character, tending to destroy discussion, and the benefits which might result from a free press. Public Libraries in Paris. 1. The Royal Library has above 700,000 printed volumes, and 70,000 manuscripts. 2. The Library of Monsieur, 150,000 printed volumes, and 5,000 manuscripts. 3. Library of St. Genevieve, 110,000 printed volumes, and 2,000 manuscripts. 4. The Magazine Library, 92,000 printed volumes, and 3,000 manuscripts. 5. Library of the City of Paris, 20,000 volumes. All these are daily open to the public. Besides these there are, in Paris and the Departments, the following Libraries to which access may be obtained; the principal of which are-the private Libraries of the King in the Tuilleries, Fontainebleau, St. Cloud, Trianon, and Rambouillet; the Library of the Legislative Body; of the Council of State (30,000 vols.); of the Institute; of the Invalids (20,000 vols.); of the Court of Cassation, formerly the Library of the Advocates and Polytechnic School. Under the Minister of the Royal Household are 10 Libraries, of the Interior, 22-of War, 12-of Justice, 5-of Foreign Affairs, 1-of the Marine, 6-of Finance, 2. The Chambers of the Peers and the Deputies have each a Library; that of the latter contains 30,000 vols. Among the printing-offices, the Imprimerie Royale claims the first place, on account of its extent and admirable arrangement. It prints the Memoirs of the Institute, and all other works which the King causes to be published, as a recompence or encouragement, gratis. There are at Paris-79 printing-offices, 18 lithographic presses, 58 letter-founders, 616 booksellers, 34 dealers in second-hand books, 201 bookbinders, 16 book-stitchers, 2 book-repairers, 390 copper-plate engravers, 11 wood cutters, 17 map-engravers, 17 form-cutters, 17 die-engravers, 9 music engravers, 127 copper-plate presses, 140 print-sellers, 11 map-sellers, 50 music-sellers, 43 wholesale stationers, 9 pasteboard manufacturers, 6 stained-paper manufacturers, 4 parchment manufacturers, 6 manufacturers of printers' ink, 4 press-makers, 2 joiners for presses, 3 dealers in printing materials. Daily and other Periodical Publications. Political Journals, (11.)—Moniteur, Gazette de France, Journal de Paris, Constitutionnel, Journal des Débats, Courier Français, Quotidienne, Journal de Commerce, Drapeau Blanc, L'Etoile du Soir, Régulateur. Advertisers, 4. Half periodical Works, (10.)—L'Ami de la Religion, le Défenseur, Lettres Champenoises, Lettres Normandes, l'Intrépide, l'Observateur, l'Organisateur, le Para chute Monarchique, le Pilote Européen, O Contemporaneo. Religious Journals, (3.)—Chronique Relig.; Archives de Christianisme au 19 Siecle; Annales Protestantes. Scientific Journals, (9.)-Annaes das Sciencias, das Artes, e das Letras; ADnales de Chimie et de Physique; Annales des Mines; Annales Encyclopédiques; Annales Françaises des Sciences et des Arts; Bibliothèque Physico-Economique; Bulletin des Sciences; Journal de Phy sique, de Chimie, d'Histoire Naturelle, et des Arts; Journal des Savans. Literary Journals, (15.)-Bibliographie de la France; Annales de la Littérature et des Arts; Archives de la Littérature et des Arts; Conservateur Littéraire; Cou rier des Spectacles, de la Littérature, et des Modes; Galignani's Repertory of English Literature; Hermes Classique; Journal Général de la Littérature de la France; Ditto de la Littérature Etrangère; Journal des Théâtres, de la Littérature, et des Arts; le Lycée François; le Mercure Royal; la Minerve Littéraire; Revue Encyclopédique; Tablettes Universelles. Journals relative to Law and Jurispru dence, 22. Medical Journals, 14. Journals for Arts and Professions, (12.)— among which are, Annales du Musée et de l'Ecole des Beaux Arts; Mémoires du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle. Military Journals, (2.)—Journal Militaire Officiel; Archives Francaises. Journals for Education, (3.)-Journal d'Education; un Quart d'Heure de Lecture; Journal des Villes et des Campagnes. Geographical Journals, (2.) — Annales (Nouvelles) des Voyages, de la Géographie, et de l'Histoire; Journal des Voyages, Découvertes, et Navigations Moderncs. Journals of Fashions, (2.)—Journal des Dames et des Modes; l'Observateur des Modes. In the Departments, there are Public Libraries 25, with above 1,700,000 vols.; of which Troyes has 50,000; Aix, 72,670; Marseilles, 31,500; Dijon, 36,000; Besançon, 53,000; Toulouse, 30,000, and 20,000; Bordeaux, 105,000; Tours, 30,000; Grenoble, 42,000; Arras, $4,000; Strasburg, 51,000; Colmar, 30,000; Lyon, 106,000; Le Mans, 41,000; Versailles, 40,000; Amiens, 40,000.