expresses himself in this endeavour, shews his acquaintance with the character of the persons who are to be indebted to his labours. "I may venture to say," says he, "there is no sportsman living who has not been known to miss the fairest shots; and there are very few but, now and then in a season, will shoot badly for a whole day. It stands to reason, when the most skilful may become, for a time, unnerved for shooting, by ill health, oppression of mind, one night's debauch, or any thing that will operate on the temper or nerves.' We shall only add, that a very large portion is devoted to shooting wild fowl, and to the apparatus of an aquatic kind necessary. The work is very handsomely printed, and is embellished with six excellent plates, which are well adapted to the subjects they are intended to explain. THEOLOGY. ART. 22.-A Sermon on the Excellencies of the Established Liturgy of our National Church, preached at St Maryle-Bow, Cheapside, &c.; with Prefatory Remarks on the Influence of Private and Public Prayer on the Personal Condition of Man. By the Rev. HENRY G. WHITE, M. A. London, Asperne, 1816, 8vo. Pp. 53. THE title-page sufficiently explains the contents of this pamphlet. With the reverend author, we are ourselves among the admirers of the liturgy of our Protestant Church. We admire the simplicity of the language, the devotional fervour of the composition, and the excellency of the purpose of it; but we still think that, like all other human productions, it is capable of improvement. Its history is short. It was composed in 1547, and established by 2 Edw. VI. st. 2, and 3 Edw. VI. c. 1. In the sixth year of the same reign, it was reviewed, when the general confession and absolution were added, and the communion was introduced by the decalogue: the omissions were, the use of oil in confirmation, extreme unction, prayers for souls departed, and what tended to the construction of Christ's real presence in the Eucharist. The last review was in the year 1661; and the Act of Uniformity, enjoining the observance of it, is the 13 and 14-Chas. II. c. 4. The learned author cannot be uninformed that many applications have since been made for a further review; and perhaps, with us, he regrets that they have not been successful; but we do not consider ourselves justified in any conclusion of this kind by the perusal of his discourse. ART. 23.-A Course of Practical Sermons, expressly adapted to be read in Families. By the Rev. HARVEY MARRIOTT. Second Edition. London, Taylor, 8vo. Pp. 386. THE author supposes, that "the authoritative ministry of the pulpit" is in a style too assuming for "the parent, master, or other head of a family, to put on, in the nearer and more confined circle of his own domestic audience." He also found, that the sermons used in families contained too much disquisition on the doctrines of Christianity; and that both the doctrines and duties of religion were delivered in language above the comprehension of those, for whose benefit a Sunday evening lecture is particularly intended. From such considerations, he was induced to publish the present work; and we very readily admit its utility; although we think that he, in objecting to doctrinal discourses, has not sufficiently kept in view his own just conceptions of domestic instruction, and has himself introduced too much of controversial divinity. With the whole that he asserts of the dignity of the character of the religious teacher we perfectly concur; but we conceive that it should be shewn, not by the pride of the Pharisee, but by the humility of the Christian; not by an authoritative, but by an affectionate ministry, such as our divine master recommended and practised. USEFUL INSTITUTIONS. ART. 24.-Results of Experience in the Treatment of Cases of Defective Utterance, from Deficiencies in the Roof of the Mouth, and other Imperfections and Malconformations of the Organ of Speech; with Observations on Cases of Amentia, and tardy and imperfect Developements of the Faculties. By JOHN THELWALL, Esq. London, Arch, 8vo. Pp. 76. THE author of this work is at the head of an institution, which he long since established, for the cure of impediments in speech; and the system employed, is not only adapted to the ordinary purposes of superinducing a distinct and intelligible delivery, and to the removal of those defects usually considered under the denomination of impediments, but also to the remedy of feebleness and disso nance of voice-to the correction of foreign and provincial accents-and every offensive peculiarity of tone and enunciation; nor are even those cases precluded from relief, in which there are natural deficiencies, and malconformations in the natural organs of utterance, particularly of the palate and uvula. This short production is in the form of a letter to Henry Cline, Esq.; and it consists principally of a series of cases of defective utterance, from which we have selected the following, as one of the most interesting and remarkable. "But we have still beneath our roof another case that justifies a more exulting gratification: our more complete success in the treatment of which, is partly attributable to the capacity and energy of the pupil, and partly to the fortunate circumstance of her having come under our care at a more early age. This young lady, the daughter of a gentleman of independent property in Surrey, came to us when she was nine years old, with no disadvantages of education or intellectual developement, and with the defects resulting from imperfect organization as little complicated as could be expected by mistaken instruction, or habitual blemish. Not that the defects of her utterance were by any means confined to the elements usually formed by the organs of which she is deficient. This is a phenomenon I have never yet observed in any individual case of this description-either those which have been the immediate subjects of my experiments, or those which, falling accidentally under my cognizance, many years ago, gave impulse to the train of reflections which ultimately emboldened my attempt. With her, as with others, I have had much more trouble in producing the perfect sounds of certain elements for which her organization is comparatively complete, than those for which the customary implements are deficient. But the task has altogether been easier than it could have been if she had been older, if she had been worse educated, or of less determined intellect; and, above all, if she had been more tampered with by injudicious attempts to palliate the evil. "This young lady has been with us little more than a year, and (without any loss of time in any of the useful, or even of the ornamental attainments that should belong to her sex, her years, and her expectations), has acquired a tolerably agreeable intonation, and an utterance perfectly distinct, and even to a considerable degree, graceful and emphatic. Her conversation is easy, and if I may make free to repeat the testimony both of her friends and of strangers, and particularly of the medical gentleman who attends her family, and who confesses that he himself considered the attempt as hopeless and impracticable, her reading and recitation are such as might do credit even to public speakers who have no defect of organization to contend with. I do not mean to say that there is not yet a little peculiarity in some of the tones of her voice; but such I believe as would never suggest to a stranger the particular cause-certainly not more than is frequently heard in the voices of persons whose organs are entire: so that, upon the whole, I think I may be permitted to assert, that, if there still remains some little to be done, enough has been accomplished to authorise the conclusion, that perseverance can alone be requisite to the attainment of all that in this respect the heart of affection could require. (p. 24-27.) WORKS IN THE PRESS, A new poem, intituled Emigration, or London and Paris, will be published in a few days. Mr. Pope will shortly publish a new edition of his Abridgement of the Laws of the Customs and Excise, brought down to the present time. ple; Topographical Notices; and a Collection of their Moral Maxims and Ancient Proverbs. By Robert Fellowes, A. M. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. 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