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LONDON.

Mr Montgomery will publish, in a few lays, a work, entitled, Songs of Zion, beng imitations of the Psalms, in verse.

Shortly will be published by subscripion, with a portrait, Memoirs of the Life of Charles Alfred Stothard, F.S.A., author of "the Monumental Effigies of Great Britain," with some account of a ourney in the Netherlands. By Mr Charles Stothard, author of "Letters written during a Tour through Normandy, Britanny, and other parts of France."

Speedily will be published, of the same size as the "Introduction to Geology, by the Rev. W. D. Coneybeare and W. Phillips," an Introduction to the Study of Fossils being a compilation of such information as may assist the student in obtaining the necessary knowledge respecting these substances, and their connection with the formation of the earth. By Jas. Parkinson, Esq. author of "the Organic Remains of a Former World."

Mr Dunlop, author of the "History of Fiction," has a new work in the press, entitled, the History of Roman Literature, from the earliest periods to the Augustan age, in two volumes, octavo.

Malpas, by the author of "the Cavalier," and Roche Blanche, by Miss A. M. Porter, are nearly ready for publication.

Mr Lewis, teacher of Chess, is about to publish Elements of that Interesting and Scientific Game, in one small volume, with diagrams.

The River Derwent, and other Poems, by W. B. Clark, B.A. Jesus College, Cambridge, will appear next month.

Dr Irving is preparing a new schoolbook on Roman Antiquities.

Speedily will appear, a work called Macrulean, a tale of the last century. By P. Croily, author of "the Chamber of Affliction," &c.

The Key to Nicholson's Mathematics, and the new volume of Dodsley's Annual Register, will be ready in June.

A History of England is preparing for publication, with conversations at the end of each chapter, intended for young persons, by Mrs Markham; in two volumes, duodecimo, with numerous engravings of costumes, &c.

The third part of Mr Rhodes' Peak Scenery, or Excursions in Derbyshire, will be published in the course of the ensuing month. These Excursions are illustrated with a series of beautiful engravings by Mr Cooke, from drawings recently made by Mr Chantrey, R.A.

VOL. X.

A series of spirited Etchings of Views, &c. are nearly ready for publication, illustrative of, and forming a valuable acquisition to, Faulkner's "History and Antiquities of Kensington," from original drawings by Robert Banks.

Mr Busby is about to publish the Plan and Elevation of the Capitol, in the City of Washington, from measurements taken, and documents obtained on the spot, by himself, in 1819.

Shortly will be published, Cumnor, and other Plays and Poems, by E. B. Impey, M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.

Traditional Tales of the English and Scottish Peasantry, by Allan Cunningham, are in the press.

Scholastica Doctrina, or Lectures to Young Gentlemen at Boarding-school, on the various Branches of a Liberal Education, with a characteristic view of the most approved elementary books of instruction, also on the conduct and duties of life, are preparing for publication, by J. K. Kent of Rupton Seminary, Herts.

Miss Scott, of Kendal, has in the press a volume of Poems, original and selected.

A new edition of Newton's Principia, from the famous Jesuit edition, with all their notes, will speedily be published, from the Glasgow University press, corrected by a Cambridge scholar.

The Modern Art of Fencing, by Le Sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Académie des Armes, is in the press. A Techincal Glossary, in French and English, of the Terms which relate to the Use of the Sword, is added; and the whole is carefully revised by J. S. Forsyth, formerly a pupil of Le Sieur Guzman Rolando.

Euthanasia, or the State of Man after Death, by the Rev. L. Booker, LL.D. vicar of Dudley, will be published in the course of the next month.

A new edition of Thomas Cole's scarce and valuable work on Regeneration, Faith, and Repentance; to which will be prefixed his two Sermons on Imputed Righteousness; edited by the Rev. John Rees, of Rodborough, is printing in duodecimo.

The Book of Fate, which it is feigned was formerly in the possession of Napoleon, and found in his cabinet after the battle of Leipsic, has been translated from the German, and will be published this month.

