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ART. XXIV. 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 a few days, will be published, in a quarto volume, and a few copies on large paper. The History of the Royal Soci ety. By Thomas Thomson, M.D F.R.S. Author of the System of Chemistry.

To be published in a few days, printed in the most elegant manner, by Bensley, with three beautiful engravings. A Letter from Athens to a Friend in England. In royal quarto, price 11. 5s. in boards.

Ready or publication on the 31st of March, in two volumes, royal quarto. Price 51. 5s. in boards. The Devotional Family Bible; with copious Notes and Illustrations, partly original, and partly selected from the most approved Expositos, ancient and modern, with a devotional Exercise or Aspiration, after every chapter. By John Fawcett, D.D. of Helden Bridge, near Halifax.

**The work may be taken in monthly parts, price 7s. or in numbers, at 1s. each.

A few copies have been taken off on a super-royal paper, in the most elegant manner; when complete, this edition will be sold for 81. but at present the purchasers of the first volume for 51. 58. will be entitled to the second for 21. 23:

Dr. Aikin has undertaken the sole future super1nten lence and composition of the Annual Register (originally published by Mr Dodsley) commencing with the volume for 1811, which will appear in the course of this year.

Mr. R. Semple, author of two Journies in Spain, is preparing for publication, in a smal octavo volume, a Sketch of the Present State of Caracas, which place he recently visited for commercial purposes.

Dr. De Lys, of Birmingham, has in the press, in an octavo volume, a translation of R cherand's Elements of Physioloy, from the fifth and last edition, il. fustrated by notes, and accompanied with a comparative view of the state of Physiology in this country and on the continent.

In a few weeks will be published, the Poetical Latin Version of the Psalms, by G. Buchanan, with copious notes in Engtish, critical and explanatory, partly

from those of Burman, Arytreus, Ruddian, Hunter and Love, and partly by the editor, A. Dickinson, of the University Press, Edinburgh. To each Psalm will be prefixed the nature of the verse, with a scanning table. Some copies will be printed on royal paper.

Some Account of a Journey into Albanie, Roumelia, and other Provinces of Turkey, during the years 1809 and 1810. By J. C. Hobhouse, is in the press.

Speedily will be published, Four Sermons, preached before the University of Cambridge, in November, 1811, on the Excellency of the Liturgy, prefaced with an Answer to Dr. Marsh's Inquiry, respecting "The neglecting to give the Prayer Book with the Bible." By the Rev. Charles Simeon, M.A. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

Mr. D. C. Webb will shortly publish, in an octavo volume, Observations and Remarks on various parts of Great Britain, during four excursions made by him in the years 1810 and 1811.

Professor John Leslie, of Edinburg, has in the press, a View of the Facts ascertained concerning Heat, and its rela tions with Air and Moisture, in an octavo volume.

Mr. Wilson, of Magdalen College, Oxford, has nearly ready for publication, the Isle of Palms and other poems.

Mr. Fletcher, of Blackburn, will shortly publish, Remains of the late Rev. E. White, of Chester, from papers in the possession of the late Mr. Spencer of Liverpool.

A Poem entitled India will make its appearance in a few weeks.

Mr. Aylmer, writingmaster at Hackney School, has in the press, a New System of Arithmetic, on the principles of cancelling, for the use of schools.

Sketches of Cottage Characters, by the Author of the Antidote to the Miseries of Human Life, are printing in two duodecimo volumes.

Proposals are in circulation for publishing by subscription, in one volume, royal octavo, and in one volume, quarto, dedicated, by Permission, to the Rt.

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Hon. and Rt. Rev. the Lord Bishop of London. The History, Topography, and Antiquities of Fulham, including the Hamlet of Hammersmith, interspersed with Biographical Anecdotes of Illustrious and Eminent Persons, who have resided in Fulham during the three preceding centuries; and embellished with various Engravings of the Churches, Ancient Monuments, and Inscriptions, the Bishop's Palace, and other ancient and interesting Buildings, specimens of painted Glass, Windows, &c. &c.

The fifth number of the Inquirer, or Literary, Philosophical, and Matheinatical Repository, being the first of the second volume, upon an enlarged and improved plan, will shortly make its appearance.

Doctor De Lys, of Birmingham, has in the press, a translation of Richerand's Elements of Physiology: to be illustrated with notes, by the translator, and accompanied by a comparative view of the state of Physiology, in this Country, and on the Continent.

Mr. Thomas Fisher is preparing, and will publish shortly, the first portion of Graphical Illustrations of the Magna Britannia of Messrs. J. and D. Lysons; containing sixteen plates of Views and Monuments, in the Counties of Bedford and Buckingham; engraved from original drawings, made during several excursions in hose counties.

ART. XXV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

AGRICULTURE.

