neceffary. Within, they are not quite fo much attended as in Birmingham. A bishop, with us, would draw an innumerable multitude after him; but in Londou, I attended divine fervice, at St. Mary Aldermary, where the bishop of L- preached, almost to an empty church. However, it should be remembered, he preached a charity fermon.' Propofals for eftablishing, at Sea, a Marine School; or Seminary for Seamen. 8vo. 15. Dilly. Thefe Proposals are founded on Mr. Hanway's report, and are dictated by found policy and good fenfe. If carried into execution with judgment, they may tend to leffen the number of ftreet-robbers and houfe-breakers, while thefe depredators will form a ftrong national bulwark, and contribute to defend their country, instead of living by rapine on its fpoils. Univerfal Stenography; or a new compleat Syftem of Short Writing By the Rev. W. F. Mavor. Second Edit. 8vo. 5s. Harrison. In our fifty-fecond volume, page 239, we gave our opinion, in general, on the nature and use of fhort-hand. We need not now repeat it, but fhall confine ourselves to the System before us, which we have examined with fome care. We cannot, however, commend it very warmly. It has advantages over fome other plans, of being written with neatnefs, and looking fair to the eye; but we think thefe are more than compensated by particular inconveniencies. A rapid writer, for inftance, cannot, without trouble, form a circle very different from an oval, fince the circles can never be true: it will be more difficult to make a blotted circle, unless it be re-touched with the pen. The management of the vowels is neither convenient or kilful, and will tend to introduce no little obfcurity in reading; we need scarcely repeat, that to read eafily, is of at leaft of equal importance with rapid writing. These reflections our duty has drawn from us; for we have no particular fyftem to prefer. From the fame motive we ought to add, that the introduction, fometimes perhaps too much inflated, contains judicious reflections on the fubject; and thefe' led us to form very fanguine expectations of the author's fuccefs: we might have been better fatisfied if we had expected lefs. A General Dictionary of the English Language. To which are added, an alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities; and a Lift of the Cities, Towns, Boroughs, and remarkable Villages, in England and Wales. Small 8vo. 35. Peacock. This work is very neatly and clearly printed; and, from its fize, deferves the title affixed to it. We have looked over it, and fee no very particular reason to impeach its accuracy. In a few inftances, the author has omitted fome necessary diftinctions; and in others, the accent is not fixed with proper atten. tion; or at least, without an explanation, may mislead; but, thefe thefe errors are few, and probably not more numerous than in Dictionaries of a larger fize, and greater price. The accents on the foreign words, on the names of heathen deities, &c. are more exact. On the whole, we think this an useful and elegant compilation. Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Ruffia. Small 8vo. Is. Smith. This is a fatirical production, calculated to throw ridicule on the bold affertions of fome parliamentary declaimers. If rant may be best foiled at its own weapons, the author's defign is not ill-founded; for the marvellous has never been carried to a more whimsical and ludicrous extent. The Cafe of Major John Savage. Svo. 25. Nicholls. In this pamphlet, major Savage gives an account of his employment under government, during lord North's adminiftration, in the recruiting service in Germany. He claims a reimbursement of his expences, and a compenfation for his fervices, which, it feems, he never has received. On what account a requifition fo reasonable should be denied, we do not know; but humanity induces us to wifh, that a cafe which is reprefented as fo unjuft and oppreffive, fhould meet with a fair investigation. New Annals of Gallantry. 8vo. IS. Randall. A collection from the General Advertiser relative to the unfortunate incident in captain I-'s family. It is entirely foreign to the province of criticifm, and merits only our fympathy for the captain's domeftic unhappiness. CORRESPONDENCE. IN our review of Mr. Mofs's Medical Survey of Liverpool, we aimed at giving a candid and impartial account; nor at this moment are we aware that we have misunderstood his defign, unless there be any not yet hinted at. We cannot follow him through all his animadverfions; but fhall felect thofe which militate against our conduct. He feems averfe to allowing the utility and importance of mechanical affiftance,' in measuring the heat or the weight of the air. He has great authorities on his fide, and we are not without them on our's. It must not, however, be decided by thefe, but by experiment; and, as the attention of phyficians have been lately directed to this point, we may have an opportunity of enlarging on it. We might amufe ourselves by one paffage in his Letter, where he fays, our bills of mortality take not in the births (which I fuppofe you mean for deaths) and give only the number of burials.' We never knew of any other meaning for bills of MORTALITY, but what we have given. We hope the copperworks are more diftant than the oppofite island, otherwise there may may be ftill danger from infection. The fize of the town, and the fluctuating number of inhabitants, can be no objection to a calculation of its population; and this may be eafily made from the number of deaths, though not with the nicest accuracy. Though we alledged that no circumstances, actually confidered independent of their effects, could explain the falubrity of any place, yet we meant not to 'caft a damp' on fimilar enquiries. If Mr. Mofs will compare the first part of his Letter with the middle, he will find, that he has contended for the pofition, which he afterwards fears may, when we more clearly explained it, impede medical enquiries. We cannot enter on the fubject of ale, diet, or rheumatisms; as we fpoke, on mature confideration, and without the slightest influence, we are not difpofed to retract our cenfure. At the fame time, we must allow Mr. Mofs both good temper and candour. We regret only that, at our distance, and in our fituation, it is not eafy to enter into a friendly examination of these very doubtful fubjects, on which it is no difgrace to our author that we differ from him. He cannot think it any imputation, that remarks of fo little extent, on fubjects of fuch magnitude, fhould be neceffarily imperfe&t.' WE are obliged to the gentleman who, fearing that we may be too bufy, or diftrufting our impartiality, has kindly reviewed his own work. We mult beg leave to inform him, that every attempt of this kind we reject with indignation: if it be again repeated, we fhall mention the name of the perfon who appears. meanly to fhrink from a fair examination. OUR Anonymous' Friend feems a little hypercritical in his language. If we deduct errors, what must remain ? We prefume, merit. We do not believe Mr. Hume a fophift, who was not him. felf a convert; but we know that he did not aim at making difciples among the forward and ignorant; and that he purpofely kept his writings from their view, by the intricacy of fome of his difquifitions. The confufion in his definitions, we own, could not be defigned for this purpofe; but the errors in thefe preliminary fteps may have mifled himself. The attention of fuch candid correfpondents we shall always confider as a favour, and their approbation as our greateft reward. WE fully agree with our correspondent who styles himself Neither a Parfon nor a Methodist.' Muft he be either, to countenance profanenefs? The play alluded to is, however, the, Critic, not the School for Scandal.' 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