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ART. XIV. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige, the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending Information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the Public, if consistent with its plan.

A new Work by Mrs. Taylor, of Ongar, (author of "Maternal Solici tude,") entitled Practical Hints to Young Wives, Mothers, and Mistresses of Families, will be published in a few days.

In the press, and shortly will be published, "An Easy System of Short Hand, exhibiting all the latest improvements, upon an entirely new plan, founded on long practical experience, from its simplicity and facility of acquirement peculiarly calculated for persons who study by themselves." By James Mitchell, M.A. Teacher of Short Hand.

Mr. Cottle's Poem of Mess'ah, in tweaty eight books, will be published on the first of January.

Mr. Wm. Jaques, Private Tutor, and Editor of Professor Franck's Treatise on the Reading and Study of the Holy Scriptures, has in the press, (to be published in the early part of 1815) An Abridgement of the venerable John Arndt's True Christianity.

Mr. Arthur Taylor has in the press, in an octavo volume, an Historical Treatise of the Unction and Coronation of the Kings and Queens of England; with an Appendix of curious docu

ments.

Dr. C. Wordsworth, Dean of Bocking, is preparing to publish, Sermons on Practical Subjects for the Use of Families, in two octavo volumes.

Speedily will be published in 4to. illustrated by engravings, Theory on the Classification of Beauty and Deformity, and their Correspondence with Physi⚫gnomonic Expression. By Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, author of a Tour to la Grande Chartreuse and Alet.

Mr. Forster will soon publish an en. larged edition of his Researches concerning Atmospheric Phænomena; with engravings illustrative of Mr. Howard's Nomenclature of the Clouds, &c.

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from Ancient Writers, sacred and prcfane, with translations and notes, by the Rev. Henry Meen, are in the press.

Select Poems of Synesius, and of Gregory Nazianzen, translated from the Greek, by H. S. Boyd, Esq. with some original poems, will soon be put to press.

The Rev. J. J. Holmes has in the press, an Elucidation of the Revelation of St. John.

Essays, Moral and Entertaining, on the various faculties and passions of the human mind, by Edward, Earl of Cla rendon, will soon appear in a foolscap octavo volume.

A Diary of a Journey through North Wales, is printing from a manuscript of the late Dr. Samuel Johnson; with prefatory observations, anecdotes, and notes by the Rev. Henry White.

The Rev. R. Mant has in the press, a third volume of Parochial and Domestic Sermons.

A General History of Swisserland, as divided into nineteen cantons, with a description of the scenery, manners, customs, laws, &c. of the inhabitants, and coloured figures of the costume, is preparing for publication.

The Cadet, a poem, being Remarks on British India, as it respects the happiness of those who go thither as cadets, is printing in two small octavo volumes.

Mr. Win. Anderson has in the press, a Description of the Cyclometer, a new invented machine for dividing a circle into any number of equal parts, &c.

Mr. John Cooper will soon publish a translation of Ptolemy's Quadripartite, with notes and observations.

The Fourth Volume of Hutchings' History of Dorsetshire, with additions by Mr. Gough, is nearly ready for publication to which will be prefixed, a life of the author, &c.

A new edition of Ritson's Biographia Poetica, with very considerable additions, and a few occasional specimens, is preparing for the press.

Mr. Norris has in the press a second edition of a Practical Exposition of the Tendency and Proceedings of the British and Foreign Bible Society.

Proposals have been issued for pubJishing by subscription at Paisley, by S. and A. Young, Lectures upon the principal Prophecies of Revelation. By Alexander M'Leod, D.D. Pastor of the

Reformed Presbyterian Church, New York. To be reprinted, by the author's permission, from a copy that bas reached this country in compli

ment.

We hear that there will be published immediately, An Essay on the Doctrine of the Trinity, arranged in the form of Propositions attempting to prove the Doctrine by Demonstration, founded upon the Divine perfections, natural and moral; some of the powers and faculties of the human soul; the language of scripture; and tradition among all nations. By the Rev. James Kidd, Professor of Oriental Languages in the Marischal College, Aberdeen.

Preparing and speedily will appear, a Translation of the Memoirs on the Campaign in the year 1796, by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Charles of Austria; to which will be added, an Introductory Preface of the Life, Character, and Military Career of that illustrious Personage. This Work of the Archduke has already been finished by him several years ago, but owing to political motives, the Manuscript thereof remained hitherto confined to his desk, and is only now on the changes of the situation of Europe suffered to be printed.

A new work from the pen of Mrs. Hannah More, may be expected in the course of the present month.

