[Jan. 
VARIETIES, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL, 
: Including Notices of Werks in Hand, Domefitc and Foreign. 
© .* Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thank/ully received. 
R. Murpuy, of Howland-freet, 
J. has undertaken the publication of 
a Series of Engravings from the moft 
efteemed. Matters, ancient and modern, H- 
luftrative of the Hiftcry of the Propaga- 
tion of the Gofpzl, and its Coincidence 
with the Prediétions of thz2 Prophets. _ In 
the arrangement of the work he propofes 
to exhibit it in two divifions, the firf to 
comprehend, in twenty-five plates, an il- 
luftration of fuch paffages in the Gofpels, 
and Adis of the Apoftles, as are of a pic- 
turefque defcription, with a fupplemen- 
tary print of Daniel interpreting the 
Dream of Nebuchadnezzar. The fecond 
part to reprefent the Combat of Religion 
with the Roman Power, from its rife to 
its eflablifhment under Conftantine ; to- 
gether with the Redu&tion of the Barba- 
rous Nations to the CrofS; in which the 
particular exertions of the minifiers of 
Chrift in propagating his religion will be 
difplayed. Several of thefe plates are al- 
ready executed from the piétures, pur- 
polely painted by Smirke and cthers of 
our firft artiits, and will give a very fa- 
vourable impreffion of Mr. Murphy's un- 
dertaking. 
Mr. Hav tey’s new Poem, 
the Triumph of Mofic, 
publication, in quarto. 
The Memoirs of the Life of LEE 
Lewes, for which he left behind him the 
mot ample documents, will be publifhed 
by his fon, Joun LEE Lewes, Ese, of 
Liverpool, in the courfe of the monta of 
January. 
_ Dr. Resp, Senior Phyfician. to the 
Fivfbury Difpenfary, and the writer of 
the Medical Reports which haye for fe- 
veral years appeared in this Magazine, 
yntends to commence on Wednefday the 
23d of January, a courfe of thirty Lec- 
tures on the Theory and Praétice of Me- 
dicine. ‘Dr. Reid intends to dweil move 
particularly than has generally been done 
on the Pnilofophy of Mind, as it bears a 
relation to medicine, and on the intellec- 
tual and moral condition of man, as it 
affects his phyfical organization. Further 
particulars may be known by applying to 
Dr. Reid, at his hovfe, No. 6, Greaviile- 
fireet, Bruafwick-{quare. 
‘Mrs. Bar BAULD’s Selection of Choice 
Papers from the Speftator, Tatler and, 
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entitled 
is ready for 
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Guardian, wita Notes and a Preface, in 
three volumes, with a cheaper edition for 
fchools, will be ready in a fortnight. 
A Tranflation is in the prefs of the 
Pofthumous Works of MaRMoNTEL. 
They conhft of the Life of that celebrated 
Writer, and of fome Mifcellaneous Pieces. 
The Life is peculiarly interefting, net oniy 
for the facts, and anecdotes with which 
it abounds, but on account of its having 
been written exprefsly for the confiden- 
tial perufal of the author’s children. 
The Hiliory of modern and contempo- 
rary Voyages and Travels has already 
proceeded with the grand pidure/qte 
Travels ef M. Caffas in Ifria and Dalma- 
tia, with Kuttner’s Travels in Den- 
mark and Sweden; and the third num- 
ber begins the late Travels in the Back 
Settlements of North America, by M. 
Michaux, which will be completed with 
the two preceding works in the firf va- 
Jume. Toe three firft numbcrs of this 
Journal are enriched by a recent original 
Tour to Conftantinople, and by copieus 
Analyfes of Woeodward’s Shipwreck, 
Kotzebue’s Travels, and Grant’s Voyage. 
Ocher important recent Voyages and -Tra. 
vels are in a ftate of preparation for the 
{ubfequent numbers; and the purchafers 
may reckon on poficfiing themflves- of 
every valuable work in this branch of 
liter-ture, as fcon as it appears. 
Dr. Carey has juf& ready for publi- 
caticn, a ‘* A Key to As in prafenit,” &e. 
intended to facilitate to young beginners 
the application of Lily’s Metrical Rufes. 
fv new edition of Mr. Mantuus’s 
Effay oa P.. pulation is preparing for pub- 
lication. = ‘ she 
In confequeace of the executor having 
cifoofed of Dr. GENDES’s property, his 
Tranflation cf the Bible, to the clofe of 
the Second Bsck of Chronicles, and his 
Critical Netes on the fame, are now to be 
had for 14s. each volume, which is iefs 
than half the original price ; and his New 
Tranflation of the Pialms as far as Piaim 
civ. may be had for as. | 
Dr. Miune’s Botanical Di&tionary is 
now ready for publication This edition 
embraces ail the modern improvements, 
and, being embellifhed by the fir artilts of 
the country, will be july confidered as va- 
luable to fudents and proficients in botany. 
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