tpo Account of New Puhlkat'ions. 



" With the highcfl refpe£l for tlie Royal Society of London, and the moft earned wifliea 

 for their fuccefs in their labours for the good of mankind, I have the honour to be, S:c. 

 " Lofirlon, July 12, 1 796. (Signed) " RUMFORD. 



" To Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. Prefideut 



of the Royal Society of London." 

 The Society hcreupo;i refolved, that they accept of the donation, and accede to the con- 

 ditions annexed to it by the Count ; and alfo diredled, that a letter be written to the 

 Count, acquainting him of this acceptance ; returning him thanks for the liberal donation, 

 and afluring him that the conditions annexed to it will be ftriclly adhered to. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



VOrAGE dans Us Alpes, b"r. Tom. V. VL Vil. & Vllf.; or Travels in the Alps, with 

 a Preliminary Eflay on the Natural Hiftory of the Environs of Geneva. By Horace Benedi£t 

 Ac Sauflure, Emeritus Profeflbr of Philofophy in the Academy of Geneva, and Member of 

 various other Academics ; two volumes in quarto, or four in oftavo. Printed at Neuchatel, 

 and imported by De BolTe, Gerrard-ftreet. Price of the former , and of the latter il. is. 



The former volumes of the Travels of this celebrated author, fo rich in geological and 

 phllofophical facls and obfervations, .are too well known and eflecmcd to require any general 

 charafler in this place. Thefe volumes are equally interefting, and contain a treafure 

 of information, which, neverthelefs, from its peculiar nature and locality in many refpe£ls 

 can admit of no abridgement. 



The Firft Report of the Society for bettering the Condition and increafing the Comforts 

 of the Poor. Oclavo, 68 pages. Becket, London, 1797. Price one {lulling. 



Tlie contents of this valuable pamphlet are enumerated with fo much perfpicuity and 

 effetl by Thomas Barnard, Efq. in the Preliminary Addrefs, that I (hall have the pleafure of 

 giving them in his own words : 



" Friendly focieties are the obje£ls of the firft paper, which prefcnts an interefting detail 

 refpefting one at Caille Eden, upon a fcale capable of general adoption: it contains an im- 

 portant illuftration of the true principle of aftion with regard to the poor, and proves how 

 much they may in a (hort time learn to do for themfelves, and to what a degree of kindnefs 

 and afFeilion they may be habituated to extend their intereft in the welfare of each other. 

 Tlie manner in which the poor and induftrious member of that fociety has been alTifted in 

 the purchafe of his cow, and its beneficial confeqAcnces both to the individual and to the 

 property with which he is connected, by increafing and improving the llock upon it, is de- 

 fcrving of attention and imitation. 



" The fecond is an account of a village fhop : — a fubjefi, the importance of which will be 

 felt by all who intereft themfelves in the domeftic concerns of the poor, when it is known 

 tliat a faving of 20 per cent, may be thereby made to the labourer in the purchafe of the 

 nccelTarics of life ; that \l is the moft effedlual means to prevent his running in debt ; that 

 the expencc and trouble to the charitable founder of the fliop arc inconfiderable ; and that 

 It is liable to no obje£lion but what may be eafily obviated. 



" The next communication is upon workhoufes of united hundreds, an enquiry of no 

 fmall importance at the prefent moment. The mode of their management *, and the ob- 



• Ste Sir William Young's Obfervations, publifhed in 1 78C, and his Coofidcrations on the Subjcft of Poor- 

 iiuitsand Work-houfcs 1-9O. 



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