they not only differ between themselves but in themselves. A verb, which in one acceptation requires one preposition, requires another in changing it, and varies its government in every form it takes in passing from an active sense to a neuter or reflective one. M. Tarver and Authorities from the Latin Poets. By John Carey, LLD. 12mo. 1s. 6d. Longman and Co. London, 1818. We are not so advanced in years, as have forgotten the difficulties and dryness of our juvenile studies of Latin has endeavoured, and we think with hailed a production similar to the preprosody. Gladly should we then have success, to obviate this difficulty attend-sent which is well adapted to explain to An ing the French verbs, by treating each and facilitate the study of that imporof them separately and by illustrating tant branch of Latin grammar. with sentences (derived from the best Appendix is also subjoined, containing French authors) the rules he has given, rules for the increment of nouns and according to their various acceptations.verbs, and also a Metrical key to the His labours are well calculated to facilitate the writing of the French language, to those who are desirous of acquiring it; and it is no small recommendation of his very useful work, that it may be used by every pupil, whatever grammar he may read, or whatever plan he follow in his study. may The Amusing Companion, containing Philosophical Amusements and entertaining Recreations for Youug Persons, selected from various Authors. By Wil. liam Pybus. 12mo. 1s. 6d. Ferraby; Hull, 1818. A pleasing companion for a long winter evening it contains many curious mathematical recreations and chemical amusements. The Truth of the Popular Notions of Apparitions or Ghosts, considered by the light of Scripture. By James Plumptre, B. D. 8vo. Is. Cambridge, Hodson; Rivingtons, London, 1818. SHOULD any of our readers be contaminated with the popular superstitions concerning Apparations or Ghosts, we would recommend to them the perusal of this sound and well written discourse. In the course of our labours we have had occasion to commend Mr. Plumptre's benevolent efforts to promote innocent recreation, in the strictest sense of the term; and the present publication, though of a different kind, will not detract from his well earned reputation. The Eton Latin Prosody, illustrated with English explanations of the Rules Odes of Horace. Altogether, this is a Practical Observations on Telescopes, We gave an account of the first impression of these truly practical observations in our Journal for February 1815;* and have much pleasure in introducing this new and improved edition to the notice of our readers. The alterations and additions, though not numerous, are of considerable importance, and greatly enhance the value of this very useful little manual, which we once more dismiss with our approbation, and thanks for the fund of information which its benevolent author has contrived to exhibit within the compass of a small volume. It is illustrated with some very neat engravings. Literary Register. Authors, Editors, and Publishers, are particularly requested to forward to the Literary Panorama Office, post paid, on or before the 19th day of each month, the titles, prices, and other particulars of works in hand, or published, for this department of the work. BOOKS ANNOUNCED FOR PUBLICATION. A work will very soon be published by Mr. W. F. Pocock, architect, calculated to supply the wants of many persons, who, at this time, are seeking information and See the LIT, PAN. N.S. Vol. I. p. 705. directions in furtherance of the benevolent | 1500 questions on the Grammar of Rhetointentions of the legislature in granting ric, by Alexander Jamieson, will shortly money in aid of building a number of new appear. churches. It will consist of a series of designs for churches and chapels of various dimensions and styles, with plans, sections, &c. The Child's Introduction to Thorough Bass, in conversations of a fortnight, between a mother and a daughter of ten years old. A Short History of France, designed for young persons, by a daughter of Mrs. Trimmer, with plates. A School Astronomy, by Joseph Guy, HISTORY. Scripture Costume, exhibited in a series of engravings, accurately coloured in imi-author of the School Geography, with nutation of the drawings, representing the merous plates. principal personages mentioned in the Old and New Testament. Drawn under the superintendence of B. West, Esq. P.R.A. by R. Satchwell, accompanied with biographical and historical sketches. Impe rial 4to. Essays on the Institutions, Government, and Manners of the States of Ancient Greece, by Henry David Hill, D.D. Professor of Greek in the University of St. Andrew, in 8vo. A Series of Chronological