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sent time. It exhibits, in a condensed form, the progress and presentstate of that Science, with Short Notices of the most eminent Authors in this and other countries.

Mr Bagster has been engaged for some time in printing a Polyglott Bible, in one 4to volume. He proceeds with the care which so important a work demands; -the First Part, containing the Pentateuch, is now ready for delivery. It had been considered a desideratum in literature, for a Student to have a Polyglott Bible, contain ing the original texts and the versions used by the ancient churches, in a portable form, and at a moderate price; and the present minor Polyglott Bible, it is expected, will fully answer these wishes. Another class of readers will be gratified, by the above work being printed in four small pocket volumes, each language a complete volume, possessing this peculiar excellence, that by the pages of each volume agreeing with every other, any two languages may be interleaved together; and thus united in one volume, will not exceed the thickness of the common Pocket Bible. A fuller display of the whole work is exhibited in Prospectus of 32 pages, which is delivered gratis; and which also details the nature of a supplementary volume, entitled 66 Scripture Harmony;" being a Concordance of parallel passages, agreeing page with page with the pocket volumes.

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Mr Thomas Taylor is engaged in writing a Treatise on Infinite Series, in which he professes, by a notation somewhat analogous to that of decimals, to have discovered expressions, which, when expanded, will give infinite series, not to be obtained by any other method at present known. One among these is an expression, the expansion of which produces the series -T, &c., invented by Leibnitz, and which is equal to the area of a circle whose diameter is 1. Another expression, when expanded, gives the series 1 ++++, &c. equal to the sixth part of the square of the circumference when the diameter is one.

Mr Ackerman will shortly publish the first number of a series of Incidents of English Bravery during the late Campaigns on the Continent, printed by the lithographic process, from drawings by A. Atkinson; which will form six monthly numbers.

The author of the amusing Tour of Dr

Syntax, is engaged upon a new poetical work, entitled The Dance of Life, which will be accomplished with 24 engravings from Rowlandson.

The First Volume of the Elgin Marbles, with an Historical and Topographical Account of Athens, illustrated by about 40 plates, drawn from the original sculptures, and etched by the Rev. F. J. Burrow, will speedily appear.

Dr Brown of St Germains, Cornwall, is preparing for the press a work on the Irrigation of Land, which he will treat in a perfectly novel manner.

The Rev. Edward Cooper has in the press, in a 12mo volume, Letters addressed to a serious and humble Inquirer after Divine Truth, with a peculiar aspect to the circumstances of the present times.

Mr Merrick has nearly ready for the press, a Translation of a Treatise on the General Principles of Chemical Analysis, in 1 volume 8vo.

Dr Wilson Phillips is about to publish an Experimental Inquiry into the Laws of the Vital Functions, with some Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Internal

Diseases.

Mr Thomas Gurton of Alcester is about

to publish a Midland Flora, which will comprise descriptions of Plants indigenous to the central counties of England; it will be illustrated by plates engraved by Mr James Sowerby.

Mr Kendall has in the press, a Proposal for establishing in London a New Philanthropical and Patriotic Institution, to be called the PATRIOTIC METROPOLITAN COLONIAL INSTITUTION, for assisting New Settlers in his Majesty's Colonies, and for encouraging New Branches of Colonial Trade; with a Postscript on the Benefits to be derived from establishing Free Drawing Schools, and Schools of the Mathematics, and on other means of advancing the National Industry and Population.

Mr William Mackenzie has in the press, the Swiss Patriots, a new Poem; also, a new edition, with additions, of the Sorrows of Seduction, and other Poems.

The Rudiments of the Latin Tongue; revised by the Rev. John Muckersy, West Calder, 18mo.

A Short Introduction to Arithmetic; by John Christison, house-governor of Heriot's hospital, Edinburgh, 18mo.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ANTIQUITIES.

LONDON.

Cathedral Antiquities of England, or an Historical, Architectural, and Graphical Illustration of the English Cathedral Churches; by John Britton, F.S.A. No II. being the second number of Winchester, medium 4to. 12s.

Researches concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, &c. of Ancient and Modern India; by L. Crauford, Esq. 2 vols 8vo. 18s.

History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St Peter's, Westminster, with Architectural and Graphical Illustrations; by J. P. Neale. Part II. royal 4to. 16s.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoir of the Early Life of W. Cowper, Esq.; by himself, 8vo. 4s.

