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tlie choicest miscellany of vocal liar- poser, lias been given wherever it could 



mony now extant, uniting to the supc- be ascertained ; and there is observed 



riority of its contents an elegance of tlironghout in the succession and com- 



completeness peculiar to itself. Amongst mixture of the Glees, Sec. a propriety 



the leading features of which may be and relief which must greatly enhance 



noticed, tiiat, to every piece for four the vahic of the work in the estimation 



voices, or more, is added a compression of every judicious amateur ; and cannot 



of the several parts into two lines, treble fail to secure to it a decided preferenca 



and bass, tor the jjurpose of piano-forlc 

 accompaniment. The nicest attention 

 has been bestowed upon the words 

 which have been altered, or new ones 

 furnished, wherever the original have 

 been fonnd at all exceptionable. The 

 uame of the poet, as well as of the coni- 



in tin; opinion of the musical world iti 

 general. Tlic subscribers, 8cc. are re- 

 si)ectfully informed, that the third vo- 

 lume of this work is now in consider- 

 able forwardness, and will be ready for 

 delivery early in the ensuing year. 



VARIETIES, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL, 



Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domestic and Foreign. 



THE public, in two or three weeks, 

 will be gratified by free access 

 to tliose famous Athenian Sculptures 

 which were lately piirchased, for the na- 

 tion, of the British ambassador to tho 

 Porte. Two spacious rooms have been 

 built for their exhibition on the ground- 

 floor of the British Museum, adjoining 

 the Townley and Egyptian Galleries. 

 In the first and smaller of these rooms 

 will be displayed, the spirited sculp- 

 tures recently dug up at Phygalia, to- 

 gether with casts of Athenian statuary, 

 the originals of which still adorn Athens 

 and its vicinity ; and in the other will 

 be displayed the originals from Athens, 

 whici) will henceforward be properly 

 called the Athexiax Marbles or 

 Sculptures. On the ground-floor are 

 disposed the several statues, as the The- 

 seus, &c. Ike. ; and at the height of six 

 feet h'om the floor the Fpezcs; while a few 

 feet higher are the IMttopes. Nothing 

 can be more striking, more interesting, 

 and more allecting. We are struck 

 with thoni as remains of ages so re- 

 nowned, and so long passed away ! 

 AVe are interested with them as per- 

 formances of matchless beauty, and 

 many of them the work of Phidias! 

 And we are aflecled at that revolution 

 of empires which has occasioned their 

 transportation from their native city to 

 a country which, in the age of Pericles, 

 was esteemed the most barbarous of all 

 countries, even if its very existence was 

 known. They are, however, a proud 

 trophy, because their disjday in the 

 British metropolis is the result of public 

 taste ; and also a pleasing one, because 

 they are not the price of b>ood, shed in 

 wantoQ or ambiUous ways, Ignited to 



the Townley and other collections, the 

 suite of rooms exhibits the finest display 

 of tiie art of sculpture to be found in 

 the world, and they will always do ho- 

 nour to the metropolis and to the parties 

 concerned in assembling and purchasing 

 tiiem. They may be viewed, without 

 gratuity or charge, every IMonday, 

 Wednesday, and Friday, during the lei- 

 sure and convenience of the visitor, on 

 simply writing his or her name and ad- 

 dress in a book at the door of the Museum. 

 In addition to the above, and other 

 splendid attraclions, the public-spirited 

 trustees of the Museum iiave recently 

 purchased, at the low charge of 1,1001. 

 a complete collection of British Zoo- 

 logy, formed by Col. Montagu, of the 

 Knowle, in Devonshire. 'J'liis is a va- 

 luable, as well as popular, additi<jn ; the 

 former collections in natural history 

 having long since decayed, and become 

 unworthy of the other parts of the esta- 

 blishment. AVe shall duly notice the 

 time when this collection of zoology 

 will be arranged and open to public in- 

 sjiection. 



The usual Supplementary Number 

 to the Montlthi Magazine will he pub- 

 lished OH the 30th of Jauuari/, and will 

 be delivered Inj the Booksellers with the 

 next monthlij number. 



The Morning's Walk from Lon- 

 don TO Kew, being completed in the 

 current number, will be published in 

 the course of January, M'itli some rp\\- 

 sions and iiiteriiolations, in a haiidsimie 

 volume, post octavo, price 8s. in boards. 

 A competent printing-oflieo having 

 been established at Alacao, under tho 

 patronage of the East-Indiu Company, 

 a Pictioiiiiiy of the Chiuesc Lsuiguairo! 

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