o~ 
1799.) 
the recent expulfion of Pius VI. from the 
Ecclefiaftical State. Befides the ‘gratifica- 
tion which her work will afford to political 
inguirers, it contains a defcription of the 
prefent actual ftate of Italy, and very co- 
pious and minute inftruétions for the ufe 
of invalids and families, who, fhe afferts, 
may even at this period vifit Italy in the 
moft perfect fecurity. 
Dr. Beppogs, who is indefatigable in 
the caufe of ufeful {cience, announces the 
early publication of a popular medical 
work, in which he intends to unfold that 
portion of the order of nature, which re- 
gulates the movements of the animal ma- 
chine, and along with the principles, to 
ftate explicitly thofe practices relative to 
the prefervation and recovery of health, 
upon which alone unprofeffional readers 
can fafely venture. Dr. Beddoes benevo- 
lently ‘* wifhes to render health a main 
_ object of education ; to deter the ignorant 
from tampering with the fick, and to 
curtail the dominion of empirical impof- 
ture.” The firft number of this important 
work will appear after Chriftmas, and the 
whole will be of confiderable extent, and 
be enriched with engravings. 
Mr. MaGEE’s, of Dublin, Difcourfes 
on thé Scxiptural Doétrines of Atone- 
ment and Sacrifice, with additional Re- 
marks on the Mode of Reafoning employ- 
ed by the oppofers of thofe doctrines as 
held by the eftablifhed church; and an 
Appendix, containing fome ftrictures on 
Mr. Belfham’s Review of Mr. Wilber- 
force’s Treatife, will {peedily be publifhed. 
Mr. Turwerof Featherftone-buildings, 
who has been for feveral years engaged in ’ 
inveftigating the remains of Saxon titera- 
ture, is about to publifh the firft volume 
of a hiftory »of the Anglo-Saxons, from 
their firft appearance above the Elbe to the 
death of Egbert. It is his intention to 
give the world a fecond volume in conti- 
nuation, from the Death of Egbert to the 
Norman Conqueft ; anda third, upon the 
laws, manners, government, ~literature, 
and religion of the Anglo-Saxons, ‘This 
work will prove a valuable addition to the 
hiftorical preduétions of Great Britain. 
While the firft two volumes trace «the 
_ origin and eftablifhment of a nation, which 
by its progrefs in commerce and civiliza- 
tion, in arts and literature, has dimmed 
the luitre of the Roman name; the third 
will delineate its early character, and’ 
trace through the wifdom of its inftitutions 
the melioration of the Saxon from the age 
of Hengift to that of Edward. ; 
, HerRver’s long celebrated work, which 
has been fome years in the hands of the 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. Sor 
tranflator, is, we underftand, likely to ap- 
pear in the courfe of this month, in one 
large volume in quarto, under the title of 
The Philofophy of Hiffory, and, from the 
affiitance which the ingenious tranflator 
has received, we have reafon to believe that 
there are few tranflations fo well executed. 
The literal tranflation from the German of 
the title of this work is Ideas for the Phi- 
lofophy of the Hiflory of Man. 
A new edition of Letters for Literary 
Ladies Waving been called for, Mifs Edge- 
worih, has re-written the fecond letter on 
the advantages of cultivating the female 
underftanding ; and no pains have been 
{pared to improve it, and to affert more 
diftingtly the female right to literature. 
Mrs. Capps, of York, is intending to 
publifh further particulars of the three ex- 
cellent inftitutions in that city, of which 
fome account has already appeared in the 
Monthly Magazine. She propofes to in- 
inferfperfe Reflections on Charity Schools 
and Friendly Societies in general, on their 
utility, and on the objects at which it is 
defirable they fhould aim. 
We fome time fince announced the efta- 
blifament of aN INsTiruTiON, the fup- 
pofed obje&t of which was the diffufion of 
knowledge. We now underftand that its 
prefident is ‘the Fart of WINCHELSEA, 
and its fecretary Dr.GLasse, well known 
as one of the managers of the prifon in 
Cold bath-fields. - : 
Mr. Brown, furgeon, will fpeedily 
publifh a work in three parts. Part firft, 
containing a defcristion of the anatomy 
and phyfology of the brain. Part fecond, 
the nature and treatment of hydrocephalus 
qmternus. Part third, an Analyfis of the 
courfe of lectures which he is nowdelivering. 
A tranflation of the Life of Madame de 
CLairzauT, the late celebrated French 
actrefs, is in the prefs. 
The following procefs is given by Mr. 
SHELDRaKE, and publifhed in the Tranf- 
actions of the Society for encouraging Arts, 
&c. for the preparation of a fpirit varnith 
with gum copal, one of the mof valuable 
of all that are known in the arts, and not 
generally made public. Reduce to {mall 
pieces two ounces of copal, put them into 
a large glafs vefiel, and pour upon them 
one pint of fpirit of turpentine, previoufly 
mixed with one eighth of fpirit of fal-am- 
moniac ; cork the glafs, but make a {mall 
hole through the cork, and fet it upon a 
warm fand bath. The great difficulty 
confifts in managing the heat, which 
fhould be kept un juft at that gentle boil- 
ing heat which will allow of the bubbles 
that are formed at the bottom, to be count- 
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