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Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. [Jan. 1, 



r the ptefs, and will lie delivered to the 



luJjfcriLei's with the print, which has 

 been for lijme time ready, in the courfe 

 of the next or followinn; month ; and the 

 fucceediiig volumes will fpecdily follow. 

 MeflVs. Humboldt, Buck, and'Tralles, 

 have lecenlly taken up the fame idea at 

 Berlin, and are employed upon a plate 

 ■which will reprelent about 150 moun- 

 tains ; but their work i- connected with 

 a theory on the general elevation of 

 ftrata. 



Mifs OwENSON, whofe Novice of St. 

 Dominick*, and Wild Irilli Girl, liave 

 proved the title of her genius to the 

 attention of the public, is about to ex- 

 liibit new claims to refpect in a 'volume 

 of original poetry, which will fpecdily 

 be puhlillicd, under the title of the Laj 

 of an Irilli Harp. 



The fifth volume of the Poetical Re- 

 gifter is in the prefs, and will be pub- 

 iiflied early in January. 



The proprietor of Dr. Gregory's new 

 Cyclopedia, which will be completed 

 on the lit of February, has announced 

 that after the 1ft of May the price of the 

 parts will be raifed from 9s. to 10s. each, 

 tlie entile work from 51. 15s. to Gl. 6s. 



Mr. TiiELWAi.i. will commence anew 

 Courfe of Lectures on the Science and 

 Practice of I'"locution, on Monday, .Tan. 

 ii, at his houfe in Bedford Place, lluflell 

 Square. Tf.e followinfr fubjects are to 

 occupy the I'cicntiflc part of the courfe: 

 education, and manascment of the voice ; 

 enunciation, dillinctnel's, articulation, 

 &c. ; (iieafure, <\.m\ melody of fpeech ; 

 rythmus ; pronunciation, accent, and em- 

 phafis ; theatrical and rhetorical gellure. 

 The critical portions of the lectures will 

 be principally devoted to the eloquence 

 of the fenate and the pulpit ; and under 

 the former of tliefe heads will include an 

 ample cnticifm of the oratory and ora- 

 tors of the lail parliament, with extradts 

 from feveral of the mod celebrated 

 fpeechcs, in the manner of the refpettive 

 I'peakers. The lectures will be delivered, 

 as ufual, every Monday, Wednefday, and 

 Friday, at eight o'clock ; and the differ- 

 ent couries of private inlliuttion to fo- 

 rci^iers, peifons with impediments, and 

 o, atorical and theatrical itudents, will Le 

 continued at Mr. Thelwall's inftitution, 

 from the hours of nine till five every 

 day. 



* It is an anecdote which deferves notiue, 

 that the late Mr. Pitt emplojed t)ie laft 

 hours of his life in the perufal of this elegant 

 novel. 



Mr. Thomas Buhnft is about to pub- 

 lifii the Sweets of Solitude, and other 

 poems, by fiilifcription. 



Mr. John Howaud Rice has in the 

 prefs a promifing fchool-book, entitled, 

 Collectanea Oiatoria, or the j\cademic 

 Orator. 



Dr. Herdmax has in the prefs a fe- 

 cond Dil'courfe on the Management of 

 Infants, and the Treatment of their Dif- 

 eales, written in a plain familiar ilyle, 

 for the ufc of mothers and thofe wlio 

 have the management of infants. 



In the courfe of the prefent montli 

 will appear a Fafciculus, containing thli- 

 t>/-Jive dried fpecimens of Kiiglilli grafles, 

 and a fmall packet of the feeds of each 

 kind ; with generic fpecilic defcriptioiis, 

 and practical remarks. By John Thoiun- 

 HiLi,, of Gatelliead, in the county of 

 Durham, 



Dr. Clap.ke and Mr. Ct.arke will 

 begin their l.ertures on Midwifery, and 

 the Difeafes of Women and Children, on 

 Thurfday the 22d of Jamiarv. The lec- 

 tures are read at the houfe of Mr. Clarke, 

 No. 10, Upper John-ftreet, Golden- 

 fquare, every morning at a quarter paft 

 ten o'clock, for the convenience of llu- 

 dents attcndinr; the hofpiials. 



The firft part of Dr. Ci.utterbcck's 

 Inquiry into the Scat and Nature of 

 Foer, is expected to make its appear- 

 ance in the courfe of the eiifuing month. 



A new periodical pnblication in polite 

 criticifm, entitled the Theatrical Review; 

 comprehending a complete re^iller f>f 

 the dramatic reprcfentations of the Lon- 

 don theatres, from the commencement 

 of the prefent fcafon, is announced for 

 publication with tlie comiucnceincnt of 

 the year. 



Tiie following Nomenclature of An- 

 cient Architecture, has lately been pro- 

 pofed with a view to atfix precife terms 

 to each peculiar ftyle in Engliflj build- 

 ings. 



Pirft ftyle. — Anglo-Saxon. Tliis will em- 

 brace all Ijuildings that were erected between 

 the times of the converfion %( the Saxons, 

 and the Norman conqueft, from A. D. 597, 

 to A. D. 106C. 



Second (^y\t—/}ng!i- Norman, by which 

 will be meant tliat ftyle which prevailed from 

 1066 to 1189, including the reigns of Wil- 

 liams 1 and II Henry 1. Stephen, and Henry 



Third ftyle.— ~w|r/j/5b, from 1189 to 1272, 

 embracing the reigns ot Richard I. John, and 

 Henry III. 



Fourth ftyle — Decorated EngHJh, from 1272 

 to 1461, including the leignii of Edwards I. 



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