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Mr. Mantell of Lewes, announces 

 l)y sub cripfion, in royal qu.irto, illus- 

 trated by numerous engravings, an ac- 

 count of theFos-sils of the South Downs ; 

 or, Outlines of the Geology of the 

 South-Eastern Division of Sussex. The 

 work is intended to illustrate the Geo- 

 logical relations of the whole County ; 

 but with a more immediate reference 

 to the Soufh-Eastern Division. Tlie 

 Minerals, and Organic Remains, dis- 

 covered in the Strata, are very nume- 

 rous, and possess a high degree of in- 

 terest. Nearly 400 of the most illus- 

 trative specimens have been engraved ; 

 and the whole will be minutely de- 

 scribed. 



Speedilj' will be puhlished in octavo, 

 a Grammar of the Sanscrit Language, 

 on a new plan ; hy (he Rev. William 

 Vates. This language is universally 

 acknowledged, by tliose who have 

 made the acquirement of it an object of 

 pursuit, to stand unrivalled for har- 

 mony and cogency. It also contains 

 all the principal Works of the Hindoos 

 on Religion, Philosophy, Historj', Juris- 

 prudence, &c. 



Dr. Wood, author of the Priz- Es- 

 say on Irish History and An(i(|uities, 

 published in the thirteenth volume of 

 the Transactions of the Royal Irish 

 Academy, has in the press, a work, 

 entitled an in(|uiry concerning the 

 primitive Inhabitants of Ireland, which 

 is expected to appear on the 1st of May, 

 in one volume octavo, illustrated with 

 a curious 1\lap, containing the local 

 situations of the triiies of Ireland in the 

 second century — •i)artly Ptolemy's, and 

 partly the author's. There will also 

 be a dissertation jtroving the authenti- 

 city of Ptolemy's Map. 



The famous Century of Inventions 

 of the Marquis of Worcester, from the 

 Originiil MSS. with historical and ex- 

 planatory notes, a biograpliical memoir, 

 and an original portrait, will soon 

 appear. 



Memoirs of James the Second, King 

 of England, &c. will lie puhlished 

 early in the present month, in two 

 volumes, small octavo, with a por- 

 trait. 



Speedily will be puhlished. Views 

 of America in a series of letters from 

 that country to a Friend in England, 

 during 1818-19 and 20, by an English- 

 woman. 



Capt Cox will soon publish in octavo, 

 with plates, a Journal of a Residence 

 in the Burhman Empire, and particu- 

 larly at the Court of Amarapoora. 



May I, 



The Faustus of Goethe ; which has 

 been the subject of periodical criticism 

 more than any work of the day, is about 

 to appear in an English dress. The 

 translation is from the pen of Mr. 

 George Soank, and it is his intention 

 to follow his author with verbal fidelity. 

 The History of tlie Plague, as it has 

 lately appeared in the Islands of Malta, 

 Goz), Corfu, and Cephalouia, &c. ; de- 

 tailing important facts, illustrative of 

 the specific contagian of that disease, 

 with particulars of tiie means adoi)ted 

 for its eradication, by J, D. TuLLY, 

 Esq. Surgeon to the Forces, Member 

 of the Ionian Acadeni}', late Inspector 

 of Qnaraiitiue, and President of tlie 

 }>oard of Health (if the Ionian Ic^^uds, 

 will appear shortly. 



Dr. TuRTON has at press a splendid 

 work in quarto, illustrative of the Con- 

 chology of the British Islands. The 

 classification will be upon principles 

 entirely new and strictly systematical. 

 The Bivalves will be ready for publi- 

 cation some time in the ensuing sum- 

 mer, containing much new and interest- 

 ing matter. The plates, 19 in number, 

 are in forwardness, drawn and engraved 

 from the best specimens in the author's 

 cabinet, by Mr. Curtis. Two hundred 

 copies only will be printed, all coloured 

 from nature. The price to subscribers 

 will be three pouinis, to non-s!ibscri- 

 bers, four pounds for the present 

 volume. 



The Life of the Right Hon. R. B. 

 Sheridan, by Thomas Moore, Esq., 

 author of Lalla Rookh, has been 'de- 

 layed by various circumstances, but 

 will soim be published. 



The Mermaid lately caught in the 

 Indian seas, and brought to this coun- 

 try, is no doubt one of the species 

 which has given rise to so many fabu- 

 lous stories, and is now in the Museum 

 of Surgeons' Hall. It is about eight 

 feet in length, and bears a strong re- 

 semblance to the common Seal. There 

 is also a young female of the same 

 species, in the same place. They be- 

 long to the class of Mammalia ; the 

 fins terminate (internally) in a struc- 

 ture like the human hand. The breasts 

 of the female are very prominent ; and, 

 in suckling its young, not only this 

 appearance, but their situation on the 

 body, must cause that extraordinary 

 phenomenon which has led to the popu- 

 lar belief. In other respects, the face 

 is far from looking like that of the 

 human race; and the long hair is 

 entirely wanted. 



Mr. 



