The difeafes mentioned in the remaining part of this volume are, the jaundice, tumours of the breaft, paralytic complaints, incontinence of urine, ftoppage of urine, epilepfy, fmall-pox, erifypelatous fwellings, fcurvy, the itch; in all which we find nothing particularly deferving the attention of our medical Readers. To thefe fucceeds the Author's pharmacopoeia in ufum nofocomii militaris regii Britannici; to which is fubjoined an effay 'on the means of preferving the health of foldiers on service, and conducting military hofpitals. This part of the book contains many useful directions for obtaining the end propofed; but being a fubject of little importance to the generality of mankind, efpecially in time of peace, we muft beg leave to refer those whom it may particularly concern to the book itself a book, which, though not a very elegant, deferves nevertheless to be confidered as a very useful, performance.

MONTHLY CATALOGUE, For OCTOBER, 1766.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Art. 9. Plutarch's Lives abridged, from the original Greek; illuf trated with Notes and Reflections, and embellished with Copperplates. 7 Vols, 18mo. 14s. Newbery.

M'Auction of his young country-folk, has here provided for them

R. Newbery, ever attentive to the rational amufement and in

a mental entertainment of a fuperior kind to the many which he has fo kilfully fuited to the talle and talents of Mafter Tommy and Mifs Polly: an entertainment worthy the grateful acceptance of children even of .' fix feet high' many of whom may find themfelves both wifer and better after rifing from a repaft fo falutary as well as delightful.-But, to fpeak without a metaphor, and in the plain and fenfible language of our Editor, we know of no fpecies of literature more useful to young readers than biography ;-not only from the pleafure it affords the imagination, but from the inftruction it artfully and unexpectedly conveys to the understanding. It furnishes us with an opportunity of giving advice freely, and without offence. It not only removes the dryness and dogmatical air of precept, but fets perfons, actions, and their confequences before us in the moft ftriking manner; and by that means, turns even precept into example.-The perverfenefs, folly, and pride of men, feldom fuffer advice given in the common manner to prove effec tual. Nor is this to be wondered at; for, though there is no action in life that requires greater delicacy, yet few are conducted with lefs. The advice of parents and preceptors is generally given in an auftere and authoritative manner, which deftroy the feelings of affection; and that of friends, by being frequently mixed with afperity and reproof, feems rather calculated to exalt their own wisdom, than to amend our lives: and has too much the appearance of a triumph over our defects.— Councils, therefore, as well as compliments, are belt conveyed in an

indirect and oblique manner; and this renders biography, as well as fable, a mol convenient vehicle for inftruction.-An ingenious gentleman was asked what was the beft leffon for a youth? he answered, the life of a good man. Being again afked, what was the next beft? replied, the life of a bad one. The firft would make him in love with virtue, and teach him how to conduct himself through life, fo as to become an ornament to fociety, and a bleffing to his family and friends; and the laft would point out the hateful and horrid confequences of vice, and make him careful to avoid those actions which appeared fo deteftable in others. Such are the advantages of biography, beheld in a moral view; and there are few biographical works better adapted to answer these valuable purposes, than the exemplary lives written by the wife and virtuous Plutarch; in whom there is fcarce a fingle defect to be found, except his proneness to fuperftition: a weaknefs which, in this inftance, ftrongly marks the inconfiftency and imperfection of human nature, even in its most exalted characters!-We fhall only add the teflimony of the late Dr. Sam. Chandler to the worth of this learned phi ofopher: Biogra phy, fays he, is of the greateft fervice to mankind, when the fubjects are well chofen, and the characters reprefented with truth and judg ment. In this kind of writing Plutarch hath excelled. Thofe great men of whom he hath tranfmitted to us an account, are rendered immortal by his pen, and their virtues and vices ftand upon everlasting record, either for the imitation or abhorrence of all succeeding ages." Pref. to Rowe's Supplement.

Art. 10. The Antiquities of Arundel; the peculiar Privilege of its Cafle and Lordship; with an Abstract of the Lives of the Earls of Arundel, from the Conqueft to this Time. By the Master of the Grammar-school at Arundel. 8vo. 5s. few'd. Robinfon and Roberts,

The antiquities of Arundel employ but few of the pages of this voJume; which is chiefly filed with memoirs of the Earls of Arundel, from the famous Roger de Montgomery, who came into England with the conqueror; but what could the Author do more, with fo unfruitful a fubject before him? We fuppofe it was convenient for him to write a book; and accordingly a book has been written, and published, by fubfcription. As to the Author's qualifications for a work of this kind, he himfelf, modeftly, eftimates them at a low rate, confcious of his inability, yet prefuming on the indulgence of the public.'-The public, no doubt, is very indulgent, on thefe occafions; but then it is apt to be fomewhat negligent at the fame time: and to leave thefe moderate performances, together with their authors, entirely to the mercy of that infatiate monfter, OBLIVION.

