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LONDON.

The concluding volume of Dr Clarke's Travels through Denmark, Sweden, Lapland, Finland, Norway, and Russia, with a description of the City of St Petersburgh, during the tyranny of the Emperor Paul, handsomely printed in 4to. with numerous Engravings of Views, Maps, &c. is in the

press.

An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. By Thomas Hartwell Horne, M.A. of St John's College, Cambridge; Curate of the United Parishes of Christ Church, Newgate Street, and St Leonard, Foster Lane. Third edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, in four large volumes, 8vo. illustrated with Maps, and numerous Fac-Similes of Biblical MSS.

6 At the same time will be published, with a new plate, A small Supplement to the Second Edition, (of which a limited number only will be printed,) so arranged as to be inserted in the respective Volumes without injury to the Binding.

Two Charges delivered to the Clergy in the diocese of Calcutta, in 1819 and 1821. By T. F. Middleton, D.D. F.R.S. Bishop of Calcutta.

A New Translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, with an Introduction, explaining its relation to his exact Philosophy, and vindicating that Philosophy by proofs, that all departures from it have been deviations into error. By John Gillies, LL.D. Historiographer to his Majesty for Scotland. In one volume, 8vo.

A Supplement to the 23d edition of Dr Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer. Containing the decided Cases to the end of the last Term, and the Statutes to the end of the last Session of Parliament; together with a variety of new Precedents and MS. Cases. By George Chetwynd, Esq. M. P. Barrister at Law, and Chairman of the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions. The Pleasures of Memory, 21st edition, Human Life, and the Voyage of Columbus, with its last additions, elegantly printed in a Pocket Volume, with Wood Cuts. By Samuel Rogers, Esq.

On the 1st of December will be published, in 8vo., The Loves of the Angels, a Poem, by Thomas Moore, Esq.

Mr Beckford, author of Vathek, has a volume of Letters nearly ready for publication.

In the press, a reprint of Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia, or Observations on the Court of Queen Elizabeth, her Times, and Favourites, in 8vo.

The Rev. John Birt of Manchester is preparing for publication, Five Lectures on the Pretensions and Abuses of the Church of Rome.

Thoughts on the Anglican and Anglo.. American Churches, by John Bristed, is now in the press.

Truth against Falsehood, or Facts opposed to Fiction, in a series of Letters, addressed to Douglas, author of No Fiction, by Lefevre.

Preparing for publication, Sketches of Field Sports, as followed by the Natives of India, with Observations on the Animals, &c. by Dr Johnson.

Some Remarks on Southey's Life of Wesley, will appear in the course of the present month.

Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder and Haurs-Marchen, collected from oral tradition in different parts of Germany, by Messrs Grimm, 12mo. with engravings.

We understand, that some curious Memoirs of the French Court will shortly ap pear, from the pen of the late Madame de Campan, first Lady of the Bedchamber to the late Queen Marie Antoinette, and Directress of the Establishment of Econen, under Napoleon.

A Series of Portraits of the Kings and Queens of Britain, to be engraved in the chalk manner, by Mr R. Cooper, from authentic originals, is about to be printed in Numbers, containing four Portraits each.

Mrs Davis, author of Helps to Devotion, and of Fables and Moral Tales in Verse, has in the press a work entitled Christian Duties.

A considerable portion of the treatise of Cicero, De Republica, discovered by Angelo Mai, keeper of the Vatican Library, in a Codex Rescriptus, will shortly appear, in 8vo.

Palæoromaica, or Historical and Philo. logical Disquisitions, are preparing for publication.

A Complete Illustration of the Index Testæologicus, or Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, by William Ward, F. R. S. and L. S. is announced by subscription.

Count Las Casas has announced his intention of publishing a work in eight volumes, 8vo. under the title of Memoriel de St Helene, in which he professes to record every thing that Napoleon said and did during the eighteen months that Las Casas was with him.

It is stated, that the Travels of the late Count Camello Borgia, in the North of Africa, particularly Tunis, have been sent to press by his widow.

Buonaparte's own Narrative of his Campaigns is about to make its appearance, under the revision of Montholon.

