602 
the fubdivifions are confidered, i. Pro- 
duétion of fruits ; ii. Produétion of feeds ; 
mi. Produétion of roots and barks ; iv. 
Production of leaves and wood; vy. Pro- 
duction of flowers ; vi, Plan for difpofing 
@ part of the fyftem of Linnzus into more 
natural claffes and orders. An appendix, 
containing an improved conftruction of 
the dril-plough, clofes-this inftructive 
and entertaining-ethis fanciful and phi- 
fofophical volume. 
JaMEs Jacque, efq. has tranflated 
M. LamBert’s “ Letters on Cofmo- 
gony,” and digetted them, with the af- 
fiftance of an extraét which was inferted 
in the French Encyclopédie, into a more 
complete and intelligible form. The 
work, as it is now publithed, is entitled, 
*¢ The Sy ftem of the World;” it evinces 
the author to have been a man of clear 
underftanding and found judgment. 
The firft part is publifhed of the Phi- 
tofophicat TranfaGiions of the Royal So- 
«iety of London, for the year 1800, con- 
taining, as ufual, various matter of vari- 
@us merit. 
Fine Arts. 
The mufical amateurs will be highly 
gratifed with the perufal of two publi- 
eattons which have made their appear- 
ance on the fubjeé of that enchanting 
fcience. Mr. SurELD, a gentleman of 
the firft profeflional talemts, has written 
s¢ An Introduéticn to Harmony,” which 
is faid to difplay a very complete know- 
lege of his fubjeét, and to contain, per- 
haps, more_ufeful information on the art 
ef compofition, and on the practice of al- 
mofi every {pecies of inftrument moft in 
ufe, than any extant work. 
“ A general Treatife on Mufic, parti- 
eularly on Harmony, or Thorough Bafs, 
and its Application in Compofition ; con- 
taining aifo many effential and original 
Subjects, tending to explain and illuftrate 
the whole; by M. P.KinG:” this trea- 
tife has alfo the chara€ter of being well 
digefted and well written; it is likely to 
be of confiderable ufe tothe ftudents in 
harmony, 
Mr. Tay or has colle€&ted and pub- 
Iifhed, as a fort of fubftitute for an hifto- 
rical account of gothic archite€ture (which 
is a delideratum in Enelifh literature), 
*« Effays on Gothic Archite€ture,”? which 
he has extracted from the works of Mr. 
Warton, Captain Grofe, and Mr. Mil- 
ner : the latter gentleman has addreffed, 
in a letter to the publifher, fome obfer- 
vations on the means neceflary for fur- 
ther illuftrating the ecclefiaftical archi- 
Retrofpect of Domeftic Litzrature.—Fine Arts. 
tecture of the middie ages. This work, 
which is a judicious compilation, is il- 
luftrated with ten plates of ornament, 
&c. felected from ancient buildings cal- 
culated to exhibit the various ftyles of 
different periods. 
Mr. RICHARDSON has publithed fever 
numbers of his “ ColleGion of Plans and 
Elevations of Modern Buildings, public 
and private, ereéted in Great Britain by 
the moft celebrated Architeéts;” this 
elegant publication, which is to be com- 
pleted in ten numbers, is intended as a 
fuppiement to the Vitruvius Britannicus, 
a work which has long been highly va- 
lued as a colleétion of the principal build. 
ings in this country, As many years 
have elapfed, however, fince that collee- 
tion was formed, and many noble man- 
fions have fince arifen, it was juftly 
thought that fuch a continuation as the 
prefent would be favourably received by 
the public. 
Mr. Laine, archite&t and furyeyor, 
has publifhed fome * Hints for Dwell- 
ings ; confifting of original Defigns for 
Cottages, Farm-houfes, Villas, &c. plain 
and ornamental, with Plaus to each; in- 
cluding fome Defigns for Town-houfes.” 
This work fhows the author to be aman 
of tafte and judgment in his profeffion : 
he has added to the value of it, more- 
over, in a practical view, by confulting 
economy, as well as elegance and conveni- 
ence, in his defigns. 
Mr. CHAMBERLAINE has at length 
completed his very elegant and valuable 
“* Imitations of original Drawings b 
Hans Holbein (in the Colleétion of his 
Majefty), for the Portraits of illuftrious 
Perfons in the Court of Henry VIII. 
with biographical Traéts.” This fplen- 
did work confifts of thirteen numbers, 
large folio, the price of each number to 
fubfcribers, two guineas, and to non= 
fubfcribers, two guineas anda half. We 
have noticed this work in its progrefs, 
and now that it is brought to a conclu. 
fion, have only to obferve that the en- 
graver, far from having remitted his 
exertions, has rather furpaffed himfelf in 
each fucceflive number. ; 
ORIENTAL LITERATURE, 
Weare happy to announce the appear. 
ance of the firit volume of the “ Afiatic 
Annual Regifter; or, a View of the Hif- 
tory of Hindiftan, and. of the Politics, 
Commerce, and Literature, of Afia, for 
the Year 1799.’* This work, rendered 
fo particularly interefting by the prefent 
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