ART. 15. Kearsley's Tables of Trades; for the Affiftance of Parents and Guardians, and for the Benefit of thofe young Men who wish to profper in the World, and become refpectable Members of Society. Shewing, at one View, what a Mafter requires on taking an Apprentice; what a Journeyman can earn; and what Sum is required to fet up as Mafter in any Trade or Calling. With fome interefting Advice. 12mo. 18. Kearfley. London, 1786.

The title page of this little book points out fufficiently its contents, It may be found ufeful to a variety of perfons; but the circle, we apprehend, will be too confined to reward the editor's labour. The plan, it feems, was fuggefted by Collier's Treatife on Trade, and for the advice to parents and apprentices, the editor is indebted to Locke and Fordyce.

ART. 16. A Complete Compendium of the Militia Laws of England and Wales; being an Abftra&t of an Act of the laft Seffion of Parliament, entitled, An Act for amending and reducing into one Act of Parliament the Laws refpecting the Militia. By a Gentleman of the Inner Temple. 12mo. 15. Ridgway. London, 1786.

The officers of the militia are obliged to the gentleman of the Inner-Temple for the pains he has taken in abridging a long act of parliament; and for his care and accuracy that nothing of its letter and fpirit fhould be loft.

ART. 17. A Key to Hutton's Arithmetic. Containing the Solution at full Length of all the Questions propofed in that Work. Being very ufeful for all Preceptors and others who make use of his Arithmetic. By Charles Hutton, LL.D. and F.R.S. &c. 12mo. 3s. Robinsons, London, 1786.

There are various modes of folution used by different arithmeticians to fimilar queftions. That which is the most concise, and at the fame time fully explicit, is the most valuable. We know no author whofe arithmetical language (if we may use the expreffion) is better than Dr. Hutton's. On this account, the work before us will be very ferviceable to a multitude of preceptors who use his Treatife of Arithmetic in their schools. To fuch it will be further useful on another account; for, having a key at hand, the folution of a pupil may be compared with the original; and, if they difagree, the very place where the pupil has erred will be readily difcovered.

ART. 18. Every Man his own Farrier; or, the whole Art of Farriery laid open. By Francis Clater. 8vo. 5s. ód. boards. Tomlinson, Newark; Baldwin and Bladon, London. 1786,

Every Man his own Farrier. The quaintnefs of this title grows difgufting. We have had, Every Man his own LAWYER, Every Man his own BROKER, &c. &c. &c. Perhaps gentlemen would do well to keep out of the hands of attornies and annuity-brokers; but we are forry to fee this rage of teaching every man every thing, defcending to the mechanical arts. If this goes on, we fhall have fome

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conceited perruquier at length, perhaps, fome felf-important cobler, publishing a treatife to inftruct every man to curl his own hair, or mend his old fhoes, to the utter deftruction of that numerous and ufeful body of our fellow-citizens, the lower handicraftfmen. If every man, take the advice of every one of these benevolent effayifts, every mar, according to the proverb, will become a Jack of all trades, but a mafter of none. This book, however, is an ufeful, though a very dear, collection of directions for the management, and of receipts for curing the difeafes, of that noble and neceffary animal, a horse; and we heartily recommend it to those whom it may concern, grooms and farriers".

ART. 19. A Sermon, preached on the 21st of May, 1786, in the Parish, Church of Harding stone, in the County of Northampton, on the Eftablish ment of a Sunday-School, at that Place, for the Benefit of the Children of the Poor. By the Rev. Robert Lucas. 8vo. 15. Robfon. London, 1786.

ART. 20. A Sermon, &c. fame Title with the foregoing, preached on the 8th of October. Supplemental to a Sermon preached there on the Efta blishment of a Sunday-School. By the fame Author.

