and 7; by G. IT. Von Langsdorff. Vol. II. 4to. 11. 17s. 6d. Travels to the Source of the Missouri Ri ver, and across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean; performed by Order of the Government of the United States in the Years 1604, 1805, and 1806; by Capts. Lewis and Clarke; published from the Official Report, and illustrated by a Map of the Route, and other Maps. 4to. 21. 12s. 6d. A Voyage round Great Britain, ander taken in the Summer of 1813, and commencing from the Land's-End, Cornwall; by Richard Ayton and Wm. Daniell, A.R.A. No. IV. imp. 4to. 10s. 6d. Sir William Stanley's Garland, containing his twenty-one years travels through most parts of the world, and his safe return to Latham Hall. 8vo. and 4to. VARIETIES, LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL. Authentic Communications for this Article will always be thankfully received. IR RICHARD PHILLIPS has been in. in every part of Europe. That journal is Sduced to submit to the public the plan printed in small quero, for circulation of a NEW REVIEW, to be published every Saturday, under the title of "The Literary Gazette," calculating as a ground of public favour on his approved conduct of the MONTHLY MAGA EINE, during a period of nearly twenty years. Being disengaged from specu lations in new books as a publisher, and having no other literary engagement be sides the Monthly Magazine, be is likely to be uninfluenced by those feelings of selfinterest which, actuate too many pro⚫ prietors of Reviews; while his known experience in the economy of the press, qualifies him in a peculiar manner for the practical details of such an under taking. At the same time, his engage. ments in the Monthly Magazine, by leading to an extensive intercourse with men of letters, will constantly afford him the means of connecting with a critical journal, such an association of able wri. ters, as will secure to its pages all the requisites of accurate knowledge, critical acumen, and elegant composition. His reiterated observations in the Monthly Magazine, on the conduct of other Reviews, may serve as a pledge that he will endeavour to avoid their errors; and he avows himself as the responsible editor, for the express purpose of affording the public the best security which the Editor of any journal can give for the fairness and integrity of his conduct. The new plan of his Review is, he conceives, better adapted to the actual state of literature, modern habits and manners, and the means of circulation, than any existing work of the same kind; while it embraces every other feature which, in a general or particular manner,recommends them to liberal patronage. The aspect and form of his publication, are imitated from the famous literary Gazette, published at JENA, which for many Years bas enjoyed an unrivalled celebrity by post as a Newspaper; and it is proposed to publish this English “LITERARY GAZETTE," on the same plan; that is to say, on a very large sheet, folded into 16/ pages to be stamped like a Newspaper, for the advantage of being franked by post, and to publish it every Saturday. This form of publication will ensure the early notice of books, a rapid circulation, and a corresponding gratification of pub fic curiosity. The other proposed features are the notice of all books without exception; regular accounts of conti. nental literature; and such a mixture of analysis and extract, with criticism, as will instruct the reader, while he is enabled to judge for himself. The fifty-two numbers will form one annual volume,containing nearly double the quantity of letter-press which is now given within the year by any other monthly or quarterly Review. The price will be one shilling, and the first number will be published in a few weeks, of which due notice will be given in the princi pal newspapers. In the interim or ders are received by all booksellers and dealers in Newspapers, or by the editor if sent free of postage, to the office of the Monthly Magazine, No. 1, Paternosterrow, or to his private residence in Tavi stock-Square. Under the head of PROCEEDINGS of PUBLIC SOCIETIES, we have described the three great exhibitions in the British metropolis, which at this time delight and astonish all lovers of art: I. The royal Exhibition at Somersethouse, containing 811 subjects, by 350 living artists. The Exhibition of paintings in watercolours, in Spring Gardens, containing 308 subjects, by 51 living artists, 1814.3 Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. 443 An the rooms without respect to their taste, object, or curiosity; but now any decently dressed person may, every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, and FRIDAY,* between the hours of ten and four, obtain free admis. sion without fee or delay, on simply writing his or her name and address in a book, and may pass as many hours as is agreeable, in viewing and studying this immense and invaluable collection. elegant synopsis of the contents of the entire Museum, consisting of 150 pages, is sold at the door for two shillings, and this serves as a guide to the external inspection of every thing meriting particular notice. The Sloanian and Cottonian collections have been often described; but the Museum has, within these five years, been enriched by various novelties of matchless interest, resulting from the proud ascendancy of the country, in arts and arms, and therefore above all price. Among these are the EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES, acquired by the capitulation of Alexandria in 1801, and brought to England at immense labour and expence; among which are the famous Rosetta stone, containing the triple inscription, the supposed sarcophagus of Alexander, and many fragments of sculpture, coevat with the earliest periods of Egyptian history! In the same elegant suite of apartments, are also displayed with exquisite taste, the large and unrivalled