1803.] 
Latin; and to fum up all in a little— 
where this p2flion domineers, neither ho- 
nor nor virtue is able to ftand before it. 
The lion parting with his teeth and his. 
claws, ina compliment to his new mif- 
trefs, is no more than what we fee every 
day exemplified in the cafe of making 
over eftates and jointures, with the malice 
prepenfe all this while, of holding their 
rioles to the grindftone, and with the girl’s 
father here, of jilting them at lait.” 
Meflis. Boydell have juft publithed a 
large print of Mr. Kemble in the charader 
of Rolla, and one of the fame fize, of the 
fame adtor, in the charaéter of Hamlet ; both 
of them engraved from pictures painted 
by Laavrence, and engraved by Reynolds. 
Thefe two pittures muft be in the re- 
coileétion of many of our readers, and the 
prints are very finely engraved in mezzo- 
tinto. To the colieéiors of theatrical 
portraits they will be a véry great acqui- 
litions asthey are much fuperior to the 
generality of prints that have been. pub- 
“‘lifhed under that denomination. . 
As this is a time when almoft every citi- 
zen finds it requifite to devote fome part 
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of his time to the fludy, if not the prac 
tice, of military exercifes, Mr, Acker- 
mann has juft publifhed an elegant quarto 
volume,with prints and explanatory letter. 
prefs, entitled 
The Loyal Volunteers in their re[pettive Uniforms, 
foewing the different Attitudes of the Manual, 
Platoon, and Funeral Exercife. 
The whole is printed on fuperfine vel- 
lum paper, handfomely coloured and hot- 
prefled; the volunteers ftanding in different 
pofitions, with an engraved explanation of 
the motion under each plate. It comprizes 
a minute detail of the uniforms, mottos, 
and accoutrements, the fimes of their 
being firft inftituted, and the names of 
their commanding officers, with vari. 
ous other information relative to the fub- 
ject. 
‘The whole confifts of feventy-feven 
plates of infantry, and eight of cavalry, 
which not only exhibits the different 
uniforms of the numerous and _ loyal 
Volunteer corps, formed in and about 
London, but a reprefentation of the manual 
and platoon exercife, &c. &c. 
LIST or tHE NEW PUBLICATIONS in AUGUST, 
As the Listof New Publicatiens, contained in the Monthly Magazine, is the 
ONLY COMPLETE LIST’ PUBLISHED, and confequently the only one 
that can be ufeful tothe Public for purpofes of general reference 5 it is requested 
that Authors and Publifbers will continue to communicate Notices of their Works 
(poll paid), and they will always be faithfully inferted FREE of EXPENCE. 
ARCHITECTURE. 
AN Effay on Rural ArchiteCture, illuftrated 
with Original and Economical Defigns ; 
being an Attempt alfo to. refute by Anaiogy 
the Principles of Mr. Malton’s Effay on Cot- 
tage Architecture. To which are added, 
Hints for Rural Retreats, &c. and a Defign 
for the Naval Pillar. By Richard Elfam, 
Architeét, 2I" 2s, boards. 
ANTIQUITIES. 
Teftimonies of different Authors refpect- 
ing the Coloffal Statue of Ceres, placed in 
the Veftibule of the Public Library at Cam- 
bridge, July 18935; with an Account of its 
Removal from Eleufis. ts. 
ASTRONOMY, 
A Defence of the Divine Syftem of the 
World, which reprefents the Earth as being 
at Reft, and the Heavenly Bodies in Motion ; 
with a Demonftration of the Fallacy of the 
Solar Syftem of Pythagoras, Copernicus, 
and Newton, By Bartholomew Prefcot. 2s 64. 
. ' BIOGRAPHY. / 
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the 
Rev. Alexander Geddes, L.L D. 5 by John 
Mafon Good. With a Portrait of the Doc- 
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DRAMA. 
Obfervations on the Drama, witha View 
to its more beneficial Effe&ts on the Morals 
and Manners of Society ; by Edward Green, 
2s. 6d. 
EDUCATION. 
Progrefiive Exercifes, adapted to the Eton 
Accidence,—to be written or repeated while 
learning the Nouns and Verbs. ‘To which is 
added, an eafy Method toteach Boys to con- 
ftrue or tranflate from the Latin 3; with Ex- 
amples and Leflons, in which are introduced 
Fables and fhort Sentences, a compendious 
Heathen’ Mythology, and a Summary of 
Chriitian Faith and Duties. Crown 8vo. 2s,.6d. 
ftitched. ' 
HISTORY. 
The Hiftory of France, from the Year 
1790 to the Peace of Great Britain in 1802 5 
by john Adolphus, Efq. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 4s. 
boards, 
The 
