1824.] 



Literary and Miscellaneous Inlelligence. 



stat<i, that tlic rooms are eiiriclied, in (he 

 order of arrangement, w ith suhjects hy 

 Messrs. Jiidkin, Haslinfjs, Wilson, 

 Hehcrt, Slannard, Martin, IJodand, 

 Wicksteed, UrigRs. StanHekl, Williams, 

 Duterran, Glover, liar!, Hiiili1eli,Nol)lo, 

 Nasmith, l?ic!iler, Wright, PiiUling, 

 Wooding:, Tinner, Cusse, IJiig;;ins, 

 Lonsdale, Linton, CMVtwrisht, Childe, 

 Dnhiiisson, Scott, RoI)erts, Hajilon, 

 Slark, Vincent, Hiirlston, Linton, Har- 

 riott, Rippinijilie, Doane, Ward, Men- 

 Ding, Seoular, Rossi, Read. R(;ar(l, 

 Hara;rcaves, Hajler, Crcke, Mns<j;rave, 

 Allom, Rncklcr, Seatli, ard Goodrtli. 

 — Mr. Richter in t/ie Wm'oiv, and Mr. 

 Cosse in the Greedy Girl, have hecn 

 very happy ; and il is dirticnit to do jus- 

 tice in words to (lie (ruih and nature of 

 niover's, Wilson's, Holland's, and 

 Nasmjth's, landscapes,- — to Ward's and 

 Linton's wat<'r-pieces, — or to Martin's 

 snljlinii(y in his Seventh Plague. 



The numher ot sindents at (he King's 

 College :nid Marisohal College, Aher- 

 <leen, <!niing (his last season was above 

 (>40; (he number at St. Andrew's, about 

 2110; at Edinhnrgh, about 2100; and at 

 Glasgow, about IGOO: in all abpve 

 464U. 'J'lii* is an iniimnsc number for 

 so small a kingdom ; and arises, as is 

 allegol, from the excellence of the 

 teachers, but in a degree from (he sjstem 

 of cducaliou being in conformily willi 

 (he cnliglilencd .state of (he age, and 

 sucli as parents consider usel'nl lor qua- 

 Jifjing their son.s for fultjre exertions in 

 the various aclivc dcpiirtmcnls of life. 

 I'he greater number comjilete (heir 

 ehifisicai and philosophical studies be- 

 fore (he age of twenty. The candidates 

 for (he church have, afler (his, to enter 

 a course of study, rctjuiriug from fonrtp 

 .six years, according as they attend the 

 full session of three ntonths each winter, 

 or merely keep terms. It is painful to 

 redect, that inslituticms so uselul should 

 be neglectpil by a government wliicli 

 lias lately determined to ex|)end on 

 Windsor J'alace alone the sum of 

 300,000/. besides 40,000/. on other 

 j)alaees. The buildings of some of the 

 .Scotch colleges arc likely soon to tum- 

 ble down lor want of repairs. The pious 

 founders naturally supposed, that ill 

 'erecting them they had done their part, 

 and (hat pos(erity would preserve what 

 lliey liad [iroduced. Rut, to the dis- 

 grace r)f the present generation, whilst 

 icxtravagant sums are wasted in gew- 

 gaws and toys, nothing can be sjiared to 

 Womotc useful literature and science. 



A inaiiu.scripl uf Milton's, in Latin, 



353 



has been discovered in (be Slate I'apcr 

 Offic' l)y Mr. Lemon. It consists of 

 4 or .'iOO |)ages, and is a sort of Rody of 

 Divinity, acconling to the not oris of 

 those f;mati(<Tl times. The manuscript 

 is partly in (he band-wri(iiig of his iie- 

 jihevv Phillips, and partly in (hat of one 

 (vf his daughters. Jt w;is shown to (he 

 ' King, and judged by him worthy of be- 

 ing printed, as a curiosity ; but. except 

 as a curiosity, it is of course worthless, 

 — for we have now far more of JVlilton's 

 projc writings than are ever read ; and, 

 least of all, need we covet his theology 

 in Latin. 



On the 1st of July will be pnblishrd. 

 No. I. (to be continued quarterly,) of 

 the Edinburgh Journal of Science, ex- 

 hibiting a view of the progress of clisco- 

 very, conducted by David Brewster, 

 LL.n. F R.s Loud., Sec.ji.s.lMlin. F.s.s a. 

 with (he assistance of John Macculloch, 

 M.D. F.K.s. &c,; W. Jackson Hooker, 

 Li.n. r.R.s. F.L s. and f.a.s. ; William 

 Haidinger, esq. F.k.s.e. &c. ; Robert 

 Knox, M.D. F.R s. Ed. &e. ; Samuel 

 Hibberl, M.D. F.R.s. This new Journal 

 of Science will be conducted on the 

 same general principles as the "Phi- 

 Ioso])hical Journal," originally projected 

 and hidierto conducted by Dr. J3rew- 

 sler. But the plan and management of 

 the new work will, in various respects, 

 be much improved, 



Mr. Washington Irving is preparing 

 for (he press some more of liis melli- 

 (Inous and well-told stories, under (he 

 title of " "^J'ales of a Traveller." A few 

 letters of bis, written at an early age, 

 and therefore perhaps scarcely fair to be 

 brought forward now, have ber n pubr 

 lishcd as the " Letters of Jonathan Old- 

 style." 



Mr. Burridge's Treatise on a Pro- 

 cess or Art of Tanning Crop Hides or 

 Sole Leather, is in the press. He nn- 

 derlakes to prove, that tliey may be 

 tanned in a quarter of the usual lime, 

 without extra expense. 



A subscription has been opened for 

 the widow of Mr. Bowdich, (ho Afri- 

 can traveller, who has fallen, at the early 

 age of thirty, in the cause (o which he 

 had devoted himself; leaving herself 

 and three young children totally unpro- 

 vided for. Mrs. Bowdich was his almost 

 constant companion in Africa, the sharer 

 of his perils, and the indefatigable assis- 

 tant of liis literary labours ; aihl she is 

 returning to England in a state of 

 destitution. 



All A|)ology for Don Juan, Cantos 1 

 and 2, is in the press. 



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