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The Smack and Steam-Boat Guide; being a useful and pleasant Companion to the Voyager betwixt Leith and London; comprehending Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive Delineations of that Coast; with Sketches concisely descriptive of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and London; with a Chart of the Coast, &c. An Act to Repeal the Duty upon Horses let to Hire, for the purpose of Travelling, in Great Britain; and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof; and to provide for letting the same to Farm.

A Panoramic View of the City of Edinburgh and Surrounding Country; comprehending the varied and picturesque Scenery, as seen from the top of the Calton Hill, from an actual Drawing on the spot by Mr Tytler, will appear in a short time, beautifully printed in chalk by

A translation of Goethe's Wilhelm Mies- Simoneau, and handsomely coloured. Size ter, is in the press.

Dr Hibbert announces Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions; or an attempt

90 inches long, by 21 inches broad. A description of all the principal buildings, &c. will accompany it.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

AGRICULTURE.

LONDON.

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late Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost, Bart., particularly of his Services in the Canadas; including a Reply to the Strictures on his Military Character, contained in an article in the Quarterly Re view, for October, 1822. 7s. 6d.

Sketches of the Life and Correspondence of Nathaniel Greene, Major-General of the Armies of the United States, in the War of the Revolution. By William Johnson, of Charleston, South Carolina. L.3, 3s.

Memoirs of John Aikin, M.D. By Lucy Aikin. With a Selection of his Miscellaneous Pieces, Biographical, Moral, and Critical. 2 vols. 8vo. With a capital Portrait by Engleheart. Price L.1, 4s. Memoirs of Count Rapp, First Aid-decamp to Napoleon. Written by himself, and published by his family. Containing

a multitude of curious Facts and Anecdotes hitherto unknown. 10s.

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 Drawn from unpublished documents and secret papers. With an Historical Introduction relative to the principal Transactions under the Austrian Dynasty, and a Statistical Account of the State of Spain, at the Accession of Charles the Fourth. By the Rev. Archdeacon Coxe. 5 vols. 8vo. Second edition. L.3, 3s.

Original Memoirs; or, Brief Sketches of

real Characters. By a Clergyman of the Church of England. 4s.

Memoirs of the Baron de Kolli, relative to the Secret Mission on which he was employed by the British Government in 1810, for the purpose of effecting the liberation of Ferdinand VII., King of Spain, from captivity at Valençay. To which are added, the Memoirs of the Queen of Etruria, written by Herself.

The Life of Isaak Walton, including Notices of his Contemporaries. By Thomas Zouch, D. D. F. L. S., Prebendary of Durham, embellished with Twenty-five Engravings of Scenes described by Walton, Wood-cuts, &c., in foolscap 8vo. extra boards, 12s.; large paper, extra boards, 18s. Memoir of the late Mrs Paterson, Wife of the Rev. Dr Paterson of St Petersburgh, containing Extracts from her Diary and Correspondence. By the Rev. William Swann. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.

Memoirs of a Greek young Lady; or, Madame Pauline Adelaide Alexandre Panam, versus his Serene Highness the reigning Prince of Saxe Coburg. This volume presents very curious details of the manners and characters of the Court of Coburg, and includes Letters from the Grand Duke Constantine, the Prince de Metternich, the famous Prince de Ligne, the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and several other distinguished Personages on the Continent. In French and English. Neatly printed in crown 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. in extra boards, embellished with portraits of Madame Panam, and of the Prince of Coburg.

EDUCATION.

The Youthful Travellers; or Letters chiefly descriptive of Scenes visited by Young People, and designed as Examples of the Epistolary Style, for Children. 18mo. 2s. 6d.

Israel Lyon's Hebrew Grammar, with Points. Revised and corrected by H. Jacobs. Fourth edition.

Traduction Française, ou Clef du “ Manuel Epistolaire à l'usage des jeunes Demoiselles Anglaises." Par Madame de Froux. 3s. 6d.

FINE ARTS.

An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, on Twelve Plates, each 10 by 12 inches, carefully engraved in the line manner, from drawings by C. Wild, and accompanied by an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Fabric. Price in boards, in atlas quarto, L.4, 4s. India proofs, in folio Colombier, L.8, 8s.

