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’ Descriptions Historical and. Architectural, 
ot splendid Palaces, and celebrated Build- 
ings, English and Foreign, with Biogta- 
phical notices of their Founders or Build- 
ers, and other eminent persons. This 
work, printed in quarto, will be compi ised 
in, six monthly parts, and embellished 
with highly-finished engravings by Storer; 
Porter, and other eminent artisis. 
Mr. Wriiiamson, of the Inner Tem- 
ple, has a Treatise ready for publication, 
entitled, A Companion and Guide to the 
Laws of England.; comprising the most 
useful and interesting heads of the law; 
viz. the whole law relating to. parish 
matters, bills of exchange,and promissory 
notes, wills, executors, landlord and te- 
nant, trade, nuisance, master and servant, 
jurors, carriers, bankruptcy, apprentices, 
gaming, &c. &c. to which isadded asum- 
mary of the Laws of London. 
An Irish gentiemairof rank, who lately 
spent three yearsin London, is preparing 
for publication, a Series of Letters to his 
Father in Ireland, containing the secret 
history of the British Court and Metro- 
polis, and said to illustrate, with singular 
ability, the state of modern manners and 
society. 
The Rev. Epwarp Varpry, author of 
Flegantie Lating, is preparimg a new 
edition of that scarce and very useful 
work, Robertson’s Phrase Book, with 
alterations and improvements; in which 
it is intended tu modernise the obsolete 
English phrases, and to introduce, be- 
sides known and common idioms, every 
word which may be susceptible of varia- 
tion and elegance. 
Mr. W. Warp, lecturer on experi+ 
rimental chemistry, bas in the press, . 
a Dictionary of Chemistry and Mine- 
ralogy, which will speedily make its 
appearance, in one volume, illustrated 
with plates. 
The Rev. Josrpr Wrtsex is preparing 
for the press, an Introduction to Butler’s 
Analogy, in a series of Letters to a Stue 
dent at the University. 
The Rev-Grorce WHITTAKER, master 
ef the grammar school in Southampton, 
wili in a few days publish a work designe 
- ed for the use of junior boys in classical 
schools; entitled Exempla Propria, or 
English Sentences, translated trom the 
best Roman writers, and adapted to the 
rutes in syntax; to be again translated 
into. the Latin language. 
The second edition of M. Gener, ora 
Selection of Letters, by the Rev. Jouwn 
Aucxersy, of West Calder, is in the 
press, and will be published ‘in a few 
Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 
[July 1, 
days. The editor of this work intends to — 
continue it im quarterly numbers, the 
first of which will appear in August next. 
The Peerage of Scotland, by Sir Ro- 
Bert Dove as, of Glenbervie, Bart. 
continued to the -present ume, by J. P. 
Woop, Esq. in @ vols. is in the press. "The 
first edition of this work, the result of the 
most assidveus application for many 
years, and.a painful enquiry into the pub-. 
hic records and ancient chartularies, pub- 
lished in 1764, having become extremely 
searee ; the editor has made every en- 
deavour to obtain accurate information, 
m order to complete and correct: the 
work to the present time. 
A. Translation of Laborde’s View of 
Spain, composing a descriptive itinerary, 
or topographical delineation of eacly pro- 
vince, and a general. statistical aceount - 
of the country, will shortly appear. 
Mr. James Warprop, Fellow of the 
Royal College of Surgeons, and of the 
Royal Society of Edinburgh, has in the 
press, Observations on the Fungus He- 
inatodes, or Soft Cancer. It contains 
the history and appearance, on dissection, - 
of that disease, im several of the most 
important organs of the body, illustrated 
by cases and plates, 
A Treatise on the Diseases and Ma- 
nagement ef Sheep, with introductory 
Remarks on their Anatomical Structure, 
and an Appendix containing Documents, 
exhibiting the value of the Merino Breed, 
and their progress in Scotland, will:soon 
appear trom the pen of Sir George Stewe 
art Mackenzie, of Coul, Bart.. 
Sir Brooxs Boorusy, Bart. has in the 
press, the English sop, a collection of 
fables, ancient and modern, in verse, 
translated, imitated, and original, in two 
post octavo volumes, | 
The Rev. Mervitte Horye, Minister 
of Christ Church, Macclesfield, will 
shortly publish in a duedecima volume, . 
An Investigation of the Definition of 
Justifying Faith, the Damnatory Clause 
under which it is enforced, and the Doc- 
trine of a direct Witness of the Spirit, 
held by Dr. Coxe, and other methodist 
preachers. : . . 
Mr. Watter Nicow i§ preparing a 
work entitled, The Villa-Garden Direc- — 
tory, or Monthly Index of Work to be 
done in Town and Villa-Gardens, Shrub- 
beries, and Parterres; with Hints on the 
‘Treatment of Shrubs and Flowers usually 
kept in the Green Raom,the Lobby, and 
Drawing Room, 1 og 
Mr. Anpersen, author of a Tour in 
Zealand, is preparing for publication, A 
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