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VARIETIES, Literary and Philosophical, 



Includiii;:^ yolkrs of Ilyr/is- iii Hand, Doimfilc add Foreign. 

 %* Authcutk CoiinHunuationafor this Article uill alwaijshc thankfully received. 



r'l'^IIE late j\li-s. CiiAur.OTTF, Smjtu 

 X havirij^ dnuvii up jMcmoirs ot" Part 

 of iic-r Liirrary I.ilc, tlie riiiiif, acconipii- 

 niuil by a Collel^.lion of liui- Jx.'ttcis, will 

 lhoi-(iy be prefeiited to the world by one 

 o: fha members ot' her lamilv. 



The firfV I'afcirnlus oi' Dr. SMnn's 

 Inn^ expecied Flora G'vcca Sihthorpi'ina 

 will appear in the prulcnt mouth. It is 

 already known to the public that this 

 tnily ui;ignilicent work is to contain one 

 tFiOurafid plants eoilerted by the Inte 

 ProteiVor .'^•.btborpe in Greece, accurately 

 r(jlnurcd after nature, with dcfcriptiOns, 

 \-c. by Dr. Smith. 



At the fauK; time will appeov a half 

 volume of the Prodroiuun Flor/e (rnertr, 

 which woi-k will contain defcription?, (S:r. 

 without tiiiures, of till the |)lants to be 

 found in modern (i recce, rompi led by Dr. 

 Smith from the papers of Dr. Sibthor|>e. 

 Sir .TniiN .Siscr.Aii; has nearly ready 

 for publication, in four volmncs ociavo, 

 lii.1 lonp: promifcd Code nf lle.-ilth an(i 

 i-ougcvity ; conliiliu^ of a detail of the 

 circutnftanccs which tend to promote 

 he;Uth and longevity, with rules for prc- 

 fer'.iiic: health. 



. Mr. Boi.TXGnnoKr., of Norwich, who 

 hiis rcceiiliy returned fr)m J)emeriir;i, 

 fifur a refiik nee of (i\ e \i ar.s in that and 

 the adjoinint!; colonics, intends f.o put,- 

 li(h tin Account of his Voyage ; iiiebidiu^ 

 new and iiucrcliiii!; particulars of the 

 jirelent condition oftlie v.u'ious Kuropcan 

 fettlcments on that couH of .South Ame- 

 rica. 



Kotzebue's Kovellcttes will appear 

 within the firft half of the month. This 

 diftini^uidied writer lias for a confiderable 

 time refifled at Berlin, and has there 

 publifljod a periodical jiapcr, partly li- 

 terary and partly political, calculated to 

 infufe into the {.'ermans f(;me degree of 

 jiiiblic Ipirit, by which the encro.'idi- 

 iiicnts of France iniiihu be' relilled. The 

 lliowcr of iio.'ics, h;nvt'v<-r, to wliieli he 

 alluded in the prelate to bis i'rench 'I'ra- 

 ve!s, has reached hiru in the Pruiiian capi- 

 tal ; and he Las been forced to tly with his 

 family to Kigii, where he will, we liope, 

 not be again overtr.ken by the rrench 

 volcajio. 



Tlie Lite of Wafhington, drawn up 

 from bis own papers by the (.'hief .TiU'tice 

 of the United St.-ites, will bi- completed 

 surly in the month by the pubiiciniou of 



the fifth and hill volume. A variety of 

 plans of battles, fieges, and other mili- 

 tiiry operations, drawn by the General 

 liimfclf, or under his immediate direc- 

 tion, will be L'ivcn with this laft volume ; 

 combinin?;, "ivh the other features of 

 the work, to render it the moll perfect, 

 as well as the moll importtint piece of 

 hiftorical bio'^raphy extant in any laii- 

 gn.icc. 



Mr. PiiATT is about to prefeut the 

 pid)lic with an edition of Ins poem on 

 " Syni))athy," in an cle'^jmt pocket \o- 

 Imne, ornamented with original en'j;rav- 

 in;;.s from del\t;ns of the molt eminent 

 ma/tcrs. It is intended to be accompa- 

 nied by a new-modelled edi'ion of hi» 

 " -C'otta^e Pictures," embellillied likewife 

 with intcretling (ketches. 



IVfr. FitF.xn's Evening Amufcn^enti 

 will make their appearance early in De- 

 cember, rm the fame plan as thofc of the 

 precedii!;; years. 



A Dilfertation on the Hebrew Roots, 

 pointing out their general iiiHuence on. 

 all known languu»es, un ingenious work, 

 left in reaciinefs for the prefs by the late 

 Mr. Pii'.iE of Xewburgh, will be pub- 

 lillicd in a few davs. 



The fccoiid lolume of Oriental Cuf- 

 toms, by the Picv. S. Bchder of St. 

 Albans, is timlhed, and will be publillicd 

 immediately. A new edition of the for- 

 mer volume will be ready for dcliverj 

 in a few weeks, in royal and demy octavo. 



i\lr. Cimbeuland's interelling Me- 

 moirs are about to appear in a cheaper 

 and more portalile form. 



There is at prefcnt printing at Edin- 

 burgh an Account of a Tour through th» 

 Orkney and Shetland Wands, by Mr. 

 jSrirx, Secretary to the Natural liiftory 

 Society oJ' !>linburgh. The author, al- 

 ter dcfcribing the objects of natural 

 hifiory which occuiTcd in his progrefs, 

 ti-eats fully of the Ihite of agriculture 

 atjd the fillieries in thole mudi negleftcd 

 and iiitereliing illaiids. The Tour b to 

 be followed by a Mincralogical Survey 

 of Shetland, from the pen of Dr. 

 Ti'.AiLL of Liverpool, who lately vifited 

 thoi'o Doitliern illands. 



1 he iliv. David Bogue of Gofport, 

 and the Uev. J.\me3 BrxKEX of Rum^ 

 fey, are preparing a Hillory of the Dil- 

 fc!)teis from ilie Revolution, to be com- 

 priv-cd iu four vcluuits. 



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