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The fame gentleman is about to pub- 
Hith a Tranilation of the Memoirs of Join- 
ville, who was contemporary with Louis 
the IXth., and accompanied that Mo- 
narch in his famous expedition into Egypt. 
Et is to be hoped that the recent dettruc- 
tion of this gentleman’s beautiful villa, 
at Hafod, will not diminifh his ardour 
in his intereiling literary purfuits. 
Mr. Smarv’s new Tranflation of Gil 
Blas, accompanied by ONE HUNDRED 
engravings, will be ready in a few days. 
Mr..Raymonp, author of the Life of 
Dermody, is preparing a complete edition 
of the Poetical Works of that wonderful, 
but unfurtunate youth. . 
A Catalague Raifonnée is in the prefs, 
of the Library of the late Sultaun Tip- 
poo. Saib, which, after his death, was 
conveyed entire from Seringapatam to 
the College at Calcutta. It confifted of 
upwards of 2000 manuicripts, in the Ara- 
bic, Perfian,and Hindooftanee languages, 
many of them highly curious. 
Mr..Girrorp, the tranilator of Juve- 
nal, and editor of Maffinger, 1s. engaged 
i an edition of the works,of Ben Jon{on. 
The new edition of the Bible, with an- 
notations by Dr, Grecory, and fuperb 
engravings trom the works ef the great 
Mafters, will not make its appearance till 
the ift. day of January, 1808. 
Among the other abfurdities of the ad- 
mirers of black letter, and of the literary 
petits-maitres who give enormous prices 
for ufelefs books, a “ modern antique” 1s 
announced im a fuc-fimile reprint of the 
firft folio edition of the Works of Shakef- 
peare, in which it is childithly boatted 
that the type and paper are exactly to cor- 
refpond with that of the muity original! 
Mr. Woot. announces a fecond quarto 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
[May fy 
contains. (fays Mr, Wilfon) two para- 
graphs, which profefs to convey informa="’ 
tion upon the art of Steréofype printipg, - 
and upon the improvements introduced 
by Lord Stanhope in the confruction of 
printing prefles. In this itatement there . 
are feveral miftakes, calculated to millead 
the public mind. It is due from me, 
not to the Book/ellers of London particu- 
larly, but to the Bookfellers, and to the 
Printers too, of England, Scotland, and 
Treland, to the Mafters of public Schools 
and private Seminaries, to the Governors 
of Inftitutions for the gratuitous circula- 
tion of books, to all perfons interefted in 
the faithful and economical education of 
youth of both fexes, and in general toe 
the whole literary world,—it is due frony 
me to bring forward fomething more than 
bare affertion upon the prefeut occafion ; 
to tate what really are the advantages 
pecuhar to Stereotype Printing, which I 
prefume I am rather better qualified to do 
than are thofe perfons who know nothing 
of the fubject. The advantages ariling 
from an app¥cation of the Stereotype 
invention to the manufa¢ture of books, 
are not confined to any particular de- 
partment of the printing. bufinefs. In 
every department of expenditure theyare 
as felf-evident as profitable, and need 
only to be mentioned to be well under- 
fiood. Jn the firft place, the wear of move- 
able types, in Stereotyping, doesnot ex- 
ceed 5]. per cent. of the heavy expence 
incurred by the old method of printing. 
—2dly. The expenditure upon compo- 
fition and reading is nearly the fame by 
both methods, for a f&rft edition : but this 
preat expenfe muft be repeated for every 
fucceeding edition from moveable types ; 
whereas, by the Stereotype plan it ceafes 
on the fubje¢t of the Life and Writings of ,for ever.—Sdiy. The expence of Stereotype 
Dr. Jofeph Warton. 
Mr. Witson, the proprietor of the- 
Stereotype Office, in Duke-ftreet, Lin- 
coln’s-Inn-Fields, having favoured us wath 
fome particulars relative to the art of 
Stereotype printing, in contradiétion to 
the fiatement made in our laft number, 
we feel great pleafure in laying fome ex- 
traGts from his communication before our. 
readers. We are: concerned that’ Mr. 
Wilfon’s paper came te hand fo late as 
to prevent its appearance in the part of 
our Magazine devoted to original corre- 
{pondence,and we hope that his argumeuts 
will not appear to have fuffered from the 
curtailment which has been neceffary 
to adapt them to their prefent place. 
“The firft column of the Varieties of 
your laft publication (No. 155), p. 264, 
plates, when 1 am employed to caft them, 
is not 20]. per cent. of that of moveable 
type pages.—4thly. Theexpenditure upon 
poper and prefs-work is the fame by both 
methods ; but itis fict incurred atthé fame 
time. ‘The old method requires an ad- 
vance of capital for a confumption of 
four years; whereas, by Stereotype, half 
a year’s ftock is more than fufficient, It 
follows, therefore, that 1241. per cent. of 
the capital hitherto employed in paper 
and pre{s-work is fully adequate to meetan 
equal extent of fale-—5thly. A fire-proof 
room will hold Stereotype plates of 
works, of which the dead {tock in printed 
paper would require a warehoufe twenty 
times the fize; and thus warehoufe-rent 
nd infurance are faved; with the ad~ 
ditional advantage, in cafe of ee by 
We 
