situation and experience, was so intimately acquainted. I have not assumed the liberty of expunging any of the Cases, which he thought worthy preservation. My object has been to reduce them to chronological order; yet in a few instances my diligence has been eluded. Care has been taken to add in the margin references to the contemporary Reporters. The names of the cases have been prefixed, and a copious index subjoined on the model of the digested index in Chancery and I flatter myself that I have in some measure contributed to the utility of a useful work; at the same time it becomes me in common justice to add that I have been aided in this undertaking by my learned friend Mr. Toller, whose essential assistance demands my public acknowledgment. A due selection of cases, a correct narration of facts, a concise yet clear statement of the question, and a perspicuous report of the judgment, if I am not deceived by the partiality of an editor, are to be found united in these volumes, and will remain a lasting monument of the talents and industry of the author.' This praise will be allowed to be merited on a careful perusal of the work. Art. 13. The Duty of Surveyors of the Highways; in a Charge to be delivered to them at their Appointment, being first signed and sealed by the Justices, in their Petty Sessions, appointed to be held in the Week next after the Michaelmas General Quarter Sessions, yearly; on a similar Plan with the Duty of Constables, and the Duty of Overseers. By a Country Magistrate. 8vo. 1 Se Faulder. The provisions contained in the several statutes respecting the highways are here distinctly set down for the information of the surveyor, and are recommended to be given as a manual of instruction to him on his appointment, instead of the warrant or charge, which is an abstract of the Acts 13 Geo. III. c. 78., and 34 Geo. III. c. 74, and which is usually put into his hands on his being appointed to this useful office. All that is connected with the duty of a sur veyor of the highways is here introduced. Art. 14. An Epitome of the Law of Landlord and Tenant; including Leases, Assignments, Tenants in Fee, &c., Rent, Mortgages, Waste, Notice to quit, Ejectment, Distress, &c. &c. To which is added an Appendix of Precedents. By William Woodfall, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister at Law. 8vo. PP. 240. 58. Boards. Butterworth. 1803. In our 39th Vol. N. S., we gave an account of the larger work, of which the present performance is intended to be an epitome; and we spoke of it in those terms of commendation to which the industry and the information which it manifested justly intitled it.-The editor has been induced to abridge the work in order to accommodate those who, not being professional men, or conversant with matters of a professional nature, were desirous to have a treatise less elaborate than the original compilation, and yet affording such summary knowledge of the subject, as might enable them to understand the general rights and duties of Landlord and Tenant, and, in ordinary cases, to act act in those relations with confidence and safety.'-Mr. Woodfall's Art. 15. A Summary Treatise of Pleading. 8vo. pp. 110. 4s. 6d. 1802. We have frequently had occasion to lament the needless multiplication of law books; and the appearance of this volume compels us to renew our complaint, and, if possible, by entering our protest, to prevent a continuance of a practice so hurtful to the cause of useful knowlege. What is valuable in other works is now too often pre sented to our observation in different though not in improved forms, and the student is seduced by a promising title-page to purchase that which is already in his possession.-This performance has little to recommend it, since it manifests no marks of ingenuity, and furnishes few instances of diligence; while the rules which it inculcates may be found in most books of practice. MEDICAL, &c. Art. 16. On Consumption of the Lungs: In which a new Mode of Treatment is laid down and recommended to public Attention; as having been found powerfully efficacious, particularly in the first Stage of Tuberculous Consumption, before purulent Expectoration commences. With a few necessary Directions in respect to 2s. 6d. Miller. Regimen, &c. &c. By E. Peart, M.D. 8vo. The new and efficacious mode of treatment here recommended consists in the exhibition of opium, combined with syrup of white poppies, spirit of ammonia, and etherial spirit of vitriol. The proportions of these ingredients was occasionally varied; but, in a successful case mentioned by the author, the quantities were as follow: Twelve grains of opium were well mixed by trituration with three drachms of water, to which were added three drachms of the syrup of white poppies, one ounce of spirit of ammonia or volatile aromatic spirit, and two drachms of etherial spirit of vitriol.' Of this mixture the patient was ordered to take one tea-spoonful in a little cold water immediately on its arrival, and to repeat it again in the afternoon, and If the pain or cough seemed to require a at night going to rest. larger dose at any time, it might be increased to one and a half, or two tea-spoonfuls, particularly at nights; but if one tea-spoonful gave her case, to increase the dose would be unnecessary.' At the same time, the bowels were kept open with the aloetic pill combined with volatile alkali. Art. 17. A Collection of Papers, intended to promote an Institution for the Cure and Prevention of Infections in Newcastle and other populous Towns. Together with the Communications of the most eminent Physicians relative to the Importance of annexing Fever Wards to the Newcastle and other Infirmaries. By John Clark, M.D. In two Parts. 