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the beauties and utility of Writ ing truly exemplified."

Mr. James Harnett will soon publish, Waterloo, a poem, in which the principal incidents of that glorious battle are described.

A volume of Practical Sermons, by the late Dr. Scott, rector of Simonbourn, will soon appear.

Mrs. Taylor, of Ongar, will soon publish, the Present of a Mistress to a young Servant, consisting of friendly advice and eal histories.

A Key to the Almanack, explaining the fasts, festivals, saints' days, and other holidays in the calendar: with the astronomical and chronological terms, &c. &c. arranged alphabetically, for easy reference. By J. Bannantine. Will be published on the 2d of November, price 2s. 6d.

A 3d edition corrected and enlarged, with new preface, &c. of a Month in Town, will be ready for publication in the course of this week.

A new satirical Novel from the pen of Mr. Hedgehog, the

author of a Month in Town, Rejected Odes, General Post Bag, &c. &c. will be published in a few days, entitled, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifteen, in 3 Vols. 12mo.

The Antiquary, a novel, by the author of Waverly and Guy Mannering, in 3 Vols. 12mo.

Select pieces of early popular Poetry, Edited by E. V. Utterson, Esq.

The Rev. Joseph Fletcher, A.M. of Blackburn, intends to publish, by subscription, price 75. in crown 8vo, Lectures on the principles and institutions of the Roman Catholic Religion.

Mr. Elton is preparing an elegant and much improved edition of his translation of the Works of Hesiod.

Mr. Roby will shortly publish a poem, entitled, Sir Bertram.

Mr. Isaac Wilson of Hull, is about to publish his Catalogue of Books, comprising upwards of 12000 Volumes, and including many rare and valuable articles in Ancient and Modern Litera ture.

III.

WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

The Tenth and Last Volume of General Biography; or, Lives, Critical and Historical, of the most Eminent Persons of all Ages, Countries, Conditions, and Professions, arranged according to Alphabetical Order. By John Aikin, M.D, 4to. 11. 11s. 6d. boards.

A Biographical Memoir of the late Sir Peter Parker, Bart. Captain of his Majesty's Ship Menelaus, of 38 Guns, killed in Action while storming the American Camp at Bellair, near Baltimore, on the 31st of August, 1814. 4to. 12s. boards. A few Copies, with a Proof Impression of the Portrait, Price 155.

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The History of Ancient Europe, from the Earliest Times to the Subversion of the Western Em

pire; with a Survey of the most important Revolutions in Asia and Africa: in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman to his Son, intended as an Accompaniment to Dr. Russel's History of Modern Europe. By C. Coote, LL.D, 3 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s. bds.

The New Annual Register; or, General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1814. To which is prefixed the History of Knowledge, Learning, Taste, and Science in Great Britain, during the Reign of George III. 1814. 11. boards11. 1s. h. bound.

LAW.

with a view to its Application to Practice, being a Series of Practical Observations, written in a plain familiar Style. By Richard Preston, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Vol. 2., Part 2., royal 8vo. 12s. boards.

A Supplemental Volume (being the Seventh) to Mr. Barton's Modern Precedents in Conveyancing, containing such Miscel laneous Deeds as are not in the original Work. To which is added, a very copious and particu lar Index to the whole Work. By James Barry Bird, Esq. royal 8vo. 11. 1s. boards.

A Synopsis of Stamp Duties, being the Substance of the Schedules of the Act 55 George III., commencing Sept. the 1st, 1815. By J. A. Heraud. 12mo. 2s. 6d. sewed; and in a sheet Table, Price 5s. to put up in the Office.

MEDICINE AND CHIRURGERY.

The London Dispensatory; containing the Elements and Practice of Materia Medica and Pharmacy, with a Translation of the Pharmacopoeias of the London, the Edinburgh, and the Dublin Colleges of Physicians; many useful Tables; Copperplates of the Pharmaceutical Ap paratus, and two additional Plates of the Steam Apparatus at Apothecaries' Hall; the whole forming a Synopsis of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, by Anthony Todd Thomson, F.L.S. in One large volume, 8vo. (revised and altered according to the last Edition of the London Pharmacopia,) Price 16s. boards.

Delineations of the Cutaneous Dieasses, comprised in the Classification of the late Dr. Willan;

A Treatise on Conveyancing, being a republication of the greater

part of the Engravings of that Author, in an improved State, together with a New Series, which will comprehend the remainder of the System, as completed in the "Practical Synopsis of Cutaneous Diseases," the whole being intended to illustrate the principal Genera and Species described in that Work. By T. Bateman, M.D. F.L.S. Physician to the Public Dispensary, and to the Fever Institution, in 4to. with Six colored Plates, Fasciculus IV. Price 11. 1s.

A Treatise on Hydrencephalus, or Dropsy of the Brain. By Jas. Carmichael Smyth, M.D. F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Physician Extraordinary to his Majesty, &c. &c,

MEDICINE, &c.

Sketches of the Medical Schools of Paris. Including Remarks on the Hospital Practice, the Lectures, Anatomical Schools, and Museums; and exhibiting the actual State of Medical Instruc

tion in the French Metropolis. By John Cross, Member of the College of Surgeons in London, Corresponding Member of the

Société Medicale d'Emulation of Paris, and late Demonstrator of Anatomy in the University of Dublin. 8vo. 8s. boards.

The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, exhibiting a concise View of the latest and most important Discoveries in Medicine, Surgery, and Pharmacy. No. 44. Price 3s.

Young, on Consumptive Diseases. 8vo. 12s.

Elements of Pathology. By Dr. Parry, of Bath. 8vo. 14s.

