ance of a quadruped performer on that stage in the Dog of Montargis. He is proceeding the more assiduously with his own Biography, which he has entitled Fiction and Truth; and of which the 5th volume, containing his residence in Italy, is now published. In the second number of his View of the Arts in the Countries bordering on the Main, and Rhine, he strongly censures the puerile imitation of the style of antique art, so universally affected by modern painters and amateurs.

The most important dramatic phenomenon is King Yngurd, a romantic tragedy, by Adolf Mullner, who resides at Weissenfels on the Saale, and who, though 45 years of age before he produced his first tragedy, entitled Der Schuld (Guilt), is now justly considered as the first dramatic writer of his nation. His new piece, the scene of which is laid in Norway, might in many of its situations sustain a comparison with Shakspeare himself. It has just been published with six engravings by Göschen of Leipzig.

ITALY.

It is a general opinion, that the atmosphere of Italy is clearer than that of France or England, and therefore much better fitted for astronomical observations. But this opinion, in regard to the so cal led garden of Europe, the soi-disant terrestial paradise is false. Pond, the Astronomer royal, says, that it is not a country for practical astronomy, and that the climate of England is much more advantageous, and has more clear days. The prevailing wind in Italy is the south, which brings rain in winter, and fog in summer. Even Naples does not possess an astronomical climate. In the winter season, rains like those of the tropical regions deluge the country for ten or twelve weeks; and in summer, the air exhibits all the silvery and pearly hues known to the painter. If we look at the landscapes of the Italian school, we at once obtain a conception of the atmosphere of Italy. Florence has been celebrated for its fine climate and clear sky. Those who have made this observation, probably never heard of the proverb, Qu'on ne comprend pas qu'on y peut vivre en été et n'y pas mourir er hiver." Even Genoa, the climate of which is so much admired, is named the Urinale dell' Italia. Astronomical instruments suffer there from moisture more in a few months than in France in as many years.

Brocchi, a distinguished Italian naturalist, has discovered, in the neighbour hood of Veletri, columnar basalt, resting upon a bed of pumice, which contains bones of quadrupeds.

General Count Camillo Borgia has lately returned to Naples from Africa, after having been engaged in antiquarian researches for nearly two years in the neighbourhood of Tunis. He established such an interest with the Bey and his ministers, as to obtain an unqualified permission to examine the antiquities of that country. He caused considerable excavations in various places; especially on the site of the ancient Carthage, and at Utica; and the general result of his labours has been, that, along the coast and in the interior, he has examined the ruins of more than 200 cities and towns, and made copies and drawings of 400 ancient inscriptions and remains, hitherto unpublished and unknown. Among the inscriptions are some which appear to be in the ancient Punic language. The most important of the public buildings which have been discovered, is a Temple at Utica, containing 80 columns of oriental granite, and a statue of the goddess Flora. He is at present employed in arranging his materials, and preparing the result of his discoveries for the press.

SWITZERLAND.

Alpine Districts.-Extensive researches into the mineralogy of those regions have recently been made by the indefatigable M. Brochant, who, after repeated examinations, and most laborious investigations, has ascertained that the lofty summits of the Alpine hills, through the whole range from St Gothard to Mount Cenis, do not consist of an absolute granite, as has generally been supposed. This applies more especially to Mont Blanc, which, in common with the others, is of a species of granite particularly chrystaline, abounding in talcous and feldsparic rock, and containing in many instances, beds of metallic minerals. M. Brochant, however, is of decided opinion, that the southern border of the Alpine chain consists of real granite; he therefore takes analogy for the basis of his reasoning; and supposing it most probable, that the granitic stratum supports the talcous, he infers that the higher summits of the chain, relatively considered, are not the most ancient part of those mountains.

PROPOSALS have been issued for publishing by subscription, in three volumes 12mo, Historical and Literary Botany, containing the qualities, anecdotes, and superstitions relative to those Trees, Plants, and Flowers, which are mentioned in Sacred and Profane History; the particulars of some rare and curious Plants which bear the names of celebrated persons; and also those which are used in the religious worship and civil ceremonies of divers nations; together with the devices, proverbs, &c. which derive their origin from these vegetables; concluding with a Romantic Story, entitled, "Flowers, from the French of Madame de Genlis, with Explanatory Notes," &c.; by Eliza J. Reid.

