49. Nuga Canora; or Epitaphian Mementos, in Stonecutter's verse, of the Medici Family of Modern Times. By Unus Quorum. pp. 70. London. Callow and Wilson. 1827.

WE question if either of the learned professions can accuse the others of being more open to the pen of satire, or to the artillery of wit, than its own; and it argues a special proof of liberality of feeling, when a member can raise an innocent laugh at the peculiarities of the particular profession to which he belongs. The Pleader's

Guide was the offspring of a Lawyer,

and we have no doubt but the compiler of the facetiæ we are about to notice, is a good-humoured graduate of the Medical profession. We have heard his name whispered indeed, but it "Wad na becom us" to reveal it.

After a humorous preface, on which the author, like another Cockney, laments the removal of the Royal College of Physicians from Warwick-lane to the air of St. James's, and an equally humourous dedication, we begin to hold high converse with the "Masters" in the old School of Physic, and in the reign of gold-headed canes and full-bottomed peruques, as they appear in the paintings of Hogarth. High testimony is borne to the virtues, talents, and acquirements of Heberden, Turton, and Baker; and we are then introduced to Sir Richard Jebb:--

"Here, caught in Death's web, Lies the great Doctor Jebb, Who got gold-dust just like Astley Cooper; Did you speak about diet, He would kick up a riot,

And swear like a madman or trooper.

"When he wanted your money,
Like sugar or honey,
Sir Richard look'd happy and placid;
Having once touch'd the cash,
He was testy and rash,
And his honey was turn'd to an acid.

"Sir Richard Jebb was very rough and harsh in his manner. He said to a patient, to whom he had been very rude, Sir, it is my way.' Then, replied the patient, pointing to the door, I beg you will make that your way.

The notice of Dr. Curry is of anothe character, and shows to what lengths a system may be carried, and how hard a "hobby" may be ridden: "Siste, Viator! do not be in a hurry; Beneath lies interr'd Doctor Calomel Curry;

The following perfection of Hibernicism was wont to be told by Dr. Babington-an Irishman, for whom he had prescribed an emetic, said, is of no use your ordering me an emewith great naïveté, my dear Doctor, it tic; I tried it twice in Dublin, and it would not stay on my stomach either time.

Of his propensity for dosing, no man who has fallen into the hands of the late Dr. Lettsom can forget; and the epigram which our author has adopted, must be familiar to all who ever heard of this celebrated man. His list of patients was so great, that Dr. Saunders once facetiously inquired,

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my dear Doctor how do you manage? Do you write for them by the dozen? or have you some patent plan of practising by steam my much esteemed friend?" His charities were equally notorious, and the following is not less honourable to his humanity than to his integrity:

"The Doctor was in the practice of carrying the produce of his fees carelessly in his coat-pocket. His footman, being aware of this, used to make free with a guinea occasionally, while it hung up in the passage. The Doctor, having repeatedly missed his gold, was suspicious of the footman, and took an opportunity of watching him. He succeeded in the detection, and, without even noticing it to the other servants, called him into his study, and coolly said to him, John, art in want of money?' No replied John. 'Oh! then, why didst thou make so free with my pocket? And since thou didst not want money, and hast told me a lie, 1 must part with thee. Now, say what situation thou wouldst like abroad, and I will obtain it for thee; for I canuot keep thee; I cannot recommend thee; therefore thou must go.' Suffice it to say, the Doctor procured John a situation, and he went abroad."

Of Craniology it is well said, on the authority of Blumenbach, that there is a great deal that is new and true in this system, but the new is not true, and the true is not new.

All professions have now their pious

practitioners, not that we object that the ruling principle of every man in his profession, or in his trade, should be the religious one; guarding the one from the false balance and the deceitful weight, and restraining the other from acquiring wealth by dishonest means; but there is a lamentable perversion of terms, born of cant and hypocrisy, pervading the notices and advertisements of a certain party, even within the Church. With reference to the particular profession of which our author treats, we have the following anecdotes:

"While these worthies are quite sure of being well provided for in the next world, they lose no opportunity of providing for themselves in this; and passages of Scripture, and portions of hymns, are turned to good account. One preaching Doctor got a wife by her having selected a verse beginning, Where thou lodgest, there will I lodge.'-Dr. Dawson, who was originally a preacher, got his after a similar manner. Soon after he became M.D. he attended his neighbour Miss Corbett, of Hackney, who was indisposed; and found her one day sitting solitary, piously and pensively musing upon the Bible, when, by some strange accident, his eyes were directed to the passage where Nathan says to David, Thou art the Man.' The Doctor profited by the kind hint; and, after a proper time allowed for drawing up articles of capitulation, the lady, on the 29th May, 1758, surrendered herself up to all his prescriptions, and the Doctor very speedily performed a perfect

cure."

