Esq. is in the press, and may be expected in the course of the ensuing month.

of rare and curious books, and the lover of English literature.

The work of Dr. William Hales, Mr. Dawson Turner of Yarmouth, Analysis of Antient Chronology, anwill, in a few weeks, commence the nounced p. 44, of our last number, publication of The History of the Fuci: will contain an attempt to explain the he designs to include in this work, history, antiquities, and prophecies of which will be in royal 4to. coloured the nations recorded in the Scripfigures of all those plants which have, tures, on principles tending to remove by Linnæus and subsequent botanists, the imperfections and discordance been arranged under this Genus, as of all preceding systems of chrono far as proper specimens can be pro- logy.

cured, with descriptions in Latin and A Body of Theology, principally English; for this purpose the Author practical, in a series of Lectures, by has already received great assistance Robert Fellowes, A. M. is nearly ready from the Right Hon. Sir Joseph for publication. These lectures Banks, from Dr. Smith, from T. F. amount to fifty-eight, and will furnish Forster, Esq. the present possessor of the clergy with a course of sermons Ellis's Herbarium, from Professor for the year. Mertens, of Bremen, from Dr. Mohr, of Kiel, and from many others of his botanical friends; so that by a particular attention to the physiology and fructification, as well as history of the plant, as much light as possible may be thrown upon the nature of this tribe of vegetables, no less attractive from their beauty, than interesting from their singularity.

Mr. Fellowes is also engaged in a work, entitled, A Manual of Piety, calculated for the improvement, and adapted to the necessities of all sects of Christians, extracted from the Holy Living and Dying of Jeremy Taylor, Bishop of Down and Connor, with a preface, life of the author, and additions, by the editor.

Jewish Controcersy. In the press, A new edition, greatly improved, A Critical and Theological Reply to of a valuable Class Book for Ladies' Crawford, Esq. by M. Bennet. Schools, will appear in a short time, In the course of the summer will be entitled, Dialogues between a Lady published, Memoirs of the Voyages, and her Pupils, describing a journey Adventures, and extraordinary long through England and Wales, in which life of David salmon, now living at a detail of the different arts and ma- Liverpool, the only survivor of the nufactures of each city and town is crew of the Centurion man of war, accurately given, interspersed with in which Lord Anson sailed round observations and descriptions in na- the world. This narrative will con tural history; the author, Mrs. Brooks. tain the vicissitudes and toils of 104 Dr. Anderson will shortly publish years, by land and sea, in various Views of the past and present State of parts of the world: also the wonthe People of Spain and Italy. derful Life of Mary Ralphson, aged The Rev. T. Dibdin's new edition one hundred and nine years. The work of Ames's Typographical Antiquities, will be embellished with a highly is to include an outline of English li- finished likeness in colours of that terature in this country; several bi- Caledonian curiosity, who has lived ographical and bibliographical anec. in three centuries, and enjoyed a dotes of an amusing nature, mostly continuation of good health during original; a number of fine simile en- the reign of King William, the whole gravings of old wood cuts, types, prin- of Queen Anre's, and during the ters devices, &c. and an illustration reign of the George's to the present of the progress of engraving in this time, as she at pre ent resides in a celcountry. As Herbert's edition is lar in Kent Street Liverpool, where defective in these two latter parti- she has been settled upwardsof 50 years. culars, this will be an interesting She was born at Lochaber, on the work to the artist as well as the com- 1st of Jan. 1688; took an active part mon reader, and also to the collector in the battles of Dettingen, Fontenoy, UNIVERSAL MAG. VOL, VIII.

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America.

Preston Pans, Falkirk, Culloden, and Va', and followed Duke Wil iam in The Coffee-plant introduced from all his fortunes. Besides an account the Island of Cuba into Florida, about of the batt es she has been in, the 1805, has succeeded beyond all exwork will contain many interesting pectation, and it is supposed, will, at anecdotes, and sketches of various no small distance of time, become a

characters.

considerable article of commerce.