A general view of the system of enclosing Waste Lands; with particular reference to the proposed enclosure at Epsom, in Surrey. By Samuel Beazley, jun. Architect and Surveyor, octavo, 2s.

Agricultural Memoirs; or, History of the Dishley System: in Answer to Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. M.P. By John Hunt, Author of Historical Surgery, &c. &c. octavo, 5s.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the late Rev. G. Whitfield, A.M. By the Rev. J. Gillie, octavo, 9s.

BOTANY.

Manuale sive Compendium Botanices. Auctore Sam. Ewer, Societatis Linnæanæ Socio. octayo, 12s.

COMMERCE.

A report relative to the Commercial Relations of the United Kingdom. By W. Waddington, Esq. 1s.

A practical abridgement of the Laws of the Customs, relative to the Import, Export, and Coasting Trade of Great Britain and her Dependencies, except the East Indies; including a Statement of the Duties, Drawbacks, and Bounties, directed to be paid and allowed; the whole interspersed with Orders in Couneil; and brought up to January, 1812.

-To be continued at the end of each Session of Parliament. By Charles Pope, controlling surveyor of the Warehouses in Bristol, and Author of the Compendium of the Warehousing Laws. octavo, 11. 1s.-The Tables of the Duties of Customs may be had separately, in octavo, price 5s. boards.

A full report of the proceedings at Two Meetings, of the Merchants, Shipowners, &c. &c. at Kingston-upon-Hull, April 4, 1811, and February 11, 1812, respecting the granting of Licenses to Foreign Ships; together with a Copy of the Memorial laid before the Board of Trade; and the petition presented to the House of Commons, octavo, ls.

EDUCATION.

Rules for English Composition, and particularly for Themes: designed for the Use of Schools, and in Aid of Selfinstruction. By John Rippingham, Private Tutor at Westminster School, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Conversation, interspersed with Poems, for the amusement and instruction of Youth.

FINE ARTS,

The Blind Fiddie, from the celebrated picture painted by D. Wilkie, R.A. Dedicated to Sir George Beaumont, Bart. Engraved in the line manner by S. Burnet. Proofs 41. 4s. prints 21. 2s, size 19 by 24 inches.

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The fourth number of vol. 3 of the Liber Veritatis, after the original drawings of Claude le Lorain, the fifth and last number of the work will be published in a short time. 11. 11s. 6d. each number. Proofs 21. 12s. 6d.

By J. S.

Miscellaneous Etchings. Cottman, from his own designs, containing 28 prints of Antiquities. Dedicated to Sir H. E. Englefield, Bart. with index, super royal folio, 21. 12s. 6d.

Sixteen coloured views in the South Seas, &c. after drawings by Webber, with descriptive letter-press. Columbier folio, hot-pressed, 81. 8s.

Part 1, of portraits of illustrious and celebrated persons in the reigns of James I. Charles II. and James II. consisting of 28 prints from Vandyke, Kneller, &c. Engraved by J. Smith, and revised by Carlom, with biographical memoirs, by J. Watkins, LL.D. super royal folio, hot-pressed. 41. 14s. 6d.

Part 1, of Picturesque Views and Scenery of Norway. By J. W. Edy. Containing ten colored prints, with descriptions, super royal folio, hot pressed, 31. 3s.

One hundred engravings from paintings on Greek Vases, which have never been published. Drawn and etched by Adam Buck, from private collections now in England. Part the first, of ten parts, 15s. each, or 61. 6s. to subscribers for the whole.

HISTORY.

A history of the Long Parliament, with Plates. By J. May, Esq. quarto, 11. 11s. 6d.

JURISPRUDENCE.

A treatise on the Game Laws, and on Fisheries. By W. Chitty, 2 vols. octavo, 11. 11s. 6d.

The present state of the Law between Debtor and Creditor, by W. Mindim, 3s.

The opinions of different Authors upon the punishment of Death. Selected by Basil Montagu, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn. Vol. 2, octavo, 12s.

The whole law relative to the Duty and Office of a Justice of the Peace; comprising also the Authority of Parish Officers. Originally compiled by Thomas Walter Williams, Esq. of the Inner

Temple, Barrister at Law.-The third edition, re-arranged, considerably enlarged, and otherwise improved; including the statutes to the end of the Session 51 Geo. III. and the adjudged cases to the end of Easter Term 51 Geo. III. By H. Nuttall Tomlins, Esq. 4 vols, octavo, 31. 12s.

Tracts on legal and other subjects, part the second, containing, 1. Observations on that part of the Law of Evidence, which relates to the Proof of Deeds. 2. Brief notices of the law, as applicable to Actions for malicious prosecution; together with the Report of a Trial in such a case; and a Cursory Inquiry as to the Mode in which Records should be proved. By the Hon. Sir W. C. Smith, Bart. LL.D. F.R.S. M.R. I. A. Third Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland. Part 2. octavo,

4s. 6d.