Two good, plain, practical fermons on a fubject highly interefting, whether confidered in a political, moral, or religious point of view. The ignorance, and confequent immorality and profanity, of the lower orders of men in South-Britain have long been matter of regret to the philanthropist, the patriot, and the Chriftian. The neglect and violation of the fabbath in particular, which is always found in connection with idlenefs, intemperance, and every evil work, has been justly deplored by good men; but no general and effectual remedy has hitherto been applied. We know of none that is likely to be fo fuccefsful as the establishment and extenfion of Sunday fchools. The expence of the inflitution is a mere trifle. It encroaches not a fingle moment on the exercife of lawful industry. It has a direct tendency to extend knowledge, to promote benevolence, and to in troduce habits of decency, order, and attention among our peafantry. Where Sunday schools have been established, the public worship of God is attended; the voice of brawling and blafphemy ceases; cleanlinefs, fo conducive to health and comfort, has fucceeded to flovenlinefs and brutality. We praife the honeft, pious zeal of Mr. Lucas, and bid him God speed. Like a man in earnest about reformation, he is exerting himself in his proper fphere, his own parish, instead of indulging himself in empty ufelefs fpeculation, or unavailing complaints. We recommend his fermons to the ferious, public-fpirited, and humane of all denominations, and his example to every rector, vicar, and curate in England.

Query. Why is this word univerfally written farrier instead of ferrier, as etymology requires?

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ART. 21. An Account of the gallant Defence made at Mangalore, in the Eaft-Indies, against the united Efforts of the French and the Nabob Tippoo Sultan, by a Detachment of his Majefty's and the Honourable the Eaft India Company's Troops, under the Command of the late Colonel John Campbell, Major of the Forty-fecond, or Royal Highland Regiment of Foot, in May 1783; with the Sufferings of that Garrifon during a Six Months Ceflation of Arms. To which are added, the Orders given out by Colonel Campbell from the Commencement of the Siege to the Time of the Garrifon's being obliged to capitulate; and two small Views, and a Plan of the Fort, with the Country immediately adjacent. By a British Officer lately returned from the Eaft-Indies. 8vo. 4s. fewed. Bathurit. London, 1787..

Mangalore is a feaport on the Malabar coaft, and the principal dockyard where the late Hyder Ally aimed at the establishment of an Indian navy. During the hoftilities which raged in the Bedanore country, towards the conclufion of the late war, this important place, which contained prodigious quantities of naval and military ftores, and where several fhips of war were almost ready to be launched, was invefted and captured by the British army under the command of the unfortunate General Matthews. It was this expédition, and the dreadful cruelties that attended it, which drew the Sultan from the Carnatic, reduced the British troops to the neceffity of a capitulation, and exafperated the enemy to maffacre his prifoners. The moment our army laid down their arms, the nabob, with his whole force, fat down before Mangalore, which was garrifoned only by a small body of troops. The particulars of this fiege are here detailed in a regular journal. It appears that, during fix months ceffation of hoftilities, and in direct violation of treaty, the nabob meant, by withholding provifions, to have ftarved the garrifon, whofe brave defence had put him to fo much inconvenience and expence. The miferies to which they were fubjected by this circumftance gives a ftriking reprefentation of the contingencies incident to a military life. Colonel Campbell, who commanded, died at Bombay foon after the release of the garrifon, and was deemed not only one of the beft foldiers, but the handfomeft man of his time in the British service. ART. 22. An Abftract of the Gospel-Hiftory, in Scripture Language. 12 mo. 6d. Leeds printed. Johnfon, London. 1786.

In a fhort but fenfible preface the compiler of this well-intended and useful publication informs us that it is meant " to furnish a cheap book for improving those who attend the Sunday-schools in reading, and for inftructing them, at the fame time, in the Chriftian religion." The compilation is well calculated to answer the ends for which it was made; and the public are much obliged to the worthy author for his attention to the infant poor, whose education is certainly an object of much importance to fociety.

ART. 23. The Gentleman Angler. Containing brief and plain Inftruc tions, by which the young Beginner may, in a fhort Time, become a perfet Artift in Angling for all Kinds of Fish. With feveral Observations

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on Angle-Rods and artificial Flies, &c. &c. &c. By a Gentleman of Beaconsfield, who has made it his Diverfim upwards of Fourteen Years. 12mo. 1s. 6d. Hearfley. London, 1786.

We have not tranfcribed the whole of this voluminous title-page, in which the contents of the book are most minutely announced. With regard to the publication itself, it appears to be an exceeding good vade-mecum for the aquatic fportiman.

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ART. 24 An Effay for a Nofological and Comparative View of the Cymanche Maligna, or Putrid Sore Throat; and the Scarlatina Anginoja, or Scarlet Fever with Angina. By William Lee Perkins, M. D. 8vo. Is. 6d. Johnson. London, 1785.

