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The Selections of English Poetry, by Mr. Campbell, are not to appear for the present; as it has been judged better that the Critical Part of that Work, containing a View of English Poetry, should be made a part of Mr. Campbell's Lectures on Antient and Modern Poetry, which are in Preparation, upon a very extensive Scale.

Mr. C. Blunt, optician, is preparing for the press, a Descriptive Essay on Spectacles, and the Apparatus used to assist imperfect vision in the human eye.

P.W. Crowther, Esq. has in tho press, the Christ an's Manual, compiled from a translation of the Enchiridion Militis Christiani of Erasmus, with copious scripture notes.

Memoirs of the Ionian Isles, and of their Relation with European Turkey, translated from the original manuscript of M. de Vaucondort, late General in the Italian service, is in the press, with an accurate and comprehensive map.

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Mr. William Jones, late acting surgeon at Serampore, will soon publish a Collection of Facts and Opinions relative to Widows burning themselves with the dead Bodies of their Husbands, and to other destructive Customs prevalent in British India.

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Medico-chirurgical Transactions, by the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, volume the seventh, is in a state of forwardness.

Mr. J. Ingle has in the press, the Aerial Isles, or the Visions of Malcolm, a poem, with notes.

Jane of France, a historical novel, translated from M. De Genlis, will soon appear in two volumes.

Mr. John Kirby, of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, is preparing for publication, Cases in Surgery, with Remarks.

Mr. G. M. Butt will soon publish, Sherborne Castle, and other juvenile poems.

The Rev. G. S. Faber has a volume of Sermons in the press.

The Lives of Dr. Pocock, Bp. Pearce, Bp. Newton, and Mr. Skelton, taken from the editions of their works, are printing in two octavo volumes.

A new edition, corrected and greatly enlarged, of Dr. Cove's Essay on the Revenues of the Church of England, is in the press.

A second edition of the Devout Communicant is nearly ready.

A new edition of Bp. Jeremy Taylor's Prayers, improved in the arrangement by Mr. Clapham, is in the press.

Mr. Joseph Sams, of Darlington, is in the possession of a complete manuscript of the Pentateuch, recently procured from the continent, and deemed to be from 14 to 1500 years old. This copy is of leather, in two volumes, about two feet broad and 69 long. There is reason to believe it has been above 800 years in one Jewish family on the continent, and that it is the oldest copy of the Law in existence.

Proposals are issued for publishing by subscription, a new Translation of the Whole New Testament, that of the four Gospels being arranged in a new Harmony, with Notes critical and explanatory. By William Thomson, M. A. Minister of Ochiltree. In the Harmony, the contents of each Gospel are arranged according to the order of the Narration, which is shewn in the Notes to be the order of Time. The version of the whole is as literal as possible, departing as little and as seldom from the common version, as perspicuity and justness of rendering would admit. The passages, of which by a new rendering of one or more Greek words, a new sense is exhibited, are nearly two hundred: but few of them respect any doctrine. The work will make two octavo volumes, each of about 650 pages. Price to Subscribers, 11. 4s.

Dr. Styles is preparing for the press, Considerations on the Revival of Pepery in Europe, and the Character and Influence of Secular Establishments of Religion. This work will embrace a particular view of the present state of Ecclesiastical Affairs in France.

Mr. Boothroyd will publish in the course of the present month, Parts 17 and 18 of his Biblia Hebraica, which will complete that work. These parts have been somewhat delayed by the time necessarily occupied in revising the whole work, so as to mark incidental inaccuracies by an errata. Mr. Boothroyd has also at press, in a state of forwardness, Reflections on the Authorized Version of the Scriptures, Reasons for attempting its Improvement, and a Specimen of such an Attempt.

In the press, in two volumes royal quarto, a Translation of the Six Books of Proclus, on the Theology of Plato; to which, a Seventh Book will be added, in order to supply the Deficiency of another Book on this Subject, which was written by Proclus, but since lost; also, a Translation of Proclus' Elements of Theology. By Thomas Taylor. In these Volumes will also be included, by

the same, a Translation of the Treatise of Proclus on Providence and Fate; a Translation of Extracts from his Treatise, entitled, Ten Doubts concerning Providence; and a Translation of Extracts from his Treatise on the Subsistence of Evil; as preserved in the Bibliotheca Gr. of Fabricius. 250 Copies only will be printed. Price to Subscribers 51. 5s.-To Nonsubscribers the price will be raised.

M. Puigblanch, the Spanish Patriot, is about to publish "The Inquisition Unmasked; or the Triumph of Humanity and Liberality in Spain. Being a History of the Conduct and Objects of that Tribunal, and a Dissertation on the Necessity of its Suppression."

