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Mr. Surnr’s new novel, named the 
Romance of the Times, w illappear about 
Christmas. 
Mr. James Jounson, of Lancaster, is 
preparing for publication, in a quarto 
volume, the History and Antiquities of 
the Hundred of Lonsdale, including the 
stations of Lancaster and Overbo- 
rough. 
A New Gardener's Galendan or Month- 
ly Directory of Operations in every 
branch of Horticulture, by Mr. Watrer 
Nicor, will speedily make its appear- 
ance, in an octavo volume. 
Mr. Macrartane has in the press, a 
Report of the Agriculture of Siberia, in 
one octavo volume, with plates. 
The Genealogy of the Earls of Suther- 
jand, from the origin of that house to the 
year "4630, with the History of the Nor- 
thern parts of Scotland, during that pe- 
viod, by Sir RoperT Gorpon ; and con- 
tinued to the year 1651, by GiLperr 
-Gorpon, is in the press. The while 
has been cagefully transcribed, by per- 
mission of the Marchioness of Stafford, 
from the orginal manuscript, preserved 
at Dunrobin Castle; and wall form a 
handsome folio volume. 
The complete works of Gawin 
Doveras, Bishop of Dunkeld, now first 
colleeted, with historical and critical dis- 
sertations on his Lite and Writings, notes 
and a glossary by Lord Glenbervie, will 
soon appear in four volumes octavo. 
The Rev. H. Baxer, of the British 
Museum, will soon publish, in a quarto 
volume, an edition of Wickliffe’s Version 
of the New Testament, with a Life of 
that celebrated reformer, and an Essay 
on the Anglo-Saxon and English ‘Trans- 
lations of the Scriptures, previous to the 
fifteenth century. 
The Rev. Jamrs Parsons has under- 
taken to publish the remaining Collec- 
tions of the Septuagint, prepared by the 
late Dr. Hotmes. 
Mr. Ropert{CivtTErnuck is enga- 
zed in collecting and arranging mater vals 
for a History of Ilertfordshire, taking 
Chaungey for his guide. 
The Second +olume of Manning’s 
History of Surrey, will be published in a 
few days. 
The Rev. W. Warp, of Diss, has in 
the press, the first volume of the Falfil- 
ment of the Revelation, or Prophetic 
History of the Declension and Lesto- 
ration of the Christian Church. 
A work which cannot fail to. prove 
highly interesting to lovers of the fine 
arts, is in considerable forwardness. It 
will consist of thirty engraved portraits 
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of some of the females most distinguished 
at the present day for beauty, rank, and 
fashion, It is intended to appear in five 
parts, and isto be entitled, Beauties of 
the Reign of George ILI. "The portraits 
are painted by Mrs. Mes, and will be 
engraved by artists of the first eminence. 
They will be accompanied with biogra- 
phical accounts, forming together a most 
magnificent folio volume. 
A Collection of Tales, selected and 
translated from the works of Wieland, 
Schiller, Meissner, and other celebrated 
German writers,in ee volumes small o¢- 
tavo, will speedily make their ‘appearance. 
Mr. Grorce Lampe has in the press, 
The Mysteries of Ferney Castle; in four 
volumes. , 
A Companion to Miss Byron’s Celia 
in Search of a Husband, will soon appear, 
under the title of Celia Suited; and con- 
tain Sketches of modera female habits 
and manners. 
Karly in next month, Dr. Buxton will 
publish An Essay ou the Use of a revu- 
lated Teraperature in Winter Cough and 
Consumption; including Observations on 
the different methods of producing such 
a temperature in the chambers of in- 
lids. : 
Mr. B. Cook, od Birmingham, con- 
sidering the superior advantage which 
would result from a discovery of some. 
method of providing security against 
fires within doors, conceives that this de- . 
sirable end, might be in a great measure, 
answered by the introduction of iron 
stair-cases, Common ones, he thinks, 
might be afforded as cheap as any kind 
of wood; or where ornament is required 
they might be made quite as elegant and 
handsome as those of the most costly 
materials. He also sugvests the forining 
of the joists, rafters, and beams, which 
might be cast hollow, of the same metal; 
by which means, lire could not be easily 
communicated from one room to another. 
The annualcourses of Lectures at the 
Surrey Institution, Blackfriars Bridge, 
commenced on the Sist ult. at the house 
of the institution; and will be continued 
every succeeding ‘Tuesday aud Thursday 
evenings, at Seven o’clock, during the 
season: viz. Chemistry and Mineralogy, 
by Mr. Accum; Masic, by Mr. 'S. WeEs- 
LEY); Experimental Philosophy, by Mr. 
Jackson; and Physiology with Experi- 
ments, by Dr. Davis. 
We are informed by a respectable een. 
tleman, of Bervie, that the London Com- 
pany, who have the Duke of Gordon’s 
forests on lease, have determined to try 
the expertment of tar making, 1 in the ex- 
tensive 
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