12mo. 3s. each. Murray and Co. 18oz. When a proposal was made some time since to appropriate a part of a new building annexed to the infirmary of Newcastle, to the general recep. reception of patients affected with fever, considerable opposition was offered, from its being supposed that the measure would endanger the safety of the other patients in that house. Much discussion took place on the subject; and the public feelings very soon became so much roused to a sense of the danger which might arise from adopt. ing the plan recommended, that the proposal was negatived at a general meeting of the governors of the institution. At the same time, it was resolved to institute a separate establishment for the peculiar reception of fever patients: but so many difficulties presented themselves to the establishment of a fund sufficient for the formation and support of a new institution; and the resolution, disapproving of the appropriation of any part of the Infirmary to the general reception of fevers, appeared so directly in opposition to a large mass of respectable evidence; that it was afterward determined, at a special meeting, to empower the grand visitor of the institution (the Bishop of Durham) to open a part of the new building for this necessary purpose, in case it should not appear to him that the fund for the establishment and support of a separate house of recovery should, by a certain period (the 31st of Oct. 1803), be sufficient for the purpose. In this state, therefore, the business remains, and we consider it as extremely probable that the original measure may still be adopted. It is by no means our intention to take a general view of the whole merits of the controversy which is here before us; since it is sufficient to state our opinion on the simple question which gave rise to it. The evidence adduced in this collection, on the safety and expediency of annexing fever wards to hospitals, seems to us incontrovertible; and we therefore perfectly coincide with the ideas of the learned and respectable editor, on the propriety of the plan which he so zealously and honourably supports.-If an adequate fund could be obtained for both establishments, no objection could be reasonably urged against the formation of a fever institution distinct from the Infirmary: but, should this be in the smallest degree problematical, no friend to humanity ought to persevere in opposing that easy and œconomical mode of uniting the important advantages of a general hospital, and a house of recovery, which the editor and his friends have proposed. Art. 18. Remarks on the Necessity and Means of suppressing Contagious Fevers in the Metropolis. By C. Stanger, M.D., Gresham Professor of Physic, and Physician to the Foundling Hospital. Izmo. PP. 47. 15. Hatchard, &c. The benevolent author of these remarks brings them forwards with the view of calling the publie attention to one of the most important subjects with which it can be occupied.-The origin of contagion is the dreadful but necessary consequence of a numerous population, in small, ill-ventilated, and dirty apartments; and though a considerable part of the community must, from the present state of society, necessarily be confined to such habitations, it is the duty of their more opulent neighbours to lessen, if they cannot remove, the evils to which such situations expose them. Experience has shewn that that the only effectual mode of arresting the progress of contagion, when thus generated, is the immediate removal of the affected objects, and the complete dissipation, by ventilation and cleansing, of the infectious matter with which their clothes and habitations may abound. The practicability and efficacy of such measures have been already demonstrated by extensive trials made at Chester and Manchester; from the example of which, a few philanthropic individuals were induced some time ago to attempt the establishment of an institution for similar purposes, in London. This we are informed has been done: but, as the finances of the charity are too contracted to admit of such an extension of the objects of the institution' as to make an impression on the mass of contagion in the metropolis, Dr. Stanger entreats the assistance of the public, towards carrying the intentions of the establishment into proper effect. We