64 Royal Society of Literature. 
Mr. Stevenson, Oculist and Dentist to His Royal Highness the 
Duke of York, &c. will shortly publish a practical Treatise on the 
Nature, Symptoms and Treatment of Gitta Serena, a Species of 
Blindness, arising from-a Loss of Sensibilityin the Nerve of Vision. 
Illustrated by numerous Cases, 
Alexander Jamieson, Author of a Treatise on the Construction 
of Maps, anda Grammar of Geography and Elementary Astro- 
nomy, has now in the press a Celestial Atlas, being an exact 
Representation of the starry Firmament, as it appears to the 
Eye of an Observer on the Earth. This Work comprises general 
Constructions of the Hemispheres and Zodiac, with particular 
Projections of the successive Constellations from Pole to Pole, in 
Thirty Copper-plate Engravings. Each Plate is accompanied by 
a scientific Description of its Contents. The Method of finding 
the Place of the Constellation is also pointed out, and such Pro- 
blems as are usually performed on the Celestial Globe, and may 
likewise be solved by Maps, are given as practical Examples for 
the Astronomical Student. And it is further illustrated by a 
Catalogue of the Stars it contains, from the first to the seventh 
Magnitude inclusive, indicated by Tables of their Right Ascension 
and Declination, with such other Notices of Celestial Phno- 
mena as are most worthy of observation. 
Religiosa Philosophia; or, A new Theory of the Earth, in 
Unison with the Mosaic Account of the Creation; illustrating, 
that by the Creator’s command the Earth was fermed in a Globe 
of Water, from whence it has arisen as a Tree from its Germ, and 
that the Doctrine of Chaos is founded in a Misconception of the 
meaning intended by the Sacred Historian. With an Appendix 
on the Plurality of inhabited Worlds. By W. Welch, of Stone- 
house, Devon. 
*< And God said, Let there be a Firmament in the midst of the waters. And 
God made the Firmament, and divided the waters which were under 
the Firmament, from the waters which were above the Firmament. 
Gen. chap. i. ver. 6 and 7. 
XIV. Proceedings of Learned Societies. 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF LITERATURE, 
Instituted under the Patronuge, and endowed by the Munificence 
of His Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Promotion of 
general Literature ; to consist of a President, Vice-Presidents 
and Council ; Fellows, Associates, and Honorary Members. 
Origin and Endowment of the Society. 
Aw accidental conversation which took place in October 1820, 
on the advantages which might be expected from the institution 
of 
