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Zoophytic Animals.-M. Lesueur, now in Philadelphia, made many curious observations on molluscous and zoophytic animals, during his passage from Europe to America. He collected and delineated the animals of many different species of Isis, Gorgonia, Alcyonium, Meandrites, &c.; and obtained a beautiful series of actinia, shewing the gradual transition into the animal madrepore. His attention

was also directed to the different vermes that occur, as well in the interior as on the exterior of fishes.

Stone Sarcophagus.-A stone sarcophagus has been forwarded to the Asiatic

Society, which was dug out of the foundation of some ancient ruins, about eight miles from Bushire, in the East Indies. It contained, when discovered, the disjointed bones of a human skeleton, which had perfectly retained their shape, till a short time after exposure to the atmosphere, by the removal of the lid, which was fastened with metallic pegs. The lid is an entire slab of micaceous mineral, and the vessel is of calcareous sand-stone. This is the second of the kind which has been discovered; and they differ from those usually dug up, which are composed of baked clay; it is concluded that they contain the remains of eminent personages.

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

The Fourth and Last Canto of Childe Harold has been received from Lord Byron, and will certainly be published on the 28th of April. It forms, with the notes, an octavo volume.

At the same time will be published a volume, entitled, "Historical Illustrations of the Fourth Canto of Childe Harold;" by John Hobhouse, Esq.

Mr Hallam's" View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages," will be pubbished in April, in two volumes 4to.

The Rev. Thomas Hodgson, the translator of Juvenal, &c. has in the press a Poem, entitled The Friends, which will be published in a few days.

The First Number of Mr Hakewill's Picturesque Tour of Italy, illustrative of, with references to, the text of Addison, Eustace, and Forsyth's Travels, will be published on the 1st of May. The plates are engraving in the most finished manner, by Cooke, Pye, Scott, Fitler, Meddiman and Landweir. It is printing in the same size as Cooke and Turner's Views of the Southern Coast.

A very curious and interesting MS. of the celebrated Dr King of St Mary's, Oxford, has lately been discovered, containing Anecdotes and Reminiscences of his Own Times, and will be published immediately.

The author of Curiosities of Literature has nearly ready for publication a work on the Literary Character, illustrated by the History of Men of Genius drawn from their own feelings and confessions.

Mr Macdonald Kinnier's Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordestan, will be published in April.

Preparing for publication, an Abridgement, in one volume octavo, of Bishop Taylor's Great Exemplar; by the Rev. W. N.

Darnell.

A prospectus is just issued, of a new and corrected edition of the Delphin Classics;

with the Variorum Notes appended. To be entitled, the Regent's Edition; to be printed and edited by A. J. Valpy, M.A. late Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. -The whole will be printed uniformly in octavo, price 18s. boards, cach part, to subscribers, and £1, 1s. to non-subscribers. Each part will contain 672 closely printed pages, without reference to the conclusion of any author, so that the subscribers may bind each author in as many volumes as they please, and arrange them alphabetically or chronologically as most convenient. Some copies will be struck off on very fine thick royal paper, with a large margin, and hotpressed: price, to subscribers, £1, 16s. ; to non-subscribers, £2, 2s. each part. The price will be raised higher to non-subscribers as the work advances.-The whole will make about 120 or 130 parts, and 12 parts will be printed in the year. Each part to be paid for on delivery.

Mr T. Yeates will shortly publish, Indian Church History, or Notices relative to the first Planting of the Gospel in Syria, Mesopotamia, and India; compiled chiefly from the Syrian Chronicles: with an accurate account of the first Christian missions to China; and some interesting facts, hitherto unknown to the historians of Europe.

Mr John Fry, of Bristol, has issued proposals for publishing, by subscription, in two quarto volumes, Bibliophilia; which will contain-1. An account of those publications of earliest English printers, which have either escaped the knowledge of bibliographers, or have been inaccurately described.-2. An account of scarce and curious books printed, with a few exceptions, before the seventeenth century.--3. Notices of such manuscripts as have fallen under the editor's inspection, and entire reprints of pieces of old poetry, meriting revival.

A Companion to Mr James's Naval Work on the late American War, is in the press, and will spe dily be published: con

taining a full and correct account of the military occurrences of the late war between Great Britain and the United States of America; with an appendix of British and American official letters, and plates: by Wm Jarmies. Details will be given of all the actions fought between the British and Americans during the late war; also of those operations along the coast, and on the borders of the lakes, creeks, and harbours of the United States, in which the two services acted conjointly.

