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riftical Sciences the following; new works 

 made their appearance : " Meditaqocs cl- 

 vis fobre a intelligentia da lei do PaptI 

 Selladode 17 Abril de 1802 ;" " Princi- 

 pjos do Direito mcccantil e Leis de Ma- 

 rinha, par J. Da Silva, T vi. ;" and 

 •' Maniifll Criminal alfahetico." — Tbe 

 imminent danger of the fpreading of the 

 yellow fever, whicn had caufed fuch ra- 

 vages in fome of the ne!ght)ouring pro- 

 vinces of Spain, na'ural'y gave rife to fe- 

 veral new w. rks on this dreadful conta- 

 gion. V. Arditi gave a " Memoria 

 fobre a febre smarella que !em reinado en 

 HeTpinna e em It dia ;" Paris a '• Me- 

 moria foiirc a Pclle ; and an anonymous 

 author " Reflex tr.s fobre as febres con- 

 tagiofas por M?r e fobre ?.'; quarentan '^." 

 The tranflatlon of Dr. Jenners woik, " In- 

 daga^ao fobre as Cauias e Effeifos dos 

 Beaigas de Vacca," bears witnefs to the 

 zeal for»the propagation of the vaccine-in- 

 oculation, which has been introduced by 

 the Span'fh and Portugnefe Goi'-rnments 

 inte their re'pefi^ive cloiiies. Dr. Paiva, 

 who had before iranflatedfeveialnf Pknk'i! 

 Works, pubiifhed extra6)s fr >ni the fame 

 writer, • Iiiftitutiqoes de Cirurgia iheo- 

 rica e pra'ics e.x'rahi .los da Ohras de 

 Plenk, e rccrefrentaja-," 3 vols 8vo — 

 Rural Econ my was taught in It^veral 

 works : Morales publ.ftied a"Conipen- 

 dio d'Agricul ura," iu 5 vols. 410; of an 

 older W)ik, " Thrfauro de Lavradores e 

 nova Alveitana de Gado Vacum," a new 

 edition aiipenreti ; and iikewife a Tranflj- 

 tion, by Scaera, of " Hiftoria e Cura 

 das Moleftiss imernas do Boi, por Tag- 

 gia." L. A. Dt Leiros gave a Tra- 

 tife on tile Culiivatio of Flax, and the Li- 

 nen Manufacture. " Tratado di cultiira, 

 fabrira e commercio dos Liiihcs. — For the 

 ftudent of the Military Sciences was pro- 

 vided, " Meaiorias para hum official de 

 Artilharia em Campanha, per M. PtREi- 

 RA DO Amaral," 8vo., with plates; 

 and an " An^lyCe dos privilegirs conce- 

 di/los a OS Mili'ares, que fe applicao as 

 fciencias mathcrnaticas," 8vo. — On Poli- 

 tical Economy we only fave to notice 

 " Memoiias Po'iticas fol)re as Serdadeiras 

 Bafes de Grande/a dos Na^ )fs, par J. J. 

 R. DE Bri TO," 2 vo's. 8vo. ; and on 

 Geography, '« O Vi-.s^nie univeiTal," 

 prohalily t -ken from the Sp^nifh woik or 

 F.ftella. — N rwasllif'oiy nfglL6led. In 

 • lie " Hiiioiiada Acrl:imat;io d* el Rey 

 D. Joao IV.," >»e!iavi-a good accoimt of 

 tbe evcntt which raili^d tue reigning dy- 



nafty to the throne. The " Breve Cats, 

 logo des Chroniftas e Efcriptoies Pcriu- 

 guczas na Epocha da 1500," will prnve 

 an ufeful guide to coileftcrs and invefti- 

 gators. Tranflations Iikewife appeared 

 of feveril French hifl'orica' woiks relative 

 to the Revolution ; and ChanDOn's 

 Well-known " Niuiveau Di6lionnaiie Hlf- 

 torique" was rej-rinted at L fbon in 1 3 vo- 

 lumes. The Trai flation of Antenor's 

 voyages, •' Viagens de Antenor," rather 

 beloiigs to the dtpartment of Belles-Let- 

 tres than HKfory. — The folloA-ing are 

 original produflions : " Viagem a Deifos, 

 poema j" " Defcripgao p^etico do premi- 

 ero Combiio do Brazil," 8vo. ; «' San- 

 dades de Belmiro, pocma ;" Gamboa 

 pnblifhed a Collecflicn of Poems, " Obras 

 Poeticas," in 8 vols, — To the l^ock of 

 Novels, which is not yet very abundant in 

 Portugal, the following were added : 

 " O Novo Guiiver," t vols ; " Hii^oria 

 gn.hnte co Jovfo Siciliano," 2 vols.; 

 " Viftcrina de Vaifli,'' 2 vols. 8vo ; and 

 " Memorias do Cav.illeiro de Kilpar, por 

 Fielding." Wefi;:d riodramati produc- 

 ions announced ; but, on the other hiind, a 

 " Hiiforia Critica do Thea'ro, per L. A. 

 Aranjo, Svo." — We (h-ll now cnnclude 

 this Sketch of Portugucze Literature with 

 the Mifceliar.ies ; fi.icn as, " TarHes di- 

 vcrtidos y Converf^-goes ctiriofas fobre as 

 Hi!Vori?s facra, p .litica, natural e fabu- 

 lofa," 3 V Is. 8vo. ; and " Bib. Univer- 

 fal," ten Numbers of which have already 

 appeared. Pereira has con'rihtited to 

 the difFuilon of ufeful knowledge by a . 

 tranflation of Count Rumford's Efiays, 

 " Enlayos pnl'ticos, oeconomicos e philo- 

 foficos r!e Rum'crd ;" only the firft part, 

 hoA'ever, has yet been announced. 



M. TiEi.KER, an ariiit of Berlin, who 

 is. 10 accompany the Ruffian Embaffy to 

 China, to exhibit to the Sovereign of that 

 empire the Panorama of Peterfour?, pro- 

 poles, as far as the ordinary diftruft of the 

 Ciiinefe flvdl peri)ir, to take vie*s of the 

 principal cities in that covintrv, fo little 

 known 10 Euiopeans, and particularly of 

 Pekin, with a view to paint panoraiiias of 

 them, for the purpofe of exhibition on his 

 return in the European capitals, where it 

 i» fxpeifed they will rot fail to excire very 

 great cui iolitv. 



A C' mpltte Defcription of the Anato- 

 mical Cabinet of M. Walter, purchafcd 

 about a year ago by the King of Prus- 

 sia, has appealed a: Beilin. 



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