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Mr. Wardlaw, of Glasgow, has in the press, Unitarianism incapable of Vindication, in Reply to the Rev. James Yates's Vindication of Unitarianism. The work will be published as quickly as possible.

A new edition of M. Ravizotti's Italian Grammar, with considerable Improvements, is in the press, and may be shortly expected.

In the press, a Descriptive Treatise on the Method of Waltzing. By Thomas Wilson, Dancing Master.

In the press, and nearly ready for publicstion, in two Vols. 4to, An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving on Copper and Wood: with an Account of the most ancient Engravers and their Works, from the earliest Period to the middle of the Sixteenth Century. By William Young Ottley, F.A.S. Illustrated by numerous fac-similes, and impressions from original blocks engraved by Albert Du

rer.

The first number is just published, of Popular Pastimes, being picturesque representations, beautifully coloured, of the Customs and Amusements of Great Britain, in Ancient and Modern Times, accompanied with Historical descriptions. To be continued monthly, till completed in one Volume.

The late Marquis de Lavallée, who died about a month ago, at his apartments in Leicester Square, was a most elegant French writer. He had been engaged for several years past in writing a history of the different factions which have agitated France, during the period of the Revolution, and had nearly completed it. He has recently been employed in writing a Biographical Memoir of Bonaparte, as also of his Ministers, Generals, &c. which will shortly appear.

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The Antiquary, a Novel, by the Author of Waverly and Guy Mannering,' will appear in April.

The Second Volume of Mr. Southey's History of the Brazils, is nearly ready. for publication.

Mr. William Salisbury has in the press, in two volumes duodecimo, the Botanist's. Companion, containing Descriptions of all the Plants growing wild in this Country, and also such as are cultivated for the Purposes of Medicine, with an Account of their Virtues, Preparations, &c. Also, Descriptions of the Nature, Uses, and Culture of the British Grasses, and other Plants useful in Agriculture, the Arts, and Rural Economy, with the best Modes of forming Meadow and Pasture Land. To which is added," a familiar Introduction to the Study of the Linnæan System of Botany, for the Use of Persons who wish to acquire a Knowledge of Plants.

***The Uses and Culture of Plants have engaged the particular attention of the Author for the last Thirty-five Years, part of which Time he has devoted to the conducting Experiments for the Board of Agriculture, and which gave him an opportunity of ascertaining many useful facts relative to the British Grasses, &c. not before noticed.

Dr. John Aikin's Annals of the Reign of King George the Third, from its commencement to the General Peace in the Year 1815, will be ready on the 2d of April, in 2 vols. 8vo.

In a considerable state of forwardness, Witt's Recreations, refined and augmented with ingenious Conceites for the Wittie, and Merrie Medicines for the

Melancholie. Printed from the edition of 1940. To which will be added, some Prefatory Remarks and Memoirs of Sir John Mennes, and Dr. Smith. And Wit Restor'd, in severall select Poems not for. merly publish't, London,1658. Also, Musarum Deliciæ; or the Muses Recreation, containing severall Pieces of Poetique Wit, London, 1656. The three Works to be printed in two Volumes, with all the Cuts re-engraved by Mr. Bewick.

In the press, and speedily will be published, the Biographical Memoirs of Dr. Matthew Stewart, Dr. James Hutton, and Professor John Robison. Read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Now collected into One Volume, with some Additional Notes. By John Playfair, F. R.S.L. & E. Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. Octavo. With three Portraits.

A new edition of Lord Holland's Account of the Life and Writings of Lopez Felix de Vega Carpio, will shortly ap pear, in 2 volumes, 8vo.

Messrs. Longman and Co. will publish in a few days, Harold the Dauntless, a poem, in four Cantos, by the Author of

The Bridal of Triermain;" to which work it forms a second volume, in fcap. 8vo. Also, an uniform edition in two volumes, of the Bridal of Triermain, Harold the Dauntless, and Miscella neous Poems.

The entire Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surry, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder, containing much new and curious Matter, with Notes, critical and explanatory, &c. &c. are nearly eady for publication. By G. F. Nott, D. D. F.S.A. late Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. The Publication will be comprised in 2 vols. 4to. embellished with highly-finished Portraits, &c. The Number printed will be limited to 50 copies on royal 4to. and 400 on demy 4to.

It is intended to publish, by Subscrip. tion, in one volume, 8vo. price 12s. in boards, a History of the Mission of the United Brethren in the Danish Islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. Jan, in the West Indies. This narrative,, which has long existed in the German language, contains one of the finest exemplifications of the Missionary Virtues which can be presented to the Christian world. Some of the Brethren are willing to prepare this work for the English reader; but are withheld from publishing it by the apprehension of ultimate loss, which the impoverished state of the

Brethren's funds will not enable them to encounter.

