In this concluding portion of the Indian hiftory, there are four well-executed engravings, illuftrative of the mythology of the Brahmins, and, untinctured with mythology no records. in the early periods referred to can be expected. In the preceding portion there were fix, which makes the total number, of plates in the final volume amount to TEN; and this circumftance, together with above one hundred additional pages of letter-prefs, the author urges in apology for the advance of half a guinea in price, beyond the former volume. Though this is a kind of infraction upon the original ftipulation, we fhall not, and we hope Mr. M.'s fubfcribers will not, mark it with the severity of cenfure, as we are willing that induftry and science should have their full reward. Neither fhall we defcend to notice, in a work of fuch general merit, originating in fo good intentions, and where there are so many excellencies, the trifling errors that here and there have met our eye in perufing the volume. We shall not, on that account, fubtract from the fum of our general praise; and fincerely wifhing fuccefs to the author's labours, we hope that so laudable an example of well-employed talents will not want imitators, in an age when the union of all the powers of genius and learning combined, is neceffary to repel the common foe. ART. X. M. Mufuri Carmen in Platonem. Ifaaci Cafauboni in Jofephum Scaligerum Ode. Accedunt Poemata et Exercitationes utriufque Linguæ. Auctore S. Butler. Appendicis loco fubjiciuntur Hymnus Cleanthis Stoici; Clementis Alexandrini Hymni duo; Henrici Stepbani Adhortatio ad Lectionem Novi Foederis. Confcripfit atque edidit Samuel Butler, A. B. Coll. Div. Joann. apud Cantabr. Soc. 8vo. 116 pp. 4s. Cantabr. Deighton; Londini, T. Payne. 1797. O a publication like this, every liberal scholar muft infallibly with well; and were other pleas wanting, the modefty of the editor and author would of itfelf recommend it. He announces it as only a trial of ftrength, and a kind of introduction to the learned world, before he attempts a more arduous undertaking, We, for our parts, though accident has delayed our notice of it, are by no means inclined to pass it by in filence, but are defirous to give to the learned compiler all the encouragement which our applause can bestow. The future work here announced, is a republication of Stanley's Æfchylus, N n BRIT, CRIT. VOL. XIV, NOV. 1799. Æfchylus, undertaken by the appointment of the University of Cambridge. Mr. Butler's account of this intended publication, will at once inform the learned reader of the nature and extent of the defign, and will afford a fpecimen of his Latinity, which in general is clear, elegant, and claffical. After fpeaking, in his Preface, of Henry Stephens's Exhortation to the Readers of the New Teftament, with which this collection concludes, he thus proceeds: "Facile intelligent lectores hanc inftituti operis partem ad præclariffimam illam Theologiæ fcientiam fpectare. Cui totum me tradere atque omnino addicere deftinaveram, cum mihi honorificum ab Academia Cantabrigienfi munus eft impofitum ut nobilem poetam Æfchylum in lucem ederem. Ad quod opus fufcipiendum tum me imperantis auctoritas, tum ætas mea, tum rei ipfius dignitas impulerunt. Itaque enixe operam dabo ut ne tanto mihi oblato munere omnino indignus effe videar, atque ut hæc noftra Editio, Stanleianam referens, notifque tum aliorum tum ipfius Stanleii quamplurimis hactenus ineditis locupletata, ex MSS. autographis in Bibliotheca noftra Regia confervatis, fummâ a me diligentia ac ftudio adornata in publicum ufum prodeat. Nec deerunt cujufque generis collectanea, quæcunque ad fplendorem et utilitatem deftinati operis aliquid conferre poffint." P. x. Mr. B. has fince obtained an employment, which is but too likely to interrupt every ftudy, except that of instructing others; he is placed at the head of the ancient and refpectable Free-School at Shrewsbury; in which fituation, if he shall form scholars like himfelf, the public will not ultimately regret the change of direction thus impretfed upon his ftudies. The collection of pieces here offered to notice is very mifcellaneous. It begins with the poem of Mufurus on Plato, to which is annexed the poetical version of Zenobio Accacioli. It is always to be lamented, when a scholar undertakes the republication of any learned work, or the difcuffion of any important fubject, without knowing what has been