Dr Blake of Weymouth is preparing for the press, in several volumes imperial 4to, a Splendid and Authentic Peerage of the United Kingdom, from the Earliest Records to the Present Day, in which will be given a genealogical and tabular view of the personal descent, original creation, and collateral branches of every title, whether living or extinct; forming at once a clear and comprehensive history of every family on which any distinction had been conferred by the Sovereigns of these kingdoms. It is intended, in this Elementary Work, to supersede the cross-reading and numerous parentheses, which render the present pedigrees of our nobility so unintelligible.

A General History of the Quadrupeds of America, illustrated by coloured plates engraved from original drawings, is preparing for publication. It will correspond in form with the late Alexander Wilson's splendid illustrations of American Ornithology.

Mr Overton of Crayford, Kent, has in a state of great forwardness, a work in two volumes 8vo, entitled, The Genealogy of Christ, elucidated by Sacred History; with a New System of Sacred Chronology; in which the Addition made by the Seventy Translators to the Hebrew, is considered to refer to the period of the Son of Man before the Fall; by which the Truth of Scripture is demonstrated by its Chronology; serving as an Antidote to the venomous pen of Vol

ney.

Memoirs, with a Selection from the Correspondence and other unpublished Writings of the late Mrs Elizabeth Hamilton, are printing in two crown 8vo volumes.

The first volume of the Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay is printing in 4to.

Early in July will appear an Introduction to English Composition and Elocution, in four parts, viz.-1. Æsop modernised and moralised, in a series of amusing and instructive Tales, calculated as Reading Lessons for Youth; 2. Skeletons of those Tales,

with leading Questions and Hints, designed as an easy Manuduction to the Practice of English Composition; 3. Poetic Reading made Easy, by means of Metrical Notes to each Line: 4. An Appendix of Select Prose; by John Carey, LL.D.

Sir John Sinclair announces his long promised Code of Agriculture, founded on all the publications of the Board, and intended to comprise a summary of their results. The following are the outlines of his plan :

1. To consider those "Preliminary Points" to which a farmer ought to attend, otherwise he can never expect to carry on, in a useful manner, any system of husbandry. These particulars are, climatesoil-subsoil-elevation-aspect--situation

tenure, whether in property or on lease rent-burdens on, and size of the farm. 2. To inquire into the nature of "Those means of cultivation which are essential to ensure its success:" these are, capital-regu lar accounts-arrangement of agricultural labour-farm servants-labourers in husbandry-live stock-implements-agricultural buildings-command of water-divisions of fields, and farm roads. 3. To point

out

"The various modes of improving land," by cultivating wastes-enclosingdraining-manuring-paring and burning

fallowing-weeding-irrigation-flooding warping embanking, and planting. 4. To explain "The various modes of occupying land," in arable culture-grass-woods

gardens, and orchards. And, 5. To of fer some general remarks on "The means of improving a country," by diffusing information by removing obstacles to improvement, and by positive encouragement.The work is intended to form a large volume in octavo, and it will be published early in August.

A work on Biblical Criticism on the Books of the Old Testament, and Translations of Sacred Songs, with notes, critical and explanatory, by Samuel Horsley, LL.D, F. R.S. F.A.S. late Lord Bishop of St Asaph, is preparing for publication.

The continuation, in octavo, with engravings, is printing, of Travels in South America, by Messrs Humboldt and Bonpland; translated from the French, under the superintendence of M. Humboldt, by Helen Maria Williams.

The Remains of James Dusautoy, late of Emanuel College, Cambridge, are in the press.

Mr Armiger is engaged in researches, and in the collection of materials for an English work on Physiology, intended to supply an acknowledged deficiency in the elementary medical books of this country,to exhibit the present state of that important science, and the extent to which it is

indebted to the investigation of British phy. siologists.

Mr Curtis is about to publish a Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Ear, containing a comparative view of its structure and functions, and of its various diseases.

