South Sea. In order to convey a more distinct notion of them, they are divided by the author of the work before us, into several zones. The first he considers as extending from the 30° to the 10° north latitude : the second from 10° N. to the equator: the third from the equator to lat. 12. south the fourth from lat. 12° S. to lat. 30°: the fifth and last includes New Zealand, New Holland and the other more southern Islands. : The author commences his work with a survey of the vast mass of waters of which this Great Ocean is composed,-treating separately of its appellation, limits, extent, formation, and divisions. He then proceeds to mark the principal periods at which the various parts of this Great Sea were visited or explored by Europeans; and concludes with reporting the most important voyages of discovery, as to their main incidents, especially those of the earlier navigators. A second volume is expected speedily, which will complete the work. Art. XXVII. 'EPMHΣ í AOTIOΣ &c. Hermes the Instructed; or Notices on the Language and Literature of Modern Greece; for the year 1811. THIS is the first volume of a periodical work, conducted at Vienna, by the Archimandrite Anthimos Gazi; a writer who has heretofore distinguised himself as an able scholar, in his "History of Greek literature down to the period of the taking of Constantinople by the Turks ;" and by a Greek vocabulary, extending to 4 vols. 4to. He is a native of Melia in Thessaly. The undertaking before us is certainly an arduous one, and must involve the hazard of a considerable capital. In fact, the funds indispensable to the execution of the plan were long sought for in vain; till a society, formed at Bucharest by Ignatios, the Metropolitan of Walachia, (called the Philological Society) took the learned Grecian under their patronage, and engaged to defray the expences of his labours. Each of the Greek schools in Europe and in Asia receives one copy gratis; and a sheet is published every fortnight. The plan comprehends litterary information on the sciences and arts-reasearches respecting the Hellenistic language, and the analogy remarked between words and phrases of modern, compared with ancient Greek—and notices of new works in modern Greek, and of other languages which have any reference to Greek literature. Archaiology, geography, history, economy, &c., are also included. From an article intitled "A Memoir on the Establishment of Philosophic Schools," we learn that public schools for the instruction of youth, are established at Bucharest, at Constantinople, at Cydonissa in Ionia, at Mount Athos, and in many other principal towns of Greece. In the school at Bucharest are taught, in modern Greek-the mathematics, experimental philosophy, chemistry, drawing, metaphysics, logic, ethics, natural history, geography, rhetoric, poetry, history, archaiology, the ancient Greek tongue, Latin, French, German, and Russian.-The number of professors in the school at Smyrna is seven; that of pupils is one hundred and fifty. The number of ordinary members belonging to the "Philological Society" at Bucharest is eighteen, to which must be added ten corresponding members, mostly at Vienna. Among the works announced, is a literal paraphrase of of Homer, 2 vols. 8vo. the manuscript of which was found in the library of Alexander Mauracordat, who died at Constantinople. It is written on parchment; and appears to date in the 12th century. Art. XXVIII. Archiv fur Asiatische Literatur, &c. Archives of the Literature, History, and Languages of Asia, published by J. Klaproth, by order of the Academy of St. Petersburgh. Tom. I. 4to. pp. 224. With Plates and Woodcuts. THIS work deserves notice on account of the difficulty both of maintaining intercouse with, and procuring intelligence from, those remote districts of Asia, to which the major part of the articles contained in it relate. Concerning these districts M. Klaproth has here collected a number of valuable documents, the principal materials of which he obtained during a long residence on the frontiers of China; and afterwards, during his travels to, and about Mount Caucasus, in 1807, and 1808. In the first memoir, he institutes a parallel between the principal written characters of Asia. These he compares with German writing. The engravings annexed, represent the principal lines of the Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Nantchew, Chinese and Georgian styles of writing. The characters of each language are added, with their accents. The second memoir relates to the languages of Caucasus', which the author divides into four principal branches the dialect of the Avares; the Kaszi-Chumuk ; the dialect of the Akusches; and that spoken in the territory of Kura, in southern Daghestan; of this last, little is known, but from conjecture. In the third memoir the author investigates the origin of the Afghans; and this, by comparing the words and phrases of their language with those of the Zeud and Pahlavi, the Curds, &c. he inclines to derive from Media; and supposes that they inhabited the mountains which extend themselves between Persia, Hindostan, and Bactriana. The fourth memoir is intitled Babar Na'shmeli, or "the Book of Council." It written in the Turco-tartarian language; and consists of a narration by Sultan Bubar, who founded the Mogul Empire in Hindostan, in the beginning of the XVIth Century, of his warlike achievements. Only the description of Ferghana, is here translated. Sir George Staunton's Treatise on Vaccination, written in Chinese forms the fifth memoir. The author also presents us with some historical fragments on the countries, and languages of Ava and Pegu, with a vocabulary of the Bornana tongue, as also of the language of the islands Lieu Kieüs, situated between Japan and the island of Formosa. The volume concludes with "Observations on the Frontiers, between Russia and China," made during a Journey in those parts in 1806. The second volume of this work is expected shortly. We should suppose that some of the articles would amply renay the labour of translating them. ART. XXIX. 