explains the means by which Burgundy may be converted into Claret, and inferior wines of every description made to resemble wines of the first quality! It is, however, a very curious little volume.

Painters Colic. The colie known by this name, and which is the consequence of the absorption of white lead, has hitherto been treated in the hospitals of Paris by vomits, aperients, and opiates. Dr. Palais has published a little treatise in which he shows the great benefits which have resulted from a different mode of treatment; namely, from the application of leeches to the abdomen, and the exhibition of soothing medicines.

Talma.-Talma's sepulchral monument, for which a subscription has been raised, is to be a mausoleum, with his name simply engraved upon it. The same fund is to be expended on a statue of this fine actor, to be placed in the theatre of La Comedie Française.

ITALY.

Antiquities--Amongst the curious and interesting objects which have been discovered during the subterraneous search which has been lately made at Pompeii, four drinking glasses were found, some of them containing olives in as perfect á state of preservation as those of last year's gathering. These olives are not only entire and whole, but soft and juicy, resembling in shape that species which is known by the denomination of Spanish olives. Their odour is somewhat rancid and strong, with an acrimoniousness of taste, producing a sharp and astringent sensation on the tongue. This seems an almost incredible prodigy, considering that the fruit has been detached these 18 centuries from the plant which produced it. The fact, nevertheless, is satisfactorily proved. Some of these olives have been analysed, and the rest have been deposited in the museum at Naples, in the identical glasses in which they have been found.

Magnetism.-Dr. Marochini, of Rome, had, so long ago as 1813, supposed that the violet rays of the solar spectrum possessed the property of magnetising needles; which he afterwards proved to a number of scientific sceptics, who had doubted his discovery. Not only has Mrs. Somerville (a Scottish lady) confirmed the fact, but she has ingeniously extended its bounds. Having obtained the prismatic spectrum by means of an equiangular prism of flintglass placed in a hole in the windowshutter, Mrs. Somerville took a sewing needle, about an inch long, and entirely devoid of magnetism. Conceiving that no polarity would be superinduced if the

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whole needle were exposed to its action, she covered one half of it with paper, and exposed the other half to the violet rays of the spectrum cast upon a pannel at the distance of five feet. In about two hours the needle had acquired magnetism, the exposed end exhibiting north polarity. This experiment was often repeated, and always with the same result. By a similar process, Mrs. Somerville ascertained that the indigo rays had nearly as great an effect as the violet, and that the blue and green rays likewise produced the same effect, though in a less degree. Mrs. Somerville next tried the yellow, orange. and red rays, but neither in them nor i the calorific rays was the slightest effec produced, even when the experiments were continued for three successive days.

Brescia. Architecture.-Among the discoveries that have been made at Brescia, an account of which has been published by M. Vantini, is that of an ancient Ionic capital, the only one ever yet found which has the four angular volutes without any coussinet. There is nothing like it in Stuart's Antiquities of Athens. M. Vantini attributes it to the time of the Romans.

M. Testa, a native of Turin, a sculptor of great talent, lately died in that city, in the meridian of life. He originally studied at Rome as a painter, but his genius for sculpture induced him to apply himself exclusively to the latter art. Among his most esteemed works are a Cupid, a Leda, and a Perseus. At Cagliari, he executed a monument to Count de Mauvenne, and at Sessari that of the Duc de Montferrato. At the time of his death, which was supposed to have been accelerated by chagrin, he was employed upon the mausoleum of the late king, Charles Emanuel, of Sardinia.

Ancient Vases.-The proprietor of an estate in Tuscany having employed some workmen to make excavations, had the good fortune to discover an extensive Etruscan sepulchre, in which there were above 800 vases, equally remarkable for beauty of form and elegant design. He has presented the whole to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, who has ordered them to be placed in the Museum of Florence.

The Papal government has published an edict, granting to authors, artists, and engravers, the legal property of their works for their natural lives, and to their heirs for twelve years afterwards.

HOLLAND.

Haarlem. The exhibition of manufactures presented this year an exceedingly varied and rich display in almost every branch of industry. The articles were

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theca (or Museum of Sculpture), the Walhalla, the Riding-school, &c., all of which display the purest taste, originality, and character, combined with masterly and scientific execution.

