stice to the stature of his mind, and his talents for
original observation. Struggling with many difficulties and
urged by the necessities of a family, it became his imperative
duty to give his best efforts to those occasions which might
prove most available for his wants; and hence we find him more
busily employed in the promulgation of the doctrines and
opinions of others, than in recording the results of his
immediate practical wisdom. His most labored effort is
unquestionably his translation from the German of the large
work by Professor Meckel, on _Human Anatomy_. In his admirable
edition of Good's _Study of Medicine_, we notice more of the
immediate observer, and the man of extensive medical and
physiological reading. This great treatise by the learned Good
found in Dr. Doane a worthy editor. His edition is enlarged by
numerous notes by the cis-atlantic scholar, and as they embrace
the theoretical and practical views of the physicians and
writers of the United States, it has always held a conspicuous
place among books referred to for the doctrines, in theory and
in practice, of a large number of the best original observers
our country has occasion to boast of. This contribution to the
science of healing has met with an extensive sale with the
profession, and like other efforts of Dr. Doane in the
departments of physical science, been productive of great
benefit to the noble calling of which he was so conspicuous a
member."

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R. A. DAVENPORT, an English writer, whose histories of America and
India, and some of whose poems, were formerly well known, died in
Camberwell, on the 21st of January, at the age of seventy-five. The
attention of a police officer was attracted by moans issuing from
Brunswick-cottage, Park-street, the residence of the deceased. He broke
into the front parlor, and found Mr. Davenport lying in the passage,
nearly dead, with a bottle that had contained laudanum in his hand. A
surgeon was sent for, but a few minutes after his arrival, he expired.
Several bottles containing laudanum were found in his bedroom, of which
he was in the habit of taking large quantities while writing. The house
presented an extraordinary appearance; the rooms were literally crammed
with books, manuscripts, pictures, ancient coins, and antiques of
various descr