-613 printing-offices; 26 lithographic printing-offices; 5 letterfoundries; 1025 booksellers; 192 paper manufactories. ITALY. The Travels of the late Count CAMELLO EORGIA, in the north of Africa, particularly particularly Tunis, have been sent to the press by his widow. AMERICA. A journal, devoted to British news and British politics, has been started at New York. It is called " the Albion." EAST INDIES. The following description of the cholera morbus, from a foreign journal, condenses what has been written on the subject in different papers, the author occasionally adding an observation or two of his own:-The cholera morbus continues its dreadful ravages in India. This terrible malady appeared in the Delta of the Ganges, in the month of August 1817; its first irruption took place at a town called Jessire, about thirty-three leagues north-east of Calcutta. The countries of Hindostan, between the extreme points visited by this pestilence, at the end of thirty-six months after its appearance, would be found to contain an area of a thousand square leagues. Since that period the theatre of its disasters has been enlarged: the number of inhabitants in Madras has been diminished; the villages in the district of Sanpore have lost nearly the whole of their population. Not limited or confined to the continent, this danger ous disease has appeared in the island of Java, producing similar effects; and, by maritime communications, has penetrated into the southern provinces of China, and the Archipelago of the Philippines. In spreading to the west, it traversed the peninsula of India; and, by the month of August, 1818, had reached Bombay. In the month of September, 1821, this contagion had invaded the province of Guzerat; and, spreading along both banks of the Indus, advanced as far as the Persian Gulph, frequently with fatal effects in its coasts and harbours. At Mascat, the Kent, an English ship, reported the destruction of the crews of almost all the Arab vessels. The disease at times was so active, as to carry off a person in ten minutes. In India the natives have been attacked by it rather than the Europeans; but it has visited some of the English, and there is reason to think that they carried the infection to Port Louis, in the Isle of Mauritius. As that colony had suffered by some contagion of a very dangerous character in 1819, rigorous precautions were adopted to prevent any communication with the infected vessel. NEW MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Jenny's Baubee, a favourite Scotch Melody, with Variations for the Piano Forte. Composed by J. Reinagle. 38. R. REINAGLE, who is a professor some few instances, the combination might have been less common-place, and the effect have been rendered more new and striking. M of Hayden's Creation, with whose talents, both as a composer and a performer, the musical world has long been well acquainted, has converted this justly-favourite little air into a very pleasing practical lesson. This composition has the advantage of two accompaniments; one for a flute, and the other for a violoncello; the latter of which is printed on a separate sheet. Looking at the publication as a score, we find the parts scientifically and ingeniously adjusted, while, regarding it as a piano-forte practice for those who have not yet made any con siderable progress in the province of execution, we deem it a beneficial production. With this praise, however, (well as it may be deserved as far as it goes,) we must in justice blend the observation, that we do not think every possible advantage has been taken which the subject offered; and that, in MONTHLY MAG. No. 374. arranged for the Piano-Forte, with a Flute Accompaniment; by Joseph de Pinna. 48. The airs here selected by Mr. de Pinua are those of "The marv'lous works," "With verdure clad," and "In native worth. In treating these as subjects for piano-forte picces, he has exercised considerable freedom of fancy, and proved their capability of serving a purpose similar to that to which they are here converted. In the conduct of his undertaking, the arranger has had an eye to the limited powers of juvenile pianists; and, by that means, extended the utility of a publication which possesses too much merit not to be generally attractive. The three pieces occupy eleven folio pages, and present a body of well-imagined and ably-regulated matter, qualified to augment the bulk of our general general mass of good piano-forte music; and, by consequence, may be considered as forming a valuable acquisition to the musical libraries of young students. Parody on the Overture to Lodoiska, for the Piano-Forte, with an Accompaniment for the Flute. Composed by T. Haigh. 2s. 6d. Kreitzar's overture to Lodoiska has so long been a prominent favourite with the public, that, singular as is the instance of a musical parody, we are by no means surprised at Mr. Haigh's imposing upon himself the present undertaking. The idea was not an unpromising one; and it has, we think, been too ably realized to fail of proving a successful speculation. The great difficulty Mr. Haigh had to encounter, was that of constantly and closely approximating to his original, without actually coming in contact with its substance. Now, though strictly speaking, he has not, in the conduct of his piece, sacredly abided by that indispensable rule; yet, has he so generally respected its obligation, as to subject himself to very little censure on that score. Curiosity excited as much as ours was, by the novelty of this publication, naturally induced a vigilant inspection of its component parts; and, we must say, that we were somewhat surprised, and much pleased, at meeting with so few bars in which plagiarism was substituted for parody or imitation. The ear, as the composer intended, is continually reminded of the production which constituted his model, but seldom recognizes the actual adoption of a previously known passage. This we consider as argumentative of considerable talent of a certain description, and as carrying with it a claim to our encomiastic acknowledgment. New Variations on the Celebrated Air of "In my Cottage near a Wood." Composed in a Familiar Manner by J. F. Rimbault, for the Piano-Forte. 