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. Sir Humphry Davy will publish early in November, "Elements of Agricultural Chemistry," in a course of lectures delivered before the Board of Agriculture, -illustrated with plates, engraved by Lowrie. Messrs. Longman and Co., have nearly ready for publication, the Reports, Estimates, and Treatises, embracing the several subjects of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Harbours, Piers, Bridges, Draining, Embanking, Lighthouses, Machinery of various Descriptions; including Fire Engines, Mills, &c. &c. with other Miscellaneous Papers; drawn up in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer. By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S. Illustrated with plates, engraved by Lowrie, printed chiefly from his manuscripts, under the direction of a Select Committee of Civil Engi Meers, in three volumes, quarto. The Author of the "Mental Telestope," has made considerable progress in a tale designed for youth, and to be entitled" Rose and Emily, or Sketches of Youth." Dr. Bateman has been engaged for some time past, in preparing for publication a short Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin, according to the lucid arrangement devised by the late Dr. Willan; which is calculated to teach accuracy in the discrimination of the appearances of eruptive disorders, and to render the language, in this department of medicine, clear and definite. From a long connection with the same public institution with Dr. Willan, and from direct personal communication on these topics, Dr. Bateman will be enabled to include in his Synopsis, a view of the unfinished parts of the classification, as well as of those already before the public. The Collect oa of above Six Hundred Hymys, des gud as a Supplement to Dr Watts, and selected by the Rev. Edward Wams, and the Rev. James Boden, which has been for some time VOL. VIII. 4 B out of print, is again at press, and will be republished in the course of a month. Mr. Frey has in the press his Hebrew and English Grammar; and a Dictionary in two parts; the first containing all the primitives and derivatives in the Hebrew and Chaldaic languages, with a Latin and English translation; and the second, the principal words in Latin and English, with a Hebrew translation. At press, a Lexicon of the New Testament. This work is principally in tended for the use of schools, and is consequently less extensive than Parkhurst's Lexicon, though compiled on a somewhat similar plan. The various literal and metaphorical significations of every word used by the sacred writers are given in English: difficult expressions and phrases are concisely elucidated, and those variations of the verb or noun, which could occasion any dif ficulty to the young student are inserted and referred to their schemes. The Rev. Robert Walpole has in the press, an Essay on the misrepresentations, ignorance, and plagiarism of certain infidel writers." The Rev. Dr. James Brown has in the press, a Historical and Political Explanation of the Book of Revelation, intended to show that it is an allegorical representation of the miserable governments of the world, and their final extinction in the reign of the Redeemer. A Critical Account of the Life, Character and Discourses of Mr. Alexander Morus, the celebrated preacher and professor in Geneva and Holland, and afterwards minister of Charenton in France, is preparing; in which the attack made upon him by Milton will be particularly considered. Some of the select sermons of Morus, now first translated by a mi nister in Scotland, will be subjoined, the whole forming a small octavo volume. Mr. Jackson is printing at Oxford a Grammar of the Holo-Doric or Modern Greek tongue, vulgarly called the Romaic; in which the peculiarities of the Eolo-Doric will be traced to the respective dialects of which the modern Greek is composed. The Rev. E. Valpy, of Trinity College, Cambridge, has in the press a Greek Testament, with Griesbach's Text, in two volumes octavo. It will contain copious notes from Hardy, Ra. phel, Kypke, Schleusner, Rosenmuller, &c. in familiar Latin; together with parallel passages from the classics, and with references to Vigerus for Idioms, and Bos for Ellipses. A few copies will be printed on large paper. In the press, a new edition of Wood's Athene Oxonienses, combining the texts of the two former editions, with considerable additions. Speedily will be published, in a small octavo volume, a Translation of the Latin and Italian poems of Milton, by J. G. Strutt, Esq. Mr. Thomas Myers, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, has nearly ready for publication, a com→ pendious System of Modern Geography, historical, physical, political, and descriptive, with notes and maps; adapted