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The long -promised Encyclopzdia for 
Youth, in 4 vols., and the Mechanics’ En- 
cyclopedia, or General Dictionary of 
Arts, Manufactures, and Practical Science, 
in 8 vols., may be expected very shortly. 
The second edition has lately been pub- 
lished, at Copenhagen, of a work on the 
Character, Manners, Opinions, and Lan- 
guage of the Peasants of the Northern Part 
of the Island of Zealand, by M. Jurge. 
Patriarchal Theology, or the Religion 
of the Patriarchs, illustrated by an appeal 
to the subsequent parts of Divine Reyela- 
tion, in a series of Letters, by the Rev. 
T. T. Biddulph, a.m. Minister of St. 
James’s Bristol, ls announced for publica- 
tion. 
A Picturesque and Descriptive Tour in 
the Mountains of the HighPyrenees, is in 
the press. 
The third volume of W. Savage Lou- 
don’s Imaginary Conversations of Literary 
Men and Statesmen, is nearly ready. 
The Edinburgh Observer Newspaper, 
announces for publication, an Historical 
Account of the Clan of the Frasers, which 
will not only trace this distinguished clan 
frem its earliest settlement in Scotland to 
the present day, but embrace many re- 
markable events in our national annals, 
connected with the North Highlands. 
The author of “ Fifteen Years in India,” 
&c., has in the press, “‘ Forty Years in the 
World, or Sketches and Tales of a Soldier’s 
Life. 
The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and 
Modern, with Notes Historical and Cri- 
tical, and Lives of the most celebrated 
Living Poets, by Allan Cunningham, in 
4 vols. small 8vo., are nearly ready. 
Disquisitions upon the Painted Greek 
Vases, and their probable connection with 
the Shows of the Eleusinian, and other 
Mysteries, by J. Christie, a Member of 
the Society of Dilettanti, in 1 vol. demy 
4to. with plates, is announced. 
Mr. G. Sinclair, author of the “‘ Hortus 
Gramineus Woburnensis,” has in the press, 
an Essay on the Weeds of Agriculture ; 
with their Common and Botanical Names, 
their respective Characters and evil Quali- 
ties. The Posthumous Works of B. Hol- 
dich, esq. late Editor of the Farmer’s 
Journal, are also coming forward. 
The Remains of the Rey. Christian F- 
Schwartz, missionary in India, consisting 
of his letters and journals, with a Sketch of 
his Life, are in the press. 
Dr. Busby’s Concert Room and Orches- 
tra Anecdotes, will certainly be published 
ina few days; and Mr. Elmes’s Schools 
ofthe Fine Arts, will follow almost imme- 
diately. 
Lochandhu, a Tale of the Eighteenth 
Century, 3 vols. fe. 8yo., is. nearly ready. 
Roman Nights, or Dialogues at the 
Tombs of the Scipios, from the Italian 
of Verri, in 2 vols. fe. Svo., may be ex- 
pected in a few days. 
Works in the Press. 
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On the Religions of Ancient Greece, 
the Public, the Mystical, and the Philoso- 
phical, by W. Mitford, esq. 8yo., is nearly 
ready. 
A Series of Tables, in which the Weights 
and Measures of France are reduced to 
the English standard, by C. Knight 
Sanders, Lieut. in the Corps of Royal En- 
gineers, will speedily be published. 
Ancient Paintings and Mosaic, dis- 
covered at Pompeii, by J. Goldicutt, Ar- 
chitect ; to be completed in Four Parts, 
imp. 8vo. and proofs in 4to., each to con- 
Five Plates, engraved by E. Finden. 
Mr. H. Moses is now engraving, in out- 
line, a Series of Sixteen Designs, by Retsch, 
to illustrate Schiller’s Ballad of “ The 
Fight of the Dragon.” Part I, containing 
Four Engravings, will be ready in a few 
days. 
A novel called ‘‘ O'Hara,’ of which 
Lord E. Fitzgerald is the hero of, and is 
preparing for the press. 
A yolume, containing many letters to 
and from Pope, Steele, Gay, Bolinbrooke, 
with some Poetical Fragments, by Pope, 
will shortly be published They are from 
original MSS. and will be printed uniformly 
with Roscoe’s edition, to which the work 
will form a supplement. 
The edition of Stephens’ Greek Thesau- 
rus, which has been so long passing through 
the hands of Messrs. Barber and Valpy, 
will be finished this year. . 
Mr. R. Sweet, F.L.s., author of “ Gera- 
niacee,’’ and other Botanical Works, in- 
tends giving in numbers, a complete his- 
tory, accompanied by the best mode of 
cultivation, &c. of that beautiful tribe of 
plants called Cistus, or Rock Rose. 
Col. C. J. Napier has in the press a 
Memoir on the Roads of Cefalonia, with 
Plans for their defence; to which is added 
a Statistical Account of the Islands, with 
Averages as to Climate, &c. 
Miss Letitia Eliz. Laudon has a second 
volume of poetry—the Troubadour—in the 
press. 
Mr. Tredgold has nearly ready for pub- 
lication, a Practical Treatise on Rail- 
roads and Carriages, the data derived 
from original experiments ; including some 
new inquiries respecting Steam-Engines, 
and their application to Steam-Carriages, 
and Station-Powers ; the theory and effect 
of Gas-Machines, and the principles of 
estimating the first cost and annual ex- 
pense of Rail-roads ; 8vo., illustrated by 
Four Plates. 
Shortly will appear in 1 vol. 8vo., Poems, 
by the late Mrs. Elizabeth Cobbold, of 
Holywell, near Ipswich ; with an interest- 
ing Memoir of the Author. . 
The Rey. T. Wood, author of the Mo- 
saic History, is about to publish a work, 
entitled the Parish Church, or Religion in 
Britain, containing an account of the re- 
‘ligion, customs, &c. of the ancient Britons; 
the idolatry and conversion of the Saxons, 
the 
