Canada are also a curious and valuable production; the author had fingular opportunities, and he em-' ployed them like a man of understanding. In Morocco, after the interefting account of Mr. Jackfon, not much could be immediately collected; but Dr. Buffat has defcribed his own route through the country with diftinctnefs, and has made an entertaining book, one merit of which is that it is not too large. Other works of this kind, which have lately fallen under our notice, are on a fmaller fcale, except indeed Mr. Bradford's Sketches of Spain and Portugal‡, which confift of picturefque views of places and perfons, delineated with spirit, and executed in colours. They may form an admirable Companion to the Hiftory of General Moore's Expedition, in which they were drawn. Henderfon's account of Honduras §, and the anonymous Notes on La Plata, are rather flight defcriptions of their respective objects; but not fo fight as to be without intereft or curiofity. Dr. Domeier's account of Malta appears to have been written chiefly with a medical view; yet gives fuch an account of the island, its circumstances, and peculiarities, as every traveller would be glad to find on his arrival. We come to domeftic tours. That veteran Peripatetic, Mr. Hutton, of Birmingham, has conducted his readers at laft to Coatham**, a bathing place in the north of Yorkshire-He is, as ufual, original and amufing; and if he fhould wind up his authorship by a genuine and equally undifguifed fketch of his own long life, as he feems to promife, he will certainly leave the world in excellent humour with him. The No. VI. p. 545. 4 No. V. p. 525·· fcenes fcenes which were viewed by that eminent tourist Mr. Gilpin, continue to "Live in defcription, and look brown in sketch," even after his death; and a pofthumous view of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Effex, has lately made its appearance*; a dreadful jaunt, we fhould think, for a picturesque tourist, and enough to fhorten a life which had been devoted to the beauties of nature. POLITICS. We cannot, however, always riot among the luxuries of defcription, the harfher and more inflammatory fare of politics muft have its turn. At prefent also, to make the matter worfe, we have little to notice but controverfial pamphlets. Among these we cannot but give particular diftinction to the tract of Mr. Tinney, on the Rights of the Sovereignty †. The title, however, it must be confeffed, does not very clearly point out the objects of the tract, which are to vindicate the cause of Spain, and to counteract the efforts of Jacobin writers, in whatever way they have been lately directed. The author is not new in the fields of controverfy, but has received our praises on former occafions . Sir F. D'Ivernois alfo, ftill longer known in political warfare, has furpaffed himself in his work on the Continental Blockade §. So much of luminous obfervation is there given, on matters both of foreign and domestic intereft, that the tract cannot easily be ranked too high in the fcale of political writings. We rejoice therefore to fee that this work, together with the letter of the. American writer, Walsh, and one begun at Peterfburg by a M. Faber, but stopped in its progress by * No. IV. p. 492. + No. I. p. 18. See Vol. xxxi. p. 663, and xxxiv. p. 628. No. II. p. 107. May laft, p. 433 Juftly commended in our Rev. for the the influence of France; has been reprinted here in a fingle volume, under the title of " Offrandes à Bonaparte, par trois Etrangers*." If fuch works could ob tain any circulation on the Continent, they might be productive of much good. On the conftitutional fide, for fuch we must esteem it, of the Catholic queftion, we have lately had fome valuable publications. We may mention the Obfervations of Lord Kenyon on the fubject †, the Speech of Lord Boringdon, and that of Lord Caftlereagh ||; the latter is particularly ftrong on the point of the Royal Veto, on which even the friends of the Catholic caufe are divided; as may be feen in one of the best produc, tions on that fide, the Speech of Sir J. C. Hippifley §. On the more general topics of politics, two anonymous tracts appeared to us to deserve commendation, the one, called Advice to the Whigs, tended to refift the efforts of the difcontented in our own country; and the other, under the title of American Candour**, to develope the proceedings of those who are inclined to French Counfels, on the western fide of the Atlantic. But the iniquity of the French government was never fo exposed as by a perfon who not long ago was faid to be very reprehenfibly connected with it. This picture, drawn by Mr. L. Goldsmith +t is almost too horrible to be credited; and yet but too confiftent with fome things which we know, and with itself, to be haftily rejected. We turn with pleafure to more general views. Gregory King's Political Obfervations and Conclufons published by Mr. G. Chalmers, are important to ftatistical enquirers refpecting this country. We fhall take an early opportunity of noticing the latter tract, in particular. + No. 1. p. 171. No. VI. p. 641. No. II. p. 192, No. VI. p. 639, ++ On the Cabinet of Bonaparte. No. V. p. 511. and VJ, No. I. p. 76. •P: 584. ‡‡ No. II. p. 191. An An ingenious View of the general Statistics of Europe, tranflated from the German, by Mr. Ticken* is convenient, in a high degree, for reference and temporary information. One part of political ceconomy, and a part of great importance, we fhall perhaps fee brought near to perfection, when the views of the Society for Bettering the Condition of the Poort fhall be fo fully matured as to be adopted by the ftate. We have often noticed their Reports, and have always feen in them, with fatisfaction, the union of wisdom and benevolence; the natural operation of which must be to increase the happiness not only of the poor, but of all claffes of fociety. LAW. By law we have generally meant the laws of our own country; but a curious and valuable work has lately been produced by Sir George Staunton, introducing us to the knowledge of the penal law of China, by a tranflation of their own code. The judicial regulation of a country fo extenfive, fo populous, and, in many refpects, fo profperously governed, cannot but afford an interefting fubject for contemplation. Other matters belonging to this clafs are few and comparatively inconfiderable. The Letter to Mr. Perceval on the subject of Adultery, and those of Mr. Hett, on the Act of Toleration §, are well directed to their respective objects, and entitled therefore to their fhare of praise. *No. II. p. 201. No. III. p. 209. No. II. p. 196. + No. II. p. 161. MEDICINE. * MEDICINE. Two great works, in this branch of science, demanded our attention, and comparativè obfervation, during the half year now paft, the Medical Dictionaries compiled at London and Edinburgh. Both had merit; both included Medicine and Surgery; but in the latter branch we found ourfelves obliged to give the palm to the northern production. The principal English compiler had unfortunately difdained to take an ally, though not qualified to fight the whole battle himfelft. The Pharmacopeia Londinenfis, appearing under the highest medical authority, is confidered justly as the grammar of one part of the fcience; and the improvements which it has from to time received bear teftimony to the vigilance of the college. Mr. Wardrop's book on Fungus Hamatodes || contains a luminous description of a very formidable difeafe; and has a powerful tendency to improve and fettle the line of practice in that particular branch. On the frequency and fatality of certain difeafes Dr. Woolcombe's writes with intelligence and fpirit, and he puts materials into the hands of the practitioner, which it must be his business to extend and bring into use. The Annual Medical Review is the commencement of a work which promifes to be useful, and is therefore likely to receive the patronage of the profeffion. The union of medicine and botany has often been con No. II. p. 154. III. p. 288, + It is an inconvenience alfo, in our opinion, that all the names of diseases are in Latin. Thus Jaundice is defcribed under ICTERUS; but if an enquirer happens not to know that such is the Latin name, he will not find the English one at all. At any rate there fhould have been fuch a reference as this, " Jauna dice, fee Ieru.". No. IV. p. 332. No. VI. p. 553- fidered |