Literary and 1 hilosephkal Tiilelligence. 



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of the most flattering description from 

 mmierous resjicctable and humane mine- 

 owners. 



Speedily will be published, in one 

 Jarge volume octavo, elegantly printed, 

 with portraits, &c. Repertorinm Eiblio- 

 giaphicum, or some account of the most 

 celebrated public and private libraries, 

 with coi>ious lists of rare and curious 

 books contained therein, interspersed 

 with bibliographical notices, anecdotes 

 of eminent collcctor'^^, ficc. &c. It will 



Particularly iiuludt the libraries of His 

 lajesty, the Marquis of Bath, AYilliam 

 Bcckford, esq. the Mar(iuis of Bland- 

 ford, John Dent, estj. the Duke of De- 

 vonshire, ]\Ir. Thomas Grenvillc, Sir B. 

 C. Hoare, the Luke of iVlarlbornugh, 

 the Earl of Pcml;rrkc, Earl Spoiler, 

 the IMarqiiis of Stat'ord, the Ear! of 

 Stamford, and that of Sir iMark Sjkes. 



Colonel M,\cdon alp's Telegrapbic 

 Pictiouary, after having bi>cn progn s- 

 sively im;r()vcd in three successive ma- 

 nuscript editions, is in the press, accom- 

 panied by an explanatory work, eou- 

 laining thirlj plates, exhibiting various 

 terrestrial and nocturnal telegraphs, for 

 Ihe army, navy, and civil piM poses; 

 with the illustration and exemplifieation 

 of this general system appliv^n to prac- 

 tice in its various bi anehes. The \\ bole 

 is the result ofa close applicatior. to ih- 

 subject, during more tban fifteen yenis. 

 "VVe have four Dictionaries of consider- 

 able ii.crit, lor naval p^u^^()tes, and the 

 present will constitute a lifth, and sup- 

 ply what is now wanting, a Icrrcttrisd 

 and military telegrajJiie sjstem. In 

 compreliensibility, tl;:s Dictionary is 

 canied farther than any thii'g yet at- 

 tempted, as it extends to I50,(1C0 words, 

 phrases, aud sentences. 



Mr. S-ALisnuRY, of the Eolai;ical 

 Garden, Sloane-streef, has now in tiie 

 prc?s, a V(;:kona new plan, entitled, 

 " the Botanist's Comps'iion," in two 

 small vol'imes. During his weekly her- 

 Ijorisaticns, in spring and summer, !'.e 

 fouml thnt his pupils were in want o*" a 

 book of reference, so cjuuected with Ihe 

 various specimens gathered on 1l;e ; pot 

 and inserted in their respective rjrt- 

 folios, that immediate recourFO n jght 

 be bad to it with equal certainty aud 

 efl'eet. Aec^rdine.ly he has i.ow ])Vo- 

 tluced a manual, in which the species of 

 plants are siriangcd in alphabetif ai or- 

 iler, by means of tables, en a siniihir plan 

 to Grafter's Catalogue aud Gi^!] ii.e's 

 Compendium, the latter of which is a 

 small and very useful work, now cut of 

 |jriut. — While in one volume, the Lin- 



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nean and Englisli names, together with 

 the soil, colour of the ih)«fr, lime of 

 flowering, aiul gencial descrii)tion, are 

 found instantly by simple inspection ; 

 in the others, tlie specific characters, 

 uses, and qualities, will be obtained by 

 means of correspondent numbers, with- 

 out either dilliculty or loss of time. 

 Thus ihose who make liurliciilture, agri- 

 culture, or medical botany, either their 

 occupation or delight, wiii be highly gra- 

 tified by at length obtaining a popular 

 and usei'iii work, at a price m hich ren- 

 ders it acccfsibl" to eveiy student. 



Mr. Thomas IU'ssll, juu. of Guild- 

 foid, is jHiblisiiiiig, by Kubseriptioii, a 

 riclurcsque A'icw of that Ancient Bo- 

 rough, (on a large scale,) from a spot 

 whieli exhibits to tlie grtalest advantage 

 its venerable castle, and other public 

 biiildings. \^ e have seen the drawings, 

 aud can answer !oi accuracy aud ele- 

 gance. 



A translatioii having appeared in Pa- 

 ris of Binir's Vnivtrsal Prtctptar, and 

 that woik being adapted to teath 1 rench 

 and general know k'dge at the same 

 time, a quauiiiy of ll;e Paris editioii is 

 about to i)c imported (or the use of stH« 

 d< iits of I'rei'.ch in England. 



'ihe flist ntiiubcr ol a isew quarterly 

 Magat.inc ai.d Review, soieiv :nid ex- 

 chisively devoted to the finl arts, has 

 just n;ade its appearance. 



Annotations on the I'lpistles, are print- 

 ing by ihc P.ev. J. SLAbi:, M.A.; being 

 iiiten<lcd as a continualici! and comj'lc- 

 tioii of Mr. Elslej's Ariio'.ations on the 

 Eour Gospels, and the Acts of the 

 Apostles. 



The Iccturesdelivcred before llic Chris- 

 tian Ihilologica! Society, by Nathaniel 

 Roc; liS, are piintiiig. 



The Hen. and Kev. Francis Henry 

 EciiRToN has jirinted at I mis the Erag- 

 ments of two (Jdes of Sapj ho, the one 

 preserved by Longiiuis, the other by 

 Dionvsius llalieaniassensis, with the 

 text opposite. Ihe notes, the principal 

 design of which is to eonipare fl>e read- 

 ings of dillerent ]\Jaiuiscri|its in the al- 

 tered passages, display profound crucU- 

 tioii. 



The pending general election, at such 

 a crisis of the fortunes of the Biilish em- 

 pire, lias induced .Sir Richard Phillips 

 to print, on a folio sheet, his Goltlen 

 Rules fcr Ehciois, corresponding vith 

 his well-known Golden links fcr Juru- 

 mcH, and his Golden links j^or Magis- 

 tiutcs and Sheriffs. The j)osling up 

 and popular'difiusion of each of these 

 sheets cannot fail to have a salutary 

 tendency 