Mr. Ni htingale has made consi- A Physical and Medical Society derable progress in a new work, to be has been established at West Point, en led, A Portal use of Society; as on Hudson's River, under the patrondrawn from a view of the societies, age of Mr. Jefferson, the Secretary of assemblies, associadens, institutions, State, and Col. Williams, of the armeetings and clubs, in and near the tillery, the president of the society; metropolis. Designed to introduce but their object is the improvement the fo einer and tie countryman to in the art of war. whatever, in society, is u-etul, im- The practicability of cutting a naportant, and amusing. We under- vigable canal through the Isthmus of stand this work is to be embellished Panama, which the Spanish governwith portraits, and select views of ment had represented as impracti the most magnificent public buildings cable, has been demonstrated by Dr. and halls in the Cities of London and Mitchill. The former represented Westminster.

that the waters of the Pacific being much more elevated than those of the Atlanctic; but Dr. Mitchill has proved that political and not natural obstacles have hitherto impeded the execution of this great work.

The following simple mode of preparing the soles of shoes, so as to resist water, and keep the feet dry and comfortable, is strongly recommended - Procure a small quantity of boiled linseed oil, which may be had Mr. Jefferson is in possession of seof any chymist, and with a brush or veral busts made by Indians. The rag moisten the under part of the sole human form extends to the middle therewith, dry it in gradually by the of the body, and the figures are nearly fire, or in the sun, and repeat it as of the natural size. .Their lineaments, long as the leather will imbibe the strongly marked, exhibit all the peoil, when the leather is saturated with culiarity of the copper-coloured Abothe oil, it will reel the wet, and pre- rigines. There is amongst them an vent the danger of taking cold in the aged savage, in which the wrinkles feet. Another recommendation to and look are very expressive. These using the oil is, it hardens the leather, busts were dug up by some labourers, and of course the soles thus prepared at a place called Palmyra, on the river wear the longer. When applied Tennessee. The materials they are to the upper leather, or sides of the composed of are not known. Some shoes, they are apt to crack. think they have been cut with a chisSome experiments have been made sel or sharp, instrument out of solid at hudson's Bay, with frozen quick- stone; others, that they have been silver; it has been reduced to sheets moulded out of a soft composition, as thin as paper, by beaung it with and afterwards baked. Whether they a hammer upon an anvi, beth at the are idols, or only images of distin same temperature as quicksilver. On guished men, is not ascertained; but plunging a mass of frozen quick- the execution supposed to have been silver into a glass of warmter, the the work of savages is astonishing. lotter was immediately congeated, the glass bivered in a thousand pieces, and the quicksilver again reduced to a state of fluidity.

Denmark.

The celebrated Danish statuary, Thorwaldson, now at Rome, has nearly finished four beautiful statues, viz. an Mr. Walker will commence a course Apollo, a Bacchus, a Venus, and a of Lectures on Philosophy, or the Ganymede, which are to be sent to laws of organic existence, at Edin- Pe ersburg. burgh, in the beginning of November.

M. Wedel is publishing at Copen hagen, in numbers, an account of his

travels in the interior of the Danish A most voluminous work is in the provinces, containing a large and par- press at Paris, Upon the Ceremonies ticular detail of the manners and cus- and Religious Customs among the diftom of the people, their rural eco- ferent nations of the world, which are nomy, and the natural, and artificial exhibited in 425 plates, engraved by productions of the country. the celebrated B. Picard The letterAn Institution for Deaf and Dumb, press description which accompanies has been established at Kiel in Hol- this work, consists of 4000 pages, constein some years. Another of this taining several critical, historical, and nature is establishing at Copenhagen, curious dissertation, in eleven folio with good success. The government volumes. This new edi ion is perhave undertaken to defray the ex- fectly conformable to that of Holland, pense, and have appointed Dr. Cast- published at Amsterdam in 1787, with berg as the head teacher of the insti- an additional account of the religion tution, he having supplied them with of the countries discovered since that the plan for the present, as the result period. This work, upon large paof two years trouble to investigate per, had become so scarce as to have simitar establishments.

Dr. Frydenberg, of Iceland, has transmitted a memoir to the Society of Rural Economy, at Copenhagen, to demonstrate the possibility of converting the sectang, a marine plant, hitherto only used for fuel, into food fit for man. In Norway, it has been used for making kelp. If the Doctor's object succeeds, his country will no longer be subject to such scarcities as require all the skill of the govern

ment to counteract.

A life-boat, improved in Denmark, by Capt. Snelling, has been sent to Petersburgh.

been sold for 1000 francs. The folio edition, upon small paper, was never completed; the tenth and eleventh volumes having been printed upon large paper only.

