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the history of Christianity in this country, 
the nature of the sacred office, Christian 
worship in its original purity, &e. &c. 
A gentleman lately returned from a tour 
of three years, chiefly spent in Italy, will 
soon present to the public a Panorathic 
View ofthe City and Antiquities of Rome, 
ten feet in height, and about one foot in 
height, drawn on an accurate scale, and 
coloured after nature. It will be contained 
inacase of the size and form of a quarto 
volume. Under the upper case will be a 
printed commentary on the picture, or a 
descriptive and historical account of its 
various objects. 
Miss Aikin is about to publish the 
Poetical works, with the correspondence 
and other prose pieces of Anna Letitia 
Barbauld, with a Memoir, in 2 vols. 8vo. 
The Adventurers; or Scenes in Ireland, 
in the Reign of Elizabeth, 3 vols. 12mo. 
Nearly ready, The Story ofa Life, by the 
author of Scenes and Impressions in Egypt 
and in Italy, Recollections of the Penin- 
* sula, &e. &e., 2 vols. post 8vo. 
The facetious author of ‘* My Note- 
Book, or Sketches from the’ Gallery of St. 
Stephen,” has another work in the press, 
entitled, Travels of My Night-Cap ; or, 
Reyeries in Rhyme, with Scenes at the 
Congress of Verona. 
A Description of the Island of Madeira, 
by the late TI. E. Bowdich, esq., to 
which are added, a Narrative of Mr. Bow- 
dich’s last Voyage to Africa, terminating at 
his Death, Remarks on the Cape de 
Verde Islands, and a Description of the 
English Settlements on the River Gambia, 
by Mrs. Bowdich, with numerous Litho- 
graphic Illustrations, will shortly appear. 
The Village Pastor, by one of the au- 
thors of Body and Soul, in 1 volume. 
Sketches of Corsica, or a Journal of a 
Visit to that Island, an Outline of its His- 
tory, and Specimens of the Language and 
Poetry of the People, illustrated with 
views,-by R. Benson, is announced. 
There is preparing for publication, Lon- 
don in the Olden Times; or, Tales intended 
to illustrate some of the Localities, and the 
Manners. and Superstitions of its Inhabi- 
tants, from the 12th to the 16th century. 
Dr. Wait, of St. John’s College, Cam- 
bridge, has undertakea to translate two or 
three additional volumes of the Arabian 
Nights’ Entertainments, from the Arabic 
MSS. in the publie library of Cambridge. 
- Preparing for publication, Flora Fossilis; 
or a Description of the Fossil Vegetable 
Remains found in the Coal Districts. of 
Durham and Northumberland ; with a par- 
ticular account of the Concomitant Stratifi- 
cation; by J. B. Taylor, F.s.a. Bishep- 
wearmouth. 
Mr. Donoyan has just issued the Pro- 
spectus of his Gleanings in British Orni- 
thology, which form part of his “‘ Glean- 
ings in Natural History,’ announced for 
publication Jong since. 
Works in the Press. 
| May J, 
The Rey. Dr. Philpotts is preparing a 
series of Letters to Mr. Butler, on the 
Theological parts of his Book of the Ro- 
man Catholic Church. 
A ‘novel, entitled Truth and Fashion, 
will appear this month. ~ 
College Recollections, in 2 vols. 
8yo. 
Mr. Mitchell is preparing a Dictionary of 
Greek, to unite the two Languages, ' giving, 
the’ signification of words in common; dis- 
tinguishing those purely ancient or mo- 
dern, and noticing any change in the mean- 
ing; or, a Compendium of the Modern 
Words to be used as a Supplemefit of 
Words to the Dictionaries existing of the 
Classic Language. 
In the press, Patriarchal Theology ; or, 
the Religion of the Patriarchs ; illustrated 
by an Appealto the Subsequent. Parts of 
Divine Revelation ; in a Series of Letters, 
by the Rey. T. T. Biddulph, a.M., Minister 
of St. James’s, Bristol. 
A Suecinct View and Analysis of Au- 
thentic Information extant in Original: 
Works, on the Practability of joining the 
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, by a Ship- 
Canal across the Isthmus of America, bye 
R. Briks Pitman, is in the press. 
In the course of May will be published, 
The Oracle of Human Destiny, or the Un= 
erring Foreteller of Future Events, by 
Madame V. Parmand, Professor of the 
Celestial Sciences at Paris. 
In the press, and shortly will be pub- 
lished, The’ Travellers, a Tale, 3 vols. 
12mo., illustrative of the Manners, Cus- 
toms, and Superstitions of Modern Greéce ; 
by T. T. C. Kendrick, Author of the Kako 
Demon. 
Nearly ready, the Life, Writings, Opi- 
nions, and Times of the Right Hon. Geos 
Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron, in 3 
vols. Syo., embellished with an accurate 
portrait from a miniature by Holmes, a 
portrait of the Marchioness Guiccioli, and 
sundry other embellishments. 
Classical Disquisitions and Curiosities, 
Critical and Historical, by Benjamin Heath 
Malkin, LL.D. F.s.A., Head Master of Bury 
School. 
Dr. Moseley will publish in May, the 
Dictionary of Latin Quantities, or the Pro- 
sodian’s Alphabetical Guide to the Mea- 
sure of every Syllable in the Latin Poets. 
Mr. Fraser, author of a Tour:in the Hi- 
mala Mountains, has lately returned from 
travels in the more distant parts of Persia, 
and ‘will speedily submit to the ets the 
fruits of his researches: 
Shortly will be published, by the com- 
mand of, and dedicated by permission to, 
His Most Gracious Majesty, Views and 
Tilustrations of his Majesty’s Palace at 
Brighton, by John Nash, Esq., Private 
Architect to the King, &e. &c. &e. 
Part I.. of Dr. Alexander Jameson’s 
New Practical Dictionary of Mechanical 
Science, embellished with many hundred 
Engrayings 
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