158 Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. [Sept, !, 



test of publication and described in the treatise, will bo de- 

 livered, if required, n ith the work. 



The History of Ceylon; by Mr. 

 Robert Fellowes, from the earliest 

 period to the year 1815, when the so\c- 

 reignty of the whole island was ceded 

 to the British crown ; is nearly ready for 

 publication. It will be accompanied 

 by characteristic details of the religion, 

 laws, and niauuers of the people; and » 

 collection of their moral maxims and 

 ancient proverbs. 



Abraham Lockett, esq. capt. in th« 

 East India Company's service, is pre- 

 paring for publication, his Travels from 

 Calcutta to Babylon, inclnding strictnrea 

 on the historj' of that ancient metropo- 

 lis, with obsenatious made among its 

 ruins, illustrated by engravings. Tbo 

 great interest created by Mr. Rich's ac- 

 count of Babylon will, doubtless, be ex- 

 tended to this new and enlarged de- 

 scription. 



Mr. rRANcis Plowden, who by va- 

 rious pcrsoru'iions has been forced for 

 several years past to reside in the French 

 metropolis, is employed on two impor- 

 tant works; one a full and impartial 

 History of Ireland^ to the extent of six 

 volumes, octavo; and the other, on the 

 I'se and Abuse of the Press in England; 

 less technical than the recent works of 

 jNIcssrs. Geoige and Holt, and better 

 calculated to convey to foreigners a just 

 idea of the F.nglisli press. No man i» 

 better qualified, as his numerous works 

 l)rove. than Mr. Plowden, for both un- 

 dertakings. 



Messrs. Wright and Son, surgeon- 

 aurists of Bristol, have succeeded in re- 

 storing the faculty of hearing to several 

 persons born totally deaf and dumb. 

 These persons having now acquired the 

 possession of the sense of distinguishing 

 sounds, arc daily improving in the power 

 of conversing. These gentlemen intend 

 to receive a limited number of }>crson9 

 of respectability labouring under theso 

 infirmities, into an establishment in the 

 neighbourhood of tliat healthy situation^ 

 Clifton. 



The Rev. Thomas Rees will shortly 

 publish his translation of the Racovian 

 Catechism ; to which he means to prefix 

 a sketch of the history of the Unitarian 

 churclies of Poland, lor v, hose use it was 

 composed. 



A History of Xipal, a kingdom in the 

 North of India, desi.ribing its origin, si- 

 tuation, surface, climate, and inhabi- 

 tants ; its relations, political and com- 

 mcrciulj with the IJritish dominions ia 

 ? Asii^t 



•tatutable 



riaim. 2dly. because the second sec- 

 tion limits the delivering to " the whole 

 wf every book, and of every volume 

 thereof;" and a Magazine is neither the 

 whole of its series, nor a volume ; but in 

 both senses only a part; and books in 

 •volumes alone could be in the contem- 

 plation ol' the legislature as furniture for 

 libraries of Universities. And, 3rdly. be- 

 eanse no demand has been made of our 

 publisher " in writing," according to the 

 terms of the statute. In truth, we have 

 •t this moment lying before us a letter 

 from the solicitor oftheUniversityofGlas- 

 JTOW, calling on us to wave our objec- 

 tions; and, in reply, we ha\e proposed 

 1o submit a joint case to counsel; bnt 

 fiiis he thinks unnecessary, because the 

 point, as he asserts, is so clear! We 

 trust, however, that that erudite body 

 ■will think otherwise, and will allow a 

 c;«se to be submitted to two or three 

 counsel, in which they will liberally do 

 j«jstice to our objections, as a means of 

 laying all further questions at rest, re- 

 lative to the etfect of the Act on con- 

 tinuous roisecllaru'es, which are neither 

 the whole of a book, nor the volume of 

 a book. For our parts, we earnestly 

 wisli that all the libraries in question 

 viCTC supplied, free of expense to tliem, 

 ■witli every book to which they consider 

 themselves entitled under this Act ; 

 but wc object to the present mode by 

 V'hicb so desirable a purpose is intended 

 tubeeireeted. A\ c think.that the statute 

 was passed inadvertently — that it is 

 contrary to natural right and right rea- 

 son, and, therefore, cannot become part 

 of the law of England — that in oppres- 

 sing literatine, it cannot be said to en- 

 courage learning — that it is the duty of 

 all concerned to petition for its speedy 

 repeal, of the booksellers and authors, 

 for the purpose of exempting themselves 

 from a grievous impost, and of the Uni- 

 versities for the purpose of getting their 

 libraries supplied in a just, legitimate, 

 and honorable manner. 



Mr. Acci!M has in tiie press, a Prac- 

 tical Essay on Chemical Re-Agents, or 

 I'ests; illustrated by a scries of experi- 

 ments. The work will comprehend a 

 summary view of the gei.eral nature of 

 chemical tests, the eft'erts which are pro- 

 duced by the action of tliese boilies, the 

 Uses to which they may be applied, and 

 the art of applying tliem successfully. 

 A portable chemical chest, containing 

 all the chemical tests and apparatijs ne- 

 cessary for performing the experiments 



