216 Notices respecting Ne'w Books. 



mination will precede the publication of any facts which may 

 be connected with concerns that may seem to invite public 

 attention. 



The topics which may be proper for publication are suffi- 

 ciently various, particularly as it is not intended to restrict the 

 papers within very narrow limits. They may embrace re- 

 ports upon particular mines, statements of the produce of 

 metals, notices on geological facts, discoveries of ores and mi- 

 nerals, applications of mechanical improvements, and descrip- 

 tions of existing processes of the treatment of ores and of the 

 operations of smelting, or other modes of reduction. Extracts 

 may be made from foreign or scarce publications which re- 

 late to mines : the history of mining would furnish some in- 

 teresting matter; the natural history or geographical de- 

 scription of countries celebrated for their mines might rea- 

 sonably be admitted ; and a fair and careful investigation of 

 the merits of projected improvements in the machinery or im- 

 plements destined to the service of the mines would usefully 

 occupy a part of the work. Such a publication may thus be 

 the channel of connnunication between our miners in the 

 different districts of England and those who are directing ope- 

 rations in other parts of the world, by which the improvements 

 introduced in either region will be made know n to the other. 



It is proposed to make this publication useful rather than 

 popular ; it would therefore be limited in bulk, and regulated 

 as to the times of its appearance entirely by the matter which 

 might offer worthy of being laid before the subscribers. The 

 form would be that of a quarto, to admit of engravings of suffi- 

 cient size. A part may be occasionally brought out whenever 

 a sufficient portion of matter had accumulated. The price 

 for each part must be regulated by the quantity of letter-press 

 and the number and the quality of engravings. To have the 

 whole well executed, it cannot be what is usually deemed a 

 cheap book; but the intention of the editor is to I'ender it 

 worthy of the subject, and not to make it an object of gain. 



The present prospectus is intended to discover whether 

 such a work would be patronized by those for whom only it is 

 intended, namely, persons interested in the subjects which it is 

 designed to illustrate. It is proposed to print only a limited 

 number of copies, and not much to exceed in this respect the 

 demand of regular subscribers. It will be edited under the 

 superintendence of John Taylor, Esq. Treas. G. S. ; and in 

 order to determine the extent of the publication, those gen- 

 tlemen who wish to be furnished with copies are requested to 

 transmit their names to Mr. Arthur Taylor, Printer, No. 40, 



Basinghall-street. 



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