Retrospect of Domestic Literature~Miscellanies. 
Tn this class also we shall place Parlia- 
mentary Logic: to which are subjoined two 
Speeches, delivered in the House of Com- 
mons of Ireland, and other Pieces ; by the 
Right Honourable. Witttam Geran 
Ifanre TON, with an Appendix, containing 
Considerations on the Corn Laws, by 
SamurL Jonson, LL.D. never before 
printed. Ot the Tracts which compose 
the volume; we certainly preter rhe 
last, which adds one more to the many 
specimens of Johnson’s Commpashensive 
powers. 
The Second Part of the Philosophical 
Transactions tor 1809, containsseventeen; 
papers. Of these the following will be 
found the most important, 
X. “ On Platina and native Palladium 
from Brazil; by Wiiiram Llyps WoL- 
Laston, M.D. Sec. R.S.” ig 
XI. “ An Anatomical Account of the: 
Squalus Maximus (of Linneus), which 
in the structure of its stomach, forms an 
intermediate link m the gradation of 
animals ,between. the whale tribe. and 
cartilaginous fishes. By EvErano llome, 
Esq.” i if 
ATLL. “On an Improvement: in the 
minner of dividing Astronomical Instru- 
ments. By Llexnry Cavenpisu, Esq: - 
XXIV. On the Exiect-of W esterly 
Winds in raising the level of the British 
Channel; ina Letter to the Right sates 
Sir Joseph Bankes, Bart. K. B. by JaME 
RENNELL » Esq. 
XXVIE. “New Analytical Researches 
on the Nature of certain Bodies, being. 
an Appendix to the Bakerian Lecture for - 
1808, by Llumeury Davy, Esq.Sec.R.S., 
The plates which accompany this pare 
are twelve in number.- 
From Mr.Tayror’s Elements of the true 
Arithmetic of Infinities, “it will be found 
that the Doctrine of Infinite Series, as 
wultivated by mathematicians of the pre- 
sent day, is not to be employed in ac-. 
curate demonstrations, however usetul 
it may be for practical purposes. For 
it is here demonstrated, that the frac ; 
uons, trom the expansions of which in- 
fiuite series a 
curately to each other 
to another finite number. And it ‘is 
likewise shewn in a variety of mstances,. 
that an infinite series of an 1ehnitely: 
repeating decimal], 1s less than an’ infinite 
series of the vulgar fraction, of which 
the infinite repetends are the decunal,. 
by the vulgar. fraction itself” Such 
is the nature of the’l reatise, as explained. 
in the author's preface. 
Lhe Descriptize Cutalogue of the Ort- 
re produced, are not. ac-" 
as one finite, 
667 
ental Library of the late Tippoa Sultan of 
Mysore, by My. STEWART, is one of the 
most intercsting publications we have 
for.a long time seen. Prefixed are Me- 
moirs of Hyder Aly Khan and his Son. 
‘Lhe library consisted of nearly 2000 
volumes, of Arabic, Persian and Hin dp 
Gor Hingustany) manuscripts in all the 
various branehes of Mohammedan Lite- 
ratare. Many of these were beautifully 
writte en, and highly ornamented ; but a 
great portion were in bad condition, and 
cero having last both the first and last | 
pages, it was extremely diflicult to dis- 
cover the author, or the period i in which 
they were composed. 
..“ Very few of these books te been 
purchased cither by ’ Tippoo or lis fa- 
ther. - ‘Vhey were part. of the plunder 
brought from Sanoeor, Caddapah, and the 
Carnatic. Some et “them shad formerly 
belonged to the. Mohammedan kines of 
Bijapore ; and Golcondah; but the g greater 
niunber had beea the property ‘of the 
Nabob- Nesir Addowleh Aba al Vahib 
Khan, brother of Mohammed Aly of 
the Car natic, and were taken by Hyder im 
the fort of Chitore, during the year 1789. 
“ All the volumes that hud been re- 
hound at Seringapatam have the names 
of God, Mohammed, his | daughter Pa~ 
timali, and her sons, Hassen ‘and Hus 
sein, stamped in a medaliion. on the 
middle of the cover; and the names ep 
the four first Khalits, Abu Beker, O1ar, 
Osinan,, and Aly, on the four corners. 
oe 
At the top is “ Sirkari Khodadad,” (the 
government given by. God); and at the 
bottom, « Allah Katy” (God is sufficient). 
A few were impressed with the private 
signet, “ Typ Sultan.” The tepi¢s of 
these were, 1n general, either Theology , 
or Sufyism, mich were ‘his favourite stu- 
dies, But the Sultan was ambitious ‘of. 
being an author; and, although we. have. 
not discovercd any ‘complete work of 
his composition, not less than sory Ae 
books;on different subjcets, were eitlye 
‘composed, or translated. from other rch 
guages, under his unmediate. patronage 
or inspection....Im most ofthese, his in- . 
tolerance and aversion to all Christians | 
and Hindus are strongly: marked.” . + 
Snch is Mr. Stewart’s own account of. 
the Library. 
The following is the Tab ic of Comtents. 
History. 118 Books, Pexsian andy’ 
Arabic, , 
~Suryism. 4115 Books, paeen and 
Arabic. vr j 
Etnics, 24 Books, Persian and. 
Arabic.. 
PorTRY. 
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