The eighth edition of "Female Scripture Characters," by the late Mrs King, with a Sketch of the Life of the Author, will shortly be published.

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Preparing for publication, The Youth of Reginald Dalton. By the Author of "Some Passages in the Life of Adam Blair."

Napoleon in Exile.-This interesting work, which is expected to appear in the course of the ensuing month, is very similar in style to the entertaining life of Johnson by Boswell. It consists almost entirely of Napoleon's own remarks, in his own words, written down at the moment, during three years of the most unrestrained communication.

Professor Dunbar is preparing for publication, the second volume of Dalzel's Collectanea Græca Majora. The Text of Homer, Hesiod, and Appollonius Rhodius, will be corrected, according to the principles stated in the Essay upon the Versification of Homer, in the second part of the Professor's Prosodia Græca: the whole of the Text will undergo the most careful revision, and will be augmented by one of the Nemean Odes of Pindar; and a very considerable number of additional Notes, explanatory of difficult passages, &c. will be given.

In the press, and speedily will be pub

lished, by subscription, in one volume 12mo. price 5s. boards, Lowran Castle; or, The Wild Boar of Curridoo, with other Tales; illustrative of the Superstitions, the Manners, and Customs of Galloway. By Robert Trotter, Student of Medicine.

In the course of this month will be published, in one volume, foolscap 8vo. handsomely printed, with engraved title. page, and vignette view of Edinburgh, price 9s. in boards, The Poetry contained in the Novels, Tales, and Romances of the "Author of Waverley;" with short introductory notices from the Prose.

In the course of this month will be published, in one volume, foolscap 8vo. illustrated with engravings, Memoirs of George Heriot, Jeweller to King James L. with an Historical Account of the Hospital founded by him at Edinburgh.

The subject of these Memoirs is t prominent character in "The Fortunes of Nigel," by the Author of Waverley.

On the first of July will be published, price 4s. No. I. of The Scottish Criptogamic Flora; or, Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Cryptogamic Plants found in Scotland, and belonging chiefly to the order Fungi. By Robert Kaye Greville, Esq. F.R.Š.E. Member of the Wernerian Natural Society, &c. &c.

Nearly ready, in two thick volumes 8vo. with a Map of the Highlands of Scotland, denoting the districts of counties inhabited by the Highland Clans, price £.18s. in boards, A new edition of Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scot land; with Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments. By Colonel David Stewart.

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BIOGRAPHY.

Life and Opinions of Sir Richard Maltravers, an English Gentleman of the Seventeenth Century. 2 vols. post 8vo. 16s. Memoirs, Historical and Critical, of The Life and Writings of Lord Byron, with Anecdotes of some of his Contemporaries. 8vo. 14s.

Memoirs of C. B. Brown, the American Novelist. By Wm. Dunlap. 8vo. 10s. bds. The Miscellaneous Tracts of the late W. Withering, M.D. with a Memoir of his Life and Character. 2 vols. 8vo. £.17s.

An Apology for the Life of Colley CibDer, Comedian; containing an Historical View of the Stage in his own time. By Edmund Bellchambers. 8vo. 12s.

Memoir and Select Remains of an only Son. By Thomas Durant, Poole. 2 vols. 2mo. 10s. 6d.

The Life of John Goodwin, A.M. Comprising an Account of his Opinions and Writings, and of several public Transactions during the Civil Wars. By Thomas Jackson. 8vo. 10s. 6d. with a fine portrait.

BOTANY.

Elements of Thought. By Isaac Taylor, jun. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

Xenophon's Anabasis, newly translated into English. By a Member of the University of Oxford. 8vo. 8s.

A Celestial Atlas, comprising a Systematic Display of the Heavens, in a Series of Thirty Maps. By Alex. Jamieson, A.M. 4to. £.15s. plain. £.1.116d. coloured.

Riddles, Charades, and Conundrums, 18mo. 3s.