To illustrate the opposite error we have the following:

"This Person talk'd of Nature, and her works,

In language only fit for Pagan Turks.

His error shewn-he stared, and looked as

odd,

As if her works were not the works of God! When sick, he called on Nature for relief, But Nature, silent, left him to his grief. How hard, ye modern Pagans, is lot, your For Nature hears-as if she heard you not. "There are philosophers, in the present age, who would not leave unattempted those mysteries of Nature which seem denied to human investigation: they would enter the temple, where she works in secret, trace the unrevealed sympathies between spirit and matter, and unravel the whole machinery of man!"

But it is hardly fair in a work of 70 pages to take the cream. We beg to recommend the work as an amusing collection of professional anecdotes;

THIS curious little Tract is brought to light by a gentleman to whom the public are more largely indebted, for his excellent Life of Davison, his very valuable Collection of Ancient Wills, and his extremely useful compendious account of the British Peerage.

In this "Flagellum" 178 Members of Parliament are illustrated by characters explanatory of the motives which induced them to become the mere instruments of the corrupt Court of the Second Charles. They are remarkable for their laconic but cutting satire, and remind us of the slashing severity of Dean Swift, in his "Remarks on the Characters of the Court of Queen Anne." The Editor proves that this Tract was written in 1671 or 1672.

The favourite reproachful expressions are "Court Cully," and that the parties had received "Snip." Butler would have furnished an appropriate

motto:

"I grant indeed the cavaliers

Have cause enough to hang their ears,

When they see panders, pimps, and
Cullies,

Sharpers, setters, rakes, and bullies,
To favours and high posts preferr'd,
They can't be blamed to think it hard."
Hudibras at Court.

To all who study the History of England during the reign of the "profligate" Charles, these pithy characters will form an amusing contrast to the eulogiums on the same individuals to be found in the works of Evelyn, North, Pepys, &c. These portraits, or rather caricatures, were evidently written by a satirist who was well acquainted with the corruption of the Court. We give a specimen or

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45. Critics and Scribblers of the Day. Satire. By a Scribbler. 8vo. pp. 43. TO the author of this tract we would say, more in pity than in auger," that having pointed his shafts with all the venom he possesses, and having discharged them with all the vigour with which he is endowed, we are as unharmed as was Gulliver in the land of Lilliput, when, according to the Historian,

"The doughty manikins Employed themselves in sticking pins And needles in the great man's breeches."

We are most willing to be abused in good company; and so far from feeling the slightest resentment at the abuse of this Yorkshire gentleman, we are even unwilling to show him how small is the quantity of oil that would suffocate a wasp; much less would we descend to break "butterflies on wheels," or to "discharge artillery at flies." We are really sorry that an expression in our Review, which was meant to be innocent, should hurt his too sensitive mind; and we lament

that our considerate patience in suspending our judgment till the appearance of his forthcoming chef-d'œuvre should have been rejected with such perverse ingratitude.

One word with this Gentleman

upon the subject of his attack on our late venerable Editor. If there ever was a human being who had the milk of human kindness in his heart, and the suavity of benevolence on his tongue and in his pen, it was he. So far was he from inditing the offensive "article," that we greatly question if it ever met his eye; and we are compelled, by a sense of what is due to that lamented individual, to retort upon the author of this foul abuse of the late J. Nichols, his own battery :—

Vain fool! attempt as well to blot from Yon Sun triumphant in his march of sight light;

The pure effulgence of his noon-day blaze Shall flout each cloud thy maniac spleen

may raise!"

Thus much in justice to the dead.

