Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 253 



for a work lie iulcnds to pnblisli, on Il»e 

 generic Forms of tlio Crania in Aniniuls. 



Select pieces of early popular Poetrjr 

 arc preparing by H. \. Ijtterson, es(|., 

 ill wliicli no piece will be given wliicli 

 Mas printed subsequent to the close of 

 the six.teenlii century ; and no poem will 

 be considered as coming within llie ar- 

 rangement, which did not, either iu its 

 matter or style, lay claim to popularity. 

 Each ])oem will be ornamented with a 

 wood-cut vignette, and a glossary to tli« 

 whole will be added. 



A new poem, entitled, Emigration, 

 or Jinglaud and Paris; will be published 

 in a few days. 



'i'lie Rev, W. Ettuam, AM. author 

 of the Second Exodus, or liedectioiis 

 on the Prr)phceies of the last 'limes, has 

 in the press, the Season and Time, or 

 an Exposition of Ihe I'rophecies, Mliich 

 relate to the two periods of Daniel, snb- 

 secpient to the 1260 years, now (as he 

 says) recently expired. 



Mr. G. Jackson is preparing a new 

 and jmi)roved System of Mnemonics, or 

 Two Hours' Study in tlic Art of j\lc- 

 niory; illustrated by many plales. 



Amongst the literary establisinneiits 

 of the nietropolis, f iloyd's Subscripliori 

 Ixoom, in Harley-slreet, merits notice 

 and conmiendalion. 'I'liis noble room 

 is very tastefully fitted up, and contains 

 a most elegant and well-arranged libra- 

 ry, which is daily supplied with ail the 

 morning and evening newspapers, Eng- 

 lish and foreign journals, &c. &:c. ; and, 

 by its centrical situation and gieat cou- 

 venicnce to the inhabitants of that part 

 of the town, is much resorted to. To 

 keep the company select, a committee 

 of thirteen ballot for subscribers. 



An interesting and alternate scries of 

 repuldications are j>roposed, under the 

 title of " CoUcctawa C'rltica et Lite- 

 raria;" or a collection of the principal 

 works compreiiending criticism and 

 belles-lettres; its four scries will be 

 pnblislied in regular monthly Ninnbcrs, 

 on royal paper, each containing eighty 

 jinges; and, as all the authors will be 

 completed sc|)arately, the public will 

 liave ail opportunity of consulting their 

 OH n judgment and eonvenienee in tlic 

 sciertiiin. — '\'Uo Jiv.il s-rrics o[' this work 

 will contain the most esteemed trans- 

 lations of anci(;nt, and the most reic- 

 brated works of modern authors, on the 

 various brandies ol' eiilicisin and belles 

 letfres, from the time of Aristotle to tho 

 jiresent pciiod. I'hc second sirics will 

 contain modei-M iiistorians. — 'I'he third 

 will coiitaiu English classical authors. — 



And 



■1816.] 



"by Mr. AucHDKACON Coxe, will serve 

 to illustrate the character of the great 

 duke. 



A new edition of the T?ev. ISIr. Har- 

 mer's Observations on various Passages 

 of Scrijiture, with many important addi- 

 tions and corrections by Ai>am Clarke, 

 LL.D. F.S. A. will be published in a few 

 days, elegantly printed in four octavo 

 Volumes. 



It is now almost forgotten, that tlie 

 learned naturalist Ray complied a 

 very useful and comi)rehcnsive vocabu- 

 lary in English, Latin, and Greek, 

 which for half a century was adopted iu 

 most of the public schools, and ran 

 through numerous large editions. The 

 increased study of the Greek language 

 Laving rendered such a work again de- 

 sirable, it is proposed to republish the 

 able work of Kay, with such amend- 

 ments as it may re(piire. Dr. Rice, of 

 Uriglitou, has undertaken this task, and, 

 with a view to confer on the wor.k every 

 recommendation, it is intended to cast 

 \X in stereotype. 



The Rev. Joseph ITuxtfr is pre- 

 paring, with suitable embellislnncnts. 

 Annals and a Topographical Survey of 

 the Parish of SheQield, or Ilallamshire, 

 with bio^raphicid and bibliographical 

 not'ccs. 



The Xorrisian prize has tliis year been 

 adjudged to Mr. .1. C. Franks, E.A. of 

 'JVinity College: the subject was, the 

 I si and Nccesiitij of Revrlution. 



-Mr. T. r/E8TEK, of i insbury-place, is 

 preparing for publication, in monthly 

 iiuuibers, "Illustrations of London," 

 containing a series of engraved views, 

 and delineations of antiquarian, archi- 

 tectural, and other subjects in the me- 

 tropolis, with liistorical and topogra- 

 phical descriptions. 



The Rev. Ric.iakdWarxeR, of Rath, 

 will publisii ill November ,i series of 

 .Sermons for every Sunday iu the year, 

 tiiicludiiig Christmas-day ;:ml tJoo<l- 

 iViday, and coiniuencing witii the fust 

 Sunday in advent;) for the use of fami- 

 lies an<I coimtry congreg.'itions, and 

 adapted to t!:c conditions of the lower 

 orders of society. 'I'he texts are taken 

 IViiiii the epistle or gosi)el of the day. 

 A prefatory discourse is prefixed, con- 

 taining observations on public religious 

 inytruction: and a vindication of the 

 chigy of the church of llugland, from 

 the clmrgcs, of their atlac,!iiug> too much 

 ini[iortance to human Icuniiiig, their 

 fxalling reason above faith, and their not 

 ^>r<achiiig the gosjjcl of Christ. 



Wr. I'yiUTUK hi coUcctiiijj »ul)jcct8 



