expresses it when applied to judges or kings, "he gave law to Britain and its three islands." The proverb then confirms the Triad, as to the existence of the Orcades as one island, at some period long prior to the age of Nennius. The fact of the influx of the Ocean is also confirmed by Florus, who assigns it as the cause of the emigration of the Cimbri, in these words. Cimbri, Theutoni, atque Tigurini, ab extremis Galliæ profugi, quum terras eorum inundasset Oceanus, novas sedes toto orbe quærebunt. L. 3. C. 3. "The Cimbri, Theutoni and Tigurini, exiled, from the extremity of Gaul by an inundation of the sea over their territories, went in search of places to settle in wherever they might find them.” This testimony is so express as not only to leave no doubt of the fact, but to give a more perfect idea of the time and extent of the devastation, which appears to have ravaged, not only the North of Britain and Ireland, but the North Western Coast of the Continent, from the Sound to the Mouth of the Rhine. The mind can scarcely form a more tremendous idea than that of the fury of the Ocean pouring in its overwhelming tide, rending the Orcades asunder, and forming so many Isles. Well might it be remembered!-Nor less so another, which, though not said to have been so, was probably connected with it. It is called the second great calamity of Britain. "The calamity of the dreadful fire, when the earth was opened to the abyss, and the greatest part of all living were destroyed." Triad 13. That there has been an eruption of a Volcano in the north of Ireland and Scotland, is proved by the late Dr. Hamilton, in his account of the Giant's Causeway. From the Triads the eruption appears to have been prior to the inundation, and the latter to have been owing to an elevation of the bottom of the sea, which probably preceded the explosion of the Volcano. The Welsh name of the Baltic Llychlyn, that is the lake of standing water, seems to intimate that the Sound was opened by this inundation.' The author finds, in the same Triads, passages which describe the Cimbric expedition, and which allude to a very general plague about the period in which that of Peloponnesus raged. If it could be shewn that the Triad authors had not taken these relations from Grecian and Roman works, they would certainly have great weight in supporting the conclusions of the author. Mr. Roberts observes that The language of the Cymry does not appear, as far as can be judged from the most ancient poems, to have undergone any change; though it has perhaps lost considerably. In the time of Taliesin there were four dialects, or more probably languages, in use among the Cymry, as he calls them, "Cymry pedwariaeth," or Cymry of the four languages. In the same poem he takes notice of four na tions in the Island Cymry, Angles, Gwyddyl, (Irish or Gauls,) and& Prydyn, the Strathclwyd Britons. The Poets sometimes use a dialect which is now little understood, and was either the language of the latter, or perhaps one in use which is no more so; a mixture of the Welsh and the language of the Gaulish Picts. A mixture of the Latin with the Welsh is frequent with Taliesin. Whatever dialects there might have been, it is certain that the ancient language is preserved in its purity, as all the Triads, and several poems of Taliesin, are in the very dialect of North Wales, as it is now spoken.' : In conclusion, the author states that he has seen catalogues of several Welsh MSS., which it was not in his power to consult but he intimates that hereafter he may examine them, and favour the public with the result of his researches. We shall be glad to see realized the hope which he thus encourages us to entertain. Jo. Art. 17. A Treatise on the Cow-pox, containing the History of WE noticed the first part of this treatise in our 38th Vol. p. 316. The author's zeal in the cause of vaccination remains undiminished, and his work furnishes a very ample detail of every publication and memoir, in any way connected with the subject on which he is so laudably engaged. It is, however, unnecessarily prolix; and, from its entire want of method, it may rather be considered as a journal of the practice, than a treatise on it. Yet, even in this point of view, the public are indebted to Mr. Ring; since he has thus furnished them with a repository, which contains every material fact connected with the history and present state of the cow-pox.-Two beautiful plates represent the progress of the vaccine vesicle. Art. 18. Anthropology, or the Natural History of Man; with a comparative View of the Structure and Functions of animated Beings in general. By Wm. Blair, A. M., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons; Fellow of the Medical Societies of London, Paris, and Brussels; Surgeon of the Lock Hospital and Asylum, and of the Bloomsbury Dispensary. Svo. pp. 163. 5s. Boards. Longman and Co. 1803. This is a syllabus of a course of lectures on Physiology, which are principally intended for the use of gentlemen not in the profession; and which we we are informed, are given annually by the author, with the hopes of Yell. of diffusing among artists, and the lovers of science, a more general acquaintance with the structure and functions of the human body, than they at present possess. The course is illustrated by anatomical preparations, accompanied with large drawings, prints, models, casts, and a living subject for the muscles.' The design appears to us a good one; and the syllabus, though larger than necessary, will, we have no doubt, afford material assistance to the auditors. Yell. We do not think that the author is justified in the adoption of a new word for the designation of the subject of his lectures. Art. 19. History of the Proceedings of the Committee appointed by the general Meeting of Apothecaries, Chemists, and Druggists in London, for the Purpose of obtaining Relief from the Hardships imposed on the Dealers in Medicine, by certain Clauses and Provisions contained in the new Medicine Act, passed June 3, 1802, together with a View of the Act, as it now stands, in its ameliorated State; to which are added the Substance of every Clause in the Acts of June 3, 1802 and July 4, 1803, and the Clauses of both these. Acts, collated with each other, consolidated and explained; also a copious and carefully arranged Schedule, with explanatory Notes and Observations. By William Chamberlaine, Surgeon, Chairman of the Committee. 