The Pelvis.-The extraordinary difference which exists between the skulls of different nations has long been pointed out by Camper and others. A similar

difference may be remarked in the other bones, Dr. Vrolik, a Dutch physiologist, has lately published a treatise on the varieties in the conformation of the pelvis, illustrated with plates, representing the pelvis, male and female, of the inhabitants of Europe, of Asia, of Africa, and of America.

MR. GURNEY's New Steam Engine and Boiler. The importance of any real and extensive improvement in steam machinery, is so obvious in the present state of our commercial relations, that any information on this head cannot fail to interest all classes of the public. We learn, therefore, with great satisfaction, that the new boiler constructed by Mr. Gurney, and which we some time ago announced as in a state of great forwardness, is now found, after having undergone the strictest proof and trial, to be in a perfect state. Prospectuses are abroad, in which the proprietor describes the nature of the improvements, and guarantees the following comparative advantages as arising from them-advantages which are beyond all calculation, that there can be no doubt that the public will want nothing more than proof, even of their partial existence, to induce them to adopt the new engine and boiler, to the abandonment of all others at present manufactured. The new boiler professes to be, 1st, absolutely safe; in proof of this, it is said to have been repeatedly broken purposely, when in full action, without the slightest mischievous effects. 2dly, it weighs but one-twentieth part of what a common boiler weighs of the same degree of power. 3dly, it occupies but one-tenth of the room required by a common boiler of the same power. 4thly, it saves one-sixth of the expense of fuel in a stationary engine, and one-half at sea. 5thly, it costs little more than onehalf the expense of manufacture and keeping in repair. It will be recollected, that we some time ago noticed Mr. Gurney's improvements in steam machinery, with a view to locomotive purposes, and mentioned a carriage which he had constructed for travelling on ordinary roads. We had sanguine hopes of seeing, ere this, that carriage itself in motion, and contributing to the public service and

convenience; but we understand that the subject was necessarily laid aside, on account of the Government having caused the whole of the inventor's attention to be directed to the new boiler itself, with a view to maritime purposes. We understand that the Lords of the Admiralty, attended by their penetrating secretary, and also the Commissioners of the Navy Board, have repeatedly visited the factory in the Regent's Park, where Mr. Gurney's experiments were prosecuted, and have watched the results with the greatest interest, and that they are fully satisfied of the advantages of the new machinery, and have detertermined on adopting it in the navy, &c. It may be necessary to mention, in explanation of the vast advantages gained in weight and size in the new engine, that the boiler is peculiarly constructed of tubes, so as to take advantage of some important laws of heat; the inventor having, after a long and laborious course of experiments, overcome all the hitherto insurmountable obstacles to that mode of generating steam. Those obstacles are said to have been chiefly chemical, and if so, the studies and habits of Mr. Gurney peculiarly fitted him for the task of successfully attacking them. The fact, also, of the safety and principle of the boiler being unaffected by any degree of pressure which can be given to steam, has permitted the use of a new engine, in connexion with it, which is exceedingly simple, light, and powerful, when compared with the present ponderous and complex machinery necessarily connected with the common boiler. It appears from the prospectus before us, that the engine and boiler have been in constant and successful action for upwards of twelve months, and that they continue so still, and are now open to the inspection of all persons interested in the subject.

B. Newmarch, of Cheltenham, for improvements on fire-arms. Nov. 7, 1826.

E. Thomason, of Birmingham, for improvements in the construction of medals, tokens, aud coins. Nov. 9, 1826,

H. C. Lacy, of Manchester, for an apparatus on which to suspend carriage bodies. Nov. 18, 1826. B. Woodcroft, of Manchester, for improvements in wheels and paddles for propelling boats and vessels. Nov. 18, 1826.

BOTANY.

The Botanic Garden, consisting of ninety-six elegant coloured delineations of ornamental flowering plants, &c. By B. Maund. Vol. I. 4to. 11. 18s. cap. 4to. 1. 5s.

EDUCATION.

The Speaking French Grammar. By J. V. Douville, Professor of the French Language. 8vo.

FINE ARTS.

A Series of Sixty Engravings of Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery, from Drawings by Captain Batty, of the Grenadier Guards 8vo. 12s. 6d; proofs, 18s., and 11. 11s. 6d. 4to.