already performed on the fame fubject. Mr. B. expreffes his own regret that he did not fee the edition of Mufurus's poem, which is fubjoined to Dr. Fofter's book on Greek Accents, till it was too late to avail himself of more than one fhort note from it. This was the more unfortunate, as several of the remarks and conjectures of Markland, fubjoined to that edition of the poem, are highly worthy of attention. The first note, from the Phædrus of Plato, is abfolutely neceffary to abfolve the poet from the charge of bombaft, by fhowing that he alludes to a paffage in that dialogue. Nor is the fecond much less important, which quotes the Epigram of Praxiteles, copied by the author in ver, 10. In comparing Mr. Butler's edition with the other, we do not find many variations in the text. àμm, for κεντών àpemvš, in v. 22, is a manifest error of the prefs. The full ftop at amp, in v. 78, ought certainly to be made a comma; and that also, at v. 120, ought to be foftened into a colon, according to the obfervation of Markland. At v. 108, B. XEYTÁV των, F. κεντώντων : the latter is probably right, κεντεω being much more in use than xevra.-Пάons T'Itaλíns, v. 113, is conformable to the conjecture of Markland. It was before printed Пaons Ir. At v. 163, is an error of the prefs in Foster's edition, ^σκάρμοιο for πολυσκάθμοιο : Butler has it right. Marcus Mufurus was by birth a Cretan, and was one of the most famous of those learned Greeks who were patronized by Leo X. He was made Archbishop of Epidaurus, but did not long enjoy his dignity. Erafmus, in his Ciceronianus, cenfures him for being obfcure and affected in his poetry; from this cenfure, however, the poem here published is justly exempted, and it has been highly extolled by several of the best critics. It appears from the poem, that the copy of Plato's works prefented to Leo X. by Aldus, and for which this Elegy was written, was printed on vellum; and fuch a copy was fold at Dr. Afkew's fale. The next compofition in this collection is the Greek Ode to the memory of Jofeph Scaliger, written by Ifaac Cafaubon, and published by him in his notes to Demetrius Poliorcetes: to which are fubjoined, two Epitaphs on the fame great man, in Greek and in Latin, written by his pupil Daniel Heinfius We cannot certainly object to this mode of renewing the fame. of illuftrious men, and thowing at once how much they were esteemed by their contemporaries, and how ably celebrated. There is extant also another tribute to the memory of Jof. Scaliger, by D. Heinfius, in an Oration spoken by the latter immediately after the funeral of Scaliger, Jan. 25, 1609. This is followed by a fhorter Oration, on the decreeing a monument to him: and, not contented with thefe teftimonies to the merit of his illuftrious patron, Heinfius has given, in the 21ft Oration of the fame collection, an exprefs panegyric upon him. Never, perhaps, did a literary man meet with more ample celebration; and much was certainly his due. Mr. Butler then, in a very modest manner, brings forward fome original compofitions of his own. Three of thefe, the Greek Ode, the Latin Ode, and the Oration delivered in the Schools, were honoured with academical prizes: they all offer the efforts of an active and well-cultivated mind, in claffical ftyle and language. In the Oration, the fubject of which is an exhortation to unremitting diligence in ftudy, we are particu larly pleased with the manly and well expreffed eulogium on Erafmus, as a pattern of literary activity. "Unum tantummodo e recentioribus, clariffimum tamen, affiduæ exercitationis exemplum proferam, Defiderium Erafmum. Fuit illi fane propofitum, ut ne minima quidem horæ portiuncula, ignava atque otiofa elaberetur. Hujus viri nomen famamque quis non accepit, quis non, ut inter principes literarum doctiffimi, veneratione profequitur memoriam? His tamen cum et tot, et tam pulchre fcripferit, et in tam multiplici genere fcientiæ, vitam egit ita folicitam occupatamque, qualis vix alii cuivis ad illa ipfa perlegenda fufficeret. Quid? quod ipfe teftatur, pulcherrimum illud fuum Moriæ encomium inter equi tandum compofuiffe. Quod Henrico etiam Stephano moris fuiffe accepimus, ut nunquam a ftudiis ad otium fe ac ludum converteret.” P. 78. The collection is clofed by an Appendix, containing the Hymn of Cleanthes to Jupiter, with a long note of Mofheim on the fubject of the Stoic theology; two Hymns of St. Clement; and H. Stephens's Пporpelixor, recommending the ftudy of the New Teftament. Singularly as the various articles may appear to be combined, there is much throughout the work which must please and attract the liberal fcholar; and much which honourably teftifies the attention of the editor to the best and most important ftudies. ART. XI. Practical Obfervations on the Cure of Wounds and Ulcers of the Legs, without Reft, illuftrated with Cafes. By Thomas Whately, Member of the Corporation of Surgeons of London. 