2150 Literary and Philosophical hielligence. 



'I'o those who are interested in the 

 advancement of jtco^raphical science, 

 the iolIowinK simple intimation, con- 

 nected witli the subject of discoveries 

 in the Hyperborean Ocean, may an- 

 s'W'cr tlie purpose of additional general 

 information. 



Extract of a Letter from Capt. W. Scoreshy. 



In my last voyage to the wliale-tishery, 

 from wliicli I am but just retiuiied, I had 

 oreasion to i)enetrate into the ice on tlie 

 eastern coast of Greenland, and to ap- 

 proach very near the shore. The naviga- 

 tion was very difficult in some places, and 

 even dangerous; but, coming close in with 

 tlie land, the sea was almost entirely free 

 and unincumbered. This coast had never 

 been seen before, unless it was by Hudson, 

 in 1607. The land we lay nearest to was 

 in 71" N. lat. and 19-4^ W. long. It 

 consists of mountains resembling those of 

 Spitzberg, but not so covered with snow. 

 The navigation was pretty plain and open, 

 between the coast of Greenland and the 

 fields of ice, ranging here in an almost 

 imiiiterrupted chain ; this unembarrassed 

 track or course reached from latilude 74 

 to 70. From the apparent state of the 

 atniosphtre. and llie general disposition of 

 the fields of ice, I might have stretched 

 along the coast as far as to Cape Farewell. 

 There I might have gained some informa- 

 tion respecting the Iceland t'olony ; of 

 which we possess at present a very slender 

 l^nowledge. It is remarkable, that the 

 Danes, in their attempts to visit this coast 

 Jiave hilherlo been very unsuccessful 

 ■With the views and feelings that then. 

 arose, il was with no small regret that I 

 fVmnd myself obliged, by the business of 

 the fishery, to quit that interesting region. 

 The occasion seemed favourable, and the 

 circumstances easy, practicable, and cer- 

 tain, to effect the purposes of further re- 

 search and discovery. Various authors 

 liave collected historical facts, tending to 

 prove the e.\istence of European as well 

 as Iceland colonics on the coast of Green- 

 land, in 1402. No particular account can 

 at this time be given, nor can any conclu- 

 siens be drawn, relative to their fate or 

 condition, from any previous circumstances 

 with which we iue acquainted. 



Mr. BiRiv, author of the "Vale of 

 Slanpfliter," &c. has a volume i*i the 

 press, entitleil Poetic;;l Memoirs. 



"^I'he dread of swallowing oxalic 

 acid by mistake for salts is become so 

 general, that the consumption of senna 

 and castor oil, as substitutes, has been 

 nearly doubled witliin the last twelve 

 months. We should like to hear, from 

 an intelligent professional correspon- 

 dent, whether these aperients may be 

 co'isidered as simple and eHicaeinus 

 medicinal agents as Kpsom salts. 



[Apiil 1-, 



Mr. John Gale Joses announces 

 " a Vindication of the Press against 

 the false and scurrilous aspersions of 

 William C'obbett," including a retros- 

 pect of his political life and opinions, 

 with notes critical and explanatory. 



Mr. G. MiLNER, jun. of Derby, au- 

 thor of " Stanzas written on a Sum- 

 mer's Evening, and other Poems," 

 will have ready for publication in a 

 few days, a small volume of Essays 

 and Sketches in prose. 



Dr. Meyrick's Treatise on Ancient 

 Armour, a book calculated greatly to 

 facilitate a rigjht undcrstandinfj of the 

 early historians, and to throw much 

 light on tlie manners of our ancestors, 

 is expected to appear in tlie course of 

 next month. The chronological ar- 

 rangement of the whole, the illumi- 

 nated capitals illustrative of the sub- 

 ject, and tlie more picturesque repre- 

 sentations of the armour of dilTerent 

 periods, will render this publication 

 unlike any that has preceded it. 



A new ;iovel, entitled Wilioughby, 

 in two volumes, will appear in a few 

 days. 



Rev. Dr. Rudge's Lectures on 

 Genesis are nearly ready for publi- 

 cation. 



Shortly will be published. Sabbaths 

 at Home, or Devotional Exercises, 

 founded on Psalm the 42d and 43d, 

 intended for the use of pious persons, 

 when prevented from attending the 

 public worship of God, by Henry 

 March. 



An Appeal for Religion to the besit 

 Sentiments and Interests of i\!ankin(>, 

 is in the press. 1st. Four Orations 

 for the Oracles of God. 2d. Judj^- 

 ment to Come, an argument in five 

 discourses. 3d. Messiah's Arrival, a 

 series of lectures : by the Rev. T.d- 

 WARD Irving, a.m. minister ot the Ca- 

 ledonian Church, llattoii Garden. 



Messrs. Caravita and Cicheltj, 

 professors of Italian in the Royal 

 Academy of Music, will shortly pub- 

 lish in Italian, with an English transla- 

 tion, a work entitled, L'Utile Opous- 

 colo, containing moral maxims, &cc. — 

 Also, by M. Caravita, Thirty Original 

 Letters, with answers, on various sub- 

 jects of criticism and amnsement. 



Points of Humour, illustrated in a 

 series of plates, drawn and engraved 

 by George Cruickshank, are in the 

 press. 



A reprint is preparing of Soi;th- 

 wF,!i,*s Mary Magdalene's Funeral 

 Tears for the Death of our Saviour. 



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