The heat of the water, during the explofion, that is, while afcending, cannot indeed be measured; but, after it has fallen again, it raises the thermometer above 100°; which evidently fhows, that the heat in the bowels of the earth must be vaftly more interfe." We fhall not fol low the author through a variety of ingenious and well-conceived experiments, to det at the different ingredients contained in the waters, but conclude with laying before our readers the refult of his enquiry. According to my experiments," he fays, I find the temperature of the King's Bath 114°; in the Hot Bath, it is a lide above that of the King's Bath; and, in the Crofs Bath, about 96o.

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"In the water, carbonic acid gas, and azotic gas, in very small quantities. The carbonic acid fuperfaturates the carbonate of lime, which is evolved by boiling. The following aeriform fluids efcape from the fprings through the water, and appear in bubbles on the furface.

b. carbonic acid gas 15

c. oxygen gas

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05

Iron, in a state of extreme divifion, the quantity, from its apparent volatility, not to be eftimated.

Sulphate of lime, or felenite, in the proportion of 40 to the folid

"Superfaturated carbonate of lime, 20.

"Silex- 15

"Alum, or fulphate of alumine, 05.

"Common falt, and fulpoate of foda, 20.

"The folid matter forms about a 660th part of these waters. "The fand which is thrown up by theie ferings is composed of fi lex, felenite, carbonate of lime, fome fulphur, and fome particles of iron, which have been found to be attracted by the magnet." P. 70.

From the attention the author appears to have paid to the fubject, the public may expect fome valuable information in the fecond Part, which is to contain accounts of the application of the waters in the cure of difeafes.

ART. 24. A Treatife on Opthalmy, and thofe Difeafes which are induced by Inflammation of the Eyes; with new Methods of Cure. By Edward More Noble, Surgeon, 8vo. 144 PP. 35. Robinfons.

1800.

This author having made the difeafes of the eye his particular study, and having had a larger portion of practice in thofe difeafes than ordinarily falls to the thare of general practitioners in furgery, is induced to lay before the public the refult of his experience. It is not however," he fays, "on that account folely, that he has ventured to appear before the public. The art of curing difcafes has of late years made rapid ftrides towards arriving at the acmè of perfection, beyond which it is not in the power of man to advance it. The light which has been let in upon us by the doctrines of that great genius, Dr. John Brown, and fo ably feconded by a Darwin and a Beddoes, has laid the foundation of a new era in the annals of medicine, and has opened new views to the practitioner in the theory and treatment of difeafes."

Pref.

Pref. p. vi. So fays the author: but as he defers giving the mode of treating difeafes of the eye, by which alone we fhall be enabled to judge how much the new light has improved the practice in these cafes, until the publication of the fecond part of his work, we shall defer our opinion of its value, until we alfo fhall be illuminated. Only obferving, that we fee nothing to raise our expectation very high, from what the author has here produced.

ART. 25. New Inventims, and new Directions, productive of Happi-· nefs to the ruptured; with fome Military and Parochial Confiderations on Ruptures. By a private Gentleman. 8vo. 31 PP. Is. 6d.

Hurft. 1800.

The author was an officer in the army, which fituation he was obliged to leave on account of a rupture in his groin, with which he continued to be tormented upwards of twenty years; the rupture from time to time defcending, notwithstanding his conftantly wearing truffes of the best construction that were known. After a variety of trials, he has at length discovered a form of a trufs, he fays, and mode of applying it, which he thinks will in all cafes prevent the defcent of the bowel and omentum, so as to enable the wearer to use nearly as much exercife as if not afflicted with the complaint. As the author appears to have written this little tract folely for the benefit of the afflicted, that intention would be furthered by his leaving a trufs with each of his publishers, directing them to allow any perfons requiring it, to fee and take patterns from them, from which more accurate information of their form and structure might be obtained, than from the description and engraving he has given."

ART. 26. Obfervations on the Hiftory and Caufe of Afthma, and a Review of a Practical Enquiry on difordered Refpiration; in a Letter to Robert Bree, M. D. the Author of that Work. By George Lipscomb, Surgeon at Birmingham. 8vo. 106 pp. 35. Johnfon.

