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against the possessive case; and he denies that it has any right to the honour of being a distinct mode of the noun. The substantive which is generally alleged to be in that case is, according to Mr. S., merely an adjective with 's as a corruption of the German adjective ES or As signifying the annexed. Thus in the instance" Palmer's House"Palmer is, in the first place, used as an adjective, in the same manner in which gold is used adjectively in gold-mine. Then is added the termination as or es signifying the. The phrase stands now Palmer es house, and by corruption Palmer's house, that is Palmer the house.-Now, until Mr. S. can prove to us that Palmer TH house, into which he resolves Palmer's house, is English; or until he shews why Palmer, if used adjectively, does not stand like gold in gold-mine without any adjection, we cannot assent to his explication. In fact, we believe that, when substantives are used, like the word gold in gold-mines, as adjectives, they generally form only part of a compound word. If this be so, the analogy on which Mr. Salmon rests fails him.-It is not our intention to become sticklers for a possessive case: but, when Mr. S. was willing to load English nouns with an elliptical case, an interjective case, and a redundant case, (we conceive all the three, indeed, to be redundant,) it seemed scarcely worth his while to contend so strenuously for the annihilation of one so apparently useful as the possessive, in illustrating to learners the theory of our language.

In Mr. Salmon's method of explaining the parenthetical phrases' introduced with " than whom," &c. considerable ingenuity is manifested; though an hypercritic might, perhaps, find in it some exercise for his talents. It is our wish rather to recommend this little tract; which, we think, may be useful when aided by the instructions of an able tutor. Wall..e.

Art. 17. The Plan of Education pursued in Mrs. Landen's Academy, No. 48, Hans-place, Sloan-street. 12mo. pp. 36. IS. Ridgway. 1798.

The object of this institution is to combine private or domestic with school-education, to provide that the pupils be so few, that sufficient attention can be paid to each,' and yet so numerous that activity and emulation may be excited, and that they may contribute to improve each other. To the more usual articles of education are here added, astronomy, the use of the globes, geography, history, natural history, natural philosophy, &c. all proper and useful for Ladies whose fortune and leisure admit of researches into these branches of science. The books here enumerated are in general well chosen : but whether Pantheons are altogether suitable for female attention may admit of some doubt.-We presume that the employment of the needle, productive of so much entertainment and utility, though not particularly mentioned, is not disregarded in Mrs. Landen's seminary.

MEDICAL.

Art. 18. Oratio ex Harveii instituto habita in Theatro Collegii Regalis
Medicorum Londinensis, Octob. 19, 1796. A Gulielmo Saunders,
M. D. Coll. Regal. Med. Lond. et Reg. Societ. Soc. 4to. 35. Phil.
lips. 1797.

We observed, on a late occasion, that much novelty is not to be expected in an Harveian Oration. In that which is before us, Dr. REV. JULY, 1798.

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Saunders has warmly expressed all due veneration for the great names of his predecessors in physic; and he has likewise paid a just tribute to contemporary, and indeed in one instance to living, merit, in the persons of Dr. William Hunter and Sir George Baker: the former of whom was his instructor, and the latter his friend.

As a specimen of the language of this oration, we give the following short passage:

Atque hic liceat obtemperare grati animi affectui in virum quo me magistro usum fuisse, nunquam non lætus recordabor. Fas sit paucis laudare Gulielmum Hunterum, quem, etsi civitati vestræ, non tamen ordini alienum, Harveius ipse sibi adjunctum cuperet, quòd et ille magni inventi, ad rem Medicam utilissimi, repertor extiterit. Huntero docente, didici. mus, vasa lymphatica eadem esse, quæ absorbentia; eadem, quæ lactea, per totam corporis animalis machinam distributa; eaque, simul cum Thoracico ductu, efficere unum ingens absorptionis instrumentum, cujus ope, sive ex cute, sive ex intestinis, sive ex aliis internis aut externis corporis partibus, colligitur quidquid in sanguinem elaborandum est aut cum illo miscendum. Hanc autem doctrinam, quam in libris suis copiosè illustravit nitidissimus ille Scriptor, quam multis etiamnùm superstitibus ore tradidit Professor disertissimus, non opinionis commentum, non subtiliùs excogitata hypothesis figmentum, sed natura judicium esse, et doctorum suffragia, et experimentorum fides confirmârunt.'

Art. 19. Cases of the successful Practice of Vesica Lotura in the Cure of diseased Bladders. By Jessé Foot, Surgeon. Svo. PP. 42. 28. Becket. 1798.

