1822.] 
The Orlando Innamorato of Berni, 
translated by WILLIAM STEWART 
Ross, Esq. is preparing for publication, 
and will be followed by the Orlando 
Furioso of Ariosto. 
A System of Analytic Geometry, by 
the Rev. Dionysius LARDNER, A.M. 
of the University of Dublin, and Mem- 
ber of the Royal Irish Academy, is in 
the press. This work will contain 
Part the Ist, a complete System of 
Conic Sections, proved by the applica- 
tion of the principles of Algebra, ac- 
cording to the method of Des Cartes. 
Also the theory of curves of the higher 
order, with the application of the diffe- 
rential and integral calculus to them. 
The second part will contain the prin- 
ciples by which the properties of curved 
surfaces may be investigated by the 
same method, and the investigation of 
the figures and properties of curved 
surfaces of the second order, 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
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Mr. CHAMBERS, author of the Bio- 
graphical Illustrations of the County 
of Worcester, &c. &c. &c. has nearly 
ready for the press, Collections for a 
Biography of English Architects, from 
the Fifth to the Seventeenth Century. 
Mr. JAMES BIRD, author of the Vale 
of Slaughiden; Machin; or, the Dis- 
covery of Madeira, &c. has in the press, 
Cosmo, Duke of Tuscany; a Tragedy 
in Five Acts. 
In this Magazine, published January 
1, we introduced some specimens of 
the elegant architecture of the GRAND 
JUNCTION street from Portland Place 
to Pall Mall, and we now present our 
country and foreign readers with a 
sketch of the Superb Circus near Picca- 
dilly, which connects the two straight 
lines. Nothing can be more imposing 
than the original, and henceforward it 
will be regarded-as an ornament of the 
metropolis. 
Mr. WM. TILLEARD WARD is pre- 
paring for the press, Practical Observa- 
tions on Paralytic Affections, St. Vitus’ 
Dance, Deformities of the Chest and 
Limbs, illustrative of the beneficial 
effects of muscular action. 
The author of the Beauties, Har- 
monies, and Sublimities of Nature is 
writing a work under the title of The 
Towards the end of this present 
month of March, Dr. ROCHE will pub- 
lish the First Number of a New Series 
of Ancient Trish Melodies, with appro- 
priate words, and with symphonies and 
accompaniments for the piano-forte ; 
and from the known taste of the editor 
avery pleasing and popular series may 
be expected. 
Tablets of Memnon; or, Fragments—— The 'Tiavels of Theodore Ducas in 
Illustrative of the Human Character, - various Countries of Europe, at the re- 
It will contain some very curious aves-—vival- of letters and art; edited by 
dotes, and be illustrated by the author’s 
correspondence with St. Pierre, author 
of the Studies of Nature, Madame de 
Staél, Dr. Percy, late Bishop of Dro- 
more, and several other eminent, lite- 
rary, and political characters. 
Three volumes of Old Stories, by 
Miss SPENCE, are in the press, 
» Montuiy MAG. No, 365. 
CHARLES MILLS, author of the History 
of the Crusades. Part the First, Italy, 
will soon appear. 
Madeline, a tale, by Mrs. OPIE, is 
in the press. 
Conversations on Mineralogy; with 
plates, engraved by Mr. Lowry, will 
soon appear, 
A third 