On the 1st of May will be published, in one volume, 8vo. price 8s. a Concise System of Self-Government in the great affairs of Life and Godliness on Scriptural and Rational Principles, by L Edmondson.

The second edition of the Life of Mrs. Harriet Newell, with a Portrait, and an Account of the American Missionary Society, will be ready in the course of a few days.

Mr. Booth, Author of an Analytical Introduction to the English language, will shortly publish a volume of poems.

A new edition is nearly ready of a Collection of Farewell Sermons by Nonconformist Divines, preached on leaving their respective churches, in one volume, 8vo.

In addition to a new volume of Beddome's Village Sermons, recently published, Vol. V. is now preparing for the press, and will speedily appear.

A Prospectus is issued of a General History of the County of York. By Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LL. D. F.S.A. Vicar of Whalley, and Rector of Heysham, in Lancashire. The History of Craven, together with the republication of Thoresby's Ducatus Leodiensis, and the supplementary volume which accompanies that work, having already embraced more than one fourth part of this great county, both in extent and population, the Author of two of these works, and the Editor of the other, has been induced to submit to the Public, and especially to the Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy of Yorkshire, such an extension of the plan, as will gradually comprehend the whole. With respect to the limits of such an undertaking, it is impossible to speak with precision; but, as a conjecture, rather than an assertion, it may be stated that seven folio volumes, of about five hundred. pages each, and of the same type with the supplementary volume to Thoresby's Ducatus, will probably complete the work. The Author wishes it to be understood, that his great obiects in the use of the materials to be committed to him, will be selection and compression. The engravings will of course be numerous. The work will commence with an account of the portion of the North Riding, popularly called the County of Richmond, together with those parts of Lonsdale and Ewecross which are included in the Everwicshire of Domesday.

This part, which is already in consi derable forwardness, will be put to press in the course of a few months. The work will be handsomely printed in folio, on fine demy paper, and the large paper copies on super-royal drawing paper, and will be delivered to the subscribers in parts, price 21. 2s. each, or on large paper, with proof impressions of the plates, price 41. 4s. each part. The im pressions of the plates will be delivered in the exact order they are subscribed for.

We understand that an edition of

Gray's Works, edited by Mr. Mitford, is in the press, which cannot but excite attention; for the public will be presented with many letters from the originals, hitherto unpublished, highly interesting from their number, and for their intrinsic merit; as well as with the originals, for the first time, of many of the letters very incorrectly published and much altered by Mason. This edi. tion will also possess many curious va riations to the principal poems of Gray from his own hand-writing.

Art. XVII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

The Advantages of Early Piety displayed, in a Memoir of Mr. John Cle ment, Surgeon. By John Hooper, A.M. 2d. ed. 12mo. 2s. 6d.

EDUCATION..

A new Introduction to the French Language; being an Abridgement of the Grammar of M. de Levizac. Comprising an Analysis of the Verbs, with a complete Set of introductory Exercises. By A. Picquot, Author of Elements of Ancient and Modern Geography. 12mo. 2s. 6d. bound.

FINE ARTS.

Boydell's Illustrations of Holy Writ, Part III. containing 10 Engravings. By Isaac Taylor, after the Designs of Isaac Taylor, Jun. 8vo. 7s. 6d. 4to. 10s. 6d. proofs, 21s.

The Arabian Antiquities of Spain. This splendid Work, consisting of one hundred Engravings, executed in the best Manner, by the first Artists, from Drawings made on the Spot, by the Author, represents the most remarkable Remains of the Spanish Arabs now existing in the Peninsula, including their Gates, Castles, Fortresses, and Towers

Courts, Halls, and Domes-Baths, Fountains, Wells, and Cisterns-Inscriptions in Cufic and Asiatic charactersPorcelain and enamel Mosaics, Paintings and Sculptured Ornaments, &c. accompanied by Descriptions. By James Cavanah Murphy, Architect, Author of the Description of Batalha, &c. Large folio, 421. half-bound. In order to meet the convenience of Purchasers, it is also intended to publish the Work in twenty parts.-Part I. is just published, price 21, 2s, and will be continued monthly.

GEOLOGY.

A Descriptive Catalogue of the British Specimens deposited in the Geological Collection of the Royal Institution. By William Thomas Brande, F.R.S. 8vo. 9s.

HISTORY.

