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of its Exhibition Rooms, under the avow- 
ed necessity of rejecting many, meritorious 
works, .and of crowding or, misplacing 
others. ‘The rooms of the British Insti- 
‘tution are more happily disposed; but the 
Exhibition of the W orks of the Old Masters, 
and the School of Painting which succeeds 
it, occasion the Gallery of Modern Art 
to be closed at the very moment when the 
wealthy and intelligent inhabitants of the 
empire (tke influence of whose riches and 
refined taste extends to her remotest pro- 
viuces,) become resident in the metropolis. 
The avowed patrons of art, therefore, feel 
their ability to,elicit talént, or reward its 
possessor, inevitably curtailed; and the 
means either of inprovement or of support 
must consequently be denied. 
A numerous body of artists, under these 
impressions, and desirous of bringing their 
works fairly before the public, have been 
inducéd to formthemselves into a Society, 
‘for the purpose of erecting an extensive 
suite’of rooms for the exhibition and sale 
of their works in painting, sculpture, 
architecture; and engraving: the exhibi- 
tion to open immediately after the close 
of the British Institution in April, and to 
continue during the three succeeding 
montls.” 
Tt. concerns us to state that the 
Steam Carriage of Mr. GrRIFFITHs is 
suspended in its progress at Messrs. 
Bramah’s by the wantof capital. Such 
is the fate of too many ingenious in- 
ventions; but it is said that the same 
purpose will soon be effected by a Bir- 
mmingham manufacturer. 
Mr. WituiaM Sir, themeritorious 
author of separate Geological Maps 
of the English Counties, has completed 
his very elaborate, and minute Survey 
of the Northern Counties, and another 
number of this truly-important work 
-will shortly appear. 
An account of Mr. “Scurry’s Cap- 
tivity under Hyder Ali and Tippoo— 
Saib’ is printing. It contains a simple 
unadorned: statement of the horrid 
cruelties and insults exercised on him- 
self and his} companions in misfortune 
by those two easterm despots. 
Duke: Christian of Luneburg, or 
Traditions: from: the Hartz, by Miss 
-JANE PORTER, will speedily appear. 
~ No.I..of Viewsiin Wales, engraved 
in the) best line-manner by FinpDEN, 
from drawings by Capt. Barry, F.R.s. 
tobe completed in twelve numbers, 
will bepublished on the Istof January. 
Mr. Lanpor’s Imaginary Conversa- 
tions of eminent| Literary Men and 
Statesmen will’ be completed early in 
December. NOHO 
Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
[ Dee. 1, 
The Journal of Llewellyn Penrose, 
a ‘seaman; a work possessing ‘all ‘the 
interest of Robinson Crusoe, with the 
additional recommendation ofits being 
a true: narrative, will soon be published 
in one volume, with engravings ‘after 
Bird and Pocock. 
On the 1st of Mareh will appear, 
No. XIII. being the first of the second 
volume, of Wootnoth’s Engravings 
of Ancient Castles. 
The Rev. H. F. Cary, author of the 
‘Translation of Dante,” has just com- 
pleted a Translation of thé Birds of 
Aristophanes, which will appear in the 
course of this month. 
Prose Pictures, a series of -descrip- 
tive letters and essays, by E. Her- 
BERT, esq. illustrated by etchings by 
George Cruikshank, will be published 
in a few weeks. 
Mr. B. Conen is preparing for 
publication, Memoirs of the late Pope, 
including the whole of his:private cor- 
respondence with Napoleon Bona- 
parte, taken from the Archives of the 
Vatican, with many other’ hitherto- 
unpublished particulars. 
Several scientific and literary per- 
sons are employed in preparing a new 
ephemeris, to be entitled) Perennial 
Calendar, with the history, natural 
history, astronomy, &¢. of every day in 
the year. 
In a few days will be published, 
embellished with a portrait of Addison, 
the Spirit of the British Essayists, 
comprising the best papers on_ life, 
mauners, and literature, containedin 
the Spectator, Tatler,. Guardian, &c. 
The whole alphabetically arranged ac- 
cording to the subjects. 
We are glad to observe that the 
variety of penny, two-penny, and 
three-penny, publications of the week, 
continue on the increase, and are’as 
prosperous as their merit and utility 
deserve. ‘hey form a ‘new era in 
literature, and call on the country- 
booksellers to send weekly as well ‘as 
monthly orders. Every subject’ of 
enquiry and knowledge has now its 
weekly journal, and in some there are 
various rivals. With a‘view to direct 
the preferences of our readers, who are 
distant from the ‘scene of action, we 
propose, in an early Number, to ‘give 
a complete list of these candidates 
for public favour, and subjoin a’ brief 
estimate of theirrespective pretensions. 
‘The Rev. D. P. Davigs,° author of 
the ‘* History of Derbyshire,” and sian 
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