History and Geography, which, being a desideratum in Sweden, cannot but be highly acceptable; and the more so, as it is in the hands of a gentleman, who holds a distinguished rank among the literati of that country. Mr. S. thinks he shall be able to deliver the first eight maps, out of fifteen, in May next. Their contents will be as follows: The whole world as known in antient times, in which also the borders of the * Roman, Macedonian and Persian Monarchies will be marked out. 2. Asia before it was subject to Rome. 3. Greece with Asia minor, and the tracts round the Black Sea, before the Roman Conquest. 4. Italy, and Spain, before the establishment of the Roman Empire. 5. Gaul and Germany. 6. Great Britain. 7. Sweden and the countries round the Baltic. 8. Africa in the remotest times. 9. The Middle and Southern Parts of Europe, on which also the wandering of the Barbarous Nations will be pointed out. 10. Europe, from the time of Augustus to Charles the great. 11. Europe from Charles the great to Charles the fifth. 12, Europe, from Charles the fifth to the present time, with the alterations, which may yet be made before the end of the summer. 13. Asia after the fall of the Roman Empire to this time. 14. Africa after the fall of the Roman Empire to this time, 15. America with the Last Discoveries.-Australia will be found on the Asiatic and American maps. The places, where famous battles have been fought, and other great events have occurred, are also to be pointed out on these maps, each of which will be followed by a narrative description. As the art of engraving is of late considerably improved in Sweden, and also from the local correctness, with which these maps will, no doubt, be executed, we have every reason to suppose that this publication will be attended with success, and we shall not fail to announce it as soon as it .appears. The vaccine inoculation has made very rapid progress in Sweden. Owing partly to the great patronage of the King, partly to the indefatigable zeal of individuals, the prejudices against this practice are fast disappearing. In a letter to the Collegium Medicum *at Stockholm, his Majesty expresses his wish, that a list should be drawn up of the whole number of children inoculated with the vaccine in the different Provinces during the last year, and that such surgeons, as had most exerted themselves in their districts, should be complimented on his part, and assured of his Royal patronage. This has accordingly been done, and we read in a late gazette of Stockholm, the names of different gentlemen, who had thus distinguished themselves, together with the number of persons inoculated; and from this statement, we find that the confidence of the public in the vaccine practice has greatly increased. There are still some, however, who wish to insinuate that the vaccine matter is not always powerful enough to subdue the natural small pox; there have been instances, they say, when it has been found inefficient. To obviate this objection, Mr. HEDIN first physician to His Majesty intends to publish a short and clear description of all those eruptions that bear more or less resemblance to the small pox, and consequently may be mistaken for it. In the prospectus to this work he mentions the following case: "Four years ago I was called to Drottningholm to inoculate seven This College is the superintendant of all regular practitioners in Sweden and Finland. After the Student has taken his Doctor's degree, is examined and approved of as Magister Chirurgie, at any of the Universities, his name is here enrolled, and as soon as he is appointed to a circle, where he is to exert his skill, he is bound to transmit, every year, a report of cases under his care. None can practice but such as are regularly examined, nor is an apothecary allowed to prescribe, nor a practitioner to keep a shop. children in one family, who all received the genuine vaccine; but in July this year (1805) one of the children, a girl, eight years old, was attacked by a violent fever, with great inclination to sleep, succeeded by an eruption, which so perfectly resembled the small pox, that even a learned practitioner, who was present, at first regarded it as such, and wrote to me about it to † Medevi, where I then resided. In the mean time the first surgeon to his Majesty, Mr. Rung, who had heard of this went to Drottningholm to examine the case, and found then, what I on my return likewise perceived, that the child had got the more uncommon kind of eruption, which is called pemphigus, and which at a certain crisis has a very great resemblance to the natural small pox." Mr. Hedin's work is expected to be published this month. ART. XXV. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION. * Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price, of such works; which they may depend on being communicated to the public, if consistent with our plan. Correspondence has been opened with various parts of the United Kingdom, for the purpose of procuring interesting Literary intelligence, on the authenticity of which the public may depend. MR. Bowyer of Pall-Mall, is preparing to publish, under the sanction of Royal Patronage, a Life of Lord Nelson, accompanied with Splendid Illustrations of the more remarkable engagements in which his Lordship was distinguished. Mr. Bigland, author of Letters on His tory, has in the press, Letters on Natural History. The Rev. G. Cooke, A. M. is preparing a second edition of his funeral sermon on Lord Nelson; where he will avail himself of more incidents in his useful