The publication of what the publishers call the Regent's edition" of the Latin Classics, will henceforward be prosecuted with vigour, industry, and perseverance. Livy and Sallust are now in the press, under the editorial inspection of Dr J. Carey; to whom the public are already indebted for the Horace, Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Martial, Cæsar, Tacitus, and the second edition of the Virgil, with the Opuscula, recently published.

Dr Carey has also in the press the " Eton Latin Prosody" illustrated, with English explanations of the rules, and copious examples from the Latin poets.

Mr S. F. Gray has in the press, and nearly ready, a work intended to serve as a supplement to the several Pharmacopœcias.

Mr J. Hall of Northampton, has in the press a Free Inquiry into the Practice of Infant Baptism, whether it is not unscriptural, useless, and dangerous; to which are added, some remarks on Mr Belsham's plea for infant baptism.

A New Picture of Brussels and its Environs, with seven engravings, and a Plan of the city, by J. Romberg, will shortly appear.

Wild Roses, a collection of Poems on various subjects, by Kiltoe, will speedily be published.

Anaya, Discours sur les Langues Vivantes, a Treatise on the Living Languages, containing, in a small compass, the necessary rules for acquiring a knowledge of them, particularly of the Italian and Spanish, with a treatise on the Difficulties of Italian and Spanish Poetry, has been sent to press.

An Essay on Spanish Literature; containing its History, from its commencement in the twelfth century to the present time; with an account of the best writers, some critical remarks, and a History of the Spanish Drama, with specimens of the writers of different ages,-will soon be published.

A small pocket volume is about to be published, on the Police of the Metropolis, descriptive of the means used by knaves to take in and cheat the unwary, to rob the unprotected, and to make a prey of the unsuspecting; including advice to the unwary, and the means of avoiding the villains which prey upon society.

Mrs Lamont, of Liverpool, intends publishing, by subscription, Poems and Teles in Verse, in one volume octavo.

Mr Bisset, of the Historical Picture Gallery at Leamington, has announced for publication a novel work, entitled, a Poetical Gazetteer of all the principal Cities, Boroughs, and Seaports, in the United King

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An amatory mock-heroic poem, entitled, Secundus Syntax, will be forthcoming in the course of the next month. It is, we are informed, written with considerable humour.

Considerations on the Impolicy and Pernicious Tendency of the present Administration of the Poor Laws; with suggestions for improving the condition of the poor; by the Rev. Charles Jerram, M. A.; are in the press, and nearly ready for publication.

Juvenilia, or Specimens of the early Efforts, as a Preacher, of the late Rev. C. Buck; to which will be subjoined, miscellaneous remarks, and an obituary of his daughter, edited by J. Styles, D. D. are in a course of forwardness for publication.

Letters on the West Indies, by James Walker, Esq. late of Berbice, will soon appear.

Sixty-five Sonnets, with prefatory Remarks on the accordance of the Sonnet with the powers of the English Language, and some miscellaneous poems, will soon be published.

Mr John Matheson is about to publish a New System of Arithmetic, the object of which is to render general the application of decimals to mercantile purposes, and to enable youth to comprehend the theory when they are learning the practice.

Speedily will be published, the Entomologist's Pocket Companion; being an Introduction to the knowledge of British Insects, the apparatus used, and best methods of obtaining and preserving them; the Genera of Linnæus, with observations on the modern systems, and a copious Calendar of the time and situations where usually found, of between two and three thousand Insects; by a Practical Collector; illustrated with numerous plates.

Mr F. W. Cronhelm is preparing for the press a New Method of Book-keeping, double entry by single; applicable to all kinds of business, and exemplified in five sets of books; possessing the brevity of single entry, without its defects; and the proof of double entry, without its redundancies; and obtains, by two entries, the same results as the Italian system by four. Its universal applicability is proved, by distinct sets of books for retailers, wholesale dealers, manufacturers, merchants, and bankers; the whole comprising a great diversity of the forms and results of business, an improved arrangement of partnership accounts, and a plan of routine which will prevent frauduÎent entries and erasures: comprised in one volume.

The Rev. C. I. Latrobe has in the press a Journal of a Visit to South Africa in 1816,

in a quarto volume, illustrated by twelve coloured plates and a map.

T. Cobbell, Esq. is preparing for publication a Treatise on the Law of Corporations, and on the Proceedings relative to their Ordinary Rights and Parliamentary Privileges.

Mr Park of Hampstead will soon publish, Morning Thoughts and Midnight Musings, in prose and verse.