Lieut.-General G. Cockburn's Narrative of his Voyage up the Mediterranean in 1810 and 1811, will be shortly published it contains an account of a tour in Sicily, Malta, and the Lipari Islands, undertaken at a very interesting period, and will be accompanied by numerous well executed Views and Plans taken on the spot, descriptive of a beautiful and romantic country, and illustra tive of recent events.

The Rev, W. Shepherd, the Rev. Laut Carpenter, LL.D. and the Rev. J. Joyee, will publish at Christmas, in 2 vols. 8vo. illustrated with Plates by Lowry, Systematic Education, or Elementary Instruc tion in the various Departments of Literature and Science, with Practical Rules for studying each Branch of Useful Knowledge. The important period of human life which commences when young persons are freed from the restraint of school discipline, is often ill spent, for want of some useful object of mental pursuit. The living instructor is, perhaps, not at hand to point out a course of study; and many an inge nuous youth falls into the habit of desultory and baneful reading, who, with proper guidance, might have formed a decided taste for the acquisition of wholesome knowledge, in the prosecution of which he might have improved his mind, and have been prescrved from frivolity and vice. Influenced by these considerations, the Authors of Systematic Education have had it in view to supply those who are between sixteen and twenty-five years of age with such guidance. They have endeavoured to offer such elementary instruction as may afford a good preparative for future reading, and to point out the best sources of farther information on the subjects of which they treat. It has been their aim to compress within a narrow compass, a great fund of important knowledge, which could only be obtained by the perusal of a multitude of volumes; and they flatter themselves that, on some topics, their Elements will supply materials not unworthy of the attention of the Preceptor, who may be engaged in conducting the studies of pupils somewhat advanced in scholastic attainments. Having thus briefly detailed the objects of their work, they respectfully submit the decision, as to its merits in point of plan and execution, to the candour of an enlightened public.

The Rev. Archdeacon Coxe has just completed a new edition of Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon, from the Accession of Philip the Fifth to the Death of Charles the Third, 1700-1788. Drawn from unpublished Documents and secret Papers. In six vols. 8vo.

Art. XV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoirs of the Lives of Dom Annaud Jean le Bouthillier de Rancé, and of Thomas à Kempis. By Charles Butler, Esq. cr. 8vo. 4s. sewed.

EDUCATION.

A Series of Questions upon the Bible, by the Rev. E. Stanley, Rector of Alderley, for the Use of Families and Upper Classes of Sunday and other Schools. 3s. 6d.

With a separate Key of Reference to each Verse, containing the Answer. 1s. 6d.

A New Edition, revised, of An Explanatory Pronouncing Dictionary of the French Language, in French and English; wherein the exact Sound and Articulation of every Syllable are distinctly marked. To which are prefixed, the Principles of the French Pronunciation, Prefatory Directions for using the Spelling Representative of every Sound, and the Conjugation of the Verbs, regular, irregular, and defective, with their true Pronunciation. By l'Abbe Tardy, late Master of Arts in the University of Paris. 12mo. 7s. bound.

FINE ARTS.

Picturesque Views of Public Edifices in Paris. By Messrs. Segard and Testard; aquatinted in imitation of drawings, by Mr. Rosenberg. 4to. 11. 11s. 6d. coloured, 21. 12s. 6d.

HISTORY.

History of England, from the Northern Conquest to the Accession of Edward the First. By Sharon Turner, F.S.A. 4to. 11. 16s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The London Catalogue of Books, with their Sizes and Prices. 1814. 8vo. 8s. half-bound.

*** A few Copies on thick Post 4to. 14s. in sheets.

Rules of Life; with Reflections on the Manners and Dispositions of Mankind. 12mo 8s. boards.

The Biographical Dictionary; Vol. XVIII. Edited by Alex, Chalmers, F.S.A. 8vo. 12s. bds.

The Velvet Cushion. Second Edition. 5s.

A Collection of Scripture Maps; exhibiting the principal Places mentioned in the Old and New Testament, accurately coloured. 8vo. neatly half-bound,' 14s. 6d. 4to. 18s.

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, the probable Effect of a great Reduction of Corn Prices, by Importation; upon the relative Condition of the State and its Creditors; and of Debtors and Creditors in general. 8vo. 3s.

POETRY.

Roderick, the last of the Goths; a tragic Poem. By Robert Southey, Esq. P.L. 4to.

Dermid; or, Erin in the Days of Boru: a Poem. By John D'Alton, Esq. Barrister at Law. 4to. 21. 5s. bds.

