Retrofpeé of Spanifh Literature.— Biography— Botany, 635 
tells Clerk. Lapayefe, under royal pro- del Orden Serafico, D. Anronio TEL- 
tection, eftablithed this method in the‘ LER DE ACEVEDO, un tom. en 4°. 
neighbourhood of Valencia, where the Birth, Life, and Extraordinary Death of 
operators were furnifhed gratis with what- the Fortunate S$. Roque, univerfal pre- 
ever was necefiary to adopt it. ferver againf the Plague; the Molt Seleé& 
«© Artede TihtorerosdeSedas,porD. Pg- Particulars of his Hiftorians are given, 
DRO GUTIERREZ BUENO.”’—TheMyf- ‘and particularly from the Page of R. P. 
tery of Silk-dying, by D. Pedro Gutierrez Fr. Jofeph de Montes, of the Seraphic 
Bueno. This publicationisbyachymit of Order, by D. Antonio Teller de Ace- 
Madrid, and is a continuation of a former 
one on the Myftery of Wool-dying, which 
appeared the end of laft year. 
“© Arte de Medir Tierras y a Forarlos 
_Liquidos y Solidos, por D. Francisco 
vedo, 1-vol. 4to.. 
“‘Carta de un Hijoa fu Madre, fobre 
fa Converfiow y Profefion en el Monafterio 
de La Trapa, en Aragon.” —Letter from ~ 
a Son to his Mother, on his Converfion 
VerpEjo GONZALEZ."——The Art of and Profeffion in the Monaftery of La 
Surveying Land, and of Meafuring Li- Trapa, in Aragon, This is a defcrip- 
quids and Solids. This work contains fcription of a repentant prodigal, and gives 
all the principles of arithmetic and geo- a painfal view to the Proteftant reader of 
metry neceflary to its fcientific objects; the aufterities of monaftic inftitutions. 
and treats of the ufes of the {quare, and ** Retratos de los Reges de Efpatia, 
other important auxiliaries. con fus Correfpondientes Vidas.’’—Por- 
BIOGRAPHY. traits of the Kings of Spain, with their 
“* Diccionario Hittorico de los mas iluf-. Lives. Six volumes in 4to have already 
tres Profefores de las Bellas Artesen Ef- been publifhed of this work; thefe in- 
pana, compuefte por D. Juan Acustin clude the Gothic Kings of Auftria, Leon 
Cean BERMUDEZ, y publicado por Ja and Caftille; the Princes of Arragon and 
Real Academia de St. Fernando, tom. 6. ‘Gallicia; and the Counts of Caftille, Bar- 
$vo.”’——Hiftorical Diftionary of the Moft celona “and Gallicia; the feventh volume 
Celebrated Profeffors of the Fine Arts in is announced, and will comprehend the 
Spain, by D. Juan Auguftin Cean Ber- Kings of Navarre, which will clofe the 
mudez, and publifhed: by the Royal Aca-_ hiftory of the Dynaflies of Spain. 
demy of St. Fernando, vol. 6, 8vo. This ‘‘ Vida Hiftorica de S. Fernando el 3 
is the laft volume of the work, it com- Rey de Caftilla y Leon, Proteétor de‘la 
prizes the letters X¥, ¥, Z, alfothe Sup- Real Brigada de Carabineros, efcrito por 
plement and Geographical Tables pro- D. ALtonzo Nunez pe Castro, Co- 
pofed in the preface.. The firft of thefe roniftade S. M. un tom. en 4°.”—Hiftori- 
Tables gives an arranged hiftory of the cal Life of S. Fernando, the Third, King 
Fine Arts in Spain; inthe fecond are of Caftille and Leon, Patron of the Royal 
thewn an alphabetical lift of towns where Brigade of Carbineers, by D. Alonzo 
the works of the refpeétive artifts com- Nunez de Caftro,-Hiftoriographer to his 
prehended in this Dictionary are depo- Majefty, 1 vol. 4to. This work is em- 
fited: this valuable work, (emanating bellifhed with an engraving of Fernando 
from the higheft authority), in thofe parts 
that attract the hiftorian, and the amateur, 
equally deferves the attention of the lite- 
-rary world, and ic is expected to be ex- 
tenfively inftramental-in drawing forth to 
the notice, both of natives and foreigners, 
many rare and admirable produftions of 
the Fine Arts in the cabinets and depo- 
fitaries of Spain. _The Academy has 
announced its defign of gratifying the 
public with a fimilar detail of the archi- 
tects and architecture of that kingdom, 
to render complete their patriotic under- 
taking of giving an entire Hiftory of the 
Arts in that country. 
**Nacimiento, Vida, y Prodigiofa Mu- 
erte del Bienaventurado S. Roque, Abo- 
gado Univerfel contra la Pefte; lo Publi- 
ca, con las mas Seleétas Noticias de fus 
Hiftoriadores, y Particularmente de la que 
Efcribidel R, P. Fr. Jofeph de Montes, 
the Third, by Muntaner. 
BOTANY. 
. “Flora Efpanola, 6 Hiftoria de Jas. 
Plantas, que fe Crian en Efpana, por D. 
JosepH Quer, Cirujano que tué de 
S. M. Contultorde fus Reales Exercitos, 
Primer Profefor de Botanica del Real Jar- 
din de Madrid, Sc. confta 6 tomos. en 4°. 
mayor,’’—-Spanifh Flora; or, Hiftory of 
Plants, Natives in Spain, by D. Jofeph 
Quer, late Surgeon of his Majefty, Mar- 
fhal Counfellor, Head Profeffor of Botany 
of the Royal Garden of Madrid, in 6 
vols. large 4to. Plates embellith this ex- 
tenfive work, On account of its impor- 
tance to ftudents,- the Sucieties of Medi. 
cine and Surgery, by their interference, 
have reduced the price fixty rials below 
the rate at which it was formerly folds 
it will be a*valuable acquifition to the 
amateurs in exotic plants of this country. 
“6 Curflo 