Numerical Games, consisting of Practical Exercises in Arithmetic. By Thomas Halliday. £.14s. in a neat box.

Essays on the Discipline of Children, particularly as regards their Education. By the Rev. W. Bamford. 3s. 6d. The Elements of Latin Prosody, containing Rules for Quantity in English, &c. By R. S. Bryce, M.A.

1s.

Il Bagatello; intended to facilitate the Study of Italian to young Beginners. By E. Reale. 12mo. 3s.

The Classical English Letter-writer, or Epistolary Selections. 4s. 6d.

The Wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom displayed in a Series of Letters.

Lectures on the Elements of Botany. Part I. 12mo. 7s. By Anthony Tod Thomson,

F.L.S. 8vo.

DRAMA.

Belshazzar; a dramatic poem. By the Rev. H. Milman, Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford. 8vo. 8s. 6d. The Innocent Usurper; a musical Drama, founded upon the Demofoonte of Metastasio, as offered to the managers of Covent Garden Theatre, June 1819. By an Amateur. Post 8vo.

Julian, the Apostate; a dramatic poem. By Sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt, Bart. 8vo. The Law of Java. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

EDUCATION.

The Universal Catechist, or Text-Book, of the chief Branches of Human Knowedge, in Question and Answer. By Jas. Mitchell, A.M. With 200 engravings. 7s. bound.

The Classical Collector's Vade-Mecum ;

containing accurate lists of the Polyglot, Hebrew, Greek, and Latin Bibles, Greek Testaments, as also of the Greek and Roman Authors, known as Editiones Principes, Aldine, Stephens's. 1 vol. 18mo.

Plans for the Government and Liberal Instruction of Boys, in large numbers; drawn from experience. 8vo. 7s. 6d. bds.

The Teacher's Farewell; intended as a Parting Gift to the Elder Scholars leaving Sunday Schools; comprising Hints for their future Conduct in Life; adapted to both Sexes, in 1 vol. 18mo. By a Sundaychool Teacher.

FINE ARTS.

Smirke's Shakspeare, No. 4, contain. ing Twelfth Night. 4s.

The Tour of Paris, pourtraying the Characteristics of the Parisian People. No. 1. Ss. plain. 12s. coloured.

The British Gallery of Pictures, selected from the most admired productions of the Old Masters in Great Britain: with descriptions, &c. By the late Henry Tresham, R.A. and W. Y. Ottley, Esq. F. S. A. 4to. £.1212s. extra boards; proofs India paper, £.25.4s.; coloured in imitation of the original pictures, £.1514s. in Russia.

Specimens of Gothic Architecture. By A. Pugin. 4to.

Britannia Delineata: containing views drawn on stone. No. 1. 15s.

Engravings of the Marquis of Stafford's Collection of Pictures. With Re

marks, &c. 4 vols. 4to. £.3514s. bds.; proofs, £.718s.; finely coloured, &c. £.17810s.

Regal Heraldry. By Thomas Willement, heraldic artist to his Majesty. 4to. £.211 28.

GEOGRAPHY.

The Child's Atlas. By W. Garden. Ninety plates. 12s. coloured.

GEOLOGY.

The Fossils of the South Downs; or Outlines of the Geology of the South Eastern Division of Sussex. By Gideon Mantell, F.L.S. 4to. £.3Ss.

HISTORY. Illustrations, Historical and Critical, of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici. By William Roscoe. 8vo. 14s. 4to. £.1116d.

MEDICINE.

A Case of Transverse Fracture of the Patella. By George Fielding. 1s.

The Medical Spectator, two additional numbers. Is. 6d. each.

Influence of National Manners on Female Life. By Ralph Palin, M.D. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Treatment of the Gravel, Calculus, &c. By W. Prout, M.D. &c. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Essays, Physiological and Practical. By James Carson, M.D. 8vo. 3s. The Way to preserve Health and attain Longevity. By Robert Thomas,

M.D. 8vo. 15s.