Historical Illustrations of Quentin Durward, selected from Philip de Comines, Brantome, and other Writers; with Remarks on each Chapter, pointing out the coincidences or discrepancies between the Novelist and the Historian. With Por

traits of Louis XI., Charles the Bold, and Philip de Comines. 7s.

Parts IX. and X. of a Series of Engravings, in Outline, by Henry Moses, of the Works of Antonio Canova, i Sculpture and Modelling, with Descriptions from the Italian of the Countess Albrizzi.

Storer's Description of Fonthill Abbey, with Eight Interior and Exterior Views, (forming No. I. of the Port-Folio.) 2s. 6d. and 4s.

Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, with Heraldical and Genealogical notices of the Beckford Family. By John Britton. Large paper, £2, 10s. Small, £1, 5s.

Sketches of the Lives of Correggio and Parmegiano. With Notices of their principal Works. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

An Exact Representation of the Rev. E. Irving, of the Caledonian Church, CrossStreet, Hatton-Garden, drawn from Life, in Lithography. By G. H. Jones. 2s.

HISTORY.

A History of Richmondshire, in the North Riding of York; together with those parts of the Everwicshire, of Domesday, which form the Wapentakes of Lonsdale, Ewecross, and Amunderness, in the counties of York, Lancaster, and Westmoreland. By the late Thomas Dunham Whitaker, LL.D. F.S.A. Vicar of Whalley and of Blackburn in Lancashire. In 2 vols. folio, on fine demy paper, L.25, 4s., and on super-royal drawing paper, with Indian paper proof impressions of the plates, L.50, 8s.

The History of Alexander's Successors, forming a Continuation of Ancient History, from the Death of Alexander the Great, to the Reign of Augustus, First Emperor of Rome. Abridged for Youth, from the original work of M. Rollin, by the author of The Travels of a British Druid," the Abridgement of the Travels of Anacharsis in Greece, &c. 2 vols. 8s.

Provisory Constitution of Greece, translated from the second edition printed at Corinth, and accompanied with the Original Greek; to which are prefixed, a Letter to the Senate of the Greek Confederation, and a General View of the Origin and Progress of the Revolution. By a Grecian Eye-wit

ness.

A new edition of the Memoirs of Philip de Comines, containing the History of Louis XI. and Charles VIII. of France; and also of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, to which Prince he was Secretary. As also the History of Edward IV. and Henry VI. of England, including that of Europe for half the fifteenth Century; and, lastly, the Scandalous Chronicle, giving an Account of several remarkable Accidents and Adventures that happened in France and other neighbouring States, from 1460 to 1483. 2 vols. post 8vo. £1, Is

An Essay on the History of the English Government and Constitution, from the reign of Henry VIII. to the Present Time. By Lord John Russell. Second Edition, enlarged.

A concise View of the History, Literature, and present Society of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge; containing an account of the Academical and other Honours conferred upon its Members; also of the College Prizes, Preferments, and an Obituary of the year 1822, together with a List of the Writers of the present day, and their works. By William Henry Williams, M.D. F.L.S. Ipswich; of Gonville and Caius College, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. 5s.

LAW.

Observations on the Judges of the Court of Chancery, and the Practice and Delays complained of in that Court. 8vo.

A Supplement to the Twenty-third Edi tion of Dr Burn's Justice of the Peace and Parish-officer, including the Statutes from the 1st Geo. 4th, 1820, to 3d Geo. 4th, 1822, and the adjudged cases to the end of Trinity Term, 1822, together with a variety of new Precedents and MS. Cases. By G. Chetwynd, Esq. M. P. Barrister at Law, and Chairman of the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions. 1 vol. 8vo. 16s.

MISCELLANIES.

A Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, proposing to remove the British Museum to the East Wing of Somersethouse.

A Letter on the Means and Importance of Converting the Slaves in the West Indies to Christianity. By the Right Hon. Sir G. H. Rose, M.P.

A Second Series of Letters to W. Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. and his Defender Melancthon, on the Claims of the Roman Catholics to Religious and Civil Power in this Protestant Empire. By Amicus Protestans. 5s. 6d.

