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geographical charts, was publifhed under 
the patronage of the late dire€torial go- 
vernment. 
MEDICINE AND SURGERY. 
“ Bioliographie Analytique de Méde- 
eine,’ &c, An Analytical Library of Me- 
dicine ; or, A Summary of the laft new 
Works, whether Latin or French, re- 
lative to the Medical Art. This ts a 
monthly journal, of twenty-four pages 
rzmo. chiefly intended for phyficians and 
furgeons m the provinces, as. it enables 
them to form an opinion, at a very {mall 
expence, of all the difcoveries and expe- | 
riments in'the capital, 8c. 
‘; Maniére de traiter la petite Vérole 
Inoculée,”? &c. The Manner of treating 
the Inoculated, applied to the Natural 
Small Pox. By B. TeRNiIER, Ternier, 
in this pamphlet, infifts on advantages of 
cool air ; his antagonift, L. Biker, on the 
other hand, maintains that very cold air 
is ftill more falutary. He alfo affirms 
that inoculation prevents the fhock which 
the conftitution might otherwife receive, 
and which often terminates fatally. 
<¢ Des Maladies des Enfans.” Of the 
Difeafes of Children; by N. CHAm- 
BON. z vols. 8vo. The author, N. Cham- 
bon, having been at the head of the prin- 
cipal hofpitals in France during a period 
of thirty years, has enjoyed all the be- 
nefits that can poffibly arife from exten- 
five practice and long experience. He 
has here candidly adopted the opinions of 
his predeceffors when he deemed them 
correét, and added his own obfervations 
in a clear and fimple ftyle. 
‘¢ Des Caraétéres du Traitement et de 
la Cure des Dartres, et de la Paralyfie 
des Extremités,” &c. A Defcription and 
Cure of the Ringworm, the Palfy of the 
Lower Extremities, Convulfions, Epilep- 
fy, &c. By A. DuFResnoy.. 1 vol. 
Svo. The author, after a variety of ex- 
periments, made in the courfe of the laft 
ten years, by means of the Rhus radi- 
cans, and the field-Narciffus, recom- 
mends thefe two plants to the notice of 
‘all medical praétitioners. 
_** Traités des Maladies des Votes Uri- 
naires.” A Treatife- on the Difcafes to 
which the Urinary Paflages are fubjeét. ’ 
2.vols. 8vo. This tredtife, written by 
one of the moft celebrated furgeons that 
France. has ever produced, was originally 
publifhed in the Journal de Chirurgie. 
Ft is augmented with additions, by X. 
Bichat. 
« Traité des Propriétés, Ulages, et 
Effets,’> &e. A Treatife on the Pro- 
pesties, Ufe, and Eifeéts of the So/azunz. 
“Retrofped of French Literature... Medicine...Drama. 
feandens, in the treatment of feveraf 
Maladies, and e{pecially thofe arifing from 
Ripgworms. By Carrere: 1 vol. 8vo, 
This is a fecond edition of the fame me- 
moir by Carrere; it has been examined 
by Geoffroy and Audry, on the part of 
the fociety of medicine, who have de- 
livered in a very flattering report relative 
tO it. 
DRAMA. 
“* Arfinotis, Tragedie par Delrieu.”’ 
Arfinous, a Tragedy by Delrieu. The 
fubjeét of this drama is interefting, and 
peculiarly adapted to a revolutionary pe- 
riod, being founded on the banithment of 
a virtuous citizen, and the punidhment of 
acrucl ufurper. 
Several of the fcenes, however, are 
feeble, and the language not always ap- 
propriate to the charaéters of the re- 
fpe€tive perfonages ; fome of the fen- 
timents were. much applauded, during 
the reprefentation, on account of the 
force of the illufions; and the follow- 
ing line, uttered by Arfinous, appeared 
to produce a great fenfation on the au- 
dience : 
“¢ Je fuis époux et pére, et ne fuis pas vengé !” 
“< Theatre de l’ Hermitage de Catharine 
Il.” &c. The Theatre of the Hermitage 
of Catharine, Emprefs of Ruffia. 2 vols. 
8vo. ; with a Portrait of her Imperial Ma- 
jefty. This colleétion of dramas, aéted in 
the palace of the late Catharine, confifts of 
nineteen, written by nine different authors. 
Of thefe, only three are Ruffian: Count 
Strogonof ; the fenator Iwan Schuwalof, 
grand-chamberlain ; and Alexander Mo- 
monof, the favourite. There is. but one 
national drama, which is compofed by 
her Imperial Majefty, and intended as an 
imitation of Shak{peare. The incidents 
are’ drawn from the life of Rurick, the 
founder of the Ruffian empire. 
The other authors are, a daughter of 
Aufréne the comedian, the ambaffadors 
from France and Auftria;- viz. the 
Counts de Segur and Cobentzel, the 
Prince de Ligne, and d’Eftat, a French- 
man, fecretary to the cabinet of her Im- 
perial Majefty. 
The principal plays. are, ‘¢ Rurick,” 
the hiftorical drama juft alluded to, which 
is the only one written in the language 
of the country ; and Coriolanus, the pro- 
duction of Segur: the fubjeét of the lat- 
ter has been anticipated by the admirable 
compofition! of Laharpe, 
** Marilde) Drame en Cinq Aétes.’’ 
zc, Matilda, a Drama in Five Aéts, in 
Profe, by Monver. The Baron de 
Volmar, a difcarded lover, finds means 
to 