The Quarterly Journal of Foreign Medicine and Surgery, and of the Sciences connected with them, with Reviews (now added) of British Medical Science, and Original Cases and Communications. No. XIV. being the second No. of a new se ries. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

An Inquiry into the Comparative Forces of the Extensor and Flexor Muscles connected with the Joints of the Human Body. By Julius Jeffreys, M.R.C.S. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Chapman's Elements of Therapeutics

and Materia Medica. Vol. I. 8vo. 16s.

Tracts on Medical Jurisprudence; with a Preface, Notes, and a Digest of the Law relating to Insanity and Nuisance. By Thomas Cooper, M.D. 8vo. 18s. Rush's Medical Inquiries and Observations. 2 vols. 8vo. £.116s.

A Memoir on Contagion, more especially as it respects the Yellow Fever. By N. Potter, M.D. 8vo. 6s.

A Discourse upon Vaccination. By Valentine Leaman, M.D. 8vo. 6s.

A System of Anatomy for the Use of Students of Medicine. By Caspar Wistar, M.D. 2 vols. 8vo. £.110s.

Rafinesque's Flora of the State of Lou

isiana. 12mo. 6s.

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a member of the Colleges of Surgeons of London and Edinburgh. 12mo. 58.

A Practical and Historical Treatise on Consumptive Diseases, deduced from original Observations, and collected from Authors of all Ages. By Thos. Young, M.D. F.R. and L.S. &c. 8vo. 12s. boards.

The Pathology of Fever; being the Subject of the Gulstonian Lecture lately delivered at the Royal College of Physicians. By. J. R. Park, M.D. member of the Royal College of Physicians. Svo.

6s. bds.

MISCELLANTES.

The Inquirer; a collection of Essays, Reviews, &c. Part I. Svo. 4s.

The Broad Stone of Honour; or Rules for the Gentlemen of England. 12mo. 7s. 6d. and 9s.

The Parish Poor's Rate Book. By J. Ashdowne; post 4to. 3s.

The Monthly Censor; or the General Review of Domestic and Foreign Litera ture. No. I. 2s. 6d.

The Cambridge Quarterly Review. No. I.

The English Perfumer, Snuff Manufac turer, and Colourman's Guide; being a Collection of Choice Receipts, &c. By the late Charles Lillie, revised by C Mackenzie. 18mo. 10s. 6d.

Lacon, or Many Things in a Few Words. By the Rev. C. C. Colton, A.M.

Vol. II. 8vo. 7s.

The Hours of Contemplation, or Es says, philosophical, literary, &c. By E Phillips, jun. 12mo. 6s.

An Account of a Plan of a Penny Saving Bank for Children, with the addition of a Working Fund for Females ; including directions and patterns for ectting out wearing apparel, and linen usu. ally lent to the poor, &c. 5s.

The Philosophy of Morals. By Sir Charles Morgan, author of the Philosophy of Life. 8vo.

The Council of Ten, No. I. 2s. 6d.

The Works, Verse and Prose, of the Right Hon. Sir Charles Hanbury W liams, Knight of the Bath, Ambassador to the Court of Saxony, &c. with notes. By Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford, published from the originals, in the posses sion of his grand-son, the Right Han George Capel Coningsby, Earl of Essex Dedicated to Lord John Russell. 3 vols 8vo. £.1116d.

NOVELS, TALES, AND ROMANCES Scenes in England, for the Amusement and Instruction of little Tarry-at-Home Travellers. 12mo. 5s.

Julia Severa; or the Year Four Hubdred and Ninety-two. 2 vols. 12ma

12s.

Tales of the Manor. By Mrs Hoffland. 4 vols. 12mo. 24s.

Tales and Dialogues in Prose and Verse. By Jeffreys Taylor. 12mo. 3s.

Part 30 of the Percy Anecdotes, containing Anecdotes of Literature. 18mo. 2s. 6d.

