the firft of which was 
publithed about the year 1790); the fecond 
part explains the mode of attack from the 
leeward: in the ¢iird part Mr. CLERK 
has divided the hiitory of naval tactics 
into different periods, and added fome ob- 
jervations on the nature of {ails, cannon- 
ihot, fignals, &c. in the fowrid part he 
has given defcriptions of fea engagements, 
which took place in the year.1782, and 
added remarks on each... It muft not be 
emitted, that Mr. CLrerx has rendered 
the fcience of naval ta&tics, almoft unne- 
cefllary, by giving the enemy’s fleet no cre- 
dit for exertion or for fkill., Mr. NicHOL- 
g0N, inshis * Treaiife on. Praétical Na- 
vigation and Seamanjbip,” gives us the 
refult of upwards of ity years experience: 
his diction is not very polifhed, but. his 
judgment is found, bis obfervations im- 
portant, and his advice good., Mr. Stew- 
ART, da his ‘¢ Military Difcipline,” &c. 
inclines.too much to icverity; his trea- 
tife,-however, 1s. ufeful... Mr.. WORK- 
MAN: has publithed the: firft part of the 
_ § Elements. of ; Military. Ta‘tics, conforin- 
able io the Syftem cfablifhed by his Majes'y’s 
Orden. , 6 The Light Horfe Drill”, isa 
ufeful publication, defcribing the various 
evolutions, from the firft rudiments to the © 
5°7 
evolutions of the {quadron. Lieutenant- 
General Money’s little pamphlet ‘* Oz 
the Ufe of Chaffeurs and Irregulars,” &c. 
does great credit to his obiervation and 
military judgment. ‘* Zhe Art of De- 
fence on Foot with the Broad-Sword and 
Sabre,” is an ufleful tract; the inftruc- 
tions are clear and comprehenfive without 
being tirefome: the more difficult pofi- 
tions are illuftrated by correé&t plates. Let 
us convert our fwords into plough-thares, 
and from tactics proceed to 
AGRICULTURE AND HUSBANDRY,» 
In Dr. ANDERSON’s * Pracitcal Trea- 
tife on Peat Mos,’ are given directions 
tor the convertion of that remarkable fub- 
ftance into mould, and for the cultivation 
of itas a foil: Dr. ANDERSON difculles 
» at length the various theories which have 
been formed as to its production. He 
fugeefts the probability of its being a ve- 
getable fubltance: according to Kur- 
WAN, it coniiits of clay mixed with cal- 
careous earth and pyrites. Dr. ANDER- 
SON in his prefent treatife, has united the 
characters of a farmer and of a philofo- 
pher.. Mr. Marsnauu’s ‘* Introdudlioz 
to the Knowledge and Practice of Garden- 
ing,” isan uieful manual: as the prim 
ciples of horticulture, however, are very 
infniheiently explained, the pra€tical gar- 
dener will be chiefly benefited by the 
work. thy 
LAW. 
‘© The fudy and the practice of the lacus 
confitered in their various relations tofocie> 
ty-is a work written in a ferics of letters 
by a member of Lincoln’s Inn: thefe 
letters are addrefled to a young man of 
talents and diflipation, offering perfua- 
‘fives to the cultivation of the one, and 
every poffible difcouragement to the in- 
dulgence of the other. ‘They combine 
that energy and elegance which add to 
their ufefilnefS by enfuring their popula- 
rity. Mr. Hurron Woop, has pub- 
lifned the firit volume (to be followed by 
three more) of a “¢ ColleSion of Decrees of 
the Court of Exchequer in Tythe Caufes, 
from the Ufurpation to’ the prefent Time.” 
This colleSticn ts carefully extracted, by 
permiilion of the court, from the beaks of 
its decrees and orders: the decrees them- 
felves are arranged in chrenological order, 
with tables of the names of the cafes and 
contents. The prefent volume carries the 
‘feries of decifions from 2 Charles IY. 
tothe conelufion of queen Anne’s reign ; 
from the accuracy of the prefent fpeci- 
men we anticipate a curious and uleful 
work. Mr. “‘BosweE.Lt, clerk to the 
ligutenancy of Dorfet, has publifhed a 
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