A silver medal has lately beca awarded by the municipality of Fougeres, in France, to Alphonso Lemonnier, an infant of 4 years of age, for his courage in saving the life of a female child, a year older than himself. Being alone in a garden, upon the bor ders of the river Nauson, the latter fell ́ head-foremost into the water, between two and three feet deep. Lemonier at first began to cry, but resolving to descend into the water, cose to the A Grammar, Celto-Britannic, con- bank, he was so fortuna e as to seize taining the principles of orthography, the hand of his play-fellow, and by pronunciation, and construction of pulling hard, as he expressed himself, words and phrases, according to the he saved her. His medal expresses, genius of the Celto-British tongue, has been published at Paris, dedicated to the Celtic Academy of France, by M. Legonidee, one of the members.

France.

An Ode to the Turks has been lately published at Paris, by M. Monvel, one of the Ordinary Secretaries to his Highness the Prince Cambaceres, Arch-chancellor of the Empire.

that it was given by the Mayor of Fougeres to Alph. Leonier, aged 4 years, for saving the life of a child of 5. The reverse of his medal repiesents a star encircled wit a crown of oak, and this exe gue, "Macta nova virtute puer, 1897.”

A very useful institution for the Study of Medicine and Surgery at The Paris Journals announce a new Paris, and which had long been wantFrench translation of Blair's Lectures ing in France, is now in full activity; on Rhetoric and the Belles Lettres, viz. a House of ins ruction, conse by P. Prevost, Professor of Philoso- crated entirely to the mst uction of phy at Geneva, Fellow of the Royal pupils in medicine and surgery, in the Society of London, and Correspon- prosecution of such courses as they dent to the National Institute. Two may chuse to commence and termiother celebrated English authors are nate. in this institution, which is also in the hands of the same translator, situated at Paris, in the Street St. and will appear at Paris in the course Victor, the pupils are perfected in the of the summer, viz. The Philosophy knowledge of the antient languages, as of the Mind, by Mr. Dugald Stewart, far as may be necessary,at he same time and Mr. Malthus's Essayon Population. they are employed according to their

age and capacity, in receiving lessons Mr. Rittner, at Dresden, has pub in natural hilosophy, chemistry, and descriptive anatomy, previous to their going int physiology and nosology. They are likewise instructed in Botany and the Materia Medica, before they enter upon Therapeutics. Their tasks are divided into those of days, quarters,and years, so that in the course of their quinquennium, or five years study, every branch of medical science may be obtained methodically, and with profit to the student.

lished a print to the honour of Klopstock, consisting of a large Oriental landscape, which contains the monument of that poet. It is to be followed by three others, to Schiller, Herder, and Kant.

Wieland is at present engaged in a complete translation of Cicero's Epistles.

There is no imaginable subject upon which books are not written in Germany. M. Meiners has lately · In an establishment of this kind, published a history of the principal the pupils may prosecute their studies insurrections that have occurred with less distraction than in the other among the students in the different institutions, being assisted by tutors, universities of Europe. The taste for and every possible auxiliary; and literature, damped by the general without, as in most of the colleges events of the war in Germany, begin upon the Continent, the trouble of to revive, particularly in Saxony. providing for their daily subsistence, M. M. Kuhn and Wintzer have comthis being now afforded them at a very réasonable charge. And as the governors are equally concerned in superintending the morals, as well as the health of their pupils; books, instruments, subjects, &c. are all provided by the house. The masters also perform in the presence of the pupils, or preside in every case where the operations of surgery are cou

cerned.

Germany.

The Philosophical Society of Leipsic have offered a gold medal worth 24 ducats, for the best memoir "Upon the heat of light, liberated by a strong and rapid compression of the air, in which memoir the phenomena relative to the question, must be collected and explained, and the consequences drawn from them." This memoir must be transmitted to the Society on or before the first of January 1808.

Imagines Majorum. M. Eickstadt, at Jena, has lately published two Latin dissertations, in which he endeavours to prove that the family portraits under this name, and which were so highly estimated in the public shews of the Romans, were nothing more than masked persons, who walked in their public processions in disguise.

A free translation from the German of the Life of Count Munich, General Field Marshal in the Russian service, has lately appeared at Paris. The original was written by his compatriot, Gerard Autoine de Halem,

pleted a translation of the Lusiad of Camoens, which has lately been published at Dresden. M. Boettiger, as an antiquarian, meets with much attention.

The Chevalier Von Hogenmuller, of Vienna, is to leave that city in November next, upon his travels in the East, in order to illustrate the natural history of the horse; he has likewise offered his services to the Court of Copenhagen in the line of discovery.

