Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 



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sical Sciences, and will appear in the 

 course of June. The impossibility of 

 controlling the press in printing such 

 a series of concentrated volumes, 

 obliged tbe publisher to abandon the 

 plan of monthly publication, and to 

 content himself with as rapid a pro- 

 gress as the nature of the work and 

 the public patronage wonld permit. 

 This, however, is of little consequence, 

 as every volume is jjcrfectly complete 

 in itself. The subjects of the next 

 subsequent volumes will be Geogra- 

 phy, and the Akts, historical, theo- 

 retical, and practical. 



Sir Richard Phillips is about to 

 put to press a new edition of his 

 Essays on the prosjmate Causes of the 

 Phenomena of the Universe ; and, as 

 the original doctrines of these Essays 

 lay the basis of an entirely new system 

 of natural philosophy, and have created 

 some interest among phiiosopbical en- 

 quirers, he will be gratified by receiv- 

 ing observations, illustrations, and cri- 

 ticisms, before he goes to press. 



The great window for Hereford 

 Cathedral, painted on glass, after 

 West's " Last Supper," by Mr. J. 

 Backler, of Newman-street, Oxford- 

 street, is, in point of splendid dimen- 

 sions and spirited execution, perhaps 

 the finest altar-piece in England. 

 There is a glow in the lights, and a 

 richness in the shadows, which could 

 not be obtained by any other method. 

 There is this advantage in paintings 

 upon glass, that time neither improves 

 nor impairs their beauty ; and there- 

 fore they are the best adapted for the 

 adorning of churches. The high state 

 of perfection to which this art is now 

 brought will, it is to be hoped, soon 

 banish many of those daubs upon a 

 panel which disfigure, rather than or- 

 nament, some of our churches, and 

 substitute in their stead paintings in 

 which the light of heaven itself forms 

 the radiance, axd which are as un- 

 chRngeable as that light. 



Flora Domestica, or the Poetical 

 Flower Garden, is in preparation ; 

 being a catalogue of plants that may 

 be reared in the house, especially no- 

 ticing such as arc most remarkable for 

 beauty of form or colour, luxuriance 

 of foliage, sweetness of perfume, or 

 from interesting or poetical associa- 

 tions with their history; with direc- 

 tions for their treatment : illustrated 

 with numerous quotations from the 

 works of the poets by whom the seve- 

 ral flowers have been celebrated. 



[June I, 



Mark Macrabin the Cameronian, a 

 tale, by Allan Cunningham, author 

 of "Sir Marmaduke Maxwell," &c. is 

 printing. 



The JEast Indian Calculator, or Ta- 

 bles for assisting Computation of Baf- 

 ta. Interest, Commission, Rent,Wages, 

 &c. in Indian Money, by T. 'J'hornton, 

 author of a " Compendium of the 

 Laws and Regulations concerning the 

 Trade with India," &c. is nearly ready 

 for publication. 



The Rev. H. Card, m.a. vicar of 

 Great Malvern, has been for some 

 time engaged in preparing a Life of 

 Bishop Burnet, drawn from papers 

 partly preserved in the library of the 

 British Museum, and partly in the 

 archives of one or two noble families. 

 He is induced to make this statement 

 in the hope that other families may 

 make similar communications. 



Dr. RoBKRT Jackson, author of the 

 " History and Cure of Febrile Dis- 

 eases," &c. has nearly ready for pub- 

 lication, an Outline of Hints for the 

 Political Organization and Moral 

 Training of the Human Race; sub- 

 mitted with deference to the conside- 

 ration of tiiose who frame laws for the 

 civil government of man, and more 

 especially for those who direct, or 

 profess to direct, man to the true wor- 

 sliip of the Deity. 



J. S. BooNE, M.A. will publish in a 

 few days a poetical sketch, in three 

 epistles, addressed to the Right Hon. 

 George Canning, entitled Men and 

 Things in 1823. 



An Exhibition of Designs for com- 

 pleting King's College, Cambridge, 

 submitted to the Provost and Fellows; 

 and of Designs for rebuilding London 

 Bridge, submitted to the Bridge house 

 Committee, and to the House of Com- 

 mons; is open in the Great Room, at 

 the Western Exchange, Old Bond- 

 street. 



A Memoir of Central India, wfth the 

 history and copious illustrations of the 

 past and present state of that country, 

 is in the press, with an original map, 

 recently constructed, tables of the re- 

 venue, population, &c. a geological 

 report and comprehensive index, by 

 Sir John Malcolm, g.c.b. &c. 



The use of medicated and fumiga- 

 ting baths, and, in many instances, 

 of sulphur baths, is becoming popular, 

 for the purpose of removing various 

 diseases, and of alleviating the pains, 

 and lessening the inconveniences, of 

 other disorder*. Among other dis- 

 ease*. 