8vo. 2s. Highley. The new medicine act, passed in June 1802, contained several enactments which bore severely on retail apothecaries and venders of medicines. The inability to sell many drugs in common use, without a stamp, was extremely vexatious, and particularly demanded the attention of Government; the exertions of many who were more immediately concerned in the business, and in particular of Mr. Chamberlaine, procured that degree of notice to the subject, which was necessary to shew the impropriety of many of the clauses of the act; and the more offensive were accordingly amended in a subsequent bill. Art. 20. An Apology for believing in the Metallic Tractors, with some Account of the Perkinean Institution. 12mo. 2d. Hatchard. We know not whether it augurs well for the continuance of that ample portion of faith, which has hitherto inspired so many on the subject of the metallic tractors, that one of their warmest advocates deems it necessary to present an apology for his belief in their efficacy: but we have no reason for doubting that his apology is satisfactory to himself; and we may perhaps only do justice to his coadju tors in Perkinism, when we give them credit for subscribing to the sentiments expressed in the present tract. They have all of them, however, we are informed, been long possessors of that inestimable treasure, which so readily diffuses health and vigour to all who come within its influence; and it would be ill-natured to attempt to diminish their estimation of its value: though we may be allowed to intimate our suspicions that such of our readers, as have not already become purchasers of the tractors, will hardly be inclined to adjudge considerable force to the author's apology. Perkinism, like magne. tism, must have its day; and we may congratulate the patentee on its having been so long in use, as to have enabled him to exhibit to his Ec4 trans Do по trans-atlantic friends, substantial proofs of the effects of metallic in- We learn from the signature, that the author of this attempt to NOVELS. Art. 21. A Picture from Life: or the History of Emma Tanker- Many parts of this picture will be found very lively and agreeable, Art. 22. Leopold; or, the Bastard. 12mo. 2 Vols. 8s. sewed. Highley. Yell Man We understand that this novel, although the author has not prefixed his name, is also the production of Mr. Whitfield, and it does credit to him on the same principles on which we commended the foregoing. In the vicious conduct and melancholy termination of the fate of Leopold, the writer endeavours to furnish an useful caution to the imprudent and unwary; and, in conclusion, he exhorts his readers to derive this wholesome maxim from the eventful tale, that "to be good is to be happy." Di Art. 23. The Depraved Husband, and the Philosophic Wife. By Madame Genlis. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6 s. sewed. Davies. Cadell and The wild theories and abandoned maxims of certain Philosophes of France, in the days of her Republican energy, are strikingly depicted in the progress of this tale; and the horrible consequences, which ensue from such a dereliction of virtuous principles, are illustrated with much force and effect in the character of Julia, the ill-fated victim of that species of "Fhilosophy and vain deceit." This picture of the insanity of the times must have been a salutary lesson to many, who were but just beginning to drink of the intoxicating cup; we trust, however, that those days of riot are succeeded at length by the season of sobriety; and that, whatever may be the Imperial Diadem of France, she will assert her right to the Empire of Reason. Art. 24. Barbara Markham; or the Profligate requited. 12mo. 2 Vols. 6s. Boards. Richardson. The adventures of poor Miss Barbara are not, we apprehend, of a nature which will excite much interest with readers in general; nor is the style of her historian such as to compensate for the dearth of mate rials. Do rials. The incidents may also be said to offend against probability, and in some places to trench on delicacy. The moral, however, is good, and the intention of the writer is therefore laudable. The account, in the second volume, of the tricks of a party of sharpers at Bath appears, from its manner and correctness of language, to have been furnished from some other quarter. Art. 25. Lucy Osmond. A Story. 12mo. 3 s. sewed. Robin sons. The heroine be Mans This tale is well related, and excites interest. comes an early victim to the indulgence of imagination in the school of Rousseau: her days are embittered by a hopeless passion; and she dies in the prime of life. The moral conveyed in this novel is the importance of acquiring early principles of virtue, founded on the sober dictates of reason; and of restraining the wild luxuriance of imagination. Do POETRY. Art. 26. The Pleasures of Nature; or the Charms of Rural Life. 4s. 6d. The wide scenery of Nature, so full of charms, and so perpetually varied by the change of seasons, furnishes this author with images of the most agreeable kind; and sometimes in gay, at other times in pensive numbers, he presents a very pleasing picture of the impres sions made on a susceptible and warm imagination. We extract, as a specimen of the poetry, the description of the plough-boy: In yonder fields, the plough-boy urges, gay, To whom his vows were given beneath the hawthorn shade. How just an emblem of her brother insect-Man!' The alliteration of shining share is not elegant; and incomprehensible, in the next page, is not a word so proper for this measure as for Miltonic blank verse. Many similar remarks will occur to the curious critic. D.o Art. |