London and its Vicinity; in a series of plates, engraved by George Cook, from original drawings. No. I. 8vo. and 4to. 4s. and 6s. 6d.

Waistell's Designs for Architectural Buildings, including Labourer's Cottages, &c. By J. Jopling, 4to. 11. 10s.

MEDICINE, SURGERY.

Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of Derangement of Mind, founded on extensive Moral and Medical Practice in the Treatment of Lunatics. By P. S. Knight, M.D. 8vo.

A Dissertation on the Institutes of Medicine; particularly relating to the Pathology of Fever. By W. Stoker, M.D. 8vo. 4s.

Materia Indica; or some account of those articles which are employed by the Elin toos and other Eastern Nations, in their Medicine, Arts, and Agriculture, &c. By W. Ainslie, M. D. 2 vols. 8vo. 21.

An Introductory Lecture on Human and Comparative Physiology. Delivered at the New School in Aldersgate-street. By P. M. Roget, M.D. F.R.S. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

A Scriptural View of the Catholic Question, in remarks upon a Petition presented to the House of Lords against Emancipation. 8vo. 5s.

A Vindication of certain Passages in the Third and Fourth Volumes of the History of England. By J. Lingard, D.D. 2s. 6d.

New Tables for facilitating the computations of precession, aberration, and notation of 2881 principal Fixed Stars; together with a Catalogue of the same reduced to January 1, 1830; computed at the expense and under the direction of the Astrono mical Society of London. By F. Bailey, Esq. 4to. 12. 5s.

Elements of the Theory of Plane Astronomy. By W. Maddy, M A. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Excursions of a Country Curate. 12mo. Illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, with figures and descriptions of the Fossils. Mantell. Vol II. royal 4to.

By M.

Time's Telescope for 1827. 12mo. 9s. Bishop Burnett's Reply to the Report on the Cape of Good Hope. 8vo. 75.

The World in Miniature. England, Scotland, and Ireland. 4 vols. 18mo. 12. 12s. Transalpine Memoirs. 2 vols. 12mo. Narrative of the Burmese War. By Major Snodgrass, 8vo. 12s.

Memoir on the Duty of Piquets. By Lieut. Col. Fitzelarence.

The Secret Correspondence of Madame de Maintenon and the Princess des Ursins; from the Original MSS. &c. 3 vols. 8vo. 36s.

The Citizen's Pocket Chronicle, exhibiting the Laws, Customs, Privileges, aud Exemptions connected with the Temporal Government of London; the Charters, Courts, Companies, Diguities, Offices, Public Functionaries, Foundations, &c. and a Register of Events from the earliest period to the present time, for the use of citizeus, merchants, strangers, &c. 1 vol. 12mo.

The Table Book. By W. Hone, in weekly num. bers and monthly parts.

The Every-day Book, or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Manners, Customs, and Events: forming a Complete History of the Year, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanack. By W. Hone, complete in 2 vols. with Engravings and Indexes, 12. 8s.

NOVELS, TALES, &c.

Outalissi; a Tale of Dutch Guiana. 8vo. 9s. 6d. The Last of the Lairds; or the Lite and Opinions of Malachi Mailings, Esq. of Auldbiggings. post 8vo. 10. 6d.

Truckleborough Hall, a Novel. In 3 vols. post 1. Ss. 6d.

The Natchez; an Indian Tale. By the Viscount de Chateaubriand. 1 vol. 8vo. French and English.

The forthcoming Romance of M. Chateaubriand, entitled The Natchez, is a production upon which he is said to have bestowed great study. 'Atala' and 'Rene,' both of which have already enchanted the world, were fragments of the above-mentioned great work, the MS. of which had been lost for some years by the author, and at length was found in the possession of a poor family in England. This MS., which was, in fact, written in the deserts of North America, and beneath the huts of savages, was the only copy which M. Chateaubriand had

Napoleon in the other World. 1 vol. 8vo.

The Gondola; a Series of Tales, translated at Sea. 12mo.

Paul Jones, a Romance. By Allan Cunningham. 3 vols. post 8vo. 14. 11s. 6d.

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The Gipsey, a Tale from the German. 12mo.

Almack's. A Novel. 3 vols. post 8vo.
Rosaline Woodbridge. 3 vols. post 8vo.

