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LONDON.

Rameses, an Egyptian Tale, with historical notes of the era of the Pharaohs, is announced in three volumes.

Memoirs are printing of the Life and Writings of Mrs Frances Sheridan, mother of the late Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, and author of "Sidney Bidulph," "Nourjahad," and "the Discovery," with remarks upon a late Life of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, criticism and selections from the works of Mrs Sheridan, and biographical anecdotes of her family and contemporaries; by her granddaughter, Alicia Lefanu.

A History of the Origin and Progress of the Greek Revolution is preparing by E. Blaquiere, Esq.

The twelfth part of Views on the Southern Coast of England, from drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R. A. &c. and engraved by. W. B. and G. Cooke, and other eminent artists, is on the eve of publication; and the four remaining parts, which will complete the work, will speed ily follow.

The Odes of Anacreon of Teos, as translated into English verse, by W. Richardson, Esq. are in the press.

In the press, and will appear immediately, in one volume, octavo, with a portrait from an acknowledged likeness, Memoirs of Rossini, consisting of anecdotes of his life and of his professional career, by the Author of the lives of Haydn and Mozart, printed in an uniform manner with the translation of that work.

The several Treatises of the late James Baverstock, Esq. on the Brewery, are about to be collected into one volume, with notes, together with an introduction, containing a biographical sketch of the author, a paper on specific gravities, and on the various hydrostatical instruments which have been used in the brewery; by his son, J. H. Baverstock, F. S. A.

A Sketch of the System of Education at New Lanark, by R. D. Owen, is in the press, and will appear in a few days.

The Annual Biography and Obituary for the year 1824 is announced, containing Memoirs of celebrated Men who have died in 1822-23.

Prose, by a Poet, is announced.

A work, called Plain Instructions to Executors and Administrators, showing the duties and responsibilities incident to the due performance of the trusts, with directions respecting the probate of wills and taking out letters of administration, &c. will soon be published.

VOL. XIV.

A new edition of Mr Alaric A. Watts's "Poetical Sketches," with illustrations, is preparing for publication, which will include Gertrude de Balm, and other additional poems.

Early in January will be published, the Pirate of the Adriatic, a romance, in three volumes, by J. Griffin.

The Life of Jeremy Taylor, and a Critical Examination of his Writings, by Dr Heber, bishop of Calcutta, are nearly ready for publication, in 2 vols. post 8vo. with fine portrait by Warren, from an original picture.

Shortly will be published, the Plenary Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures assert. ed, and Infidel Objections shown to be unfounded, in Six Lectures; by the Rev. S. Noble.

In a few days will be published, a Narrative of the sufferings of a French Protestant Family at the Period of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, written by John Magault the Father, translated and now first published from the original manuscript, in the possession of a descendant of the family residing near Spitalfields, at the request of members of the Spitalfields Benevolent Society.

Dr Cox will shortly publish, Remarks on Acute Rheumatism, and the importance of early Blood-letting in that Disease, as preventing Metastasis to the Heart.

M. de la Beche will shortly publish a Selection of the Geological Memoirs contained in the "Annales des Mines," together with a synoptical table of equiva lent formations, and M. Brongniart's table of the classification of mixed rocks.

Mr C. Chatfield has in the press a Compendious View of the History of the Darker Ages, with genealogical tables.

A work is forthcoming on the Antiquity of the Doctrine of the Quakers respecting Inspiration, with a brief review of that Society, its religious tenets, practices, and legal exemptions, and a comparison between the life and opinions of the Friends. and those of early Christians.

The Crimes of Kings and Priests, or Exposition of the Effects of Absolute Monarchy and the Domination of the Priesthood, will soon appear.

A volume of Poems, by Mr Percival, will appear in February.

On the 1st of February 1824 will be published, No. I. of Original Views of the Collegiate and Parochial Churches of Great Britain, by Messrs. J. P. Neale and J. Le Keux.

The Deserted City, Eva, a tale in two

Works preparing for Publication.

cantos, and Electricity, Poems by J.
Bounden, will shortly appear.

On the first of February will be pub-
lished, the first part, to be continued
quarterly, of the Animal Kingdom, as ar-
ranged conformably with its organisation,
by Baron Cuvier, with additional descrip-
tions of all the species hitherto named,
and of many not before noticed. The
whole of the "Regne Animal" of the
above celebrated zoologist will be transla
ted in this undertaking; but the additions
will be so considerable, as to give it the
character of an original work.

