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the exultation of the poetry fhouid have 
been in an afcending direétion. 
Three Solos for the German-fiute, in which are 
introduced three Scotch Airs, with an Accom- 
paniment for theVioloncello (ad libitum) ; com- 
pofed and dedicated to the late Mr. Norris by 
the late fF. Linley. 4s. Riley. 
Thefe folos are written with confider- 
-able tafte, and the paflages, for the moft 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
‘Ingenious alteration of 
[ Dec. 1 3 
part, are well difpofed for the execution 
of the firte. he fubject of the rondo in 
the firft folo is lively and pleafing, though 
it certainl;: confiiis of little more than an 
the introductory 
bars in the firt movement. The effect of 
the tout-enfemble is truly engaging, and 
reflects much credit on the talents of the 
-deceated author.. , 
VARIETIES, iedubith AND PHILOSOPHICAL. 
~ Including Notices of Works in Hand, Domejtic and Foreign. 
. ¥,* Authentic Cominunications for ibis Article will always be thankfully receivede * - 
| HE firft number of Dr.BepDoes’ po- 
pular Ejays on Health makes its ap- 
pearance on the firft of December. It is 
intitled An Effay on -Perfonal Prudence, 
nd on Prejudices, refpeéting Health, ad- 
drefled to Heads of Families, inhabitants of 
the Britihh Jfles. There can be no doubt 
but thefe eilays will meet with the atten- 
tion which the importance of their fubjedt, 
and the popularity of their author deferve.. 
Befides the-republication of Fobnfon's 
Posts, which is projected by the proprietors 
of that ielcction, another republication is 
intended of the fame work, to be edited 
by Dr._Arxin and at Aa by the en- 
gtavings of Mr. HeaTH, This edition 
is defigned to be more /elec? and at the 
fame time more exfexfive, than that fuper- 
intended by Dr. Johnfen ; and itis propo- 
fed to unite the moft beautiful fpecimen of 
typography, with that degree ot perfec- 
tion inthearts of defign, which now exilts 
in this country. The firft fix volumes, 
comprizing the Works of Spentfer, will be 
ready for Gelivery in January. 
Mr. Feix, whofe Tour in Batavia has 
been fo favourably received by the public, 
will {peecily publith an accouat of a Tour 
te Paris, containing fuli and comprehen- 
five direCltions to Englifhmen who vifit 
that city, with an account of all the objects 
celerving of notice. Such a.,vade-mecum 
cannot fail to be of the higheft fervice, at 
__a moment when fo many thoufand perfons 
ig England are prompted by intereft or cu- 
riofity to vilit the metropolis of France, 
many of whom, without a guide of this 
kind, would fuliain much inconvenience, 
er become the dupes of artifice and fraud. 
«Di RUSSELL will {peedily publith a 
“fecond volume of bis’ magnificent work on 
the Eafi Indian Snakes; and he has in for- 
wardne!s a work on the fame f{cale relative 
to the Frihes of the Indian Seas.” - 
rir. Rirson will fpeedily publifh his long 
* 
expeéted edition of fome Ancient Dramas, 
Dr. HAGAR, in confequence of the hich 
opinion entertained of his “Keys to the 
Chinefe Language,”’ lately publithed at the 
expence of a bookfeller in Londor, has” 
been appointed by the French government 
to fuperintend in Paris the publication of - 
a Chinefe Di@ionary. ‘The appointment 
is ho lefs honourable to Dr. Hagar, than 
to the liberal and enlightened charaéter ° 
of the French government, which has pro- _ 
perly appreciated the national honour at- 
tendant upon the produétion of fo defirable 
a work. Dr. Hagar is placed upon the 
fame refpeCtable eftablifhment as the learn- 
ed Oriental Profeflors, LANGLEs and De 
Sacy, and all the expences of the work are __ 
to bedefravedbytherepublican government. ~ 
We cannot diflemble our regret, that the 
total want of a fingle Mecenas among the 
race of contemporary Englifh nobility*, 
and the operation of a fpirit wholly mer- 
cenary and commercial in the Eait India” 
Company, fhould have been the occafion of ~_ 
this literary Honour being transferred 
from Great Britain to France. ve 
Dr. Barctay has undertaken an im- 
portant work on Anatomical Nomencla- 
ture, which it is‘expcéted will foon make 
its appearance. In this work, the lan 
guage of anatomy, at prefent fo vague and 
indefinite, and often ludicrous and ab- 
furd, will be new~modelled and eftadlifhed 
* Jt is honourable to Prince Auguftus 
Frederic, whg knew Dr.Hagar in Italy, that, 
before his departure to Portugal, he took con- 
fiderable pains to procure fubfcriptions towards 
defraying the expences ofthis Di€tichary ; 
and, in the true fpirit of an Englifh Prince, ’ 
he declared, that not a fingle particle of glory 
-ought to be loft to his country. The Edit 
India Company fub{cribed 2 nominal 100 gui- 
neas towarisa work which could not be pub- 
lifned with lefs than feven years’ labour, and 
atan expence of 5000 guineas ! | 
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