Mr. Foot here relates four cases of diseased bladders, successfully treated by injections introduced into the bladder by means of the elastic catheter. A case of this cure by injection was related by M. Le Dran; and his success encouraged Mr. Foot to follow his practice. Three of the diseases here described are similar to that recorded by Le Dran; namely, an incapacity in the bladder to distend itself so as to retain the common quantity of urine. Le Dran's mode of treatment is thus related by himself; and his plan seems to have been steadily followed by Mr. Foot:

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I injected a strong decoction of marsh-mallow roots, morning and evening. This root leaves a mucilage in the urine, which, fixing to the sides of the bladder, defends it from the acrimony of fresh urine, and relaxes the fibres in the nature of an emollient cataplasm. A patient cannot be sounded morning and evening, without running the hazard of inflaming the urethra and neck of the bladder; therefore to avoid this inconveniency, I introduced the Catheter in the morning, and drew it out at night. In using the injection, I desisted as soon as the pain felt by the Patient convinced me, that the fibres of the bladder were sufficiently distended; and left that quantity of it in, for a quarter of an hour, more or less, according to the Patient's necessity of making water.

"In the space of a fortnight, the bladder, which at first could contain only two spoonfuls of injection, resumed by degrees it's natural capacity, which I knew, by the quantity of injection admitted without causing pain. To the decoction of marsh-mallows I added barley water and honey of roses, and lastly, barley-water with the

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vulnerary-water. The Patient left the hospital in a month's time perfectly recovered."

In the other case, the disease varied, as it arose from gravel ́in the bladder, while the capacity of that organ was not in any material degree lessened. Here the fluid injected was lime-water. The gravel was discharged from the bladder; and a cure was obtained. Mr. Foot deserves thanks for calling our attention to this practice; and we are of opinion that a continuance of its use will be attended with farther proofs of its success.

Art. 20. The Soldier's Friend; or, the Means of preserving the Health of Military Men; addressed to the Officers of the British Army. By William Blair, A. M. Surgeon of the Lock Hospital and Asylum, and of the Old Finsbury Dispensary. pp. 155. 2s. 6d. or Four Guineas for 50 Copies on common Paper. Longman. 1798.

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Some useful advice is here presented to the officers of the army, though little is said that has not been before urged by others. We know not what experience the author may have had of the movements of armies on actual service; of the causes of their diseases; and of the probable means of avoiding them :-but certainly the present volume is indebted, for a great part of its contents, to the observations of those who have already by their publications benefited the service in which they were engaged.

LAW.

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0. Art. 21. Observations on the Statutes for registering Deeds: with a Collection of Cafes upon the Operation and Intent of those Statutes. To which are added Instructions for carrying them into Effect; and a great Variety of Memorial Precedents, suited to the Registers of Middlesex and York. By John Rigge, Deputy Register for Middlesex. 8vo. pp. 190. 5s. Poards. Butterworth. 1798.

From his experience as a register, Mr. Rigge ventures to combat the following opinion of Sir William Blackstone; "however plausible the provisions of these acts (the registering acts) may appear in theory, it hath been doubted by very competent judges whether more disputes have not arisen in those counties, by the mattentions and omissions of parties, than have been prevented by the use of registers." We feel more inclined to follow Mr. R.'s opinion on this subject than that of the learned Commentator; who does not appear, in this particular instance, to have possessed the best means of information.

The object of the present work is to furnish a fair and impartial representation of the arguments suggested, and decisions obtained upon several points relative to registry; but more particularly on that of notice; thereby affording those of his readers, who have not already investigated the cases upon which such arguments and decisions are founded, the power to calculate upon their efficacy or danger, with very little trouble.'

Mr. Rigge has brought forwards all the cases on this useful topic, and has illustrated them by pertinent and judicious remarks.We recommend this treatise to our readers with confidence, because

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it is well calculated to relieve them from doubt and difficulty in
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Art. 22. The Trial at large of Arthur O'Connor, Esq. John Binns,
John Allen, Jeremiah Leary, and James Coigley, for High Trea-
son: before Judge Buller, &c. at Maidstone, Kent. Taken in
Short-hand. 8vo. 2s. 6d. sewed. Ridgway. 1798.

Prefixed to this detail of the proceedings at the late trial of Mr. O'Connor, &c. at Maidstone, under a special commission, for high treason, is a brief account of the life and character of that gentleman; which, no doubt, will afford some gratification to the curiosity of many readers.

