£9 
1821.1 Literary and Philosophieal Intelligence. 
A Dictionary of the Chinese Lan¬ 
guage is now publishing at Macao, to 
consist of three parts; -first- Chinese 
and English, arranged according to the 
Radicals: next, English and Chinese; 
and lastly, Chinese and English, ar¬ 
ranged Alphabetically. Dr. 1L Morri¬ 
son, the author of the above Work, 
has directed his attention to the collec¬ 
tion of materials for it during the last 
thirteen years. The Honourable East 
India Company has generously under¬ 
taken the whole expence of printing 
and paper for an edition of seven hun¬ 
dred and fifty copies. The Chinese 
language, whether viewed in itself, its 
peculiar structure, or with respect to 
its antiquity, it having been for nearly 
4000 years the language of so large a 
portion of the human species, and it 
^till being the written medium, in pri¬ 
vate and in public life, in literature, in 
arts, and in government, of the most 
extensive empire on earth, seems to 
deserve tile attention of every inqui¬ 
sitive and curious mind. 
The Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Henry 
Grattan, are about to be printed, in 
four volumes, octavo, with Memoirs 
by his Son. 
Mr. Bewick, the celebrated en¬ 
graver on wood, has been for some time 
past engaged in preparing for the press, 
a Supplement to his work on British 
Birds. The edition printed in 1805 
comprises descriptions of sixty-four 
species wanting figures, and in the 
subsequent editions but few additions 
have been made. The third volume 
ot Montagu’s Ornithological Dictionary, 
published in 1813, contains thirty birds 
which were not known either as per¬ 
manent inhabitants or temporary visi¬ 
tants ot this kingdom, eight years pre¬ 
vious to that period, making in all 
ninety-four species, or strongly marked 
varieties, of which no very accurate 
^presentations are to be met with, ex¬ 
cept a few scattered through the Lin- 
naean Transactions and Sowerby’s Mis¬ 
cellany, or included in the first number 
of Mr. Selby’s splendid publication. Of 
these, Mr. Bewick has already deline¬ 
ated thirty-two with that accuracy of 
outline, truth fo natural habit, and 
delicacy, of execution, which render 
all his works so highly interesting to 
the naturalist. 
The Miscellaneous Tracts of the late 
Dr. Withering, F.R.S., with Memoirs 
of the Author by Wm. Withering, 
Esq. &c. &c. embellished with a por¬ 
trait, are nearly ready for publication. 
In a few days will be published A 
Poetical Essay on the Character of 
Pope, by Charles Lloyd. 
Mr. Haigh, of the Classical School, 
Kilt’s End, near Barnet, has a new 
work in the press, entitled, the Theory 
and Practice of Latin Inflexion, being 
examples in the form of copy-books 
for declining and conjugating Nouns 
and Verbs: the words being arranged 
systematically, and changed at each 
case of a Noun and each person of a 
Verb. 
The Rev. John Campbell, Kings- 
land* London, is about to publish a 
second volume of Travels, containing 
an Account of his Second Visit to 
South Africa. He was occupied two 
years and a half in the journey, during 
which lie travelled upwards of three 
thousand miles, through a country a 
great part of which had never been 
explored. He has been particularly 
careful to describe the manners and 
customs of the natives—their agricul¬ 
ture—arts and manufactures—food, 
clothing, and occupations, &c.—their 
rites and ceremonies—form of govern¬ 
ment—the power of their kings—the 
influence which the chiefs or captains 
possess in the administration of affairs, 
and the manner in which they exercise 
it in their meetings for public business 
—their inode of carrying on war, &c. 
An account is also given of the cities 
of Mashow, and Marootzee; the former 
consisting of twelve, and the latter of 
sixteen thousand inhabitants. The 
work will also contain a map of the 
country through which he travelled— 
engravings of some of the towns, and 
drawings illustrative of the dress, man¬ 
ners, &c. of the natives. 
An institution having been formed 
in Glasgow, for the purpose of pro¬ 
moting the Arts of Drawing, Painting, 
Sculpture, &c., an Exhibition will be 
opened on Monday, the 6th of August, 
in which Artists resident in the United 
Kingdom may be Exhibitors, and works 
of deceased British Artists will also be 
received for Exhibition and Sale. 
The first volume of Mr. A. T. Thom- 
son’s Lectures on Botany is almost 
ready for publication. It will contain 
the descriptive anatomy and physiology 
of those organs which are necessary for 
the growth and preservation of the 
plant as an individual; and will be il¬ 
lustrated by more than one hundred 
wood-cuts and ten copper-plates. It is 
intended to form the first part of a 
complete System of Elementary Bo¬ 
tany. * 1 Dr. 
