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Tragedies of Sophocles, which are to 
appear early next year, intwo volumes, 
octavo. 
Dr. Jounson is preparing Sketches 
of the Field Sports of the Natives of 
India, with observations on the ani- 
mals, and anécdotes of great hunters. 
Thoughts on the Anglican and 
American Anglo Churches, by Joun 
BRisteED, author of ‘* the Resources of 
the United -States of America,” are in 
the press. 
_ Capt. J. Betuam has brought from 
Madras a collection of curiosities il- 
lustrative of the manners and science 
amongst the natives of India, consist- 
ing of agricultural implements, car- 
riages, Masulah boats, cattamarans, 
musical and warlike instruments, a 
collection of drawings of the costumes 
of the various casts, carved and paint- 
ed figures of the different trades, Hin- 
doo deities, Pegue weights, female 
ornaments, a few valuable manu- 
seripts, (particularly an Armenian 
version of the New Testament, 570 
years old,) some ancient coins, and 
other curiosities ; forming all together 
an Asiatic Museum, which we are led 
to expect he intends to have exhibited. 
He has also brought home an Indian 
Cosmorama, consisting of 104 extreme- 
Jy curious historical drawings. 
A series of Original Views of the 
most interesting Collegiate and Pa- 
rochial Churches in England, is: pre- 
paring for speedy publication by Mr. 
J.P. Neate. They will be accompa- 
nied by descriptive and historical no- 
tices, and will in all respects class 
with the “Views of Seats,” by the 
same gentleman. 
In December will be published, on 
one sheet of fine wove paper, hot- 
pressed, the Victorious Kalendar, 
whieh will show at one view a victory 
gained by the British arms on every 
day in the year, the date of the year, 
the place where the battle was fought, 
and the name of the officer com- 
manding. 
' Shortly will be published, a volume 
of Sermons, by the Rev. S. Cuirr, of 
Tewkesbury. 
Full details of the Land Expedition 
for Discoveries in the North American 
Seas, are preparing by Capt. Frank- 
LIN, and will appear in quarto after 
Christmas. _ 
The Portrait of Mrs. Hannah More, 
painted by H. W. Pickersgill, a.r.a. 
will shortly be published. 
The Rey. Joun Fawcett, a.m. will 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[Dec. 1; 
shortly publish a third edition of his 
Sermons for the Use of Families. 
The Confederates, a story, in three 
volumes, will be ready in a few days.’ 
Miss BENGER is about to publish 
Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, 
with anecdotes of the court of Henry 
the Second, during lis residence in 
France, with a genuine portrait, never 
before engraved. 
The third volume of the History of 
England, by SHARON TURNER, F.S.A. 
embracing the middle ages, is in the 
press, 
On the Ist of January, 1823, will be 
published, the Biososticon, or Journal 
of Publie Health. 
Fifteen Years in India, or Sketches 
of a Soldier’s Life; being an attempt 
to describe persons and things in va- 
rious parts of Hindostan, are printing 
from the Journal of an Officer in the 
Public Service. 
The Bibliotheque Universelle of the 
30th of September contains the follow- 
ing account of an ascent of Mont 
Blane. A young Englishman, Mr. F. 
Clissold, came from London to Cha- 
mouny with the firm resolution of 
attempting it, and he has given the 
particulars in a letter. » 
Chamouny, Aug. 27,1822. 
Sir,— You have probably heard of, the 
success of my ascent of Mont Blanc, of 
which I will communicate to you some 
particulars. I left Chamonny, where I 
remained ten days in expectation of set- 
tled weather, on Sunday the 18th, at half 
past 10 p.m. with six chosen guides, one 
of whom was provided with a lantern. We 
ascended, as is usually done, by the moun- 
tain called De la Céte, and attained the 
summit of it at half past three in the 
morning. After a short halt, we entered 
at four o’clock on the Glacier; and having 
crossed it withont accident, reached at 
half past seven the rocks called the Grands 
Mulets, where preceding travellers have 
generally made arrangements for passing 
the night. My plan was different: I de- 
sired to reach the summit the same day, 
and to remain there during the night, in 
order to see the day break on the follow- 
ing morning. We therefore continued our 
march, the most difficult part of which 
was in the neighbourhood of these same 
rocks, where we had to climb obliquely 
up avery steep slope of ice, inclined about 
forty-five degrees, in which we were 
obliged to cut with a hatchet a number of 
steps, the missing of one of which would 
have been certain death, for this slope ter- 
minated at an enormous cleft : this passage 
was still worse when we came down again. 
We quitted the Grands Mulets at nine 
o'clock, and reached at two the Grand 
Plateaw, 
