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Win Jones has i’ the press, & work 
practi of the Four Gospels. 
A supplementary volume is about to 
appear of Birds to Barr’s Edition of But- 
‘fon. The proprietors of that werk have 
“engaged a literary gentleman to ‘collect 
all that bas been discovered in ornitho- 
logy of an. interesting nature, since the 
death of the illustrious Bi fon: and for 
-that purpose have procured the splendid 
edition of his works, lately eget by 
‘Sonnini, in 114 volumes, and selected | 
from it every article of importance. 
Mr. Souttey is engaged upon. a 
History of Brazil, which will be im- 
mediately. put to press.) It forms a part 
of mn History of: Portugal, on which 
he has been employed dining the last 
eight years. The best native “historians 
ot that kingdom have perceived the ne- 
cessity of arranging their national history 
‘under three distinet heads; Portugal, 
Portuguese Asia, and Brazil. These 
parts have no farther connection, than 
that.of relating to the same people, each 
forming in itself a complete whole. Ac- 
cording to chronological order, the Ilis- 
tory of Brazil would have‘been the last in 
the series, but as public curiosity is par-. 
ticularly directed towards that country, 
it has been thought proper to lay it Ha. 
fore the world with as little delay as pos- 
sible. A critical catalogue of all the au- 
“thorities printed “or manuscript, in the 
possession of the author, or to which he 
has had access, will be annexed to the 
work. j 
Dr... Grorcs ir wey, Bev e orks lias 
nearly ready for the press, Observations « 
on the Hydrargyria, or that peculiar spe- 
cies of eruptive disease which arises from 
sthe exhibition of mercury, to be illus- | 
trated with coloured’ engravings. This 
pubheation will contain all the mforma- 
tion on this singular and interesting dis- 
ease, which the ‘observations of those gen- 
tlemen whose attention has been particu- 
larly direeted to the subject, have at 
forded; besides avhat | tlie author was 
enabled to collect during an attendance 
of more than six yéars, on the West- 
moreiand Loek Hospital, Dublin. 
The second voluine of the History of 
Sussex, and the concluding volume of 
the History of Leicestershire, which were 
consnmed at the fire at’ Mr. Nichols’s, 
have again been put to press. 
Mir. ‘Dowovan has announced his in-~ 
rention of finally shutting up his Mluseum 
irom the public. His collection is un- 
Literary and Philosophical ‘Intelligence. 
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questionably the most complete that has 
ever been formed of the native eurio- 
sities of the British isles, and it is a sab= 
ject of regret that he has not met with 
suilicient encouragement to keep it open 
for the inspection of those who are ine 
terested in the natural dee of their 
country. 
Mr. Worpswortn will shortly put to 
press a new poem, under the title of The 
W lute Doe, or the Fate of the Nortons. 
Mr. ie, WILLIAMS, of Reading, is 
printing at his own private press a Cata- 
logue of British Plants, particularly point- 
ig otit their medical and economical uses. 
A Translation of Richard of Ciren- 
cester, on the Ancient State of Britain, 
with notes; a Commentary on the Roz 
meno Itinerary, and Remarks on the Bri- 
ushy Reads and Antiquities ;~ accom- 
panied by the original treatise De situ 
Britennie, trom the scarce work pub- 
lished by Professor Bertram, of Copen- 
hagen, will speedily make its appearance, 
The Rev. Jounson Gran is prepar=_ 
-ing for publication a Summary of the 
History of the English Church, with an 
Account of the Sects which have sepa- 
rated from it,'and Answers to the Tenets 
‘of each: -To this work the premium 
given by the Society of St. David’s for 
promoting Christian Knowledge’ _ 
Church Union, was adjudged. 
A new Translation of the ‘Venérable™ 
Bede’s Ecclesiastical History is prepar- 
ing for the press, by the Rev. J. Evans, | 
author of two Tours through North and 
-South Wales. The’ work “will he pre- 
ceded by an introductory Chapter on the 
State of Religion from the earliest Period. 
“in Britain, anterior to the commencement 
oftBede’s. wera, and a continuation from 
authentic documents down to the Nor= 
man conquest, so as to comprise a Com= 
plete view of the Anglo-Saxon church. 
Proposals have been ‘distributed for 
publishing by subscription, a new edition 
-df Ames’s Typographical. Antiquities, by 
“Herbert, greatly enlarged and corrected 
~b five quarto volumes, by the Rev. T. 
Fy Disprn.’ Td thig work the whole of 
Herbert will be reprinted, and his core 
rections and additions inserted in their 
proper piaces.. A great number of books 
will be mentioned which were,unknown 
to him, and of those that he has briefly_ 
and imperfectly noticed, the description 
will im general: be more ample and.ac- 
curate.- The notes biographieal and bib- 
Meerepenys are intended to be copious. 
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