Retrofpect of Spanifh Literature... Medicine: 
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Relrofpecd of the Progrefs of Spanifh Literature during the 
Yeur 170Q. 
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N prefenting to our readers thé Jaft re- 
.trofpec of Spanith literature, we ex- 
prefled-our concern, that, from the inter- 
rupted intercourfe with Spain, and the 
want of perodical Spanith publications, 
fiving a critical account of recent literary 
compofitions published in that country, 
if was not in our power to do full juftice 
to the productions of Spanith genius and 
erudition, which we had to announce. 
We at the fame time exprefled a hope, 
that the brilliant fiiccefles, obtained by 
the allied ‘armies over the republican 
troops, would bring on a {peedy re{tora- 
tion of the former relations of amity and 
friendfhip between this country and Spain, 
whereby we might be enabled to eftablith 
a literary correfpondence, produ&tive of 
more ample and more fatisfactory infor- 
mation, relative to the ftate and progrefs 
or Spanifh literature, than weare able to. 
draw from the fources of intelligence, 
which are open (o us in the prefent fitua- 
tion of public affairs. Inthis hope, how- 
ever, we have been unfortunately difap- 
pointed. Still 
Mailed Mars doth on his altar ft; 
and ftill we are obliged, in a great mea- 
fure, to confine ourfelves in our prefent 
retrofpeét to the mere enumeration of the 
titles of recent Spanith publications, and 
to cefer to better times the performance 
of the gratefnl tufk of analizing the pe- 
culiar merits of many an irmportant work, 
of whieh, at prefent, we can obly an- 
nounce the exiftence. Yet however {canty 
may be our preient fources of in‘ormation 
refpecting the actual (tate of Spanifh lite. 
rature, what little we know will bear us 
Out in afferting, that it fhares not in the 
general decay which withers the once 
proud’ honours of the Spanifh empire. 
The department of botany has received 
wo brilliqat acceflions in the fécond 
volume of the Flaria Peruviana, and two 
new decades of Ortega’s highly valuable 
de{cription of the plants; cultivated in the. 
royal botanical garden at Madrid; and 
works of confiderable merit have been 
publifhed in the departments of hiitory, 
political economy,-“tiedicine, &e. i 
_ THEO®BOcY. 
‘© Dialogo Chriftiane entre el Entendi- 
miento y la Voluntad hecho, por D. Ra- 
MON Torse, &c.”. A Chriftian Dia- 
logue between the Underftanding and the 
Will, by D. Ramon Torbé, &c, 
_ Monrury Mas, LIV, 
‘¢ Vida alegre y Chriftiana, 6 Maximas 
para sufrit con ferenidad todo género de 
fucefos, &c. par D? Fr. Lopez Por- 
TILLO, &c.” The happy and Chrittian | 
Li‘e, or Maxims for meeting with a fe. 
rene Mind, Events of every Defcription, 
&c. by D. Fr. Lopez Portillo, &c. The 
author endeavours to fhew, that. we oucht 
to make ourfelves happy inevery fituation 
wherein we are’placed, however unfortu- 
nate it may be, without envying thepower- 
fal and the wealthy. 
“© Dolores de Maria Santtfima hiftori- ’ 
ados, por F. DIEGO DE SANTIAGO, &c.”° 
Afr hifterical Account of the Sufferings 
of the holy Virgin Mary, by F. Diego de 
Santiago, &c. ~ 
«¢ Reglas y Obfervaciones para enteri-_ 
der las {antas Efcrituras,elpecialmente el 
librodel Apocalipfis; efcrito por S. Juan, 
&c. por Dr. D. ManuELROSELL, &c."* 
Rules and Obt{ervations to facilitate the 
Underfianding of the Holy Scripture, and 
efpecially of the Apocalypfe, written b 
‘St. John, &c. by Dr. Manuel Rofell, &c. 
*¢ Sermones varios, por D. ANTONIO 
Perez, &c.’” Sermons on various fub- 
jects, by D. Antonio Perez, &c. 
MEDICINE. ae 
“€ Curfo completo de Anatomia del cu- 
erpo humano, &c. por el Dr. D. Jayme 
BonELLo y el Dic. D. IGNacio’ La- 
CABA, tomo. 4° en &°.”” A complete 
Courfe of LeGtures on the Anatomy of 
the human Body, by Dr. Jayme Bonells, 
and Dr. Ignacio Lacaba, in 8vo. vol. the 
IVih. This volume of? the valuable 
work contains the neurology, and part of . 
fplanchnology. Phe neurology is divided 
into two fections, the firll of which treats 
of all the parts of the brain and of the 
medulla tpinalis, and the fecond of all the 
nerves which arife in thofe parts. The 
fplanchnology, which is commenced in 
this volume, will be concluded in the 
fifth, which is to complete the whole 
work. 
«© Memorias fobre las enfermedades, 
que fe deben tener por lacteas: por D. 
Pepro Brunev, Cirujano da Camara 
y partero de la Keyna nueltra Senora: un 
tomo en 4°.”” Objervations on {uch difs 
eafes, as muft be deemed laéteous Dit 
tempers, by D. Pedro Brunel, Surgeon 
to the King; and Man-Midwite to her 
Majefty ; one vol. in 4to. 
** Divifion de las enfermedades, hecha 
7B jegun 
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