An Italian translation of Dodsley's
Economy of Human Life, by Signior
Aloisi, a native of Tuscany, is nearly
ready.

Translations have been ordered by au-
thority to be made of the chief Elemen-
tary Books on the English Interrogative
System into the Russian language.

A comprehensive System of English Grammar, Criticism, and Logic, is preparing for publication, arranged and illustrated upon a new and improved plan, containing apposite principles, rules, and examples, for writing correctly and elegantly on every subject; by the Rev. P. Smith, A.M.

Mrs M. A. Rundall announces a Sequel to the Grammar of Sacred History, being a paraphrase on the Epistles and Gospels for every Sunday throughout the year, with explanatory notes. To which are prefixed, a simple Illustration of the Liturgy, and a Paraphrase on the Church Catechism.

An improved edition is in the press of Milburn's Oriental Commerce, or East-India Trader's Complete Guide, conthe taining a geographical and nautical description of the maritime parts of India, China, and neighbouring countries, including the eastern islands, and an account of their trade, productions, coins, weights, and measures: abridged, improved, and brought down to the present time, by Mr T. Thornton.

An East-India Vade-Mecum will soon appear, being a complete guide to gentlemen proceeding to the East Indies in either the civil, military, or naval service, or on other pursuits; by Dr J. B. Gilchrist.

The Improvisatriee, and other poems, are preparing for publication.

The second volume of the Lady of the Manor, by Mrs Sherwood, is in the press; also the Willoughby Family, by the author of "Margaret Whyte," &c.; Rose Grant, or a Matlock Sketch; a Whisper to a Newly-Married Pair, from a Widowed Wife; and Memory, by the author of Margaret Whyte," &c.

[Jan.

Mr G. Phillips is printing a Compenstrations, showing the reason of every dium of Algebra, with notes and demonrule; designed for the use of schools, and tage of a preceptor; the whole arranged those persons who have not the advanof the master, and facilitate the improveon a plan calculated to abridge the labour ment of the pupil.

Captain Parry's Second Voyage for the twenty-five plates, is announced for imDiscovery of a North-west Passage, with mediate publication; with an Appendix First Voyage of Discovery, with plates. of Natural History, &c. to Captain Parry's

reign, written by himself, is printing in Aureus, or the Adventures of a Sovetwo volumes.

Procrastination, or the Vicar's Daughter, a tale, by S. Percy, is announced.

Shortly will be published, Plantarum being a catalogue of hardy exotic and inScientia, or the Botanist's Companion, digenous plants cultivated in this country.

Dr R. Southey, poet-laureate, author of "Wat Tyler," &c. announces the Book of the Church, in two volumes, octavo.

Mr Britton announces a Grammar of English Antiquities.

.The Suffolk Papers, from the collecwith historical, biographical, and explation of the Marchioness of Londonderry, natory notes, and an length portrait of the Countess of Suffolk, original wholeare printing in two volumes.

The Green-house Companion, by Dr Thornton, intended as a familiar manual for the general management of a greenhouse, is in preparation.

Hervey, will appear in a few days.
Australia, with other Poems, by T. K.

The first part of the third folio volume
of Mr Lodge's Illustrations of English
Portraits, accompanied with biographical
narratives, is printing.

A work, called Scilly and its Islands, from a complete survey undertaken by order of the Lords Comissioners of the Admiralty, by Captain W. H. Smyth, R.N. with fourteen plates, beautifully engraved by Daniell, in quarto, will speedily appear.

A Tour through the Upper Provinces
of Hindoostan, comprising a period be-
tween the years 1804 and 1814, with re-
marks and authentic anecdotes; to which
is added, a Guide up the River Ganges,
from Calcutta to Cawnpore, Futteh Ghur,
Meeratt, &c. will soon appear.

gia are announced, with maps and plates,
Letters from the Caucasus and Geor-

octavo.

minster, and Southwark, by J. Bayley,
A Complete History of London, West-
Esq. F.A.S. is in preparation.

Mr W. Irving has collected materials for a new work during his recent tour in Germany.

