1804.] 
the winter-feafon. Mr. Thelwall pur- 
pofes to eftablith in London, a Seminary 
for the Inftruétion of Perfons -who are af- 
Ai&ed eicher with Naturalor-with Habitual! 
Impediments; and to give Private Inftruc- 
tions in the different Branches of Elocu- 
tion—Reading, Récitation, and Oratory. 
We are enabled to ftare, that the new 
Planet decribed in the news Papers, as 
having been recently difcovered by Dr. 
“OLBERS has not yet been feen in England ; 
and the aftronomers of this country con- 
fider the paragraph to be a fabrication. 
A Mr. GELL has advertifed a new 
work, on the fubjeét of the well known 
work, by Mr. ‘Cheval'er, relative to the 
Ecite of Troy, The fubje&t appeared to 
be exhaufted by various writers ; but it is 
ftated, that Mr. Gell has colleSted fome 
facts that are likely to intereitmany lovers 
of claffical ansiquities. 
For feveral months paft preparations 
have been making for a new Periodical 
Work, upon a plan at once fo novel and 
‘ interefting, as to challenge the atiention 
of all patrons of literature It is intend- 
ed to publith, monthly, a General Hiftory ; 
or, Colle&tion of New ‘Voyages and Tra - 
vels: to confit of the Productions of 
eminent Modern Travellers in every quar- 
ter of the globe. One feature of the 
work will be, that-a confiderable portion 
of each volume will confit of Voyages 
and Travels which have never before been 
publithed, and the copyright of which will 
belong exclufively to the undertaking in 
queftion. It will alfo contain Tranfla- 
tions of the Works of celebrated Travel- 
Jers from every European language, and 
a full analyfis of all intereRing publica- 
tions of this class, which may hencefcr- 
ward appear in our own country, but ina 
form too expenfive for general circula- 
ticn. 
The Rev. Rocer Kincpon has in the 
prefs, a work onthe Authenticity, Uncor- 
rupted Prefervation, and Credibility, of 
the Books of the New Teftament ; tranf- 
lated from the German of Di. Lefs, late 
Profeffor at Gottingen. . 
Dr. Harninc Ton has now in the preis, 
to be ready in June or July, a Complete 
Overthrow of the French Theory of Che- 
miftry ; proving its unftable principles, 
upon the moft clear and fatisfaory evi- 
dence. 
The ‘** Dance of Death,’’ a fubjeé& 
confidered by Houpein worthy of his 
pencil, will be republifhed in the conrle of 
the prefent month, with the thirty origi- 
‘nal Etchings, by Hotyar, 
The Court Companion and Peetage 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
467 
Direftory, a work that will be very ufeful 
in the beau monde, will be ready betore 
the king’s birth-day. It will be accom- 
panied by a fhort Introduction to Heraldé 
ry, the Arms of the Nobility, and feveral 
ufeful Lists of Tables. 
An entertaining book on the various 
Qualifications of the Deg, ts nvarly ready 
for publication, illuftrated by a great num- 
ber of curious anecdotes of that trully 
animal, by Mr. JosepyH Taytor. 
The numerous MSS. collected by the late 
Rev. James GrancGer, Vicar of Ship- 
lake, in Oxfordfhire, for a continuation of 
his Biographical Hiftery of England, we 
underftand, are now under revition by the 
Rev. M. Nosiz, F. A. S. L. and E.— 
One volume, containing the Reigns of 
King William and Mary and of Queen 
Ann, will be publifhed with all conven- 
ent fpced. ‘The continuation will come 
down to the end of King George IT. 
The Anti-Corfican; or, War ‘of Li- 
berty ; a feries of Letters addrcfled to the 
Inhabitants of the Unired Empire, and 
firft publifhed inthe Star, under the figna- 
ture of Galgacus, is in the prefs, and will 
be publifhed in a .few days. Thefe ps- 
triotic and well written letters have been 
colle&ted into one publication, to gratify 
the wifhes of numbers who had not been 
able to procure copies of the papers in 
which they firft appeared. 
The amateurs of fine printing may now 
be.gratified with copies «f the Philofophi- 
cal Magazine, printed on royal paper, 
and embellifhed with proof tmpreffions of 
the plates, which are chiefly by Lowry, 
and fuperior to any thing of thé kind ever 
before given in a periodical publication, 
Only about 50 copies have been printed 
off on the large paper, ard they have not 
made their appearance fooner, becaule the 
idea of printing a few fine copies did not 
occur till after the 8th number was pub. 
Iifhed. : 
Mr. Byervy has in the prefs a work 
under the title of Continental Sketches, 
comprizing a portrait of Revolutionary 
Holland, and an Effay on the Ancient and 
~ Modern Hillories of the Low Countries, 
and an Enquiry into the Political and 
Commercial Interefts of the Dutch. 
Miis Hamitton has another work 
ia great forwardnefs. 
Mr. GsemtincHam, Mr. CLarke, 
Mr. HoLpEen, and Mr. PALMER are 
Candidates for the Arabic Profefforthip, 
vacant by the deathof Profeflor CaRLisun. 
The Oriental languages are now much 
in fafhion at Cambridge. 
An Analyfis of Dr. PaLtzy’s Natural 
ce ae Theology, 
