[ 15S 3 [March 1, 



VARIETIES, LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS; 



Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domestic aiid Foreign. 



WE congratulate the public on 

 the coavenicncc and luxury of 

 the Institution of a public American 

 I.IBIIARY in London. Mr. Miller, of 

 New Bridge-street, who has lon^ been 

 known as the commercial medium of 

 literary intercourse between America 

 and Great Britain, has engrafted on 

 his trade a subscription library for 

 American books and newspapers ; and 

 in these elegant rooms may be seen 

 tlie newspapers of that vast continent, 

 and the various current productions of 

 the press. American residents in 

 J^ondonarc of course its eager patrons; 

 but it is little loss interesting to per- 

 sons connected witli America, and to 

 speculators in transatlantic literature, 

 winch is every month becoming a 

 subject of increased interest, by the 

 originality of many works, and by the 

 talents and genius of the writers. 



Mr. Mackintosh, an eminent mus- 

 lin-manufacturer, has been exhibiting 

 in London specimens of water-proof 

 uiuslin, and water-proof fabrics of va- 

 rious descriptions. He lays two 

 breadths together, and interposes a 

 thin laminae of caoutchouc, dissolved 

 in oil of turpentine. The muslins thus 

 prepared are light, and not distinguish- 

 able from others; they wash well; and 

 they can be afforded at an inconsider- 

 able advance of price. Silks, wool- 

 lens, linens, &c. are treated in like 

 manner, and even leatlier, with some 

 improvements to moisture. Of course 

 such a discovery is of very extensive 

 api)lieation, and of great importance to 

 commerce, manufactures, and the arts. 

 Mr. Mabcrly, m.p. is understood to 

 have engaged in its introduction south 

 of the Tweed. 



A very extensive work is preparing 

 for publication, in tliree volumes, fo- 

 lio, consisting of a Complete History 

 of London, Westminster, and South- 

 wark, interspersed with biographical 

 notices of eminent persons, and com- 

 piled from the Public Records, the 

 Archives of the City, and from other 

 original and authentic sources, by J. 

 Bayley, esq. f.k.s. and f.s.a. one of 

 his Majesty's sub-commissioners on 

 the Public Records, and author of the 

 " History of the Tower of London." 

 The embellislimonts of the work, which 

 will consist of general views of the 

 metropolis, public buildings, remains 



of antiquity, churches, monuments, 

 portraits of eminent persons, seals, &c. 

 will be executed by engravers of the 

 highest celebrity, from drawings by J. 

 M. W. Turner, r.a. Messrs. Blore, 

 Wild, and other distinguished artists. 

 It will be published in Parts, the first 

 of whicli will appear in November 

 1824, and will be continued in the fol- 

 lowing manner: — The second, third, 

 and fourtli. Parts, at intervals of four 

 months, and all the remainder of tho 

 work at regular quarterly periods. 



Dr. Ellis, f.r.s. sec. s.a. is pre- 

 paring a collection of Original Letters, 

 chiefly illustrative of English history, 

 including numerous royal letters, pub- 

 lished from autographs in the British 

 Museum, and one or two other collec- 

 tions, in three volumes, crown octavo. 



Among the literary novelties of the 

 day. Memoirs of Captain Rock, the 

 celebrated Irish Chieftain, with some 

 account of his ancestors, are about to 

 make their appeaiance, dictated by 

 himself! His amannensis is Mr, 

 MooKE the poet. 



Dr. Watts's Bibliotheca Britannica 

 is on the eve of being completied, by 

 the publication of the Eleventh Part. 

 It professes to form a general index to 

 the literature of Great Britain and 

 Ireland, ancient and modern, with 

 such foreign works as have been trans- 

 lated into English, or printed in the 

 British dominions; including also a 

 copious selection' from the writings of 

 the most celebrated authors of all ages 

 and nations. 



A Narrative of a Tour throiigh Parts 

 of the Netherlands, Holland, Germany, 

 Switzerland, Savoy, and France, in 

 the year 1821-2, including a descrip- 

 tion of the Rhine voyage in the middle 

 of autumn, and the stupendous scenery 

 of the Alps in the depth of winter, will 

 shortly be published by C. Tennant, 

 esq. containing an appendix, fac- 

 simile copies, with a fair transcript in 

 French, and a translation in English, 

 of eight letters, in the hand-writing of 

 Napoleon Bonaparte to his wife Jose- 

 phine, the originals of which arc in the 

 possession of Mr. Tennant. 



Two new works on South America 

 are announced by Mrs. Graham : the 

 Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and 

 Residence there during part of the 

 years 1821, 22, and 23, including an 

 account 