The History of the Hundred of Hey. tesbury, Wilts, adjoining that of Mere, already published, by Sir R. C. Hoare, Bart. is preparing for publication; also, Lives of the Bishops of Sherburne and Salisbury, from the year 705 to the present time; by the Rev. S. H. Cassan, M.A.

The Miscellaneous Works of Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury, are printing, in two series, seven volumes each.

A new translation of the Elegies of Tibullus, by Lord Thurlow, will soon appear.

A volume of Eccentric and Humorous Letters of Eminent Men and Women, including several of Dean Swift, Foote, Garrick, &c. is printing.

Eighteen additional Sermons, intended to establish the inseparable connexion between the doctrines and practice of Christianity, by the author of the former volume, will soon appear.

The Spirit of the British Essayists, comprising the best papers on life, manners, and literature, contained in the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, &c. with the whole alphabetically arranged, according to the subjects, is printing in a small volume.

Portraits of the Worthies of Westminster-hall, with their autographs, being

fac-similes of original sketches found in the Note-book of a Briefless Barrister, is announced.

The twelfth number of Mr Fosbroke's Encyclopædia of Antiquities, which completes the first volume, is printing.

EDINBURGH.

"Tales and Sketches of the West of Scotland, by a Native of that district." There are two Tales, and a View of the Changes which have occurred in society and manners during the last eventful half century.

Observations on the Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck. Illustrated by Cases and Engravings. By Allan Burns, late Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Lecturer on Anatomy and Surgery, Glasgow. Second Edition. With a Life of the Author, and additional Cases and Observations. By Granville Sharp Pattison, Surgeon, Professor of Surgery in the University of Maryland, &c. &c.

A volume of Sermons, selected from the Manuscripts of the late Robert Boag, D.D. first Minister of the Abbey Parish of Paisley. Edited by Professor Milne.

The Scottish Wanderer, or the blessed effects of true religion, exemplified in a brief Memoir of Thomas Hogg, of Jedburgh, in Scotland, by a Clergyman of the Church of England.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

LONDON.

AGRICULTURE.

A Guide to Practical Farriery, containing Hints on the Diseases of Horses and Neat Cattle, with many valuable and original recipes from the practice of an eminent veterinary surgeon. By J. Pursglove, sen. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

A Treatise upon Breeding, Rearing,

and Feeding, Cheviot and Black-faced Sheep in high Districts, with some account of, and a complete cure for, that fatal malady the Rot, together with observations upon laying out and conducting a Store Farm. By John Fairbairn, farmer in Lammermuir. 8vo. 5s. bds. ANTIQUITIES.

Sabæan Researches, in a series of Essays, addressed to distinguished Antiquaries, and including the substance of a Course of Lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, on the engraved Hieroglyphics of Chaldea, Egypt, and Canaan. By John Landseer, F.S.A. 4to. with numerous plates. £.2126d.

CLASSICS.

Xenophontis Memorabilia Socratis, cum Apologia Socratis eidem Auctori vulgo adscripta, cum Texta et Notis Plurismus J. G. Schneideri, auxit Notis et Variis Lectionibus, ex Simpson et Benwelli, excerptis Johannes Greenwood, M.A. domus Petri apud Cantabrigiensis imper Socius, et Regii OrphanotrophiiChristi e Praæceptoribus, accesserunt L. C. Valkenaerii et D. Ruhnkenii Annotatione Integra. 8vo. 9s. bds.-with Latin Version, 10s. 6d. boards.

L. Annei Senecæ Tragœdiæ recensuit et accuravit Joannes Carey, LL.D. 24mo. 6s. boards.

DRAMA.

Mary Stuart, a tragedy; the Maid of Orleans, a tragedy; from the German of Schiller, with a Life of the Author, By the Rev. H. Salvin, M.B. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Joseph and his Brethren, a Scriptural Drama. By H. L. Howard. Post 8vo. 7s. 6d. boards.

EDUCATION.

Illustrations of the Interrogative System of Education. By Sir Richard Phillips. 6d.

A companion to the Musical Assistant, with an Appendix, containing Exercises for Pupils copying Music, &c. and which may be studied in conjunction with any elementary book already in the hands of the pupil. A work recommended to teachers in schools and families.

FINE ARTS.

Part XIV. of a Series of Engravings in outline, by Henry Moses, of the Works of A. Canova, with descriptions. 8vo. 4s.

