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1805.] 
Mr. MeYwer, of Bath, is about to 
publith a fmall Sele&tion of his own Fu- 
gitive Pieces, under the title of Poetic 
Paftime; or, Journey of Life, in one 
volume. 
Mr. JoHN BriTTON announces the firk 
part of a new work, entitled the Architec- 
tural Antiquities of Great Britain, dif- 
played in a Series of feleét Engravings, 
reprefenting the moft beautiful, curious, 
and inrerefling ancient edifices of this 
country ; with an hiftorical and defcrip- 
tive account of each fubjeét. Each part 
will contain fix, feven, or eight engravings, 
with letrer- prefs defcriptions of each fub- 
je&t. Four of the plates will be engraved 
in the beft flyle, from highly finifhed 
drawings ; and the others will be princi- 
pally illuitrative details of the former, and 
executed in a ftyle to correfpond with the 
refpective fubjects. 
It has often been remarked that, during 
the lait half century, while the praétice of 
mechanics, and the ftruéture and operas 
tion of machines, have received fuch valu- 
able improvements, we have only bad one 
Treatife (that by Emerfon) into which we 
can look for information on the theory and 
the actual conftru&tion of machinery. Mr. 
Grecory, of the Royal Military Acade- 
may, Woolwich, has endeavoured to fup- 
__ply the deficiency juft adverted to, and has 
“now in the prefs a General Treatife of Me. 
chanics, which is intended to be com- 
prifed in two volumes, oftavo. The firft 
volume will be devoted chiefly to the theo- 
ry, and will be divided into five bocks, 
under the feveral heads of Statics, Dyna- 
mies, Hydroftatics, Hydrodynamics, and 
Pneumatics. The fecond volume will be 
chiefly appropriated to the defcription 
of machinery ; and will commence with 
fome practical remarks on the appli- 
cation, improvement, and fimplifica- 
tion of mechanical ccntrivances, on 
frition, the ftiffnefs of ropes, the en- 
ergy of different firft movers, &c, 
Thefe will be followed by accounts, ar- 
ranged alphabetically, of about one hun- 
dred of the moft curious, ufeful, and im- 
portant machines. In this latter part, Mr. 
Gregory has been promifed the afliftance 
of fome celebrated civil engineers ; and 
the alphabetical arrangement (the only un- 
finifhed part of the work) will be com- 
pleted in the courfe of the month of July, 
when he hopes he fhall have received the 
communications of thefe gentlemen, or 
of any others who may favour “him with 
defcriptions of new and uteful machines. 
"The work is intended to be publithed be- 
fore the end of the prefent year. 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
491 
Mr. Roperpeau of Portfmouth (au- 
thor of Fugitive Verfe and Profe, &c.) 
is preparing for the prefs, his tragic dra- 
ma of Thermopyle, or Repulfed Invafion, 
which has been(laft month)reprefented four 
nights at the Gofport Naval Academy, 
with the higheft applaufe. It is princi- 
pally founded on Glover’s Epic Poem of 
Leonidas, with large additions to the ftory. 
Mr. T. W. Wituiams, the barrifter, 
and author of the whole Law rela‘ive to 
the Duty and Office cf a Jutftice of the 
Peace, is preparing for publication, in one 
volume, oétayo, a-complete Practical ' 
Digett of Parifh Laws, which willin future, 
in fome degree, obviate the expence which 
has hitherto been impofed on Magiitrates, 
from the neceffity of their purchafing re- 
iterated editions of more voluminous 
works to acquire, from time to time, a cor- 
reé&t knowledge of new ftatuies, and the 
variations in feffions-cafes ; this volume 
will be publifhed early inthe enfuing ycar. 
In a few weeks will be publithed, a 
work entitled, Obfervations on the 
Simple Dyfentery, and its Combinations ; 
containing a review of the moft celebrated 
authors who have written on that fubjects 
and alfo an inveftigation into the fource 
of contagion in that and fome other 
difeafes. Previous to its publication, a 
profpe&tus of the work may be had gratis 
of all the medical bookfellers. This fub- 
je&t, has, we underftand, long engaged 
the attentionof Dr. HARTY. 
Mr. Parkinson, of Hoxton, has a 
work in the prefs on the Gout, in which 
he purpofes to confider of the modes re- 
commended for the cure of thisdifeafe, and 
to offer fome remarks on itsnatureandorigin, 
Mr. WiLtLiaMm Lucas is engaged ina 
Work on Duelling, comprifing arguments 
for and again duelling ; and attempting 
to prove, that it is a barbarous cultom, 
which had its origin in fuperitition, and 
is, at prefent, cherifhed only by oftenta- 
tion or revenge, equaliy unworthy of a 
great mind, an enlightened age, and a 
civilized country. 
Propofals have juft been iffued by the 
Rev. Samuet Burner, of St. Albans, 
to publith by fub{cription, in two volumes, 
ofiavo, a work entitled, Oriental Cuf- 
toms, or an IJluftration of the Sacred 
Scriptures, by an explanatory Application 
of the Cuftoms and Manners of the Eaftern 
Nations. A very large edition of the 
firft volume of this work was publifhed 
about three years ago; the fecond is en. 
tirely new, and may be fubicribed for fe. 
parately by the purchafers of the former 
part. 
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