THE BRITISH CRITIC, FOR JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, M DCCCII. "Crifin fanam probo, hiftorias profiteor, poefin a pueris amavi, VOLUME XIX. London: PRINTED FOR F. AND C. RIVINGTON, 18:2. PRINTED BY T. RICKABY, PETERBOROUGH-COURT, FLEET-STREET. 307 318 Tardieu, fur les hiftoires de Tacite Vowles on the oath of canonical 308 Todd's works of Milton 258 Walker's fermon 423 212 Ward on contraband 79 Warner's excurfions from Bath 536 Vanbrugh on the fabbath 201 Ventum's juftice 423 Willan on cutaneous diseases 409 538 Veterinary tranfactions 541 Winter on animal magnetifm 420 Wood's principles of mechanics Vieillot's hiftoire naturelle des grimpereaux fucriers, &c. 208 Vince on fluxions 394 Vincent's defence of public education, remarks on 653 Yorick, letters from Eliza to 432 483 Y. PREFACE. THE pleafure of forming collections is confiderable. To have diftinguished good from bad, to have drawn it from the mafs, to have given arrangement to confufion, and illuftrated truth by order, these are exertions of the intellect on which the mind reflects with pleasure; and, having once fucceeded in the attempt, eagerly anticipates new triumphs. Such were doubtlefs the feelings of Sir Hans Sloane, and other eminent collectors of natural and artificial objects: fuch the gratification of thofe who form libraries; and fuch, in fome degree, our fatisfaction, when we select and arrange the authors we most approve, at the termination of our half-yearly periods, To the Connoiffeurs who fhall infpect our prefent cabinet, we can promife many pleafing specimens, and fome of much intrinsic value; and we fhall with great pleasure undertake to explain the specific merits of each part of the literary exhibition. DIVINITY. At the very front of this enumeration, we cannot fail to place the very judicious and useful edition of THE BIBLE, lately produced by Mr. Reevest. This * The prefent edition is clofely printed, and on a small paper; we understand that an edition of a more elegant appearance is nearly com. pleted. + No. V. p. 441. BRIT. CRIT. VOL. XIX. a edition, |