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from the last French edition, by Mr. 
Muprorp, will appear early in Febru- 
2ry, in one volume, octavo, 
The Flora of the Counties of Northum- 
herland and Darham, by Mr. Wincn, of 
which the Botanist’s Guide through those 
counties may be considered as a prodro- 
mus, will shortly be put to press, and 
ublished with all convenient speed. 
t will comprise the generic and specific 
descriptions and localities of about 2000 
indigenous plants; and will be embel- 
lished with coloured engravings of some 
of the more rare and beautiful subjects, 
drawn from Nature by the masterly hand. 
of Mr. Sowerby. 
On the 1st of April Mr. AckrErmann 
will publish the first part of an historical 
and descriptive work, entitled West- 
minster Abbey and its Monumenis, 
which is designed to form two volumes 
elephant quarto, illustrated with sixty- 
six coloured plates, from drawings -by 
Messrs, Pucin, Huet, and Mackenzie, 
The letter-press will give a history of that 
interesting fabric, with all its accessory 
circumstances from the earliest notices 
of it to the present time. 
_ Mr. Lowry is engaged in a work enti- 
tled Select Specitnens of the Ancient Ar- 
chitecture of Great Britain, accompanied 
with Historical and Descriptive Illus- 
trations. The selection of subjects for 
this work will be made from the choicest 
architectural remains in this country, and 
consist of such as may. be deemed best’ 
adapted to illustrate the rise, progress, 
and revolutions, of the various styles 
which distinguish its ecclesiastical and 
military edifices, It is propesed to give 
serspective views either of whole build- 
. Ings‘or of parts, and; where farther expla- 
nation appears necessary, to add plans 
and elevations. The work will ap- 
pear in Numbers, commencing with the 
principal remains of Roman architec- 
ture. ‘The historical part will be drawn 
up with the strictest regard to accuracy, 
and the descriptive will be the result of 
a careful and minute examination of the 
gbjects introduced. The engravings will 
be executed in the best style, by Messrs. 
Lowry, Landseer, J. Rotfe, G. Cooke, 
J. Le Keux, Lee, Porter, &c. after ori- 
gigal drawings by Messrs. Nash, Tur- 
ner, Varley, and other eminent artists. 
Iilustrations of Gertrude of Wyoming, 
from paintings by Mr. Cocx, with a por- 
trait of the author, froma painting by 
LawRENCE, are also in preparation. 
Ilfustrations of the Lady of the Laké, 
from paintings by My, Richard Coon, are 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[Feb. 1, 
now engraving by Warren, Heatn, ArMe 
sTRONG, and ENGLEHEART, and will be 
published as speedily as the requisite atten= 
tion to their execution, which is intended ' 
to be in the first style, will admit. 
Mr. W. Crane, of Edinburgh, has 
published Hints respecting a New Theory 
on the Orbits of Comets, in which he 
suggests the probability that they revolve 
about two fixed stars, placed ip the two 
foci of their orbits. . 
Mr. R. B. Harrapan will in a few 
days publish theseventh and last Number 
of Cantabrigia Depicta et Descripia, 
being a series of thirty-four engravings of 
all the public buildings, colleges, churches, 
and remains of antiquity, in the Univer~ 
sity and town of Cambridge ; with accu- 
rate historical accounts of each, from the 
earliest period to the present time, 
Mr. Wricnt, professor aud public 
lecturer of the Science of Elocution, pur- 
posesearly in the next month, to deliver 
his Spring Lectures, and to read the 
whole of the Church Service, at his pub- 
lic lecture room, Bedford-street, Covent 
Garden. ‘ 
The following subjects are proposed 
for the Chancellor’s prizes at Oxford, for. 
the ensuing year, viz. for Latin verses, 
Herculaneum;—for an English essay, 
Funeral and Sepulchral Honours ;—for a. 
Latin essay, De Styli Ciceroniani, in di- 
versa materié, varietate;—aud for Sic 
Roger Newdigate’s prize for the best 
composition in English verse, not con- 
taining more than fifty lines, The Parthe~. 
non. 
A correspondent of a respectable pe- 
riodical work has communicated an ex 
periment made by him at a time when 
bread was very dear, with a view to find 
some cheaper substitute for wheat flour. 
He directed several turnips to be washed, 
pared, and boiled; when soft enough to. 
be mashed, the greatest part of the water 
was pressed out of them, and they were 
mixed with an equal weight of coarse 
wheat-meal. The dough was then made 
in the ‘usual manner with yeast, salt, and 
water. It rose well, was made up inte 
loaves, and baked in the usual mannér. 
When drawn from the oven, a loaf was 
cut and found to be sweeter than common 
bread, full as light and white, with a 
slight, but not disagreeable, taste of the 
turnip. Twelve hours. afterwards this 
taste was scarcely perceptible, and in 
twenty-four hours was entirely gone. 
Dr. Bett has transferred 15,0001. 
stock, 3 percent. consols, to the Univer- 
sity of Caimbridge, in trust, to found 
mea eight 