The Modern Dunciad; a Satire. With Notes, Biographical and Critical. In foolscap 8vo. 5s. 6d. bds

A New Edition of Lara a Tale. By Lord Byron. 8vo. 5s. 6d. sewed. Poems, by Hugh Lawton, Esq. Royal 4to. 11. 5s. bds.

THEOLOGY AND SACRED LITERATURE. Strahan's Pearl Bible; the smallest ever printed, Price in boards, 18s. ; in ; silk, 19s.; red morocco, 11. 4s.

Parts XI and XII, which conclude Mr. Frey's Hebrew Bible. The whole may be had in 2 vols. bds. Common, 31. 3s. royal, 41. 10s.

Also, A Hebrew Grammar; together with the whole Book of Psalms. 10s. 6d.

The Fourteenth Edition of Lexicon Novi Testamenti Alphabeticum; omnes Voces tam primitivas quàm derivativas, anomalas atque communes, in sacro Textu occurrentes, cum earum Resolutione grammaticâ, complectens. Studio et Labore Joan. Dawson, A.B. 8vo. 9s. bound.

Eight Sermons, preached before the University of Oxford; together with a Sermon delivered at an Ordination, bolden at Christ Church by the Bishop of Durham, on Trinity Sunday, in the year 1810. By Edward Garrard Marsh, M.A. 8vo. 7s. 6d. bds.

Sermons by the late Rev. Samuel Palmer, of Hackney. Edited by the Rev. Samuel Palmer, of Chigwell. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

A Dictionary of Religious Opinions; or, Concise Account of the Various Denominations into which the profession of Christianity is divided; including a View of the Ecclesiastical Government, and Order of Worship peAlphabetically culiar to each Sect. arranged. By William Jones, Author of the History of the Waldenses, &c. 12mo. 5s. 6d.

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Plain Discourses; delivered Country Congregation. By the Rev. William Butcher, M. A. Rector of Ropsley, Lincolnshire. 2 vols. 12mo. 10s, bds.

Vol. II. of A Summary of the History of the English Church, and of the Sects which have departed from its Communion; with Answers to each Dissenting Pody relative to its pretended Grounds of Separation. By Johnson Grant, M.A. Carof St. John's College, Oxford. rying down the Narrative to the Reigu of Charles II. and introducing Discussions of the Principles held by Presbyterians, Independents, Antinomians, Millenarians (including Southcottians) and Quakers. 8vo. 14s. bds.

A Brief and Connected View of Prophecy being an Exposition of the Second, Seventh, and Eighth Chapters of the Prophecy of Daniel; together with the Sixteenth Chapter of Revelation. To which are added, some Observations respecting the Period and Manner of the Restoration of the Jews. Captain Maitlaud, Royal Artillery. 3s. 6d.

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Elements of Hebrew Grammar, in Two Parts. Part 1. The Doctrine of the Vowel Points and the Rudiments of the Grammar. Part 2. The Structure and Idioms of the Language, with an Appendix, containing the Notation of the Hebrew Words in Roman Letters. By J. F. Gyles, Esq. A.M. 8vo. 12s. bds.

Christian Morals; or, Practical Precepts and Rules of Duty; selected from the Epistles of St. Paul, St. James, St. Peter, and St. John. 8d. or 9% a dozen.

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A New Edition, being the Sixth, of A Key to the New Testament, giving Account of the several Books, their Contents, their Authors, and of the Times, Places, and Occasions on which they were respectively written. By Thomas Percy, D.D. late Lord Bishop of Dromore. 12mo. 3s. 6d. bound.

TOPOGRAPHY AND TRAVELS.

Letters from Albion to a frend on the Continent. Written in the years 1810, 11, 12, and 13. 2 vols. foolscap 8vo. 14s.

Alpine Sketches, comprised in a short Tour through Parts of Holland, Flanders, France, Savoy, Switzerland, and Germany, during the Summer of 1814. By a Member of the University of Oxford. 8vo. 9s. bds.

Lithgow's Travels and Voyages through Europe, Asia, and Africa, for Nineteen Years. Twelfth Edition. 8vo. 12. bds.

A Visit to Paris in June 1814. By Henry Wansey, sen. F.A.S. 8vo. 5s. sewed.

ERRATA IN OUR LAST NUMBER.

P. 487, line 12 from bottom, for any one, read one.

The price of Lacey's Discourses, should have been stated to be 12s.

IN THE OCTOBER NUMBER.

P. 340, 1. 18 from bottom, for arts, read acts.

A.ticles on the following works have been received, and are designed to appear in our January Number. Hill on Insanity, Alison's Sermons, Penn on Ezekiel's Prophecy, Keith's Geometry, Stewart's Eicinents of Intellectual Philosuphy, &c.

