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List of New Puhl'ications in March. 



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larged form, by Dr. Brewstek, who has 

 collected the various discoveries that have 

 been made in scieace since the first appear- 

 ance of this author's astronomy, and has 

 added them to this edition of the work, in 

 a supplement and notes. Twelve chapters, 

 descriptive of the physical organization of 

 the ancient and new planets, of the solar 

 system, and the various astonishinp: pheno- 

 mena observable in the regions of the iixed 

 stars, are comprised in the above supplement, 

 a concise chapter on practical astronomy, 

 has been appended, besides various useful 

 additions and improvements have been 

 superadded, which render a work of little 

 oriarinal value worth a place in the library. 

 Ferguson was a mere mechanic, a flimsy 

 writer, and so ignorant as not to have read 

 the Elements of Euclid. 



A JJisscrtaiioii, ihoivtnt/ fhc idenfiti) of 

 tic Hirers Niyer and Nile, chiefly from 

 the authority of the ancients. By John 

 Dudley, M.A. vicar of Humberstone and 

 Sileby, &c. Leicestershire : forms a curious 

 and elaborate essay, in which the learned 

 and ingenious mind of the author attempts 

 to contribute to the formation of right 

 opinions respecting a subject that has 

 puzzled mankind for some thousand years, 

 not by collecting- the researches of modem 

 travellers or resting on and elucidating the 

 authorities that have traced the " famed 

 river" to its source, but by a spicilefiium of 

 ancient testimonies as old as Herodotus, 

 Dionysius, and the geographers of their 

 days ; he labours to prove that the river 

 Kiger is but an upper branch of the Nile. 

 This conclusion is unsupported by the opi- 

 nion of any modern traveller, and even con- 

 tradicted by Bruce, whose pretensions to 

 the discovery of the fountains of the Nile, 

 though regarded as rather questionable at 

 one lime, have not been disproved. We 

 give the reverend author much credit for 

 his researches and for his hypothesis, but 

 we are content to rely on the authority of a 

 well-informed and indefatigable traveller, 

 whose life was ventured to ascertain the 

 truth. 



Two most useful and perfect sheets for 

 library and office furniture, have appeared 

 under the title of aPEERAGEinda B.vron- 

 AGE Chart. They exhibit every required 

 fact relative to these classes, in columns, 

 and therefore contain several thousand facts, 

 which, with the necessary repetitions of 

 words, would fill each a large volume. 

 They appear to be compiled with a degree 

 of care which entitle them to our warmest 

 commendation, and in their typography 

 they rank among the best specimens of the 

 art. 



The fifteenth edition lies before us of a 

 Letter from t/ie Kiiuj to hi.i People. Out 

 readers arc not to suppose that George the 

 Fourth hxs thus conde.scend"d to explain 

 the policy of his power — bnt an able writer 



has undertaken in his name the task of ex- 

 plaining- and Justifying all the measures 

 which have taken place in regard to the 

 Queen. It is, therefore, a court manifesto, 

 and although the fictiou is admitted, tt is 

 such a composition as might under all the 

 circumstances have issued even from its 

 assumed author. We need not add that it 

 has been extensively read, particularly in 

 the higher circles. 



ACrRICfLTUHE. 



An Essay on Soils and Composts, and the 

 Propagatiou and Culture of OrnHP.iental 

 Trees, Shrubs, Plants, and Flowers; by T. 

 Hiiynes, uurseryniun, Onndle, Nortlianiptoil- 

 sbire. liimo. .5s. 



ANTIQUITIES. 



Index MonMsticus ; or, the Abb<*ys and 

 other Monasteries, Alien Priories, Friarie.s, 

 tfec. <fcc. formerly establislied in the Diocese 

 of Norwich, and the ancient Kiiigdoni of 

 East Anglia ; by R'xhd. Taylor, of Norwich, 

 folio, .31; 3s. • 



Rome in the Nineteenth Century; con- 

 taining a complete Account of the Ruins of 

 that .\ncientCily, the Remains of the middle 

 Ages, and the Monuments of Modern Times. 

 3 vols, post 8vo. ]l.-7s. bds. 



Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings 

 in Rome and its Vicinity, with a Descriptive 

 and Historical Account of each Subject ; by 

 ■M. Dubourg. I vol. atlas, 4to.hf. bd. engraved 

 on 2ti plates, and beautifully coloured to imi- 

 tate drawings. 71. 7s. 



ARCHITECTURE. 



The Grecian, Roman, and Gotbic Archi- 

 tecture, considered as applicable to public 

 and private Buildings in this Country ; byW. 

 Fox. 6s. bds. 



Principles of Design in Architecture, traced 

 in Observations on Buildings, Primeval, 

 Egyptian, Phenician or Syrian, Grecian, Ro- 

 man, Gothic or Corriiijt Roman, Arabian or 

 Saracenic, OUI English Ecclesiastical, Old 

 English IHiiitary iuid Domestic, Revived Ro- 

 man, Revived Grecian, Chinese Indian, Mo- 

 dern Anglo-Gothic, and Modern English 

 Doniesiic ; in a series of Letters to a Friend. 

 8vo. 7s. 



Hints on an Improved Mode of Ruilding, 

 applicable to General Purposes ; by T.D.W. 

 Dearn, architect. 8vo. plates, 4s. 6d. 



ASTBONOMV. 



Astrcnomy Explained, upon Sir Isaac 

 Newton's PiincipliiS ; by James Ferguson, 

 V. R. S. with Notes and Supplementary 

 Chapters; by David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. 

 ■London and Edinburgh, <fec. &c. 'i vols. 8vo. 

 with plates, tis. 



A Moveable Planisphere ; exhibiting the 

 Face of the Heavens for any given Hour of 

 the Day throughout the Year, as iiLso the 

 Time of Rising and Setting of the Stars; 

 designed to assist the young Student in ac- 

 quiring a Knowledge of ilie relative Situa- 

 tions and Nauics of the Constellations ; by 

 Francis Wolhuton, F.R.S. Iv's. 



BIOtJItAPIlY. 