There are some lines in the present poem that indicate a certain degree of poetical talent, but as the author has determined, and we think wisely,

"No more to murder time In counting syllables and tinkling rhyme;" and as he professes an acquaintance with Horace, we beg, without animosity, to say, "Vive valeque."

46. Head Pieces and Tail Pieces. By a Travelling Artist. 12mo. pp. 256. Tilt. 1826.

THIS is a little volume of far greater merit than its unassuming title would appear to claim. It is a collection of Tales (ten in number) written with no common talent, and indicating efforts of a practised pen. The language of the "Guerilla Brothers," for instance, is appropriately vivid, and describes with much felicitous energy the scenes of heroic valour and romantic chivalry which the presence of the French army rekindled in the mountains and fastnesses of Spain. There are some exquisite morceaux of tenderness, and of simple yet touching lume. We heartily recommend it to pathos interspersed through the vo pathos the lovers of that class of imaginative writings which wear the shape of reality, and the irresistible impress of a "foundation in fact."

47. Heraldic Notices of Canterbury Cathedral, with Genealogical and Topographical Noles. To which is added a Chronological List of the Archbishops of Canterbury, with the Blazon of their respective Arms. By Thomas Willement, Author of "Regal Heraldry." 4to. pp. 175. Harding, Lepard, and Co.

OUR heraldic readers will rejoice to find, that the author of one of the most valuable works connected with "Coat Armures," has again taken the field; and although his present volume does not appear from the title to possess the same claim to general attention as his "Regal Heraldry," we can assure them that it will be found equally accurate and useful. It contains the blazon of the Arms placed in Canterbury Cathedral at different periods, from the reign of Richard the Second to that of Henry the Eighth, and which may therefore be received as contemporary evidence of the armorial bearings of several thousand persons within that period. Every one at all informed on the point, is well aware how much such evidence is wanted; and little more need be said in recommendation of this interesting volume, than to state that there was scarcely a family of any consequence in the kingdom, in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, whose Arms are not to be found in that Cathedral. The accession of information which is thus afforded to the science of Heraldry is therefore unquestionable, more especially on the various differences assumed by branches of the same family. Besides being a text-book of reference, this work presents materials by which even the best Herald of the day will be materially benefited. Nor is it by any means a dry catalogue of names and Arms, for every page abounds with biographical and illus trative notes, collected from the best authorities, and with the same zeal and discrimination as distinguish Mr. Willement's former work. Extracts from a collection of this nature are wholly out of the question; but to this fact we pledge ourselves,-that the more competent the individual may be to estimate its value, or the labour which has been bestowed upon it, the more will he be impressed with both. Mr. Willement informs us, that it will depend upon the encouragement bestowed upon his attempt whether the result of similar researches in other cele

brated edifices will not be published; and he justly observes," it is remarkable that with the present taste for topographical and genealogical investigation, Heraldic antiquities should have been so much neglected, intimately connected as they are with the personal memorials of our nobility and gentry." If any real taste for Heraldry exist, ample encouragement will be given; and a series of records similar to the present will, it is hoped, be added to our libraries. The time has arrived' when in every species of research nothing is credited without contemporary proof. This volume must then be received with gratitude for the evidence which it affords in a department so intimately associated with all that is noble and chivalrous in English history.

The work is ornamented by several fac-similes of singular bearings as well as of those which are depicted in an unusual manner. Of these the most remarkable are the Arms of England on the body of a lion ducally collared; those of Jerusalem on the body of an elephant with a castle on his back, the crest of the illus trious family of Beaumont, and which evidently alludes to their descent from the Kings of Jerusalem; and the crest of Stanley charged on each wing with a shield, the one containing the Arms of Man, and the other quarterly, 1 and 4, Latham ; 2 and 3, Stanley.

Towards the end of the volume is a list of all the Archbishops of Canterbury, which is valuable from its presenting the blazon of their Arms; for a regular account of the armorial ensigns of Prelates, is a great desideratum in English Heraldry. Our limits will not allow us to refer particularly to the information with which the notes abound, but we cannot refrain from pointing out some pertinent remarks on the Ostrich, or as our learned friend Dr. Meyrick contends, Heron's feathers, the crest of Edward the Black Prince, in p. 45, et seq.