It is a droll argument which many of our compilers have handed from one to another, and taken up with amazing humility: thus our Author: Though this attempt should prove abortive, if it flimulates fome abler pen, he will not think his time wholly ill-employed.' But what kind of a flimulus will the mifcarriage of one writer give to another, to undertake a work on the fame fubject? yet this nonfenfe we fee, in half the prefaces to our modern compilements!

With respect to the work before us, however, it may afford amufement to thole, who, having fome acquaintance with the town and calle

of

tions;

of Arundel, in their prefent ftate, may be defirous of improving that ac quaintance by an intimacy with the hiftory and antiquities of the place especially the history of thofe great men who have borne the title of Earls of Arundel; in which there are fome entertaining anecdotes. Art. 11. The Peerage of England. A complete View of the several Orders of Nobility, their Defcents, Marriages, Ifue, and Relatheir Creations, Armorial Bearings, Crefts, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the high Offices they poffefs, fo methodized as to difplay whatever is truly useful in this inftructive and amufing Branch of Knowledge. Together with an Introduction, fhewing the high and illuftrious Extraction of our Moft Gracious Sovereign: alfo an hiftorical Account of all the Offices of State, ufually filled by the Nobility, the Arms of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, three ufeful Plates teaching the Art of Heraldry, &c. &c. &c. By Mr. Kimber. 12mo. 3s. Baldwin, &c.

The above very ample title-page may fufficiently inform the public concerning the matter to be found in this little volume: and as to the manner in which it is executed; that may be (in fome degree) learnt from what follows:-A prefixed advertisement expreffes the Author's hopes that there are no material mistakes in his compilation, as correctnefs (he fays) was as much his ftudy as brevity.-The following part of a note, at p. 30, of the introduction, is, however, far from being correct. It runs thus:-Thefe great officers of the court, of what degree foever they are, take place of all other of the fame degree, viz. master of the horfe, lord great chamberlain of England,- -and- -'fecretaries of ftate, if peers.'-Now the matter of fact is, the master of the horse never had precedency of thofe of his own degree; the lord great chamberlain had it formerly, but does not enjoy it now; and the fecretaries of ftate can claim that privilege only when they happen to be barons, or bishops.-See Stat 31 Hen. viii. cap. 10.

P. 28, the prefent Marquis of Rockingham is married to Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Bright, Efq; by whom he has a fun and beir, and other children.'-No fuch thing?

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P. 114. we are told that the eldest daughter of Sir Edw. Walpole, K. B. is the wife of the Bp. of Litchfield and Coventry :'--but at p. 132, the faid Bp. of Litchfield and Coventry appears to be married to Mifs Townshend.'-One of these affertions must needs be a mistake, as polygamy is not allowed in this country.

Whoever compares Mr. Kimber's account of the Earl of Doncafter, with the account of the fame family in Salmon's Short View of the Englih Nobility, will find them agree with more exactnefs than feems confiltent with the character of an original writer. The following fpecimen is not, however, liable to this objection:

LORD LIGONIER is defcended of a noble and illuftrious family in the fouth of France. But being proteftants, his lordship and two of his brothers were brought over to England very young, by their mother, who preferred a foreign country, where liberty of confcience was allowed, to her native and milder climate. His lordfhip following the bent of his genius, took very early to a military life, being a volunteer at the ftorming of the citadel of Liege, 1702, when, with the Hon. Mr. Wentworth, brother of Lord Strafford, he firft mounted the breach,

and

and Mr. Wentworth was killed by his fide. He ferved all Queen Anne's wars under the great D. of Marlborough, and in every fucceeding war, with a bravery, conduct and fortitude, that has deservedly raised him to the chief polts of his profeffion; whilft, in days of peace, and in his retired moments, he has been no lefs diftinguished by the character of a good citizen: by his benevolence, humanity and charity, exercifed without distinction of country or party."

The arms of the peers are done from the plates engraved for the Court Kalendar, with the addition of the three plates teaching the art of, heraldry, and one of the arms of the king and royal family.Upon the whole, this manual will afford an agreeable amufement to thofe who are defirous of feeing the prefent ftate of each noble family, drawn up in a small compass.

Art. 12. The Merchant-Freighters and Captains of Ships Affiftant; being Tables for finding the Solid Squares of Packages by Infpection only, without the leaft calculation, and with the greatest Enfe, Expedition, and Gertainty. Folio. 10s. 6d. half-bound. Longman, &c.

