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A few of the paintings are highly inte- 
resting, both from the subject and the 
way in which they are treated. As in- 
stances of this, we may quote the View 
of the Tagus, which gives a greater idea 
of extent than we have ever before wit- 
nessed on canvas,—the Church of the 
Holy Sepulchre,—the View of St. He- 
lena,—and the singular Excavation of 
Ellora, closed in by a cascade of water, 
which falls from the top in one broad 
‘sheet. By a simple optical illusion, the 
pictures are expanded and thrown into 
distances; and the spectator actually 
seems to be looking through the win- 
dows of his own apartment upon reality, 
We understand that one side of the ex, 
hibition is to be changed shortly; and 
amongst the novelties, it is said, are the 
Port de Fer at Antioch, the Ruins of the 
Palace of Zenobia, and a View of ano- 
ther.subterranean Temple at Ellora. 
The details of practical geology have 
just received an important acquisition, 
in a vertical sECTION (looking north) of 
the STRATA across the great Lancashire 
coal-field, the high-peak hundred of Der- 
byshire, and the coal-field of Derbyshire 
and Yorkshire, §c. by ELIAS HALL, of 
Castleton, Mineral Surveyor ; engraved 
by Lowry, on a large sheet: William 
Phillips.—This line of section com- 
mences at Ormskirk, passes by Uphol- 
land, Wigan, West-Houghton, Worsley, 
Manchester, Stockport, Bullock-Smithy, 
Hoo-lane, Disley, Whaley-bridge, Cha- 
pel-en-le-Frith, Barmoor, Peak Forest 
(one mile south of Castleton), Bradwell, 
Abney, Offerton, Hathersage, Ringing- 
Sow Bar, Banner Cross, Sheffield, Atter- 
cliff, Tinsley, Rotherham, Thryburgh, 
HootonRoberts,Connisborough, Warms- 
worth, Balby, and Doncaster. All the 
principal seams of coal found in this ex- 
tensive breadth of country are shewn, 
and their qualities and thicknesses 
mentioned ; the strata of ironstone and 
of freestone, distinguishing the quali- 
ties and the chief quarries of each, and 
the various argillaceous strata of the 
coal-fields; the four limestone rocks, 
and three toadstone or basaltic strata 
which interlay them, and underline the 
coal-fields ; and the two magnesian lime- 
stone rocks, and intervening red marl, 
which over-lie the coal field on the east 
—reference being made to “ Farey’s 
Agricultural and Mineral Survey of 
Derbyshire ” for further details regard- 
ing these strata, and the structure of 
this curious district of country, than 
could, for want of room, be engraven on 
the margin of this section, 
Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
[Oct. 1, 
The celebrated Ugo Foscolo.is pre- 
paring for publication a Treatise of 
Italian Classical Poetry, which is to con- 
sist of 20 vols. 8vo. 
Mr. Buss has in the press a Practical 
Treatise on Fruit Trees, from the Nur- 
sery upwards; with a description and 
enumeration of all the best Fruits now 
in cultivation; a full definition of the 
Apple-fly, commonly called the Ame- 
rican-blight, which causes the Canker in 
Apple-trees, and its effectual Remedy. 
Mr. C.C. Western, M.P., has in the 
press “ Practical Remarks on the Ma- 
nagement and Improvement of Grass 
Land, as far as relates to Irrigation, 
Winter-flooding, and Draining ;” and 
likewise a new edition of “ Remarks on 
Prison Discipline,”’ with plates; and an 
Appendix, containing a description of 
the Plans of a Prison to contain 500 
persons ; with a Copy of a Bill to ren- 
der persons possessed of personal as 
well as real property, liable to serve on, 
Juries for Counties ; and an explanatory 
Statement of its objects and provisions. 
We understand that there will be an 
early publication of the Historical 
Works of Sir James Batrour, of Kin- 
naird, Lord Lyon, King at Arms to 
Charles the First and Second. From 
the original and hitherto unpublished 
manuscripts preserved in the Library of 
the honourable the Faculty of Advo- 
cates. 
Dr. Mircuett’s Scotsman’s Library, 
already announced, will appear, we un- 
derstand, early in the month. 
Three volumes of Legal Ana, with 
curious portraits and engravings, will be 
published in November, under the title 
of “ Law and Lawyers,” It is intended 
to serve as a populay appendage to the 
Law library, with reference to the his- 
tory, biography, and anecdote of the 
profession. 
Mr. Georce Downes, author of Let- 
ters from Mecklenburgh and Holstein, 
has just ready for publication a volume 
of poems, entitled ‘ Dublin University 
Prize Poems,” with Spanish and Ger- 
man Ballads, and other pieces. 
With embellishments, in one volume 
large 8vo., Saint Baldred of the Bass, 
a Pictish Legend; the Siege of Ber- 
wick, a tragedy; with other poems and 
ballads descriptive of East-Lothian 
and Berwickshire, by James Mrtirr. 
The Doctrine of Election, viewed in 
connexion with the responsibility of 
Man as a Moral Agent. By the Rev. 
Wiuiam Hamitton, D.D., of Strath- 
blane, in 12mo. : 
JAMES 
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