A Treatise on the Principles of Land. scapes, Designs, &c. in eight parts.

A concise Treatise on Perspective, in two parts.

Studies of Trees, and Precepts for Landscape Painting. By John Varley.

Myriorama, or many Thousand Views, consisting of numerous cards, on which are fragments of landscapes, neatly coloured, and so ingenionely contrived, that any two or more placed together will form a pleasing view, or, if the whole are put on a table at once, will admit of the astonishing number of 20,922,789,888,000 variations: the Cards are fitted up in an elegant box. 15s.

GEOGRAPHY.

Parts I. to V. of Clark's Geographical Dictionary. 2nd edition, 4to.

HORTICULTURE.

A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-trees. By Charles Harrison, F.H.S. Svo.

Part III. Vol. V. of the Transactions of the Horticultural Society. 4to. £.1.

HISTORY.

Memoirs of the Reign of George III. from the Treaty of Amiens, 1802, to the Termination of Regency, 1820. By Wm. Belsham. 2 vols. 8vo. £.11s. bds.

LAW AND JURISPRUDENCE.

The Marriage Act, 4 Geo. IV. cap. 76, arranged under the heads-Repealing Clause, Banns of Matrimony, Licence of Marriage, Register of Marriage, General Clauses, Exemptions, with short explanatory observations, and an Appendix. By George Lawton, proctor.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

A Treatise on the Physiology and Dis. eases of the Ear, containing a comparative View of its Structure and Functions. By J. H. Curtis, Esq. 8vo. 7s. 6d. The Second Volume of the Weekly Medico Chirurgical and Philosophical

Magazine: containing a portrait of the late John Hunter, and other plates.

On the Nature and Treatment of the Distortions to which the Spine and the Bones of the Chest are subject: with an inquiry into the merits of the several modes of practice which have been followed in the treatment of Distortions. By John Shaw. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

The Medical Guide for the Use of the Clergy, Heads of Families, and Practitioners in Medicine and Surgery, compris. ing a Domestic Dispensatory, and Practical Treatise on the symptoms, causes, prevention, and cure, of the diseases incident to the human frame, with the latest discoveries in medicine. By R. Reece, M.D. 10s. 6d. boards.

No. XII. of the Philadelphia Journal of the Medical Sciences, supported by an Association of Physicians, and edited by N. Chapman, M.D. 8vo. 5s.

An Engraved Representation of the Anatomy of the Human Ear, exhibiting at one view the external and internal parts of the organ, &c. By Thomas Buchanan. Folio. 12s. 6d. boards.

MATHEMATICS.

The Second Volume of Dr Hutton's Course of Mathematics, with many corrections and improvements. By Olinthus Gregory, LL.D. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

The Elements of a new Arithmetical Notation, and of a new Arithmetic of Infinites, in two books: in which the series discovered by modern mathematicians for the Quadrature of the Circle and Hyperbola are demonstrated to be aggregately incommensurable quantities, and a criterion is given by which the commensurability or incommensurability of infinite series may be accurately ascertained. By T. Taylor. 8vo. Ss. boards.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Rivington's continuation of Dodsley's Annual Register for the Year 1799. 8vo. £.1.

A new Series of the Investigator, or Quarterly Magazine. 3s.

A Treatise on the Game of Ecarte, as played in the highest circles of London and Paris; translated from the French, with additions, annexed to which are the rules in French, printed verbatim from the Paris edition. 18mo. 1s. 6d.

Part X. of the Bibliotheca Britannica, or a General Index to the Literature of Great Britain and Ireland. By R. Watt, M.D. 4to. £.1ls.

Essays on the Inventions and Customs of Ancient and Modern Nations in the Use of Wine and other Liquors, with an historical view of the practice of distillation. By S. Morewood. 8vo. 12s. bds.

An Attempt to explain, on Natural Principles, the Cures, alleged to be Miraculous, of Miss Lalor and Mrs Stuart. 8vo. 1s. 8d.

Miracles, a rhapsody. By E. Barton. Svo. 2s. 6d.

Complete Exposure of the late Irish Miracles, in a letter to Dr Murray, Titular Archbishop of Dublin. By a Rational Christian. 8vo. 2s. 6d. sewed.

NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.

Four Dialogues between a Tutor of the University of Oxford and a Disciple of the Common Sense Philosophy. By Sir Richard Phillips. 4s. 6d.

