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wliole a proper (rather diluted) body, 

 to be laid on with a painter's brush. 

 New work wl:en finished, as a prcvcti- 

 lative, should be dressed with the 

 composition at least twice, after well 

 drying the first coat; old work, as a 

 curative, when removed and repaired, 

 (such as diseased wainscot) should be 

 perfectly dried by exposition to the 

 air, iind then well dressed on its back 

 Ijetbre it is returned to its place. 



Biographia Poetica, or Lives of the 

 British Poets from Chaucer to Cow- 

 per, in four volumes, octavo, including 

 every poet in the collections of Chal- 

 mers, Campbell, &c. and those of the 

 early bibliographers, whose wiatiugs 

 or whose names retain sufficient inte- 

 rest to be comprised iu an historical 

 collection. Vol. I. is nearly ready. 



Tlie Life of Thomas Lord Erskinc, 

 •with observations on the character of 

 his eloquence at the Bar and in Par- 

 liament, and critical notices of his 

 speeches and writings, interspersed 

 with private anecdotes, is preparing 

 by H. Cooper, esq. of Lincoln's Inn, 

 barrister at law, in two vols, octavo. 



Letters to a Young Man whose 

 Education has been neglected, by the 



permission of the proprietors, and di- 

 vided into counties, is about to appear 

 periodically. 



Iu a few days a Shilling Pamphlet 

 will appear, entitled Aspersions An- 

 swered ; an Explanatory Statement ad- 

 dressed to the Public at large, and to 

 every reader of the Quarterly Review 

 in particular, by William Hone. 



A small volume of Notes, Biogra- 

 phical, Critical, and Poetical, on the 

 Portraits of " the Poets from Chaucer 

 to Cowper," is in preparation. 



An Account of the Life andWritings 

 of the late Thomas Brown, m.d. pro- 

 fessor, of Edinburgh, will soon be pub- 

 lished by the Rev. D. Welsh. 

 Massilon's Thoughts are in the press. 



The Posthumous Works of Percy 

 B. Shellev, esq. are in the press. 



The Rev. S. Piggott's volume on 

 Suicide, in a series of anecdotes, and 

 actual narratives, with reflections on 

 mental distress, will be published iu 

 the course of the montii. 



C. Thnnant, esq. announces a Nar- 

 rative of a Tour through Parts of the 

 Netherlands, Holland, Germany, &,c. 

 in 1821-22. 



Mrs. Lanfear has a small volume 



Author of " ConfessioHB of an Opium nearly ready, entitled Letters toYeung 



Eater," will soon appear. 



The Pilot, a tale of the sea, by the 

 Author of " the Spy," " Pioneers," &:c. 

 is forthcoming. 



Traditions of Edinburgh, or Legends 

 and Anecdotes respecting the City in 

 former Times, are preparing. 



The Old English Drama, a sclcetio*a 

 «)f plays from the early English drama- 

 lists, which will include tJie uLuIe of 

 Dodslcy's Collection, and every play 

 of any excellence, is printing in small 

 octavo, with biographical and critical 

 notices, and will be published in 

 monthly parts, at a moderate price. 



A third volume of Dr. Jamieson's 

 Etymological Dictionary of the Scot- 

 tish Language is in tho press. 



Mr. G. Ckuikshank is engaged iu 

 illustrating two volumes, entitled 

 1'ales of Irish Life, written from actual 

 observation, during a residence of 

 several years in various parts of Iro- 

 Jaml, and intended to display a faithful 

 pieVure of the habits, manners, and 

 condition, of tho people. The same 

 ingenious and original artist is also 

 preparing several designs for a hu- 

 mourous exposition of the 'J'read-null. 



A Catalo;;ue of Pictures in Eug- 



l-iadies on their first entrance into the 

 World ; to which will be added, 

 Sketches from Real Life. 



Dr. UwiNs will shortly publish a 

 Compendium of Medical Theory and 

 Practice, founded on Cullen'sNosology. 



S. T. Coleridge, esq. annouucesthe 

 Wanderings of Cain. 



A second part will soon appear of 

 George Crluksiiank's etchings, enti- 

 tled Points of Humour, containing 

 passages from celebrated comic writers, 

 selected for the humour of situation, 

 illustrated by original designs, drawn 

 and engraved by Cruikshank. 



'I'ho History of the RoniaUj Empire 

 from the Accession of Augustus to the 

 Death of the Younger Antoninus, is 

 preparing by W. Haygakth, esq. 



'I'he Good Samaritan, or an Appeal 

 to the Sympathy of tho Young on 

 behalf of the Heathen World, by the 

 Rev. J. IJooFEK, A. 51. will soon appear. 



J. Buckingham, esq. author of 

 "Travels in Palestine," will shortly 

 publish Travels among the Arab 

 Tribes of the Countries East of Syria. 



One Hundred Original Songs, by A. 

 Cunningham, in one volume, and 

 Scottish Songs, ancient and modern, 



land, collected and arranged with tho in four volumes, are in preparation. 

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