Instructions in all kinds of Gymnastic Exercises, as taught and practised in the Gymnastic Institutions of Germany. Designed as well for colleges, schools, and other places of education, as for private use. By a Military Officer. 6s. 6d.

A Short Vindication of the General Penitentiary at Millbank, from the censures contained in "A Letter addressed by C. C. Western, Esq. to the Lord Lieutenants and Magistrates of the County of Essex;" to which are added, a few Remarks on the Punishment of Juvenile Offenders. By G, Holford, Esq. M.P.

Part I. of the fourth volume of Boxiana. By Pierce Egan. 5s.

The Claims of the Clergy to Tithes and other Church Revenues, so far as they are founded on the Political Expediency of supporting such a Body, on Divine Right, on History, or on the notion of Unalienable Property, Examined.

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A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, Bon Ton, and the Varieties of Life; forming a desirable Supplement, and modern Addition, to every Dictionary now extant; comprising the completest and most authentic Lexicon Balatronicum hitherto offered to the notice of the Sporting World, for elucidating Words and Phrases that are necessarily or purposely cramp, mutative and unintelligible, outside their respective spheres. By John Bee, Esq.

A Treatise on the Education of Public Men in England, both Civil and Military. 3s. 6d.

The Appeal of a Free Spaniard to the Public Opinion of Europe; exhibiting Traits of unexampled and unchristian Perfidy on the part of the French Government towards Spain, in seeking to excite Insurrection, Civil War, and Counter-Revolution, by aggravating the Calamities of Pestilence.

A Letter to John Bull; to which is added, the Sketch of a Plan for the safe, speedy, and effectual Abolition of Slavery. By a Free-born Englishman. Is.

A Voice from St Peter's and St Paul's; being a few Plain Words, addressed most respectfully to the Members of both Houses of Parliament, on some late Accusations against the Church Establishment; particularly those contained in No. 75 of the Edinburgh Review; with General Observations. By a Member of the University of Oxford. 2s. 6d.

A Description of the Tread-Mill, with Observations on its Management, accompa nied by a Plate and Description of a New Instrument, by which the daily Account of Individual Labour maybe determined by inspection, and regulated with uniformity and precision. Including Tables of the Rates of Labour at various Prisons, Certificates respecting the Health of Prisoners so employed, and a List of Dictaries in use with this kind of Prison Labour. 4s.

Characteristics, in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims. 4s. 6d.

The Valedictory Address of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, delivered by the Lord Bishop of Bristol, at a Special General Meeting of the Society, June 13th, 1823, to the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, previously to his departure for India, together with his Lordship's Reply.

Researches about Atmospheric Phenomena. By Thomas Forster, F.L.S. M.B. &c. &c. &c. Third Edition. To which is

now first added, The Calendar of Nature. 158.

The Contractor Unmasked; being Letters to the author of the misnamed Reply to the Letters to the Contractors of the Colombian Loan;" comprising Remarks on the certainty of the Non-ratification of the Loan founded on Documentary Evidence and recent Proceedings. By a Member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.

The Vindication of the Conduct of the Colombian Government and its Ministers, in reference to Mr Zea's Debentures and Loan with Remarks on the Expose of Mr Gual, the Minister for the Foreign Department. Prepared under the direction of the Vice-President, Santander, for the consideration of Congress, and other Documents, is published for gratuitous distribution.

Remarks on Duelling; comprising Observations on the Arguments in Defence of this Practice. By George Buchan, Esq. of Kelloe. 2s. 6d.

The Game of Ecarte, as played in the higher Circles of London and Paris, with the Rules and Regulations of the Game. Printed verbatim from the French edition. Price 2s.

Essay on Dog Breaking. By Sir J. Sebright's Gamekeeper. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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The Consolidated Post Horse Duty Act, 4 Geo. 4, with Schedule; to which is added a Compendious Index. By T. J. Mawe, Esq. of New Inn.

