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_sketches, and a Memoir of Amos 
Green, esq. of Bath and York, by his 
late widow, will soon appear. 
The, second Part of French Classics, 
edited. by L. 'T. VENTOUILLAC, com- 
prising Numa Pompilius, by Florian, 
_with notes, and the life of the author, 
in two volumes, will be ‘published in a. 
few days. 
The second edition. of Mr. Goop-- 
win’s New System of Shocing Horses, 
ds in preparation, in octavo ; contain- 
ing many new and important additions, 
with new plates, illustrative of the 
recent invention which is the subject 
of a patent, for shoeing horses. with 
cast malleable iran, enabling the public 
to obtain shoes correctly made of any 
form. syed 
Some accounts from India state, that 
an alphabet has been discovered or 
devised (it does not clearly appear 
which), by which the inscriptions 
found in the caves and on the ancient 
amonuments of that country, may be 
clearly understood; and which, come 
bined with a similar discovery of the 
Egyptian hieroglyphics now going on, 
will probably throw much light.on the 
ancient history of both countries. 
Mr. Josery JopPLinG, architect, has 
invented a Septenary System. for 
Generating Curves. It is capable of 
producing, with the utmost facility, an 
indefinite varicty of curves, compre- 
hending those which have been the 
subject of mathematical research, and 
numerous others, which cannot fail to 
be of great utility. 
» A circumstance has transpired be- 
fore the Commissioners of government 
respecting Ireland, which in this age 
of mental illumination ean scarcely be 
believed, but which fully explains all 
the follies of Orangeism and Catho- 
licism, and the backwardness of know- 
ledge, in that unhappy ccuntry,—it is, 
that in eleven countics there is not a 
single bookseller’s shop! 
_ In a few days will appear, in two 
volumes, octavo, a new edition, much 
improved, of Miss Bencer’s Memoirs 
of Mary Queen of Scots, with anec- 
dotes of the court of Henry. the 
Second, during her residence in 
France. 
Shortly will be published, the 
Young Naturalist, a.tale for young 
people, by A. C. Mant, author of 
‘« Ellen, orthe Young Godmother,” &c. 
Lady MorGan is preparing a Life 
of Salvator Rosa, the poct of de- 
signers. 
_ Literary and Philosophical: Intelligence. 
A Society for literary and philoso- 
phical’ purposes ‘has been established 
-at, Bristol, under the name of the 
Inquirer. “We are glad to vee philo- 
-sophy united with its designs; ‘as a 
fondness for petit-maitre or, slip-slop 
literature seems at present to prevail 
too much over manly and solid, pur- 
_ Suits, 
_ Discussions on the. last’ new 
poem, or novel, seem.to supersede real 
-knowledge; though such works are but 
the garnish ofa feast, or the trimmings 
of a lady’s dress. 'The nrost’empty- 
headed coxcom)h ian England can speak 
as eloquently about Walter Scott. or 
Lord Byron as a man of the soundest 
‘erudition ; these topics, therefore, -cen- 
‘fer no - intelectual - distinction, “and 
ought ‘to be tolerated only among: the 
other chit-chat of the: tea-table:. 
A now edition: of Braine’s* Canine 
Pathology is nearly ready, with an 
addition of new matter, particularly a 
philosophical enquiry into the origin 
of the dog, his individual varieties, 
and examination of the popular sub- 
ject of breeding animals ; also a very 
copious account of rabies or madness. 
In September will be published, 
Letters’ to Marianne, by WILiiam 
Compe, Esq. author of “ Dr. Syntax’s 
Tour in Search of the Picturesque,” 
&e. with a profile: portrait. 
A volume called Sweepings. of ny 
Siudy is announced at Edinburgh. 
Some splendid remains of antiquity 
have - been ~recently discovered in a 
field at Bramdean, in Hampshire. 
Six iesselated pavements! have been 
already cleared; two of which are of 
the most intricate and beautiful work- 
manship. Previous to the discovery 
of the pavements, a large excavation 
in the solid chalk was cleared away, 
about thirteen feet in depth, entirely 
filled with mortar, rubbish, tiles, bones 
of great varicty of animals, earthen- 
ware, &c. Tradition has long marked 
out Bramdean as the site of a palace 
of Alfred. ; 
Doubts having been expressed in 
regard to Hunter’s Memoirs of his 
Captivity among the Indians, we feel 
it just to state, that we have derived’ 
from independant sources proofs of 
his title to credence; and he has also 
cireulated a notice, referring to the 
most accredited parties. 
Mr. L.J. A. M‘Henry has nearly 
ready for publication, a new edition of 
his improved Spanish Grammar, de- 
signed especially fox self-instruction. 
The original death - warrant of 
Charles 
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