The Rev. E. Berdon's Hulsean Lectures, for 1822, are about to appear. They

consist of a series of Discourses on Scripture Difficulties, &c.

A work is in forwardness, in several languages, with the following title,-Histoire des Superstitions. L'Histoire Gene. ral des Superstitions et des Cultes, avec des Notes sur le Caractere des Pretres de toutes les Religions. Par une Societe des Philosophes.

The Knight-Errant, a new monthly publication, will appear on the 1st of Ja

nuary.

Travels in the Northern States of America, by Timothy Dwight, LL. D. will appear in the course of the month.

Specimens, selected and translated from the Lyric Poetry of the German Minnesingers, or Troubadours of the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries, with an Introductory Dissertation, and engravings, taken from illuminations of ancient MSS.

Blossoms, by Robert Millhouse, with prefatory remarks on his genius and situation. By the Rev. Luke Bocker, LL. D. The History and Antiquities of Canterbury Cathedral, by Mr Britton, illustrated by sixteen engravings by J. Le Keux, will be ready in a few weeks.

Mr J. P. Neale is about commencing a work illustrative of all the varieties of Ecclesiastical Architecture.

Mr W. Davis is preparing fresh materials for a Second Journey Round the Library of a Bibliomaniac, upon a similar plan to the first; and as there doubtless exists much really useful and curious information dispersed amongst, and in the power of Literary Men and Bibliophilists to communicate, he would feel greatly obliged by the contributions of any such,-and should this opportunity be the means of concentrating a small portion of such dispersed and original information, W. D. doubts not, that his Second Journey will prove greatly superior to the First, both in interest and variety.-15, Southampton Row, Russell Square.

The Memoirs of an English Countess, written by herself, in 3 vols. will soon ap.

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of Time the Greatest Wisdom; to which is added, the Felicity of True Religion, or the Warning Voice of Providence to Man, with Specimens of Sacred Poetry, from Henry Kirke White, Robinson, Doc. dridge, Cowper, Logan, and Watts. Se cond edition, considerably enlarged and corrected, with an elegant frontispeice.— Price 1s.

An Essay on the Resurrection of Christ. By the Rev. James Dare Walworth, London. Second Edition.

In the press, and shortly will be published, in one volume, 8vo. Outlines of Character..

In the press, Granger's Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution. Consisting of Charac ters disposed in different Classes, and adapted to a methodical Catalogue of engraved British Heads; intended as an Essay towards reducing our Biography to System, and a help to the knowledge of Portraits. Interspersed with a variety of Anecdotes, and Memoirs of a great number of Persons, not to be found in any other Biographical Work. With a Preface, shewing the utility of a Collection of Engraved Portraits, to answer the various purposes of Medals. The Fifth Edition, in six volumes, 8vo. With the addition of nearly 400 New Lives, communicated, expressly for this Work, to the late Mr William Richardson, by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford; David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes; Sir William Musgrave, Bart.; James Bindley, Esq. and several other celebrated Collectors and Antiquaries. A few copies will be printed in royal 8vo. and a few in folio, to accommodate those who may be inclined to illustrate the Work; and, as the impression is limited to a very small number, early application is recommended.

A new satirical novel is announced, entitled Dublin, by the author of London, or a Month at Stevens's.

Lord John Russell has in the press a tragedy entitled Don Carlos.

A novel, entitled Isabella, will appear in the course of the present month, by the author of Rhoda, Plain Sense, &c.

EDINBURGH.

In the press, and speedily will be published, THE ORLANDO INAMORATO, abridged from Berni, and interspersed with Specimens of Translated Verse. By William Stewart Rose, Esq. Elegantly printcd in one volume, post 8vo.

A Translation of Dr Gregory's Conspectus Medicinæ Theoretica is in the press, and will be ready for publication some time in December.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

LONDON.

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Excerpta ex variis Romanis Poetis, qui in scholiis rarius leguntur; Lucretio, Catullo, Propertio, Tibullo, Persio, Seneca, Lucano, V. Flacco, S. Italico, Statio, Martiale, Juvenale, Ausonio, et Claudiano. Notis illustrata, quas selegit, Johannes Rogers Pitman. 8vo. 7s.