A volume of Transactions of the Philosophical Society of London is in the press. Mr Bernay's Introduction to the Knowledge of the German Language is preparing for publication.

In the press, and to be published this month, a new Edition of a very choice Collection of Moral Apothegms, which first appeared in the year 1711, under the title of The Club, in a Dialogue between Father and Son; by James Puckle. Embellished with a Portrait, and a Sketch of the Author's Life.

The Rev. J. Joyce's Elements of History and Geography, ancient and modern, exemplified and illustrated by the principles of chronology, will soon appear in two octavo volumes, with several maps.

Speedily will be published, in one volume octavo, An Essay on Capacity and Genius, endeavouring to prove that there is no original mental superiority between the most illiterate and the most learned of mankind; and that no genius, whether individual or national, is innate, but solely produced by, and dependent on, circumstances. Also, an Inquiry into the nature of Ghosts, and other Appearances supposed to be supernatural, [In the Essay on Capacity and Genius, the System of Messrs Gall and Spurzheim will meet with due consideration.]

ANNALS of the Coinage of Great Britain and its Dependencies, from the earliest period to the 50th year of George III.; by the Rev. Rogers Ruding, B.D. 3 vols 4to. £14.

The Elgin Marbles, with an abridged Historical and Topographical Account of Athens, Vol. I.; by the Rev. E. J. Burrow, 8vo, with 40 plates. £1.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of J. C. Lettsom, M. D. and James Neild, Esq. with Brief Notices of many other philanthropists, with portraits, &c. 5s.

Athenæ Oxonienses; by Anthony A. Wood; augmented by Philip Bliss, Fellow of St John's College, Vol. III. royal 4to.

The Life of Thomas Paine; by James Cheetham, 8vo. 7s.

DRAMA.

Don Giovani, or a Spectre on Horseback, an Extravaganza, in two acts, as performing at the Surrey Theatre; by Thomas Dibdin. 1s. 6d.

The Libertine, an Opera, in two acts, as performing at Covent-Garden Theatre. 2s. 6d.

ENTOMOLOGY.

An Introduction to Entomology, or Ele ments of the Natural History of Insects, with plates; by William Kirby, M.A. F. L. S. and William Spence, Esq. F. L.S. vol. 2, 8vo. 185.

EDUCATION.

Five Hundred Questions on the Old Tes tament; by the Rev. Samuel Barrow. ls. Fairy Tales, collected from all authors; by B. Tabart, with engravings. 4s. 6d. The Italian Word-Book; by the Abbé Bossut. 1s.

Memoranda; intended to aid the English Student in the acquirement of the niceties of the French Grammar; by William Hodg son, 12mo. 12s.

Elizabeth, or the Exiles of Siberia, by Madame Cottin; to which is added, at the bottom of each page, Difficult Words, Phrases, and idiomatical Expressions, to assist in a correct translation of the text; followed by an Appendix, consisting of Notes Geographical and Topographical, illustrative of the Journey of the Heroine, of the Habits and Manners of the Tartars, and of the Natural Phenomena of the North, for the Use of Schools, and calculated to facilitate the attainment of the French Language; by J. Cherpilloud, author of the Book of Versions, &c. 4s. bound.

FINE ARTS.

A Set of Seventeen Engravings to illus trate Shakspeare, from Pictures by eminent British Artists; engraved by Messrs Sharp, Hall, Bromley, Rhodes, Fitler, and Stow. Proofs, £6, 6s-Common Prints, £4, 4s.

The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands; to which is added,

Observations on the Ruins of Babylon, as recently Visited and Described by Claudius James Rich, Esq. Resident for the East India Company at Bagdad, with illustrative engravings; by the Rev. Thomas Maurice, A. M. Assistant Librarian in the British Museum, 8vo. 16s.

An Address to the Right Hon. Lord Byron, with an Opinion on some of his Writings; by F. H. B.

NOVELS.

Harrington, a Tale, and Ormond, a Tale, in three volumes; by Maria Edgeworth, author of Comic Dramas, Tales of Fashionable Life, &c. 3 vols 12mo. £1, 1s.

