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ROPOSALS have been circulated for 
printing by fubfcription, under the 
patronage of the Council of the College 
of Fort-William, and of the Afiatic So- 
ciety, the original text, carefully collated 
with the moft authentic manuf{cripts, of 
“‘ the Ramayunu,’’ a celebrated Sung- 
fkrit poem ; with an Englihh tranflation, 
accompanied withelucidatory notes.’ The 
work to be printed in quarto, in nine vo- 
James, containing upon an average, about 
fix hundred pages. The price of each 
volume to fub{cribers in Europe five gui- 
neas ; the money to be paid on the deli- 
very of each volume. ‘This poem is far 
f{uperior in antiquity to any of the Poora- 
nus; and the veneration in which it has 
been held, throughout Hindoofthan, for 
fo many ages, is {carcely exceeded by that 
entertained for the Sacred Scriptures 
throughout the Chriftian world. The 
work, befides furnifhing a clue to the an- 
cient hiftory of India, gives a full idea of 
the Hindoo mythology, and prefents fo in- 
terefting a piéture of the almoft unvary- 
ing manners and cuftoms of the country, 
as muft render it highly gratifying to the 
admirers of Oriental literature. The 
Brethren of the Miffion, Serampore, ‘will 
efteem it a favour if Gentlemen, defirous 
of encouraging this work, will fend their, 
names to Mr. W. Button, Paternofter- 
row; or Mr. R. Puivvips, Bridge-ftreet, 
London. 
Mifs Rogrnson intends, at length, to 
give to the world a complete and elegant. 
edition of the ‘* Poetical Works” of her 
mother, the Jate’ Mrs. Mary Robinfon. 
The edition will include many pieces ne- 
ver before publifhed, and all thofe poems 
which were fo popular in the life-time of 
the poctefs, and which have now become 
fo fcarce as to be unattainable by the public. 
Mr. Carr’s ** Stranger in Ireland” is 
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and will be pubdlifhed before the next 
bith diye he engravings are by MEp- 
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§* Northern Summer.” 
An Edition of Dr. Jonnson’s * Poets” 
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favo. 
A new edition, with numerous revifie 
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*¢ Hiftory of William and Mary, and 
Queen Anne.”’ 
It appears that the late beautiful Mrs. 
Croucsa wrote “ Memoirs” of her che- 
quered life, which are in the prefs, and 
will foon appear in two volumes {mall 
octavo. 
A new edition cf Dr. CaRR’s * Lu- 
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Korzesuse relides at prefent at Riga, 
and is engaged on a ** Hiftory of the 
Royal Houfe of Brandenburgh, from its 
firft Rife into Independence till its Degra- 
dation, when it became a Vafial of France 
in the year 1806,” 
Mr. J. Morritt, a barrifter of Bir- 
mingham, diftinguifhed for his literary 
talents, has circulated propofals for pub- 
ithing in one large octavo volume,’ en- 
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as far as can be alcertained by the moft 
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Manufacturers, and Inhabitants; toge- 
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vations, inflructing or entertaining anec- 
dotes, appropriate poetry, and other ori- 
ginal mifcellaneous Matter. 
Mr. BrGLAND is printing a new and 
enlarged edition of -his ‘* Letters on Mo- 
detrn Europe,” adapted to the prefent - 
ftate of the Continent. 
Mr. PINKERTON’s * RecolleCtions of 
Paris”’ will appear very fhortly. 
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A publication is preparing for the 
prefs, in fucceffive numbers and volumes, 
to be entitled “* The Fathers of the En- 
glith Church; or.a SeleStion from the 
Writings of the Reformers, and early 
Proteftant Divines of the Church cf En- 
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