5312 Retrofpedt of Domeftic LiteraturemeAgriculture &° Hufbandry. [Sure 
body on the foul. Dr. Bourne’s ‘* Intro- 
duétory Leétures to a Courfe of Che- 
miftry, read at the Laboratory in Ox- 
ford,” is appropriate, and well calulated 
to excite in his pupils an ardour in pur- 
fuingthe fcience. Mr. Nicholfon’s * Jour- 
nal of Natural Philofophy” is yet in its 
infancy ; from the. weil. known talents, 
however, of that gentleman, every thing 
is to be expected from a work under his 
immediate direction. The fir part is 
publifhed of the ** Philofophical Tranfla- 
tions of the Royal Society of London for 
the Year 1797.’’ The fecond part of 
Mr. Church’s ‘¢ Cabinet of Quadrupeds” 
is not inferior to the firft, either in defign 
or execution. Mr. Lewin has publifhed 
@ fourth volume of his ‘Birds of Great 
Britain.”’ The prefent contains Ord. iil. 
Gen. xi, the warblers, titmice, [wallaws, 
pigeons. The execution of the-plates is 
remarkably elegant, and by no means in- 
ferior to the former volumes of this valu- 
able work, 
“SHE, ARTS. eine 
Mefirs. Boydell and Nicol’s magnificent 
edition of Milton” is completed. ‘The 
plates are engraved from the drawings 
of Mr. Weftal; and Mr. Bulmer has 
adorned the work with all the fplendour 
of typography. Mr. Chamberlain has 
publifhed a fet of ‘‘ Engravings, from the 
original Defigns of the Caracci, Anni- 
bale, Agoftino, and Ludovico.” The 
fifteenth volume of the “ Tranfactions of 
the Seciety of Arts,’’ &c. contains, as all 
the preceding have done, many valuable 
communications on various fubjeéts, con- 
neéted with the comforts and conveni- 
encies of fnciety. The funds by which 
this eftablifhment is fupporied, appear to 
be in a flourifhing condition ; and, much 
tothe honour of its members, premiums 
are diftributed with an unfparing, but 
judicious hand. “ The. Repofitory of 
Arts and Manufaétures’’ continues to be 
conducted with care and fpirit. Mr. 
Charnock has publithed the ‘“ Profpeétus, 
and Specimen of an Hiftory of Marine 
ArchiteGure,”” &c. This work is to be 
completed in three quarto volumes, if five 
hundred fubfcribers can be found. The 
fubfcription isnine guineas. Mr. Char- 
nock eftimates the expence cf completing 
this work at 6000]. He appears, fo far as 
the fpecimen affords-ground for judg- 
ment, qualified for the laborious tafk he 
bas undertaken; and furely it will be a 
difgrace to Englend, who prides herfelf 
on being miftrefs of the ocean, if every 
poffible encouragement is not given toa 
work whofe objeét is the hiftory of naval 
architecture, 
Since the death of Sir William Jones 
the ftreams of 
EASTERN LITERATURE, 
which ufed to circulate fo copioufly 
through this country, have flowed in a 
more languid current. Major-Oufeley’s 
“ Original Colleétions,” however, are de= 
figned to promote and facilitate the ftudy 
of Oriental learning. Of this mifcellane- 
ous publication, it is intended that four 
numbers fhould appear annually ; it con- 
fifts principally of extra¢ts from the 
Eaftern hiftorians, poets, and men of 
letters, in every department of fcience, 
illuftrative of ftriking hiftorical events, 
of the ftate of learning, and the antiqui- 
ties of Afia.. This work is expenfive, and 
we are forry to notice the infertion of 
many trifling articies unworthy the pub- 
lication. ‘* The Plaints, Confolatiens, 
and Delights of Achmed Ardebeili, a 
Perfian exile, by Charles Fox, of Brif- 
tol,” are fufpeéted (upon what authority 
we give no opinion) to be original effu- 
fions of the latter. But,’ whoever be the 
author, he has woven for himfelf a Wreath 
of beautiful and highly-flavoured flowers. 
Although fome few of thefe poems have 
the pleafantry and fimplicity of Anacreon, 
the greater part of them are tinged with: 
the fable hue of fadnefs. A ftrong fenfe 
of religion pervades them; and if the 
author were indeed one of the faithful, 
they afforda moft faveurable fpecimen of 
Mahometan morality. ed 
MATHEMATICS. 
“The Almanac for the Year 1797, 
according to the true Time, as regulated 
by the Sun’s Courfe and the Seafons,” 
&c. is an ingenious attempt to reform 
the exifting calendars. We cannot enter 
large into the plan: fuffice it to fay, that 
the author propofes the vernal equinox 
for the.commencement of the year ; the 
{pring quarter to be the interval between 
that period and_the fummer folftice ; the 
fummer quarter to be comprehended be- 
tween the fummer folftice and the autum- 
tumnal equinox : the autumn, to be the in- 
terval between the autumnal equinox and 
the winter folftice ; and the winter to be 
included between the winter folftice and 
the vernal equinox. This volume well 
merits attention. 5 
AGRICULTURE AND HUSBANDRY. 
We cannot {peak in very commenda~ 
tory terms of Mr. Moriey’s ‘ Praétical 
Obt{ervations on Agriculture, Draining,” 
&c.; they contain but little informatio 
which has not been in every farm-houfe® 
long ago; and if ju ia themfelves, 
: - which 
