That this author is not bigotted or uncharitable, the following admirable paffage will very pleasingly evince. "Farther, let us afk, whether our experience teaches us to bear with others? To talk of happy communion with God, of enlargements of mind, and animation of foul in his fervice; of fresh discoveries of the perfections of God, of the extensive views we have of his word and providences, and yet to be contracted and bigotted as it refpects others, is a ftrange thing. The wifdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrify.' James iii. 17. What shall we fay then of thofe, who are perpetually railing against others, and that, because they do not happen to agree with them in every inferior circumftance? What can we think of the experience of thofe who are ready to exclude every body from the kingdom of heaven but thofe of their own party? Can their experience of divine love be very great, who take a pleasure in fearching out, and talking of the infirmities of others? Let us not deceive ourfelves if the fpirit of malignity, envy, illiberality, oppofition, predominate in us, however we may talk of our intercourfe with heaven, we evidently manifeft we are ftill of the earth. Thefe are not the difpofitions of the gofpel; for the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long fuffering, gentlenefs, goodaefs, faith, meeknefs, temperance: against fuch there is no law.' Gal. v. 22, 23, The more communion we have with God, the more we fhall pity the weakness, and bear with the infirmities of his people. Rea der, if thou art a poor bigotted foul, fpeaking well of nothing, but what is of thine own party; taking pleafure in puzzling the weak with unneceffary and ufelefs fubjects, and quarrelling about trifles, how dwelleth the love of God in thee ?" P. 283. In the 11th chapter there are fome admonitions refpecting "experience books," and "experience meetings," (that is, journals in which a man records his own experiences, and affemblies in which men meet to relate them) which, though they ftill maintain the temperate manner of the author himfelf, ftill fhow that he is connected with thofe to whom fuch practices are familiar. We fear they muft in general much contribute to generate and inflame a vain enthufiafm: though could they ufually be con. ducted, as fuch a man would conduct them, they might not be very objectionable. To conclude, though this book is made for perfons who in fome things think differently from thofe of our communion, particularly towards the latter end, where the fubject last mentioned is handled; yet we see no reason why religious perfons of any defcription may not derive advantage from it. Much ferioufnefs and fincerity of mind, much reflection on reli. gious fubjects, much knowledge of the human heart, and of the manner manner in which divine grace affects and improves it, are here difplayed; and, on a work which poffeffes thefe qualities, he can be no very fincere chriftian, who can venture to pronounce a gene- ́ ral condemnation. MISCELLANIES. ART. 29. The Genuine Art of Gauging made eafy and familiar; exhibiting all the Principal Methods actually practifed by the Officers of his Majefty's Revenue of Excife and Customs: Aljo, the eftablished Rules for finding the Areas and Contents of Stills, of Wash Backs by Ordinates, of Coppers, Cifterns, &c. either when full or part empty; with Brewers and all other Utenfils of an irregular Form, c. And Inftructions for Gauging by the Callipers, as practifed both in the Port of London, and all the Out Ports. To which is added, the Method of afcertaining the Strength of Spirituous Liquors by the Hydrometer, with a Variety of Information on different Points connected with the Subject. A Work that will be found useful not only to young Officers, Surveyors, and Supervifors of the Excife and Customs, but also to Auctioneers, Brewers, Brandy Merchants, Cyder Dealers, Diftillers, Glafs Makers, Maltfters, Rectifiers, Soap Makers, Starch Makers, Sweet Makers, Victuallers, Inn Keepers, Vinegar Makers, Wine Merchants, &c. And more or less to Perfons of every Defcription. By Peter Jonas, late Supervisor of Excife, &c. 8vo. 395 PP. 9s. Dring and Page, Borough. 1806. This author, in the extenfive title of his book, has taken particular care not to omit any thing which might be deemed alluring to the purchafers of his publication; but fince no work was ever published upon the Spurious art of gauging, he might, at leaft, have omitted the epithet of genuine, which is utterly fuperfluous. In the preface, Mr. J. fays, that as the other works extant upon the fame fubject, had begun to grow in fome respects obfolete, fo that a new work was demanded, he has endeavoured to fupply the defect by the publication of the prefent. The table of contents is very ample; but, as a large part is tranfplanted into the title-page, we fhall not here repeat it. If this author promifes a great deal in the title-page, he promifes much more in the preface. To be mafter of the principles upon which the various problems of menfuration and of gauging depend, is, according to him, neither more nor lefs than to be acquainted with the greatest part of the mathematics; namely, with all the train of reasoning from the very firft notions, or axioms, up to the properties of plain and folid figures, both regular and irregular; to which, indeed, the fize of the prefent volume is abfolutely inadequate; the reader, therefore, H 2 muft muft not expect to find any thing like the above mentioned train of reafoning in the work; but he will find a vaft number of ufeful rules clearly laid down, regularly arranged, and fully explained by means of examples, and likewife by various wood cuts, which are intermixed with the letter-prefs. After the rules neceffary for the management of decimal fractions, which occupy the firft part of the work, fome tables are inferted, which exhibit the values of the decimal parts of a pound fterling, the decimal parts of a pound troy, the decimal parts of a hundred weight avoirdupois, and the decimals of diverse measures of capacity, of extenfion, &c. This is followed by the methods of extracting the fquare and the cube roots, together with Sir I. Newton's general method of extracting roots of all other denominations. The ufe of the fquare and of the cube roots is, at the fame time, fhown in a variety of inftances, fuch as in the method of finding a mean proportional