412 



V iti) his observation of tlie Sun's Eclipse, 

 Ko\ ember 19, 18 IG: j^ , /, 



Besjinuing of tlie EcHpse, ? o 4 .13 



mean time, j 



End of ditto, mean ditto, . 10 ]9 46 

 Duration, . . . 2 15 3 



Latitiidf of the Observatory 51° 5;9' 7-6" 



longitude, 1j" east. 



Wc Rave received from ISfr. Lofft 

 tlie following parti<;',ilars, observed by 

 himself and Mr. Acton, of Ipswich ; 

 toi^etlicr with some miseellaiicoiis obser- 

 vations, which we are obliged to defer 

 till our nexl : — 



EclipsLi Gippiivici Obseivata, 

 18 N. 201,. 30; 30'; Temp. X. , 



y"Apparens>. „''., 

 C.v T. J '^"- 

 Sol gihbose falcatiis ; et 

 prop^nioduni,(piaparte 

 incct, honzouti paral- 

 lelus. 



?0h. 16' 

 =:19d. 8b. 16' 

 08^' 



Sth. 21' 



m 



JLUtrary and Philosophical Intelligence. [Dec. 1, 



Plabits and Character of the People of 

 the Ponga Islands, in the Pacific Ocean; 

 by Mr. William Maiunkk, who re- 

 mained for several years a constant as- 

 .sociate of the king and the higher class 

 of chiefs. 



A literal translation, with the Spanish 

 interlined, is printing in part.s, of (lie 

 Life and Exploits of the ingenious 

 Knight, Do\ Quixote de la Mancha ; 

 composed by Michael do Cervantes 

 Saavedra; from tiic Madrid edition. 



Mr. Rich, author of the interesting 

 Description of the Ruins of Babylon, 

 near Hella, has returned to Lagdad, 

 where he is about to engage in new 

 investigations. 



A descriptive Catalogue of Recent 

 Shells, with particular attention to the 

 synonymy, by L. W. DiLLWy: , E.R.S. 

 E.L.S. is nearly ready for publication. 



Mr. Bewick is engaged on a set of 

 cuts for a new edition of Esop's Fables. 



A fifth volume, in foolscap octavo, is 

 preparing of Lord Byron's Works; con- 

 taining the Siege of Corinth, Parisina, 

 Fare Thee Well, Alonody on Sheridan, 

 and several other poems. 



A Hi.story of the late War in Spam 

 and Portngal, by Robeiit Southey, 

 esq. Poet Laureat to the Court of Great 

 Britain, is preparing, in two volumes 

 quarto. 



Selected Beauties of British Poetry, 

 with lives of the poets, critical disserta- 

 tions, and an essay on English Poetry, 

 are in preparation by Thomas Camp- 

 bell, esq. 



A Narrative of a Residence in Bel- 

 gium during the Campaign of 1815, is 

 printing. 



Mr. W. GiFFORD is i)reparing an edi- 

 tion of the Plays and Poems of James 

 Shirley, now first collected and chrono- 

 logically arranged, and the text carefully 

 collated; with occasional notes and a 

 biographical and ciitical essay. 



The Rev. \\ . N. Darnell is printing 

 a volume of Sermons on Piactical 

 Subjects. 



Dramas, by Sir James Bland Bur- 

 gess, bart. are printing hi two volumes. 



Barron Field, esq. of the Inner 

 Temple, is printing, in two octavo 

 volumes, a Practical Treatise on th« 

 Commercial Law of England. 



Mr. Maclachlax, of Aberdeen, will 

 soon publish a volume of Medical Effu- 

 sions. 



Family Annals, or the Sisters, is 

 printing by Mrs. Mary Hays, author 

 of tiie Brothers; aud Female Biography. 



M«CHr«nim interior obscurata: 

 S.V 39" Sfcundn ; 

 26' o" Tirtia; quic et extima glo- 



nieratariini. 

 28.|' Sol \e\nt Luna Ui ma: Obscu- 



ralio maxima. 

 33' Eellpsis minor ineepit. 



•g2h. 30'= IO5I1. Macukium inliina ema- 

 sit ; 

 32' SccK/irfaglomeratanim emeisit. 

 54|:' Tcrlia plen6 tm^rsit ; et uli- 



(juniitum ii Luna distat. 

 43't' Ecliiis. C.L, obscrvante, finita. 

 44^1 Sol, Ai'tono observants, pror- 

 siis emcr.sit. 

 Duratio ccliiitiivs secundum illam prio- 

 rem rbservationem — 2I1. ii' 30". 



Juxta illam postcriorem — 'ill. 13' 45". 

 TeUscupio potentiori Fides igitur adlie- 

 benda ; quanquani et ineuiii sit egregie 

 officio fimctum. 



Hi'rohg 'H«i nieiim portatile post Eclip- 

 sin finitain ad ttinpus s:lwe est correctum. 



A new work on France, by Lady 

 ]\IoRCAN, is expected to appear early in 

 January ; it w ill include a general view 

 of the actnul state of that country. 



A new novel may speedily be expect- 

 ed ■from the pen of Mr. Godwin, under 

 the title of Mandevii.le, a domestic 

 st;)ry of the seventeenth ceuinry. 



Mr. T. DiUDiN is ])repariiig for tlie 

 press, the postluinuius Dr..nialic Works 

 of the late lamented and ingenious Mr. 

 Benjamin 'rHO.\H'.soN : they will be pub- 

 lished by subscripliim, for the benefit of 

 his widow and six cliiidren. 



An account is printing of tlic singular 



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* Seu lOli, Temp. Civ. sen popul, 

 t T. S. seu apparens SiU' 40". 

 % T. S. ay' oa". 



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