for the higher classes of pupils under both public and private tuition. At press, Robertson's Cambridge Latin phrases, considerably improved, and adapted to the general purposes of schools.. A new Greek Delectus, on the plan of Dr. Valpy's Latin Delectus, is in preparation. Considerations on the Life and Death of Abel, Enoch, and Noah, a small posthumous work by the late Bishop Horne, will shortly be published. A new edition of the Collection of Tracts, published by a Society for the Reformation of Principles, under the title of The Scholar arned against the Errors of the Time, is in the press. A uew edition of Blair's Grave, and other poems, as collected by Dr. Anderson, with a preface, and accompanied by engravings, is in the press. The Rev. Wm. Beloe has completed' the sixth volume of his Anecdotes of Literature, and it will shortly appear. The Biographical Peerage of the United Kingdom, vol. 4, containing Ireland, is nearly ready for publication The History and Antiquities of the County of Lincoln are about to be illustrated by publishing a translation of the Chronicle of Ingulphus, abbot of Croyland: with biographical, historical and descriptive notes, accompanied by en graved views, portraits, &c. Speedily will be published, in three volumes crown octavo, embellished with an elegant portrait, the complete Works of Thomas Otway, with a new Life, and Notes critical and explanatory. By Thomas Thornton, Esq. A few copies will be printed on large paper. Mr. John Malcolm has in the press a work on the subject of Persia, which will extend to three large volumes in quarto. Sir James Mackintosh, during his residence in Hindoostan, has compiled a History of England, since the Revolution, intended to serve as a continuation of Hume's History. It is expected to form four quarto volumes, and report says that he has been offered several thousand pounds for the copyright. The Rev. George Crabbe's volume of Tales is expected to make its appearance very speedily. The Poetical Register, volume the se venth, for 1808 and 1809, will appear early in August. In a few days will be published, the Widower, a poem, in seven parts. The Memoirs of the Margravine of Bareuth, the favourite sister of Frede rick the Great, will appear in a few days. Their authenticity is, we are informed, unquestionable, as they have been published from the original MS. in the handwriting of the princess. ART. XXX. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. ACRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. Sylva: or a Discourse of Forest Trees, &c. By John Evelyn, Esq. F. B. S. With Notes by A. Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. L. & E. 4th Edition, 2 vols. 4to. with a memoir of the au thor. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland delineated: comprising specimens of the Architectare, Sculptire, and other Vestiges of former Ages, from the earliest times to the Union of the Two Crowns: accompanied with deseriptive Sketches, Biographical Remarks, &c. The engravings by Mr. John Greig, from original paintings by Arnold, A. R. A. Nasmyth, and Clennell. 4to. Part I. 10s. 6d. large paper 16s. Prout's Relics of Antiquity, or Remains of Ancient Sculpture in Great Britain, with descriptive Sketches, 4to. 11. 10s. imperial 4to. 41. 4s. Norris's Etchings of Tenby: including many ancient Edifices which have been destroyed. 4to. 11. 11s. 6d. BIOGRAPHY. Campbell's Lives of the Admirals, by Henry Redhead Yorke, Esq. embellished with an elegantengraving of Sir Cloudesley Shovel, from the Original in the Hampton Court Collection. Vol. II. 12s. fine, 18s. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century: comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer, Printer, F.S.A. and many of his learned Friends: an incidental view of the progress and advancement of Literature in this Kingdom during the last Century, and biographical anecdotes of a considerable number of eminent writers and ingenious artists. By John Nichols, F. S. A. in 6 vols. 8vo. with portraits, 61. 6s. boards. A copious Index is printing, and will be delivered in a separate volume, without any farther charge, to the purchasers of the work. Select Remains of the late Rev. Ebenezer White, of Chester, to which are prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Extracts from his Correspondence, by Joseph Fletcher, A. M. with a preface by the Rev. W. B. Collyer, D. D. small vo. 55. 6d. Memoirs of the Public Life of John CLASSICAL LITERATURE. Classical and Biblical Recreations, containing a Commentary, eritical and explanatory, on the Germany of Tacitus, Remarks on the Hippolytus and the Prometheus, Strictures on the editions of Professor Monk and Mr. Blomfield: `an application of the Doctrine of the Association of Ideas to the Illustration of the Classical Writers: Observations on the Byssus and the Serica, as well as the Oriental Ethiopia and the Indi-colorati of the Ancients, &c. with a great variety of other classical matter, and much Biblical Criticism. By E. H. Barker, Esq. Trinity College, Cambridge. Vol. I. 8s. 6d.ˆ The Classical Journal for June, No. X. 8vo. 6s. COMMERCE. A General View of the Coal Trade of Scotland, chiefly that of the River Forth and Midlothian. By J. Bald, 8vo. 6s. The Laws of Trade and Commerce: designed as a book of reference in mercantile transaetions, Dedicated to Alexander Baring, Esq. M. P. By John Williams, Esq. 8vo. 14s. boards. 4 B 2 |