Biblia Hebraica Manualia, ad præstantiores editiones accurata :-accesserunt, I. Analysis et explicatio var. lect. quas Kethibh et Kri vocant. II. Interpretatio Epieriscon Masorethicarum singulis libris biblicis subjectarum. III. Explicatio Notarum marginalium textui S. hinc inde additarum. IV. Vocabularium omnium vocum Veteris Testamenti Hebraicarum et Chald. denuo emendatius editum. In one volume, 8vo. price 27s., or, on fine paper, 31s. 6d.

Demosthenis Opera Omnia, Gr. cum Scholiis cura Schæferi. On fine paper, £1, 12s.

EDUCATION.

Latin Grammar Cards, adapted for a School, upon the Madras System. By the Rev. Harvey Marriott. 3s. 6d.

The Rudiments of Chemistry, illustrated by Experiment, and several highly finished Copperplate Engravings of Chemical Apparatus. By Samuel Parkes, F.L.S. F.S.A. Ed. Soc. Americ. Socius, &c. The 3d edition.

Golden Verses of the British Poets. By M. Seaman, Master of the North-hill Academy, Colchester. In 18mo. 3s. bound, with an elegant frontispiece. This volume contains 124 pieces, selected from the best Authors.

Elements of Thought, or First Lessons in the Knowledge of the Mind; including

familiar explanations of the terms employed on subjects relating to the Intellectual Powers. By Isaac Taylor, jun. 12mo. Price 4s. 6d.

Le Livre des Enfans, ou Syllabaire Francois. To which have been added, Short Definitions of the things on which Children ought to have some Notions, with the Translation of the most difficult English Words; the whole being an Introduction to the Recueil. Seventh edition. 2s.

French and Italian Pronunciation; on a Plan, whereby any Person, who has but little knowledge of either of those Languages, may be enabled, in one month, without the assistance of a Teacher, to speak as correctly and fluently as a Native. Written by the celebrated Wilcke. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

The Parent's Poetical Anthology, being a Selection of English Poems, primarily designed to assist in forming the taste and the sentiments of Young Readers. Second edition. 5s. Gd.

FINE ARTS.

No. II. of the Original Houses of the Poets and Philosophers of Great Britain. 8vo. 3s.

Views of the Valley of Aosta, in Piedmont. Nos. I. II. and II1. 8s. each. Picturesque Views of the Environs of London. Nos. I. II. 9s. each.

Townsend's Half-Yearly Selection of French Fashions, consisting of eight plates of Figures. 8vo. 5s.

Rudiments for Drawing the Horse, in a a Series of 26 Lithographic Drawings, representing, in detached parts, the character and figure of the Horse, and the vari ous classes and distinctions of that noble animal, adapted for the improvement of the young Student. Drawn by Henry Alken. 15s.

HISTORY.

Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution. By William Davis Robinson. 2 vols. 8vo. £1, 4s.

MATHEMATICS.

A New Theory of the Heavenly Motions, shewing that there are no such Principles as those of Newton. 2 vols. 8vo. 9s.

MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

A Practical Essay on Diseases and Injuries of the Bladder. By Robert Bingham. 8vo. 14s.

A Practical Treatise on Nervous, Bilious, and Inflammatory Affections. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

The two last Numbers of the Medical Spectator. 1s. 6d. each.

A Treatise on Dislocations, and on Fractures of the Joints. 4to. £1, 11s. 6d.

Whittingham's Pocket Novelists, Vol. VII. containing Mrs Inchbald's “Simple Story." 3s.

Macrimmon, a Highland Tale. 4 vols. 12mo. £1, 4s.

A Treatise on the Radical Cure of Hernia or Rupture, by intentional means, and effected without any Surgical Operation, Pain, or Suspension of the Patient's ordinary avocations; including Observations upon the management of Ruptures, and upon the construction, uses, and adaptation of the Truss. Also, a Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Urethra, and on the prevention of the Stone and Gravel; with Remarks, uniformly proving the danger and inefficacy of the Caustic. By W. Dufour, Surgeon. 5s.

History and Method of Cure of the various species of Palsy. By John Cooke, M.D. F.R.S. and A.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. 8vo. 6s.