Tables of History and Literature, consisting of twelve tables of history and four of literature, translated from the German of Professor Bredow, of the University of Breslau, by Major Bell, in royal folio. Speedily will be published, in 8vo. in 6 The Rev. A. Ranken will soon publish, very large volumes, a new edition of Eccle- | volumes 4, 5, and 6, of the History of siastical Biography, or Lives of Eminent | France, continuing the history from the Men connected with the History of Reli- earliest accounts to the death of Henry III. gion in England, from the Commence- in 1589. ment of the Reformation to the Revolution, selected and illustrated by notes, by the The Rev. H. G. White will soon pubRev. Christopher Wordsworth, D.D. rec-lish, in foolscap 8vo. Letters from a Father tor of Lambeth, Surry, &c. to his son, in an office under government. EDUCATION. In the course of next month will be published, in 1 vol. 12mo. La Rentree des Vacances ou present aux jeunes demoiselles, par Maria Antinotte le Noir, auteur des Conversations d'Ernestine, &c. • Mr. Picquot, author of the Universal Geography, &c. has in the press, a Chronological Abridgment of the History of Modern Europe, compiled from the best English, French, and German Historiaus, in I vol. 12mo. Mr. Jamieson is preparing for publication a work, entitled Conversations on General History, Ancient and Modern, for the use of schools and private instruction. The Rhetorician's Assistant, comprising five orders of themes on English Composi-' tion, advancing progressively from outlines of juvenile fables and descriptions of national objects to finished essays on the improvement of the intellectual powers of genius, taste, and classical literature, adapted to the Grammar of Rhetoric, by Alexander Jamieson. A Grammar of Logic, by Mr. Jamieson, will also be ready for publication early in the ensuing mouth. The Rhetorical Examiner, comprising MISCELLANIES. A work, designed as a proper companion to the Comforts of Old Age, is now in the press, and will be published in a few days, called the Enjoyments of Youth. The object of the author of this small work, the scenery of which is laid in genteel life, is to impress upon the minds of the young, the pleasures of religion and morality, in contradiction to the laxity of the customary pursuits of the well-bred youth of both sexes, NOVELS. The History of Raymond and Madame Pyrreau, 2 vols. by the author of John De Castro, Elsmere and Rosa, &c. Castles in the Air, or the Whims of my Aunt, a novel, 3 vols. by Miss Halliday. The Bard of the West, commonly called Eman ac Knuck, or Ned of the Hills, an Irish Historical Romance, founded on facts of the seventh century, by Mrs. Peck, 3 vols. C. F. Wieles, Esq. has in the press Lamioli, a novel, 3 vols. PHILOLOGY. The Rev. Archdeacon Nares is printing, in a 4to vol. Illustrations of difficult Words and Phrases occurring in the English Writers of the age of Queen Elizabeth, An improved edition in 2 vols. 8vo. of Schmidius' Concordance to the Greek New Testament, from the Glasgow University Press, will appear early in January. This is a work of inestimable value to the student of the Greek Testament, and we think cannot fail to meet with encouragement A new edition of the Refuge, (being the ninth) by the author of the Guide to Domestic Happiness, will be ready in a few days. The Rev. Dr. Edward Maltby has in the press, two octavo volumes of Sermons. The Rev. Sir John Head, Bart. is printing in an 8vo. vol. Discourses on various Subjects. The Rev. E. W. Grinfield is printing, in 8vo. a volume of Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ. TOPOGRAPHY. Arthur Brooke, Esq. is preparing for publication, Durovernum, or Sketches Historical and Descriptive of Canterbury, with other poems. VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. The Tour of Africa, containing a concise account of all the countries in that quarter of the globe, hitherto visited by Europeans, with the manners and customs of the inhabitants, by Catherine Hutton, 8vo. | panion, of Camden, from the monument in manner. A complete History of Lithography, from its origin down to the present time, by the inventor, Alois Senefelder, containing clear and explicit instructions in all its branches, accompanied by illustrative specimens of this art, demy 4to. hot-pressed, 1. 