1040 
Vexriey, Efq. D.C. L. Fellow of the 
Linnean Society. The obfcure fubject 
of marine plants is ably treated of in his 
work, which is embellifhed with anums: 
ber of elegant plates...The remarks on 
the-mode in which thefe plants are pro- 
pagated are ingenious and judici ious.. The 
whele work evinces, that colonel Velley 
poffeffes both fcience andtafte.- 
‘« Tyraéts and Obfervations on Natural 
Hiftory and Phyfiology,’ 
Townson, LL.D. Three of the tracis 
contained in this volume were p publifhed 
fome years ago at Vienna, im the Latin 
language ; thefe are on the re{piration 
and abforption of the ambhibia. ‘In 
reating this obfcure and dificule fub- 
ject, Dr. Townfon has evinced much 
zcuténefs, and *has made feme dif- 
coveriés of importance: this praife ap- 
plies particularly to his traét on the re- 
fpiration of the tortoife, which fatisfac- 
torily refutes the opinion of the anato 
mifts who have treated of it before ha 
‘There is- another fibje@t on which the 
doétor has difplayed much ingenuity: 
139) 
this is, the caufe why objets appear fm- 
gle, though viewed by bot h eyes. 
- CLASSICAL LIFERATURE:. 
Tn our fatt Retrofpe ct wenoticed “ Mr. 
Morrirr’ 
Anfwer to Mr. Bryant.” Since that 
time the veteran champiqn of Jiteratur 
has publifhed.a reply-to the work of his 
youthful Sea: whem he defies with 
confidence and the afiurance of viétory— 
a confidence and aflurance which we do 
> 
bout 
TOE 
Mr. Bryant may have detected {ome iv- 
accuracies and obfcurities*in Mr. Mor- 
ritt’s work's but the main object of it, 
‘the lence of the Trojan we 
think was fully and fa sare ortly tnade 
out. Mr. Morrite may aifo have treated 
the fubjeft with a warmth not perfedily 
confitent with ae refpe&t due to Mr. 
Bryant’s venerable character and literary? 
eminence > but his warmth is ice, com- 
spared with-that diipiaved m the. Bee 
performance. — As. 2 fubje & of calm lite- 
yarv diicu den has now degenerated into 
fomething like a ner Ve onteft, we ad- 
vite the combatants ta defi iS Independ- 
ently of this, ‘the fubjeét has been fufi- 
ently difcuffed: there js danger of 
public being. fated ; Chanedise jam 71V0s— 
fat praia biberunt. 
Mr. WaKEFIEEL! 
of “ Lucretius 7’ shas. 
es grea 
Wadi, 
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kaa 
Wey) ty) 
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tion, and his 
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Retrofpet of Domeftic Literature... Phy fies. 
“by RoBERT’. 
s Vind:cation of -Homer,: in 
t hefitate to eos puUneE prefumptuous. 
» es ie 
fearches, are well known: the refult of 
of their application in.the prefent in- 
ftance is the produétion of the bef edition 
of this fublime though -obfcure poet 
mae the world, perhaps, ever faw. 
Mr. Wakefield’s notes cannot be read 
here -the greatet pleafare: we truft 
the gratitude of the claliical world, to 
which he is fo amply entitled, will com- 
penfate for the fufferiugs which his zeal- 
ous exertions in the caufe of "diberty have 
incurred? | $ 2 
“Fine Arts. ‘ 
The Reverend RoBERT ANTHONY 
BROMLEY has pubdlifhed a fecond vo- 
lume of his ‘* Philofephical and Critical 
Hiftory of the Fine Arts,’”- which isnot 
fuperior to the former im any refpeét; 
hke that, it contains. much information of 
fome kind or / other jumbled together 5 
but the author is evidently deficient in. 
learning and real tafte. .~ 
Mr. BonNER has publifhed the firft- 
and fecond numbers e the si Coppers 
plate Perfpeétive Itinerary,’ whieh ts te 
be- coneiieed guarterly, at five fhillings 
each number. ‘The defign of this ele- 
gant ee is to give views of caf- 
tles, abbeys, Suhcdedie palaces, man- 
fions, and ruins, drawn from the origi- 
nals, as are bet calculated to perpetuate 
modern excellence and to gratify the fci- 
i 
entific tafe of the antiquary. Each num--~ 
er contains ten views, and will, m ge- 
neral, terminate the fubje& it profeifes tei> 
elucidate ; {o that purchafers will not be 
neceffitated to go on purchafing the aS. 
{equent parts. 
PHYSICS. 
Mr. Krrwaw has publifhed a fecond 
edition of his ** Elements of Mineralo= 
’ 
gy,” ee refpe&t to plan and ar- 
rangement, is fcarcely at all altered, and 
whi ch, of Sect contains all the new 
al ‘ticles which have been difcovered fince 
the pubiication of the firft edition im 
1784 5, except, indeed, the chrome, the 
tellurium, and fome.recent difcoveries 
which have occurred fince thefe volumes 
were printed. 
Ve are very glad to find that Mr. Ni- 
-CHOLSON meets with fufiicient encou- 
ragement to enable him to go on with his 
highty ufeful: « Journai of Natural Phi- 
lo lot phy, Che emiftry, ard the Arts.” 
Two complete volumes are already pub- 
li hed, and a frefh mumber :comes out 
every month. Itis of the utmoft nation- 
al importance in a country like Great 
Britain, which is pale to fipport the 
pref ffure of an unpreeedented'debt chief- 
ly by the fupericr excellence of its manu- 
fa@tuxes, depending fo much oom) 
“felence 
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