Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



the Chiswick Press, 

 Elegant Extracts ii 



1823.] 



the year 1822, was 530.12 of Fahren- 

 heit, or nearly a degree less than the 

 mean temperature of the air in the 

 same place and year ; see No. 298 of 

 the " Philosophical Magazine." The 

 lowest monthly mean of the earth's 

 heat was 50°.96, in April; and the 

 highest 55°.54, in September. The 

 year here seems to have been rather 

 remarkably divided, by considerable 

 changes of the earth's temperature, 

 which took place between May and 

 June, and more especially between 

 November and December, which occa- 

 sioned the six summer and autumn 

 months, June to November, to average 

 64°.81, and the six winter and spring 

 months, December to May, to average 

 61°.44. We could wish to see the an- 

 nual results of many similar registers, 

 accompanied by tbe mention of the 

 mean deptli of the water experimented 

 npon, below the surface, the elevation 

 of that surface above the level of the 

 sea, and some particulars of the strata 

 supplying the spring, &c. It would 

 be desirable also to know, in each 

 place and year, about what days the 

 greatett and least and the mean lieats 

 occurred in the earth, and how many 

 degrees of Far. each of these amount- 

 ed to ; with more exactitude than 

 these can be deduced from the means 

 of the calendar months, and of tiie 

 year, which usually are the only parti- 

 culars published. 



The author of " Domestic Scenes," 

 will shortly publish " Self-Delusion," 

 a novel. 



\Irs. HoFFLAND is engaged on anew 

 tale, entitled Patience. 



Mr. Lowe is printing a new edition 

 of his work on the State and Prospects 

 of England, followed by a Parallel 

 between England and France. 



A new novel will appear shortly, 

 nnder tlie title of Edward Neville, or 

 the Memoirs of an Orphan. 



The researches of Mr. Evans, in his 

 jiroposed History of Bristol, have ena- 

 bled him to determine, from ancient 

 documents which have never yet aj)- 

 pearcd in print, and the name of the 

 hill or mount called Brandon Hill, 

 which immediately overlooks the ori- 

 ginal town, that the foundation of 

 Bristol was laid by Brennus, about 

 380 years before Christ. 



Vathck, by Mr. Beckf oru, with a 

 frontispiece after Westall, by Mr. 

 Charles Warren, will he published on 

 the Ist of May. 



WHrTTiKMiAM is now printing, at 



355 



I collection of 

 Verse, in the 

 same size as Shafpe's work, which 

 bears the same title. This .^election is 

 not a mere copy of its predecessor^, 

 but consists of poems which are not to 

 be found in similar publications. The 

 whole will form six volumes, in moutli- 

 ly parts. 



An octavo volume, entitled Disser- 

 tations Introductory to the Study and 

 Right Understanding of the Language, 

 Structure, and Gontenls, of the Apoca- 

 lypse, by Alex. Tilloch, ll.d. will 

 be published early in May. This is a 

 subject which through his life enga;^ed 

 the attention of Newton, and seems 

 likely, in all ages, to afford materials 

 for the speculations of believers. 



The author of " the Entail" has a 

 new novel in the press, the printing of 

 which is nearly finished. 



In the use of hydrogen gas, the pul>- 

 lic may easily obviate as much of the 

 objection as arises from the escape- 

 ment thereof, (as well as obtain more 

 security from explosion and bad smell,) 

 by having, in each house where it is 

 burnt, a reservoir for that purpose : 

 while the street-lamps, being.under the 

 care of competent persons, are not so - 

 likely to have the cocks neglected as 

 those in houses ; and those will there- 

 fore require nothing more than to be 

 carefully turned off at day-break by 

 the proper lamp-lighters. 



Mr. Earle is printing Practical Re- 

 marks on Fractures at the upper Part 

 of the Thigh, and particularly frac- 

 tures within the capsular ligament; 

 with critical observations on Sir Ast- 

 ley Cooper's treatise on that subject; 

 and a description of a bed for the re- 

 lief of patients suffering under these 

 accidents, and other injuries and dis- 

 eases which require a state of perma- 

 nent rest. 



A second edition of Mr. Blaine's 

 Canine Pathology, is in the press, and 

 will appear with important alterations 

 and additions ; among which may be 

 noticed a sketch of the natural history 

 of the dog, an examination into his dis- 

 puted origin, a description of his seve- 

 ral varieties, and the causes that have 

 operated in producing them : also a 

 jJiilosophical and practical treatise on 

 the popular subject of breeding of do- 

 mestic animals in general, and of the 

 rearing of dogs in particular ; with a 

 general review of, and copious addi- 

 tions to, the treatise on madness, dis- 

 temper, ike. 



Captain 



