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Unshod ; but will traverse any sort of ground, 
Up to their middle in snow. During the 
winter months, they are seen toiling in a 
cold of 20° below the freezing-point of 
Reaumur, as white as snow, covered with 
icicles and ghryme. During summer, they 
Jabour under the extreme of heat. Such 
are the animals that, with their brethren 
from the banks of the Volga, Kuban, and 
Don, composed the irregular cavalry of the 
Russian army; which sustained, uninjured, 
the fatigues of the campaign; as also the 
severity of the winter, which, on setting in, 
in the short space of one night, proved de- 
struction to those of the French army, na- 
tives of a warmer climate, in the disastrous 
retreat from Russia. 
Anthropology.—Dr. Willigins, of Kirch- 
berg, perpetuates the following curious oc- 
eurrences:—-A man had: seyeral children 
born to him in Jawful matrimony, most 
of whom had six fingers on each hand: he 
married a second time—still his children 
were six-fingered. A daughter by the first 
wife married, and bore two six-fingered 
children. 
A Meeting was lately held in London, 
for the purpose of taking into considera- 
tion the expediency of establishing a So- 
ciety for the Encouragement of Litera- 
ture :— Colonel Nugent in the Chair.—A 
number of Resolutions were adopted, and 
a Committee appointed. 
Mr. Nicholson’s Operative Mechanic, 
which has been delayed some days by the 
Engravers, may be expected almost imme- 
diately. 
The Metropolitan Literary Institution, © 
in Bridge-street, Blackfriars, have re- 
solyed to admit subscribers, at three 
guimeas per annum, or two guineas for 
half a-year, who will have access to the 
News-Room, Reading Room, and Library. 
WORKS IN THE PRESS. 
The Rev. Dr. Nares, Regius Professor 
of Modern History in the University of 
Oxford, is preparing for publication, Me- 
moirs of the Life and Administration of 
the Rt. Hon, Wm. Cecil, Lord Burleigh, 
Lord High Treasurer of England, in the 
Reign of Queen Elizabeth, with Extracts 
from his Private and Official Correspon- 
dence and other Papers, not previously 
investigated. 
Mr...Phillips, author of Pomarium Bri- 
tannicum, and other works, has just com- 
mitted to the press his new volume, on 
which he has been so long engaged, en- 
titled ‘‘ Floral Emblems,” containing, to- 
gether with a complete account of the 
most beautiful picturesque devices, em- 
ployed in ancient and modern times, by 
the most celebrated painters and pcets; 
a Grammar of the. Language, whereby, in 
the most pleasing manner, ideas may be 
communicated, or’events recorded, under 
semblances the most fanciful that can be 
Literary and Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
applied to the purposes of amusement of 
of decoration. 
The Remains of Henry Kirke White, 
selected, with Prefatory Remarks, and an 
Account of his Life. By Robert Southey, 
esq., complete in 1] vol. 24mo. boards. 
The Minnesinger’s Garland, or Speci- 
mens (selected. and translated) of the 
Poetry of the German Minnesingers or 
Troubadours of the 12th and 13th Cen- 
turies, will be speedily published. 
Mr. Wardrop announces for publication, 
the whole. Works of the late Matthew 
Baillie, m.p.; with an Account of his Life. 
The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries 
of the Human Body, vol. ii. By Robert 
Harrison, A.B, f.C.D, is nearly ready. 
Dr. Gordon Smith is preparing a system 
work on Medieal Police. 
An Historical Dissertation is preparing 
for publication, upon the Origin, Duration 
and Antiquity of English Surnames. By 
William Kingdom, esq. 
A New Work by one of the Authors of 
Body and Soul, entitled the Village Pastor, 
in one volume, will be published in the 
course of the month. 
Vol. 3, of the English Flora, by Sir 
James E. Smith, is anounced. 
Miss Benger’s Memoirs of Elizabeth 
Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, daughter of 
King James I., with Sketches of the most 
distinguished Personages, and the State of 
Society in Holland and Germany during 
the 17th century, are in the press. 
Mr. Buckingham announces his Travels 
among the Arab Tribes inhabiting, the 
countries East of Syria and Palestine », 
including a Journey from Nazareth to the 
mountains beyond the Dead Sea; from 
thence to the great plain of the Hauran to 
Bozra, -Damascus, Lebanon, Balbeck, 
and by the valley of the Orontes to Seleu- 
cia, Antioch, and Aleppo. 
Dr. Malkin, headmaster of Bury School, 
has in the press, Classical Disquisitions, and 
Curiosities, critical and historieal. 
Proposals have been circulated for pub- 
lishing, by subscription, in about. Fifty 
quarterly parts, Species Conchyliorum ; 
or, Descriptions of all the Known Species 
of Recent Shells. By G. B. Sowerby, 
F.L.s., &c. . Illustrated by coloured Plates, 
by J. D. C. Sowerby, F.1.s., &e; The de- 
scriptions in this work will be given in 
Latin and English. ‘The number of species 
and varieties to be described and figured 
are 5,000, which will be contained in from 
900 to 1000 plates. 
An inedited MS.. of the celebrated: Fe- 
nelon has been lately found buried among 
the archives of the establishment of St- 
Anne, in the town of Cambray. It was 
composed by Fenelon in the year 1702, 
and is entitled, Réponse del’ Archevéque de 
Cambrai au Memoire qui luia été envoyé sur 
le Droit du Joyeux Avénement. 
The Eve of All-Hallows, or Adelaide 
of Tyrconnell, a Romance, is just ready. 
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