Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence^ 



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A Treatise on the Theory and Prac- 

 tice of Music, is preparing by G. F. 

 Graham. 



The Journal of Llewellyn Penrose, 

 will soon appear. 



Marston Moor, or the Queen's Page, 

 an historical novel, in 3 vols, is in the 

 press. 



A Letter to the Editor of the British 

 Review, occasioned by the notice of 

 " No Fiction," and " Martha," in that 

 work, by A. Reed, will soon appear. 



The New Shepherd's Calendar, by 

 J. Clare, may soon he expected. 



Specimens of the early French 

 Poets, with biographical and critical 

 notices, are in the press. 



The Mother's Offering, or Talcs in 

 Rhyme for Children, is preparing for 

 publication, by a Lady, embellished 

 with sixty-two superior engravings. 



Plants may be completely protected 

 from the depredations of insecis, by 

 wasliing them with a solution of bitter 

 aloes, and the use of this wasli does 

 not appear to affect the health of the 

 plants in the slightest degree ; and, 

 wherever the solution has been used, 

 insects have not been observed to 

 attack the plants again. 



H.W. Williams, esq. of Edinburgh, 

 author of " Travels in Greece, Italy, 

 &c." will shortly publish Select Views 

 in Greece, to be comprised in six 

 numbers, each containing six plates, 

 with descriptive letter-press. 



A Sketch of the System of Educa- 

 tion at New Lanark, by R. D. Owen, 

 is in the press. 



Various unfounded observations 

 having at sundry times been made in 

 the newspa|)ers and journals, calcu- 

 lated to mislead the public in regard 

 to the liberal conduct and accommo- 

 dations of the British Museum, we 

 consider it our duty to set the matter 

 in its clearest light, by introducing an 

 exact copy of th.c Directions rcspectinfj 

 the Reading Room of the British 

 Bliisann: — 



The Rcadinw Room of the Museum is 

 open from ten till four every day, except 

 on Saturdays and Sundays, and for one 

 veek iit CInistmas, Easter, and Whitstm- 

 litlo ; also on Thanksgiving and Fas! Days. 



Poisons desirous of admission are to 

 send in their application'^ in writing (spc- 

 cityinj: their Christian and surnames, rank 

 or profession, and places of abode) to the 

 principal librarian, or, in his absence, to 

 the senior under hbrariai\, who will either 

 immediately admit such persons, or lay 

 iheir application before the next general 



[Feb. 



meeting, or committee of the trustees. 

 But as it might be dangerons, in so popu- 

 lous a metropolis as London, to admit 

 perfect strangers, it is expected that every 

 person vvlio applies should produce a re- 

 commendation satisfactory to a trustee or 

 an ofScer of thehoiise. Applications defec- 

 tive in this respect will not be attended to. 



Permission will in general are granted 

 for six months ; and, at the expiration of 

 this term, fresh application is to he made 

 for a renewal. 



Although the librarians are strictly en- 

 joined to use all possible dispatch in sup- 

 plying the readers with the printed hooks 

 or manuscripts tlicy may apply for ; yet, 

 as in so extensive a library it may not be 

 possible to find every article immediately, 

 it is recommended to the readers to allow 

 a reasonable time for the search, especi- 

 ally as to the printed books. 



Readers will be allowed to take one or 

 more extracts from any printed book or 

 manuscript; hut no whole or greater part 

 of a manuscript is to be transcribed, 

 without a particular leave from the trus- 

 tees. — The transcribers are not to lay the 

 paper on whii'h they write on any part of 

 the book or manuscript they are using ; 

 nor are any tracings allowed without 

 particular permission of the trustees. 



Travels through Part of the United 

 States and Canada in 1818 and 19, 

 are preparing for publicalion by J. M. 

 Duncan, a.b. 



Mr. J. E. Gray is preparing the 

 Elements of Zoology, containing, be- 

 sides an outline of comparative ana- 

 tomy and physiology, and a natural 

 disposition of the animal kingdom, 

 with an analytical table of the genera, 

 an explanation of all the terms used 

 in the science, illustrated by numerous 

 engravings. 



Mr. De la BnciiE will shortly pub- 

 lish a Selection of the Geological 

 Memoirs contained in the " Annates 

 dcs Mines," together with a synoptical 

 tablcTof equivalent formations, and M. 

 Brongniart's Table of the Classification 

 of Mixed Rocks. 



It is clearly proved, and has been 

 satisfactorily accounted for, that the 

 air is warmer close to the earth than 

 at some distance above it. Hence we 

 find lofty mountains in warm climates 

 constantly covered with snow. During 

 a frost, however, things appear to be 

 reversed. An observation, leading to 

 this consequence, has been made in 

 Hampshire. Mr. White placed a. 

 thermometev on tlic top of a hill at 

 Selbonrne, and another in the valley, 

 towards the evening of a very cold 



day. 



