Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



1817.] 



Eclipse on tlie temperature of the day 

 on wliich it occurred. It appears that 

 the temperature on the day was t'allinnf, 

 as is very eomniouiy the case, belbie 

 sHH-rise; presently after which, it IfCgau 

 to rise. Tiiis elVect continued until a 

 considerable portion of the sun's rays 

 became intcrce|ited, when it fell ajijain, 

 to near the middle of the eclipse; and, in 

 proportion as the latter went ofl', resumed 

 its former movement, rose steadily, and 

 attaiiierl its maximum at nearly the 

 same dcj^ree as the day before, though 

 later in the afternoon. 



Mr. William Damell is com- 

 mencing the third volume of his Pic- 

 turesfiuc Voyage round Gjeat Britain, 

 wliich is published in monthly parts. 



The Pastor's Fire-side, by Miss 

 Porter, author of TLaddeus of War- 

 saw and Scottish Chiefs, in four volumes 

 duodecimo, may be expected in a few 

 days. 



The Rev. F. A. Cox, A.M. has nearly 

 completed at press his work on Female 

 Scripture Biography, with an essay, 

 shewing the benefits which Christianity 

 has rendered to women. 



A second edition, with considerable 

 alterations, is also printing, of his Life 

 of Melaucthon. 



Biblical Criticism on the Books of 

 the (Hd 'I'estament, and Translations of 

 Sacred Songs, with notes, critical and ex- 

 pluiuitory, by S.Mii el Horsley, LL.D. 

 f .H.S. F.A.S. late Lord Bishop of St. 

 Asaph, is in considerable forwardness. 



A new and enlarged edition may be 

 expected, in a few days, of the letters, 

 and other works, of Lady Mary AVortlcy 

 Montague, in 5 vols, post 8vo. 



In tiie month of January may be ex- 

 pected, in octavo, the first volume of 

 the Annual Obituary, containing me- 

 moirs of those celebrated men who have 

 died within the year (181G); neglected 

 biography, with biographical notices and 

 anecdotes, snd original letters; an 

 an.ilysis of recent biographical works; 

 and an al|)hal)etical list of persons who 

 have die<l within the British dominions. 

 In the course of the ensuing month 

 will appear. Practical Observations in 

 Surgery and Morbid Anatomy, illus- 

 Inited by cases, with dissections and en- 

 gravings, by John Howship, member 

 of the Royal College of Surgeons in 

 liondoii, Jtc. author of Practical Obser- 

 vations on the Diseases of Urinary Or- 

 gans, in one volume, octavo. 



Mr. Hkitton's History and Antiqui- 

 ties of the Abbey Cliuich at Bath, is in 

 the press, and will ajipcar early in tho 

 }«Hr lbl7, It will cous^it wf A co^iows 



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history and description of that curious 

 and latest s;)eein!en of English eccle- 

 siastieal architecture. 



Mr. Walker, of Dublin, has nearly 

 ready for publication. Selections from 

 Lueiaii, with a Latin translation and 

 English notes; to which vviii be .sub- 

 joined aMythologieal Index andLexicon, 

 Air. Clakke will commence his next 

 course of Lectures on IMidwifeiy and 

 the Diseases of A^'omen and Cliildrcij, 

 on Monday, January 27th. The Lec- 

 tures are read every niornin?, from a 

 quarter past ten to a quarter past eleven, 

 for the conve:ii(-nce of students attend- 

 ing the hospitals. 



Mr. Booth, treasurer to the Child- 

 wall Provident Institiition, has in the 

 press, and will be piihlished in a few- 

 weeks, a System of Book-keeping, 

 adapted solely for the use oi' Provident 

 Institutions, or Sa\ing Banks, whether 

 their ca])itals be invisti d in tlie public 

 funds or otheii^ise ; together with tables 

 for reducing money into stock, (five |)er 

 cents.) and stock into money ; Iiy \\ IiicU 

 their accounts may be kept in a shorter 

 and more expeditions manner than ia 

 any of the modes that liave been con- 

 sulted, in which they are kept by i!i« 

 managers of such institutions. 



Speedily will be published, an In- 

 quiry into tlie Effects of Spirituous Li- 

 quors upon the Physical and i\]oral Fa- 

 culties of Man, and their inthience upon 

 the happiness of socirty. 



In a lew days will be published, tlie 

 Book of Versions, or Gnidi; to I'rencli 

 Translation and Consfruelioii ; by Mr. 

 J. t;n ERPiLLoup, late master of Cottagc- 

 grecii Academy. 



A new edition is preparing of the 

 Saxon Chronicle, with an English trans- 

 lation and notes, by the Rev. J. Ingkam, 

 late Saxon Professor in the University 

 of Oxford: to which will be added, a 

 new and copious chronological, topo- 

 graphical, and giossarial index, with a 

 short grammar of the Saxon language, 

 and an accurate and enlarged map of 

 England during the fleptarehy. 



'j'hc Biographical Peerage of the 

 United Kingdom, is likely soon to bo 

 completed, by the publication of the 

 foiirlh volume, which comprises Ireland. 

 During the present month may be ex- 

 pected, from the pen of .Mrs. West, au- 

 thor of "Letters to a "\ oung ^Jan," 

 Sc<;. &c. Scriptural Essays, ada])ted to 

 theJrJolyda3s of the Church of IJngland ; 

 containing a commentary on the ser- 

 vices, and reflections adapted to the pic- 

 iiCiU times. 

 Mr. Utterson's Selection of early 

 Popular 