The Author, Mr. James Boydell, deserves the thanks, and encouragement, of those merchants, captains, &c. who pay or receive freight by measurement, for the pains he has taken, to fave them a great deal of trouble.

Art. 13. An Account of the Life of the late John Ward, LL. D. Profeffor of Rhetoric in Gresham College, F. R. S. and F. S. A. By Thomas Birch, D. D. Sec. R. S. and F. S. A. 8vo. Is. Vaillant.

The fingular indufry of the late Dr. Birch in collecting and preferving the memoirs of distinguished men, has merited fo much of the republic of letters, that where friendfhip has interfered for the prefervation of a favourite though lefs eminent name; or where diligence has defcended to trifling records, the induttrious biographer has a right to our indulgence.

The Editor informs us that he found this life of Profeffor Ward prepared for the prefs among Dr. Birch's papers; fo that in publishing it, he did but execute his truft, even though the profeffor's friends had not fignified their defire of feeing it abroad.

As the life of a man of letters commonly affords but few anecdotes,→→ where the profeffor was born, and what he has written, are the principal circumftances in this pamphlet. He was born, it appears, in London, 1679; and if the Reader is defirous of seeing any account of his writings, he may find remarks on two of his principal publications in the 19th and 20th volumes of our Review. The Profeffor, to fay the least of him, was an accurate scholar, and a worthy man.

Art. 14. A Series of Letters for the Ufe of Young Ladies and Gentle men, in French and Engl. By Mary Guilhermin. 8vo. is. Dixwell.

It is fo feldom we can oblige our Readers with any new fpecies of compofition, that we can by no means refuse them a fpecimen of the performance before us :

• Dear Mama,

I am fure you will believe me when I fay, I long for next Thursday,
REV. Oct. 1756.
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the

of Arundel, in their prefent ftate, may be defirous of improving that ac quaintance by an intimacy with the hiftory and antiquities of the place : efpecially the history of thofe great men who have borne the title of Earls of Arundel; in which there are fome entertaining anecdotes. Art. 11. The Peerage of England. A complete View of the feveral Orders of Nobility, their Defcents, Marriages, Iffue, and Relations; their Creations, Armorial Bearings, Crefts, Supporters, Mottos, Chief Seats, and the high Offices they poffefs, fo methodized as to difplay whatever is truly useful in this inftructive and amufing Branch of Knowledge. Together with an Introduction, fhewing the high and illuftrious Extraction of our Moft Gracious Sovereign: alfo an hiftorical Account of all the Offices of State, ufually filled by the Nobility, the Arms of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, three ufeful Plates teaching the Art of Heraldry, &c. &c. &c. By Mr. Kimber. 12mo. 35. Baldwin, &c.

The above very ample title-page may fufficiently inform the public concerning the matter to be found in this little volume: and as to the manner in which it is executed; that may be (in fome degree) learnt from what follows:-A prefixed advertisement expreffes the Author's hopes that there are no material mistakes in his compilation, as correctnefs (he fays) was as much his ftudy as brevity.'-The following part of a note, at p. 30, of the introduction, is, however, far from being correct. It runs thus: Thefe great officers of the court, of what degree foever they are, take place of all other of the fame degree, viz. mafter of the horfe, lord great chamberlain of England,- -and- -'fecretaries of ftate, if peers.'-Now the matter of fact is, the master of the horse never had precedency of thofe of his own degree; the lord great chamberlain had it formerly, but does not enjoy it now; and the fecretaries of ftate can claim that privilege only when they happen to be barons, or biflops.-See Stat 31 Hen. viii. cap. 10.

P. 28, the prefent Marquis of Rockingham is married to Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Bright, Efq; by whom he has a fun and beir, and other children.'-No fuch thing?

P. 114. we are told that the eldest daughter of Sir Edw. Walpole, K. B. is the wife of the Bp. of Litchfield and Coventry :'--but at p. 132, the faid Bp. of Litchfield and Coventry appears to be married to Mifs Townshend.'-One of these affertions must needs be a mistake, as polygamy is not allowed in this country.

Whoever compares Mr. Kimber's account of the Earl of Doncaster, with the account of the fame family in Salmon's Short View of the EngLifh Nobility, will find them agree with more exactnefs than feems confiltent with the character of an original writer. The following specimen is not, however, liable to this objection:

LORD LIGONIER is defcended of a noble and illuftrious family in the fouth of France. But being proteftants, his lordship and two of his brothers were brought over to England very young, by their mother, who preferred a foreign country, where liberty of confcience was allowed, to her native and milder climate. His lordship following the bent of his genius, took very early to a military life, being a volunteer at the ftorming of the citadel of Liege, 1702, when, with the Hon. Mr. Wentworth, brother of Lord Strafford, he firft mounted the breach,

and