The following are preparing for the early Numbers of the ensuing volume. Voyage of the Moravian Missionaries to Ungewa Bay; Baron Grimo's Corre pondence; The Excursion, by William Word-worth; Don Rod rck, by Robe Southey, Esq.; Dunlop's History of Fiction; Northern Aut quities; Brooks Lives of the Puritans; Toulmin's History of Dissenters; Miss Edgeworth's Patron age; Wardlaw's Lectures on the Socinian Controversy; Principles of Christian Philosophy; Chalmers on the Evidences of Christianity; Laurence's Diss rtation upon Griesbach; Philosophical Transactious for 1813 and 1814, The Works of Edmund Burke; Dr. E. D. Clarke's Travels in Egypt and Palestine; Lewis and Clarke's Travels; Hoare's Wiltshire; Jamieson's Hermes Scythicus; Brown's History of Missions; Lamotte's Norway; Humboldt's Personal Narrative, &c. &

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GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. II. NEW SERIES.

"A Brand plucked out of the fire," or
a brief account of Robert Kendall.
By W. P. Davies, 213, 219
Alps, defiles of, near Reichenshall, 470
Amour, its strong current, 156
Antwerp, Buonaparte's commission to the
Commandant of, 945

Appel aux Souverains réunis à Paris,
pour en obtenir l'abolition de la traite
des Negres, 103, et seq.

Approbation of the conduct of young
persons, great caution requisite in
administering it, 19

Archbishop Sancroft's Fur predestinatus,
see Predestined Thief.

Arithmetical Preceptor. By Joseph
Youle, 496, et seq.

Arius, his opinions, 489; modifications
of Arianism traced, 490
Armstrong's facts and observations rela-
tive to the fever called puerperal, 400,
et seq.; its two stages, ib.; symptoms
in its first stage, 401; Dr. A.'s treat-
ment, 402; its success near Sunder-
land, and extract, ib. el seq.; farther
remarks on its symptoms and treat-
ment, ib. seq.

Banian, a description of a most beautiful
specimen on the banks of the Nerbudda,
410

Banian hospital (for brutes) at Surat, 442
Barrett's life of Cardinal Ximenes, 325,

et keq.; sketch of his early life and
studies, 326; enters the convent of
Observantines, ib.; author's comment
on religious seclusion, ib.; Ximenes' au-
stery of life, 327; chosen confes-
sor to the queen, and Provincial of his
convent, ib.; visits the convents, and
reforms their abuses, 328; appointed
Archbishop of Toledo, ib.; continues
his austere mode of life, 329; forms a
university at Alcala, 330; compiles the
Complutensian polyglott Bible, ib.; sails
to Barbary and reduces Oran, 331;
appointed regent of Spain, ib.; sup-

posed to have been poisoned, 332; in-
gratitude of Charles V. 833; his
death, ib.; estimate of his character,
ib.

Belsham's memoirs of the late Rev. Theo-
philus Lindsey, 117, et seq.; Mr. Lind-
sey's reputation accidental, 113; com-
plimentary style of his biographer,
114; sketch of Mr. L.'s life, ib. et seq.;
entertains scruples concerning the law-
fulness of Trinitarian worship, 115; re-
news his subscription, 116; his unjus-
tifiable prevarication, ib. ; his exem-
plary conduct as rector of Catterick,
117; renounces his living, 118; founds
the chapel in Essex-street, 118; So-
cinianism in England on the decline,
119, et seq.; extravagance of the boast
of its pretended increase, 122; con-
duct of the Puritans and Socinians
contrasted, 193; Mr. L.'s qualifica-
tions as a writer, 124; his mal-treat-
ment of Mr. Robinson, ib. ; character
of Mr. Belsham as a writer, 125; he
asserts that God is the Author of natural
and moral evil, 126; denies the external
authority of Jesus Christ, 128; Mr.
Lindsey not entitled to rank among
the ejected ministers, 130
Bhauts, their peculiar character and manners,
633; Tarakaw, a mode of murderous re-
venge inflicted on themselves when op-
pressed by tribute, &c. 634; dreadful in
stance of it, ib.

Bible Society, real cause of the opposi-

tion to it, 584; alleged cause of the
clergy for withholding their co-opera-
tion, 585

Bible Societies, on the influence of,
on the temporal necessities of the
poor, 168, et seq.; effects of the ob-
jections against the Bible Society, 169;
funds for its support do not encroach on
those for the relief of the poor, 170; its
moral effects on the poor, ib. et seq.; its
principle of combination, 170; its
tendency to meliorate the temporal

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