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mentions tlieir haunts, in the eastern parts 

 of Sussex. The third section recounts 

 seventy species of the laiul-birds and 

 thirty species of the water-birds of the dis- 

 trict, with interesting anecdotes regarding 

 many of them. Section fourr mentions 

 seven species of ampl'.ibia, and asserts, 

 that the viper or adder (coluber berus,) is 

 alone poisonous amongst them. Section 

 live enumerates twenty species of fish ; 

 and section six concludes this very interest- 

 ing little work, with a selection of sixty-two 

 vegetable species, found growing in the 

 district, distingni^^hed by tlieir rarity or in- 

 teresting properties, which are men- 

 tioned. 



In the Essay irn jipparilions, hij J. 

 Alderson, m.d. it appears that ghosts may 

 be of two kinds : first, actual appearances, 

 which, in our ii^norance, we suppose of ano- 

 ther nature than they truly are : of these 

 the author mentions an excellent instance, 

 in the reflection of objects passing strong 

 lights on a hill, and seen obliquely on a 

 window, when they will appear to be in 

 motion inside the house. The second kind 

 is confmed to cases in which some bodily 

 distemperament, supervening an accident, 

 works the mind into the constant enter- 

 tainment of one or more unpleasant ob- 

 ject, which the patient fancies he really 

 beholds. This latter is Doctor Ahlerson's 

 theory: he details the cases of several pa- 

 tients whom he has cured of the affection, 

 and we gladly admit its correctness. 



In our 53d volunio, pages '247 and 

 554, we announced the preparation and 

 the appearance of a Practical Essay on the 

 Strength of Cast-iron, by T. TRtiDCOLi), 

 civil engineer : this work has, to the de- 

 scription of ■practical men to whom it is 

 particularly addressed, viz. " to engineers, 

 iron-masters, aichitecls, millwrights, fonn- 

 ders, and smiths," as well as to mathe- 

 luatical and scientific readers in general,— 

 appeared of so novel and important a cha- 

 racter, that, in a year, a pretty large edition 

 was sold, and iMr.Trcdgold has now supplied 

 itsplace by a considerably enlarged edition; 

 in which will be found, a series of tables, 

 of the most easy application to practice, 

 illustrated by numerous real examples, 

 for calculating the necessary dimensions 

 of simple beams or levers of cast-iioii, 

 for all the variety of purposes to which 

 this material is now so importantly applied, 

 in buildings, machinery,' &c. adapted to 

 carry, sustain, or move, heavy loads, not 

 exceeding 500 tons ; and in the present 

 edition, a like table of dimensions is given, 

 for columns or posts, to bear any given 

 load,nnderl50tons,witliontd3nger of their 

 crippling or giving way. As far as beams 

 are concerned, simple multipliers, men- 

 tioned at foot of the tables, enable the 

 strength of maleable iron, or of oak, fir, 

 &c. timber beams, to be calculated, with 

 the utmost facility. 



Literary and Critical Proemitim. [March 1, 



LIST OF NEW WORKS. 



ANTIQUITIES. 



Vol. I. of a Series of Views of the most 

 interesting Remains of the Ancient Cas- 

 tles in England and Wales, engraved by 

 W. Woolnotli, accompanied by Historical 

 Descriptions ; by E. W. Brayley, 48 

 plates. Royal 8vo. 21. 8s. boards. 



Pompeiana ; the Edifices, Antiquities, 

 and Ornaments of Pompeii ; by Sir William 

 Gcll and J. P. Gandy, t vol. 8vo. with 100 

 engravings. 61. 6s. boards. 



Part II. of Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis; 

 containing many curious and rare Tracts, 

 and illustrated with an engraving of the 

 Standard borne by Colonel Cooke at the 

 Siege of Highnam, from a drawing in the 

 possession of Sir Berkeley William Guire, 

 bart, M.p. 



Part I. of an Historical, Antiquarian, 

 and Topographical, Account of the An- 

 cient and Present State of the Parish and 

 Palace of Lambeth, Surrey, accompanied 

 with a plan and 100 engravings. 2s. 6d. 

 each part. 



Part I. of Monumental Antiquities of 

 Great Britain, from drawings of E. Blore, 

 F.s.u. 10s. and royal, 18s. 



BELLES LETTRE6. 



Essays on various subjects of Belles 

 Lettres. To which are added, Two Dis- 

 sertations, written during the late War 

 against France ; by David Scott, m.d. 

 ISino. 7s. boards. 



BIBLIOGRAFHV. 



Baynes and Son's Catalogue of a select 

 collection of Old Books in Miscellaneous 

 Literature, and in various Languages, and 

 also of choice Prints, and a selection of 

 Original Drawings by eminent Artists. 

 8vo. 2s. 



Memoirs of Amos Green, written by his 

 late Widow. To irhich are prefixed, Sug- 

 gestions on Christian Education, &c. with 

 a portrait. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards. 



Sams of Darlington's Descriptive Cata- 

 logue of Books, Part II. 



Nattali's Catalogue of Books. 



Lackiiigton's Catalogue of School 

 Books, 



BIOGRAPHY. 



Memoirs of Rossini ; by the author of the 

 Lives of Haydn and Mozart. 8vo. 

 lOs. 6d. 



Secret Memoirs of the Court of Louis 

 XIV. and of the Regency, extracted from 

 the German Correspondence of Madame 

 Eliz. Char. Duchess of Orleans^ preceded 

 by a Notice on this Princess, and accom- 

 panied with Notes. 8vo. 14s. boards. 



The Life of Salvator Rosa; by Lady 

 Morgan. 2 vols. 28s. 



Fannliar Letters of William Cowper, 

 esq. to his Friends. 2 vols. 28s. 



A'ol. 5 of Sir John Fenn's Original Let- 

 ters. '2\. 2s. 



Life of Joseph Brasbridge, Silversmitfa, 

 of Fket-strect. 8s. 



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