Éde's Gold and Silversmith's Calculator; containing New and Complete Tables for shewing the Value of any Quantity of Silver or Gold, from 3s. to 10s. per oz. ; and from L.1, 5s. to L.5, 5s. per oz. ; calculated from one grain to 1000 ounces; Tables of Duties on Wrought Gold and Silver; Value of Gold at the Coinage price; Standard Weights of the Gold and Silver Coinage; List of Stamps, &c. Also, a Table of the Rate of Exchange, shewing the Value of the Coins used in France, Holland, Portugal, and Hamburgh, with reference to the Guinea of England. By James Ede, Goldsmith. The Second Edition, with considerable Additions and Improve ments, price 6s. neatly bound.

The Measurer's Assistant; or, Mensuration made Easy; by a new set of Tables, which shew at one point of view the superficial or solid contents in feet, inches, parts, &c. of most kinds of superficies and solids, either square, round, or unequal sided; also the reducing of deals to the standard weight, with other useful and original tables. By Wm. Taylor, Land Surveyor.

12mo. 83.

A Letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Chichester, on the practicability of rendering those properties of air which relate to calorie applicable to new and important purposes.

Nos. XX. and XXI, of the Technical Repository; containing Practical Information on Subjects connected with Discoveries and Improvements in the Useful Arts. By Thomas Gill, a Chairman of the Committee of Mechanics in the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Adelphi. With Three Octavo Plates. 2s. 6d.

Vol. I. of the Bibliotheca Americana; being a Miscellaneous Collection of Literature, Science, and Art, and General South American History.

The Auctioneer's and Commercial Broker's Law Instructor, relating to all Sales held by Public Auction; containing every necessary Information for Merchants, as well as Auctioneers and Commercial Brokers. 2s. 6d.

A Description of the Whistling Swan, and the Peculiar Structure of its Trachea. By Thomes Cooke, A.M., Oriel College, Oxford. 5s.

A Dissertation on the Age of Homer, his Writings, and Genius; and on the state of Religion, Society, Learning, and the Arts, during that period; being the Prize Question proposed by the Royal Society of Literature, for his Majesty's premium of One Hundred Guineas for the best Disser tation on the above Subject. 2s. 6d.

A Sketch of a proposed Universal System of Weights and Measures; to which is added an Appendix, containing a brief Sketch of a proposed Universal Calendar.

An Essay on the Baneful Influence of so frequently Washing Decks in his Majesty's Ships on the Health of British Seamen; with Observations on the Prevention of Dry Rot in the Royal Navy. By Robert Finlayson, M. D. 4s. 6d.

Secret History of the Congress of Verona; in which are exposed the Intrigues that produced the present War with Spain.

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MEDICINE AND SURGERY.

Dr Lister's Account of Paris, at the Close of the 17th Century, relating to the Buildings of that City, its Libraries, Gardens, Natural and Artificial Curiosities, the Manners and Costumes of the People, their Arts, Manufactures, &c. Now revised, with copious Biographical, Historical, and Literary Illustrations and Anecdotes, and a Sketch of the Life of the Author.By George Henning, M.D. 10s.

A Practical Treatise on the Bath Waters, tending to Illustrate their Beneficial Effects in Chronic Diseases, particularly in Gout, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Lead, Cholic, Indigestion, Biliary Affections, and Uterine and Cutaneous Diseases, confirmed by Cases; containing likewise a brief Account of the City of Bath and of the Hot Springs. By Joseph Hume Spry.

Hortus Cantabrigiensis; or, an Accented Catalogue of Plants, Indigenous and

Exotic, cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden. By the late James Donn, Curator, Fellow of the Linnæan and Hor ticultural Societies. Tenth Edition. With numerous additions and corrections. By John Lindley, F. L. S. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

On the Stratification of Alluvial Deposits, and the Crystallization of Calcareous Stalactites, in a Letter to John Macculloch, Esq. M. D., &c. By H. R. Oswald.

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A Short Account of some of the Principal Hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands; with Remarks upon the Climate and Diseases of those Countries. By H. W. Carter, M.D. F.R.S.E., one of Dr Ratcliffe's Travelling Fellows from the University of Oxford. 8s.

A Practical Treatise on Nervous, Bilious, and Inflammatory Affections, with a new Method of curing Strictures without the use of Bougie or Caustic. With an Appendix on the Diseases of Women and Children. By John Lynch. Third edi tion.

