693 Retrofpee? of American Literature. Medicine and Geography. 
before a philofophical fociety, and whith 
is to be fhortly publifhed, we expect 
more. : 
Dr. MIuLer’s §*Sermonscn the Guilt, 
Folly, and Sources of Suicide,’’ will be 
perufed with pleafure and intereft. The 
plan, the arrangement, and the execution, 
adopted by the preacher, proceed from a 
Vigorous and well-cultivated mind. In 
the firft of thefe fermons Dr. Miller 
evinces the guilt and folly of fuicide by . 
fhewing that it isa fin againft,God, againtt 
homan nature, again our fellow-crea- 
tures, and againft all our interefis and 
hopes beyond the grave. In the fecond 
he deyelopes the fources of this’ crime, 
and points ‘out the principles and habits 
which induce its danger and lead te its 
commificn. 
The Rev. Mr. Porxins’s ** Attempts 
to recommend Jnftice, Charity, and Una- 
nimity, in Matters of Religion.” may be 
deemed very feafonable, and may be re- 
commended to the perufal of all whofe 
fpirits have been embittered by the odzuzz 
theslogicum, or alarmed by the cry that 
‘¢ the church is in danger.” 
Miffionary Society; by Dr. BaLDWwIN, 
which, as a compofition, difplays much 
falfe tafte. 
The Rev. Joun LoGan’s (of Edin. 
burgh) Sermons, the Rev. Joan Cums 
MING’s Diicourle te a Society of Youn 
Men in London, and feveral other theolo- 
gical pieces, have been repiinted in Ame- 
rica during the lait fix months. . 
MEDICINE. 
Dr. WaTERHOUSE, in * Cautions to 
Young Perfons concerning Health,” has 
delivered fome admirabie exhortations re- 
{peSting the neceflity of temperance. We 
hearuly agree with him in condemning 
the ufe of tobacco and ardent fpirits, 
which, it appéars, the prevailing fafhion 
has too much introduced into America.” 
Dr. REpMaN Coxe’s ** Medical Mu- 
feum”’ obtains an extended reputation.— 
The contents of each number are difpoied 
under.two heads: rft, Original Commu- 
nications ; and, 2dly,a Medical and Phi- 
lofophical Regifter. Three numbers are 
now before the public, by whom they have 
been very favourably received. 
Dr. CALDWELL has publifhed a felec- 
The Rev. Samurt SpriInG’s * Dif- tion of “ Thefes from thé Inaugural 
courfes on Chrif’s Seif-exiftence,” con- 
tain a wretched defence of the deétrine of 
the Trinity. The author very zealoufly 
recommends the Affemblies’? Catechilm 
as one cf the beft antidotes, againtt the 
{preading fatal poifon of Unitarianifm. 
Profeffor WeEBBER’s ‘© Eulogy at the 
Funeral of the Rev. Dr. WILLARD,”’ is a 
fimple, chafie, and natural delineation of 
the fortitude of mind and tendernefs of , 
heart, and excellence of difpofition, which 
diftinguithed the late venerable Prefident. 
To the Eulogy is prefixed a Prayer by 
Dr. Larurop ; a Sermon by the Rev. 
Mr. HoLmEsis added to the whole, which 
difplays much piety, judgment, and confi. 
Gerable powers of compofition. 
Befides thofe already noticed, we have 
feveral other fingle Sermons, viz. one by_ 
Mr. ALLEN BrapFrorpD, on * The An- 
niveriary of the Landing of cur Fathers 
in December 1620 ;°” one at the general 
ele&tion in Conneéticut, ** On the Wife 
dom and Daty of Magiltrates,”” by Zs- 
BULON ELLY; one by Dr. JOHN La- 
yRROP, befere the members of the Bof- 
ton Female Afvlum ; two by Dr. Josipu 
LATHROP, on the Oofervance of tke 
Chriitian Sabbath ; one intitled ‘* God’s 
Wonders in the-Great Deep, recerded in 
everal wondertul Accounts of Sailors who 
have met with unexpected Deliverance 
from Death ;° and one before the Baprift 
Differtations puolifhed by the Graduates 
in Medicine of th. Univerfity of Pennfyl- 
vania, and of the other Medical Schools in 
the United States.” The editor has given 
many illufrative notes, an Introduction, 
and an Appendix. He has alfo reprinted, 
in Philadelphia, ‘* A Treati‘é on Frac- 
tures, &c. by P. J. DesauLt, Surgeon 
at Paris ;° to which he has fabjoined 
notes containing all the late improve- 
ments 10 furgery. Ke 
GEOGRAPHY. . 
In our Ja® Account of American Lite- 
rature we ncticed, that PINKERTON’s ela- 
borate ‘* Yreatife on Modern Geogra- 
phy’ had been reprinted by Profeffor 
Barton, of Philadelphia; fince which 
Mr. Benjamin Daviss Has publifhed a 
«< New- Sylftem of Modern Geography,” 
which appears to be a judicious compila- 
tion, and is ijluftrared with eight maps by 
the beft Americanartifts. | 
A. new ‘© Univerfal Gazetteer™” hag 
aifo been publifhed in America; and Dr. 
Brown's <‘* Hiftorical, Geographical, 
Chronological, Etymological, and Criti- 
cal, DiGtionary of the Bible,” with feveral 
confiderable original articles. 
Mr. THappeus Harers has publifh- 
ed ** A Journal of a Tour into the Terri- 
tory North-welk of the Alleghany Moun- 
tains, made in the Spring of the Year 
1803.’ inthis volume we have a geo- 
graphical 
