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Literary and Ph'tlofophkal Intelliaince, 



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<;^1 obfervations, and a great number of 

 intereiling materiils which he collefted. 

 He. will, at the fame time, put the finirti- 

 igpr hand to the firft volume ot" his Tra- 

 y^ls. To the fubjefts already mentioned 

 as being particul.uly tieated of in that 

 vvork, fliould be added, obfervatioi'.s on 

 the climate relative to organilation in ge- 

 q^ral ; confideratiors on the anci«nt ftate 

 of civilization of theCe regions, and de- 

 tailed notices on the management and pro- 

 duce of the mines. A folio volume of 

 engravings will exhibit feveral vjsws of 

 tjie C irdilleras, and valuable deligns of 

 the antiquities of Mexico and Peru, fuel) 

 as the elegant arabefqucs wiiicli cover the 

 ruins of the ancient palace, leverai enor- 

 mous pyiaaiids conltrnctcd of brick, lla- 

 tues, and chronological riioniin.snts, 

 which have a very Iti iking an.nlogy to 

 thoic antiquities of liidoflan with which 

 Mreare acquainted. Several of thefe plates 

 are already engraved with great care. 

 As M. VON Huf.JBOLDT piiblidies thei'e 

 different vvoiks at the fame time in Ger- 

 m-in and French, both editions may be 

 confidered as originals. The Equinoftial 

 Plants, hy M. BoNPLAND, will appear 

 only in French ; a great part of the text 

 being inLitin, it will therc^fore be under- 

 ftood by the liteiati of ail Europe. The 

 following is a lill of their works which are 

 either in the courfe of publication or fhortly 

 will ilTue irom the preis : — Abridged Nar- 

 rative of Travels between the Tropics, 

 performed in the Inferior of the New Con- 

 tinent during the Years 1799. 1800, 

 r.Soi, 1802, and i^oj, quaito, which 

 «va4 to appear in theniDoth of July. Coi- 

 Jt^ffipn of aftronomical Ob(l;rvations and 

 Meal'ures executed in the IvTew Continent ; 

 fame fize and paper, to appear in the 

 courle ot the prefent year. Eiriy on the 

 Gcogiaphy of Plants , orPhyiical Picture 

 o* the eqiiinoiS'.al Regions, founded on 

 Qb!ervations and Meifures taken between 

 the Latitude of i8» South, and lo" 

 North, in 1799, 1800, 1801, i8oi, and 

 180^, quarto, with c.n-. plaie. Etjuinoc- 

 tial Piai.ts colletSfed in Mexico, the fflind 

 oi.Cuba, the Piovii cesi t Carsccas,Cu- 

 luana, and Barcelona, in the Andes of 

 N«w» Crrenada, Qn^iio, and Peru, on the 

 Bankt of the Rio Negro, Oronfko, and 

 tbe Kivcr of tlie Am.zons, with plates, 

 folio. Coiledfioii of Obltrvatiuns in 

 J^'ilogy and comoarative Anruoiny, made 

 duiing I'ravels between the Tnipic*; 

 <j«n»rto, with platoa. Ail thete works 

 calltilively will bear the general title of 

 TiavtU of Medis, ALtx.iNDtR von 



Humboldt and Aime Bo.^pt.and. 

 They will all be printed nniforlmy, except- 

 ing the Equinodial Plan's, tor which a 

 larger fize was reqiiired on account of the 

 figures. A Tranflation of thefe import- 

 ant Travels is announced in London, by 

 Mr. Phillips, of Bridge-itrtet, 



M. De SrR.'\TIMIROVUS, Greek Arch- 

 bifliop and Metr»poli-an of Carlowitz, in 

 Hungary, has caufed Dr. NEUsTAOTER'g 

 Intlrucfions concerning Vacpiiiaiion to be 

 trani'lsted into the Illynan and Wall^chian 

 languages. This w rk, com:>oled foe 

 the ulc of the lower cl iflts, has bee.o gra- 

 luitoiifly diftributfd, ito the amount of 

 25,000 cc)pie.s, am>>ng the inhabi; ants of 

 thoi'e and the neighbouring provinces. 



The well known Gci man J.nirral, en- 

 titK'd Allgemrine Deutfcbe Eihlwthsk, 

 which has been can id nn fovty years, 

 and during great part of th.lt tune pof- 

 fellrd of connderable infincnce, w.li ceaffe 

 with the prcfeni yc^r; the editor, M. Ni- 

 COLAi being obliged, by his greJt age, 

 to refign the unde tnking. 



A' work of confiderable magniuide, on 

 the Northern MvtholGsy, Iva» bei-n an- 

 nounced at Leipfick. Fhe nuthor is Pro- 

 felfor Grater, and M. Goeschen has 

 undertaken to execute it wi;h the utiioil 

 typographical luxury. It will appear at 

 the lame tune in German and French, ia 

 thii tv parts, of a Imall Tolio fize. 



A Catalogue of the Medical and Phyfi- 

 c^l Library of the late ProfrlTor B.al- 

 DINGER, of Marpurg, has been publiih- 

 ed. He was, perha;>t, the moll curious 

 man in Germany with re'^peif to every 

 thing conneffed with the medical fcience. 

 His library comprehends 16,000 volumes, 

 exclulive oi detached dilfertations, frea- 

 tifcs, or mem 'irs. The number of edi- 

 tions which he polTcfTcd of the AphiTii'ms 

 of Hippociaies alone, exceeded one hua- 

 drrdj but the molt remaikaole circnnl- 

 ftance connefted with his library is, that 

 it is not deltitutc of any nectfTiry or ef- 

 fential wok. The proprietor was fifty 

 years , in c<dleff ing it, and his heirs with 

 todirpofe of it, if polTible, entire. 



MiPaoUiT, Profeflbrof chemidry at 

 Madrid, announces that he has dil'cover- 

 ed in Spain the eartli of wtiich floating 

 bricks are made He imagines that it is' 

 ainioit of the fume nature as that em- 

 ployed for the fame purpofe by Fabroni. 

 He intends fperdily to puhlidi the refulf 

 ot his experimenti on tli's fubjcif. 



M. RtiiCHARD, couiiicl.'or in fhe fer- 

 vice of the lat-.- J5uke of Saxe G.>iha, has 

 lelolved 10 acvt a luonument of his gra- 

 titude- 