Again we heartily and most conscientiously commend these "Heraldic Notices" to all who wish for evidence of the Arms borne by their aucestors, or who are willing to acquire a knowledge of Heraldry from a far better source than even Edmondson, Nisbet, or Randle Holme-existing specimens of the Arms used in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

Cambridge, Feb. 16.-The Norrisian prize on the subject, "The Mosaic Dispensation not intended to be perpetual," is adjudged to an exercise having the motto, "Lex per Mosen, non ad salvandum, sed ad convincendum peccatorem data: sed gratia et veritas per Iesum Christum pacta." The writer omitted to send in any paper containing his name.

TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin, Feb. 27.

Gold medals were presented by the ViceChancellor, for distinguished answering in Science, to James Berry and Dominick M'Causland; and in Classics-to Francis Goold, and Edward Fitzgerald. The ViceChancellor's prizes for Graduates were adjudged to Taylor, Smith (George Sydney),

and O'Donohue; and for Undergraduatesto Hardy, Pollock 2dus (Joseph), Meredyth 3tius (Richard), Boyle Imus (James), and Crosthwaite, jun. (William.) The Berkeley Medals, for proficiency in the Greek language, and for regular attendance on the Lectures of the Greek Professor for the last year, have been given to the following scholars, Bachelors of Arts-Smith (George Sydney,) and M'Caul.

ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, Carmarthen. The Corporation of Carmarthen have recently voted an annual exhibition of 10l. in St. David's College to the best scholar in Carmarthen school, and have complimented the Bishop of the Diocese with the nomination. The Bishop has nominated the Rev. L. Llewellin, principal of the college, to be the examiner of the candidates.

Ready for Publication.

The Third and concluding Volume of Mr. CLUTTERBUCK's History and Antiquities of Hertfordshire.

Scriptural Geology; or Geological Phenomena consistent only with the literal Interpretation of the Sacred Scriptures, upon the subjects of the Creation and Deluge, in Answer to an "Essay on the Theory of the Earth." By M. CUVIER.

The Nature and Extent of the Christian Dispensation, with reference to the Salvability of the Heathen. By E. W. GRINFIELD. Essays on the Perception of an Eternal Universe, and other Subjects connected with the Doctrine of Causation. By Lady MARY SHEPHERD, author of "An Essay upon the Relation of Cause and Effect."

Parish Church of Wrockwardine, co. Salop. By the Rev. JOSHUA GILPIN.

A Volume of Sermons by the Rev. Wм. DEALTRY, Rector of Clapham.

Sermous, chiefly Doctrinal, with Notes. By GEORGE D'OYLY, D.D. F.R.S.

Twelve Sermons preached to a Country Congregation. By the Rev. A. DALLAS.

The Consequences and Unlawfulness of Poaching. A Sermon preached in the Chapel of Winchester Bridewell. By the Rev. 1. O. ZELLWOOD, A.M. Chaplain to the County of Hants.

Formularies; or, the Magistrate's Assistant being a Collection of Forms, which occur in the daily practice and duties of a ROBINSON, esq. LL D. of the Middle TemJustice of Peace out of Sessions. By Wм. ple, author of "The Magistrate's Pocket

Book."

and Times of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York.

Part IV. of WATKINS's Memoir of the Life

Facts and Documents illustrative of the

Period immediately preceding the Accession of William III. By A. H. KENNEY, D.D.

The Book Collectors' Manual; or, a Guide to the Knowledge of upwards of 20,000 rare, curious, and useful Books, either printed in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing to the present time.

The Gondola,a series of tales related at Sea.
Pompeii and other Poems.
Poetic Fugitives.

Excursions of a Country Curate.

Jubal, a Dramatic Poem. By R. M. Br

VERLEY, esq.

Death on the Pale Horse. By Mr. JOHN BRUCE, with an Emblematical Frontispiece. CLARKE'S Geographical Dictionary, 2 vols.

4to.

Preparing for Publication.

Sermons on the Principal Festivals of the Christian Church; to which are added, three Sermons on Good Friday. By the Rev. JOHN BIRD SUMNER, M.A. Preb. of Durham and Vicar of Mapledurham, Oxon.