Critical Review
1776-Feb: review-Dr. Primatt, Dissertation, Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruelty to Brute Animals |
Critical Review
Animal Creation, and the Duties of Man to ThemRev. James Plumptrereview-Critical ReviewART. XXXIX.—Three Discourses on the Ease of the Animal Creation, and the Duties of Man to them. By the Rev. James Plumptre, B. D. London, Darton and Co. 12mo. 1816. Pp. 78. THESE Discourses comprehend the substance of a sermon on "The Duties of Man to the Brute Creation," preached before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday, May 8, 1796. It was delivered on the occasion of one of the visits of the present Chancellor, the Duke of Gloucester. It is justly observed, that humanity to the inferior animals, since the period mentioned, has been recommended from high authority; it has been the subject of discussion in Parliament; annual sermons at Bath and at Southampton have been devoted to it, and a society has been established at Liverpool for the protection of these helpless creatures. Several valuable works have also been published in their defence, and among these are Mr. Young's Essay on Humanity to Animals, and Mr. Pratt's poem of the Lower World. |
[1770-1832]Rev. James Plumptre | ||||||