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Literary and Phllofophlcal Intelligence. 



551 



Mr. Mac Callum, author of Tra- 

 vels in Trinidad, vvll fnortly publifli an 

 Anfwer to Lord Seikirk's Oblervations on 

 the Emigrition of ihc Higli'snders to 

 Sco'iar.d Mr. M'Calluni having lately vi- 

 filed thr different I'etilemtnts already form- 

 ed by ihe Higlilandeis on the continent nf 

 America, r probat' s the line of cooduft 

 purlued by his Lor^^fhip in holding out de- 

 lulive prolptfts, to th; manitell injury of 

 the poor cbjcits, and to the obvious lofi 

 of thi» country. 



Dr. John Reid's Treatife on the Ori- 

 gin, Pro^Tf (s, Prevention, and Treatment, 

 of Confumptioii will be ready for ptihlica. 

 tion in -A few days In ihe conlfruftion of 

 his work Dr. R. has attempted to adapt it 

 jiot to proreirional readers merely, but 

 liktW'le togene.'-al perufal. He hasendea- 

 vtuicd, in a particular manner, to illuf- 

 trate the iinportance of tarly and careful- 

 ly d;lcrinin,-.ting between (he characters 

 of true ulmonary affcftiijn and thofe dif- 

 orders which often afiurre a fiftitious re- 

 /eml.lap e of genuine plithills. 



A revifed ediiion, by Mi. CuMMiNq^ 

 of the Rti"'ive.s, Divine, Moral, and Po- 

 litical, by Owen Ft hliam. wjlj make its 

 appearaice in the m- n;h of January. 



The Rev. Edmund Butcher, of 

 Sidmouth, has ready for publication a fe- 

 coad edition of a work, in which he has 

 bftn conddtrably affilted by the Rev. 

 Hugh Worthington and the Rev. 

 John Evans. It is a Family 

 HiBLE, uiion an entire new plan. The 

 wh.vle work is divided into Three Parts : 

 the firlf cjntains the Narratives of the 

 ©Id, a:d the fecond thole of the New 

 Telfament. The third Part contains a 

 great number of leflors felefted from the 

 wMole ot the Sacred Wri'ings. 



Sir David Linal'iy"s Works, edited by 

 Georoe CHALMtRs, E!q., will Ipeediiy 

 make their appearance. 



A iiewwoifc, frnivt the pen of Mrs. 

 Whsr, will (hortly he publiflied, under 

 the title of Letters to a Young Lady, 



Piofeflor ViNCE has nearly completed 

 the third volume of his Altrrnomy. 



A Lite of Romney the painter, from 

 the pen (i HaVLEY, W'ill fljortly appear, 

 and will be accompanied with a variety 

 of engravings. 



Dialof;iiek in Chemiftry, by the author 

 of Scientific Dialogues," are ex|ie6fed to 

 appear in March. Thcfe may be regard- 

 ed as a Sefjuel to the Scientific Dialoguts, 

 and with them will form a complete 

 courft of natural and txptrimental philo- 

 fophy, and cheniillxy. 



The fixih volume of the General Bio- 

 graphical Dittionary, by Dr. AtKiN, 

 Mr. MoRG.iN, &c. which had met with 

 a temporary delay, is gone to the pref». 

 It is condutled by the lame writers with 

 thule (if the preceding volumes ; but the 

 Spanifh and Portuguefe Jiterary biography 

 will be given more at large by a gentle- 

 man peculiarly acquainted with (hat de- 

 pirtment. 



Dr. Cox is preparing a new edition, 

 with large additions, of his Praffical Ob- 

 fervations on Infanity. It would be of 

 the laft importance fo the intererts of foci- 

 ety, could this malidy be fo defined or de- 

 fcrlbed as to leave no doubt on the mind 

 refpefting the perfons wha unfortunately 

 labour under its i.ifiuence. 



Profeffor Scott, of Aberdeen, is pre- 

 paring a work for the prel's, intitied Ele- 

 ments of Intelleifual Philofophy, or an 

 Analyfis ot the Power-, of the Human XJti" 

 derttanding, tending to afcertain the Prin- 

 ciples of Rational Logic. 



Mr Charnock, author of Biographia 

 Naiialis, is preparing Memoirs of the 

 Life of the late Lord Nellon 



Sir. J. Throckmorton has a pam- 

 phlet in the prels under the tile of Ccn- 

 iiderations arifing from the Debites in 

 Parliament on the Petition of the Irifti 

 Catholics, which will be ready for publi- 

 cation in a few d.;ys. 



Mr. G. S. FABSRhas nearly completed 

 ADilTertation on the Prophecies that have 

 been fulfilled, are now fulfilling, or will 

 hereafter be fulfilled, relative to the great 

 Period of 1260 years ; the Papal and Ma- 

 homedan Apottacies ; the R';ign of 

 Antichrift, or the Infidel Power j and the 

 Rcftoration of the Jews. 



The long-expeftcd Tour of Colonel 

 Thornton through various parts of 

 France, a fplendid work, which has been 

 nearly three years in hand, is row nearly 

 ready for publicaticn. It will he cons- 

 priled in two voluinrs imperial quarto, 

 illuHrated by about eighty beatuiful en- 

 gravings in colour.'!, by Mr. Scott and 

 other artirts, fro n original drawings, de- 

 fcriptive of the country, cuftoms, and 

 manners of the people, taken by the inge- 

 nious Mr. Bryant, who accompanied the 

 Colonel exprelsly for that purpofe. This 

 tour was ptrfoimed duiing theccffation of 

 hoMtliiics, toward the conclufion of the 

 year 1802, and the riiue being entiiely 

 different from that iifually taken by En- 

 glilh travellers, no fmall dtgree ot infor- 

 mation and intertff is i-xpc6led to» reluk 

 from the peiuial of the woik. To the 

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