The cynanche maligna, or putrid fore throat, and the fcarlatina anginofa, or fcarlet fever accompanied with fore throat, are diseases fo much resembling each other in appearance, and yet so different in their nature and method of cure, that they ought to be carefully difcriminated. For this purpofe Dr. Perkins defcrives the fymptoms and general treatment of each with an accuracy which must render his obfervations useful to those who may not have had fufficient opportunity of distinguishing the two difeafes. But it must ftill be left to the practitioner to afcertain in what degree the two complaints approximate in particular cafes; one by deviating from its original nature to an inflammatory, and the other to a putrid diathefis.

ART. 25. Arbuftrum Americanum: The American Grove; or, an Alphabetical Catalogue of Foreft Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnæan Syftem; containing the particular diftinguishing Characters of each Genus; with plain, fimple, and familiar Defcriptions of the Manner of Crowth, Appearance, &c. of their feveral Species and Varieties. Also, fome Hints of their Ufes in Medicine, Dyes, and domeftic Economy. Compiled from actual Knowledge and Obfervation, and the Affiftance of Botanical Authors. By Humphry Marshall. 8vo. 3s. Philadelphia.

This catalogue has been executed with the particular view of introducing and cultivating foreign ufeful and valuable piants, and of discovering the qualities and ufes of the native vegetable productions of America. Confidering the great extent of that continent, and the diverfity of climate, foil, and fituation, there can be no doubt that plants of all kinds might be cultivated in different parts of the provinces. If, therefore, Mr. Marshall can excite amongst his countrymen fuch a fpirit of enterprife, they may, in the course of fome years, be enabled to supply, for their own confumption, those productions which, at prefent, they are obliged to procure from Europe, or the yet more diftant markets of India; and fhould they prove fo fuccessful as to difcover new qualities and ufes in their own native vegetables, who knows what ftaple commodities they may hereafter furnish, that will rival even the fame of their tobacco ? In the language of Mr. Marshall, thefe" would be advantages furpaffing all adequate eftimation." The catalogue is preceded by a

view of the twenty-four claffes of the fexual fyftem of Linnæus, and an explanatory account of the different parts of fructification. If this performance fhould meet with encouragement from the public, the author intends to give afterwards a defcriptive catalogue of the native herbaceous plants of America.

ART. 26. Some Confiderations on the different Ways of removing confined and infectious Air, and the Means adopted; with Remarks on the Contagion in Maieftone Gaol. By Thomas Day, Surgeon. To which is added, an Appendix, containing fome Experiments on ventilating small Sitting Rooms, and preventing Chimnies from fmoking. 8vo. Is. 6d. Wilkie. London, 1786.

Great improvement has been made of late years in the knowledge of thote means by which putrid air may be corrected; and therefore the chief object now, wherever foul air has been produced, is to practise those means with fufficient diligence and attention. In this refpect Mr. Day is entitled to great praife; for he appears to have exerted himself with equal judgment and activity in extinguifhing the contagion in Maidflone gaol. We find that, on this occafion, he has likewife drawn refources from his own ingenuity, by transmitting lime-water from the upper to the lower parts of the wards; which he did in confequence of a remark made by Sir John Pringle, that fhowers precipitate putrid and noxious effluvia. He informs us that the frequent fhowers of lime-water were found extremely refreshing by the prisoners. He alfo fprinkled the apartments with vinegar, in which aromatic herbs had been boiled. This expedient was practifed with great fuccefs, and deferves to be recommended in every fimilar fituation. For ventilating rooms, without expofing people to a current of air, Mr. Day advises the inferting a tube through the wall, three or four inches from the ceiling; placing, in front of the opening, a flip of wood to direct the courfe of the air to the ceiling. and which may be ornamented like a cornice, or in any way that best favours the appearance of the room. This, he fays, will always answer where the opening of a door or window a little way is effectual, provided the inlet is equal to that of the door or window. He very properly remarks, that, on this fide of the house, there should be no dunghill, ditch, nor any accumulation of filth, that the atmospheric air which is admitted may be as pure as poffible.

On the reciprocal Influence of LITERATURE, LIBERTY, GOVERNMENT, and MANNERS.

THE influence of letters on the affairs of men becomes every

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