Lifsrary and Pliilosophisal Intelligence, [Oct. 1, 
The MemoIi'S of the latter Years of the 
Life of Mr. Fox, by Mr.TfioTTER, his pri¬ 
vate secretary, will be read v'for pubncation 
in a few days. A work abounding in 
more original and piquant inforfiiation 
has not for a long time invited public 
attention, 
A History of the Royal Society, by 
Dr. Thomas Thomson, will be published 
in the ensuing winter, in one volume, 
auarto, as a companion to the recent 
Abridgment of the Philosophical Trans¬ 
actions. The object of the work is to 
trace the progress of the sciences since 
the establishment of that illustrious so¬ 
ciety, and to take a comparative view 
of the degree in which they are indebted 
to British, and how much to foreign, 
cultivation. A considerable portion of 
biography will naturally find a place in 
the volume. 
Mr, George Barrett, of Petworth, 
bes issued proposals for publishing by 
subscription, a very extensive Set of 
Tables for determining the Value of Life 
Annuities and Assurances; amongst 
which there is one table that will occupy 
the whole of a largo quarto volume, for 
ascertaining the value ol an Annuity on 
Three Joint Lives, for every possible 
combination of age, and according to 
the Swedish observations. The aut.hor 
has been employed twenty five years on 
this useful and meritorious work; and its 
publication will depend on the success of 
the subscription. 
The satisfaction expressed by Mr. 
Lofft, Mr. Jacf.sof:, Dr. Bowyer, and 
many other esteemed correspondents, at 
the plan and execution of our last Sup¬ 
plement, together witli the greatly in¬ 
creased demand for that number, has 
kd Sir Richard Phillips to meditate 
the publication of a separate periodical 
Journal, on exactly the same plan, 
under tire title of The Spirit of Lf- 
ieraturc; to be cm.iinued monthh', 
independent of, and unconnected with, 
the Monthly iMagnzine. The underta¬ 
king will, however, depend on the pro¬ 
spect of encouragement, and on the opi¬ 
nions which, in consequence of this no¬ 
tice, Will, perhaps, be more generally 
expressed by lovers of literature. Such 
a work would answer all the best our- 
t 
poses of a Review, and as the Editor 
should execute the whijle himself, he 
would stand pledged for tl.e good faith 
with wliicb it would be conducted. 
There is at present ro the press, and 
speedily will he published, by Mr. E. H. 
Barjler, t)f Tnniiy College, Cambridge, 
Cicero de Amicitia et Senectute, fronti 
the text of Ernesti, with all his Notes, 
and^Citations from bis Index Latinitatis 
Ciceronianse, Various passages will be 
explained from Gesner^s Latin Thesaurus, 
ami from books of more recent date, as 
well as from Grssvius and all the com¬ 
mentators cited by him ; with quotations 
from Palairet's Latin Ellipsis ; and tnucli 
original matter, critical and explanatory. 
In the Appendix will he found some cu¬ 
rious articles on the affinity of different 
languages to the Latin, including two 
Essays on the Origin and Extinction of 
the Latin Tongue, communicated to the 
author by the Rev. R. Patrick, vicar of 
Sculcoates, Hull, 
Every day produces instances of 
truth being strangled by the clamours 
of self-interest and prejudice; the 
Monthly Magazine has, however, never 
been a party against her, but has always 
stood undauntedly forward as her cham¬ 
pion. We might quote in proof of this 
our early support of vaccination, of stra¬ 
monium in asthma, of liberty in the worst 
times, and of free discussion on every 
topic. We now are called upon to do 
our duty in regard io\.\\e Eau Medkinale^ 
or medicated gout-water, invented many 
years ago by Husson, a Frenchman, and 
lately introduced Into England. JVe had 
heard much of its effects, and had read 
some insinuations against it, discredit¬ 
able to those of the liberal professioa 
who invented and propagated them, and 
not unJike the famous ox-faced children 
of Rowley and others, or the fatal stramo¬ 
nium cases lately fabricated at Bath. 
Our social circle having brought us ac- 
quainted with the following decisive case, 
we take it on ourselves to lav it before 
our readers, convinced that, if it does 
GOOD, we shall not displease him who 
IS the subject of the statement. The 
Rev. W. Lucas, of Doctors’ Commons, 
chaplain to the present Lord Mayor, a 
gentleman well known in the city of Lon 
don, and beloved wlje;&ver he is known, 
now at the age of sixtv-two, had for 
nearly thirty years been attacked by 
gout, and for the last fif een years had 
never been free from it in his hands, feet, 
or stomach. During the year 1810 , the 
disease had settled so steadily in his 
stomach, tliat, for many months,^he lost 
all appetite, and retained nothing which 
he was able to eat. Reduced in a way 
that threatened his speedy dissolution, a 
friendly physician suggested the jEhos 
Medicinule, deeming his case to be be- 
