Auvergne ; its Thermo-Mineral Springs, Climate, and Scenery. By Robert
Cross, M.D. (Hardwicke.)—A tempting account of a place which is so new to the English public that the value of sovereigns is unknown at its chief railway station. Beauty of scenery, plenty of trout, waters which act externally and internally, and are useful for a variety of ailments, besides producing a slight feeling of intoxication from their large amount of carbonic acid gas, are among the attractions which Dr. Cross has discovered. The district of Auvergne, he says, is beyond dispute one of the richest known in thereto-mineral springs ; and he enumerates a number of sources which possess either alkaline, chlorine, or arsenical properties, and are especially fitted for scrofulous and skin diseases, gout and rheumatism, or digestive weakness. His book is dedicated to the medical profession, and is, in part, written for the members of that body, as we observe from his use of scientific terms where plain words would not be out of place. But if he can persuade doctors to send their patients to the springs of Auvergne, he will equally persuade the patients to go there, and perhaps in some cases the patients will be the first to take up his book, instead of waiting for a medical recommendation.
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