1804.] 
Kraprori has difcovered a new earth 
in an ore which has hitherto been fuppoled 
to contain tungften. He has given it the 
name of Ochroit Earth, and it feems to 
form the connecting link between the 
earths and metallic oxides. 
MELCHIOR has lately publifhed a work 
in the Latin language, containing a com- 
parifon between the advantages and dif- 
advantages of public and private educa- 
tion. The refult of his enquiries is that 
private education 1s adapted to children, 
and public the moft beneficial to be pur- 
fued in terminating a liberal education. 
Profeflor MarrH zi has lately difco- 
vered in the iibrary of Augfburg a manu- 
feript fragment of the Clytemneftra of 
Svphocles, which will be publithed imme- 
diately. It contains three hundred veries, 
beginning with a prologue in the charac- 
ter of Tifiphone, and ending with a cho- 
rus; it is {uppofed to comprize the whole 
firlt a&. 
Jacoss has jut publithed the twelfth 
volume of his edition of the Greek Antho- 
logy. 
(he Abbate Testa has publifhed 
Diflertations on the Two Zodiacs lately 
difcovered in Egypt, in which he contro- 
verts their antiquity. 
Borde has publifhed a complete Ver- 
fion of Euripides, in German, 1n five vo- 
Jumes oftavo. 
CUVIER, the well known natural hifto- 
rian, has lately publifhed a work on the 
{pecies of animals that no longer exift. 
CouRET-DE-VILLENEUVE has lately 
publifted a botanical work at Paris, con- 
taining a defcription of all the plants that 
are cultivated in the garden of the central 
collese at Ghent, arranged according to 
the Linnean {yftem. : 
ANQUETIL DUPERRON has publifhed 
the fecoud volume of his Tranflation of 
the Dupnek lat, which contains the an- 
cient and fecret doétrines of the facred 
books of the Hindoos. The fame gen- 
tleman is engaged in preparing a Dictio- 
nary and Grammar of the Sanfcrit Lan- 
guage. 
In Germany a work is publifhed en- 
titled the Italian Cabinet. It is divided 
into feven parts. 1. Minerals and {pe- 
cies of lava; 2. Bronzes; 3. Etrufcan, 
Roman, and Egyptian vafes; 4. Shells 
found in the gulph of Naples; 5. No- 
tices of the moft diftinguifhed perfons at 
prefent living in Rome and Naples; 6. 
Engravings of views in and near thofe 
cities ; and 7, Accounts of the prefent 
Rate of the fine arts there. 
- Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
59 
A large colleStion of books, to the va- 
lue of 62,0001. is by the permiffion of his 
Imperial Majefty to be difpofed of by 
way of lottery at Mofcow. The largett 
prize will carry with ic books to the value 
of 1,250]. Befides this there are 35,000 
other prizes, the leaft of whici is valued 
at ten rubles. His. Imperial Majefty has 
purchafed 1000 tickets, which he means 
to diftribute among the various eitablifh- 
ments for public inftruction. 
In digging a caval at Beaucaire, tombs, 
earthen vafes, and copper rings of great 
antiquity have been difcovered. Thefe 
tombs, which are at the diftance of about 
1500 toifes from the prefent courle of the 
Rhone; confift of large chambers of uncut 
ftone placed vertically, joined to each other 
without cement or mortar, and covered 
with ftones of the fame form. Some of 
them contain human bones in fuch pre- 
fervation, that fome of them the differ. 
ent lamine may be eafily diftinquifhed, 
Tn others have been found, earthen vefiels, 
cinerary urns, rings, and bracelets, which 
the ancients, and particularly the Gauls 
are fuppofed to have worn on their arms. 
The Danifh conful at Tripoli, ‘aw in 
September laft, a merchant of Fezzan, 
from whom he learned that Horneman the 
celebrated traveller, had fet out for Gon- 
dafh, in order to proceed to the coaft, for 
the purpofe of returning to Europe. 
Public letures have begun to be deli- 
vered in Peterfburg, to the artillery corps, 
on!Matbematics, Phyfics, Chemiftry, &c. 
The officers are under the neceflity of dil1- 
gently attending to thefe leétures, as it is 
underftood that thofe only will in future 
be promoted who have made a proficiency 
in thefe branches of fcience. 
A letter from Weimar, dated the sth 
of O&ober laft, fays, ‘* We are now 
favoured with the exhibition of the works, 
fent by twelve artifts, to the cozerurs or 
competition for prizes, opened by M, 
DE GOETHE. (The above competition, 
which is open to artifts of all countries, 
takes place every year, at Weimar) Ex- 
clufively of the pieces for the competition, 
feveral capital works have been sent here ; 
and among others a feries of defigns in the 
manner of Flaxman ; reprefenting the cele- 
brated paintings, with which Poiygnotus 
decorated the monument of Lefches at 
the temple of Delphi; thefe contours are 
traced agreeably to the defcription which 
Paufanias has given of the faid monument : 
in his roth book, chap. 2¢--27. This 
work} throws much light on the afore- 
cited paflage of Paulanias, ‘The Julius 
T2 Calar 