Biographical Dictionary; by Alexander Chalmers. Vol. XXXII. 8vo. 12s.

BOTANY.

Pomona Britannica; by Geo. Brookshaw, Esq. Part XI. royal 4to. £1, 1s.

Floræ Græcæ Prodromus et Flora Græca Libthorpiana; 4th and last Fasciculi.

The Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Part V. (containing six coloured, and two other engravings) of Vol. II. 4to. £1:11:6.

CHEMISTRY.

Chemical Essays, 5 vols 12mo. £2, 2s.

CHRONOLOGY.

Comparative Chronology of the Classic Ages of Greece and Rome; by J. Stanton.

CLASSICS.

Decerpta ex P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libris, ad optimorum Exemplarium Fidem recensita, Notulis Sermone Anglicano exaratis illustrata, et Indice Nominum Propriorum uberrimo instructa: in usum Scholæ Glasguensis; studio Joannis Dy. mock. Editio altera. 2s. 6d.

CONCHOLOGY.

A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells; by J. Dillwyn, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 18s.

DRAMA.

The Innkeeper's Daughter, a Melo-drama, in two acts; by G. Soane, A. B. 2s. 6d. Robinson Crusoe, a grand Romantic Melo-drama; by J. Pocock, 8vo. 2s.

Adelgitha, or the Fruits of a Single Error; by M. G. Lewis. Now first published as acted at Covent-Garden Theatre. 3s. 6d. Elphi Bey, or the Arab's Faith, a Musical Drama, in three acts. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, April 17th, 1817, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Apostate, a Tragedy, in five acts, as performed at the Theatre-Royal, CoventGarden; by Robert Shiel, Esq. 8vo. 3s. An Account of the Origin, Principles,

EDUCATION.

Proceedings, and Results, of an Institutiore for Teaching Adults to Read, established in Bucks and Berks in 1814, 8vo.

On Public Education; by the late Dean of Westminster. 5s.

Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter; by Mrs Taylor of Ongar. A Key to Dr Noehden's Exercises for Writing German; by J. R. Schultz. 3s. 6d. A New Analytical Table of the Gender of all the French Substantives generally used; by C. Gros. 3s.

A Grammar of the English Language: by J. Sutcliffe, 12mo. 3s.

Classical Reading Lessons for every Day in the Year, selected chiefly from the best English Writers of the reign of George the Third; by G. Sharpe, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

The Grammatical Remembrancer; to which are added, Geographical Pronunciation, or an attempt to give the Pronunciation of difficult names of Places, domestic and foreign, and Terms peculiar to the Arts and Sciences. 2s. 6d.

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Cobbet's Parliamentary History. Vol. XXIX. £1:11:6.

New Chart of History; by F. Baily. 7s. The Lockhart Papers; containing Memoirs and Commentaries upon the Affairs of Scotland, from 1702 to 1715; by George Lockhart, Esq. of Carnwath. His Secret Correspondence with the Son of King James II. from 1718 to 1728, and his other Political Writings; also Journals and Memoirs of the Young Pretender's Expedition in 1745, by Highland Officers in his Army. Published from Original Manuscripts in the possession of Anthony Aufrere, Esq. of Hoveton, Norfolk, 2 vols 4to. £5, 5s.

LAW.

Points in Manumission, and Cases of Contested Freedom; by J. Henry King, Esq. late President of the Court of Criminal and Civil Justice of Demerara and Issequibo. 6s.

Observations on the present state of Criminal and Civil Judicature in the county of Cork; by the Rev. H. Townshend. 3s. 6d.

The Equity Draftsman; by J. Van Haythurin, Esq. Barrister at Law, 8vo. £1, 4s. Hill's Reports of Cases argued and ruled at Nisi Prius, in the Court of Common Pleas, 8vo.

MATHEMATICS.

Algebra of the Hindus, with Arithmetic and Mensuration. Translated from the Sanscrit; by H. T. Colebrooke, Esq. 4to. £3, 3s.

MEDICINE, SURGERY, &c.

Suggestions for the Prevention and Mitigation of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases; comprehending the Abolition of Quarantines and Lazarettoes; with some opportune Remarks upon the danger of Pestilence from Scarcity. Intended to serve as an Introduction to a work, entitled, Researches in Turkey; by Charles Maclean, M.D. 8vo. pp. 104.