1s. extra boards. The Cabinet of Arts, being a new and universal drawing book, forming a complete system of drawing and painting in all its branches, etching, engraving, perspective, projecting and surveying, with all their various and appendant parts, containing the whole theory and practice of the fine arts in general, from the first elements to the most finished principles; displaying in the most familiar manner the whole rudiments of imitation, design, disposition, and invention. Illustrated with upwards of 130 elegant engravings, to which is added an appendix, containing several curious and useful miscellaneous articles, by T. Hodson, author of the Accomplished Tutor, and J.Dougall. This valuable work re-appears as a second edition, with additions, in which many new plates will be introduced; it will be comprised in thirty monthly numbers, each containing 4 plates, 3 plain and 1 in colours, and 12 pages of letter press. No. 1 will be published on the 1st of January next, and be continued monthly until completed, 3s. The whole will form 2 handsome 4to. vols. Directions for order and arrangement will be given in the last number. A striking Likeness of the late Sir Sam. Romilly, engraved by H. Meyer, from a drawing by T. Maynard, 5s. proofs 7s. BIBLIOGRAPHY. The Modern London Catalogue of Books, with their sizes, prices, and publishers, containing the books published in London, and those altered in size or price, since the year 1800 to October 1818. Harry's Holiday, or the Doings of One | plain, doctrinal and practical sermons, who had nothing to Do, by Jeffereys Taylor, 12mo. 3s. 6d. GEOGRAPHY. The Imperial Atlas, containing distinct maps of the empires, kingdoms, and states of the world, with the boundaries of Europe, as settled by the Treaty of Paris, and Congress of Vienna; to which are added the most useful maps of ancient geography, accompanied by an outline of physical geography, &c. &c. by James Millar, M.D. editor of the Encyclopædia Edinensis, the last edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, lecturer on natural history, &c. &c. royal 4to. £2. 10s. half bound. HISTORY. A Correspondence between the Court of Rome, and Baron von Wessenberg, Bishop of Constance, in which the Bishop disputes the authority of the Pope in Germany; with an account of his endeavours, and every probability of success to effect a general reformation in the German Catholic Church, demy 8vo. 5s. 6d. extra boards: MEDICINE AND SURGERY. Pathological and Surgical Observations on Diseases of the Joints, by B. C. Brodie, F.R.S. illustrated by plates, 8vo. 16s. boards. Practical observations on the Nature and Treatment of Marasmus, and of those disorders allied to it, which may be strictly denonrinated bilious, by Joseph Ayre, M.D. Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c. &c. 8vo. 7s. MISCELLANIES. Vindicia Wykehamicæ, or a Vindication of Winchester College, in a letter to Henry Brougham, Esq. M.P. occasioned by his inquiry into abuses of charity, by the Rev. W. L. Bowles, 8vo. 2s. Part IV. of volume II. of the Encyclopædia Edinensis, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, by James Millar, M.D. 4to. 8s. NOVEL. The Fast of St. Magdalen, a romance, by Miss Anna Maria Porter, 3 vols. 12mo. £1. 1s. boards. POETRY. The Anglo-Cambrian, a poem, in four books, by M. Linwood. 12me. 5s. Poems and Tales in Verse, by Mrs. Eneas Lamont, 8vo. The Mourner, a poem, commemorative of the public sentiment excited by the Death of her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, originally presented to Prince Leopold, by W. G. Horner, 2s. 6d. THEOLOGY. Old Church of England Principles, opposed to the "New Light," in a series of fifty-eight in number) on the First Lesson in the Morning service of the different Sundays and great Festivals throughout the year, shewing the connexion between the Old and New Testament, &c &c. by the Rev. Richard Warner rector of Great Chatfield, Wilts, 3 vols. 12mo. £1. boards TOPOGRAPHY. The History of the City of Dublin, from the earliest Accounts to the present Time; containing its annals, antiquities, ecclesiastical history, and charters; its present extent, public buildings, schools, institutions, &c. To which are added, Biographical Notices of Eminent Men, and copious appendices of its population, revenue, comWarburton, Esq. deputy keeper of the merce, and literature, by the late John records in Birmingham Tower, the late Rev. James Whitelaw, and the Rev. R. Walsh, M.R.I.A. Illustrated by numerous views, maps, &c. 4to. 2 vols. £5. 