Dr. John Reid's excellent Treatise on Consumption, has been translated. into German, by Doctor Helmerhausen, of Neustadt, in the Dutchy of Saxe Cobourg.

The first number of a collection of poisonous plants, engraved on stone, the appearance of the prints equalling that of finished wood-cuts, has been recently published at Ratisbon. The plates are accompanied by a generic and specific description of the plants. The following are already designated, Wolfs-bane, Meadow-anemone, Marsh Marygold, Bears-foot, Black Hellebore, Small Spear-wort, &c. M. Keyser, the author of this work, has pointed out the means of discovering an accumulation of mephitic gas, in any situation, and dispelling it with safety. Holland.

Dr. Kegleloot, a celebrated physician in this country, has been engag ed these four years past in a work which promised to be the most complete treatise on Medical Jurispru dence that has ever appeared; he has

collected materials from all the writ- at Florence, with the date of Loners who have made this branch of don. Among them are some_severe science their particular study, viz. satires, especially against the French Frank, Arneman, and Plenck, in Ger- nation. Of course, their sale has been many-Foderè and Mahon in France prohibited. -Vesace and Cardile in Italy, &c. The King of Naples, Joseph BoIt is written in the Latin language. naparte, has instituted a new AcaThe trustees for distributing the demy of History and Antiquities, to prizes bequeathed by the late Mr. consist of 40 members. The first 20 Monckhoff, of Amsterdam, have offer are to be nominated by the King, who ed a gold medal, value 900 ducats, for also appoints a perpetual secretary. the best memoir upon the Umbilical Eight thousand ducats per annum Hernia. The candidates may write are to be paid by the minister of the in Latin, French, Dutch, or German. royal household, for the current exExhibition of the Arts in Antwerp.- penses of the academy; two thousand, The mayor of this city has given no- as prizes to the authors of four works, tice, that on the 15th of August, a deemed the most deserving, and these public exhibition shall be opened at are to be distributed at a grand meetthe Exchange in that city, of all the ing, held every year. The members productions in painting, drawing, sta- are to enjoy the privilege of being tuary, architecture, engraving, me- admitted to court. The first meeting chanism, &c. &c. Artists, therefore, was held on the 25th of April, when and other persons in Holland, wishing the king having received the oaths to avail themselves of that circum- of the members, delivered an oration stance, were directed to address their letters to the directors of the Free Drawing School at the Hague.

replete with the lively interest he is said to take in the institution. M. Francisco Danicle, in his reply, gave an animated sketch of the epoch, when Naples was the cradle of the arts and sciences.

The Dutch mode of announcing deaths and births; as the object of the first is generally to forbid letters of condolence, they sometimes assume a Spain. whimsical form. The following was Pestalozian Schools. The Royal published by a Protestant Minister in Pestalozian School, which has been the Haerlem Gazette, of February lately opened at Madrid, under the last. "The constant companion of immediate patronage of the Prince of my days, the worthy half of myself, Peace, is conducted by M. Francis N. N. is lately snatched away from Voitel, formerly a Swiss captain. He me by death. My heart bleeds deeply, while my dear and only child, my Rose, knows not as yet my loss in the best of mothers: every body who knew, with any degree of intimacy, my dearly beloved, will feel what I have lost in losing her. Nevertheless, I do not desire that any should write letters of condolence to me, since my beloved is now among the blessed, and has changed her hosannahs, for hallelujahs."

The following is the usual mode of announcing a birth with the mother's maiden name!

My dearly beloved spouse, E. C. H. Tading Van Berkhout, is happily delivered this morning of a fine boy. W. P. Barnaart.

Italy.

has at present under his cafe 100 children belonging to the first families in the nation, whose improvement amazes every observer. A number of school masters, tutors, ecclesiastics, and others, attend these lessons, in order to render the practice more universal. A royal commission has also been appointed to inspect and report the progress of this institution. Several persons, experienced in this mode of teaching, have lately been sent for from Switzerland by M. Voitel. With the Prince of Peace, the Duke de Frias is become a patron of this undertaking: he has established one of these schools in Arragon, and another institution for the improvement of agriculture.

Don Saavedra's Political Emblems, Much curiosity has been excited in for the first time translated, by M. this country, by the publication of the Barthelemy, from the Spanish into posthumous works of Siguor Alfigri,,the French, is in the press at Paris.