The History of the Mahometan Empire in Spain, containing a General History of the Arabs, their Institutions, Conquests, Literature, Arts, Sciences, and Manners, to the Expulsion of the Moors. Designed as an Introduction to the Arabian Antiquities. By J. C, Murphy, Architect. With a Map, showing the principal Conquests of the Arabs under the Khalifs, or Successors of Mahomet. 4to. 11. 15s. boards.

The Representative History of Great Britain and Ireland; comprising a History of the House of Commons, and of the Counties, Cities, and Boroughs of the United Kingdom. By T. H. B. Oldfield, Esq. 5 vols. 8vo. Price 31. 12s. boards.

The Second Usurpation of Bonaparte, or a History of the Causes, Progress, and Termination of the Revolution in France in 1815 particularly comprising a minute and circumstantial Account of the ever-memorable Victory of Waterloo : to which are added, Appendices, coutaining the official Bulletins of this glorious and decisive Battle. By Edmund Boyce, assisted by original and important Communications from British and Prussian Officers. In 2 Vols. 8vo. 11. 4s. boards.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Essays on Various Subjects:-1. On the Difficulties in the Way of the Acquisition of real Knowledge.-2. On Grammar, &c.-3. On Temper.-4. On

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War.-5. On Conversation. By William Pitt Scargill. 8vo. 7s. 6d. boards. The Essay on War may be had separate, price 6d.

The Fly Fisher's Guide; illustrated by coloured Plates, representing upwards of Forty of the most useful Flies, accurately copied from Nature By Geo. C. Bainbridge. 8vo. 16s. boards.

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Foot of the Horse, with Observations on Shoeing By Richard Hayward Budd, Veterinary Surgeon. 8vo, 10s. 6d. boards

Hints addressed to Proprietors of Orchards, and to Growers of Fruit in general, comprising Observations on the present State of the Apple Trees in the Cider Countries. By William Salisbury. 12mo. 6s.

The Adventures of a Donkey. By Arabella Argus, Author of the Juvenile Spectator. 18mo. 2s. 6d. half bound,

The Ornaments Discovered: a Story. By the Author of Aunt Mary's Tales. 18mo. 2s. 6d. half bound.

A Tour throughout the whole of France. By John Barnes. With Plates. 12mo. 4s. half bound.

Annual Gleanings of Wit and Humour, in Prose and Verse; chiefly gleaned from the periodical Works of the Day, English and Foreign. 2 Vol. 12mo. 7s.

A popular Description of St. Paul's Cathedral, including a brief History of the Old and New Cathedral. Designed for Strangers visiting the Cathedral. Royal 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Illustrations of Hogarth: i. e. Hogarth Illustrated, from Passages in Au-. thors he never read, and could not understand. 8vo.

Notes on the West Indies, including Observations relative to the Creoles and Slaves, &c. By Geo. Pinckard, M.D. Deputy Inspector General of H. M. Forces. 2d ed. 2 Vols. 8vo. with Additional Letters, &c.

POETRY.

Alastor; or, the Spirit of Solitude; and other Poems. By Percy Bysshe Shelley. Foolscap 8vo. 5s. boards.

Moscow, a Poem. By Mrs. Hen. Rolls. In 8vo. price 2s. 6d.

Alfred; a Poem, in twenty-four Books. By Joseph Cottle. In two Vols. 12mo. (with numerous illustrative Notes) price 12s. in boards, 3d edition.

The Appeal of Poland, an Ode; writ ten on the Commencement of the late

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Eighteen Sermons selected from the original MSS. of the Rev. Philip Henry, A.M. Together with the Funeral Sermon for Mr. Henry, by the Rev. F. Talents, A.M. and the Substance of a Sermon preached on the same Occasion, from his Father's dying Words. By the Rev. Matthew Henry, A.M. 8vo. 9s.

The French Preacher; or, Sermons translated from the most eminent French Divines, Catholic and Protestant; with Biographical Notices, &c. By Ingram Cobbin. Svo. 14s.

The Origin of Pagan Idolatry, ascertained from Historical Testimony and Circumstantial Evidence. By the Rev. G. S. Faber, Rector of Long, Newton, Yarm. 3 Vol. 4to. 61. 15s. boards.

The Personality and Office of the Christian Comforter Asserted and Explained, in a Course of Sermons preached before the University of Oxford, at the Lecture founded by the Rev. J. Bampton. M.A. Canon of Salisbury. By Reginald Heber, M.A. Rector of Hodnet, Salop, and late Fellow of All Souls College. 8vo. 13s. boards.

A Treatise on the Records of the. Creation, and on the Moral Attributes of the Creator; with particular Reference to the Jewish History, and to the. Consistency of the Principle of Population with the Wisdom and Goodness of the Deity. By John Bird Sumner, M.A. 2 Vol, 8vo. 11. 1s. boards.

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