POETRY AND DRAMA.

Early Metrical Tales; including the History of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray Steill. 1 vol. 12mo. 7s.

The Golden Violet, and other Poems, by L. E. L. 10s. 6d.

The Poetical Souvenir, by Kennet and S. R. Dixon. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Poems, by Eliza Acton. 18mo. 5s.

THEOLOGY.

A Popular Introduction to the Study of the Holy Scriptures, designed for the Use of English readers, &c. By W. Carpenter. 8vo. 16s.

Miscellaneous Pieces on various Religious Subjects, written by the Rev. A. Fuller. I vol. 8vo. 6s.

The Sixth Part of Sermons and Plans of Sermons, selected from the MSS. of the late Rev. J. Benson. 8vo. 6s.

VOYAGES, TRAVELS, &c.

The Hon. G. Keppels Narrative of a Journey from India to England, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the ruins of Babylon, &c. in the year 1824. 1 vol. 4to. A Visit to the Falls of Niagara in 1800. By J. Maude, Esq. with Engravings. 17. 11s. 6d.

REPORT.

made. The plot of the romance is a singular one: it deviates from all the beaten tracks, and exhibits manners and incidents to which Europe is an utter stranger.

A remarkable novel, under the guise of an Autobiography, is on the eve of appearance, to be called "Confessions of an Old Bachelor." The captious moods of the hero's mind, his unlucky lovemakings, ludicrous adventures, and absurd habits, are, we understand, detailed with irresistible effect.

The continuation of Vivian Grey will speedily appear. The author will not be turned from the career of his humour, by the pitiful snarlings which have lately assailed him.

George Thompson, Esq. who has been eight years a resident at the Cape, and has just returned to England, is about to publish a Narrative of his Travels and Adventures in Southern Africa. It will comprise an account of the present s'ate of the various Native Tribes; with observations on the progress and prospects of the British Emigrants of 1820; oa the Agricultural and Commercial Resources of the Colony, and on its adaptation for receiving a large additional influx of European Settlers. The work is to be dedicated, by permis. ston, to Earl Bathurst.

The Rev. Dr. Nares is again in town, deeply occupied in researches relative to his great work, The Life of Lord Burghley: his references to a variety of hitherto unexplored documents are, we understand, exceedingly interesting and important.

A Romance is in preparation, in which the fearful and the ludicrous are said to be strangely mingled. It is to come forth under the portentous title of The Mummy! a tale of the twenty second century.

Death-bed Scenes, and Pastoral Conversations, by the late Dr. John Warton, are announced by his

Ia the press, Definitions in Political Economy, preceded by an Inquiry into the Rules which ought to guide Political Economists in the Definition and Application of their Terms. With Remarks on the Deviations from these Rules in Practice. By the Rev. I. R. Malthus,

Nearly ready, the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, native of Italy. 2 vols. post 8vo.

A Treatise on the Origin of Expiatory Sacrifice. By George Stanley Faber, B.D., is soon expected. Narrative of a Tour through the Interior Provinces of Columbia, is announced by Colonel J. P. Hamilton.

In the press, Sketches of Persian Life and Manners. From the Journal of a Traveller in the East.

Shortly may be expected, Inquiry into the State of the Indian Army, with Suggestions for its Im. provement, and the Establishment of a Military Police in India. By Walter Badenach, Captain 57th Bengal N. I. 8vo.

Mornings in Spring, or, Retrospections, Biogra phical, Critical, and Historical. By Nathan Drake, M.D. 2 vols. post 8vo. are in preparation.

In the press, Travels in Norway, Sweden, Fin. land, the Coasts of the Sea of Azof, and the Black Sea; with a Review of the Trade in the Black Sea, and of the Systems of Manning the Navy in different Countries of Europe, compared with that of England. By George Matthew Jones, Esq., Captain Royal Navy. 2 vols. 8vo.

Shortly will appear, the History of the Glorious Return of the Vaudois to their Valleys, in 1689. By Henry Arnaud, their Pastor and Colonel. Translated from the Original of H. Arnaud, by Hugh Dyke Acland, Esq. Embellished with Original Sketches of that singular Country.