give the author, and every gentleman concerned in so charitable an undertaking, great credit for the energy and zeal with which they endeavour to forward it; though we entertain doubts whether the public generosity, already diverted to so many channels, may be sufficient, of itself, to enable them to prosecute their laudable designs to the desirable extent. We perfectly agree with the representations of the author, on the subject of contagion, and the necessity of doing something effectual to put a stop to its ravages: but we must remark that his tract is. rather too long and circumstantial for a public appeal, and that it is loaded with an unnecessary profusion of authorities, many of them on points of complete notoriety, even among those who are not of the profession. These, however, are trivial defects, when counterbalanced by the good sense and humanity which appear in every part of thispamphlet. Its object is important and honourable, and receives our best wishes. The regulations of the Fever Institution, and a list of its governors, are annexed. Art. 19. Medical Directions for the Use of Navigators aud Settlers in Hot Climates. By Thomas M. Winterbottom, M.D., Physician to the Colony at Sierra Leone. Second Edition. 12mo. pp. 144. 2s. 6d. Boards. W. Phillips. 1803. Dr. W. has designed this small publication for the instruction of those Europeans, who may not have the opportunity of obtaining medical assistance, in the best means of obviating the effects of warm climates, and in the most effectual mode of treating the diseases to which they are in such situations peculiarly exposed. The leading circumstances, on which the author depends for the preservation of health, are temperance, moderate exercise, the occasional use of the warm bath, and early hours. Costiveness is to be carefully obviated: but he sees no good reason for the use of bleeding immediately on arrival, nor of emetics when the secretion of bile is augmented, nor of the doses of bark or bitters which many are in the habit of regularly employing every morning. The clothing should be light, but flannel should be always worn next to the skin. Dr. W. is so convinced of the efficacy of 1 of regimen, in preserving the health of the persons to whom his ob servations are addressed, that he gives it as his opinion, that those who will take the trouble of attending to his directions will feel themselves as little affected by, sickness in Africa or the West Indies, as in the healthiest situations of Europe. The second part of the volume contains the symptoms, and mode of treatment, of the diseases incidental to warm climates; with a list of the most necessary medicines, and the quantities of them which he considers as sufficient for the use of twenty men for one year. The work is judicious, and bears the marks of careful ob servation. Art. 20. A Series of popular Chemical Essays: Containing a Variety of Instances of the Application of Chemistry to the Arts and Manufactures; to the Explanation of natural Phænomena; and other useful Purposes. By Fenwick Skrimshire, M.D., lately President of the Natural History Society of Edinburgh. 2 Vols. 12mo. 98. Boards. White. These essays are intended to exhibit such a view of the principles and application of modern chemistry, as may be intelligible to the reader who may have no previous acquaintance with the subject, and may be unable to prosecute it to a considerable extent. The work, therefore, can only be considered as a general sketch: but it is an interesting and correct one, and may be useful in the way for which it is particularly designed. The application of chemistry to the arts is an object of high importance: but for the complete satisfaction of even the general reader, it is worthy of being treated more in detail than it is discussed by Dr. Skrimshire. Art. 21. A popular View of the Structure and Oeconomy of the Human Body: Interspersed with Reflections, Moral, Practical, and Miscellaneous; including modern Discoveries, and designed for general Information and Improvement. To which is annexed an Explanation of Difficult Terms By John Feltham. 12mo. PP. 432. 78. Boards. Ginger. 1803. The design of this work is good, but the execution reflects much more credit on the piety and industry than on the judgment and abilities of the author. Art, 22. Observations on the Constitution of Women, and on some Discases to which they are most especially liable. By Sayer Walker, M.D., Physician to the City of London Lying-in Hospital, and to the City Dispensary. 12mo. pp. 228. 3s. 6d. Boards. W. Phillips. This little volume, we are informed, is the result of the author's experience and observation during an extensive practice of a considerable period. It seems to have been written with care, but it does not contain any new views on the nature, nor any material improvements in the management, of female complaints. We observe that Dr. Walker (or his printer) erroneously makes use of the diphthong ae, in spelling cedema, wherever that word happens to occur, |