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case, and one on Accounts; a book re- 
presenting twelve «diferent sorts of Chi- 
nese Vessels; a fine Map of the Coun- 
try of China, ‘divided into compartments, 
elegantly delineated ; twenty-four origi- 
nal Drawings of Fruits and Flowers, with 
their names in the Chinese language ; one 
hundred Original Views of the Interior of 
China, with a great number of Figures, 
drawn by the best artists in China, with 
great taste and judgment, and very high- 
ly finished ; thirty-six Original ¢ and highly 
finished Drawings of the Nenbias, Cus- 
toms, and Trades of China; one hundred 
and ten superb Drawings of the finest 
Flowers and Plants of China, finished in 
the most chaste, ex ‘quisite, and masterly 
style, by the first artists of that country. 
A work, entitled the Medical Mentor, 
: Reflections on the History, Import- 
Bins Objects, and Difficulties of the 
Healing Art, has recently been put to 
press; it consists of aseries of Letters 
from an old pees to his son, during 
his College and other studies, preparatory 
to his engaging in the active duties of 
his profession, and comprizes a history of 
physic, a view of the present state of me- 
dicine and medical practitioners; an ac- 
count of the qualifications necessary for 
the profession, and a general view of the 
education and preparatory studies best 
adapted to qualify the pupil for the dis- 
charge of its duties. 
Mrs, Hatt has nearly ready for publi- 
cation a Manual of Botany and Vegetable 
Physiology, principally intended for the 
instruction of the female sex. 
The Medical and Chirurgical Society 
of London will shortly publish a small 
Selection of the most interesting Papers 
on Subjects relating to Medicine vand Sur- 
gery, which have been read at the meet- 
ings of the Society during the last two 
years. 
A Life of Luther, which is still a de- 
sideratum in British literature, is in great 
forwardness by Mr. Bower. In. this 
work it is proposed to exhibit a full and 
circumstantial account of the ‘great Re- 
former, and of the revolution which he 
accomplished. The original and volumi- 
nous records have been searched with the 
most indefatigable diligence, the writings 
of Luther have been analysed, the con- 
temporary history carefully studied, and 
such a body of information has been col- 
lected, as will, it is presumed, enable Mr. 
Fort to exhibit a more complete and 
resting picture of this extraordinary 
_ man “than has y¢t been presented to the 
~~ British public. 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
» Creation and Fall> we Man. 
(Feb. i, 
Dr. Uwrtws, of Aylesbury, intends 
shortly to publish a small tract, entitled 
Modern Medicine, which will contain 
a familiar explanation of the most promi- 
nent discoveries and doctrines that have 
conduced to the recent advancement of 
medical philosophy; a critical disquisi- 
‘tion on the mode in which medicine is 
cultivated and practised in the present 
period; and an inquiry how far the prin- — 
ciples upon which the healing art is found- 
ed, may with propriety constitute a sub- 
ject of unprofessional research, 
Mr. Samvet Dawnret proposes to pub- 
lish twelve Prints, from drawings made 
on the spot, representing the Native In- 
habitants, Scenery, and Animals of Cey- 
lon. 
The Rev. Cuarres Franets, rector of 
Miidenhall, is abeut to publish a sermon 
preached in the parish church of St. Pe- 
ter, Marlborough, in recommendation of 
the Union of the Dissenters, with the 
Church of England.- 
“A Familiar Introduction to Arts and 
Sciences, by the Rev. Thomas Regs, will 
shortly make its appearance. It will 
form one volume, and will comprise the 
fundamental principles of scientific know- ' 
ledge, simplified and adapted*to the capa- 
cities of children and youny persons, and 
it will be illustrated by a number of ap- 
propriate engravings. 
Mr. Cox is employed in preparing a 
new’and improved edition, in octavo, of 
his Life ef Lord Walpole. 
The Rev. Apam Crarxke, A. M, is re- 
printing Shuckford’s Sacred and Prefane 
History of the World, connected with the 
This work 
will be uniform with the new edition of 
Harmer’s Observations, and Prideaux’s 
Connection of the Old and New Testa- 
TCE, 3 recently published by him. 
- Dr. Suaw has in the press his Lectures 
on Nataral History, which he delivered , 
at the Royal Institution last year. They 
will be illustrated with plates. 
The entire works of Dryden, edited 
ute Ae Watter Scort, will very shortly. 
Ke their appearance: 
oe Carpenter, of Exeter, 1s prepar- 
ing for publication an Account of the 
Structure and Function of the Eye, prin- 
cipally intended to illustrate the argu- 
ment contained in the first and second 
chapters of Paley’s Natural | Theo- 
logy. | : 
Dr. Witi14m Burney, Master of the 
Naval Academy, Gosport, praposes to 
‘publish the Naval Memoirs of Great Bri- 
tain, extracted from the best amt 
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