MATHEMATICS.

Stereogoniometry: or the Doctrine of Solid Angles, also on Leeway and Magnetic Sailings, by W. Cole, octavo, 14s.

A treatise on the Resolution of the higher Equations of Algebra, by W.Lea, quarto.

MEDICINE.

A report of the Medicinal Effects of a Spring lately discovered at Sandrocks, in the Isle of Wight. By Wma, Lempriere, M.D. octavo, 7s.

Observations on the Contracted Intestinum Rectum, and the Mode of Treatment; accompanied with Cases, illustrative of the different Morbid Appearances attendant on the Complaint. To which are subjoined two Engravings of the Disease. By W. White, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and one of the Surgeons to the City Infirmary, Bath, 3s. 6d.

MILITARY AFFAIRS.

Proposals for the formation of a corps of Lancers, by J. Drourville, 10s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Good Men of Modern Date! a Satirical Tale. Written by Mrs. Green, author of Romance Readers and Romance Writers, &c. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s.

Essay 16th. Of the Management of Light in Illumination; together with an Account of a New Portable Lamp. By Benjamin, Count of Rumford, F.R.S. octavo, 1s,

A report on the Negociation between the Hon. East-India Company, and the, Public, respecting the renewal of the Company's exclusive Privileges of Trade for Twenty Years, from March, 1794. By John Bruce, Esq. M.P. F.R.S. Historiographer to the Hon. East-India Company, quarto, 15s.

Illustrations of Rhythmus: Selections for the Illustration of a course of Instructions on the Rhythmus and Utterance of the English Language; with an Introductory Essay on the Application of Rhythmian Science to the Treatment of Impediments, the improvement of our National Oratory; and an Elementary Analysis of the Science and Practice of Elocution, Composition, &c. By John .Thelwall, Esq. Professor of the Science and Practice of Elocution, octavo, 10s. 6d.

The History of Charles the Great and Orlando, from the Latin of Abp.Turpin, in Spanheim's Lives of Ecclesiastical Writers; together with the most celebrated Ancient Ballads of the Twelve Peers of France, mentioned so frequently in Don Quixote, taken from a very scarce volume in Spanish, in the possession of the editor, with English Metrical Versions. By Thomas Rodd. 2 vols. cr.

octavo, 11, 1s.

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A plan for the formation and organization of a Parochial Guard. By Sir H. Wilson, of Chelsea, 1s. 6d.

Remarks on the Bill for the Amendment of Parish Registers. By R. Lucas, 2s. 6d.

Substance of a Bill respecting Parish Registers, with Remarks. By W. Hey, Is. 6d.

Considerations on Prisons, with Plans, &c. for their better regulation. By W. Monney, Esq. 3s. 6d.

Farther Observations on the British and Foreign Bible Society. By the Rev. J. H. Spry, 1s.

A Chart of Ten Numerals in Two Hundred Tongues. By the Rev. R. Patrick, Vicar of Sculcoats, Hull, 5s.

Animadversions on the Bill for better regulating Parish Registers, 1s.

By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. Placitorum in domo Capitulari Westmonasteriensi Asservatorum Abbreviatio, folio, 11. 16s.

Catalogue of the Harleian MSS, in the British Museum, with Indexes of Persons, Places, and Matters, 4 vols. folio, 81.8s.

Indexes of Persons, Places, and Matters, separate, 21. 2s.

An Account of a successful Experiment for an Effectual Nightly Watch, recently made in the Liberty of the Rolls, London. By John Prince Smith, Esq. 2s. 6d.

Report of the Trial of E. Sheridan, M.D. for a Misdemeanour, 4s.

The Edinburgh Encyclopedia; or a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature. Conducted by David Brewster, LL. D. F.R.S. Ed. With the Assistance of Gentlemen eminent in Science and Literature. volume 4, part 2, quarto, 18s..

A Vindication of Mr. Lancaster's System, by a Member of the Royal Institution, 5s.

The Scottish Adventures; or, theWay to Rise, an Historical Tale. By Hector Macneil, Esq. author of Will and Jean, &c. 2 vols. 12mo. 12s.

Pretensions to a Final Analysis of the Nature and Origin of Sublimity, Style, Beauty, Genius, and Taste; with an Appendix, explaining the Causes of the Pleasure which is derived from Tragedy. By the Rev. B. Barrett, octavo, 5s.

MUSIC.

Elements of Musical Composition; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning. By William Crotch, Mus. Doc. Prof. Mus. Oxon. With sixty-eight plates. quarto, 11. 1s.

PHILOLOGY.