5s., large A Chronological History of Voyages into the Polar Regions, undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a north-east, north-west, or polar passage between the Atlantic and Pacific, from the earliest period of Scandinavian Navigation, to the departure of the recent expeditions, under the orders of Capts. Ross and Buchan, by John Barrow, F.R.S. To which are added, a Narrative of Captain Buchan's Expedition into the Interior of Newfoundland, and a Relation of the Discovery of the Strait of Anian, made by Capt. L. F. Maldonado, in the year 1588, with an original map of the Arctic Regions, 8vo. Gleanings and Remarks collected during many Months Residence at Buenos Ayres and within the Upper Country, with a prefatory account of the expedition from England, until the surrender of the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, under the joint command of Sir D. Baird, G.C.B. K.C. and Sir Home Popham, K.C.B. By Major Alexander Gillespie, illustrated by a map of South America, and a chart of Rio de la Plata, with pilotage directions, Svo. 10s. boards. Foreign Literary Gazette. The following article refers to a country so interesting, yet so little known, that we have not scrupled to transpose it from the proper country of its publication, Germany, to that of the country to which it refers. BRAZIL. | suite of a Pacha of Aleppo. In the year of the Hegira 874, (A.D. 1469) he visited Jerusalem; where he published the following year, the History of the Great Mosque, under the title of "Exposition of particu larities and of the magnificence of the Mosque El-Akissa"-meaning "of the Exterior Mosque." M. Lemming publishes a part of the Arabic text of this history, accompanied Journal von Brasilien, &c. The Brazil with a Latin translation, and an IntroducJournal, No. I. 8vo. Weimar.-A publi- tion, in which he discourses of the author; cation commenced, and will, no doubt, of the materials he had within his power, be satisfactorily supported, descriptive of a when composing his performance; of his country which has hitherto been concealed veracity, and of the immediate subject of with great jealousy from Europeaus. M. the work, the Mosque, itself. The whole d'Eschwege, Lieut.-Col. and Director Ge- cannot fail of exciting curiosity, in regard to one of the most elaborate works of arneral of the Gold Mines of Brazil, has undertaken this journal, not less interest-chitecture remaining from the disciples of ing to the department of geography and Mahomet, when in the zenith of their natural history in general, and to this power. FRANCE. country in particular; than adapted to correct various errors propagated by late travellers. The first No. accompanied by a plan and other plates, contains merely the general introduction to the history; the second will comprise an account of Brazil, its productions, population, &c. in the form of memoirs, notices, &c. The whole is the result of observations made during several scientific journies, by the diligent and learned author. Variations of the Kaleidoscope. The public has been amused with the the operations of the Kaleidoscope, and has now, for some time, expected Dr. Brewster's history of the discovery, and explanation of the principles of his instrumeut. We would not have the Dr. lose sight of his intention; but, in the mean while, we would give our lively neighbours credit, not only for the variations they have made in the instrument, but also for the variety of names they have invented or adopted for it; among which are-as we to report on the Travels of Ali Bey, alias learn from "a Memoir on its construction" -those of the Symetrisateur, the instruBadia, the Spaniard, we demurred as to the propriety of setting before our readers ment that produces symmetry; the Mehis description of the Mosque of Jerusa-tamorphosicope, the Transfigurateur, the lem: not chusing to confide in the descrip DENMARK. Description of the Mosque at Jerusalem. When we had occasion, some time ago, Joujou merveilleux, &c. &c. The memoir forms a pamphlet in 8vo. Paris, history and description of. tions of a man who asserts his visits to places, where assuredly, he never set his foot. With a very different feeling we A work, apparently of considerable reannounce the translation of an Arabic work search, has lately commenced publication, of which that structure is the subject It under the title of "Paris ancient, Paris has appeared under the title of Commenta- modern, the religion, manners, characters, tio Philologica, exhibens specimen libri Ara- | usages, &c. of the inhabitants of this city; bici Mosch El-Akissa; auctore Kemaled- comprising curious anecdotes, and interestdino Muhamed Ben Abu Sherif; ex codice ing facts. No. I. in 4to: with four plates. Manuscripto Nieburthiano Bibliotheca Re-This number includes the history down to gia Hauinensis excerptum: auctore Paulo Lemming. A Philological Commentary, exhibiting a specimen of an Arabic MS. describing the grand Mosque at Jerusalem; written by Kemaleddin Muhamed Ben Abu Scherif; from a copy obtained by Niebuhr, and preserved in the Royal Library. 4to. pp. 92, Copenhagen, 1817. This Arab writer was born in Egypt; he travelled several times to Mecca, and to various places in Egypt and in Syria, in the VOL. VIII. No. 51. Lit. Pan, N. S. Dec. 1. the reign of Philip Augustus. It com- 3 G The |