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on feparate plates. The outline of one is 
already traced with great correétnefs on 
thecopper. It is expected that they willnot 
only be of confiderable utility to aftrono- 
mers, but lead to very curious inveftiga- 
tions in natural philofophy. : 
Mr. AsrLey Cooper, furgeon of 
Guy’s Hofpital, will publith, in the courfe 
of the funimer, a Treatife on the Anato- 
my and Surgical Treatment of Hernia, il- 
luftrated with plates of the fize of nature, 
principally taken from cafes that have 
been admitted into St. Thomas’s and 
Guy’s Hofpitals. The work will be di- 
vided intothree parts. The firit will con- 
tain the defcription of every fpecies of 
inguinal hernia, one of which is its paf- 
fage on the inner fide of the epigaftric-ar- 
tery ; in the fecond, the fubjects of hernia 
tunica vaginalis, and femoral hernia, 
will be treated of ; and the third part will 
contain hernia of the navel, ifchiatic 
notch, foramen ovale, and fome hitherto 
undetcribed varieties. 
Mr.. WiLkinson, of Soho-fquare, 
whoie f{cientific Le&tures on Galvanifm 
have defervedly attraéted fo much notice, 
will fpeedily publifh his promifed Hiftory 
of that intereiting {cience, drawn chiefly 
from Citizen Sué’s work, to which he pro- 
poles to add a familiar introduction to the 
practice of Galvanifm, a detcription of 
the various apparatus, and an account of 
the Jaft experiments. 
A Profpeétus has been circulated for a 
new Abridgment of the Philos. Trans. 
from the beginning to the prefent time. 
The mathematical department (including 
aftronomy, geometry, optics, mechanics, 
é&c.) by C. Hutton, L..L. D: F.R.S. 
Mathematical Profeflor at Woolwich. The 
department of natural hiftory, including 
zoology, botany, and mineralogy) by. 
Geo. SHaw, M.D. F.R.S. and F.L.S. 
of the Britifh Mufeum ; and that of me- 
dicine (including anatomy, phyfiology, 
chemiftry, &c.) by Ricu. Pearson, 
M. D. F.S.A. of Bloomfbury-fquare. 
Mr. Moore, the elegant tranflater of 
Anacreon, will fpeedily publith a poem, 
intitled the Philofophy of Pleafure. - 
’ A Tranflation from the Portuguefe of 
Cameoeus will fpeedily appear from the 
pen of Lord STRANGEFORD. 
A new edition’ of Morelli Thefaurus 
Grece Pcéleos (now become very fcarce) 
being confidered asa defideratum in Greek 
literature, Mr. Luwn, of the Claffical Li- 
brary, Soho-fquare, in conjun@tion with 
the proprict « of the former edition, has 
undertaken to re-publith it, with great 
Literary and Philefophical Intelligence. 
[May 1, 
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improvements, fuggefted by men of learn- 
ing in this country, under the direétion of 
a celebrated metrical {cholar abroad. 
Within thefe few days, a fine piece of 
Roman fculpture has been given to the 
Britifh Mufeum, by Mr. Brann Hot- 
Lis. It is a fort of fepulchral’ cheft, 
which was found neglected, many years. 
ago, by Mr. Horfley, in the mil] at Chef 
terford, in Effex (See Horfley’s Britannia 
Romana, p- 331.) It is without infcrip- 
tion, is fuppofed to have contained three 
urns,an{wering to the butts on the outfide, 
and to. be the only fpecimen of fculpture 
belonging to the ancient Camalodunum. 
Mr. H. RurrF, of Cheltenham, has ar- . 
‘ranged materials for a Hiftory of that 
Place, which he intends to publith by fub- 
{cription, under the patronage of the Mar- 
quis of. Worcefter. It will confit of a 
pleafant, yet accurate, felection of the 
moft important and entertaining fubjeéts 
relating to the hiftory of that celebrated 
{pot. 
: Mr. Painter, of Wrexham, affited by 
Mr. YoRKE, of Erthig, and the Rev. 
W. Davies, of Meirod, will publifh, in 
the courfe of this year, the Twenty 
Tribes of Wales, with the Arms of the 
Tribes at the Head of each. 
The Rev. Mr. Epwarps, of Wrex- 
ham, author of a Continuation of Willis’s 
Survey of St. Afaph, is preparing to pub- 
lifh a Continuation of Willis’s Survey of 
Bangor, from 1721, to the prefent Time, 
with the addition of the Names of the Vi- 
cars Choral, and the Incumbents of the 
different Parifhes in the Diocefe, from the 
earlieft Dates, with Memoirs of fome of 
them. . 
A volume of Critical and Philofophical 
Effays, by the author of the Adviler, will 
fhortly be ready for publication; and a 
Tractate upon Education, in two volumes, 
by the fame author, will appear early in 
May. 
An elegant volume is announced, under 
the title of Petrarca; being a Selection of 
Sonnets, Amatory, Elegiac, and Deferip- — 
tive, from the moft admired Authors ; to 
which a fhort Critical Differtation will be 
prefixed on the Origin and Struéture of 
the Sonnet. Ng 
A Society has been lately formed at 
Briftol for Promoting Religious Knowledge. 
Their object is to diftribute gratis a vari- 
ety of fmall tra€ts on the moft important —~ 
religious and moral fubjects ; and, as it 
is their intention fcrupuloufly to avoid 
whatever is peculiar to any diftinét com=- 
munity, they invite all friends to religion 
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