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Literary Notices.
tioners , or attempt to subvert the usual systems of treatment of these prevalent maladies . My object is to communicate the result of long-continued application , carefully exerted in the investigation anil consideration of these particular diseases in this and in other climates . Plain practical observations are first set forth , concerning the causes , the progress , and the different phases of these great disturbers of the health and state of the human frame ; a course of treatment and remedies are next suggested , and proofs and illustrations offered in several of the most striking and interesting cases
that have come under my notice . " AVhat can we say to enhance the value of such a work , further than it realises all the hopes he is likely to inspire ? The remark of Cicero applies to him : Medici causa nwrbi inventa , curiationcm inventam putant , and like the great Abernethy , whose pupil Dr . Rowe was , he says , quoting his old master , who has said , " AVe cannot reasonably expect tranquility of the nervous system whilst there is disorder of the digestive organs . " Abernethy was familiar with the physiology of man , and while he prescribed for the
material part of him , he was not indifferent to immaterial influences . But Dr . Rowe's plan is to search out the cause , that he may so destroy the effect , and the very simplicity of his treatment recommends it . " Every art , " says Seneca , " is an imitation of nature , " and our author is evidently impressed with the propriety of helping the constitution to overcome disease , knowing that he litis nature on his side , and wanting aid more than perversion . He illustrates his mode of treatment by various interesting cases , confirming the soundness of his views ; and there is , if we may so say , a
cheerful view , a view of encouragement as well as honest rationality , running through his book , and producing that confidence which is often more salutary than physic . AVe need not enter into the particulars before us ; they will he regarded as more or less important according to the reader's state of health ; and when we consider how many he addresses , and how great a portion of that number suffer in mind , in body , and in poeket , from sheer ignorance and wanton imposition , we cannot do less than congratulate the public upon the protection on one hand , and the relief on the other , to be gathered from Dr . Rowe ' s treatise upon low Spirits and Indigestion .
The Castles , Palaces and Prisons of Mary of Scotland , by CIIAULES MACKIE , Esq ., London : C . Cox . Second Edition . The Castles , Palaces , and Prisons of Mary of Scotland ! AVhat a history does this title disclose I Chequered as was the life of the unfortunate Mary , what emblems more fitting to symbolise its varied fates , than a palace , a castle and a prison ! Tossed as a Iamb among wolves , or a dove in the midst of an eagles' eyrie ,
without a single trusty friend to guide her through the tortuous mazes which embarrassed her path at every point ; with only her gentleness and feminine accomplishments to contend against the unruly , unscrupulous , and turbulent spirits amongst whom her lot was cast , all that relates to the history of this beautiful , hut persecuted Princess—every spot which witnessed her transient joys , or has become consecrated by her sorrows , still preserves an interest—an interest which to the sympathetic mind will ever remain fresh and undecaying .
The author of this new national work —for truly nationalit most unquestionably is—has , in treating this subject , proposed to himself to unite historical facts with archaeological lore , to describe those crumbling relics of antiquity which the fate of Mary has invested with interest , as well as to narrate all those historical occurrences of which they have been the silent witnesses—and well has the task been executed . The work is not a mere compilation from the ordinary sources of information ; with genuine
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Literary Notices.
tioners , or attempt to subvert the usual systems of treatment of these prevalent maladies . My object is to communicate the result of long-continued application , carefully exerted in the investigation anil consideration of these particular diseases in this and in other climates . Plain practical observations are first set forth , concerning the causes , the progress , and the different phases of these great disturbers of the health and state of the human frame ; a course of treatment and remedies are next suggested , and proofs and illustrations offered in several of the most striking and interesting cases
that have come under my notice . " AVhat can we say to enhance the value of such a work , further than it realises all the hopes he is likely to inspire ? The remark of Cicero applies to him : Medici causa nwrbi inventa , curiationcm inventam putant , and like the great Abernethy , whose pupil Dr . Rowe was , he says , quoting his old master , who has said , " AVe cannot reasonably expect tranquility of the nervous system whilst there is disorder of the digestive organs . " Abernethy was familiar with the physiology of man , and while he prescribed for the
material part of him , he was not indifferent to immaterial influences . But Dr . Rowe's plan is to search out the cause , that he may so destroy the effect , and the very simplicity of his treatment recommends it . " Every art , " says Seneca , " is an imitation of nature , " and our author is evidently impressed with the propriety of helping the constitution to overcome disease , knowing that he litis nature on his side , and wanting aid more than perversion . He illustrates his mode of treatment by various interesting cases , confirming the soundness of his views ; and there is , if we may so say , a
cheerful view , a view of encouragement as well as honest rationality , running through his book , and producing that confidence which is often more salutary than physic . AVe need not enter into the particulars before us ; they will he regarded as more or less important according to the reader's state of health ; and when we consider how many he addresses , and how great a portion of that number suffer in mind , in body , and in poeket , from sheer ignorance and wanton imposition , we cannot do less than congratulate the public upon the protection on one hand , and the relief on the other , to be gathered from Dr . Rowe ' s treatise upon low Spirits and Indigestion .
The Castles , Palaces and Prisons of Mary of Scotland , by CIIAULES MACKIE , Esq ., London : C . Cox . Second Edition . The Castles , Palaces , and Prisons of Mary of Scotland ! AVhat a history does this title disclose I Chequered as was the life of the unfortunate Mary , what emblems more fitting to symbolise its varied fates , than a palace , a castle and a prison ! Tossed as a Iamb among wolves , or a dove in the midst of an eagles' eyrie ,
without a single trusty friend to guide her through the tortuous mazes which embarrassed her path at every point ; with only her gentleness and feminine accomplishments to contend against the unruly , unscrupulous , and turbulent spirits amongst whom her lot was cast , all that relates to the history of this beautiful , hut persecuted Princess—every spot which witnessed her transient joys , or has become consecrated by her sorrows , still preserves an interest—an interest which to the sympathetic mind will ever remain fresh and undecaying .
The author of this new national work —for truly nationalit most unquestionably is—has , in treating this subject , proposed to himself to unite historical facts with archaeological lore , to describe those crumbling relics of antiquity which the fate of Mary has invested with interest , as well as to narrate all those historical occurrences of which they have been the silent witnesses—and well has the task been executed . The work is not a mere compilation from the ordinary sources of information ; with genuine