Mr. Murphy has announced a series of Engravings, from the Portraits at Windsor, of the beautiful and celebrated Women of the Court and Reign of Charles the Second, forming a splendid illustration of the Memoirs of De Grammont, the Diaries of Evelyn and Pepys, and other Works connected with that gay and interesting period; with biographical and critical notices, which the publisher has been collecting for many years, from the most authentic sources. It is singular that no attempt has been made to produce these lovely portraits in a style worthy of the beauty and interest of the subjects. Of the fourteen pictures at Windsor six only have hitherto been engraved. If what we have heard relative to the pen employed in the literary illustration of these bewitching pictures be true, the "biographical and critical notices" will be in a spirit fully worthy of companionship with the graceful compositions of Lely's pencil.

Mr. W. Jevons, jun. has in the press, in 2 vols. 8vo. Systematic Morality; or, a Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Human Duty, on the Grounds of Natural Religion.

A new Work by Mr. Bowring, illustrative of the Literature and Poetry of Poland, will very shortly make its appearance.

An Historical Novel, in three volumes, is announced for early publication, under the title of "Dame Rebecca Berry, or Court Scenes in the Reign of Charles the Second."

A Work will be published in the course of January, entitled "The Poetry of Milton's Prose;" selected from his various Writings, with Instances of Parallel Passages from his Poems, Notes, and an introductory Essay.

Nearly ready, the Book of Spirits, and Tales of the Dead.

A small volume, entitled Stories of Chivalry and Romance is expected to appear early in January.

The History of the Church of England from the Reformation to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century. In 4 vols. 8vo. By J. B. S. Carruther, B.D. is in the press.

We understand that Mr. Hawksworth has been some time engaged in collecting materials for a History of France from the earliest period.

In a few days will be published in octavo the Fabulous History of the Ancient Kingdom of Cornnivall, with copious notes by Thomas Hogg, Master of the Grammar School, Truro, author of the Institutes of Mathematical Geography, &c.

Early in January will appear, The Busy Bodies; a novel, in three volumes. By the authors of the Odd Volume. Another Odd Volume by the authors of the Odd Volume will shortly appear.

Early in February will be published, with engravings on wood, Dr. Arnot's Work on General and Medical Physics.

In the press, and shortly will be published, Practical Elocution, or Hints to Public speakers; being an Essay on the Human Voice, designed to en force the necessity of an early and continued cultivation of the Organs of Articulation; to which is added, a Dissertation on the use of Certain Hypothetical Verbs in the English Language. Hy H. J. Prior.

Mr. Pierce Egan will have ready in a few days, A Trip to Ascot Races, upwards of seventeen feet in length, and coloured after life and nature, dedi. cated to His Majesty George IV. exhibiting from Hyde Park Corner all the bustle of the lively scene on the road down to the heath.

On the eve of publication, an Early Chronicle of London, written in the Fifteenth Century, and now, for the first time, printed from the Original MS. in the British Museum.

A new edition, greatly enlarged, of Mr. Daniell's valuable Meteorological Essays, is in the press.

The new work, by the author of The English in Italy, entitled Historiettes, or Tales of Continental Life, is expected to appear early in the present month.

The Zenana; or a Nuwab's Leisure Hours, will soon be ready for publication.

Nearly ready, Materials towards a well-digested History of Bristol; comprising an Essay on the Topographical Etymologies of that City and Neigh bourhood; and a Critical Examination of the Rev. Samuel Seyer's "Memoirs of Bristol."

The Life and Reign of Richard III. (an eventful and interesting period of English history) is preparing for the press, by the author of "The Life of Henry VIII."

The Traditions of Lancashire are being collected for publication. The province of witches ought surely to supply some curious legends; and yet we do not ramember that this field has been reaped at all by any previous writer.

The Rev. David M'Nicholl is preparing for publication, An Argument for the Bible, drawn from the Character and Harmony of its Subjects.

A series of Essays on Shakspeare's Female Characters, by Mr. Stafford, of York, is now in a course of preparation for the press.

Mr. Joliffe, author of "Letters from Palestine," is about to publish a Tour from Smyrna, through Albania, &c. to Corfu.

A sequel to the Diversions of Purley is in the press, containing an Essay on English verbs, with remarks on Mr. Tooke's Work, and on some terms employed to denote Soul or Spirit. By John Barclay.