Observations on the Harveian Doctrine of the Circulation of the Blood, in reply to those lately adduced by George Kerr, Esq.; by A. Ewing, M.D. Member of the Royal Physical Society, Edinburgh, 12mo. 6s.

A Physiological System of Nosology, with a corrected and simplified Nomenclature; by John Mason Good, 8vo. 16s.

Delineations of the Cutaneous Diseases comprised in the Classification of the late Dr William; by T. Bateman, M.D. F.L.S. Fasiculus X. with coloured plates. £1, 1s.

Cases of Diseased Bladder and Testicle, with 21 etchings; by W. Wood, Esq. Surgeon, 4to. 18s.

An account of Two successful Operations for restoring the Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead; by J. C. Carpue, Esq. with plates. £1, 1s.

Cursory Remarks on a Bill now in the House of Peers, for regulating Mad Houses; by G. M. Burrows, M.D. 4s.

MILITARY SCIENCE.

An Universal Military Dictionary, in English and French; by Major Charles James, 8vo. £1, 6s.

MISCELLANIES.

Letters on the Evils of Impressment, with the outline of a Plan for doing it away; on which depend the Wealth, Prosperity, and Consequence, of Great Britain; by Thomas Urquhart, second edition, 8vo.

Letters from Mrs E. Carter to Mrs Montagu, between 1755 and 1800, chiefly on Literary and Moral Subjects. 3 vols. £1, 7s.

The Correspondent; consisting of Letters, Moral, Political, and Literary, between eminent writers in France and England. No II. 5s.

A Letter of Advice to his Grand-children; by Sir Matthew Hale, 8vo. 5s.

The History of an Old Pocket Bible, related by itself; by the Rev. Robert Cox.

3s.

Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American brig, Commerce; by James Riley, late master and supercargo, 4to.

Luccock's Essays on the Theory of the Tides, 4to. 78.

Beauties of Massinger, 12mo. 8s. Owen's History of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 4s.

Hints to Emigrants from Europe to the United States; by the Shamrock Society of New York, 8vo. 1s.

A Letter to William Smith, Esq. M.P. from Robert Southey, Esq. Third edition, 8vo. 2s..

Phrosyne, a Grecian Tale; Alashtar, an Arabian Tale; by H. Gally Knight, Esq. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

The Quarterly Review, No XXII. 6s.
The Colonial Journal, No III. 8s.
The British Review, No XVIII. 6s.

NOVELS AND ROMANCES.

Hardenbrass and Haverill, 4 vols 12mo. £1, 11s. 6d.

Montague Newburgh, or the Mother and Son; by Alicia Catherine Mant, 2 vols 18mo. 10s. 6d.

Modern Manners, or a Season at Harrowgate, 2 vols 12mo. 12s.

Melincourt; by the Author of Headlong Hall, 3 vols 12mo. 18s.

Les Soirées de Londres; par Madame Herbeter, 12mo. 55.

Le Chateau de St Valerie; par Madame Harbeter, 12mo. 4s. 6d.

PATHOLOGY.

Canine Pathology, or a full Description of the Diseases of Dogs, with their Causes, Symptoms, and mode of Cure; being the whole of the Author's Curative Practice during twenty years experience, interspersed with numerous Remarks on the general Treatment of these Animals, and preceded by an introductory Chapter on the Moral Qualities of the Dog; by Delebere Blaine, with wood cuts, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

POETRY.

The Eneis; translated by Dr Symmons, imp. 4to. £2, 12s. 6d.

Select Pieces in Verse and Prose; by the late John Bowdler, Esq. 2 vols 8vo. Idwal, a Poem; by Mr Bayley. 10s. Yeatman's Brent Knoll, a Poem, 12mo. 4s. 6d.

The New Lyre, a Collection of 230 of the best Songs, Glees, &c. now in vogue; with Notes of various Readings, a Preface concerning the Vocal Art, and a Glossary. 3s.

London and Dublin; an Heroic Epistle to Counsellor Philips, 8vo. 1s.

Prospectus of a Translation of the Works of Virgil, partly original, and partly altered from Dryden and Pitt, with specimens; by John King, royal 8vo. 1s. 6d.

Bertha, a Tale of Erin; by P. Dixon Hardy, 12mo. 5s.

