Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence, 25 1 



1824.J 



ing in general : in ■which are exhibited 

 the pleasures and advantages to he 

 <Ierived from the study of nature and 

 the tine arts ; the wliole collected and 

 arranged by T. Wright, esq. 



Tlie Second Part of Pathological 

 Researches in 31edicinc, by J. K. 

 Farre, m.d. is preparing for the press. 



Queen Hynde, an epic poem, is an- 

 nounced, by James Hogg, author of 

 tlie " Queen's Wake." 



An interesting work will he published 

 next month, by the llov. C. Swan, late 

 of Catherine-hall, Cambridge, under 

 the title Gesta Romanorum, or Enter- 

 taining Moral Stories, invented by the 

 monks, as a fireside recreation, and 

 commonly applied in their discourses 

 from the pulpit, from whence the most 

 celebrated of our own poets and others, 

 from the earliest times, have extracted 

 their plots, translated from the Latin, 

 and illustrated with original notes by 

 the translator, with the picliminary ob- 

 servations of Warlon and Douce. 



Aaron Smith's Narrative of the 

 horrid and unprecedented Sufferings he 

 underwent during his Captivity among 

 the Firates in the Island of Cuba, will 

 soon be published. 



Mr. AcKERMANN" lias in considerable 

 forwardness, a Translation of those parts 

 of the Arabian Nights which have not 

 yet appeared in an English dress, from a 

 complete copy of the original, whiuli that 

 eminent oriental scholar, Mr. Von Ham- 

 mer of Vienna, was fortunate enough to 

 meet with during his diplomatic mission 

 at Constantinople. It is well known 

 that Galland's French translation of the 

 collection o*' "Thousand and One 

 Nights," from which the versions into 

 other Euro|)ean lt»nguagrs have been 

 made, contained only the smaller num- 

 ber of those celebrated tales. 



In the course of April will appear, 

 Practical Observations on Fire and 

 I^ife Insurance, being a guide to per- 

 sons elTtcling insurances, and a caution 

 toinlendcd shareholders, with acompa- 

 nitive view of the plans and merits of 

 the difl'ercnt ofllccs, by J. Mitchell, 

 LL.D. F.a.s.e. late actuary to the Star 

 Life Assurance Com()any. 



Sir (i. F. Hampson is preparing a 

 Short Treatise, endeavouring to point 

 out the conduct by which trustees will 

 Le exposed to liability. 



Dr. John Jones announces the His- 

 tory and Aniiquities of Wales, contain- 

 ing monioirs on the civil and military 

 History, Ijaws, Druids, 'JViads, and Ka- 

 ieudar, uf ihuancicut liritous or Welsh ; 



on the history of Christianity in Britain, 

 aniiquitiesand monumental inscriptions, 

 and on the present civil divisions of 

 Wiilcs into hundreds and commots. 

 This work is the production of a Welsh- 

 man, who feels he owes a public service 

 to his country, as its history has not 

 been hitherto treated of except by a 

 Welsh monk (Caradog of Llancarfan), 

 and by an English clergyman (the Rev. 

 Mr.Warringlon.) The Memoir on Laws 

 will treat of the Roman maxims and 

 Saxon weregild, &c. as collected by 

 Hoel the Good, contain ample abstracts 

 of the English statutes, and close with 

 liberal comments on the present di-fects 

 in the practice of Cambrian jurispru- 

 <lence. — The Section on the Druids, 

 Bards, Servidae of Diodorus Siculus, 

 Euhagesof Ammianus Marcellinus, the 

 Ovates of Strabo, and on the Avveudi, 

 will trace the history of these ministers 

 of barbarous rites to their 'I'eutonic 

 origin. And the Chapter on Antiquities 

 will contain notices of castellated and 

 ecclesiastical remains, and illustrations 

 of all the monumental inscriptions 

 throughout the principality, most of 

 which have been misunderstood by 

 Camden, Gibson, Llwyd, and others. 



A Letter to Sir John Newport, on the 

 subject of the Fees payable iu the 

 Courts of Justice, and the Stamp Duties 

 on Law Proceedings, by J. Glassford, 

 esq. is in the press. 



Miss Bexger is engaged on a new 

 biographical work, of which Elizabeth 

 Queen of Bohemia is the subject. 



Dr. G. Smith will shortly put to 

 press, a Practical Work on Poisons, 

 forming a comprehensive manual of 

 Toxicology. 



The Diary of Henry Teonge, from 

 1675 to 1679, containing a Narrative of 

 the Expedition against Tripoli in 1675, 

 and the most curious Details of the 

 Economy and Discipline of tlie Navy iu 

 the Time of Charles II. is preparing, 

 from the original manuscript. 



In this season will be completed, the 

 volume of Chronological and Historical 

 Illnslialions of the Ancient Areliitec- 

 tiire of Great Britain, to consist of 

 ei;^hty prints, with amjile letter-press. 

 It will be inihlished in ten nuinbers, 

 nii.e of which have already appeared. 



Mr. BowoLER is preparing Gibbon's 

 History of the Decline and Fall of the 

 Roman Empire, adajited for families and 

 young persons, by tlic omission of ob- 

 jectionable passages. 



'I'hc Introduction to Entomology, or 

 Elements of the Natural History of 



lllliCCtii, 