The Good Grandmother and her Offspring, a Tale; by Mrs Hofland, author of the Son of a Genius, 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Leap Year, or a Woman's Privilege; by Selina Davenport, 5 vols 12mo. £1, 5s.

The Imperial Captive; by J. Gwilliams, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 1s.

The Welsh Mountaineers; by Miss Hutton, author of the Miser Married, 3 vols. 18s.

The Hero, or Adventures of a Night, 2 vols 12mo. 8s.

Howard Castle, or the Romance from the Mountains; by a North Briton, 5 vols 12mo. £1, 7s. 6d.

POETRY.

Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National Poem; by Robert and William Whistlecraft, saddlers and collar-makers, Stowmarket, Suffolk. 5s. 6d.

A Poetical Epistle to the King of Hayti, in five cantos. 3s. 6d.

A Poetical Epistle from Delia, addressed to Lord Byron, dated Lauzanne, October 1816. 1s. 6d.

The Schoolboy, and other Poems; by Thomas Cromwell, small 8vo. 5s.

Lalla Rookh, an Oriental Romance; by Thomas Moore, Esq. second edition, 4to. £2, 2s.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

All Classes productive of National Wealth, or the Theories of M. Du Quesnai, Dr Adam Smith, and Mr Gray, concerning the various Classes of Men, as to the Production of Wealth to the Community, Analysed and Examined; by George Purves, LL. D. 8vo. 9s.

A New System of Practical Political Economy, adapted to the peculiar Circumstances of the present Times.

3s.

A Letter to D. Ricardo, Esq. containing an Analysis of his Pamphlet on the Depreciation of Bank Notes; by the Rev. Alex. Crombie, LL. D. 4s.

The Coalition and France, 8vo. 7s. Modern Policies, taken from Machiavel, Borgia, and other choice Authors; by an Eye-witness (Archbishop Sancroft). 2s. 6d. Speech of John Leslie Foster, Esq. in the House of Commons, on Mr Grattan's Motion on the Petition of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, May 9, 1817. 2s.

1817, in the House of Peers, on the Roman Catholic Claims. 1s. 6d. 2s.

The Patriot's Portfolio.

A Word in Season to my Beloved Country, 8vo. 1s.

THEOLOGY.

Moral Culture, attempted in a Series of Lectures delivered to the Pupils and Teachers of the Old and New Meeting Sunday Schools in Birmingham, interspersed with a variety of Illustrative Anecdotes; to which is added, a concise Narrative of the Origin, Progress, and Permanent Success of the Institution, and the Laws and Regulations by which it is at present governed; by James Luccock, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

An Appeal to Equity, shewing the unreasonableness and injustice of obliging Dissenters to contribute toward the support of the Church of England, with some Remarks on Tythes; by Phileleutherus, Svo. 1s. 6d.

Vice Triumphant, the Remedy proposed easy and effectual; by Samuel Spurrel. 2s. 6d.

History of Mahommedanism, comprising the Life and Character of the Arabian Prophet, and Succinct Accounts of the Empires founded by the Mahommedan Arms; by Charles Mills, Esq. 8vo. 12s.

Inquiry into the Effect of Baptism; by the Rev. John Scott, M. A. 8vo. 6s. Remarks on Tomlin's Calvinism; by the Rev. Thomas Scott, M. A. 8vo. 14s.

Stackhouse's History of the Bible, corrected and improved; by the Right Rev. George Gleig, LL. D. F. R. S. E. F.S. S. A. 3 vols 4to. £4, 14s. 6d. Large paper, £6, 6s.

Sermons; by J. Balguy, 8vo. 98.

The Evil of Separation from the Church of England, Svo. 5s.

Letters on Nonconformity, 12mo. 3s. 6d. On the Principles of the Christian Religion, addressed to her Daughter; and on Theology; by Mrs Lucy Hutchinson, 8vo. 10s. 6d.

The Domestic Altar, a Six Weeks' Course of Morning and Evening Prayers, for the Use of Families; to which are added, a few on particular Occasions; by the Rev. William Smith, A. M. author of "A System of Prayer." 8s.