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Thefe few obfervations will fuffice for 
the general fubjeét; with regard to par- 
ticulars, we have alfo little to offer. 
It will give fatisfa€tion to our readers, 
that the humorous works of the Dean of 
St. Patrick, which convey important in- 
ftruétion in the moft amufing form, are 
finding their way among the graver ftu-, 
dents of Spain. 
The merit of Count Rumford is not of 
an original kind ; it confifts in the praéti- 
oal application of ufeful fcience, which 
is often more beneficial to fociety than the 
moft inventive talents. A diflertation on 
his works, and a biographical account of 
their author, has been given in the Spanifh 
language, by the illuftrious Marchionefs 
ef Fuerte-Hijar, who has prefented the 
production to the Patriotic Society of 
Madrid, to which the belongs. 
To examine the comparative ftate of the 
fame art in different countries is equally 
entertaining and inftructive to the philo- 
fophical ftudent. The medical profeffor 
will {mile at the revival of the flame which 
warmed the northern hills in the time of 
the celebrated Cullen and our old friend, 
¢< Johannes Bruno.” Such inftances fhew 
the expediency of free communication on 
literary fubjects between every civilized 
pation ; that man may not be daily learning 
and unlearning his own follies and ab- 
furdities. 
The glowing talents of Cervantes have 
~ apt been wholly unperceived, yet.a very 
large and amuling portion of his works 
has been denied to modern times. The 
tale of Perfiles and Sigifmunda has at laft 
received a new edition in the. native 
tongue ; and we hope that, by the fame 
attention, his other fugitive produétions 
will be refcued from the oblivion to which 
they have been long affigned. 
The linguift is aware of the felicity with 
which alliteration is employed in Spanith 
poetry ; the profody nas long been afcer- 
tained witha degree of accuracy unknown 
to every dialect of Europe, excepting that 
which has been embellifhed with the charm 
of Taffo’s numbers; in the flow and fpirit 
of the trochee it, perhaps, poflefles the 
priority to every language, ancient or mo- 
dern. The Count of Norona has availed 
himfelf of all the natural and artificial ad- 
vantages his native tongue afforded, and 
we are confident every admirer of the pe- 
culiar beauties of lyric compofition will 
thank us for recommending to his notice 
the poetical effufions of that accomplithed 
nobleman. ‘The lovers of the drama will 
fee with pleafure, in the productions of 
Mor de Fuentes, that the chafte decora- 
MosTity Mag. No. 96. 
tions of nature begin to be preferred im 
Spain to meagre buffoonery and tumid de- 
clamation. s 
The criminal code in every ftate of 
Europe was for a long time founded on 
the vices of Gothic inftitutions. It was 
thought neceflary to inflict fufferings om 
the offender to appeafe infulted jultice ; as 
if the {word of the law were directed by 
Omnifcience, and the feeble faculties of 
man were capable of judging of the pro- 
portional turpitude of moral actions. ‘The 
Marquis Beccaria has long fince declared 
to the, world the prefumption of fuch 
condué; he has warned man to avoid 
this impious ufurpation of the divine pre- 
rogative, and has taught him that the 
only legitimate defigns of human punifh« 
ment are, to prevent the nefarious from 
infringing the peace of fociety, and te 
deter others, by their fatal example, from. 
fimilar aéts of atrocity. Spain is remark- 
able for the rarity of flagitious excefles 
within her borders. This happy diftinétion 
has occafioned lefs attention to be paid to 
that important fubjeét than in other coun- 
tries: we, therefore, announce with fa- 
tisfaétion the-work of Pofadilla; in which 
the penal code of that nation is peculiarly 
confidered, and a bold and benevolent at- 
tempt is made to fupply the deficiency of 
public law, that the facred balance of 
' Juftice may not be permitted to vibrate 
in the agitated grafp of a vindictive 
judge. ; 
ANATOMY, SURGERY, AND MEDICINE. 
“¢ Practica de las Enfermedades efténigage 
é flogillicas, fandada en la experiencia J 
en la doétrina Browniana, opufculos 7°. 
y 3°. del Dr. D. VicenTE MITjAVILA 
y FisonELLa, &c.”’—Prattice in tha 
Clafs of Difeafes called Phlogiftic, founded 
on the Brunonian Syftem. Fafciculi 7th 
and 8th, by Dr. D. Vicente Mitjavila y 
Fifonella, &c. Thefe two {mall works ex- 
plain the nature, the caufes, and the cure 
of fuch difeafes, with the medicinal re- 
fources, agreeably to the plan of the new 
theory. The wotk is continued, but we 
fhall not take any further notice of it. 
«¢ Tratada de la Vacuna; 0, Virvela 
tranfmitida al género humano para Pre- 
fervarle de la viruela natural o de los Ara~ 
bes, con Obfeivaciones relativas a fu Ori- 
gen, Progrefo y Wariedades notadas en 
Efpana: por el Lic. en Medicina y, Ciru- 
gia D. Dieco pe Bances.’—Treatife 
on the Vatcine Incculation,-as a Preferva- 
tive againft the Smal] Pox; with Oblerva- 
tiofs on its Origin, Progrefs, and Varie- 
ties in Spainy by the medgeal and chirur- 
* gicad 