life, and will adapt a portion of it to the unexampled solemnities of the late national procession. Mr. John Anstey, is preparing to pub-lish, a complete edition of the works of his deceased father, with memoirs of his life. Mr. Kidd proposes to publish an edition of Homer, with llations of MSS. never before examined. Mr. Vanmildert is printing his sermons, at Boyle's Lecture. They will appear in the course of the spring. Mr. J. C. Saunders, Demonstrator of Practical Anatomy in the Anatomical School in St. Thomas's Hospital, and Surgeon to the London Dispensary for diseases of the eye and ear, is preparing for publication, the Illustration of the Human Ear, with views, of the natural size, from a series of dissections. Mr. Bonnycastle has in the press, a treatise on Trigonometry. Mr. C. Bell's new work on the Anato my of Expression in Painting is ready for publication. The subject is illustrated by sketches of the Bones, &c. Mr. Gregory, of the Royal Military Academy, has now in the press, the third edition of Lessons, Astronomical, and Philosophical, for the amusement and instruction of youth. Mr. Myles, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, author of the Chronological History of the Methodists, has in great forwardness, and will soon publish." The Life and Writings of the late Reverend William Grimshaw, Vicar of the parish of Haworth. Mr. Belfour, who published some time ago, his Imitations of the Fabulas Literarias of Dom Tomas de Yriarte, has translated into English verse, la Musica, a Didactic poem in five cantos, which he intends to commit to the press. The following Works are expected to appear shortly. A translation of the Tratado Historico sobre el Origin y Progresos dela Comedia y del Histrionesmo en Espana, par Don Cosiano Pellicer, by R. W. Wade, Esq. M. R. I. A. A Greek-English Derivative Dictionary, shewing in English characters, the Greek originals of English words. Treatises on Religious and Moral Subjects, by the late Rev. Dr. Holmes, Dean of Winchester. 1. vol, 8vo. A Treatise on Practical Navigation and Seamanship, with directions, for the manage ↑ A watering place, sometimes visited by the Royal family. management of a ship in all situations; by the late W. Nicholson, Esq. Master Attendant of Chatham Dock-Yard. The Geographical Selector, consisting of Maps, Charts, and Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours, Forts, &c. in the world, accompanied by historical and geographical illustrations: the engravings, by Mr. J. Luffman, the literary department, by T. Harral Esq. A sixth volume of Political Papers; comprising the correspondence of several distinguished persons, on the subject of Parliamentary reform: edited by the Rey. C. Wyvill. The Works of Sallust, translated by H. Steuart Esq. The fourth volume of Sermons, from the MSS. of President, Davies, A. M. of America: Dialognes on Eloquence; and Letters to the French Academy, on Rhetoric, Poetry, History, &c. by Fene. lon, Archbishop of Cambray, translated from the French, and illustrated with notes, and a life of the author, by E. Williams. D. D. In the press, Memoirs of a Female Vagrant, price 1s. fine 1s. 6d. The Christian Child's Spelling-book; comprising, in a series of easy reading lessons, ornamented with suitable cuts, the Life and Doctrines of our blessed Saviour, in the several stages of his Ifancy, Childhood, and Ministry. 4 An Essay on National Cultivation of the Arts of Desigu, in part preliminary to a General History of the Fine Arts, by Prince Hoare, Esq. foreign secretary to the Royal Academy. A new Introduction to Chess. A Swedish gentleman is preparing for the press a translation from that language of a Historical Tale, intitled, Epicharis, or the Secret History of the Conspiracy of Piso against Nero; found ed on facts recorded by Tacitus and Suetonius. FRANCE. M. Silvestre de Sacy, a member of the French National Institute, was sent in August 1805, by Government to Genoa, in order to examine a number of diplomatic papers, and oriental MSS. which were discovered in the Archives of the late Republic. Great expectations were entertained from the well-known connexion between Genoa and the East, in the middle ages, and from the abilities Mr. T. H. VEGENER, Printer, in Berlin who (as we announced sometime ago) has invented a new method of printing maps with moveable types, and at a much lower price than the common engraved ones, in consequence of this and for the ingenious instruments and machines he himself has made for this purpose, has been appointed Instrument maker to the Mechanical Academy at Berlin. We are as yet unable to form an opinion of this invention; as we have not had an opportunity of seeing an impression of this newmanner, in order t compareit with the ordinary method. A new discovery has been made in Denmark, which must be very accep table to seafaring people, chiefly in the hot climates, viz: that sea water, when mixed with a proportionate quantity of Soda, becomes perfectly serviceable for washing linen and other articles in common use. Mr. SCHRADER, apothecary in Berlin, has made the following experiment; he caused two pounds of ivory-shavings to be finely pulverised and boiled, with three quarts of water for four hours; he obtained the same quantity of jelly as from four pounds of ox-bones, and the soup, thus made, was richer in quality and more pleasant in flavour. The consequence of this discovery is, that from ivory shavings, hitherto disregarded in the work-shops, and thrown away as rubbish, may be procured a nutritious food. The experiment has been made and the practice is now adopted, in the Great Hospital at Berlin. Mr. D. J. LARREY, head surgeon to the French army in Egypt, who has published a very valuable Historical and Chirurgical account of the French Expedition to Egypt and Syria, makes the following observations on the plague in those countries. The Europeans in Syria Relation Historique et chirurgical de l'expedition de l'armée d'Orient en Egypt, et en Syrie, par D. J. Larrey, Chirurgien en chef de l'armée d'Orient, Paris, 1805. 