Carwin, the Biloquist, and other American Tales. By C. B. Brown, 3 vols. 12mo. 18s.

Clavering Tower, a novel. By Rosalia St. Clair. 4 vols. 12mo. £.12s.

Dangerous Errors, a Tale; foolscap 8vo. 6s.

No Enthusiasm ; a Tale of the present Times. 2 vols. post 8vo. 12s.

Bracebridge Hall; or, the Humourists. By the author of the Sketch Book. 2 vols. 8vo. £.14s.

Tales of a Tourist, containing the Outlaw, and Fashionable Connections. By Miss Lefanu.

The Nun of Arrouca; a Tale. Foolscap 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Legends of Scotland, first series: containing Fair Helen of Kirk connel and Roslin Castle. 3 vols. 12mo. 16s. 6d. POETRY.

May-Day with the Muses. With Vignettes. By R. Bloomfield. 8vo. 45. The Mohawks, a satirical poem. 8vo. Chinzica, a Poem, in ten cantos. 8vo.

12s.

The Curfew; or, the Grave of the last Saxon: a poem. By the Rev. William Lisle Bowles, author of the Missionary, &c. 8vo.

Edmeston's Sacred Lyrics. 12mo.Vol. III.

Sir Marmaduke Maxwell; a dramatic poem: the Mermaid of Galloway; the Legend of Richard Faulkner; and Twenty Scottish Songs. By Allan Cunningham. Foolscap Svo. 7s. boards.

Cœur de Lion; or the Third Crusade: a poem, in sixteen books. By Eleanor Anne Forden, author of "The Veils," "The Arctic Expeditions," &c. 2 vols. The Celt's Paradise, in four Dreams. By John Banim. Foolscap 8vo. 5s. 6d. Damon and Pythias, a tragedy. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

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A Few Thoughts addressed to the King and People of the British Dominions. By Robert England Ferrier.

Thoughts and Suggestions on the Edu. cation of the Peasantry of Ireland. 2s.

Codification Proposal, addressed by Jeremy Bentham to all Nations professing Liberal Opinions. 8vo.

Proposed Measure for throwing Open the Ports of Great Britain, for the Importation of Grain from all Countries. By a British Subject residing in New York. 1s. 6d.

Considerations upon the Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures of the British Empire; with Observations on the practical Effect of the Bill of the Right Hon. Robert Peel, for the Resumption of Cash Payments by the Bank of England; and also upon the pamphlet lately published by David Ricardo, Esq. M. P. entitled "Protection to Agriculture." By Samuel Turner, Esq. F. R. S. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

A Few Thoughts on the Probable Renewal of the Alien Bill. By a member of Parliament. 1s. 6d.

Considerations on Political Economy; by Edward Sully, Esq.; translated from the German. By Thomas Wilkinson, 3s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

Lectures on the Gospel according to St John. Part II. With Notes. By Charles Abel Moysey, D.D. 8vo. 6s.

The Protestant Beadsman; or, a Series of Biographical Notices, &c. 12mo. 6s.

An Essay on the Scripture Doctrines of Adultery and Divorce; and on the Criminal Character and Punishment of Adultery by the Ancient Laws of England and other Countries. By H. V. Tebbs, proctor in Doctors' Commons. 8vo. 7s.

Sermons on the Public Means of Grace; the Fasts and Festivals of the Church; on Scripture Characters, and various Prac

The Vale of Chamouni: a poem. By tical Subjects. By the late Right Rev. the author of "Roine." 8vo. 7s.

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Theodore Dehon, D.D.: together with some Account of the Author, and a Sermon preached on Occasion of his Death. 2 vols. 8vo. £.11s.

The Clerical Guide, or Ecclesiastical Directory; containing a complete Register of the present Prelates and other Dignitaries of the Church of England; of the Heads of Houses, Professors, &c. of the Universities, and other Colleges and Public Schools, &c. Second edition, corrected. Royal 8vo. £.12.

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