Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



1821.] 



The first rolunie of Sir ROBT. Ker 

 Porter's Travels iu Georgia, Persia, 

 Armenia, Ancieut Babylonia, &c. will 

 appear in a few days in 4to. embellished 

 ■ with numerous engravings. 



Letters from Spain are preparing for 

 puljlicat ion, containingan account of the 

 past and present condition of tlie Penin- 

 sula ; details relative to the late Revo- 

 lution ; observations on Public Cha- 

 racters, Literature, Planners, &c.; writ- 

 ten in Madrid, by Edward Bla- 

 QUIERE, esq. Author of Letters from 

 tiie Metliterranean, &c. Such a volume 

 has been much wanted, and the talents 

 of Mr. B. will meet the public expecta- 

 tion. 



The great work on Living Public 

 Men is procteding through the press, 

 and will extend to three volumes the 

 siiie of Debrey,'s Peerage, with liOO por- 

 traits. Communications are earnestly 

 solicited before it is too late by the pub- 

 lisher Mr. Sams, of St. James'-street. 



A Treatise on Political Ee<moniy, by 

 J. B. Say, translated fiom the 4th 

 edition of the original, by C. R. Prin- 

 SEP, M.A. with notes by the Transla- 

 tor, is nearly ready for publication. 



Dr. Rbid is preparing a ncAV and en- 

 larged edition of his Essays on Hypo- 

 chondriasis'aud other nervous affections, 

 and the volume will appear in April. 



Another work on Steam Engines and 

 Steam Boats, by Mr. John Farey, 

 Jun. iliuslrated with numerous en- 

 gravings, by Lowry, is also in a state 

 of forwardness. JBoth works will ex- 

 hibit a satisfactory body of information 

 on this important branch of mechanics. 

 A Treatise on Indigestion, and its 

 consequences, is nearlj' ready for pub- 

 lication, with observations on the or- 

 ganic diseases, in which they sometimes 

 terminate, by A. P. W. Philip. M.D. 

 A History of the Town of Shrews- 

 bur}'^, which possesses very peculiar 

 claims to the notice of the antiquary 

 and historian, is preparing for publi- 

 cation, by the Rev. HuciH Owen and 

 the Rev. J. Blakbway, of that place, 

 in two quarto volumes, with a profu- 

 sion of antiquarian illustrations. 



The first volume is in the press, of 

 the Transactions of tlie Cambridge 

 Philosophical Society. 



Mr. Elmes has issued proposals for 

 publishing by subscription, Memoirs 

 of tlie Life and Works of Sir Chris- 

 topher Wren, with a View of the Pro- 

 gress of Architecture in England, frrnn 

 the beginning of (tie niign of (Charles 

 (he First to the end of tlie seventcentli 

 century. 



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Proposals have been circulated for 

 publishing by subscription, the Theory 

 of Topographical Plan- Drawing and 

 Surveying; or, guide to tlie just Con- 

 ception and accurate Representation 

 of the Surface of the Earth, iu Maps 

 and Plans, by John George Leh- 

 MANN, Major iu the Saxon Infantry, 

 attached to the Staff of his Majesty tlie 

 King of Saxony, and Director of the 

 Depot for Military Maps and Flans. 

 Published and Illustrated by G. A. 

 Fischer, Professor at the Saxon Royal 

 Academy, and translated from the 

 original German by William Sibokn, 

 Lieut. H. P. 9th Infantry; with seven- 

 teen plates, engraved by Lowry. 



Dr. Southey, will publi'^h in the 

 course of April, the Expedition of 

 Orgua, and the Crimes of Lope de 

 Aguirre, of whom Baron Humboldt, in 

 his travels, says, " the crimes and ad 

 ventures of Lope de Aguirre, form one 

 of the most dramatic episodes in the 

 History of the Spanish Conquests." 



Mr. ACKERMAN has nearly ready for 

 publication a Description of that part 

 of Western Africa, comprehending the 

 Zaharos or Cireat Desert, and the coun- 

 tries situated between the Rivers Sene- 

 gal, and Gambia, in continuation of 

 the work commenced by him, under 

 the title of the World in Miniature. 

 It will form four volumes with nearly 

 fifty engravings, illustrative of the 

 manners, customs, dresses, &c. of the 

 Inhabitants ; also views, maps, ike. 



In April, the Rev. C. Bradley will 

 commence publishing an edition of 

 Select British Divines. Bishop Be- 

 veridge"s Private Thoughts are to open 

 (he work, in which biography, and 

 occasionally portraits, are to be given. 

 From 30 to 50 volumes are anticipated. 

 Mr. Faulkner has issued proposals 

 for publishing by subscription, a Series 

 of Etchings illustrative of his History 

 and Antiquities of Kensington, from 

 Original Drawings by R. Banks, com- 

 prising every object of antiquity and 

 curiosity in that ancient and interesting 

 parish. 



Mr. WooLNOTH is preparing for pub- 

 lication, a Series of Views of our An- 

 cient Castles, to be engraved from 

 drawings by Arnold, Blone, Fielding, 

 Gastineaux, &c. ; with Descriptions by 

 E. W. Brayley, jun. 



In the course of the ensuing month 

 will be published Observations on Dis- 

 eases of Females, by Charles Mans- 

 field Clarke, part the secoml. At the 

 same time will be published, a New 

 Edition of Part L of the above work. 



Dr. 