In his Preface, this author complains heavily of a combination of perfons or circumftances, which has occafioned him much uneafinefs, and obliged him, as he feems to fay, to quit his profeffion; hence leifure has been afforded him to examine Dr. Bree's book on Asthma, which he criticizes with a confiderable degree of acutenefs, and, we will add, of afperity too; although he pofitively difclaims bearing any ill will to the author, or even knowing him, he fays, either as a gentleman or as a phyfician. The points however on which he difagrees with Dr. Bree, are principally fpeculative, and relate rather to the fuppofed cause, than to the mode of treating Afthma; and as it will never be demonftrably proved, whether the afthmatic paroxyfm is occafioned by the mere weight or bulk of the ferum effufed into the cellular termination of the bronchial veffels, as Dr. Bree feems to think; or by the acrid, or rather acid, quality of the aforefaid ferum, as Mr. L. believes, the public will not think itfelf much interested in the difpute; we fhall therefore difmifs this article, earneftly hoping, for the fake of Dr.

Bree,

Bree, as well as the author, that the cause of his prefent chagrin may ceafe, although we much doubt whether the production before us will at all contribute to that defirable end.

DIVINITY.

ART. 27. A Sermon, preached before the Honourable House of Cammons, at the Church of St. John the Evangelift, Wftminfier, on Wednesday, March 12, 1800, being the Day appointed by his Majefty's Royal Proclamation, to be obferved as a Day of folemn Fafting and HEmiliation. By the Rev. Arthur Onflow, D. D. Dean of Worcester. 4to. 23 PP. Is. Rivingtons. 1800.

From the prayer of Solomon at the Dedication of the Temple, Dr. O. has felected those words which implore the aid of the Lord, when the people fhall go out to war, by the way that he shall fend them." These words are applied with judgment to the circumstances of this nation in the prefent war, and the remainder of the difcourfe is taken up in urging the correction of all thofe fins, which may be expected to render our heavenly father unpropitious to our endeavours. A fenfible and temperate difcourfe, well fuited to the occafion on which it was pronounced.

ART. 28. A Catechifm, in which the principal Teftimonies, in Proof of the divine Authority of Chriftianity, are briefly confidered. Izmo. 36 pp. Hanwell, &c. Oxford; Rivingtons, London. 1800.

Catechifms, in general, as this author rightly obferves, embrace only the doctrines and precepts of Scripture; but every confiderate reader will doubtlefs agree with him in opinion, that if the evidences of religion can be made familiar in that eafy form, great advantage may be derived from thus inculcating them into young minds. That the plan is very practicable, is fully shown in this clear and useful tract; which we cannot more effectually recommend than by mentioning, that it comes undoubtedly from the pen of Mr. Gray, the Author of the Key to the Old Teftament, which has fo long been ftamped with the frongeft marks of public approbation. The prefent manual cught, we think, to be adopted by every inftructor of youth.

ART. 29. Practical Obfervations on the Revelation of St. John, written in the Year 1775, by the late Mrs. Bowaler. 12mo. 190 pp. 55 Crutwell, Bath; Hatchard, London. 1800.

"The whole of the prefent publication," fays the Preface, "was written in the year 1775; and a confiderable part of it was printed in 1787, but without the name of the author. That edition being now out of print, it is believed that a more perfect impreffion will be acceptable to many friends of the writer, who expreffed their approbation of the fmaller work; and it is hoped that the practical inftruction which it contains, may be read with pleafure and advantage by many perfons who

who have not leifure or inclination to examine the prophetical meaning of the Apocalypfe." To this ftatement we fhall only fubjoin, that many fuch readers will doubtlefs be found; and that whoever takes up the book with a ferious mind, will be edified by the good fenfe, piety, and modefty of the writer.

ART. 30. On the prevalent and encreafing Negled of the Holy Communion. A Sermon. To which is added an Appendix, containing an Account of the Number of Communicants, at the Quarterly Sacraments, in the Parish Church of Sheffield, for the left Twenty Years. By George Smith, M. A. Curate of the jaid Church, and formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo. 27 PP. 6d. Gales, Sheffield;

Matthews, London. 1800.