MISCELLANIES.

The Napoleon Anecdotes; illustrating the Mental Energies of the late Emperor of France, and the Characters and Actions of his Contemporary Statesmen and Warriors. 2s. 6d.

A Second Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, in Reply to that from the Rev. H. H. Norris, on the Subject of the Bible So ciety. By the Rev. James Scholefield, A. M. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

An Account of the Extraordinary Pro ceedings against Mr Joseph Player, of Saffron Walden, late one of the Deacons of the Abbey-lane Meeting there, contain ing a Copy of an Address from the Rev. William Clayton to him, in a Letter to a Friend. By an Enemy to Priestcraft. 6d.

The Original Housekeeper's AccountBook, for the year 1823; being an easy and complete method of keeping an exact Account of every Article made use of throughout the Year; on fifty-two pages, each page containing the sundry Articles of Housekeeping, and seven columns for the expenses of every day in the week, with room for occasional Memorandums, &c. &c. 2s. 6d.

The Merchant's, Shipowner's, and Ship master's Custom and Excise Guide; comprising every species of information relative to the Trade between the whole of the British dominions and all other parts of the world; accompanied by Maps drawn and engraved expressly for the work; the Statutes brought down to the end of the Session 3d Geo. IV.; and the Orders in Council, &c. to November 1, 1822. By Charles Pope, Comptrolling Surveyor of the Warehouses, Bristol. 1, 1s.

Ude's French Cook. Seventh Edition. 14s.

NOVELS AND TALES. Ballantyne's Novelist's Library; containing Gil Blas, The Devil on Two Sticks, and Vanillo Gonzales, by Le Sage; and the Adventures of a Guinea, by Charles Johnstone; to which are prefixed, Ori. ginal Memoirs of the Authors. £1, 8s.

Osmond, a Tale. 3 vols. 12mo. £1, 1s. The Percy Anecdotes. Part XXXV. Annals of the Family of M'Roy. By the Author of the Scottish Orphans. 3 vols. 12mo. £1, 4s.

Charles Lorraine; or the Young Soldier. By Mrs Sherwood. 18mo. Is. 6d. Eliza; or Traits of Character in Humble Life. 18mo. 1s. 6d.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Werner, a Tragedy; Heaven and Earth, a Drama. By the Right Hon. Lord By

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The Bard, No. I. 3d.

The Book of Psalms in Verse. 5d.
POLITICS.

A General View of the History and Ob. jects of the Bank of England; with Extracts from the Charter, Acts of Parlia ment, and By-laws regulating that Corporation; accompanied by Observations upon the most important Clauses, in a Series of Letters to a Friend. By John M'Cay, late Assistant Secretary to the Bank of Ireland.

Observations on the Appointment of the Right Hon. Geo. Canning to the Foreign Department, and on its Effects on the State of Society in England, and on European Politics; comprehending a Review of the Political State of Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815, and offering various important suggestions for the consideration of the approaching Congress at Verona. 5s,

THEOLOGY.

Scripture Testimony to the Messiah ; an Inquiry, with a View to the satisfactory Determination of the Doctrine taught in the Holy Scriptures concerning the Person of Christ. By John Pye Smith, D.D. 3 vols. 8vo. £1, 14s.

A Volume of Sermons, dedicated, by permission, to the Honourable and Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Durham. By the late Rev. Thomas Le Mesurier, B.D. Rector of Haughton le Skerne, in the Diocese of the County of Durham, Domestic Chaplain to Lord Viscount Sidmouth, and formerly Fellow of New Col lege, Oxford. £1, 1s.

The Sermon, preached at Rochester, at the Visitation of the Lord Bishop of the Diocese, on the 9th of October, 1822, (which occasioned the comments of the Chronicle and John Bull Newspapers-) By the Rev. R. H. Chapman. 1s. 6d.

Sketches of Sermons, preached to Congregations in various parts of the United Kingdom, and on the European Continent. Furnished by their respective Authors. 12s.

Tracts and Essays, Moral and Theological. By the late W. Hay, Esq. F.R.S. 8vo. 168.

Principles of the One Faith professed by all Christians. By George Geary Bennis. 1s. 6d.

