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Dr. Liiidley has it iu contemplation to present the nobility, and other 

 affluent cultivators in this countrj', with a Selection of the most remarkable 

 of the Tribe °of " Orchideous Plants," in folio Plates, executed in a manner 

 worthy of their interest and beauty. 



" Laocoon," by Lessing, is preparing in an English dress. By Mr. William 

 Ross, late Professor of Painting and Sculpture in Glasgow University. 



"The Opinions of the European Press on the Eastern Question." By 

 David Ross, of Bladensburg, Esq., is announced. 



We understand that Mr. Scott of Teviotbank has in the press a work 

 entitled, "The Harmony of Phrenology with the Doctrines of Christianity, 

 being a Refutation of the Errors contained in Mr. Combe's Constitution of 

 Man, in relation to External Objects." 



Those interested in our Eastern Colonies will be pleased to hear that a New 

 Edition is already called for of " The Friend of Australia," in which a plan is 

 laid down for successfully exploring the interior of that vast Continent, and 

 for carrying on a Survey of the whole of this rising colony and extensive 

 country. 



The work is written by a retired Officer of the East India Company's 

 Service, and is illustrated by a Map of Australia, and numerous plates of 

 great interest. 



The talented and accomplished Daughters of the Right Honourable and Rev. 

 Lord Frederick Beauclerk have a work in the press, under the attractive title 

 of " Tales of Fashion and Reality." Report speaks most favourably of this 

 singular production, the greater portion of which is founded upon facts 

 of recent occurrence in the circles of high life. 



Miss Catharine I. Finch has just completed an Eastern Tale of great 

 interest, which will be pubUshed in a few days, under the title of " Noureddin, 

 or the Talisman of Futurity." This excellent little work points out the dangers 

 and disadvantages which would necessarily arise from a fore-knowledge of 

 our fate, and at the same time teaches us to bear with, and, if possible, to 

 Overcome whatever privations or misfortunes may be brought upon us in this 

 world. 



The first Series of " Stanfield's Coast Scenery" is now completed, by the 

 publication of the Tenth Number, and will form, when done up in its own 

 beautiful and appropriate Bindirig, one of the most attractive and beau- 

 tiful volumes that has been given to the public this season. 



The admirers of the gifted author of "May you Like it," &c. will be 

 pleased to learn that he has adopted the suggestion often made to him, by 

 publishing in a separate form the Second Volume of his admirable little work, 

 " The Records of a Good Man's Life," under the title of " Historical Records," 

 into which he has introduced several new Tales, founded upon facts taken 

 from the pages of general Historj*, the whole breathing that moral and 

 religious feeling, which none can so well incorporate with the interesting 

 incidents in the narrative, and for which this distinguished writer is so justly 

 celebrated. 



A very excellent little Manual for Emigrants has just been published under 

 the title of " Observations on the Colony of New South Wales," containing 

 the most recent information suitable for intending Emigrants to that flourishing 

 and delightful Colony. It is published at a price which places it within the 

 reach of all classes of labourers and mechanics, for whose use it is chiefly 

 intended. 



In the course of this month will be published a highly interesting and well- 

 wrought narrative, under the title of " Jerningham, or the Inconsistent Man," 

 in which the author has skilfully introduced, and minutely pourtrayed, under 

 a fictitious character, the opinions and sentiments of a late well-known and 

 bighly-gifted poet. 



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