Art. 23. The Trial of James O'Coigley, otherwise called James Quigley, otherwise called James John Fivey, Arthur O'Connor, Esq. John Binns, &c. for High Treason, under a Special Commission, at Maidstone, May 21 and 22, 1798. Taken in Shorthand by Joseph Gurney. Svo. 9s. Boards. Gurney.

Mr. Gurney's reputation, for care and correctness, will be suffi cient to recommend his present publication. To the detail of the proceedings on this very important trial, he has added a circumstantial Table of Contents; which considerably enhances the value of the book. Mr. G. has also briefly noticed the particulars which attended the execution of Mr. O'Coigley; and the book is very handsomely printed, to correspond with Mr. Gurney's account of the former trials for high treason.

NOVEL..

Art. 24. The Midnight Bell, a German Story, founded on Incidents in real Life. 3 Vols. 12mo. Ios. 6d. sewed. Symonds. 1798.

This novel begins with mysterious abruptness. Anna, Countess of Cohenburg, is expecting the return of her husband: but he returns no more, for the hand of death had arrested him prematurely and unfairly. By slow degrees the crime unfolds; and it appears that the countess herself was inadvertently the murderess of her husband :— her death terminates the story.-The novel belongs to the school of terror; midnight bells, dismal dungeons, lonely tapers, banditti, murders, thunder-storms, all but supernatural horrors, conspire to agitate the reader. Much curiosity is excited; and, although its gratification be protracted by supernumerary episodes, it is eventually not disappointed.

POETRY and DRAMATIC.

S.R.

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Art. 25. Natalia and Menzikoff; or the Conspiracy against Peter the
Great. A Tragedy, in Five Acts. From the German of Kratter.
Svo. pp. 200. 4s. sewed. Allen, &c. 1798.

In this age of conspiracies, it is natural that the theatre should seek to accommodate itself to the fashionable propensity, and endeavour te disperse our evening listlessness by such adventures as diversify the morning newspaper. The scene of the unsuccessful attempt at Revolution, depicted in the play now before us, is laid in Russia, under

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Peter the Great. In the first act, the would-be tyrannicides concert plot to strangle the sovereign.-In the second, their ambitious projects are penetrated.-In the third, their midnight attempt is baffled by the court fool.-In the fourth, they are tried at full length for high treason, before a bench of very summary judges: when a counsellor, incognito, after a set speech, procures the acquittal of Menzikoff, one of the prisoners, by discovering himself to be the emperor, disguised. In the fifth act, the executions take place: during the ceremony, proofs are produced of the innocence of one of the condemned, the princess Natalia. The emperor hastens to order a reprieve, and is met by the mob who have rescued her themselves : She is then married to Menzikoff, and the curtain drops. Tay. Art. 26. The Maid of Marienburg, a Drama, in Five Acts. From the German of Kratter. 8vo. pp. 200. 45. sewed. Allen, &c. 1798.

This play is superior to the Natalia and Menzikoff of the same author. Some Russian soldiers have captured Chatinka the daughter of a clergyman at Marienburg, during the sack of the town: the` princess Natalia takes pity on her situation, and gives her an asylum against military licentiousness, as her companion. The emperor Peter the Great meets her, loves her, grants petitions to her intreaties, and relaxes his despotism to please her. The father and brother of Chatinka set out in search of her; they trace her to the house of the princess Natalia; and the old man, apprehensive for his daughter's chastity in a situation so perilous, insists on her return with him. The emperor vainly offers seductive rewards to the old man; Chatinka interferes, and resolutely withdraws with her father. The passions of Peter are now wound up to a high pitch, and he fetches them back by force. The virtuous firmness of Chatinka, notwithstanding her affection for the prince, at length brings him to the resolution of marrying her, and thus the piece concludes. The scenes between Chatinka, her father, and her brother, are often affecting: but a tasteless mixture of irrelevant matter occurs,-of which the following may serve as a specimen ;

The EMPEROR and JACOB MOERSCH.

Emperor. Ha! Jacob Moersch!—thou art welcome to Russia!
Moersch. Welcome, my gracious Emperor!

Emperor. What bring you of good things from Amsterdam ?
Moersch. A fine friendly salutation from the Burgomestres!
Emperor. I thank them, what are my old friends about!
Moersch. Ha, what are they doing?-they have ever some little
matters to do- -to make good cheer, to preserve good arrangement
in their affairs, and to keep the rascals in good trim-

Emperor. That's the best business my comrades and I can have to do

Moersch. (Presenting him with a paper.) Our Burgomestres have sent to his Majesty the Emperor a few dozens of artists and handicrafts men.

Emperor. That's brave, that's excellently done.
Moersch. And a little parcel of dutch cheese.

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