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SA ere Ye PES 
_ Lirerary and PurLosorHicaL; 
Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domeftie and F. oreipn. 
*,.* Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received. 
HE complete tranflation of the 
. Voyage of LA PreRousE round 
the World, will be publifhed, in the 
courle of a few days, by Mr. JouN- 
SON, of St. Paul’s Church Yard. A 
fhort delay is occafioned, by the time 
that has been requifite to’ prepare the 
numerous plates. e courfe of La Pr- 
ROUSE, in this interelting voyage, was 
by the route of Cape Horn to La Concep- 
tion in Chili, from thence to Eatter 
Ydand, the Sandwich Iflands, and the 
North Weft coait of America. He then 
failed acrofs the great ocean, in the pa- 
rallel of the tropic of Cancer, to Macao, 
thence to the Philippines, Formofa, and 
through the Chinefe and Japanefe feas to 
Corea, Chinefe°Tartary, the Iflands of 
Tchoka and Jeffo, the Kuriles and 
Kami{chatka. From Kamifchatka~ he 
ficered in a fouth eaft diveGtion to the 
Ifles des Navigateurs and the Friendly 
Tilands, and from thence to Port Jack- 
fon in New Holland. In the {pring of 
1788, the two fhips failed from Port 
Jackfon, and have not fince been heard of. 
Fortunately, La PEROvsE had taken 
every opportunity to difpatch copies of 
his journals, accompanied by drawings, 
memoirs, &c. &c ; in cbnfequence, geo- 
graphy and the fciences are enriched by 
his difcoveries, made in the extenfive route 
above defcribed. The two fhips, when 
they failed from France in 1785, were 
literally freighted with fcientific men of 
the very firfteminence ; the work is there- - 
fore rich, beyond any which has’ preceded 
“jt, in new difcoveries, conneéted with 
‘geography, aftronomy, navigation, natu- 
ral hiftory, manners, cuftoms, &c. &c. 
The knowledge of every place touched at 
or pafled, in the courfe of the voyage, is 
either rendered more accurate, or perfect- 
ed; the Chinefe and Japanefe feas, and 
the north eaft coaft of Afia, were parti- 
cularly explored, and that part of the 
voyage would, alone, entitle it to cele- 
brity. The entire work in Mr. JoHN- 
SON'S edition, will form three large oc- 
tavos, which will be embeillifhed by the 
various illuftrative views, charts, &c. &c.. 
engraved by the firft Englith artiits. 
WeisH ARCH@OLOGY.— For the 
gratification of thofe, who have a tafte for 
refearches into the more remote hiftory of 
Britain, we are enabled to announce, that 
_ darker periods of our hiftory. 
a gentleman, 2 native of Wales, has gene- 
roufly refolved to publifh, at his own ex- 
pence, all the ancient Welfh manufcripts. 
With this view, the Rev. LL. Lroyn, of 
Caerwys, Flinthire; the Rev. W. Da- 
Vries, of Meivod, Montgomerythire ; and 
Mr. D, Tuomas, of Amlwe, Angleicy, 
m North Wales; Mr. E. WiLLIaAms, of 
Flimfton, Glamorganfhire, in South 
Wales; and Mr. W. OWEN, of Penton- 
ftrcet, Pentonville, London, have been ap- 
pointed to arvange, and print fuch of the 
daid manuferipts, as may be communicated 
to them, or as i may be able to colle&, 
in addition to thole which they now po 
fefs, in a regular feries, from the earliett 
times; at teaft fuch of them, both in 
profe and*verfe, as may be deemed mot 
curious for illuftrating the language, er 
moft ufeful for throwing lignt on the 
It is pro-. 
poféd that the collection thall be in an 
o&tavo for} and.that one volume fhall . 
be ready for publication’ at the -éom- - 
Rm. - (oo 
mencement, and at the conclution, of 
each feffion of parliament, till the work 
fhalibe completed. For fueh a collection 
a popular fale cannot be expected; and, 
being defigned chiefly for public libraries, 
and tor individual admirers of ancient 
fabje&s, fach a number of copies of 
it only will be printed, at Arft, as may be 
fubicribed for, during the prefent fum- 
mer. Names fhould be fent to any of 
the above-mentioned editors, before the 
firft volume is put to the preis. 
Mrs. MarGaReEr Les, authorefs of 
Clara Lennox, or the Dittreftt Widow, 
is engaged in a Hiftory of the Ifle of 
Man, to be comprifed in two volumes. 
Mrs. LEE being a native of the [ile of 
Wight, fome new and interefting jnform- 
ation may be expected in this work. 
‘Mr. Jouurs, of Carlifle, the conductor 
of the Hiftory of Cumberland, is pre- 
paring to publifh a weekly new{paper on 
an improved plan, under the title of the ~ 
Carlifle Journai. It is remarkable, 
that on the north-welft fide of the ifland 
there has hitherto been publifhed but one 
provincipal paper (Mr. Ware's, at 
Whitehaven), between Manchefter and 
Glatgow. Weare glad to oblerve, that 
Mr. JoLite promifes a conitant attention 
to local imprevements and Jocal fats, of 
every kind: negleét of theie, greatly di- 
minifhes 