This difcourfe is "intended as a folemn and seasonable admonition to the friends of the established religion, to "hold fat the profeffion of their faith," and to make an open avowal of their attachment to the Church of England, in these times of fchifin and infidelity, by a more frequent attendance on its principal ordinance." P. 2. The intention is good, and the admonition feafonable, though it does not fufficiently pervade the Sermon. The author arrives nearly at the 12th page, before he recollects, "the purport of his difcourfe," to exhort his hearers not to withdraw theinfelves from this divine ordinance. The following remonstrance is very deferving of attention: "You follow Chrift, fo far as to attend occafionally, perhaps pretty regularly, on the ordinary service of his church; but you will not follow him to his holy table! you will liften with patience, perhaps with pleasure, to the ordinary topics of his instruction, the duties of Christian morality, &c. -but if we speak to you of "the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven," the fall of man, and his redemption by the atonement of Chrift; the renewal of his nature by the fpirit of God, and the continual fupport of his fpiritual life, by an union with him who came down from heaven," and who is "the true bread of life;"-and if we invite you, not only to believe thefe peculiar and fundamental doârines of Christianity, but alfo to come, and to be " partakers of his holy myfteries which he hath inftituted and ordained," not only " for the continual remembrance of his death," but as the appointed "means of grace," and as "pledges of his love, to our great and endless comfort," how many of you are then offended, go back, and will not walk with us, in this holy communion." P. 14. The text is ftriking in its application, "Will ye alfo go away?" But in general we with texts of Scripture to be difcourfed upon in their original and proper fenfe. The Appendix does not feem to warrant the apprehenfion, that the number of communicants at the parish church is rapidly de clining." P. 15. The opening of St. James's Church, and the feparation of the Methodists, fince the death of Mr. Wefley, appear (to thofe at least who do not know Sheffield) likely to account for the diminished number of communicants.

ART.

ART. 31. A Sermon, delivered in the Parish Church of Wimbledon, in the County of Surrey, before the Wimbledon Corps of Volunteer Cavalry and Infantry, on Sunday, September 28, 1800; to which is added, an Appendix, containing the Nature of the Engagements which the Members of Volunteer Corps pledge themfelves to at the Time of their Affo ciation. By S. Hadjon, M. B. Rector of Thrapfton in Northamptonshire. 8vo. Is. 6d. Hatchard. 1800.

This is a very fpirited and impreffive difcourfe, in which the writer feems to have omitted no argument of importance to his fubject. The Appendix is not the leaft interefting part of the performance. We noticed a grammatical inaccuracy in the Preface, viz. "Principles which every day more and more convinces me-"; but this, we prefume to be an accidental overfight.

ART. 32. Thoughts on the Peculiarity of the prefent War. A Sermon, delivered at Castle-Green Chapel, in the City of Briftol, March 12, 1800, being the Day appointed by his Majefty for a General Faft. By the Rev. John Hey. 8vo. Is. 6d. Matthews.

1800.

The preacher reprefents, in ftrong terms, that, in the present war, the hand of the Almighty is more immediately vifible, and that peace is only to be expected when French Infidelity fhall have received its deferved punishment. In his progrefs, he is warmed into enthusiasm. and ufes language which will not be acceptable to every ear; he concludes with reciting the more particular vices of this country, and inviting his hearers to repentance, as the only means of falvation.

ART. 33. Leatures on the Nature and End of the Sacred Office, and on the Dignity, Duty, Qualifications, and Character of the Sacred Order. By John Smith, D. D. One of the Ministers of Campbelton. 8vo. 338 FP 5s. Mundel, Glafgow; Vernor and Hood, London,

1798.

It appears by the author's Preface, that the plan of thefe Lectures was laid about fifteen years ago, when he was appointed to preach before the Annual Meeting of the Synod of Argyll; at which time he found, on examination, that a book of this kind, which should treat regularly and diftinctly on the nature and end of the facred office, was wholly wanting. The author has laboured with diligence and fuccefs to fupply this defect;, and, though the meritorious work of Dr. Gerard, on the fame fubject, has fince appeared, his book may be recommended to the general attention of Chriftian Minifters. It is written with an earnest spirit of piety, abounds with the examples of primitive times, and with directions proceeding from a found mind, and an active confcience. Dr. S. fometimes enlivens his precepts by a tale; and, at p. 143, is one, told in rather a poctical ftyle.