248 
Dr. ARNOLD, of Leicefter, intends to 
peblifh immediately a new and enlarged 
edition of his Treatife on Infanity, which 
has been cut of print many years, and had 
become very fcarce. 
Mz. CHARLES BELL’S new work on 
the Anatomy of Expreffion in Painting is 
nearly ready for publication. The con- 
tents are as follow ; 
1. Of the Ufes of Anatomy to the Pain- 
-ter 3 of the Study of the Antique ; and of 
the Academy Figure. 
2. Of the Skull; of the Diftin@iens of 
Character in different Ages; comparifon of 
the Antique with Natural Charaéter. 
3. and 4. Of the Mufcles of the Face in 
Man and Animals. 
5. Of the Expreffion of Paffion, as illuf- 
trated by a Comparifon of the Mafcles of the 
Face in Man and Animals 3; of the Mufcles 
peculiar to Man, and their Effects in beltow- 
ing Human Expreffion. 
6. Of the individual Paffiens, and of the 
Aétion of the Mufcles exprefiive of thefe 
Paflions ; of the Expreffion of Madnefs as dif- 
tinguifhed from Paffion. . 
7. General View of the Economy of the 
Human Body as it relates to Expreffion in 
Painting. 
The fubdje&ts are illuftrated by Sketches 
of the Bones and Mufcles ; of the Forms 
of the Head ; of the Expreffion of the 
Face in the feveral Paffions. 
In the courfe of April will be publithed 
an Inquiry into the Invention of the Life- 
Boat, including Remarks on Mr. Great- 
head’s Report of the Evidence and other 
Proceedings in Parliament refpecting it, 
with a Defeription of the Boat, the Prin- 
ciples of Conftruction, &c. 3 to which 
are added, Authentic Documents never 
before publifled, which tend to fet afide 
Mr. Greathead’s Claim to the Invention ; 
by W. A, Haixs, of Newcaiile-upon- 
Tyne. 
A work upon the Caufe and Treatment 
of the Gout, by the iate Dr. Hamit- 
Ton of Lynn, Author cf Oblervations 
on Scrophulous Affe€tians, Marfh Remic- 
tent Fever, &c., is in the prefs. This 
work contains much new matter upon the 
mature and crigin of that veriatile difeafe 
the gout, and a fuccefsful mode of treat- 
ing it, experienced in the author’s own 
ferfon. 
~ Dr. Wittiam Nzitson propofes to 
publith by fubferipticn an Introduétion 
to the liihh Language. The work is di 
vided into three parts, viz. 1. An original 
and very comprehenfive Irith Grammar ; 
Ii, Familiar Phrafes, and Dialogues on a 
great variety of fubjeéts; III. Extracts 
irom approved Books in the Iruh Charace 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
[ April t, 
ter; and a Fac-fimile of a fine old Mas 
nufcript ; with Explanations, and Engliffs 
Tranflations. Dr.N hasalfenearly rea- 
dy for the prefs an Irifh DiGtionary, which 
he intends to publifh immediately after 
the Introda&tion. 
Mr. Ewnsor, 
known in the literary world for a Treatife 
on Morals, is about to publith a work, in 
two volumes oftavo, intitld The In- 
dependent Man, or an Effay on the For- 
maticn and Developement of thofe Prin- 
ciples and Faculties of the Human Mind 
which conftitute Moral and Intellectual 
Excellence. 
Mr. Hayvey will publith in a few 
days, under the title of ‘* Supplementary 
Pages to the Life of Cowper,” an Appen- 
dix to the former volumes, containing: 
Letters, &c., of Mr. Cowper. 
Mr. Le MaisTre has ready for publi- 
‘cation Travels in France, Italy, and Ger- 
many. 
Mr. Matuus has publithed a Reply 
to ali thofe that have attempted to cavil at 
the principles inyeftigatéd and defended in 
his elaborate work on population. 
At the anniverfary meeting of the High- 
land Society of Scotland, Sir Joun SINn- 
CLair laid on the table the prinied theets 
cf a large portion of the Poems of Offian 
in the original Gaelic, with a Latin 
Traaflation. The whole ef this work 
will be completed in about two months. 
Mr. Joun Finxuay, author cf Wal- 
lace, is preparing for publication a Seleca 
tion of Scottifh Hiftorical Ballads, with 
Tlufrations. 
Mr. Peat propofés to publifh a Trea- 
tife on Colours and Colouring, containing 
a detail of the analyfis of colours in ge- - 
neral, explrining the defeéts of fome, and 
a gentleman already 
effential parts of others, with directions | 
for their preparation and ufe. . 
The Society of Antiquaries at Perth 
have appointed a Committee to examine 
their Pepers, and fele€t materials for a 
volume, which is to be printed in a ftyle 
fuited to the importance of its contents. 
Mr. Joun Jackson has invented a hos 
rizontal windmill upon anew conftruction, 
the principles of which may be applied to 
water-wheels. The principal preperties 
peculiar to this contrivance are, 2. That 
it is equally adapted to turn an axle in 
any politicon, and in either element ; 
2. The facility with which it may be fet 
to the wind, have its power regulated, 
fiopt, or made to turn in a contrary di- 
rection 3.3. With a vertical axle it will 
not 
fhape or height, 
Dr. 
require a building of any particular 
