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A Sicilian Story, and other Poems; with Don Diego de Montilla, a Spanish Tale. by Barry Cornwall.

Dramatic Scenes, Second Edition; by the same author.

Characters of the living British Novelists, with Specimens of their Works; together with a critical account of Novels published anonymously, or under fictitious names.

Inesilla; by the Author of "Altham and his Wife."

Isabel, a Novel; by Charles Lloyd, Author of Edmund Oliver," and Translator of "Alfieri."

Prometheus, a Poem; by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

A Literary Miscellany, to be continued annually, commencing with the year 1820. This Work will consist of a variety of new Articles in prose and verse, by some of the best living Authors; together with Extracts from the strenuous and imaginative Writers who flourished before the Commonwealth, and who are little known to the general Reader.

As this Work will have no reference to Politics or Polemics, it may perhaps afford a channel for the communications of literary Gentlemen who are unwilling to have their writtings surrounded by the fever and bitterness of party dispute.

An octavo volume on the Topography and Antiquities of Athens, with engravings; by Mr Leake.

A translation of Professor Bredow's Chronological Tables, in royal folio.

An octavo edition of Sharon Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons.

A Treatise on Palsy and Epilepsy; by Dr Cooke.

Biblical Criticisms on the Books of the Old Testament, and translations of Sacred Songs; by Samuel Horsley L.L.D. late Bishop of St. Asaph.

New Pocket Editions of Cowper's Letters to his Friends, and of his Translation of

Homer.

Dr Carpenter's Reply to Bishop Magee, Part I.

The Monthly Investigator, or the Efforts of Deists, Infidels, Naturalists, Radicals, and Socinians, to enlighten and improve mankind, developed and appreciated.

The tenth Number of the New Voyages and Travels, will contain Prior's Voyage from Calcutta to Java and the Spice Islands. The History and Antiquities of Kensington; by Thomas Faulkner.

Preparing for publication, by Thomas Phillips, Esq. Parochial Collections for Oxfordshire, compiled from the writings of Wood, Tindall, &c.

Mr Oxley's Journal of an Expedition in Terra Australis, with plates, will soon appear.

The second volume of the Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay, illustrated with engravings.

A second volume of Sermons; by Mr Faber.

On the 1st of January next will be pub. lished, No I. of two weekly literary Papers, to be continued in numbers and parts. The one stamped for foreign and country circulation, to be called the New Literary Ga zette. The other not stamped, for town sale, to be called the London Literary Gazette, to be edited by J. Polidori, Esq. M. D. F. R. S., and Dr Pittman of Oxford, assisted in the foreign department by Dr Frank of Vienna, &c.

The Natural History of British Quadrupeds, with figures, Part I., by E. Donovan, F. L. S. W. S. author of the Natural Histories of British Birds, Fishes, Insects, Shells, &c. To be completed in three volumes, royal octavo.

On the 1st of January will be published, No I. of Mr Ploos Von Amstels New Work, with its continuation, consisting of 100 imitations or fac-similes of drawings by the first Dutch masters; with historical and descriptive accounts, by C. Josi, large folio. To be completed in twenty numbers.

Memoires pour servir à L'Histoire de la Vie Privee, du Retour, et du Regne de Napoleon en 1815. Par M. Fleury de Chaboulon, Ex-Sécrétaire de l'Empereur Napoleon et de son Cabinet, Maître des Requêtes, au Counseil d'Etat, Baron, Offi. cier de la Légion d'Honneur, Chevalier de l'Ordre de la Réunion. 2 tom. 8vo.

A translation of this very interesting Work will appear at the same time.

Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Greek, written at the close of the Eighteenth century.

A Dissertation on the Form and Paces of 3 vols. cr. 8vo. the Horse; by Mr Richard Lawrence.

The adventures and providential deliverence of Thomas Eustace of Chinner, Oxon, who was shipwrecked off the coast of America.

The substance of the Speeches of Sir James M'Intosh, respecting Criminal Law. The Practice of Elocution; by Mr Smart. Domestic Scenes; a novel, in 3 volumes. The Botanical Cultivator; a general work on the cultivation of hot-house, greenhouse, and hardy plants; by Mr Robert Sweet.

Revelation defended; by the Rev. John Knight.

Life and Adventures of Antar, a celebrated Bedowen Chief, Warrior, and Poet, who flourished a few years prior to the Mahommedan Era. Now first translated from the original Arabic; by Terrace Hamilton, Esq. Oriental Secretary to the British Embassy at Constantinople. A new Edition, in 4 vols. cr. 8vo.

The Life of Fenelon, with other Biographical and Historical Tracts; by Charles Butler, Esq. 8vo.

The Works of the Right Hon. R. B. Sheridan, now first collected and edited by Thomas Moore, Esq. 4 vols. 8vo.

The History of Parga; containing an

Account of the Vicissitudes of that part of Greece during the French Revolution; supported by authentic documents. Translated from the Italian MS. of Hugo Foscolo. 8vo.