8vo. guard guard themselves against the plague, by constantly using fontanelles and drawing-plaisters. Such persons as are sub ject to blotches (scabies) are free from it. The poison may lie concealed for a long time in the body, and operates chiefly during the equinox. Some Soldiers, who had had the disorder, relapsed the following year at the same time; when the scars after the ulcers again broke open, but the plague was no longer infectious. The spreading of the plague in Egypt aad Syria, he chiefly attributes to the uncleanliness of the inhabitants, and the putrefaction of the air through their leaving dead animals uuburied and exposed to the sun. The rubbing in of oil(he says) was ineffectual, M. L. used first of all lenient purgatives, and afterward bitter and strengthening me dicines; by these means more than two thirds of the infected were cured. In order to promote the suppuration of the ulcers he applied sea-leaks, (Scilla maritima); but if the ulcers were insensible, he used the actual cautery. Art. XXVI. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. We hope that no writer will take exception at the omission of his work in the following list, as information respecting it may not have reached us :— the insertion of any work should not be considered as a sanction of it; the list consisting of articles, which we have not examined. MEDICAL SCIENCE. An examination into the Principles of what is called the Brunonian System; by T. Morrison. 4s. The Efficacy of Inoculated Small Pox, in promoting the Population of Great Britain. Arguments relative to Cow-pox: inscribed to Lord Hawkesbury, and laid before the Board of Health; by a Phy sian. MILITARY SCIENCE. A Treatise on the Duty of Infantry Officers in Camp, Garrison, Quarters, and on Shipboard: &c. By Brigade. Major Reide, on the Staff of the London District. '5s. A Treatise on Military Finance, containing the Pay and Allowances in Camp, &c. By the same author. 2 vols. 10s. MISCELLANIES. Elements of Philosophy; by R. E. Scott, A. M. 8vo. 9s An Examination of Mr. D. Stewart's Pamphlet ; relative to the late Election of a Mathematical Professor in the University of Edinburgh 2s. 6d. The Christmas Fire Side, or the Juvenile Writers; by S. Wheatley, 12mo. 2s. 6d. A New Year's Gift for Old New Year's Day; or, Architectural Hints addressed to the Royal Academicians who are Painters; written prior as well subsequent to the Day of Annual Election for their President; by Fabricia Nunez, Spinster. Historical Dialogues for Young Peo ple, 3s. 6d. Smith's The Death of the Hero; Verses to the Memory of Lord Viscount Nelson 1s. The Trident of Albion, an Epic Effusion, with an Oration, &c. By J. Thelwall 8vo. 2s. 6d. Nelson Triumphant. Dedicated to the Hon. Admiral Cornwallis, Lord Collingwood; and other Naval Defendants of Great Britain by S. Myers 4to. 2s. 6d. A Poem on the Death of Admiral Lord Nelson: by T. Marshall, late of Covent Garden Theatre 1s. Verses on the Death of Lord Nelson; by the Earl of Carlisle 1s. Trafalgar; a Rhapsody on the Death of Lord Nelson; by R. Bellew, Esq. 2s. 6d. A Funeral Ode on the Death of Lord Nelson; by E. A. Bray F. A. S. 4to. 2s. 6d. POLITICS. An Hour's Chat, being the Substance of a Discussion, which actually took place between two Persons of Consideration, on the Conduct and Meritsof two distinguished Statesmen. Two Letters on the Commissariat, written to the Commissioners of Military Enquiry; by Haviland le Mesurier, Esq. 2s. Prospects of better times, 6d. THEOLOGY. The Lord Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount; with a Course of Questions and Answers; by the Rev. J. Eyton, 12mo. 1s. A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of St. Andrew's Holborn, Jan. 6, 1806, on occasion of the Death of the Rev. C. Barton, M. A. late Rector of the said Parish; by the Rev. Mr. Pryce, M. A. 1s. The last Advice of David to his Son Solomon, and of St. Paul to the Elders of Ephesus, two Sermons, preached at Long Sutton, Oct. 6, 1805: by C. Jerram, A. M. on the taking leave of that Neighbourhood, 1s. Moral Reflections and Anticipations, on the opening of the present year; a Sermon addressed principally to Young Persons, by Joseph Barrett, 1s. A Catechism; or, Instruction for Chil dren and Youth, in their fundamental Doctrines of Christianity; by D. Taylor, 4d. A Sermon, preached in the Parish Churches of Staple and Bickinhall, Somerset; by the Rev. C. Towgood, 1s. A Sermon, Sacred to the Memory of the Honoured Dead, and particularly of the late J. Currie, M. D. F. R. S. preached at the Chapel in Paradise-Street, Liverpool, Nov. 17, 1804 by the Rev. G. Walker, F. R. S. 1s. 6d. The Duty of Christians in Reference to their deceased Ministers; A Sermon. occasioned by the Death of the Rev. J. Sharp; by J. Ryland, D. D. Bristol, 1s. Sermons on various Subjects; by T. Blundeli, 6s. Sermons on various Subjects and Oce casions; by A. Grant, D.D. vol. 3. 8 Select Parts of the Old and New Tes. tament, agreeably to the most approved Versions; by the Rev. F. Browne, M. A. 8vo. 15s. ERRATA. |