1s. This little piano-forte exercise corresponds, both in length and style, with its title-page announcement. In its production, the author has uniformly consulted the powers of the juvenile student, and so arranged the passages, as to qualify them to promote a command of finger. So convinced are we of the utility of these initiatory compositions, where they are judiciously planned and ably produced, that we should be pleased at their more frequent appearance; and shall be glad, should our approbation of the present The object of this little publication, is to present the public with a progressive creation and reduction of the sharps and flats, and the relative affinities of the major and minor keys. This is cffected in a short and easy way; and the mode of conveying the promised intelligence transcends its own pretensions, since it includes the explanation of the gamuts, and compares and elucidates the uses and powers of the several cliffs. The idea of giving "God save the king," in all the different keys, by way of illustrating the theory of transposition was as favourable to the author's intention as any that could have been adopted. In no science does visible example go further than in music, nor can it be more effectively resorted to in the province which the present publication exclusively concerns. THE DRAMA. COVENT-GARDEN.-Oct. 2, after a recess considerably longer than, for several years, had been allowed to elapse between the closing and recommencement of the winter theatres, this splendid temple of Melpomene and Thalia again opened its doors to the public. The spectators, on their entrance, were not a little gratified with the repairs and improvements which challenged their notice. Among the various changes for the better, no one of them, perhaps, more deservedly attracted the attention of the visitors of the boxes, than the removal of what was not inappropriately called the basket; we allude to the former separated back seats, which, in more senses than one, were generally occupied by individuals peculiarly annoying to the more respectable company in front. The play selected for the opening of the season's career was Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, which was faithfully and forcibly represented by Bartley in Sir Toby Belch, (his first appearance at this theatre,) Miss Love in Olivia, (the substitute for Miss Stephens,) Miss Tree in Viola, Fawcet in the Clown, Blanchard in Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Mrs. Gibbs in Maria, and Duruset, Taylor, Abbott, and Chap man, man, in their respective characters. The performances, speaking generally, have continued with eclat; and Morton's comedy of Speed the Plough, Otway's tragedy of Venice Preserved, Shakspeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona, his Hamlet, the elder Colman's Jealous Wife, Guy Mannering, Sheridan's Rivals, and other favourite and popular pieces, have displayed to advantage the various talents of Mr. Evans, (new to these boards,) Mr. Farren, Mr. Egerton, Miss Blandford, Miss Foote, Miss Green, Miss Hallande, Mr. C. Kemble, Miss Lacy (from the Dublin theatre,) Miss Chester, (a new candidate for public favour,) Mr. Pearman, and other performers. The house, for the most part, has been respectably attended; and, though the managers have suffered the establishment to lose the support of some of its chief pillars, their activity and judgment, in other respects, have succeeded in supplying other powerful attractions. Among these, the principal has been, a new grand, serious melo-drama, entitled, Ali Pacha. DRURY-LANE. This theatre, which was re-opened on Wednesday, Oct. the 17th, now exhibits to the admiring eye fresh proofs of the taste and spirit of its lessee and principal manager. The sum expended upon its internal alterations and decorations, since the close of the last season, and the brilliancy of effect and extent of personal accommodations which those alterations and decorations afford, are decisive evidences of Mr. Elliston's anxiety to render the public every possible gratification. As the shape and size of the house had been found unfavourable to the purpose of distinctly hearing, it has been contracted and re-formed with great judgment and science by Mr. SAMUEL BEAZLEY. The decorations, by Mr. SCRASE, are highly chaste, classical, and elegant; while magnificence and simplicity are so happily blended as to render it the first theatre in Europe. The ceiling is brought over the proscenium in such manner as to form a sounding-board, unbroken by any intervention; by which happy arrangement the effects both to the ear and to the eye are perfect. The accommodations to the audience are also improved in every part of the theatre, and in the pit particularly, the scats of which are covered with crimson cloth, and provided with the luxury