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Literary and Philosophical Intelligence, 



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Mr. WHiTEiiAW, who as a botanist 

 has visited the most wealthy of Nature''s 

 regions in the two Americas, has com- 

 menced in London a course of botanical 

 teachinsj and lecturing, which our own 

 observation enables us to recommend 

 to public attention. He treats more of 

 the properties of plants than of their 

 names ; and he illustrates his instruc- 

 tions by means of superb transparen- 

 cies, representing the chief objects iu 

 the vegetable world in all their rich 

 tints of colour, and iu the various 

 beautiful forms in whidi they are 

 seen in the countries of their natui-al 

 growth. Young persons by this means 

 become expert botanists in a fevv weeks, 

 and adult students acquire correct no- 

 tions of the science in a few lectures. 

 It is the system of Lancaster so modi- 

 fied by a man of genius as to apply 

 with peculiar efl'ect to this branch of 

 science. 



A Poem on a very interesting subject 

 of Woman in India, is announced, by 

 John Lawson, Missionary at Cal- 

 cutta, and author of Orient Harping. 



Next mouth will be published Luci- 

 dus Ordo, a complete course of studies 

 on the several branches of Musical 

 Science, with a reduction of all the pre- 

 sent intricacies of thorough bass to one 

 simple principle of figurative designa- 

 tion, with skeleton exercises, &c. by 

 J. Relfe, Musician iu Ordinary to his 

 Majesty. 



A Practical Essay will soon appear 

 on the Ring-worm, of the Scalp, Scald 

 Head, and the other Species of Perrigo, 

 with a view to establish tiie treatment 

 of these diseases on sound and efficient 

 princii)les, by Samuel Plumbe, Esq. 



A Catalogue of the first part of the 

 extensive library of his Excellency the 

 Cardinal Fesch, is about to be puh- 



tlished, and will be found particularly 

 rich in Abbatial and Local Ecclesias- 

 ' tical History; Royal and Noble Ge- 

 nealogies ; Versions of the Scriptures ; 

 Sacred Pliilology ; Conciles ; Lives of 

 the Fathers ; Theology ; Canon and 

 Civil Laws; Ancient History; and 

 Biograpliy ; together with several early 

 printed books and chronicles. The 

 whole will be sold by auction by Mr. 

 Sotheby. 



A novel is in the press, entitled 

 Feminine Worth, by Jos : an Indian 

 Idol wlio views European morals and 

 politics witli caluuiess, impartiality, 

 and truth. His work relates the pri- 

 vate story of a family, and the details 

 are, with very llnv exceptions, occur- 



rences in real life, in the order iu 

 which they have taken place. 



Dr. Pritchard, Physician to the 

 Bristol Infirmary, has in the press, a 

 Treatise on the Diseases of the >fervous 

 System, vol. 1, comprising convulsive 

 and maniacal affections. The design 

 of this work is to illustrate^by numerous 

 cases of Epilepsy,' Mania Chorea, and 

 the different forms of Paralysis, the 

 connection between affections of this 

 class, and a variety of disorders of the 

 natural functions. 



Benjamin Babington, Esq. of the 

 Madras Civil Service, has in the pres?, 

 the Adventures of the (Jooroo Noodle 

 and his Five Foolish Disciples, a comic 

 Hindoo tale, iu the Taiuul language, 

 printed in the original character, and 

 accompanied by a translation, vocabu- 

 lary, and analysis. The design of the 

 translator, in publishing this tale, 

 which has been long celebrated in 

 Southern India for its spirit, and the 

 elegance of its style, is to supply a text 

 book for t!ie use of those who are en- 

 gaged in the acquirement of the lan- 

 guage of the southern portion of the 

 Peninsula of India, a language which 

 being original and underive<l, may 

 perhaps also be thought wortJiy the 

 attention of the general philologist. 



Robert Anderson, Esq. of the 

 Madras Civil Society, has nearly ready 

 for publication a Grammar of the Ta- 

 mul Language, in whicii it is the 

 ol>ject of the author, to incorporate 

 with the rules of the ordinnry or spoken 

 an introduction to the elegant dialect of' 

 this language, which from the nervous 

 conciseness and singular energy of its 

 construction, is as cui-ious to the philo- 

 logist, as froip its affording an access to 

 the learning of Southern India, it may 

 be deemed conducive to the general 

 interests of literature. 



Ismael, the Arab, Sketches of Scenery, 

 foreign and domestic, with other poems, 

 by David Carey, Esq. author of 

 Lochiel ; or, the Field of CuUoden, a 

 novel, &c. &c. is in the press. 



In a iew days will be published 

 The World in Miniature, containing 

 Africa in 4 vols. It constitutes the 

 second division of a work intended to 

 embrace all tlie nations of the globe 

 under the title of the World in Minia- 

 ture. 



The Young Infidel ; a Fire-side Re- 

 verie, by a Friend to Trutli, is nearly 

 ready for publication. The i)rofits will 

 be devoted to the support of the Essex 

 Life Boat. 



Dr. 



