Ib] 
[ 55 J 
VARIETIES, Lrrerary AND PuHILosoruIcaL, 
~ Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. ; 
¥ 
* * 
Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received, 
—————— 
HE Rev. Mr. Harrer, whose in- 
_ teresting researches at Herculane- 
tum, under the patronage of His Royal 
Highness the Prince of Wales, have ex- 
cited the liveliest attention of the lite- 
fary world, is about to publish a Letter 
to His Royal Highness, containing a 
Narrative of all that passed on this sub- 
ject from his leaving England till his re- 
turn. It will be illustrated with engra- 
vings; and in every sense it cannot fail 
to gratify and interest the public. 
The Pantheon has been very judi- 
ciously converted into a national insti- 
tution for exhibiting the improvements 
in the manufactures of the United 
Kingdom, and in the arts connected 
therewith; for promoting the general! 
interests of commerce, both foreign 
and domestic ; abd for aiding the pros- 
perity of every class of manufacturers. 
“Tt will present at once, (arranged in a 
gular and connected series,) all that 
Piachester, Birmingham, Sheffield, 
Leeds, Nottingham, Coventry, Norwich, 
Glasgsw, as well as the sister kingdom, 
and all other manufacturing places, sup- 
ply; and will preserve a register of every 
tmanufacturer in the United Kingdom, 
whereby sueh of them as become sub- 
scribers to the institution, will open new 
meats of promoting their interests in a 
variety of ways, and to a great extent. 
A spacious chamber is exclusively ap- 
propriated to the resort and accomimo- 
dation of subscribers ; and the datiy and 
country papers are to be taken in and 
fited for their accommodauon, And for 
the peculiar use of patrons of the in- 
stitution, a spacious chamber of asso- 
ciation, is prepared and fitted up for 
‘their exclusive reception and resort at 
all times, provided with a copious sup- 
ply of books of reference, an extensive 
assortment of publications, foreign and 
domestic; cogether with all foreign ga- 
gettes and newspapers that can be pro- 
eured from every quarter of the world. 
The totelligent part of the metropolis, 
and country visitors, have long languished 
for such an establishment, and we cor- 
dially wish it success. 
Mr. Bisset, of the Museum, Birming- 
haw, will publish early in February next, 
a superb medallion of bis Royal Highness 
e Prince of Walés as Regent of the 
Imperial Kingdoms. 
The Rev. Davip Biarr, whose various 
school books enjoy such unrivalled cele~ 
brity, is about to publish a Universal 
Grammar of Arts, Sciences, and General 
Knowledge, which is likely to supersede 
all other genera! systems now used in our 
schools. ; 
Dr, Dickson has at length achieved 
the grand desideratum of agricultural ime 
provement, and finished for publicatien 
a compressed and cheap compendium of 
agricultural knowledge and improvement, 
called the Fariner’s Companion, Itisa 
suitable present from ‘a patriotic Jand. 
lord. 
A new edition of Martyn’s Georgics 
is in the press. 
Tn our last Varieties it was stated, by 
mistake, that Mr. Ronenr Baxewewe 
had discovered a new mode of analysing 
soils, minerals, &c. “We have since seen 
the proposals of that gentieman, iv which 
he lays claim to no new discovery in the 
mode of analysing. Tt appears he is en- 
saved in anew undertaking, to unite with 
the survey of estates a Minéralugical 
Examination and Analysis of the Sub- 
stances they contain, and to accompany 
the Plan with a Manascript Description 
and Natural History of the Estate. 
A new work is preparing by Mr, Perez 
Nrenotson, on the Mechasical Exer- 
cises of Carpentry, Joinery, Bricklaying, 
Masonry, Turnery, &c. ; with plates of 
the various tools used in each branch 
of business, and other ‘figures explana- 
tory of the principles and practice of the 
several arts. This work is drawn up on 
the plan of the familiar but obsolete work 
by Moxon, the plates are numerous, and 
the work will be ready for publication 
early this spring. 
An elegant work with plates in aqua- 
tinta, from drawings by Mr. Luear, 
architect, of plans and views of buildings 
execated by him in Englandand Scotland, 
several of wlrich are in the eastellated 
style, with accurate views of the situations, 
will soon be ready for publication, 
Lord Dg DunstanviLLe will speedily 
publish from the original manuscripts in 
his possession, Carew’s Survey of Corn. 
wail, with Notes, by the late Thomas 
Youkin, esq. member of Parliament in 
the reign of Queen Anne. 
Tbe Memoirs of Prince Eugene of 
Savoy, written by himself; translated 
; from 