NOVELS, TALES, AND ROMANCES. The Days of Queen Mary, or a Tale of the Fifteenth Century. 12mo. 5s. bds. Mountalyth, a Tale, in 3 vols. By Jane Harvey. 15s.

Corfe Castle; or, Keneswitha, a Tale. 8vo. 12s. boards.

- Hurstwood; a Tale of the Year 1715, 3 vols. 12mo. 16s. 6d.

Adventures of Congo. 18mo. 5s. plain.; 6s. 6d. coloured.

The Lady of the Manor. By Mrs Sherwood. 7s. extra boards.

The History of George Desmond,

founded on Facts which occurred in the East Indies, and now published as a useful Caution to Young Men going out to that Country. Post 8vo. 7s.

Eugenia; or, the Dangers of the World. By Miss More. 4s. boards.

The Captivity, Sufferings, and Escape, of James Scurry, under Hyder Ali and Tippoo Saib. 12mo.

Mammon in London, or the Spy of the Day; a Characteristic and Satirical Romance, on the Model of Le Diable Boiteux. 2 vols. 12mo. 12s. boards.

POETRY.

Horæ Jocosæ, or the Doggerel Decameron, being Ten Facetious Tales, in verse. By Joseph Lunn, Esq. 4s. 6d.

The Nun, a Poetical Romance; and two others. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The Sea Songs of England, selected from Original Manuscripts and earlyprinted Copies, in the Library of William Kitchiner, M.D. Folio. £.22s. boards.

The Pilgrim's Tale, a Poem. By Chas. Lockhart. 6s. boards.

Clara Chester, a Poem. By the Author of "Rome," and "The Vale of Chamouni." 8vo. 7s. 6d.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

An Appeal to the British Nation, on the Humanity and Policy of forming a National Institution for the Preservation of Lives and Property from Shipwreck. By Sir William Hillary, Bart. 8vo.

Count Pecchio's Journal of Military

and Political Events in Spain, during the last Twelve Months; with some introductory Remarks on the present Crisis. By Edward Blaquiere, Esq.

The last Days of Spain, or an Historical Sketch of the Measures taken by the Continental Powers in order to destroy the Spanish Constitution. 8vo. 3s.

THEOLOGY.

A Dictionary of all Religions and Religious Denominations. To which are prefixed, An Essay on Truth; On the state of the World at Christ's Appearance; and a Sketch of Missonary Geography. By T. Williams. 10s. 6d. boards.

A Monitor to Families, or Discourses on some of the Duties and Scenes of Domestic Life. By the Rev. Henry Belfrage. 12mo. 7s. 6d. boards.

Morning Communings with God, or Devotional Meditations for every Day of the Year. Translated from the Original German of Sturm. By William Johnstone, A.M. 2 vols. royal 12mo. 16s.

boards.

Sermons of the late Rev. James Saurin, pastor of the French Church at the Hague. Translated by the Rev. R. Robinson, Henry Hunter, D.D. and the Rev. Joseph Sutcliffe, A.M. With additional Sermons, now first translated; the whole corrected and revised by the Rev. Samuel Burder, A.M. 6 vols. 8vo. with portrait of the author. £.33s. boards.

The Seventh and Eight Volumes of a New and Uniform Edition of the whole Works of John Owen, D.D., Vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Dean of Christ Church; to be completed in 16 vols. 8vo. 12s.

The Anti-Swedenberg. 12mo. 2s. 6d. boards.

A Course of Lectures, illustrative of the Pilgrim's Progress. By the Rev. Daniel Warr, Haverfordwest. 8vo. 8s.

A Charge delivered at the Primary Triennial Visitation of the Province of Munster, in 1823. By Richard, Archbishop of Cashel. 8vo. 1s.

The Doctrines of General Redemption, as held by the Church of England and by the early Dutch Arminians, exhibited in, their Scriptural Evidence, and in their Connection with the Civil and Religious Liberties of Mankind. By James Nichols. 1 vol. 8vo. 16s. boards.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Vol. II. of Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa. By W. J. Burchell, Esq. completing the work; 4to.; with 116 coloured and black engravings. £.4146d.

Travels into Chile over the Andes, in the years 1820 and 1821; with some Sketches of the Production and Agricul

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