collection of Greek and Roman statues, busts, and other sculptured marbles, formed by the late CHABLES TOWNLEY, esq. and purchased by parliament at the valuation of 20,000l. There are 313 of these excellent specimens of ancient art, and we sufficiently prove their public worth, when we state that our artists enjoy the great advantage of being allowed to study and copy them. But the recent addition which draws from us this present notice, is the rare, splendid, and perfect collection of MINERALS, formed by the late CHARLES GREVILLE, recently purchased by parliament for 13,7271. and scientifically and tastefully arranged by Mr. Keenig, for public inspection, in the splendid saloon of this splendid building. The whole are disposed in cabinets, containing 550 drawers, while specimens of the contents of the drawers are exhibited in glazed compartments over them, forming a series for study. Nothing can be better displayed-more complete more delightful to the eye-or more wons derful as an exhibition of the varieties of Mr. BIRD, of Bristol, historical painter to the Princess Charlotte of Wales, has, through the permission of the Duke of Clarence and Lord Melville, had the opportunity of witnessing the embarka tion of the King of France, and the Duchess of Angouleme, in order that he might execute, for a high personage, a grand historical picture of that event. He accompanied the Royal family afterwards across the channel, and remained three days at Calais, to take their portraits and those of their suite. The other royal personages who were present, have sat for their portraits very graciously; and it is expected, as Mr. Warren has engaged to engrave ic, that the print will add greatly to the credit of the arts in this kingdom. Mr. SHARON TURNER is printing the first volume of his History of England. This volume will include the period from the Norman conquest, to the reign of Edward III, and comprise also the literary History of England during the same period. It is composed, like his History of the Anglo Saxons, from original and authentic documents. A Tour through the Island of Elba, from the Journal of SIR RICHARD COLT HOARE, bart. will shortly be published in imperial quarto, accompanied with engravings from drawings made on the spot, by John Smith. It is proposed to publish a General Index to the first FORTY VOLUMES of the Monthly Magazine, on the plan of the Index to the Edinburgh Review. It will of course contain references to a greater variety of facts than was ever before to be found in a similar Index. The price to subscribers will be 24s. and to nonsubscribers 30s. Dr. HOLLAND is preparing for publication, a Narrative of his Travels in the South of Turkey, during the latter part of 1812, and the spring of the following year. It will be the principal object of this work to afford sketches of the scenery, population, natural history, and antiquities of those parts of Greece which hitherto have been little known or described. The narrative will chiefly regard the author's journies in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, and some parts of Macedonia; together with an account of his residence at Joannina, the capital and court of ALI PASHA; and with a cursory sketch of his route through At tica, the Morea, &c. It will be ready for publication towards the end of the present year. Mr. W. SMITH has at length printed a Prospectus of his Map of the Strata of England, &c. It is, he remarks, twentyone years since that regularity in the strata was discovered which led to the completion 1814.] Literary and Philosophical Intelligence. completion of this work. Thirteen years since, a publication on the subject was announced in the Monthly Magazine, by which the public are in some degree apprised of the nature of Mr. Smith's discoveries. The lines of strata now proposed to be published upon a scale of five miles to an inch, have been repeatedly revised; and their various properties and peculiarities accurately described. The matter will be divided into separate volumes, each of which will form a complete work on distinct branches of the subject. The first volume will follow the publication of the map without delay, to which it will form a general index, as well as to every succeeding pa't of the work; comprising a full explanation of the map, and a general description of the strata. A very important work is in the press, and will be speedily published, from the pen of Mr. COLQUHOUN, on the Population, Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire:-comprising in one volume, quarto, a body of more valuable information and interesting facts, than has perhaps ever been disclosed to the public in so short a compass; and in which will be found detailed, the value of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and of all the colonies, dependencies, and settlements in Europe, America, Africa, and Asia, including the territories under the management of the East India Company. The whole illus trated by copious satistical tables, constructed on a new and comprehensive plan, so as to be intelligible to the meanest capacity. Dr. ADAMS's summer course of Lectures will commence on the second Tuesday in June. Messrs. BALLANTYNE, of Edinburgh, have nearly completed Roderick, the Last of the Goths, a poem, by R. SOUTHEY, esq. Mr. THELWALL is preparing for the press, a Report of the results of his experience in the Treatment of Cases of Imperfection of the Roof of the Mouth, Uvula and Velum Palati, and other defects and malconformations of the Elocutionary Organs. The whole of the papers communicated to the Philosophical Transactions by the 445 The clerks of the Foreign Post Office, London, who transact their business withi the same correctness as all the other departments of that well arranged and matchless establishment, have announced the delivery of the various foreign newspapers on the undermentioned terms per quarter: Moniteur French. Gazette de France Leyde Couraut, in Dutch Rotterdam Courant German. Der Deutsche Beobachter. 