1823.) 
logical work, written on six hundred 
pages of vellum, and two others. The 
theological work is in possession of T.. 
Millar, esq. of Carrickfergus, and is a 
fine specimen of early penmanship. 
The copy of Ossian confirms the doc- 
trines of Mr. Gampbell, and will throw 
new lights on that celebrated con- 
troversy. 
American invention seems to rival 
that of England and Germany. The 
names of Fulton and Perkins are fol- 
lowed by that of Church. This last 
gentleman is now in London, and, in 
concert with our machinists, is con- 
structing an apparatus, waich, if suc- 
cessful, will improve the art of print- 
ing as much as printing itself was an 
improvement of copying with the pen. 
His improvement extends to casting, 
as well as composing ; and, by simpli- 
fying the casting process, and saving 
the expense of distributing, he pro- 
poses to compose always from new 
types, re-melting after the edition is 
worked off. The re-casting for every 
new composition is connected with 
the regular laying of the types; and, 
when thus laid, it isintended to com- 
pose, by means of keys like those ofa 
piano-forte, each key standing for a 
Jetter or letters, By these means 
errors would be avoided in the compo- 
sition, and the progress would be far 
more rapid than at present. 
Pulpit Orations, Lectures, and Ser- 
mons, delivered in the Caledonian 
Church, Hatton Garden, by the Rev. 
&. Irvine, a.m. in one volume, octavo, 
are in the press. 
The Actress, or Countess and No 
Countess, a novel, in four volumes, by 
fhe author of * Malcolm,” “ Douglas,” 
&e. will be published in January. 
The Noble Pilgrim, a novel, in three 
volumes, by W. Garpiner, author of 
“the Story of Pigou,” &c.; also, Ed- 
ward Williamson, a narrative, by the 
same author, will shortly be published. 
Mr. Grant, of Crouch End, has in 
the press, and nearly ready fer publi- 
cation, a new edition of his Institutes 
of Latin Grammar, revised and consi- 
derably augmented. ° 
in a sermon lately preached for the 
benelit of the Royal Dispensary for 
Discases of the Kar, it was stated that, 
sinee the establishment of the charity 
in 1816, upwards of 3,750 patients 
afflicted with deafness, or other dis- 
éases of the ear, have been received, 
the greater number of whom have 
heen cured or relieved; 10 which may 
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be added several cases of deaf and . 
dumb, in which much effective aid has 
been administered. 
The first part of the Cabinet of Por- 
traits will appear on the ist of Janu- 
ary, containing—Burns, engraved by 
Scriven ; Corneille, by Thomson; 
Shaw, the Linnean professor, by 
Cooper; Bishop Sherleck, by Free-- 
man; and the late President West, 
by Meyer; accompanied by Biogra- 
phical Sketches, by Rosert Scorv, 
author of ‘the History of the Reign 
of George the Third.” A Part, con- 
taining five prints, will appear every 
month. 
A Sequel to the Unpublished Manu- 
script of Henry Kirke White’s, is pre- 
paring, by the auther of “ the Wonders 
of the Vegetable Kingdom Displayed.” 
The Antiquities of Free-masonry, 
comprising illustrations of- the five 
grand periods of masonry, from the 
creation of the world to the dedica- 
tion of King Solomea’s Temple, will 
soon be published, by G. OLIvER, vicar 
of Clee. 
The History and Topography of 
London and its Environs, to corres- 
pond with Pinnock’s County Histories, 
with a map of twenty-five miles round 
the metropolis, is preparing for pub- 
lication. 
Rassela Principe d’Abissinia, opera 
del Signor Dottor Johnson, will soon 
appear. 
An Introduction to the Hebrew Lan- 
guage, by W. HtiNeMANN, professor 
of the Hebrew and German [Lan- 
guages, and author of ‘‘ the Catechism 
of Hebrew Grammar,” “ an Introduc- 
tion to German Reading,” will be pub- 
lished in January. 
Early in January will be published, 
Relics of Literature, by S. CoLuev, 
A.M. in octavo, with a frontispiece of 
autographs of eminent characters. 
The Lives of Scottish Poets are en- 
tirely completed, and will be ready in 
a few days, in three volumes, with 
thirty portraits. 
The Orlando Furioso of Aviosto, 
translated by W. S. Rose, cantos 1 
and 2, foolscap octavo, will soon be 
published. 
Memoirs of the Life of Rossini are 
in the press, with an historical and 
critical account of his compesitions, 
and an historical sketch of the state of 
music in Italy, from the beginning of 
the present century to the year 1822, 
or the era of Rossini, by the author of 
the Lives of Haydn and Mozart. 
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