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Literary and Philojopldcal Jntelligencc. [Sept. 1, 



The Rev. R. Yates, author ol' the I\lo- 

 niiltic Hiftorv of St. ]-:dinun(.l's Bury, is 

 rng;ii;ocl on :i coniprcliciiiivc ami "c'ju- 

 faccied HirioiiL-iI Memoir of ihc vsirious 

 Public Charities in London. 



IJr. Cuorcn, Lc^duer on the Science 

 of Mufic at the Royal Inftitution, pro- 

 ])ofcs to publifh the firft volimic of Spe- 

 cimens of various Styles of iVhific. 



Rir. ROGEUS, author of the Pleafurcs 

 of Memory, has iie;irly (inilliid an ej)ic 

 j'joem on the Horrors oVjacohiiiifni. 



Mr. .ToHNEs, the tranllator and pnh- 

 lifhcr of Froiflart, is eujraged in a new 

 verlion of Joinvillc. 



Dr. ToiLMix, editor of the lad edition 

 of the Hirtory of the Tuntans, and author 

 of fcveral oris;inal thcohjuical vorks, is 

 jirinting at Rirniingham tlu: Life of tiic 

 Rev. Samuel Bourne, with Sketches of 

 tlic Lives of Minifters aud others cojiiem- 

 porary with i'.im. 



Tliat illultrious patron of men of Irarri- 

 ii!.!.' t.hc Earl of RrriiA.\ is colloclinj;all 

 riic M8S. and dialings of the hue Mr. 

 Riirry, with a view to puhlilh tlKin for 

 tJie hcnefit of fome indigent relation-' of 

 tl.ut ftlei>ratcd artffl* 



Waltkr Scott, I'-fq., isalwut to [.uh- 

 liih the Memoirs of Sir Ilcnrv Slinglhy, 

 Rart., from lO.ly to 1(513, written liy 

 liiinfejf. Alio Memoirs of Ca.])tain John 

 Ilodf;lon, toucliinjj; his C'(>nHu('t in the 

 Civil Wars, writteii by Iiimfi If To each 

 work will he added various importnnf pa- 

 pers' relative to the operations of Oliver 

 Cromwell and his army while they were 

 in Scotland. , 



Mr. Jamif.son is collee'iino; for publi- 

 cation Popular Ealladi and .Songs, from 

 t|-adit!oii, ."^ISS., and fcarce editions, 

 vith tranllations of limilar pieces from 

 tlie ancient Danith lan;^ua!;e. 



Di-; GiLHEKT C.i.i5'AHD's Inftitutes of 

 Biblical Critieifm, read in the Univeifity 

 Jiuil King's College, Aljerdeen, are in the 

 piels. 



Dr. Adams's fecond edition of hi* 

 work on Morbid Poifons is nearly printed 

 op. The anomalous clafs is mueii en- 

 riched by the late controveHies and by 

 the author's clinical ohfe-i vati-)ns, whicii 

 have eiKibled liim 'to proeeid a Itep fiu-- 

 ther towards a proper difirimiiKition of 

 the true charai^ers of fuch as have been 

 confounded with fvphiiis. 



Mr. Nicholson h.as in his Journal 

 piven directions by which a perfon may 

 iaVe himfelf from droVninp:, if lie chance 

 tf fall into the water. The refults of 

 Mr, Nirholl()n's reaf)nin;is are, that if a 

 Esyn fail into deep waU:, hu will rile to 



the furface by floatage, and will contiime 

 theie, if be does not elevate hk limuls, 

 and that the keeping them down is cHi'ii- 

 tial to his fafety. R" he move his hands 

 VHihr the water in any way lie pleates, 

 his head will rife fo high as to allow him 

 free liberty to breathe. And if, in addi- 

 tion, he move his legs exadly as in tlie 

 action of walking up ft;iirs, his Ihoulders 

 will rife above the water, fo that he may 

 uh; h is exertion with his hands, orajiply 

 them to other purpofes. He has hiniklf 

 l)een witnefs to the fucccfs of the experi- 

 ment. 



Mr. ^'alpv, of Pembroke Colle;:?, 

 Oxford, is preparing a new and improveil 

 edition of Maittaiie's Greek Dialects. 



The autumnal conrfe of Tx>flurcs at 

 St. Tlioinas's and Guy's Hofpital* wiH 

 commence in the f()l!owing.ordcr : — 



Si. Thomas's FiosiMTAi:. — .\natomy, 

 and operations of furgery, by_AIr. Ci.ixe 

 and Mr. Cooi'lk, Wednefday October 1, 

 ;tt half j)afl, one. — Principles and prai'ti(to. 

 of linvery, by Mr. Cooper, on Momlay 

 October (i, at eight in the evening. 



Gi v's lIo.^iMTAi . — Practice of medi- 

 cine, l)y Dr. Babisgtox and Dr. Cmr- 

 Kv, on V\'ednefday October 1, at ten in 

 the morning. — Principles and Pracdce of 

 Chemiliry, by Dr. Ha)si>c,ton and Mr. 

 Ai.i.Ex, on Thnrlday Oiiober 2, ut ten 

 in the morning. — Theory of -Medicine, 

 comprehending Pathology, Therapeu- 

 tics, and ,l/«/f;;« il/if/icfl, by Dr. CiUTy, 

 on Friday October 3, at eight in the 

 eicning. — Phyiiology, or Laws of tlie 

 Animal Economy, by Dr. Haighton, on 

 Monday OctoTDcr (J, at a quarter before 

 fcven in the evening. — Midwifery, and 

 Dil'eafes of Women and (.'iiildren, by 

 Dr. Haightim, on INIonday October 6, at 

 eight in the morning. — Clinical J.ectures 

 on Select JNIedical Cafes, bv Dr. Babiug- 

 ton. Dr. Curry, and Dr. INLvrcet, from 

 November till May. — Belides tliel'e, dur- 

 i^ig the winter a cuurib of Lectures on the 

 Structure aud Dii'eafes of the Teeth, 

 will he given by Mr. Fo.x, Surgeon- 

 Dcntiil ; and one on Veterinary Medi- 

 cine, by ]Mr. Coi.emax, Profelfor at the 

 Veterinary College. Tiielc le\eral lec- 

 tures are lo arranged, that none of them 

 imeiferc with the others in the hours of 

 attendance ; and the whole is calculated 

 to forin a complete courfc of medical 

 and chirurgical inftruttion. Terms and 

 other particulars to be learnt from Mr. 

 SiocKi.ii, apothecai-y to Guy's I'lofpital, 

 \\ho is ;ilfo empowered to Ciiter ijentle- 

 laeii to luchof the Lectures as are given 



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