Vor. VI.]  Retrofpedt of Dome/ftic Literature... Anatom), ee, 
Power of Animals, the Fallacy of the Senfes, 
and the Properties of Matter, by C. H. 
Wilkinfon, Surgeon.” Mr. COLEMAN, 
profeflor in the Veterinary College, has 
publifhed the firft volume of his ‘* Ob- 
fervations ou the Structure, Economy, and 
Difeafes of the Foot of the Horfe, and on the 
Principles and Practice of Shoeing.”’ Mv. 
CoLeMAN difgraces himfelf by his in- 
temperate and arrogant invective againt{t 
the former prattifers of the art of fhoeing: 
fuppofing the profeffor’s opinions to be 
Invariably right, and that he has difco- 
vered the precife ufe of every part of the 
Worfe’s foot, it would have been no dero- 
gation of his dignity to have offered thofe 
opinions and that difcovery with difh- 
dence. The profeffor, however, afferts 
with very unbecoming pofitivenefs, and 
feenis to make no diftinétion between his 
theories and well-eftablithed faéts. There 
is every reafon to believe that his reafon- 
ing is not always correét, and that his 
phyfiological remarks are not always 
found. Mr. CoLeMaN may fill the pro- 
feffor’s chair with much credit, but his 
honours do not authorize him to arrogate 
an exclufive poffeflion of veterinary know- 
ledge. 
Anatomy. Mr. CHarLes BELL has 
publifhed two parts of ‘ ASyfiem of 
Diffections,” &c. illuftrated with plates. 
Mr. Betz, after having lamented 
that many a young man who be- 
gins anatomical labours with a. true 
‘conviétion of the importance of the 
fubjest, and a determined refolution to 
combat the difficulties which oppofe him, 
foon feels himfelf bewildered, and is 
obliged to give up the purfuit in defpair, 
for want of a proper plan and fyftem of 
proceeding, ftates his own work to be an 
attempt to remedy this evil. The object 
of it, therefore, is to affift the ftudent in 
acquiring a knowledge of practical ana- 
tomy, in gaining a local memory of the 
parts, in learning to trace them upen the 
dead fubjes&, and reprefent them to his own 
snind upon the living body. Dr. BAILEY 
has publifhed “* An Appendix” to the firft 
edition of his *‘ Morbid Anatomy,” &c. 
a fecond edition having been publifhed of 
this ufeful work, to which the author had 
made confiderable additions and improve- 
ments; this appendix, in order that the 
purchafers of the firft might be accommo- 
dated, is given feparately. 
THEOLOGY AND MORALS. 
Three volumes of * Sermons on Prac- 
tical Subjects;” by the late Dr. Enfield, 
are jutt publifhed, for the benefit of his 
widow; they were prepared for the prefs 
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by himfelf, and are now introduced with a 
biographical account of the author, by-his 
old and intimate friend, Dr. AIKIN. 
We have read, and profited by the read- 
ing of thefe Sermons: they difplay the 
foundnefs of the author’s intellect, and 
the goodnefs of his heart : the ftyle of 
them is ealy, yet dignified familiar, yet 
impreflive; the fentiments are unexcep- 
tionably generous, liberal, and manly ; 
the theology is rational, and free from 
every myiterious, or unintelligible propo- 
fition: a. full unruffled ftream flows 
through them, of the pureft piety, and. 
every page inculcates active and unlimited 
philanthropy. ‘‘ A man’s writings have 
often proved very inadequate tefts of his 
difpofitions. ‘Thofe of Dr. Enfield, how~ 
ever,” fays his biographer, ‘¢ are Not. 
They breathe the very {pirit of his gentle 
and generous foul. He loved mankind, 
and wifhed nothing fo much as to ren- 
der them the worthy objeéts of love. This 
is the leading character of the difcourfes 
here feleéted for publication ; as it is in- 
deed of all he compofed. May their ef- 
fe& equal the moft fanguine wifhes of 
their author!’ How different—how dia- 
metrically different in point of ftyle, fen- 
timent, and doétrine, are the ‘* Sermons 
on various Subjecis,” which aMr.GLasse 
has publifhed! Mr, GLAssE is. well 
known as an orthodox divine; and he 
feems to confider that it would derogate 
from that ftriét orthodoxy in which he 
prides himfelf, were he to hold fellowihip 
with a heretic, or tolerate an unbeliever. 
Mr. GLassk endeavours to fhew, that 
to believe in God, without believing in 
Chrift, is vain and fruitlefs—nay, that tt 
ts impoffible.’ What miraculous powers 
mutt the followers of Mahomet and Mo- 
fes have, to perform impoflibilities 
‘© Nor fhall I fcruple the affertion,”” 
“continues this accurate logician, ‘* harfh 
as it may found, that he who is not a 
chriftian, is virtually thought, not nomt- 
nally, an atheift—and that to believe in 
God and Chrift, is one infeparable act of 
faith ; is indeed only one operation of the 
mind.” The preacher throughout is im- _ 
patient of contradiction 5 his aflertions are 
pofitive; he is often difguftingly dogma~- 
tical, and often ridiculoufly intemperate. 
A pofthumous volume of Mr. Sow- 
DEN’s ‘ Sermons on various Subjects,” 
have lately been publifhed; they were 
not prepared by the author to mect the 
ubliceye; notwithitanding which, they 
will not fhrink from the teft of candid ex- 
amination: they are plain, affectionate, 
and praétical, Mr. CLArg has publithed 
a volume 
