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co-extensively with tbls tniscellnny, we feel 

 it iinnecefsnry to attempt auy tinalysis of the 

 contents of its successive numbers. 



lu the rage at iraiiation of popular works, 

 we are not surpriied to find one entitled 

 Universal Science. Instead of Universal 

 Science, the author should have entitled his 

 collection Universal CUaos ; for we have 

 never before seen such a mixture of hetero- 

 geneous iugredieuls presented to the public. 

 It strongly reminds us of Smollel's amiqua- 

 rian's Spartan broth ; and we cannot doubt, 

 but that liUe this redoubted purveyor to per- 

 verted taste, the author of the work in ques- 

 tion, will in solitude have to digest the ha.sh 

 which he has had the presumption to offer to 

 the public under his misapplii'd title. 



Conversations on English Grammar, (fc. 

 b)j Mrs. Williams, forms a work of a use- 

 ful kind, and well adapted to the purpose in 

 view. Mrs, Williams has adopted the plan 

 of familiar and entertaining dialogues to 

 make her pupils acquainted with the rules of 

 grammar. Such a method cannot fail of 

 being more attractive to children than the 

 simple and dry rules as laid down in gram- 

 mars. Examples seemiugly deduced from 

 themselves are more likely to be easily re- 

 tained and lead the mind to enquiry, than 

 the lessons generally in use. The whole of 

 the illustrations are not only calculated to ex- 

 cite the attention of children, but at the same 

 time to convey to their minds clear and com- 

 prehensive ideas of the general principles of 

 language. 



Letters to a Child, on the subject of Ma- 

 ritime Discovery, by Emily Taylor, is 

 another successful attempt, of which there 

 have been several during the last few years, 

 to interest the youthful mind in important 

 branches of knowledge. Works of pure fic- 

 tion, addressed to the heart and imagination, 

 We are inclined to think, formed at one time 

 loo considerable a portion of the child's li- 

 brary. The young mind, reliaved from a 

 constrained attention to "school books," as 

 we have heard them emphatically termed, 

 turned with almost too lively a relish to the 

 delightful productions of an Edgeworth and n 

 Berquin — it was the sweetmeat after a dis- 

 agreeable medicine. We therefore congra- 

 tulate our young friends, that several inge- 

 nious writers have at length succeeded in 

 uniting the utile duici ; and the perusal of 

 Mrs. Priscilla Wakefield's volujnes, and Mrs. 

 Hack's Winter Evenings, and Mr Gait's 

 Historical Pictures, fills up the dangerous 

 interval between works of instruction and 

 mere imagination. 



The New Prophetic Almanac for 1821, 

 is a very odd] production, end not an over 

 cheap one as an almanack. The legends of 

 the Sidrophels are generally not the most 

 intelligible, but that which precedes the use- 

 flil pan of this ''abstract of celestial lore," 

 surpasses any farrago of the kind which we 

 have yet seen. The title promises much 

 more than the work contains, and to us this 

 new and tremendous proguosticator of won- 



[Feb. I, 



ders does not appear more preferably pro- 

 phetic than the usual guides of this kind. 

 We sBspect the author has made very free 

 with Mr. Moore, to whose higher pretensions 

 he is, however, no very formidable rival. 



The Mental Calculator, a Compendium 

 of General Rules forihe Solution of Problems 

 in Astronomy, &c. is commendable for the 

 Conciseness and perspicuity with which the 

 young learner is introduced to the first ele- 

 ments of astronomy. The problems selected 

 prove satisfactorily the purpose of the au- 

 t!ior to lead the pupil by easy gradations to a 

 clear knowledge of that sublime and inter- 

 eslingscience. A useful guide to the con- 

 stellations is annexed. 



A Synopsis of the Latin Grammar, on 

 the plan of Ruddiman, compiled for the use 

 of Schools, is an abridgement of the Latin 

 Grammar, is followed by a Treatise on Pro- 

 sody, an article not found in Ruddiman's 

 leswr grammar, a deficiency which the 

 author tells us was his inducement to bring 

 this synopsis and system of prosody before 

 the public. The compilation seems adequate 

 toils purpose, and has the merit of clearness 

 and brevity. 



ASRICrLTCBE. 



The Farmer and Grazier's Guide; by L. 

 Towne. f. cap.Svo. 10s. 



A Dei-cription of a new Agricultural In- 

 strument, which, by the power of one Horse, 

 performs a variety of operations in cultiva- 

 tion, at the rate of three acres per day ; by 

 Major-General Alex. Beat.son. 8vo. 



Essays on the Practical Husbandry, and 

 Rural Economy ; by Edward Burroughs,Esq. 

 8vo. 3s. 6d. sewed. 



The Miller's Guide ; or a Treatise on the 

 Flour Manufacturing and Milling Business ; 

 by Johu Miller. 10s. bds. 



ABCHITECTORB. 



Part I. of a Series of Designs for Private 

 Dwellings ; by J. Hedgeland. 4to. It. Is. 



Specimens pf Gothic Architecture, selected 

 from various Ancient Edifices in England ; 

 by A. Pugin, architect. 4to. 11. Is. 



BIOGRAPHY. 



The Life of Sir iMatthew Hale ; by Bishop 

 Burret. 18mo. 4s. 



Memoirs of his late Majesty George III. 

 written with a special view to the progress 

 of Religion, Civil and Religious Liberty, Be- 

 nevolence and General Knowledge ; by Tbos. 

 WiLson. rZmo. 



The Annual Biography and Obituary for 

 IS-JI. 8vo. 15s. bds. 



The Life of Voltaire ; by Frank Hall 

 Standish, Esq. 8vo. 12s. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



John Offor's Quarterly Catalogue of The- 

 ological and Miscellaneous Books. 



W. Baynes and Son's Catalogue of second- 

 hand Books for 1821. 4s. 



CLASSICS. 



Ricciardo, Tragedia ; da Ugo Foscola, 

 8vo.Ts.6d. 



A Decimal 



