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Cvrrectiom in Biography and Synonymy. [Oct. 1 , 



and frienccs during the Infl forty years, 

 and each year cofts only 24 fols. It" each 

 fcience had a contributor fo correct as 

 ailronomy, this collection would be ex- 

 tremely valuable. 



M. Lanceliii, marinc-cnuinrcr, has 

 publifhcd a work intitlcd Thtoric Jc I'Or- 

 ganij'ation dcs Mondes, in which ho ex- 

 plains the projcttile motion ot' the I'lij- 

 nets by the rotation of the Sun, by fiip- 

 pofing them to be projcftcd from that lu- 

 minary in the manner of a volcano : but 

 he has been (hewn that tliis is ircpoiVihIc, 

 and that they would fall again into the 

 Sun. M. Sigorgne, though eighty-iix 

 years old, has written a refutation of this 

 hypothefis in 55 pages 8vo. ; publilhcd 

 by Courcier. 



We have been fltll more furjiri/.cd by 

 the appearance of a v.ork intitlcd " l)c 

 rimpolfibilite du Syiiemc Aftronomique 

 c)e Coperiiic et do Newton, par I.. S. 

 Mcrcier, Membre dc I'lnllitut National 

 de France;" chezUentu, 180(3, 318 pages 

 8vo. An acadcniician celebrated for in- 

 terefting works, for alTecting dramas, 

 condcfccnds to collect ihc ol/ieitions of 

 the ignorant, and the difticulties of thofn 

 •who are ignorant of afironomy. It would 

 have taken him lefs time to make himfelf 

 acquainted v.ith the fcience. 



The Allronomical and Geographical 

 Journal publilhcd in Gennan by Melfi-s. 

 Bertuch ami lleichard, continued to ap- 

 pear in 1804, for the fcventh year. It 

 contains figures, maps, and portraits. 

 This Journal, as well as that of M. Zuch, 

 vhich we have fre((ucr.tly noticed, is ne- 

 ceffary for tholie who wilii to make thcm- 

 I'elves thoroughly acquainted wiUi the 

 progrcfs of afiroaomy. The fame is the 

 cafe with the Ephemerides of M. Bode ; 

 but the German language is too little 

 cultivated in France. This neglect 

 might, however, be compenfated by a 

 Journal, if it were compiled with as 

 much care as the Bibiiothcque Britan- 

 nique at Geneva. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 



SIR, 



IN a biographical account of the late 

 Mr. Aiiftcy, infcrted in the Monthly 

 Magazine for September, 1805, it is men- 

 tioned, (pa<j;e 196,) that the Poem of tl-.e 

 New Bath Guide was in a great mcafure 

 built upon SmoUct's novel of Humphry 

 Clinker. 



This is certainly a mifiake ; as may be 

 eafily proved by a reference to the fiift 

 edition^ of 'liof*-* works, or to the Month- 



ly or the Critical Review ; which will 

 <hcw that the New Bath Guide was (irft 

 pulililhed in 1760, and the novel of Hum- 

 piu'y Clinker no lefs than five years 

 later, viz., in 1771. 



Your know n candour and love of juf- 

 tice will douhtlefs induce you, Sir, to 

 take an early opportunity of rectii^ing a 

 miftatemcnt fo in)urious to the reputa- 

 tion of tlie lute author of the New Bath 

 Guide, tlie originality of which celebra- 

 ted poem certainly conllitutes one of it* 

 principal merils. Z. 



Augujl 11, 1806. 



To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine, 



SIR, 



YOUR Correfpondent H. M. is un- 

 doubtedly wrong in his derivation 

 of the word chandler from the ( iermaii 

 handler. There can be no doubt of its 

 being derived from the French. Min- 

 fliew gives the I'rcnch word chandelier, a 

 maker or fcllcr of randies, as the origin 

 of the Engiifli word chandler, which has 

 exactly the fame meaning. Hence we 

 hvive divided th.e candle-makers into th« 

 two riiftinct kinds of wax-chandlers and 

 tallow-chandlers, according to the mate- 

 rials which they ufe in their refpective 

 trades. 



I fufpccl that the word chandler, when 

 applied to other traders bcfides the 

 makers of candles, has a dilTcrent origin, 

 viz., that it is derived from the French 

 verb enchalander, which figniiics to feck 

 for cullomers (chalandi,) in any particu- 

 lar employmer.t. Thus, a corn-chandler 

 (or corn-chalandcT,) is a man who fets 

 up as a dealer in corn, or who feeks for 

 cufiom in the falc of that article. 



It is- pofiible, indeed, that chandler, 

 having been eftabliihed in its meaning of 

 a dealer in candles, may corruptly have 

 been extended to other dealers, and 

 confidcrcd by thofe ignoi-ant of its deri- 

 vation as expreffive generally of a deal- 

 er ; and thus, by an adjunct exprelfivc 

 of the particular commodity he deals in, 

 it may have been thought capable of de- 

 fignating any trader whatever. 



I am, Sir, &c. T. G. A. 

 Stanford, Sept. 3, 1806. 



To the Editm- of the Monthly Magazine^ 

 •' Honl foit quimal y penfc." 

 SIR, 



IT is certain that the motto of the Or- 

 der of the Garter has been very much 

 fubjetted to miftranllation, and I beg to 

 take advantage of the e.xteufue circula- 



tioq. 



