The history of medicine : comprising a narrative of its progress from the earliest ages to the present time, and of the delusions incidental to its advance from empiricism to the dignity of a science / by Edward Meryon ... Volume I.

  • Edward Meryon
Date:
1861
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    U. A. COATES, M.P.S., ^Analytical aiui Consulting Chemist) Uoliij^g (iuiillflcatloni ol the Pharmaoautloal Society; Dli>loma of Apothecaries' Hall, London ; and 'C«l(lflcatei o( the Weitmluiter College oi Chemistry and Pharmacy ; Four yean at The Clayton Uospita], Wakefield. THUR8BY SQUARE, BURNLEY. IITESIDE'S WORK ON ITALY. HHipfflPWlPWSck Volume, post 8vo. price 12s. 6d. cloth. I T A L Y By the Riglit Hon. JAMES WHITESIDE, M.P., LL.D. Third Edition, abridged and revised; with a New Preface chiefly on the Events which have occurred in Italy since 1848. OPINIONS of the PRESENT EDITION, THE interest of Mr. White- side's elaborate work on Italy centres in its obvious truth- fulness, its picturesqueness, its strong pictures of Italian society, its fervour, and its instructive character. It throws a full, clear liglit upon present events, and conveys to the reader's mind a very full and living acquaintance with the course of that struggle of principles of which Italy has long been, and still is, the theatre In abridging this work Mr. Whiteside has removed al- most the sole objection to his Italy as originally published. The author now comes before the public with a sound title to perusal. An abridged second edition is generally a superior book; and in this ins tance Mr. White- side has pruned away redundancies with unsparing hand. His former three vo- lumes are here compressed within the compass of one; and in its new shape the work is not only more convenient but more readable. All the racy pas- sages remain; the style is often mended; the facts are more compact; the whole texture of the work is closer; and it now presents a Picture of Italy in which the details are well worked out, whfEh deals impartially with mat- ters calling for a judicial spirit, and never omits the assertion of what is true and jusl against what is mere mockery and wickedness. Many a more ^ philosophical book on Italy exists; but ' 1101)0 is, on the whole, more interesting, or has a greater quantity of information attractively arranged. DUBLIJS Wardih. TT7E are sure that many of T T our readers will hail this opportune publication, at a time when we are all looking towards Italy, waiting for the next act of the drama which is being played out before the eyes of this geueration. The three vo- lumes of which the work originally consisted are now compressed into one; but we do not see that this abridgment has in any respect taken away from the value of the book. Had the name of the author not insured its success, it must have attracted atten- tion from the able manner and philo- sophical spirit in which this brilliant advocate has treated a very interesting subject. The preface will form a Imk for the reader from the publication of the book in 1848 to the present time. And we need scarcely call the attention of the public to this result of two years spent in Italy, comprising the last year of the reign of Pope Gregory, and the first of Pope Pius, announcing, as they appear to do, the expiration of ancient political systems, and the inauguration of new and different principles of go- vernment. The preface, which is new, is occupied with the momentous changes which have passed over Italy since Mr. Wliiteside's visit; but the observations recorded in the body of the work have^ no lesshvely an interest in relat ion to the present time, althougii so mncli has hap- pened since they were first noted down. We all know the attractions of Mr. Whit cside's sparkling style; but a more sterling merit of this book is its large tolerance and thorough impartiality. John Btjll. London t LONGMAN, GBEEN, and CO. Paternoster Kow. 7