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ART. XIII. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the public, if consistent with its plan.

In the press, the Articles of the Church of England illustrated by copious extracts from the Homilies, Nowell's Catechism, Jewell's Apology, and the Liturgy, and confirmed by numerous passages from the Scriptures. By the Rev. Wm. Wilson, B. D. Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

Speedily will be published, in 2 vols. 8vo., Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Rev. Brian Walton, D.D. Lord Bishop of Chester, Editor of the London Polyglot Bible. With Notices of his Coadjutors in that illustrious Work; of the cultivation of oriental learning in this country, preceding and during their time; and of the authorized English version of the Bible, to a projected revision of which, Dr. Walton and some of his assistants in the Polyglot were appointed. To which is added, Dr. Walton's own vindication of the London Polyglot. By the Rev. Henry John Todd, M.A. F.S A, Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, and Rector of Settrington, county of York.

In a short time will be published, Sermons for the use of Families, in one volume 8vo. By the Rev. Wm. Brown, of Enfield.

In the press, an improved and enlarged edition, in one volume 12mo. of the Missionary Anecdotes, comprising a regular series of striking examples of the success of Christianity, in the conversion of the Heathen, from its first promulgation to the present time: to which is prefixed, an account of the superstitions and crnelties of Pagan nations, ancient and modern. By the Rev. George Burder, Senior Secretary of the London Missionary Society.

The Rev. Mr. Turnbull, of Wymondley, has in the press, a Comparative View of the Presbyterian, Congregational, and Independent forms of Church Government.

Immediately will be published, in 8vo. a Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Heart. By Henry Reeder, M.D. Exrtaordinary Member of the Royal Medi

cal Society of Edinburgh, and Member of the Medical and Chirurgical Society of London. In which is comprised a full account of all the diseases of that organ, as the inflammatory, organic, and sympathetic, together with their appropriate modes of treatment; also, an account of malconformations of the heart, aueurism of aorta, pulsation in epryastrio, &c.

J. H. Wiffen, author of "Aonian Hours," ""Julia Alpinula," &c. has in the press, the Fourth Book of Tasso's "Jerusalem delivered;" being the specimen of an intended new translation in English Spenserian verse, with a prefa. tory dissertation on existing translations. Dedicated by permission to Her Grace the Dutchess of Bedford.

In the press, Sir Ronald, and other Poems. 1 vol. 8vo. Also, Brent Knoll. Second edition. 8vo.

A new edition of the Pleasures of Home, a Poem, with corrections and improvements; and additional pieces by the same author, is in preparation.

The Works of John Home, Esq. author of Douglas, with an account of his life and writings by H. Mackenzie, Esq. will soon appear, in three 8vo volumes.

Lieut. Col. Blacker is printing a Memoir of the Operations of the British Army during the Mahratta War of 181718-19; illustrated by maps and plans.

John Hughes, Esq. will soon publish, an Itinerary of the Rhone, including part of the southern coast of France.

Otto Von Kotzebue's Narrative of a Voyage round the World, in the Russian ship Revric, is translating for the press.

Mr. John Dunkin is preparing the History and Antiquities of several parishes in the hundreds of Bullington and Ploughley, Oxfordshire, illustrated by numerous engravings.

Edwin Atherston, Esq. will soon publish, The Last Days of Herculaneum, and Abrates and Panthea, in fcap. 8vo.

Miss Porden is preparing for publication, Cœur de Lion, or the Third Cru sade, a poem, in sixteen books.

John Dalzell, Esq. will soon publish, the Subtance of the Lectures on the ancient Greeks, and on the Revival of Greek learning in Europe, delivered by the late Professor Dalzell in the University of Edinburgh.

M. Malte Brun's System of Universal Geography, translated from the French, is printing in five 8vo. volumes.

A Biographical Work of 3000 living public men of all countries, with nearly 300 engraved portraits, is printing in a size corresponding with Debrett's Peerage.

Mr. Wood has in the press, the Linnean Genera of Insects, illustrated by 86 coloured plates, and general observations on each genus.

Dr. Aikin will soon publish, an Abridgment of bis Annals of the Reign of George III, in duodecimo, for the use of schools.

In the press, and shortly will be published, with considerable additions, the second edition of Mr. Howship's Obser. vations on the Diseases of the Lower lutestines, &c.

In the course of next month will be published, Church of England Theology, in a series of ten Sermons, (separately printed in manuscript character) on the following most important subjects. : 1. The Scriptural doctrine of the Fall, and Corruption of Mankind. 2. Ditto of Repentance. 3. Ditto of Faith. 4. Ditto of Good Works. 5. Ditto of Conversion and Atonement through Christ. 6. Ditto of Regeneration. 7. Ditto of the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 8. Ditto of the Holy Trinity. 9. Ditto of the Holy Sacrament. 10. On the figurative language of Scripture. By the Rev. R. Warner, Rector of Great Chalfield, Wilts, &c.

