55+ 
On a fmall fize, of the fame formed 
Jetter, two volumes alfo of a new edition 
of Homer, containing the Liiad, under 
the care of the celebrated Proixfior 
Wotre has iflued from the fame prefs. 
The former editicn of this poet, by the 
fame critic, has proved how. eminently he 
is qualified for fuch an undertaking ; and 
we fhall hazard nothing in afferting, that 
the text of the civine Greek has never yet 
appeared in fo chafe and claflical a tatte, 
This work is exhibited on three papers, 
two of them embellified with crnamental 
engravings, and the third with the beau- 
tiful defiens of Mr. FLAXMAN, in a fize 
fkilfully reduced. 
Mr. Géscuen has befides undertaken 
to publith the Latin Clafiics at large. 
Thefe will appear under the fuperintead- 
ance of Proteflor ErcusTabD? and o her 
emirent f{cholars, with every advantage 
that a collaticn of manufcripts, an exa- 
mination of commentaries, and every other 
aid can fupply. Thefe editions will be 
printed on paper of various fizes and ex- 
cellence, for generel accommodation, and 
in particplar for the ule of {chools. In 
this laft point of view they will be parti- 
cularly imterefting, fince nothing can be. 
more dilcreditable than the ichool ci:ffics 
which are at prefent in ufe amongit us. 
From the parts alieady publifhed of Ci- 
cero, &c. we may augur every thing in 
favour of Mr. Golchen’s undertaking ; 
and we fincerely wifh his remuneration 
may be fully equal to his merits. 
The remains of FENELON, which were 
fuppofed to have been removed, during the 
Revolution, from the place where they 
were depoited in the Cathedral of Cam- 
bray, have been found uninjured in his 
vault, which was not demeol:fhed with the 
reft of the church; and a fubdfcription 
will be open:d for the purpofe of erecting 
to the immortal author of Telemachus 
a monument worthy of him. 
The Royal Library in Copenhagen, 
has lately received a confiderabie addition 
of Italian bocks, which were purchaied 
by Profeflor ENGrELsLOFT, in Italy. 
The Kine has likewife> purcha‘ed for 
this Li ibrary, the late Mr. Uldali’s fine 
collection of Greek and Latin Claffics. 
The Fiench Prefeét on the left bank 
of the Rhine has, in confequence of in- 
ftruéhons from the Miunifter of Police, 
prohibited the importation of Hamburgh, 
Leyden, Afchaffcnburgh, and Frankfort 
Journals, and all foreign works, which . 
from their title, &c. may be fnfpected to 
interfere with the internal affairs of the 
Fiench Government. 
Literary and Philofophical Intelligence. 
[Jan. I, 
The Batavian Society of Sciences at 
Haarlem has offered a gold medal of thirty 
ducats for the bef folution of each of the 
foilowing queflions: ‘* What are the 
General Principles of our Knowledge of , 
the Nature of Fire, relative to the Pro- 
duction, Propagation, and Concentration 
of Heat; and an Acquaintance with 
which is neceflary for afcertaining the 
moft advantageous Mode of employing 
it, and of conitructing, according to thefe 
Principles, Fire-places calculated to fave 
Fuel? What Progrefs has the new Syf. 
tem of Chemiftry made in the Science 
of the Human Body? Has this Progrefs 
contributed to m-ke us better acquainted 
with the Caufes of Difeafes? Has the 
new Syftem of Chemiftry extended our 
Knowiedge of the Effects of Medicines, 
both Ancient and Modern; and what 
Advantages may he derived from that 
Knowledge in the Treatment of Difeafes ? 
What are the Caules of the Putrefaétion 
which takes place in Stagnant Waters, 
and by what Means may Water be pre- 
ferved from Potrefagtion ?” 
A private individbal of Peterfburgh pef- 
fefles one of the moft ancient manuicripts 
that exids in the Ruffian language. It ts 
of the year 1066, is written oa parchment, 
and embellifhed with very beautiful paint- 
ings in miniature, executed by Greek ar- 
tits. It is a Le&icuarium, or Extract 
from the Gofpels, for the ofe of the Greek 
church, and is a monument of the «ftate 
of the arts in the eleventh century. 
The Geographical Ditiionary of the 
Ruffian Empire, undertaken in 18015 at 
Mofcow, by Maximus WitscH, and 
fome other able geographers, has lately 
been re‘umed, and promiles defcriptions 
equally curicus and detailed, together 
with accurate maps of every part of that 
vat empire. 
An Account of the Travels of the 
Ruffian Embafly to the Orteman Perte, 
written by M. Rermers, has been print- 
ed at the expence of the government at 
Peterfburg. It forms three quarto vo- 
lumes, and is embellithed with fix beau-— 
tiful Views of Conftantinople, a Portrait 
of the prefent Grand Signior, and a Map 
of the Coatts of Europe and Afia adja- 
cent to the Turkifi Metropolis. This 
work furnithes very accurate details re-- 
lative to the embaily ; a defcription of 
the Ruffian and Tartarian provinces tra- 
verfed by the ambafiador and his tutte; 
new information relative to Conftanti- 
nople and its environs; the manners of the 
Turks; the navigation of the Black Sea, 
and other patticuiars equaliy, interefting. 
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