1800. ] 
not only of Europein general, but in par- 
ticular of France!” 
Mercier, whole meagre picture of 
modern Paris, ftill remains a favourite 
with the Parifians, continues to amufe the 
public of that capital with his Paradoxes. 
After having become tired with depreci- 
ating the arts, he has lately begun to fub- 
ject the molt eminent philofophers of mo- 
dern times to the lafh of his criticifin. 
Not only has he attempted to prove that 
Newton’s fyftem is built on principles en- 
tirely falfe, but likewife that the fyitem 
of Locke is extremely dangerous !!!—He 
is in his dotage! 
Latour dD’ AUVERGNE, whom Bona- 
parte had appointed Firft Grenadier of tfe 
French Republic, and who lately fo glo- 
rioufly fell combating for his country on 
the heights near Oberhaufen, had likewife 
acquired diftinétion in the republic of 
letters, being author of the Origizes Gau- 
Loifes. 
The learned Naturalift, J. te Franco 
VAN Berkuey, author of the Natnurlyke 
Hiftorie Van Holland, and profeffor of na- 
tural hiftory in the univerfity of Leyden, 
wrote to a friend on the 3d of February, 
that ‘*he had compleated a grand work 
on which he had been employed for 40 
years, viz. The Natural, Anatomical, and 
Economical Hiftory of Ruminating Animals, 
with 80 plates, defigned by himfelf, after 
nature. This work he intends to publith 
in fix volumes, quarto. 
P. J. Birausze’s celebrated work, en- 
titled Les Bataves, of which a tranflation 
was fome time ago publifhed in this coun- 
try, will fhortly appear likewife in a Ger- 
man drefs. The German tranflator is 
Profeflor K. H. HeYDENREICH. 
Thecelebrated Republican author, JEAN 
FRANCOIS DE La HarRPEé, is favouring 
the literary world with a commentary on 
the Tragedies of Jean Racine, in fix vo- 
jumes. The work is publifhed by the 
widow Panckouke in Paris. 
The Greek archbifhop NicerpHorus, 
who lives as a private perfon at Moicow, 
with a penfion from the Emperor of Ruf- 
fia, is publifhing there in Greek a Courfe 
of Mathematics for the ufe of the Greek 
fehools. Of this work the firft tome has 
appeared. The celebrated brothers Zo- 
Jima continue to deferve well of the {chools 
of Greece, by caufing uleful (chool-books 
to be printed at their expence, and diftri- 
buting them .gratis among all the {chools 
of Greece. Auother patrictic Joannite 
has depofited 6000 florins in the bank of 
Mofcow, to augment the funds of the 
Literary and Philofophicai Intelligence. 5] 
{chools in Jannina. The worthy arch- 
bifhop demanded no compenfation for his 
labour, that his book might be given free 
of expence to the Greek fcholars. 
Many unfounded reports having been 
circulated, which have a tendency to pre- 
judice the mind of the public againft the 
inoculation of the Cow POX; we, the un- 
derfigned phyficians and furgeons, think 
it our duty to declare our opinion, that 
thofe perfons who have had the cow-pox, 
are perfectly fecure from the infection of 
the {mali-pox. We alfo declare that the 
inoculated cow-pox is a much milder and 
fater difeafe than the imoculated {mall 
pox. 
Wm. Saunders, M.D. 
M. Baillie, M. D. 
Hea. Vaughan, M.D. 
M. Garthfbore, M.D. 
J.C. Lettfom, M.D. 
james Sims, M. D. 
john Sims, M. D. 
Wm. Lifter, M. D. 
Robt. Willan, M.D, 
C Stanger, M. D. 
Alex. Crichton, M. D. 
Tho. Bradléy, M. D. 
Samuel Chilver, - 
Henry Cline. 
Aftley Coopere 
Edward Ford. 
J. M. Good. 
James Horsfords 
fofeph Hurlock, 
Francis Knight. 
James Leighton. 
James Moore. 
Thomas Paytherus. 
Thomas Pole. 
Tho. Denman, M.D. J. W. Phipps. 
John Squire, MD. John Ring. 
Richard Croft, M.D. James Simpfon. 
R.J/Thornton,M.D, H. L. Thomas. 
John Abernethy. Jonathan Wathen 
William Blair. Thomas Whately, - 
Russian LITERATURE !—Extrad of 
a Letter from Mofcow, 2d of March, 1800. 
Of the literature and book(elling bufinefs 
of this city, I can fay but little, as the 
profeffion of an author is not fo lucrative, 
nor learning fo much efteemed and ho- 
noured, as in other parts of Europe. Our 
ceft native authors are Karampin. 
Cherafkow, - Gollikof, Foh. 
Heym, and Baufe. Almoft all their 
works, thofe of the two laft excepted, are 
written in the Ruffian language, and 
printed at the univerfity prefs. Cheraf- 
kow’s works confift of fix volumes, and 
contain romances, poems, and plays. Of 
Gollikof’s Life of Peter I. 33 thick vo- 
lumes have already been publifhed. This 
work has been compiled with uncommon 
diligence, and is traly an archive of fate 
papers, authentic documents, anecdctes, 
and the judgments of foreigners on his 
hero; and, notwithftanding its tedious 
circumftantiality, is fo far valuable, that 
it may be ufed as a copious fource of in- 
telligence by fome future hiftorian of tafte, 
who may with to write a biography of that 
illuftrious emperor. The author has col- 
leted, at a great expence, and with un- 
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