On Comparative Anatomy, illustrated by 171 Plates. To which is subjoined, Synopsis Systematis Regni Animalis nunc primum ex ovi modificationibus proposi tum. By Sir Everard Home, Bart, V.P R.S. F.A.S. F.L.S. &c. 2 vols. 4to. Price L.7, 7s. boards, or on large paper, price L.10, 10s. boards.

An Exposition of the Principles of Pathology, and the Treatment of Diseases. By Daniel Pring, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons. 14s.

An Inquiry into Certain Errors relative to Insanity; and their Consequences, Physical, Moral, and Civil.-By George Man Burrows, M.D. F.L.S. &c. 8s.

On the Principles of Inflammation and Fever. By C. E. Lucas, M. D. 8s.

Cases of Neuralgia Spasmodica, commonly called Tic Douloureux, successful. ly Treated. By Benjamin Hutchinson. Second Edition. 7s. 6d.

A Treatise on Nervous Diseases, comprising the History and Method of Cure of the various Species of Apoplexy, Palsy, and Epilepsy, together with an Introductory Account of the Opinions of Ancient and Modern Physiologists concerning the Nature and Uses of the Nervous System. By John Cocke, M.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, &c. £1, 4s.

An Account of the Buchu Leaves, with Directions for their Use in Affections of the Urethra, Bladder, and Rectum, particularly Stricture, Irritation of the Bladder, Prostrate Gland, Irritative Gleet, Local Debility, &c. To this Edition the Editor has added a Chapter on the Treatment of Stricture, Ulceration, Varicose VeinsProlapsus, Chronic Inflammation, Sinuses, Excrescences, and other Diseases of the VOL. XIV.

Rectum, and a Plate of a new Speculum by which their Nature may be ascertained; with Cases illustrative of the beneficial Effects of the Buchu Leaves, the Medicated soft Bougie, &c. in Irritative and other Affections of the Urethra, Bladder, Rectum, &c. Fourth Edition. 2s. 6d.

NOVELS AND TALES.

The Wilderness, or the Youthful Days of Washington; a Tale or the West. By Solomon Secondsight. 3 vols. 18s.

Italian Stories. Translated by Miss Holford, Author of " Wallace, "Warbeck of Wolfstein," &c.-Containing the CenciConspiracy of Pandolfo Pucci-Catherina Canacci-Massaniello-Conspiracy of the Pazzi against Juliano and Lorenzo di Medici-Ugolino-Cesar Borgia. 12mo. 5s. Hauberk Hall, a Series of Facts.-By Henry Brebner.

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The Wandering Hermit. By the Author of "The Hermit in London.” 3 vols. 18s.

Logan, a Family History.

Self-Delusion; or, Adelaide d'Hauteroche; a Tale. By the Author of “Domestic Scenes." 14s.

Fernando; or, the Hero of the Times. By Miss Bransby. 2 vols. 10s. 6d.

Two Edwards; or, Pride and Prejudice Unmasked. 2s.

POETRY AND THE DRAMA.

Don Juan-Cantos VI. VII. and VIII. Fine Editions, demy 8vo. 9s. 6d. Foolscap 8vo. 7s. Common Edition, 18mo. to counteract piracy, 1s.

Don Juan, Cantos IX. X. and XI. Fine edition, demy 8vo. 9s., foolscap, 7s., common edition, 1s.

The Bridal of Armagnac, a Tragedy. By the Reverend T. Streatfield, F.S.A. 7s. 6d.

The Methodist, a Comedy. 2s. 6d.

Australasia. A Poem, written for the Chancellor's Medal at the Cambridge Commencement, July 1823. By W. C. Wentworth.

The Slanderer; a Comedy, in Three Acts. Translated, Altered, and Adapted to the English Stage; from "Le Medisant," of Gosse, acted at Paris, upon the Theatre Francais, with the most distinguished success and applause. Offered as a free gift and rejected at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By John Wallace, Esq. 2s.

An English Translation of the Gulistan, or, Flower-Garden, of Sadi, from the Persian Text of Gentius, as used at the East India Company's Colleges, with a Life of Sadi. By James Ross, Esq. 10s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

Discourses on the Rule of Life, with reference to Things Present and Things Future; consisting of a Charge, delivered May 16, 1823, to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of London; with Supplementary 2.Z

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