1822.] Literary and Philosophical Intelligence . £83 
Part 8 of Views in Paris and its en¬ 
virons. engraved from drawings by 
Frederick Nash, is in great for¬ 
wardness. 
Mr. Britton's History and Anti¬ 
quities of Canterbury Cathedral, con¬ 
sisting of 26 engravings by J. Le Keux, 
&c. and an ample portion of letter- 
press, will be finished in March next. 
About the same time will be completed 
the fifth volume of the Architectural 
Antiquities of Great Biitain, by the 
same indefatigable and tasteful anti¬ 
quary. This volume is in chronologi¬ 
cal arrangement: it classifies the ar¬ 
chitecture of this kingdom in 80 su¬ 
perior engravings, mostly by S. Le 
Keux: and it is prefaced by an histori¬ 
cal and critical essay on the rise, pro¬ 
gress, and characteristics of ecclesias¬ 
tical architecture. 
The Genuine Remains, in prose and 
verse, of Samuel Butler, with notes 
by Robert Thyer, are preparing for 
publication. This edition will comprise 
many original pieces never before pub¬ 
lished ; and will be carefully revised, 
with additional notes and illustrations, 
forming 2 vdls. Svo. It will be embel¬ 
lished with a portrait of Butler, from the 
original picture by Sir P. Lely, and a 
portrait of Thyer, from a painting by 
Romney, with numerous vignettes on 
wood, from original designs. 
A work called Stories after Nature, 
is in the press, in one volume. 
Eight Ancient Mysteries, founded on 
the Apocryphal New Testament, de¬ 
scribed ; with copious extracts from 
the original MSS. in the British Mu¬ 
seum. Also some account of the Bre¬ 
thren of the Holy Trinity, a Guild of 
the City of London, from their Chartu- 
lary in the author’s possession, are the 
titles of a work written by Mr. Hone, 
and which will appear early in the pre¬ 
sent month, together with his refuta¬ 
tion of the Quarterly Review, and a 
detached pamphlet of the Super flux of 
his Reading and Remarks. 
The Rev. Russell Scott has in 
tlife press an Analytical Investigation 
of the Language of the Scriptures of the 
Old and New Testaments, concerning a 
Devil: delivered in a Series ot Lec¬ 
tures at Portsmouth, during the last 
winter. 
The Rev. Thomas Finch, of Har¬ 
low, has in the press, Elements of Self- 
Knowledge, or a familar Introduction 
to Moral Philosophy, principally adapt 
ed to young persons entering into active 
life. 
Miss Hill, author of The Poet’s 
Child, has in the press Constance, a 
tale. 
Tasso, La Gerusalemme Liberata, 
48mol is printing, by Corrall, uni¬ 
formly with Horace, Virgil, and Ci¬ 
cero de Ofliciis, &c. recently published. 
In the press, Cases illustrative of the 
treatment of Diseases of the Ear, with 
practical remarks relative to the Deat 
and Dumb, by John Harrison Cur¬ 
tis, Aurist to the King, &c. 
Speedily will be published, Instruc¬ 
tions for Civil and Military Surveyors, 
in Topographical Plan Drawing; form¬ 
ing a Guide to the just conception and 
accurate representation of the surface of 
the earth, in Maps and Plans. Founded 
upon the system of Major John George 
Lehmann,by William Siborn, Lieut. 
H. P. 9tli Infantry. The plates will be 
engraved by Lowry. Lehmann's Sys¬ 
tem of Topographical Plan-drawing, 
has met with the unanimous approba¬ 
tion of civil and military surveyors 
upon the continent; has been adopted 
in almost all topographical bureaus and 
military schools in Prussia, Saxony, 
Austria, and Russia; and, above all, 
received the highest encomiums from 
the Emperor Napoleon, the great Cap¬ 
tain of the age, and most competent 
judges of such subjects. 
In the Arctic Land Expedition Lieu» 
tenant Franklin, K.N. proceeded from 
York Factory towards their wintering 
ground at Cumberland, a distance ot 
about 900 miles from the coast.—Lieu¬ 
tenant Franklin, Dr. Richardson, Mr. 
Back, and Mr. .Hood, attended by the 
Orkney men, who had been engaged to 
man the boats in the rivers of the in¬ 
terior, had worked in the Company’s 
service several years, and understood 
the language of many of the Indian 
tribes, left the factory on the 7th of 
September, 1819. As the travellers 
advanced, the mild season not having 
yet begun to disappear, vast herds ot 
grey deer were observed passing the 
rivers towards the Esquimaux lands. 
They entered upon Lake Winnipie, at 
the farther side of which they had to 
encounter the grand rapid, extending 
nearly three miles, and abounding in 
obstructions quite insurmountable. 
Here they were obliged to drag their 
boats on shore, and carry them over the 
land. The woods along the banks were 
all in a blaze, it being the custom of 
the natives, as well as of the traders, 
to set fire to the trees, for the double 
purpose of keeping oft the cold and the 
wolvesa, 
