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ArORKS IN THE PRESS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



WOKKS IN PREPAUATION. 



The gentleman with whom Mr. Colbuni has as- 

 sociated himself, in conseiiiinnce of tlie iiicipa-.ing 

 nature of his concerns, is Mr. RicliaiJ Benlley, 

 lately of the firm of Messrs. S. and H. Bentley, 

 the well-known printers of Dorset-street. Mr. 

 Bentley is a near relative of the late John Nichols, 

 esq., the eminent antiquary and topograpljer. 



Messrs. Whittaker and Co. have for some time 

 past been preparing Three Series of Popular His- 

 tories, under the title of Cabinets of Literary, 

 Philosophical, Scientitie, and Political History. 

 The work will be published in Parts, some of 

 which, from the pens of distinguished writers, arc 

 in a state of forwardness. 



On the first Wednesday in the new year is to 

 appear, The Foreign Literary Gazette. It is to 

 be a weekly epitome of Continental and Domestic 

 Science, Literature, Arts, &e. &c. 



Mr. Hall announces that he has been very suc- 

 cessful in the co-operation and assistance he has 

 had this year with the illustrations and literary 

 part of his Amulet, and that the whole work has 

 been got up more with reference to excellence 

 than expense. 



The Juvenile Forget-me-not, which is now ready 

 this month, is dedicated to little folks, and is su- 

 perintended by a Lady Editor — Mrs. S. C. Hall. 



Mr. Cooper's new novel, wliich is now ready, 

 has the following harmonious title. The Bor- 

 derers, or the Wept of Wish-ton-Wish. 



Mr. Grattan's new work is called The Heiress 

 of Bruges. It will appear very soon. 



Lady Belfast's Portrait is to form the 59th of 

 the Scries of Female Nobility, publishing in La 

 Belle Assembl^e. 



The Forget-me-not is quite ready, and is to con- 

 tain Lord Byron's first attempt at versifying. 



Mr. Ackermann threatens us with another new 

 Annual, under the title of Ackernian's Juvenile 

 Forget-me-not. 



Besides the 14 Annuals of last year — all of 

 which, excepting the Anniversary, are in a for- 

 ward state of preparation — four new ones are an- 

 nounced, making 17 altogether. 



The Landscape Annual, under the superin- 

 tendence of .Mr. Thomas Roscoe, from drawings 

 by Prout, promises peculiar attraction. The 

 plates, 2n in number, are all from views, cities, 

 buildings, &c., in Italy and Switzerland, with local 

 descriptions, historical reminiscences, personal 

 anecdotes, &c. 



Sir Walter Scott is now engaged on a Histoi'y 

 of Scotland, from the earlii'st period of Authentic 

 Record, to tliC Union of the Crowns. Mr Moore 

 is preparing a similar History of Ireland, and Kir 

 James .Mackintosh a History of Kngland, which 

 are to form portiona of Dr. Lardner's Cabinet 

 C)cloptedia. 



Notwithstanding the ill sueee.is of many of the 

 Annuals of last season, and the misfortuiic which 

 the Anniversary has brought upon its pnblislier, 

 we lind some new ones announced. The Rev. W. 

 Shepperd is preiiaring the " Ennnanui I," which 

 in to be of a decidedly religious character, the 

 principles of which will he in unison with those nf 

 the estuldihlied church, but notti) the exclusion of 



-M.-AI. Neto Scries — Vol. VIII. No. 46. 



any composition calculated to promote sound reli- 

 gion and virtue. We do not augur much success 

 for it. 



The Second Part of the Imperial School Gram- 

 mar, containing the Syntax, and a formula for 

 Class VII., completing the New System of Par- 

 sing introduced by that work, will appear in 

 October. 



A Second Volume of the Topography, Edifice, 

 and Ornaments of Pompeii, by Sir William f!ell, 

 M.A.,F.R,S., F.S. A., containing an Account of 

 the Excavations since the publication of the 

 former volume, together with several interesting 

 remains which were omitted in the preceding one. 

 Edited by Mr. Jennings. 



T. K. Hervey, the poet, has just finished the 

 Second Series of the Romance of History ; it will 

 be published about the middle of October. 



Mr. Samuel Roberts is preparing Parallel 

 Miracles, or the Jews and the Gypsies; in which 

 he promises to demoTistrate the latter people to 

 be the descendants of the ancient Egyptians, de- 

 nounced by the prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and 

 Ezokiel, to be desolate among the nations that 

 arc desolate, according to the prediction, being 

 cast out of their mighty kingdom into the open 

 fields of all lands, there to remain without idols 

 and without images forty years, but at length to 

 be re-assembled in their native country, under a 

 Saviour and a Great One, and to be there brought 

 to a knowledge of the Lord. Also, that the ful- 

 ncjs of the Gentiles being come in, the Jews — 

 during three thousand years the contemporaries, 

 and the denounced guilty fellow sufferers of the 

 Egyptians, will be likewise gathered together, and 

 elevated to their promised exaltation in the neigh- 

 bouring country of Judca. 



The Rev. Thomas Dale says that his new an- 

 nual, announced under the title of The Offering, 

 will, in consequence of aiipreheusions expressed 

 by the proprietors of a kindred publication, ap- 

 pear under the title of The Iris, a Literary and 

 Religious Offering, on the 2nd of November next. 



A Manual of the Economy of the Human Body, 

 in Health and Disease. Comprehending a con- 

 cise view of the Structure of the Human Frame, 

 its most prevalent Diseases, and ample Diiections 

 for the regulation of diet ; Regimen and Treat- 

 ment of Children and the Aged : with selections 

 of the opinions of the most approved Medical 

 Authorities on the different subjects. 



The Rev. William Turner, of Newcastle-upon- 

 Tyne, has in the press, for the use of schools. 

 Selections from Pliny's Natural History, with 

 English Notes. In 12mo. 



A History of China, collected from authentic 

 sources, and translated from original documents, 

 is in preparation, by Mr. Tljonjs. 



The Musical Bijou will be published in Oc- 

 tober. 



Some Account of the Life and Writinirs of 

 White Kennett, D.I)., Minister of St. Botolph, 

 Aldgate, afterwards Lord Bishop of Poter- 

 boiough, by William Burgess. 



The Enigmatical Entertainer, and Mathemati- 

 cal Associate, No ,1, for Ih;(o. 



Air. 'I'homas Hood, anlhi>r of Whims and Oildi- 

 tics, is about to publish The i'^pping Hunt, with 