between two given extenfions, the determinations of the fides of fimilar plane figures, and fimilar folids, the menfuration of an elliptical area, and fo forth. Next to the arithmetical part, this author defcribes feveral fcales, or mechanical contrivances, useful for expediting the menfuration and calculation of extenfions, capacities, &c. Thefe are the fliding rule, the ullage rule, and the new invented cafting rule for fpirit-dealers, and other tradefmen. The nature of the lines that are drawn upon thofe rules, and their application to the various purposes for which they are intended, are defcribed and exemplified in a variety of ways. In page 73, this author begins to treat of what he exprefsly calls menfuration, wherein he shows, in the first place, how to measure the areas of plane rectilinear figures, and then the areas of circles and their other parts. He then lays down fome of the most important properties of the circle, on which he founds certain fubfequent propofitions, which are only problems; fuch as to find the areas, the circumferences, the areas of fectors, and other particulars belonging to circles. Thefe are followed by the methods of eftimating the capacities of veffels, the contents of folids, the capacities of fpheroids, and other figures of the conic kind. All thefe rules are illustrated by proper examples. Among thefe problems, a great many tables are interfperfed, which are of vaft affiftance in practice. In page 16, the foregoing problems are more immediately applied to the menfuration of utenfils, or veffels of victuallers, common brewers, diftillers, &c. The fection on ullaging commences with the following paragraphs. "The ullaging, of a cafk, is to find what quantity of li quor is either drawn out, or what remains in the cafk: and this has two cafes; viz. To "1. To find what quantity of liquor is in the cask, when 1ts axis is parallel to the horizon, or the cask lying upon its bulge. 2. To find what quantity of liquor is in the cafk, when its axis is perpendicular to the horizon, or the cask standing upon its head. "The general method practifed in ullaging cafks, whether lying or ftanding, is by the lines of fegments on the fliding rules. Though other methods are given, but the process is too tedious for practical ufe." P. 229. In this part, likewife, and, indeed, throughout the book, fe veral tables are inferted, for the purpofe of expediting the operations of gauging, and of menfuration in general. In page 304, the author gives the method, well known to ma thematicians, of finding, by approximation, the areas of curvilinear figures, from a number of equi-diftant ordinates, whose lengths are given. The ufe of Clarke's hydrometer for afcertaining the ftrength of fpirituous liquors is fhown in page 366 and the following; and very particular directions are given for that purpose. The rules for afcertaining the tonnage of fhips, are briefly, but clearly, comprised in page 381. Towards the end of the book, this author concifely treats of the balance and the fteelyard; after which, he concludes his work with a few tables, useful to excife officers, and to tradefmen of various defcriptions. Without any pretenfions to inveftigate abftrufe cafes, by means of deep mathematical computation, and without exhibiting any thing quite new with refpect to the fubject of gauging, this work certainly contains a vast deal of information for the affiftance of perfons in almoft every fort of bufinefs; and a collection of rules and explanations, which are fully fufficient to instruct the practi cal gauger. ART. 30. Circumftantial Details of the long Illness and la Moments of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox. Together with fame Strictures on his public and private Life. Dedicated to the Right Honourable Lord Morpeth. 8vo. 79 Pp. 2s. 6d. Jordan and Maxwell. 1806. That this tract was written by fome perfon in clofe attendance upon Mr. Fox, during the last hours of his life, appears from very ftrong internal evidence; and this will of courfe limit the con jecture, with those who are acquainted with the circumftances, to an extremely fmall number. To us it is no great object of curiofity to enquire who has done, what we can only partially approve, and must in fome inftances cenfure, were we to defcend to particulars. If it be true that Mr. Fox wrote to that odious and defpicable monfter, Santerre, fuch a note as is here printed, at at p. 46, there never was a more fevere attack upon his character than this difplay of it to the public. Some of Mr. Fox's opinions, if not erroneously recorded, are extraordinary; but we conceive that there is no mistake in the report of the following very just opinions. "He used to fay of Gibbon and Hume, that the one fo loved a king, and the other fo hated a priest, that they were neither of them to be depended upon, where either a prieft or a king was concerned. Gibbon, faid he, moreover, has quoted many books as authority, of which he had only read the preface. He produced a fingular inftance of this, where Gibbon has quoted a paffage as being in the third book of a writer, whofe work is divided into two books only. Gibbon was led into this error by the transcriber of the preface of the book quoted, who, in tranfcribing the paffage, has made the fame error." "Mr. Fox difliked the florid ftile and verbiage of Gibbon, as much as he approved his hiftoric concentration. He thinks like Tacitus, faid he, and writes like Curtius. In many parts of the Gibbon which he used, he had obliterated the unneceffary words with a pen; this was a practice very frequent with him. His Gibbon would be curious and interefting to the public. believe it is in the poffeffion of Lord Lauderdale." P. 34. His opinion of two other hiftorians is thus declared: I "He fpoke with refpect of Henry's Hiftory of England; but often expreffed his furprise at Belham's George the Third"that a man with his eyes open would write in this manner!" faid he." P. 36. The truth and juftice of this declaration we fhall foon take fome occafion to illustrate. ART. 31. Mr. Fox's Title to Patriot, and a Man of the People, difputed; and the political Conduct of Mr. Sheridan and his Adherents accurately fcrutinized; in a Letter to his Grace the Duke of Norfolk. Second Edition. 8vo. 66 pp. 2s. 6d. J. J. Stockdale, Pall-Mall. 1807. Very fevere as to Mr. Fox; and fomewhat ftrong in other refpects. ART. 32. frome |