LIO6O 
drid. This very interefting and ufeful 
work treats of all the branches of the art 
of watch- making, and explains the ma- 
thematical principles on which that art is 
founded, ma fimple and luminous ftyle, 
and in a manner which refleé&ts great 
credit on the talents of the author. 
NAVIGATION. 
** Nautica laconica 6 régimen de hal- 
Jar la Longitud en el] mar por los rumbos 
y variacion de la aguja, &c.” The 
Nautical Summary, containing rules. how 
to find the Longitude at Sea by the points 
of the Compafs and the variation of the 
Magne’ ic Needle, &c. The author pur- 
poles in 
of finding the longitude at fea, the exaat- 
nefs whereof, however, appears at leaft 
doubtful. 
©* Memoria fobre los métodos de hallar 
Ja Longitud en el mar por las Obferva- 
ciones Lunares, fu autor Aliévez de Na- 
vio, D. Francisco Lopez Royo: 
feguida de un apéndice, por D. Ga- 
BRIFL De Ciscar, Capitan de Navio de 
la Royal Armada. ” A 'Freatite on the 
Methods of finding the Longitude at 
Sea by Lunar Obfervations, by D. Fran- 
cifco Lopez Royo, Enfien of the Navy ; 
followed by an Appendix, written by D. 
‘Gabriel de Cifcar, : 
Navy. This ae work, printed by 
command, and at the he of the k ing 
of Spain, is the refult ofan inceffant ap- 
plication cf its author, and of his wifh to 
diffufe through the Spanith navy the a! ‘tro- 
nomical aioe! ledge: he was poffeffed of. 
‘This compofition being the firft fruit of 
his uncommon genius, PanulerS it the more 
a matter of fincere regret, that he was’cut 
of by a prematu:e “death ‘on the 30th 
April, 17:99, on board the trigate La 
Ajcencion, then ftationed off Surinain. 
Tite new method here propofed will be 
found extremely ufeful ‘on all occafions, 
where brevity is preferred to the nicelt 
exaétnefs, which is, generally the cale at 
fea. 
CLASSICAL LITERATURE AND CRI- 
TI€ISM. 
Jy ey praético de fimplificar el ef- 
tudio de Tenguas efcritas, hafta el grado 
de poder qualquiero aprenderfias por fi {clo 
y en pocos dias venice publicamente 
en efta Corte fobre el’ edioma ingles para 
exemplo de todos los demas por “el Coro- 
el D. JosePH GONZALEZ TORRES DE 
Navarra, &c.”’ A pradiical Effay to 
fimplify the Study of written La anguages 
in fuch a degree, that every one Ey Jearn 
thera without a Mafter, he ina few-davs, 
publicly proved in this f lace with ihe 
Retrofpeét of Spanifh Literature..,.Poetry. 
this {mall traét, an ealy method: 
aptain of the Royal - 
ad 
Englifh Tongue, as'an example of all the 
reft, by Colonel D. J. G. Torres-de Na- 
varra. This ingenious compofition con- 
tains, in three’ fheets a Comparative: 
Grammar in twelve tables, a Digtionary, 
and a dozen paffages, abftra€ted from the 
beft Enelith writers, with a tranflation 
and graminatical analyfis. 
POETRY. 
‘¢ Enfayo de un Poema de Ja Poefia, 
dedicado ai Exc. Sr. Piincipe dela Paz.” 
A poetical Effay on Poetry, dedicated to 
the Prince of Peace. This Poem is di- 
oe into three centes ; the firft of which 
explains the idea of verfiGeaeame ; the fe- 
cond treats of (acred and dramatic poetry, 
and the third of the epopee and lyn 
poems. 
«© La cafa de Campo: Poema en verfe 
Caftellano, traducide del Latin del P. 
VANIERE, &c.”’ The Country-Seat, a 
Poem in Spanifh Verfe, tianflated from 
the Latin of P. Vaniere: 
‘* Poecias cogidas de Lope de Vega 
Carpio; cen un filcuale febre la oda per 
MaRMONTEL 5, &c. Sele& Poems of 
Lope de Vega Carpio, with a Difceurfe 
on the Ode, by Marmentel. 
‘ Eleméntos de Rpetiea poy es ee JEAN 
CaYyETANO Losapba, &c.”* Elements 
of Poetry by P. Jean Cayetans Lofada, 
The author of this performance, 
intended for the _ of voung - perfons, has 
eee toexplain m a cones vr lu- 
minous ftyle ihe fundamental principles of 
theart of ‘compofing poems. chiefly extraét- 
ed from the wo:ks ct Luxaa, Cafcales, Bat- 
and Boilecu, and illothated thote 
es by exiraéts from the works of 
8rc. 
pic 
the bee La aE 2nd Spanith Poets. 
“© Poefiis del eee GONZALEZ, del 
érden- de S. AGUSTIN ; uh tome en ‘go, A 
onzaiz, of the order of 
St. pestis one volume in 8vo. This 
volume contains all the lyrie poems of 
that’ celebrated writer, who has defervedly 
ebtaived a diftinguifhed pace among the 
favourite authors cf the Spanifh nation. 
fe -Les neves de Certés deftruidas : 
Euce é: pico, obra p- ftumade D. NocoLas 
FERNANDEZ pE Morutin; dluftrade 
por el edior, con sotas criticas.”. The 
Sbips of Cortes defiroyed; an ‘Epic 
Paci being -a Potthumous Werk of D. 
Nicolas Ferpandez de Morutin; with 
xplanatery Notes by the Editor. 
ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. 
‘¢ Vifta de la Plaza de Mantua, sacada 
de Ja que prefen'é Mr. L. B. Nolin, Geo- 
grapho del Rey Cacftianifiimo a, S. M. 
atélica, &c.’? View of the Fortreis of 
Mantua, copied from that which Mr. | ae 
B. Nolin, 
DB 
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