1806. } 
among the nine Mufes; not as a queen, 
becaufe their names occur in none of the 
hiftorians. He farther ftrengthens his 
opinion by the meafures adopted at Athens 
to deftroy the memory of the kings of Ma- 
cedon, and at Rome to abolifh that of 
Domitian ; and afferts, that when Timo- 
Jeon reftored the republican government 
at Syracufe, all the ftatues of the tyrants 
were broken to pieces, and all the inferip- 
tions with their names were effaced. It 
therefore appears to him extremely impro- 
bable that thefe infcriptions and thefe 
names, which have been preferved unin- 
jured to the prefent day, fhould have been 
fuffered to remain in the theatre. He 
adds, that thefe two women could not have 
been the wives of men who ever accepted 
or affumed the title of king; and that, 
without a decree of the fenate, no in/crip- 
tion could be placed in a theatre. He then 
endeavours to prove that the title Bacwuo- 
oa% was given to the principal of the 
priefteties of Bacchus, called Gereri, and by 
him, conformably to a new doétrine, Ne- 
reides. He concludes that Philiftis was the 
name of one of the prieftefles of Bacchus, 
and that the term Nireis can apply only 
to one of the female performers of the my- 
fteries and ceremonies of Bacchus, fo that 
it muft be atitle. It was not till after 
the appearance of this publication that 
the canon read the opinion of Chevalier 
Landolina ; upon which he publifhed an- 
other pamphlet, to prove that Nereis could 
not be the wife of Gelo, becaufe her fa- 
ther Pyrrhus was detefied by the Syra- 
culans. Thefe two traéts of M. Logo- 
teta have induced the chevalier Landolina 
to write a differtation, and to fupport his 
opinion by proofs extracted from Greek’ 
authors, on whom much new light is 
thrown by his reflections. 
Many German princes have for fome 
time been importuned with the indifcreet 
dedications of a great number ef authors, 
either from the hope of obtaining fome re- 
muneration or prefent, or at leaft a letter 
of thanks, which, however infignificant, 
was frequently adduced by felf-complacent 
writers as an uneqtivocal proof of their 
merit. The elector of Baden has given 
public notice in the journals that he {hail 
not give any anfwer to authors who fend 
him their works. A fimilar notice has 
been given by the Duke of Saxe-Tefchen, 
the Prince of Anhalt-Defiau and the Duke 
of Meckieaburg-Schwerin. The fenate 
of Hareburg has likewife requefted authors 
neither to addrefs nor to dedicate to it 
any literary performance witheut its per- 
wiflion. 
MonTHeY Mac, No. 142, 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
\ 
345 
M ..Curaupau, a member of the So- 
ciety of Pharmacy at Paris, has difcover- 
ed a method of making artificial Roman 
alum, M. Roard, direétor of the dyeing 
department in the imperial manufactory of 
the Gebelins, in a memoir which he read 
ta the National Inftitute, pofitively aflerts 
that this alum poffeffes the fame properties 
as that of Rome. It is principally for 
light and delicate tints that Roman alum 
is employed in that manufactory, and as 
M. Curaudau’s has been found to anfwer 
for all forts of colours, it is now uled 
there with fuccefs. M. Oberfkampf, of 
Joui, who bas made experiments with it 
ona large fcale, has alfo written to the 
inventor in thefe terms: ‘* Your alum is 
indifputably the beft I ever ufed; and all 
the trials I have made of it convince me 
that it may be employed with fuccefs for 
every kind of colour.’ The price is con- 
fiderably lower than that of Roman alum. 
Two volumes of the Academy of Sci« 
ences, Literature, and Fine Arts of Tu- 
rin, for the years 1804 and 5, have lately 
been publifhed, and contain a great num- 
ber of interefting articles. 
M. Dopwun has difcovered a faétitious 
Puzzalano, which is not compofed of any 
vulcanifed fubftance, and which neverthe= 
lefS poffeffes all the properties of the puz~ 
zalano of Italy, without its defects. 
Tt has been calculated, that in 18095 
England produced 800 new literary works, — 
France 1150, and Germany sot lefs than 
4645—although in the Leipfic catalogue 
for the Michaelmas fair, 1000 works lefs 
were announced than in 18043 among 
which there are only 63 novels, and 6% 
almanacs. The moft numerous clafs 
of books were thofe on medicine and edu- 
cation. 
A periodical work, entitled “* the Athe- 
neum,”” hag lately been announced at 
Paris, which will be conduéted on the fol- 
lowing plan :—The editor intends to give, 
in 14 feries or claffes, engravings and de . 
fcriptions of feveral ancient and moderna 
monuments found in France; of the mot 
celebrated public and private buildings, 
and of interefting produQtions of dculpture 
and painting ; picturefque views of cele- 
brated places; a feries of medals ftruck 
in France; extracts, accompanied with 
engravings, from works on natural hif- 
tory, antiquities, travels, &c.3; portraits 
and memoirs ef the moft celebrated French- 
men; debgns of ancient and modern fur. 
niture, dreffes, &c. 
M. BIeEMONTIER, inf{pector-general of 
the bridges and roads in France, has paid 
very coniiderabie attention to Quickfands 
Bie found 