Nearly ready for publication, Observations on the climate of Penzance, and the district of the Lands-End in Cornwall. By John Forbes, M.D.

In the press, Elements of Medical Logic. By Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart.

Physician to the King. Second edition, with great additions in the Practical part.

The Universal Cambist will be repub lished during the ensuing month. It will contain among other improvements, the results of a plan for determining the relative contents of the Weights and Measures of all trading nations, from an actual comparison of their several standards. This important operation has been effected under the immediate sapction, and through the aid of the British Government, by whose orders, their Consuls abroad have sent home the several foreign standards duly verified, which have been since compared with those of England at his Majesty's Mint. The work will also include whatever alterations may have recently taken place, in the monetary systems, financial plans, and banking operations of the different states of Europe.

A History of the Town of Shrewsbury, which possesses very peculiar claims to the notice of the antiquary and histo rian, is preparing for publication by the Rev. Hugh Owen and the Rev. J. Blakeway of that place. In two Ato. volumes, with a profusion of antiquarian illus trations.

Dr. Rusi is preparing for the press, a new edition, considerably enlarged, of bis Essays on Hypochondriasis and Nervous affections.

Sir Arthur Clarke, Author of the Essay on Bathing, and the Mother's Medical Assistant, is preparing for the press a Treatise on the Sulphureous Fumiga tion in Diseases of the Skin.

Practical Economy, or the Application of Modern Discourses to the purposes of Domestic Life, will appear in a few days. In 1 vol. 12mo.

The History of Thirsk; including an account of its once celebrated Castle; intesesting particulars of places in the Vicinity, with biographical notices of eminent men, is nearly ready.

ART. XIV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED,

BIOGRAPHY.

The Life of William Sancroft, Archbi- · shop of Canterbury, compiled principally from original and scarce documents; with an Appendix containing the Diary of the learned Henry Wharton, Now first published from a manuseript in Lambeth

Palace; also, the remaining works, now scarce, of Archbishop Sancroft. By the Rev. George D'Oyly, D.D. F.R.S. Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. 2 vols. 8vo.

The Life of the late George Hill, D.D,* Principal of St. Mary College, St. An

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drew. By George Cook, D.D. F.R.S.E. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

A Christian Biographical Dictionary; containing an account of the Lives and Writings of many of the most eminent Christians in every nation, from the commencement of the Christian Era to the present period. By John Wilks, jun. ₫ 12mo. 9s.

RDUCATION.

A Clue for Young Latinists, and NonLatinists, to trace the original forms and i signification of nouns and verbs, from their terminations, alphabetically ar=ranged, with explanatory references to the Grammar. By John Carey, LL.D. 12mo. 2s. bound.

Outlines of Geography, the first course =for children. By the Rev. John Hartley. Being an Introduction to the Author's Geography for Youth. 9d.

A new Pronouncing and Spelling Book. By John Bigland. 1s. 6d. bound.

The Automatical Camera Obscura : intended to convey to the juvenile mind the knowledge of Scripture History. By the Author of the Village in an Uproar. 1 vol. 18mo. half-bound.

Grotius de Veritate, with English notes. For Schools. 6s. 6d.

HISTORY.

Historic Prologues; or, Characters and Events, from the Conquest to the death of George the Third, with notes. By the Rev. John Davies, A.M. of St. Mary Hall, Oxford. 8vo. 5s.

A Sketch for the History of the Dionysian Artificers. A Fragment. By Hippolyto Joseph Da Costa, Esq. 8vo. 3s.

MEDICINE.

The History and Method of Cure of the various species of Palsy: being the first part of the second volume of a Treatise on Nervous Diseases. By John Cooke, M.D. F.S.A. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and late Physician to the London Hospital. 8vo. 68.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Mercantile Letter-Writer; or, Commercial Correspondent; containing a series of letters on business; comprehending almost every subject which occurs in the counting-house, for the use of commercial schools. With an Introduction, containing Remarks on the style

and manner of Mercantile Letter-writing. By James Morrison, Accountant. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

An Essay on Conversation. By a member of the Inner Temple, and of the University of Cambridge. fcap. 8vo. 5.

The Scrap Book; containing a collec tion of amusing and siriking pieces in prose and verse, chiefly selected from the standard and floating literature of the last twelve or fifteen years; together with an Introduction, and occasional notes and contributions. By John M'Diarmid, Author of the Life of William Cowper. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

A Series of Designs for Private Dwellings. Part the first. By J. Hedgeland. 4to. 11. 1s.

POETRY.

