£797.) Biography... Topography...Voyages and Tyavels...Fine Arts. Ag 
-A large compilation, under the title of 
* Geographical Extracts, intended, and 
well adapted, to furnifh the reader, at 
aneafy expence of timeand money, with 
a general knowledge of the: prefent ftate 
of the various countries of the world, 
has been provided by the laudable in- 
dufiry of Mr. Payne, editor of a iimi- 
‘lar “ Epitome of Hiftory.”’. The more 
important parts of that valuable collec- 
tion of papers, ihe Afiatic Refearches, 
have been extraéted, and pubiifhed in a 
cheaper form, under the title of ‘* Dif- 
fertations and Mitcellaneous Pieces re- 
lating to the Hiftory and Antiquities, 
the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of 
ftfia.”” Vo the third volume, juft pub- 
lifhed, is prefixed an ‘* Eulogy on the 
Life and Writings of Sir W. Jones,’’ 
delivered by Sir John Shore, Mr. Ed- 
wards, &c. Mr. Epwarps, the in- 
genious author of “ ‘The Hiftory of 
the Weft-India Iflands,”’ has laid be- 
fore the public an oiticial report of the 
*¢ Proceedings of the Governor and Af- 
fembly of jamaica, in regard to the 
Maroon Negroes,’ accompanied with 
other information on the tubject, which 
places the tranfaction in a favourable 
light. Mr. THELWALL’s ‘‘ Appeal to 
popular Opinion, againft Kidnapping 
and Murder,” relates, in the ftrong lan- 
guage of an injured man, a fiory dif- 
graceful to a free nation, of a riotous 
aflault made upon him by a party of iai- 
lors, while he was peaceably delivering 
his leétures, in Yarmouth. 
BIOGRAPHY, 
The ftore of Englith biography has 
received a valuable addition in the lat 
performance of that truly-ref{pectable 
antiquary, Dr. PeGcer, ‘The Life 
of Kebere Groffe-Tefte, or Great- 
head, Prebendary of Lincoln, in the 
Thirteenth Century.’ The reader will 
find in this work, much curious infor- 
mation refpeéting the habits and man- 
ners of that period, and many proofs ot 
the author’s accuftomed diligence and ac- 
curacy. Dr. WHITEHEAD’s ‘ Lives 
of fohn and Charles Weftley,”’ are now 
completed, and contain much curious 
information refpeéting the Methoditts. 
«The Life of Mr. Romaine,” written by 
Mr. CapocGan, will be chiefly read and 
admired in a particular clafs of religious 
zealots. “ Walron’s Lives of Dr. Donne, 
Sir Henry Wotton,” &c. have been re- 
_publifhed, in a handfome volume, with 
humerous notes, by Mr. ZoucnH. | 
3 TOPOGRAPHY. - - 
YOPOGRAPHICAL defcription is a 
s : 
popular and ufeful fpecies of writing, of 
which the public has of late been favoured 
with feveral fuccefsful fpecimens. A 
‘* Hiltory of the County of Cumberland” 
has been given us by Mr. HuTcuHInson, 
which contains much curious and ufeful 
information, and fome entertaining bio- 
graphical memoirs. The work entitled 
*« Veitiges of Oxford Cattle,”’ is an ele- 
gant publication, in which the writer, 
Mr. Kine, has difplayed much anti- 
quarianfagacity. Mr. CUMBERLAND’s 
“< Attempt to defcribe Hafod, &c. in 
Cardiganthire,”’ will be an amuting com- 
panion to the traveller in this part of 
Wales, High commendation is due to. 
the accuracy and elegance with which 
Mr. Green's “ Hiftory and Antiqui- 
ties of Worcefter’ is prefented to the 
public. Mr. PENNANT, after having 
taken his leave of the public, refumes 
his pen to give adefeription, in his ufual 
accurate and amufing manner, of his 
birth-place and family eftate, under the 
title of <The Hiftory of the Parithes of 
Whiteford and Holywell.’ The publi- 
cation, if not equally interefting with 
fome of the ingenious author’s former 
works, is by no means deftitute of amuf- 
ing and ufeful information : to the anti- 
quarian and naturalift it will be highly 
acceptable; it is embellifhed with many 
beautiful plates. In imitation of Sir John 
Sinclair’s Statiftical Account of Scotland, 
Mr. LEpWwICueE has given a very minute 
“¢ Account of the Parifh of Aghaboe, in 
Queen’s County, Ireland.” . 
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS. 
The principal publication which has 
appeared under the head of Voyages 
and Travels, is Captain STEDMAN’s 
“¢ Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition 
to Surinam;” a work which, if not dif- 
tinguifhed by literary e:egance, bears 
every fignature of honefty and fidelity : 
it contains many curious particulars in 
natural hiftory, and many interefting de- 
tails of occurrences, and defcriptions of 
manners, chtefly tending to expofe the 
favage cruelty of the traffic in flaves. 
We have only to mention, befides, Mr. 
Hunrer’s * Travels inthe Year 1792, 
through France, Turkey, and Hungary, 
to Vienna,’ which, though they do not 
contain much new information, are agree- 
ably written, .and will afford the reader 
much amufement. 
FINE ARTS. 
A NAME of high celebrity among 
painters is Leonardo da Vinci: * Imita- 
tions of his Original Defigns’’ have been 
publifhed by Mr. CHAMBERLAINE, the 
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