Lilerary and Miscellaneous Intelligence, 



3i2 



Insects, by W. Kirby, m.a. f.r.s. and 

 L..S. and W. Silence, esq. f.l.s. isabout 

 1o Ije coinplttfd by the imblicalion of 

 the third and fourth volnmts. This 

 work is intended as a genera! and po- 

 pular iiistory of inseols, ajid contains an 

 account of the injniics they occasion, 

 (inciudiujj particuhirs of tiiose insects 

 Mdiicli cause diseases in tlie linman 

 frame, and of those whicii are noxious to 

 the farmer and agriculturist,) the be- 

 ncfils derived from them, the nielanior- 

 phoses they undergo, their afToction for 

 their young, tlieir various Linds of loo'l, 

 and tlie means by whicli they procure it, 

 a description of their iudiitations, &c. 



Tlie Interrogative System of Educa- 

 tion, by questions wiliiont answers, now 

 SI) generally adopted in the schools of 

 the United Kingdoin, presents the fol- 

 lowing advantages: — 



1. It teachis tiie elements of every 

 Lrancii of knowledge with greater jireci- 

 sion and facility than any oilier system. 



2. It compels the student to understand 

 those elements, by forcing him to think 

 on tbeir nature and connexions, while 

 answering the questions and working the 

 exercises. 



3. It enables the tutor to teach witli a 

 quarter of tlie trouble and personal exer- 

 tion hitherto necessary, and thus extend'; 

 the objects of liberal education. 



4. The composing of the answers by the 

 pupil, exercises him in grammar and eoni- 

 posiiion ; while the fair entry of them in 

 the copy-books, or otherwise, is an eftec- 



[Apri! 1, 



♦' Fanst," the " Sorrows of Wcrler,"&e. 

 arc just ready for publication. 



Tlie fourth livraisim of the " Napoleon 

 Memoirs," may be expected in t!»e 

 course of the present niontli. 



Mr. J. H. Wiffen's I'ruuslation of 

 Tasso is in the press, and in a state of 

 great forwanhu'ss. The first volurric 

 will be issued to subscribers the latter 

 end of April, embellished with ten fiiie 

 engravings on wood, from designs by 

 Rlr. Corbould, and a portrait of Tasso. 



The Memoirs of a late celebrated 

 English Countess, the intimate friend of 

 an illustrious personage, written by her- 

 self, will ;ip[)ear in the course of the 

 present month. 



Shortly will be pub'.islied, in oclavo, 

 a System of General Anatomy, by W. 

 Wallace, w.r.i.a. lecturer on Analomy 

 and Surgery, including all that is valua- 

 ble in the 'Anatomic Gencrale" of 

 Bicliat, and in the additions to the same 

 work by Beclard. 



Capt. Sir H. HEATj^fcoTE, r.n. is 

 about io [lublish a 'I'realisc on Stay- 

 .sails, for the purpose of intercepting 

 wiinl between the square sails of ships 

 and other square- sailed vessels, illus- 

 trated by suitable diagrams and plates. 



Speedily will be published, the Cross 

 and the Crescent, an heroic metrical 

 romance, partially founded on " Ma- 

 tliilde,"by the Kev. J. Beresforu,m.a. 

 rector of Kibworth. 



Our Village, or Sketches of Rural 

 tnal exercise in writing and orthography. Character and Scenery, by M. R. MiT- 

 5. It applies all the advantages which p^mj^ fiuthor of "Julian, a tragedy," 

 have nsually accrued from the study of &e. will soon be published. 



file Odes of Anacreon ot I cos, in 



the learned languages to geography, his 

 lory, natural philosophy, astronomy. Chris- 

 tian theology, and other branches of useful 

 knowledge. 



— Every experienced conductor of a 

 school, who may not yet iiave adopted this 

 system, will appreciate its value by the 

 preceiling euumeratiou of its charac- 

 teristics. 



The Witch Finder, a romance, by the 

 Author of "the Lollards," " Monks of 

 Leadenliall," &:c. is announced, in three 

 volumes. 



Shakspeare's Plays, with notes origi- 

 nal and selected, by G. F. Joseph, esq. 

 a.r.a. embellished with engravings by 

 the most eminent artists, from [Huntings 

 ))y Mr. Joseph, are in course of publi- 

 cation, in monthly parts. We deeply 

 lament that none of these projects are 

 addressed to the interests of Shak- 

 .speare's indigent family ; and hope that 

 a family edition of Siiakspeare will, ere 

 long, be addressed to ptiblic patronage. 



Memoirs of Goisthe, the author of 



English ver.se, with notes, biograjihical, 

 critical, and elucidatory, are announced 

 by W. Richardson, esq. 



Conversations on Geography and 

 Astronomy, illustrated with plates, 

 woodcuts, &c, are preparing, by the 

 Author of " Conversations on Botany." 



Mr. F. Parkes is about to publish a 

 volume entitled Domestic Duties, con- 

 taining instructions to young married 

 • ladies on the management of their 

 household, and the regulation of their 

 conduct in the various relations and 

 duties of married life. 



Observations on the Religious Pecii- 

 liari(i< s of the Society of Friends, are 

 preparing, by JosEVH J. Glrney. 



Biographia Poelica, or Lives of the 

 British Poct.s, from Chaucer to Cowper, 

 in four volumes octavo, including every 

 l>oet in the collections of Chalmers, 

 Campbell, &.C. and those of the early 

 biographers, is about to appear. 



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