Modern Greece, a Poem, 8vo. 5s. 6d.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation; by David Ricardo, Esq. 8vo. 14s.

An Enquiry into the Principle of Popula. tion; by J. Grahame, Esq. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Enquiry into several Questions of Politi cal Economy, applicable to the present State of Great Britain.

A Letter to David Ricardo, Esq. analysing his Pamphlet on the Depreciation of Bank Notes; by the Rev. A. Crombie. 1s. A Tabular View of the Finance of Great Britain; by Nathaniel Jekyll, Esq.

The true State of the British Nation, as to Trade, Commerce, &c. clearly pourtrayed; by J. H. Riddel, Esq. 8vo.

A Second Lay Sermon, addressed to the Higher and Middle Classes, on the existing Distresses and Discontents; by S. T. Coleridge, Esq. 12mo. 5s.

On the Spanish Colonies, and South American Revolution; by M. de Pradt, 2 vols 8vo.

A Vindication of the Subject's Right to deliberate and vote at County Meetings. Is. A Sketch of a Plan for a Reformation in the System of Provincial Banking, &c.; by a Country Shopkeeper.

A Letter on the Expediency of Reform in Parliament; by Robt. Hardinge Evans. 3s. 6d.

The Sacred and Indefeasible Rights of the Clergy Examined, Recognised, and Vindicated.

3s.

An Inquiry into the Nature of Benevolence, chiefly with a view to elucidate the Principles of the Poor Laws, and to shew their immoral tendency; by J. E. Bicheno. 4s. 6d.

A Sketch of a Plan, by J. C. Curwen, Esq. M.P. for bettering the Condition of the Labouring Classes of the Community, and for equalizing and reducing the amount of the present Parochial Assessments, submitted to the Committee appointed by the House of Commons for taking the Laws respecting the Poor into consideration. 1s.

THEOLOGY.

The Advantages of Solitude, a Sermon preached at Salter's-hall Meeting-house by the late Rev. Hugh Worthington, April 20, 1777; never before published, 1s. 6d. A new Volume of Sermons; by Bishop Horsley, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

A Word in opposition to Fanatical, Calvinistical, and Soli-fidian Views of Christianity; by the Rev. R. Warner. 3s.

The Christian Doctrines of the Trinity and Incarnation, considered and maintained on the Principles of Judaism; by the Rev. J. Oxlee, 2 vols 8vo.

Female Scripture Biography; by F. A. Cox, A.M. 2 vols 8vo. 24s.

Sermons, on various Subjects; by the late W. Bell, D.D. prebendary of Westminster. 7s.

A Reference to Jewish Tradition necessary to an Interpreter of the New Testa

ment; by C. J. Bloomfield, M. A. Rector of Dunton, Bucks. 2s.

A Humble Remonstrance to the House of Commons, on the nature and object of the Report of its Select Committee for inquiring into the Laws and Ordinances of Foreign States, respecting their Roman Catholic subjects, &c.; by a native Roman Catholic Prelate. 2s.

Spry's Bampton Lectures, 8vo. 10s. 6d. Wilk's Christian Essays, 2 vols. 14s. Steven's Discourses on the Festivals and Fasts, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Sermons; by T. S. Jones, D.D. 10s. 6d. Memorial of the Just; by the Rev. T. Jervis.

The True Test of Religion in the Soul; by the Rev. C. Simeon.

Sermons by the Rev. John Martin, 2 vols 8vo. 24s.

Letters to a Serious and Humble Inquirer after Divine Truth; by the Rev. Edward Cooper, 12mo.

A Key to the Old Testament and Apocrypha; by the Rev. R. Gray, 8vo. 13s.

An Essay on the Modern Teachers of Religion.

Sermons, extracted from Bishop Porteous's Lectures; by J. Baker, M.A. Rector of Stanmer-cum Palmer, Sussex, Svo. 9s. Challenge to Unitarians. 8vo.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The Hythe, Sandgate, and Folkestone Guide; containing an Account of their Ancient and Present State, and a Description of the principal Objects worthy of Attention in the Neigbourhood, fc. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Narrative of the Loss of the American brig, Commerce, wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in 1815, with an Account of the Sufferings of her surviving Officers and Crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the Great African Desert; and Observations made during the Travels of the Author while a Slave to the Arabs; by James Riley, late master and supercargo; concluded by a Description of the city of Tombuctoo, on the river Niger, and of another large city (far south of it) on the same river, called Wassanah; printed uniformly with Park and Adams' Travels in Africa, 4to, with a map. £1, 15s.

