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Physiognomical System of the Brain, on Wednesday, the 19th inst. 

 at No.^1 1, Rathbone-place. The Course consists of twelve lectures, 

 which arc given three times a week, at eight o'clock in the evening. 

 As the Doctor has announced his intention to publish a work com- 

 prising the substance of his lectures, we propose to defer our obser- 

 vations on the subject till we review his volume. 



The following arrangements have been made for Lectures at the 

 Surrey Institution, in the ensuing season : — 



Mr. Weeler, on Chemistry ; to commence on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 

 and to be continued on each succeeding Tuesday. 



Mr. Rippingham, on Eloquence ; to commence on Friday, Nov. 

 18, and to be continued on each succeeding Friday. 



Mr. J. Mason Good, on Classical and Polite Literature; to com- 

 mence on Friday, Jan. 6, IS 15, and to be continued on each suc- 

 ceeding Friday. 



Dr. Crotch, on Music ; to commence early in February. 



II. Armenian Literature. 



The Armenians have been long distinguished from the other 

 nations of Asia, by their roving spirit, and keen application to 

 trade. They have spread themselves over all the east, and in more 

 than one particular exhibit a remarkable resemblance to the Jews. 

 Attempts of considerable importance have been lately made by 

 different enlightened Armenians to introduce the literature and 

 sciences of Europe into their country. We presume the reader will 

 not be displeased to find a short account of these proceedings in 

 this place. The introduction of knowledge into Armenia, if we 

 consider its position, would soon alter the face of Asia. 



About the bej inning of the 18th century, P. Mitaker, of Se- 

 bastos, formed the resolution of devoting his life to the introduction 

 of knowledge into his country. Quitting the Pariardes mountains, 

 he settled with a great many disciples at Venice, at the extremity of 

 the Adriatic Gulf. His prudence and capacity overcame every 

 obstacle, and he got a great many books printed in the Armenian 

 ;uage, and distributed through his country. Knowing the utility 

 of a literary society to excite a taste for study, he formed an Arme- 

 nian Academy at Venice. 



Since the creation of this society, and the publication of nume- 

 rous works which have originated from it, different kinds of studies 

 have been cultivated in Armenia. The ancient Haikien {Armenian) 

 literature, which had been dead for ages, assumed a new life under 

 the care of the members of the Academy. 



But it was at the commencement of the nineteenth century, 



when the respectable family called Dux declared itself its protector, 



the society received a new organization more adapted to encou- 



: advancement of knowledge. This family has been long 



spicuoiis in Armenia for its high rank, and its numerous virtues. 



John Du/., one of them, established a new society in Constanti- 



ile, under the name of Arsc/iarnnian; he provided the<funds 



necessary for its support, and confided the regulation of it to two 