F. L. Holt, Esq. has in the press a Treatise on the Law of Merchant Ships and Shipping, on the Navigation Laws, and on Maritime Contracts.

The Works of Charles Lamb, in verse and prose, now first collected, will soon appear in two foolscap octavo volumes.

Mrs Yosy, author of a Description of Switzerland, has in the press, Constancy, or Leopold, in four or five volumes.

Dr Wm Barrow, prebendary of Southwell, has two volumes of Sermons on Practical Subjects nearly ready for publication.

The Rev. Thomas Bowdler's Sermons on the Offices and Character of Jesus Christ, will soon appear.

The Rev. Dr Lindsay has in the press a volume of Sermons on various subjects.

Barron Field, Esq. is printing, in two octavo volumes, a Treatise on the Commercial Law of England.

Nightmare Abbey, by the author of Headlong Hall, is in the press.

The Rev. Dr Whittaker has a third edition nearly ready of the History of Whalley, with corrections and considerable addi

tions.

EDINBURGH.

THE Rev. John Skinner of Forfar will soon publish, in an octavo volume, Annals of Scottish Episcopacy, from 1788 to 1816; with a biographical memoir of the late Right Rev. John Skinner of Aberdeen.

In a short time will be completed, at the Edinburgh university press, a new edition of Schleusner's Lexicon Novi Testamenti, revised and corrected by several eminent Scholars. This valuable work has hitherto been printed in an octavo form; but the present edition is in quarto, a much more convenient size for a dictionary; and, as it is executed in stereotype, the price, instead of being increased, will be greatly reduced.

A Second Letter to the Court of Contributors of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; containing remarks on the proceedings at the meeting held on the 30th March 1818.

Canto I. of Temora; an epic poem : being a specimen of an intended versification of the Poems of Ossian; by Thomas Travers Burke, Esq. of the Royal Scots Greys, -will be published this month. The succeeding cantos are in the press, and will appear soon.

Speedily will be published, Observations and Facts demonstrative of the Sedative and Febrifuge Powers of Emetic Tartar, as amply sufficient to supersede excessive bloodletting in inflammation; by William Balfour, M. D.

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The Justice Law for the last Five years; being supplementary to the several Treatises on the Office and Duties of a Justice of the Peace, by Burn, Williams, and Dickinson; comprehending the statutes and decided cases relating thereto, to the conclusion of the session of 57 Geo. III. with additional precedents; by William Dickinson, Esq. barrister-at-law, and one of his Majesty's justices of the peace for Nottingham, Lincoln, Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, and Essex, Svo. £1, 5s.

MEDICINE.

John Walker's Reply to James Moore, on his Misstatements respecting the Vaccine Establishments in the Metropolis, and their Servants, both living and dead, Svo.

3s. 6d.

The Horse-Owner's Guide; containing valuable information on the management and cure of the diseases incident to Horses, more particularly that very fatal disease called Glanders; with many esteemed recipes; by T. Smith, late Veterinary Surgeon to the 2d regiment of dragoon guards, 8vo. 5s. 6d.

A Treatise on Blood-Letting in Fevers; by J. Van Rotterdam, physician to the Great Hospital at Ghent, &c. &c.; translated from the French, by J. Taylor, M.D. member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, and late surgeon to his Majesty's forces, Svo. 10s.

Practical Illustrations of the Scarlet Fever, Measles, Pulmonary Consumption, and Chronic diseases, termed Nervous, Bilious, Stomachic, and the like; with observations on the efficacy of sulphureous waters in various complaints; by John Armstrong, M.D. author of Practical Illustrations of Typhus Fever, Puerperal Fever, and other Febrile Diseases, 8vo.

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A Review of Johnson's Criticism on the Style of Milton's English Prose; with strictures on the introduction of Latin idioms into the language; by T. H. White, Esq. 2s. 6d.

A full and correct Account of the Chief Naval Occurrences of the late War between Great Britain and the United States of America; with a cursory examination of the American accounts of their naval actions fought previous to that period; illustrated by plates; by Wm James, Esq. 8vo. £1.

Letters from Abbé Edgeworth to his Friends, written between the years 1777 and 1807; with Memoirs of his Life, including some account of the late Roman Catholic Bishop of Cork, Dr Moylan, and Letters to him from the Right Hon. Edmund Burke, and other persons of distinction; by the Rev. Thomas R. England, 8vo. 8s.

Memoirs of the late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton; with a selection from her correspondence, and other unpublished writings; with a portrait after Raeburn; by Miss Benger, 2 vols 8vo. £1, Is.