Exercises on the Syntax, and Observations on some peculiar Idioms, of the Greek Language: with an Attempt to trace the Prepositions, several Conjunctions and Adverbs, to their radical Signification. By George Dunbar, A. M. F.R.S. Ed. Professor of Greck in the University of Edinburgh, octavo, 7s. 6d.

A new Latin-English Dictionary, containing all the Words proper for reading the Classic Writers, with the Authorities subjoined. To which is prefixed, an English-Latin Dictionary, carefully com

piled from the best Authors. By the late Rev. William Young, editor of Ainsworth's Dictionary. A new edition, in which the quantities have been attended to with the greatest care, and the whole rendered much more correct than any former edition, octavo, 13s. 6d. bound.

A Hebrew and English Lexicon. By the Rev. W. H. Barker, octavo, 10s. 6d.

POETRY.

: Portugal: a Poem, in Two Parts, By Lord George Grenville, quarto, 15s.

Verses prefixed to the Defence of Poesy; the Introduction to an Heroic Poem; also Verses, in all Humility, dedicated to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, royal quarto, 10s. 6d.

Talavera: a Poem, with Notes. The Ninth Edition, corrected and enlarged. To which are now added, Trafalgar and other Poems. With a Portrait of Lord Wellington, from an original Bust. Quarto, 15s.

Mount Edgcombe; a Poem. By Cyrus Redding, octavo, 3s 6d.

My Country; a Poem, in Three Cantos, octavo, 2s.

POLITICAL ECONOMY,

Catholic Emancipation, incompatible with British Freedom, and the Existence of the Protestant Church, octavo, 2s.

The Depreciation of the Paper Curreney of Great Britain proved. By the Earl of Lauderdale, octavo, 6s.

POLITICS.

Cursory Reflections on Political and Commercial Topics, as connected with the Regent's Accession to the Royal Authority. By John Galt, author of Voyages and Travels, &c. 2s. 6d.

Political and historical Arguments, proving the necessity of Parliamentary Reform, by W. A. Yate, Esq. 2 vols. octavo, 18s.

An address to the British Nation, on the accession of the Prince Regent to power. By Hugh Arnot, Esq. 2s.

Sir Francis Burdett's Address to the Regent, and his Speech on moving it, Gd.

A letter to William Roscoe, Esq. By J. Merrith, 2s. 6d.

A Letter to the Prince Regent, on the ultimate Tendency of the Roman Catholic Claims, 2s. 6d.

A Letter to the Earl of Fingal, on the claims of the Roman Catholics. By Lord Grenville, 6d.

A Letter to the Right Honourable Spencer Percival, on the alarming increase of Re-assessments of assessed taxes, occasioned by the defalcation of Collectors, 2s.

THEOLOGY.

The Preacher's Manual, 12mo. 3s. 6d. The Christian Reader's Guide: a Characteristic Catalogue of the most important Modern English Publications on Theology, and other Branches of Knowledge therewith connected; exhibiting on each work the Opinions of the best Authors, and the most respectable Reviews. To which is prefixed, an Essay on Reading, and on the Choice of Books. To be completed in three or four parts. Part 1, octavo, 5s.

A defence of Modern Calvinism: containing an Examination of the Bishop of Lincoln's Work, entitled, A Refutation of Calvinism. By Edward Williams, D.D. octavo, 12s,

The dreadful Sin of Suicide. A Sermon preached at the Rev. Dr. Winter's Meeting-house, New-court, Carey-street. By the Rev. George Clayton. Before a Monthly Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches, and published at their request, octavo, 2s. **

The Christian Minister's Retrospect, a Sermon preached at Worship-street, November 3, 1811, being the twentieth Anniversary of his Settlement at that place. By John Evans, A.M. 1s..

Some modern principles of Education considered. By Laurence Gardner, A.M. &c. 1s.

A Sermon preached at Calcutta, on behalf of 900,000 Christians in India, who want the Bible. By the Rev. G. Martyn; 2s.

Christian Ethics; or, Discourses on . the Beatitudes, with some preliminary and subsequent Discourses. The Whole designed to explain, recommend, or enforce the Duties of the Christian Life. By Thomas Wintle, B.D. Rector of Brightwell, in Berkshire, and formerly Fellow of Pembroke College, 2 vols. octayo, 16s.

The Christian Character exemplified; a Discourse occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Hannah Lindsey, and delivered at Essex-street Chapel, Jan. 26, 1812. By Thomas Belsham, octavo, 1s. 6d.

Lectures on Scripture Miracles. By William Bengo Collyer, D.D. octavo, 12s. 1 The cause and cure of a Wounded Conscience. By Thomas Fuller, D.D. i Author of the Church History of Britain, the History of the Worthies, &c, &€.

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