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(This (hews that the arts are even extending to this hitherto 

 ttegle&ed part of the world, which certainly from its fine' 

 climate, and many other advantages, merits every attention 

 of its enlightened and humane matter.) 



THE third volume of the Geographical Dictionary of tlte Geographical 

 Rufian Empire has been publifhed by the bookfellers, Gavy, R u ^° a " aryof 

 Popow, and Luby, 



AN" important work is foon expe&ed to appear at Peterf- 

 burg, by the fcientific M. Delaunay, counfelior of ftate, re- 

 lative to Siberia, and the bordering countries. 



M. KOTZEBUE in his laft tour to Naples relates fome Ancient manu- 

 particulars which he faw in vifiting the Mufeum of Portici, e dat PorticTare 

 which will be interefting to the admirers of ancient literature. 



" Eleven young men are at prefent employed in unrolling 

 the manufcrips, and two copy them. An Englifhman called 

 Haiter, is at the bead of the eitablifhrrient. He relates that 

 his affiftants are much more expert and expeditious than they 

 were formerly. He has great hope that he lhall have the 600 

 manufcripts, (which yet remain) deciphered, and has little 

 doubt that he (hall difcover among them an Ennius and a Me- 

 nander, as he flatters himfelf he has already a Poiybius in 

 hands. 



On the day of the vifit, a Greek author, hitherto unknown 

 named Kolotos, was difcovered; his work is on philofophy. 

 As the names of the author are always inferted at the end of 

 each manufcript, they can never be known until it is entirely 

 unrolled. Seven latin authors have paflfed through the hands 

 of Mr. Haiter, but all fo much damaged that it was impoflible 

 to unroll them, which he the more laments as one of them 

 appeared to be a' ' Livy, at leaft it was an hiftorical work ' 

 written in his ftyle ; all that he can difcover of it, is, that 

 it begins with an harangue, in which mention is made of the 

 family of Acilius. They have to this time difcovered five 

 authors ; Philodemus, mofl of whofe writings have been found, 

 and among others, a treatife on the vices which are nearly, 

 allied to virtues. Epicurus, Ph#drus, Demetrius Phalereus the works of 



and E P icurus » 



fjSdrus, 



