1802.] « 
—8. Four cafes of Paintings, by. Raphael— 
9. Tencafes of Egyptian Antiquities—1o. 
A cafe of aftronomical Lenfes—1z. A large 
antique Candelabre—12. Six cafes, contain- 
ing a variety of objects—13. Fifteen cafes of 
Natural Hrtory—14. Thirty-eight cafes of 
Greek, Arabic, and Syriac printing-types— ~ 
15. Fifteen ditto of modern types. 
In addition to thefe objects there are 
twenty three living animals. 
An Academy of the Fine Arts has been 
recently eftablithed in Paris by the bro- 
thers Piranefi, diltinguifhed arrifts of 
‘Rome, under the immedia‘e protection 
and patronage of the French Government. 
It is fituated in the ancient college of Na- 
varre.a large and {plendid building, which 
the Firft Conful has granted for the pur- 
poi of this eftablifhment ; and ison 4 very 
extenfive {cale, being divided into feven 
claffes, the produdti ns of which will form 
a new branch of -national induftfy and 
commerce. It has already attracted a con- 
fiderable number of artifts of diftinguifhed 
talents from-various parts of Europe, each 
of whom is at liberty to choofe the pur- 
fuit the beft adapted to the attainments 
he has acquired in the fine arts. 
In the firf clafs, paintings of every de- 
{cription, whether in oil, gouache, or 
aquatinta, are executed. Among thefe 
are comprehended hiftorical piftures, co- 
pies after the pictures of the beft matters, 
copies after paintings iz frefco, &c. 
The fecond clafs comprehends all kinds 
of fculpture, whether in marble or in any 
other iuoftance employed in {culpture ; 
Lift of New Publications. 
257 
models in plater of Paris or in terra cotta 3 
caffs in bronze, fiver, or gold; monu- 
ments; groups; ftatues; copies after 
Grecian and Roman antiques; bas-re- 
liefs; ornaments in the ftyle of thofe of 
Egypt, Greece, and Rome, in the times 
of the fplendour of the arts ; candelabres ; 
copies after the bronzes of Herculaneum, 
&c. 
In the third clafs all kinds of architec- 
ture, buildings, internal and external de- 
corations, models of the fine‘t ancient and 
modern monuments, &c. are executed. 
The fourth comprehends the execution 
of paintings of natural hiftory and land- 
fcapes. In the latter the fineft profpects 
in every known part of the globe are exe- 
cuted. 
Inthe fifth all kinds of engravings are 
performed, fuch as engravings of paint- 
ings and drawings of every defcription, of 
archite&ture, ornaments,decorations,ruims, 
landicapes, &c. 
In the fixth /eagliola are executed for 
the internal and external decoration of 
buildings, for chimnies, frizes, &c. 
The feventh and la& clafs comprehends 
the engraving of cameos and intaglios, 
imprefitons from the gems of all the Ca- 
binets of Europe, engraved fhells, &c. 
Three hundred pupils are to be diftri- 
buted among thefe fevenclafics, and three 
medals annually awarded to the pupils of 
each clafs, toexcite emulation. A library 
is forming, together with a printing- 
houfe, for the printing of all works rela- 
tive_to the fine arts. , 
ae 
LIST or NEW PUBLICATIONS in SEPTEMBER. ' 
gc As the List of New Publications, contained in the Monthly Magazine, is the 
ONLY COMPLETE LIST’ PUBLISHED, and consequently the only Lift 
that can be ufeful to the public for purpofes of general reference, it is requested 
that Authors and Publishers will continue to communicate Notices of their Works, 
(poft paid), and they will always be faithfulpinferted FREE of EXPENCE. 
a ASTRONOMY. 
The Celeftial Companion ; or, Projeétions 
in Plano of the Starry Heavens: accompa- 
nied by Obfervations explanatory of their 
Ule, and a Treatife containing the Elements 
of Aftronomy 5 the whole intended to facili- 
tate and promote the Study of that Science, 
by Robert Woolfey, Gent. 
DRA DLA. 
The Wife of a Miltitn, a Comedy, as 
performed at the Theatre Royal of Norwich, 
dc. by Francis Latham. 
ca EDUCATION. : 
Englifh Compofition in a Method entirely 
new, by the Rev. G. G. Scragg, 12mo. 177 
pages. 
GEOGRAPHY. 
An Epitome of Geography, arranged after 
a new Manner, and enlivened by References 
to Ancient and Modern Hiftory; fecond Edi- 
tion, ‘with confiderable Additions and Im- 
provements, by John Evans, A. M. 12mo. 
Geography for the Uie of Schoois: divided 
into three Parts: 1.aSynopfisof Geography, 
Kk 2 drawa 