Narrative of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay; by Lieut. Edward Chappell, R. N.

Major Barnes's Tour through St Helena, 12mo. 5s.

A Narrative of the Briton's Voyage to Pitcairn's Island; by Lieut. Shilliber, 8vo. with 16 etchings. 7s. 6d.

Letters from the Highlands; by Miss Spence, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

EDINBURGH.

Essay on the Theory of the Earth, translated from the French of M. Cuvier, perpetual Secretary of the French Institute, &c.; by Robert Kerr, F. R. S. and F. A. S. Edin. with Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier's Geological Discoveries; by Professor Jameson, second edition, with additions, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, Part I. of Vol. V. 8vo. 6s.

Sermons chiefly on Devotional Subjects; by the Rev. Archibald Bonar, minister of Cramond, Vol. II. with a Memoir of the Author, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Introductory and Occasional Lectures, for forming the minds of Young Men, intending the Holy Ministry, to Theological and useful Learning, Religion, and good Manners, delivered in the Theological Academy

at Whitburn, under the inspection of the General Associate Synod; by the late Rev. Archibald Bruce, Part II. 8vo. 6s.

Flora Anomoia, or General View of the Anomalies in the Vegetable Kingdom; by Thomas Hopkirk, younger, of Dalbeith, F. L. S. M. W. S., 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Comparative View of the British and American Constitutions; with Observations on the present State of British Politics, and of the probable consequences of introducing into Great Britain the mode of Suffrage that exists in the United States; by a Gentleman some years resident in the United States, 8vo. 2s.

Report relative to a Line of Canal, upon one Level, between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow; by Robert Stevenson, Civil Engineer, F. R. S., 4to. 2s.

NEW FRENCH PUBLICATIONS.

Choix des Poësies originales des Troubadours; par M. Raynouard, tome 1.

Elémens de Pathologie Générale; par A. F. Chomel, 8vo.

Nosologie Naturelle, ou les Maladies du Corps humain distribuées par Familles; par M. Alibert. To be completed in 2 large vols 4to, with plates magnificently coloured. Precis de la Géographie Universelle; par Malte Brun, tome 5me, 8vo.

Manuel de Liphilixie; par M. L. Fournier, 8vo.

Journal du Marquis de Dangeau; par Mad. de Genlis, 4 tom. 8vo.

Germanicus Tragédie en cinq actes et en vers; par A. V. Arnault. 35.

Tableau des hotels garnis et particuliers de Paris, avec le prix qu'il en coute en tems ordinaire, et leur importance, &c. 18mo.

Nouvelles Expériences sur la nature et les variations de l'aimant ou l'on propose un nouveau Magnetometre universel, propre à observer en mer la declinaison et l'inclinaison de l'aiguille aimantèe, malgré les mouvemens de l'air et de l'eau; par J. P. Sarrazin de Montferrier, 8vo.

Essai sur l'Anatomie et la Physiologie des dents; par A. Serres.

Des Banques, de leur influence pour faciliter la circulation des capitaux, faire baisser le trop haut prix de l'interet, &c. 8vo.

MONTHLY REGISTER.

Europe,

FRANCE.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

An extraordinary occurrence took place at the theatre at Paris on the 24th March, at the representation of Germanicus, a new tragedy, from the pen of M. Arnault, one of the banished members of the Institute. The Duke of Berri, who was in his box with his suite, honoured the noble sentiments the tragedy is replete with by his repeated approbation. All was tranquil during the representation, excepting when the genuine beauties of the piece called forth the rapturous applauses of the audi

ence. But when the author was called for, as is customary at Paris, a serious skirmishı ensued. In an instant a thousand sticks were brandished in the air: the royalist officers were violently assaulted with bludgeons by the half-pay officers, who were in much greater numbers. The pit was carried by the Bonapartists; the boxes by the Royalists. The curtain drew up, and a numerous party of gendarmerie, with fixed bayonets, rushed into the pit, and order was restored; but not till after many persons. had been much hurt. MM. De Cazes, and D'Anglés waited on his Majesty, and represented that it would not be prudent that Germanicus should be repeated, as the

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