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Literary and Philosophical Intelligence , [Dec. 1, 
In a few days will be published the 
private and confidential correspondence 
of Charles Talbot, Duke of Shrews¬ 
bury, principal minister to King Wil¬ 
liam for a considerable period of his 
reign, by the llev. Archdeacon Coxe. 
A Translation of Baron Larrey’s 
new work, entitled, a Collection of 
Surgical Observations, with Notes, is 
preparing by the Translator for publi¬ 
cation, by Mr. Dunglison, of Prescot- 
street. 
Early in January will be published, 
the first part of a series of Engraved 
Portraits of the Deans of Westminster; 
from drawings by G. P. Harding, to 
accompany the memoirs of those pre¬ 
lates, in the History and Antiquities of 
the Abbey Church of St. Peter, West¬ 
minster, written by Edward Wedlake 
Brayley, and graphically illustrated 
by I. P. Neale. 
An interesting volume of Travels 
will appear shortly by W. J. Bur- 
chell, esq. whose Researches in the 
interior of Southern Africa, during a 
five year’s residence in that country, 
comprise a variety of discoveries and 
observations which have never yet been 
laid before the public. Numerous en¬ 
gravings, from the author’s owu draw¬ 
ings, and an entirely new map will 
illustrate the work. 
A New Edition (being the 7th) of 
Conversations on Chemistry, is pre¬ 
paring for the press with considerable 
additions. 
The author of the Bachelor and the 
Married Man, Hesitation, &c. will 
shortly publish a new Novel, entitled, 
the Woman of Genius. 
Mr. Charles Mills, author of the 
History of the Crusades, will shortly 
lay before the public the first part, 
comprising Italy, of the Travels of 
Theodore Ducas, in various countries 
of Europe, at the period of the revival 
of Letters and Art. 
The Memoirs of the Court of King 
James the First, by Lucy Aikin, in 
2 vols, 8vo. are nearly ready. 
Mr. A. T. Thomson, F.L.S. &c. &c. 
has in the press Lectures on the Ele¬ 
ments of Botany. Part I. containing 
the Anatomy and Physiology of those 
organs on which the growth and pre¬ 
servation of the plant depend : with 
explanations of the Terminology con¬ 
nected with these parts : in Svo." illus¬ 
trated by marginal cuts and copper 
plates. 
The Sixth Part of Dr. Whitaker’s 
General History of the County of York, 
is just ready. 
The Rev. S. Burder, A.M. is pre¬ 
paring a New Edition of his Oriental 
Customs, or an Illustration of the 
Sacred Scriptures, by an explanatory 
application of the Customs and Manners 
of the Eastern Nations, and especially 
of the Jews therein alluded to; this 
edition will be considerably enlarged. 
Two Voyages are preparing for pub¬ 
lication, to New South Wales and Van- 
Dieman’s Land ; including a descrip¬ 
tion of the present condition of those 
interesting colonies; with facts and ob¬ 
servations relative to the state and 
management of convicts of both sexes, 
under sentence of transportation, with 
reflections on seduction, and its general 
consequences, by Thomas Reid, Mem¬ 
ber of the Royal College of Surgeons in 
London, and Surgeon in the Royal 
Navy. 
The Speeches of the late Right Hon. 
Henry Grattan, edited by his sou, will 
appear shortly iu 4 vols. 8vo. 
Vol III. of the Dublin Hospital Re¬ 
ports and Communications in Medicine 
and Surgery, will be published in De¬ 
cember. 
Shortly will be published, Practical 
Observations on Paralytic Affections, 
St. Vitus’ Dance, Distortions of the 
Spine, and Deformities of the Chest 
and Limbs, arising from Chronic Rheu¬ 
matism, Rickets, Gout, &c. illustrative 
of the beneficial effects of Muscular 
Action, with Cases, by W. Tilleard 
Ward, F.L.S. 
Mr. W. H. White, of Bedford, has 
a work in the press on the Theory 
and Practice of Numbers ; being a Sci¬ 
entific Introduction to Mercantile Cal¬ 
culations, and the Study of the Mathe¬ 
matics, for the use of schools and private 
students ; with a Key. 
We congratulate the Medical Profes¬ 
sion on the accession of Dr. Granville 
to the Editorship of the London Medical 
and Physical Journal, lately so ably 
conducted by Dr. Hutchinson. 
Mr. Rootsey is about to publish a 
large Map of the world upon an im¬ 
proved projection. It will represent 
all countries in their respective and 
relative sizes with the least possible 
distortion, and in one area; affording 
the only means of comparing at one 
view the just proportions of the parts of 
the earth. The inaccuracy and dispro¬ 
portion of other maps will be imme¬ 
diately evident by contrasting for ex¬ 
ample the two islands of Ceylon and 
Ireland upon them, the latter appears 
to be about three times as large as the 
former, 