1. S. d. 2 7 1 10 0 All foreign newspapers, magazines, and other periodical publications, can be sup plied, postage free; and the Monthly Magazine, Medical Journal, and other English journals and reviews, are forwarded in like manner, at the rate of 2 guineas for 2s. publications, and 3 gui neas for 2s. 6d. ones. Mr. STEVENSON, of Norwich, is preparing for publication a Supplement to Bentham's History and Antiquities of Ely Cathedral, to be embellished with a number of beautiful engravings, and printed uniformly with the new edition of that work. The printing will be commenced as soon as the names of as many 'subscribers are obtained as will cover the expense. It is A Voyage to the Isle of Elba is in the press, and will be immediately published, translated from the French of Mr. ARSENNE THIEBAUT DE BERNEAUD. the result of a recent visit by its able author, to an island, at all times worthy of the traveller's notice, and rendered at this period peculiarly interesting. It embraces a general view, not only of the geography and geology of Elba, but of its natural history, antiquities, topography, agriculture, and commerce, and reate JouN SMEATON, F. R. S. of the nanners and habits of the are preparing for publication in one population. Mr. WEST, the amiable president of the Royal Academy, has furnished Mr. GALT with materials for a history of 3 M life life, comprising a great number of original anecdotes of the most celebrated characters of Europe and America, during the last sixty years. It will be interesting to artists and students for the development of the principles which the president has followed in his career, and for his critical opinions on the remains of ancient sculpture, and the great paint ings of Frauce and Italy. Mr. Galt, having himself visited many of the finest collections, will also interweave in the narrative the observations of ingenious men, with whom he has been acquainted in his travels. No work equally.comprehensive, relative to the actual state of the fine arts, has yet appeared; and it will be as minute in its biographical details, as though it had been executed by Mr. West himself. An account is printing of a Mission to Abyssinia, and of Travels into the interior of that country, executed by order of government in the years 1809 and 1810, by HENRY SALT, esq. F. R.S. &c. The work will be illustrated with various maps and nineteen engravings by Heath, from drawings taken on the spot by the author. Mr. SOTHEBY will speedily publish a volume containing five tragedies, entitled, the Death of Darnley, Ivan, Zamorin and Zama, the Confession, and Orestes. The Recluse of Norway, a novel, by Miss A. M. PORTER, is in the hands of the printer. Mrs. GRAHAM's Letters on India will appear in the course of the present month. The Rev. J. INGRAM, late Saxon professor at Oxford, is preparing an edition of the Saxon Chronicle, with an English translation and notes, a copious index, a short grammar of the Saxon language, and a map of England during the heptarchy; to be published in a royal quarto volume. : The Rev. Mr. CARD, author of the "Revolutions of Russia," &c. &c. is printing an Essay on the holy Eucharist, or a Refutation of the Hoadlyan scheme of it. but the progress towards such a change appears retrograde. The disease is most strongly marked in the face. Messrs. LONGMAN and Co. have in their literary cabinet in Paternoster-row, the following rarities :- Le Rommant de la Rose, où tout l'Art d'Amour est enclose, commencé par Guillaume de Lorris, et achevé par Jean de Meung; a most beautiful folio manuscript on vellum, written by the SIEUR ACARIE, one of the courtiers of Francis I. King of France. There are above 100 splendidly illuminated drawings, the design and finishing of which are inimitable: bound in crimson velvet, with clasps.-2001. Caii Suetonii Tranquilli de Vita XII. Cæsarum. Venet per Nic. JENSON, 1471. Folio, blue morocco, elegant. 31. 10s. Lucianus, Græce, editio princeps, folio. A matchless copy, red morocco, joints, and gilt leaves. Florent. 1496.-60%. Plinii Historia Naturalis. Folio. Venet, Jenson. 1472. Russia, gilt leaves. -30%. Un Recueil des Epitaphes, Inscriptions et Armoires, qui etoient dans les Eglises de la Ville de Paris; a most elaborate and curious manuscript, in 3 large folio volumes of 1000 pages each. -527. 10s. Bibliotheca Hispana Vetus et Nova: Auctore D. Nicolao Antonio Hispalensi. 4 vols. folio. Matriti, 1783 8.-261. Mrs. ROBERTS's novel, entitled, "DUTY," will appear in a few days. Such is the merited popularity of Miss MITFORD'S Narrative Poems, in the United States, that we observe Messrs, KIRK and Co. of New York, announce a second edition. The Rev. JOB ORTON'S Discourses on practical Subjects, which had become very scarce, are re-printing in one volume octavo. Dr. ROBERTS, of Bridport, in his fourth Course of Experimental Philoso. phy, brought forward a new apparatus for exhibiting accumulated electricity, which had a powerful effect. In five minutes after the machine is put in motion, the Aurora Borealis makes its ap A new work, under the title of "ALICIA DE LACY," by Mrs. WEST, will appearance, then balls of fire of a purple pear this month. A rural poem, entitled, a Sketch from Nature, is nearly ready for publication. St. Bartholomew's Hospital contains a second case of the Elephantiasis of Are tæus, as described by Dr. ADAMS, and copied into the new Cyclopædia. The subject is approaching the age of puberty, colour pass through an aerial vacuum of three feet in length, after which a sudden change takes place and stars begin to shoot, whose light is so vivid that the eye can scarcely bear it. He promises us a particular description of the appa ratus for a subsequent number of this Magazine. The Confessions of Sir Thomas Lon gueville, |