MENDICITY.

Minutes of the Evidence taken

before the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to Inquire into the State of Mendicity and Vagrancy in the Metropolis. and its Neighbourhood. Ordered to be printed July 11th, 1815, 8vo. 6s. boards.

MISCELLANIES.

The Philanthropist, No. 20. Price 2s. 6d. The Object of this Work (a Number of which is published every Three Months) is to disseminate Knowledge respecting Education-the Means of lessening the Number of Crimes, of cultivating Morality, and in general respecting the Means of increasing the Happiness and diminishing the Sufferings of Mankind.

The Trial of Louisa Stanton (late Bradley) 4, Upper Georgestreet, Portman-square, on an Indictment for Perjury against her Husband The Speech of Counsel, with Remarks thereon-View of all the Novel and Entertaining Transactions from the first Inti

macy of the Parties till her Elopement, nine Days after Marriage; tion thereof; together with a with every Document in ElucidaTreatise upon the Articles of

Peace. Price 1s. 6d.

The Paris Spectator; or, l'Hermite de la Chaussee-d'Antin. Containing Observations upon Parisian Manners and Customs at the commencement of the Nineteenth Century. Translated from the French by William Jerdan. 3 vol. 12mo. 18s. boards.

Caroline Lismore; or, the Errors of Fashion; a Tale. By Alicia Catherine Mant. 12mo. 3s. 6d. bound.

The Moral Tendencies of Knowledge: a Lecture, delivered before the City Philosophical So

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Dallaway's Servant's Monitor, 12mo. 4s. 6d. boards.

East India Register, for 1815. 7s. 6d. sewed.

The Sylvan Wanderer, Part II. Printed at the private Press of Lee Priory, 11. is. boards.

An Address to the Nation, on Agriculture and Manufactures. 3s. 6d. sewed.

NOVELS.

The Family Estate, by Miss Russ, 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. boards.

A Month at Brussels, a Satirical Novel. 3 vols. 12mo. 16s. 6d. boards.

The Cavern of Astolpho; a Spanish Romance. In 2 Vols. 12mo. 10s. 6d. boards.

PHILOLOGY.

A Grammar of the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian Languages, intended to facilitate the acquiring of these Sister Tongues, by exhibiting in a Synoptical Form the Agreements and Diferences in their Grammatical Construction. By Richard Woodhouse. 8yo. 7s. bound.

A New and Copious English and Gaelic Vocabulary, with the

different Parts of Speech, in Al phabetical Order. By P. Macfar lane. 8vo. 7s. 6d. boards.

POETRY.

Waterloo, a Poem, by the Author of General Post Bag, &c. 4to. 1. 5s. boards.

The Morning Star, or the Di vine Poems. By Mr. Rees Prichard. 8vo. 8s. boards.

RURAL ECONOMY. A Treatise on the Nature, Economy, and Practical Management of Bees. In which the various Systems of the British and Foreign Apiarians are examined, with the most improved Methods laid down for effectually preserv ing the Lives of the Bees. Cen. taining also an accurate Descrip tion, illustrated by Plates, of the Hives invented by Lombard, Duconedic, Huber, Vicat, l'Abbe della Rocca, and other Foreign Apiarians, and of a newly-invent ed Hive for the purpose of depriv ing Bees of their Honey with safety and expedition. Forming the most complete Guide to the study and management of those valuable Insects. By Robert Iluish, Member of the Imperial Apiarian Society at Vienna, &c. &c. 8vo. 12s. boards.

ERRATA IN No. V.

Page 503, line 14. For induction read invention..

504,

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For Barlam's read Barlow's.

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ART. I. PUBLIC AFFAIRS.-The conquest of France useful to it. Securities against the outrages of the French. Left to themselves they would devour each other. Paris unsafe in the hands of Frenchmen. The French forced to pay for the erection of fortresses to act against themselves. Belgian fortresses essential. Murat's fate. Ney's destiny. Incalculable number of French traitors. The emperors of Austria and Russia consent to the aggrandisement of rivals. Turkey about to become the theatre of war. England and Prussia will view the proceedings of the imperial courts with unconcern., Scythians the instructors of the Greeks. Constantinople influenced by Janizaries, Rome by Jesuits. An established church the prop of an esstablished government. India, the war with Napaul concluded-Lord Wellesley's system ought not to have been abandoned-The Bengal frontier greatly strengthened. Insignificance of Portugal. Spain of little moment. Porlier's object good, his conduct imprudent. The King of Spain alarmed.... 771 II. Waterloo. Poems.-1. The Field of Waterloo; by Walter Scott.-2. Waterloo; by Edmund L. Swift. 3. Waterloo, an Heroic Poem; by the author of "The General Post Bag," &c.-4. The Heroes of Waterloo, an ode; by W. S. Walker, Trin. Coll. Camb.-5. The Battle of Waterloo; by Geo. Walker.-6. Wellington's Triumph, or The Battle of Waterloo; by W. T. Fitzgerald, Esq.-7. An Ode on the Victory of Waterloo; by Elizabeth Cobbold ... III. The Church in Danger; a Statement of the Cause, and of the probable means of averting that Danger attempted in a Letter to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Liverpool. By the Rev. Richard Yates, B. D. and F. S. A. 794 IV. A Narrative of the Events which have taken place in France, from the landing of Buonaparte, March 1st, 1815, till the restoration of Louis XVIII. with an Account of the present state of Society and Public opinion 808 V. Paris; during the interesting month of July, 1815, a Series of Letters addressed to a Friend in London. By W. D. Fellowes, Esq.

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