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pounded, and he was considered the model of an effective teacher. As a che- 

 mist, Dr. T. was early known as a most acute and original observer, and he 

 was distinguished for the extent and accuracy of his knowledge in all depart- 

 ments. 



At Paris, M. Van Praet, a bibliographer of the first eminence in nearly all 

 branches of learning. 



At Upsala, in the 87th year of his age. Professor Adam Afzelius, the last 

 surviving pupil of the immortal Linneus. 



The learned botanist of the Cape of Good Hope, M. Persoon, is no more ; he 

 died in Paris, at a very advanced age, having lived there since he enjoyed a 

 pension from his Government, which was granted to him on giving up his 

 Herbarium to the Museum at Leyden. His works on Cryptogamea are ex- 

 cellent, and his Enchiridium Botanicurn is one of the most useful works of the 

 kind ever published. 



LITERARY INTELLIGENCE. 



Mr. John Britton, F.S.A., has published a Catalogue Raisonne' of his 

 unique Collection of Works on Cathedral and Architectural Antiquities, and 

 other choice Literary and Graphic Works, which are offered at somewhere 

 about half the cost of the publishing prices. 



The Bridal of Nawort\ a Poem, in three cantos, has just been published 

 by Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 



Mr. Hoskins, the author of Travels in Ethiopia, has in the press an account 

 of a Visit to the Great Oasis, with an account, Ancient and Modern, of the 

 Oasis of Amun and the Oases of the Libyan Desert, now under the dominion 

 of the Pasha of Egypt. 



A new edition of Inglis's Spain is in the press, with an introductory chap- 

 ter, giving some account of the lamented author, and an outline of the 

 proceedings in the Peninsula since his decease. 



The Rev. T. R. Everest has lately published a second edition of his 

 Popular View of Homeopathy. 



Modern India ; or Illustrations of the Resources and Capabilities of 

 Hindostan, a work from the pen of Henry H. Spry, Esq., M.D., of the 

 Bengal Medical Staff, which promises to add greatly to the information 

 already extant concerning the British Empire in Hindostan. 



SELECT LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS, 



From January 1, 1837, to March 8, 1837. 



Addison's Indian Reminiscences, 8vo., 14s. 



Antrobus's Social Bearings and Importance of Education, 8vo., 10s. 



Barton and Castle's British Flora Medica, vol. 1, 8vo., 21s. 



BouUaye le Gouz' Tour in Ireland, 1644, edited by Croker, post 8vo., 5s. 



Brenton's (Capt.) Naval History, 2 vol. 8vo., 31s. 6d. 



Campbell's (Thomas) liOtters from the South, 2 vol. 8vo., 31s. 6d. 



Castle's liinnasan Artificial System of Botany, 4to., 5s. 



Cooper's (J. F.) Recollections of Europe, 2 vols, post 8vo., 21s. 



