1824.] 
teresting contributions to the sciences 
of zoology and. botany ; ‘above 63,000 
objects of which were preserved and. 
brought:to England. In the geogra- 
phy ‘of the extra-tropical’ part of 
Sonthem Africa, a map thirty-three 
inches ‘by ‘twenty-eight, founded on 
numerous; astronomical observations, 
and of an entirely-new construction, 
will be found to present considerable 
improvements, and to, rectify many in- 
accuracies. In the second volume 
will be found an interesting account of 
the native tribes, with whom the author 
lived on terms which gave him very 
favourable opportunities for discover- 
ing their true character. 
Rameses, an Egyptian Tale, with 
historical notes of the era of the 
Pharoahs, is announced in three vo- 
lumes, It has been a vehicle to con- 
vey illustration of Egyptian antiqui- 
ties, and of a great epoch inits history. 
Memoirs are printing of the Life and 
Writings of Mrs. Frances SHERIDAN, 
mother ,of the late Right Hon. R. B. 
Sheridan, and. author of | “ Sidney 
Biddulph,”, “< Nourjahad,” and. ‘the 
Discovery,” with remarks upon a late 
Life of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, 
criticism and selections from the works 
of Mrs. Sheridan, and biographical 
anecdotes of her family and cotempo- 
raries, by her grand-daughter, ALicia 
LEFANU. 
_A History of the Origin and Progress 
of the Greek Revolution, is preparing 
By E. Buaquiers, esq. 
The twelfth part of Views on the 
Soutbern Coast of England, from draw- 
ings by J. M. W. Turner, R.A. &c. 
and engraved by W. B. and G. Cooker, 
and other eminent artists, is on the eve 
of publication ; and the four remaining 
parts, which will complete the work, 
will speedily follow. 
The Odes of Anacreon of eos, as 
translated into English verse, by W. 
RicHARDSON, esq. are in the press. 
_In the press, and will appear imme- 
diately, in one volume, octavo, with a 
portrait from an acknowledged like- 
ness, Memoirs of Rossini, consisting 
of, anecdotes of his life and of his 
professional career, by the Author of 
the lives, of Haydn and Mozart, 
printed in an uniform manner with the 
translation of that work, 
The several Treatises. of the late 
James Baverstock, esq. on the Brewery, 
are about to be collected into one 
volume, with notes, together with an 
introduction, containing a biographical 
Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
547 
sketch of the author, a paper on spe- 
cific, gravities, and.on the various 
hydrostatical instruments which have 
been used in the nigh sa by ‘hisison, 
J. WH. BAverstock, £.S.4.% | * 
Mr. Buttock, with the laudable 
spirit of enterprise which distinguishes 
his character, has visited Mexico, and 
returned with a rich cargo‘of relies 
and antiquities, an account of which 
is preparing for press. 
Dr. Marty, registrar and secretary 
of the Royal Humane Society, &c. is 
about to deliver a course of Lectures 
on the Preservation of Life, from the 
effects, of submersion, strangulation, 
suffocation by noxious vapours, pol 
sons, &e. 
A ‘Sketch of the System of Edeea. 
tion at New Lanark, by R. D. OWEN, 
is in the press, and will appear ina 
few days. 
The Annual Biography and Obituary 
for the year 1824, is announced, con- 
taining Memoirs of celebrated Men 
who have died in 1822-23. 
Prose by a Poet, is announced; but 
not, we presume, as a novelty. 
A work, called Plain Instructions 
to. Executors and. Administrators, 
showing the duties and responsibilities 
incident to the due performance of 
the trusts, with directions respecting 
the probate of wills, and taking out 
letters of administration, &c. will soon 
be published. 
A new edition of Mr. Avaric A. 
Warts’s “ Poetical Sketches,” .. with 
illustrations, is preparing for. publica- 
tion, which will include Gertrude de 
Balm, and other additional poems. 
Early in January will be published, 
the Pirate of the Adriatic, a romance, 
in three volumes, by J. GRIFFIN. 
The Life of Jeremy Taylor, and a 
Critical Examination of his Writings, 
by Dr. Hever, bishop of Calcutta, are 
nearly ready for publication, in 2 vols, 
post 8yo. with fine portrait by, Marten, 
from an original picture. ;. . 
Shortly will. be published, _ the 
Plenary Inspiration, of the-Holy Serip- 
tures asserted, and, Infidel, Objections 
shown to be unfounded, in Six Lec- 
tures, now delivering at) Albion [all, 
London Wall, by the Rev. S. Nouun. 
These public-spirited Lectures would 
have a ten-fold effect, if lecturing 
were the only means of conversion; 
but the case of the victims of Dor- 
chester gaol undoes the effect of a 
thousand, arguments, which, it thence 
appears, none dare answer. The 
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