of backs. The illuminations are splendid, the corridors spacious, and the saloon, decorated by mirrors in every direction, astonishes and delights with a delusion almost magical. These important improvements have been effected at a cost of nearly 20,000l., and the whole was completed within the astonishingly short time of sixty days. Perhaps in no other city than London, and in no other age, could a work, at once so stupendous, elegant, and perfect, have been effected within so short a period. The achievement will be memorable, and has resulted solely from the unsparing expenditure of Mr. Elliston, and the unwcaried assiduities of Messrs. Beazley, Scrase, and the other profes sional persons. The engagement of Young, Liston, Dowton, and Miss Stephens; together with the re-engagement of those favourites, Braham and Madame Vestris, Munden and Mrs. West, Davison, Cooper, and Harley; the acquisition of Mrs. Hughes, (from the Exeter theatre ;) these, with the managerial activity of Mr. Elliston himself, hold forth the promise of unexampled brilliancy and success. In fine, the Theatre Royal Drury Lane now accords with the Attic taste and character of this refined and polished age; and the pre-eminence which London has attained in the rank of cities, receives, in the completion of this edifice, an accession of perfect beauty. NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED IN OCTOBER: WITH AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL PROËMIUM. Authors or Publishers, desirous of seeing an early notice of their Works, are requested to transmit copies before the 18th of the Month. AMONG the numerous books of travels given to the world under a fictitious character, deserving of our notice, we may venture to include Mr. MILLS's last publication, entitled, Travels of Theodore Ducas, in various countries, at the period of the revival of learning. The author here appears as the editor of a work supposed to proceed from the peu of a Greek tourist, who lived some three centuries past; and whose whose opinions on the revival and progress of literature and the arts, with an account of the most distinguished geniuses of the time, are taken from a variety of interesting sources and authorities in modern writers and those of the middle ages. The information and anecdote thus gleaned throughout an imaginary route, are very pleasingly arranged, together with a series of critical disquisitions on subjects connected with poetry and the fine arts, during the most splendid period of Italy's literary fame. We cannot, however, lose ourselves with the pretended tourist amidst the scenes of classic glory and romance; the author fails to impress upon us the idea of a Greek traveller, while the reality of a modern editor accompanies us through the whole of his progress. Allow ing for this deficiency of illusion in the character of the hero, we think Mr. M. has executed his task in an able, as well as an amusing and instructive manner. Mr. M. it will be recollected, has already ap. peared before the public as an historian of the Crusades, and of Mohammedism; and is at present, we are told, engaged in a history of Rome. The melancholy tidings of the death of the illustrious conqueror of the confederated kings of Europe, a captive at St. Helena, were received in Paris with the grief and indignation which might naturally be expected. The irrepressible bit terness of feelings expressed at such an event, and at the restoration of the old dynasty, has in some instances, it appears, broken forth in the more indignant, and at the same time the more prudent strains of poetical fury. The adage of the old poet, "Facit indignatio versus," is here indeed verified to the letter, in a Lyric Poem on the Death of Napoleon, translated from the French of P. LEBRUN; perhaps the most spirited, if not the most poetical effusion that has graced the obsequies of the people's broken-hearted and lamented chief. We shall select a few of the passages we think most likely to prove interesting to our readers: "Yes, there behold him on his funeral bed! His golden spurs for the last time he wears; Still at your head thro' twenty years of war due. Together young, you fought your first campaigns, Remembrances so dear, held long the mind." One of the most interesting translations of foreign travels we have lately read, is contained in a Narrative of an Expedition from Tripoli, in Barbary, to the Western Frontier, by PAOLO DELLA CELLA, M.D. recently given to the English public by Antony Aufrere, esq. The author seems to have enjoyed peculiar advantages for prosecuting his researches into the leastexplored parts of a country so seldom successfully visited, on account of the numerous difficulties and dangers which travellers have to surmount. Through the interest of the Sardinian consul, Dr. Della Where are the soldiers tears,-the people's cries, Cella, with a surprising degree of courage, The priests, the torches, and the funeral songs; attached himself to an expedition then on foot, commanded by the Pacha of Tripoli's second son, Ahmet Bey, destined to pass along that part of the coast which stretches from Tripoli beyond the borders of the great Syrtis, and across the country of Cyrene |