8vo. 352 PP. 7s. Cadell and Davies. 1799. THIS author having experienced the beneficial effects of pres fure, accompanied with motion, or exercise, in the cure of ulcers in the legs, during an extenfive practice of more than twenty years, thought it his duty to lay the fruits of his obfervations before the public. He is conscious that there is nothing new in his method, which has been well known to furgeons for many years, Mr. Serjeant Wifeman having recommended the use of laced ftockings for the purpose. The idea, however, of that excellent furgeon, Mr. Whately observes, "feems not to have been much regarded by fucceeding furgeons. We find but little faid by the writers on furgery," he says, " on the effects of preffure in the cure of ulcers on the lower extremities, previous to the appearance of Dr. Underwood's treatife. Yet I am aware that there always have been practitioners who were acquainted with the importance of this mode of treatment, and have adopted it in their practice. I had myself an opportunity of feeing the extraor dinary fuccefs attending it, during my apprenticeship in the country. 3 Ic It is matter of fact, however, that the practice is very far from being general." Pref. p. 8. The frequent failure of this method, which has been noticed and complained of by feveral eminent furgeons, has arifen, the prefent author thinks, from the flovenly manner in which the bandage, which has long fuperfeded the ufe of the laced ftocking, is ufually applied. Of this he is fo confident, as to venture to affirm, that they who doubt of the efficacy of the bandage, have never given it a fair trial, "In whatever manner," he says, " this attempt be received, I 'cannot doubt but the practice here recommended must in the end prevail, notwithstanding it has this great obftacle to contend with, that furgeons must condefcend to apply the bandages with their own hands. The clumsy and ineffectual manner in which this bufinefs is too frequently done, can never be expected to produce the defired effect. 1 am certain, that if the neceffary pains be taken, according to the directions here laid down, fuch effects will uniformly follow, as muft convince the unprejudiced mind, that to have recourse to the operation of tying varicofe veins, and the application of a great variety of remedies, can be very rarely, moft probably never neceffary. I can fafely declare, that all such cases as I have feen described, as cured by that operation, have readily yielded under the proper management of preffure alone." Pref. p. 11. The author has feen, he fays, Mr. Baynton's account of his new method of making the preffure, by means of adhesive plaifter, which appears to him objectionable on many accounts; and he has no doubt that the proper application of compreffès and flannel rollers, would, in every cafe recorded by him, have produced fimilar good effects. Having premifed thefe general obfervations, the author proceeds to give a more particular account of his mode of treating ulcers of the legs. In the first chapter he inquires, " Why Wounds and Ulcers on the Legs are of more difficult Cure than thofe in other Parts of the Body." The caufes ufually affigned are, the diftance of the parts from the heart, and the confequent languor and weaknefs of the circulation in them, or their dependent fituation. The author attributes it to the latter cause, the de'pendent fituation of the legs. But as either caufe may produce the fame effect, namely, an impediment to the return of the blood to the heart, it feems immaterial to which it is affigned, or, rather, they may both of them contribute their share. In the fecond chapter, the author divides wounds or ulcers of the legs into local or conflitutional. This diftinction should be conftantly, he says, kept in view. When they are local, preffure, with the application of foft and mild dreffings, adapted to the fate of the ulcer, will ufually effect a cure; but when the 1 |