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NOTICE CF WORKS IN HAND, 

— 
D*® TOWNSON has a 4to. vol. of 
his Travels through Hungary and 
Spain in the prefs. 
The long expe€&ted volumes of Vat- 
LIANT’s Travels into the Interior Part 
of Africa, will fhortly make their appear- 
ance, in three vols. 8vo. , 
Travels ia the Two Sicilies, and fome 
parts of the Apennines, by the Abb: 
LAZZARO SPALLANZANI, will alfo be 
publithed in the courfe of the fummer. 
Dr. BEDDOESs is engaged in a popular 
Medical Work, on a new and extenfive 
plan. 
Mr. FREND has a work in the prefs, 
on the Principles of Algebra, which will 
be publifhed in the courfe of the prefent 
month. : 
The fourth and fifth volumes of Dr. 
Literary Notices... View of the Drama. 
[ May 
TOvnMIN’s edition of Neal’s Hiftory 
of the Puritans, will be publifhed in the 
courfe of the enfuing fummier. Befides the 
Notes, the additions to the Text, in thefe 
volumes, will be confiderable; efpecially 
with refpeét to the Hiftory ef the Qua- 
kers. 
Mr. PoLWHELE Is preparing for the 
preis another or third yolume of his 
Hiftory of Devonfhire, which, with the 
fecond volume, pubiifhed fome time fince, 
completes the cheregraphical part. The 
firft volume, or Chronologieal_ Huftory, 
wili be publithed as foon as poffible: 
Dr. WATKINS is about to publifh his 
Hiftory of the Life and Times of Arch- 
bifhop Laud. 
Mrs. PRISCILLA WAKEFIELD, au- 
thorefs of ‘“‘ Leifure Hours,” ‘* Méntal 
Improvements,’ and other works for 
young perfons, has in the prefs an In- 
troduction to Syftemaiic Botany. 
RETROSPECTIVE VIEW OF THE DRAMA. 
Drury-Lane, 
ee Apri? 30. 
AZABMOUD, or the Prince of Perfia, 
~ and All the Worla’s a Stage. This 
Opera (Mahmoud) is the produétion of 
My. Hoare, author of the popular farces 
of No Sarg no Supper—Tne Prize, &c. 
The chief plot is founded on one of the 
ftories in the Perfan Tales.—Mahmoud, 
an elder fon, is configned to imprifonment 
from his infancy by his father, who de- 
clares his younger fon heir to the crown. 
On the fuppofed death of the fultan, Mah- 
moud is releafed and reconciled to his fa- 
ther. In the under-plot a firanger mar- 
ries an old princefs of the blood royal for 
her wealth.—She dies, to his great joy !— 
But, to his great grief, he hears that, ac- 
cording tothe cuftom of the country, he 
muft be buried alive with her.—He is re- 
lieved from his grave by the contrivance 
of a former miftrefs, who thereby fecures 
his aifection. The mufic was by the late 
Storace, but, though excellent in many 
parts, was evidently imperfeét; notwith- 
ftanding, to the merit of the mufic, and 
not the dialogue, which contains fome 
far-fetched witticifms and low humour, 
with feattered attempts at fublimity, the 
piece is indebted for fuccefs,—It was ex- 
ceedingly tedious the firft night, not being 
aver till eleven o'clock. —Since, it has 
been prudently cut down, and vet has lof 
eoibing.—-A prologue, written on the very 
It is founded on Kirk’s cruelty. 
— 
morning of reprefentation, deploring the 
lofs of the compofer, was fpoken (per- 
fecily) by the late unafertunate Mr. Ben- 
fon. The firft appearance of Mr. Bra- 
ham contributed not a little towards the 
fuccefs of this piece. Though at prefent 
indifferent as an ator, yet as a finzer he 
charms. . 
May 2. Julia, or Such Things Were—and 
The Devil to Pay.—The tragedy of Julia 
was one of Mr. Hoare’s early produétions, : 
and uirft performed at the Bath Theatre. 
Tt was 
got up for Mrs. Siddon’s benefit, but not 
repeated. 
6, The Grecian Danghter—and The 
Romp.—Myr. Benfley, for whofe benefice 
thefe entertainments were, took his leave 
of the ftage this evening, in a well-writ- 
ten and well-fpoken addrefs, ‘This gen- 
tleman has been upwards of thirty years 
on the London boards.—He made his firft 
appearance in the character of Prerre. 
His defe€ts (chiefiy Nature’s) were to a 
firanger difgufting, but on a further ac- 
quaintance, his merit (all his own), not. 
only gained favour, but covered all his 
faults. He wasat firft a lieutenant of ma- : 
rines—Since his retirement, be is madea 
barrack-mafter, and has purchafed, with 
his theatrical earnings, an annuity for life! 
May 17. Mabrnoud—and Alive and 
Merry. An indifferend prologue, well 
fpoken 