Christian Correspondence; or a Collection of Letters, written by Mrs Elizabeth Bennis to the Rev. J. Wesley. 12mo. 5s. On the Corruption of Human Nature, a Charge delivered to the Clergy and Archdeaconry of Ely. By the Rev. J. H.

Browne. 8vo. 3s.

Sermons on important Points of Faith and Duty. By the Rev. P. Buddecom, M.A. 2 vols. 10s.

Providence and Grace. 12mo. 2s. Two Sermons preached at Preston Guild. By Roger Carus Wilson, M.A. 2s. Veteran Soldier. 10d.

Letters on Faith. 1. The Nature of Faith; 2. The Grounds of Faith; 3. The Effects of Faith; 4. The Reasonableness

of Faith in Christ; 5. The Importance of Faith in Christ; 6. The Improvement of the Subject. Addressed to a Friend by the Rev. James Dove, Walworth, London, author of an Essay on the Resurrection of Christ, &c. &c. Second edition. 2s. bds.

The Little Stucco Image Merchant. By the Rev. C. Malan, Minister of the Gospel, Geneva. Translated from the French. Second edition, with a Plate. Price 3d. or 2s. 6d. per dozen for distribution.

TOPOGRAPHY.

A New Guide to Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire, the seat of W. Beckford, Esq. 3s.

A New Guide to the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire. By John Robinson, D.D. 8vo. 15s.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

Part II. Vol. VIII. of the London Journal of Voyages and Travels; containing Saussure's Voyage to the Hebrides, with Engravings. 4s.

EDINBURGH.

Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life; a Selection from the Papers of the Late Arthur Austin. 'Second Edition. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. 12mo. with Portrait, 5s. 6d.

"My life, for a period of twenty-five years, was a continued succession of change. Twice I circumnavigated the globe; three times I was in China; twice in Egypt; and more than once sailed along the whole land-board of America from Nootka Sound to Cape Horn."-Author's Introduction.

Letter to Sir J. Mackintosh, Knt. M.P. Explanatory of the whole Circumstances which led to the Robbery of the Glasgow Sentinel Office; to the Death of Sir Alexander Boswell, Bart; to the Trial of Mr James Stuart, younger of Dunearn; and ultimately to the Animadversions of the Hon. James Abercromby, in the House of Commons, upon the conduct of the Right Hon. the Lord Advocate, and various Individuals. By Robert Alexander, Editor of the Glasgow Sentinel. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

A richly coloured Engraving of the St Andrew's Cross, presented by the Ladies to His Majesty, on his Arrival in Scotland, -with a Description. 3s.

Cases Decided in the Court of Session, from 14th May to 11th July, 1822. Also Decisions of the Court of Justiciary, from Nov. 1821. Reported by P. Shaw, Esq. Advocate.

Dalzel's Collectanea Græca Majora, vol. 24. Edited by Professor Dunbar.

A General and Historical View of Christianity, comprehending its Origin, Progress, &c. By the Rev. George Cook, D.D. F.R.S.C. Minister of Laurencekirk. 3 vols. 8vo. £1, 16s.

Letters to Sir Walter Scott, Bart: On the Moral and Political Character and Ef. fects of the Visit to Scotland, in August, 1822, of His Majesty King George IV. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Heineccii Elementa Juris Civilis. Secundum Ordinem Institutionum, Cum Notis C. G. Beineri. 8vo. Price 15s. boards, or 16s. half bound.

A Treatise on a Disease that attends Women in Child-Bed, and which has hitherto been so fatal in this City, as well as in other parts of the Country, termed, Puerperal Fever. The Pathology, and successful mode of treatment recommended to the consideration of the Profession, in this Work, are the result of actual practice in different parts of the World, and of careful Pathological Research. By John Mackintosh, M.D.

Sketch of the Mosquito Shore, including the Territory of Poyais, Descriptive of the Country; with some Information as to its Productions, the best Mode of Culture, &c. Chiefly intended for the use of Settlers, by Thomas Strangeways, K.G.C. Capt. 1st Native Poyes Regiment, and Aid-de-Camp to his Highness Gregor, Cazique of Poyais. 8vo.

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