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Somnolency.—The celebrated physician, 
“Hufland, has caused the following para- 
graph to be inserted ina Berlin paper :— 
“ A late paper has contained an account 
of an extraordinary instance of lethargic 
drowsiness, which lasted for a considerable 
time. A still more singular example of 
this disorder occurred, within my observa- 
tion, in a young girl of Nadebach, in West- 
phalia, who remained ina state of complete 
lethargy for 45] days. As this disorder 
appears to have become much more fre- 
quent than formerly in this country, I think 
it well to call the attention of the public 
to the effects of galvanism, as the best 
stimulant that can be employed in such 
cases.” 
The newspapers state, that the Duke of 
Devonshire has bought the recently disco- 
vered first edition of Hamlet, from Messrs. 
Payne and Foss, at the price of nearly 
200 guineas. 
A few copies of the French Lithographic 
edition of the works of the Chinese philoso- 
pher -Meng-T'seu, or, as he is latinized, 
Mencius, have been imported. It is edited 
by Mons. Stanislaus Julien, one of the 
most learned of all European orientalists, 
who has added a translation: Count de 
Lasteyre has paid the expenses of lithogra- 
phing the Chinese text. 
WORKS IN THE PRESS. 
Mr. Penn has in the press, in two vo- 
lumes, 8vo., a new edition of his Compara- 
tive Estimate of the Mineral and Mosaical 
Geologies. 
Observations on Italy, from the Journal 
of the late John Bell, of Edinburgh, are 
just ready. 
The Book of Nonconformity, in which 
the Churches of Dissent are vindicated 
from the calumnious Misrepresentations of 
their Catholic and Protestant Traducers, 
is announced for publication. 
Mr. Cadell has in the press, a Tale in 
3 vols., entitled, ‘‘ Massenburg.” 
Historical Notes respecting the Indians 
of North America, with Remarks on the 
Attempts made to convert and civilize 
them, in 1 vol. 8yo., are nearly ready. 
A Dissertation onthe Pageants, or Dra- 
matic Mysteries, anciently performed at 
Coventry, by the Trading Companies of 
that City; chiefly with reference to the 
Vehicles, Characters and Dresses of the 
‘Actors. To which are added, the Shear- 
men and Taylors’ Pageant, and other mu- 
nicipal Entertainments of a public nature, 
by Thomas Sharp,—is announced for pub- 
lication,’ in 4to. 
Historical and Literary Tour of a 
Foreigner, in England and Scotland, in 
2 vols. 8vo., is just ready. 
There is preparing for publication, by 
subscription, in a 4to vol., the Memoirs of 
Zehir-ed-Din. Muhammed Baber, Em- 
peror of Hindustan, King of -Ferghana, 
Works in the Press. 
(May 1, 
Samarkand, Kabul, &c. Written by him- 
self, in the Taghatai Turki; and translated 
partly by the late Dr. John Leyden, M.p., 
and partly by W. Erskine, esq. 
Wood’s Treatise on Rail-Roads, will 
be published in a few days. 
Mr. Baron Field’s Geographical Me- 
moirs on New South Wales, containing an 
Account of the Surveyor-General’s late 
Expedition to two New Ports, the Dis- 
covery of Boreton Bay River, together 
with the Geography, the Geology, the 
Botany, &c. of the country, is just ready 
for publication. 
Mr. Henry Phillips announces Floral 
Emblems, in 1 yol. 8vo. 
The Works of the late Dr. Lightfoot, 
edited by the Rev. J. R. Pitman, A.M., in 
13 vols. 8yo., will be published within the 
month. 
Mr. Shaw’s Supplement to his Work on 
Diseases of the Spine, and Bones of the 
Chest, is just ready. 
The Foresters, by the Author of Lights 
and Shadows of Scottish Life, will be pub- 
lished in a fortnight. 
The new novel of the Author of Waverly, 
entitled, “‘ Tales of the Crusaders,”’ forms 
four volumes, containing two stories— 
“ The Betrothed” and “ The Talisman,” 
and is just ready. 
There is forthcoming, in four 8yo. vols., 
the whole Works of R. Leighton, p.v., 
Archbishop of Glasgow ; witha Life of the 
Author; by the Rey. J. N. Pearson, of 
Trinity College, Cambridge. 
Memoirs of W. Veitch, Minister of 
Dumfries, and G. Brysson, merchant in 
Edinburgh, written by themselves, are 
nearly ready. 
Dr. R. Harrison announces his second 
volume of the Surgical Anatomy of the 
Arteries of the Human Body. 
Modern Horticulture, or an account of 
the most approved Method of managing 
Gardens, for the production of Fruits, Cu- 
linary Vegetables, and Flowers, by P. 
Neill, F.R.S.E. F.L.S., is Just ready for pub- 
lication. 
Mr. Nash, the celebrated Architect, has 
in the press, Views and Illustrations of his 
Majesty’s Palace at Brighton. 
Beranger’s new volume of Chansons have 
been published in Paris, and the Liberaux 
are in extasies with their poet’s patriotic 
effusions. 
M. de la Martine, author of Méditations 
Poétiques, La Mort de Socrate, &e. has pre- 
pared and sold for publication, for 10,000 
francs, a new poem, La Mort de Childe 
Harold, destined to complete the Adven- 
tures of Lord Byron. 
College Recollections, 
8vo., are nearly ready. 
Colonel Forrest, author of-a ‘* Tour 
of the Ganges and Jumna,”’ announces for 
publication “* A Picturesque Tour through 
the Provinces of Lower and . Upper 
Canada.” 
in 2 vols. post 
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