Select Works of the British Poets; with Biographical and Critical Prefaces. By Dr. Aikin. 10 vols. post 18mo. 21.

Also in royal 18mo. to match the British Essayists and Novelists, 31.; and complete, in 1 vol. 8vo. for schools, &c. 18s.

Specimens of the Russian Poets: with preliminary Remarks, and Biographical Notices. Translated by John Bowring, F.L.S. 12mo. 8s.

Sacred Lyrics. By Jemes Edmeston. Vol. II. 12ino. 3s. 6d.

POLITICAL.

Observations on Mr. Brougham's Education Bill: shewing its inadequacy to the End proposed, and the Danger that will arise from it to the cause of Religious Liberty. 6d.

A Letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. M. P. on certain Clauses in the Education Bills, now before Parliament. By S. Butler, D.D. F.A. S. Head master of Shrewsbury School. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

A Defence of the British and Foreign School Society against the Remarks in the Sixty-Seventh Number of the Edinburgh Review. 8vo. 1s.

Plain Thoughts on the Abstract of Mr. Brougham's Bill. By a Plain Englishman. 8vo.

THEOLOGY.

Vindicia Hebraicæ; or, a defence of the Hebrew Scriptures, as a vehicle of revealed religion: occasioned by the recent strictures and innovations of Mr. J. Bellamy; and in confutation of his attacks on all preceding Translations,

and on the established version in particular. By Hyman Hurwitz. 8vo. 9s.

The Book of Common Prayer in eight languages; viz. English, French, Modern Greek, and Italian on the left-hand page; with German, Spanish, Latin, and Greek on the opposite page. Most elegantly and curiously printed, and dedicated to the Archbishop of Canterbury. 4to. 21. 10s.

The Common Prayer in the above several languages, is immediately to be published singly. 5s, each.

Twenty Discourses, preached before the University of Cambridge in 1820, at the Lecture founded by the Rev. John Hulse. By the Rev. C. Benson, M.A. late of Trinity College, and now Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge. 8vo.

12s.

A Selection of Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship. Dedicated, by permission, to the Archbishop of York,

12mo. 3s. bound, or extra bound in red. 3s. 6d.

Important Questions recommended to the serious consideration of Professing Christians of all Denominations. By the Rev. John Townsend, Bermondsey,

3d.

A Letter from the Interior of Africa; containing the leading evidences of Divine Revelation. By the Rev. I. Phillip. D.D. 9d.

True and False Religion practically considered; pointing out the causes and cure, of spiritual declension, and the best means to promote vital godliness. To which are added, numerous experirental sentences from old divines, and a large list of practical works, with remarks on each. By the Rev. G. G. Scraggs. A.M. 12mo. 7s.

A Funeral Sermon for Mrs. Unwin, late of the Grange, Coggeshall. By the Rev. Algernon Wells. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

ERRATA IN THE LAST NUMBER.

Page 149 line 15, for mois, read misis.
23, for ditto, read ditto.

26, for πισεύω, read πιςεύω.
27, for πισις, read πίςις.

150 note, line 8, for σ, read 71587.

THE

ECLECTIC REVIEW,

FOR APRIL, 1821.

Art. I. Memoirs of the Protector, Oliver Cromwell, and of his Sons, Richard and Henry. Illustrated by Original Letters and other Family Papers. By Oliver Cromwell, Esq. A Descendant of the Family. With Portraits from Original Pictures. 4to. pp. xvi, 734. London. 1820.

THESE bulky Memoirs may be considered as, in legal phrase,

a brief for the historian. They were begun, Mr. Cromwell states, without any view to their publication, merely as the amusement of the Writer's leisure hours. They consist of a series of extracts from the several contemporary histories of the transactions in which Oliver was concerned, collated and confronted with each other, and accompanied with the Compiler's own remarks, which are, in general, sensible and pertinent, and so perfectly free from all tincture of party spirit or bitterness, that where they fail to please or to convince, they cannot possibly offend. The feeling of partiality discovered towards his great ancestor, (which will be considered as either pardonable or honourable, according to the previous sentiments of his readers,) never betrays the Writer into a tone of boastful panegyric, or into any thing bordering on misrepresentation. Upon the whole, the work, though very defective in point of arrangement, and bearing strong internal marks of the desultory manner in which it was compiled, reflects honour on the Author's character as a man of an excellent spirit and a sound understanding. It is not a very readable performance, but it presents a mass of valuable materials to those who know how to make a right use of them, and comprises, certainly, the most complete, as well as the most correct view that is to be obtained from any single volume, of the character of Oliver Cromwell.

The work is distributed, rather arbitrarily, into fifteen chapters. The first four are introductory, and take a review of affairs up to August 1642. The next three chapters pursue the VOL. XV. N.S.

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