Observations on the State of Ireland, principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population; in a series of letters written on a Tour through that country; by J. C. Curwen, Esq. M. P. 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

The Official Navy List for April.-To be published in future quarterly. 2s.

Journal of Science and the Arts, No IX. Edited at the Royal Institution. 7s. 6d.

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Ancient Humorous Poetry, Part I.; containing ""Tis merry when Gossips meet," 1609, attributed to Samuel Rowlands; with a characteristic wood cut, foolscap 8vo. 38. 6d.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

An Inquiry whether Crime and Misery are produced or prevented by our present System of Prison Discipline; illustrated by descriptions of the Borough Compter, Tothilfields, the Maison de Force at Ghent, the Philadelphia Prison, the Penitentiary at Millbank, and proceedings of the Ladies' Committee at Newgate; by T. F. Buxton, Svo. 6s.

The Rise, Progress, Causes, and Effects of the National Debt and Paper Money upon real Property, in the present State of Civil Society; pointing out the only way the national debt can or ought to be paid; with a word of advice to the people at a general election; by the late John Horne Tooke, Esq. to which is added an Appendix, containing a just and impartial Review of the Funds of England, shewing the consequences of a public bank being at the disposal of any minister; by the late Dr Price.

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The Testimony of Natural Theology to Christianity; by Thomas Gisborne, M. A. 12mo. 5s.

The Protestant Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, briefly celebrated as a Motive of National Gratitude; by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogan, A. M. rector of Godstone, Surrey, 8vo. 5s.

A General Index to the Matters contained in the Notes to the Family Bible, lately published under the direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 4to. Small, 3s.; large, 6s.

A Concordance to the Holy Bible; to which is added, a Geographical Index, adapted to the maps and notes of the Family Bible, and a Calendar and Table of Lessons, 4to. Small paper, 4s. ; large, 7s.

Faith in the Holy Trinity, the Doctrine of the Gospel, and Sabellian Unitarianism shewn to be" the God-denying Apostacy," ΤΗΣ ΑΡΝΗΣΙΟΕΟΥ ΑΠΟΣΤΑΣΙΑΣ ; in a connected series of letters; by the Rev. William Hales, D.D. rector of Killesandra, &c. 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

The New Testament; translated by Dr G. Campbell, Dr P. Doddridge, and Dr J. Macknight.

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The Indian Pilgrim; or the Progress of the Pilgrim Nazareene, formerly called Goonah Purist, or the Slave of Sin, from

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Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Modern; from the German of Frederick Schlegel, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

Marriage, a novel, 3 vols 12mo. £1, Is. North of England and Scotland; being the Journal of an English Traveller, from 30th March to 27th April, 1704; now published from the original MS., formerly in the possession of Mr Johnes of Hafod, the well-known translator of Froissart, Joinville, &c. A specimen of this curious MS. was given in this Magazine, No XI. and the entire Journal is now published to gratify the curious. Only 100 copies are printed, foolscap 8vo. 5s.

Women, or Pour et Contre! a tale; by the author of Bertram, &c. 3 vols 12mo. £1, 1s.

Report for the Directors of the Town's Hospital of Glasgow, on the Management dicity, and the Principles of the Plan for of the City Poor, the Suppression of Menthe New Hospital; with an appendix, containing observations on the poor rates, accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the funds, and a variety of important documents, 8vo. Bs.

A Father's Gift to his Children; being a short view of the evidences of the Christian Religion, adapted to the understandings of family; by a Layman, second edition, young persons, and presented to his own 18mo.

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The Trials of James, Duncan, and RoRoy; to which is prefixed, a memoir rebert Macgregor, Sons of the celebrated Rob lating to the Highlands, with anecdotes of Rob Roy and his Family, 12mo.

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Some Account of the recently-discovered Periodic Annual System of the Weather of the British Islands; with objections thereto stated and answered. 1s.

Letter to the General Court of Contributors of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; by a Contributor, second edition; with an advertisement by the author, and the note of the Managers.

An Attempt to Estimate the Power of Brown, M. D. Fellow of the Royal College Medicine in controlling Fever; by William Royal Infirmary, 8vo. 2s. 6d. of Surgeons, and Emeritus Surgeon of the

Llewellyn, or the Vale of Phlinlimmon; a novel, 3 vols 12mo. £1, 1s.

Prayers for the Use of Families and Individuals; by James Wilson, D. D. minister of Falkirk, 8vo. 5s.

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