Memoir of the Early Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, in Portugal and Spain; by an Officer employed in his Army. 8vo.

Narrative of the late Political and Military Events in British India, under the Administration of the Marquis of Hastings; by Henry Princep, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's civil service, Bengal. With Maps, Plans, and Views. 4to.

A Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Description of Hindostan, and the adjacent country, composed from the most authentic and printed documents, and from the manuscript records deposited at the Board of Control; consisting of the official reports, and public correspondence of nearly all the most eminent civil servants, at the three presidencies; and also of many of the most distinguished military and medical officers; by Walter Hamilton, Esq. With maps. 2 vols 4to.

Travels in Nubia, and in the Interior of North Eastern Africa. Performed in the Months of February and March 1813; by J. L. Burckhardt. To which are prefixed, a Life of the Author, and a portrait. 4to.

Journal of an Expedition over part of the hitherto Terra Incognita of Australasia, performed by command of the British Government of the Territory of New South Wales, in the year 1817; by John Oxley, Esq. Surveyor-General of the Territory, and Lieutenant of the Royal Navy. With an entirely new map, and other plates. 4to.

Travels in 1816 and 1817, through Nubia, Palestine, and Syria, in a Series of Familiar Letters to his Relations, written on the spot; by Captain Mangles, R. N. 2 vols 8vo.

Travels on the Continent, for the use of Travellers, in one handsome and closely printed volume, 8vo.

Sketches of a Tour through Italy, in the year 1817. 4 vols foolsc. 8vo.

The Diary of an Invalid in pursuit of Health; being the Journal of a Tour in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland, and France,

in the years 1817, 1818, 1819; by Henry Matthews, A.M. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge. 8vo.

Trivial Poems and Triolets, written in obedience to Mrs Tomkin's commands; by Patrick Carey, 20th August 1651. 4to. A very few copies are printed.

The works of the Right Hon. Lord Byron, containing Beppo and Mazeppa, vol. 8. foolsc. 8vo.

A New Series of Plates to illustrate Lord Byron's Works; engraved by Charles Heath, from drawings by R. Westall, R.A. in 4to. Svo. and foolsc. 8vo.

Delineations of Pompeii, Part II.; containing 26 plates, engraved by W. B. Cooke, from drawings by Major Cockburn, of picturesque views of those celebrated Roman remains in their actual existing state, paintings, bas-reliefs of the combats of the gladiators, helmets, articles of dress and the toilet, implements of agriculture, kitchen utensils, and vignettes of fragments found at Pompeii; with plans of the city and western suburb or street of tombs; printed uniform in size with Stuart's Athens, in imperial folio. £4, 4s.

Journal of a Tour in Greece, Egypt, and the Holy Land; with Excursions to the river Jordan, and along the banks of the Red Sea to Mount Sinai; by William Turner, Foreign Office. 3 vols 8vo.

Voyage of a Discovery to Corea and Loo Choo; by Captain Basil Hall, Royal Navy, F.R.S.; a new edition, in one vol. small 8vo. with 4 plates and a general chart. 7s.

Matthia's Greek Grammar, abridged by the author, for the use of schools; to be edited by the Rev. C. J. Blomfield. 12mo.

History of the several Italian Schools of Painting, with Observations on the present state of the art; by J. T. James, M.A. author of Travels in Germany. 8vo.

On the Administration of Criminal Justice in England, and on the Spirit of the British Constitution; by M. Cottu, one of the Judges of the Royal Court of Paris. 8vo.

The Century of Inventions of the Marquis of Worcester, from the original MS.; with historical and explanatory Notes, and a Biographical Memoir and an original portrait. 8vo.

EDINBURGH.

GUILT; or the Anniversary; a tragedy, translated from the German of Adolphus Mülner, by R. P. Gillies, Esq. will speedily be published as the first of a series of the NEW GERMAN DRAMA.

For an account of this interesting Tragedy, we refer our readers to our last Number. No. II. will contain THE AN

CESTRESS.

The Christian and Civic Economy of Large Towns; by Thomas Chalmers, D.D. Minister of St John's Church, Glasgow. VOL. VI.

No II. will be published on the first of January.

The First Book by the Master of Edinburgh; containing the Lothian Shepherds, a pastoral, and other original pieces, chiefly Scottish.

The Rise and Progress of the Public Institutions of Glasgow, in one volume octavo.

The Thoughts of One that Wandereth, a Poem, in four Books or Reveries, on the World, Kings, Prostitution, and Death; by William Andrew Mitchell. Post 8vo. 6s. 2 X

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

ANTIQUITIES.

LONDON,

Mr Britton has just finished, Part I, forming a half volume of a Supplement, or Vol. V. to his "Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain." This portion consists of 41 Engravings, representing a variety of examples of the circular style of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England; including some specimens of Roman, Saxon, and Norman. These are displayed in plans, elevations, sections, and views, and are calculated to exhibit the progressive changes or styles in the Architecture of this country. The work is intended to be completed in 80 plates, with appropriate letter press, which will comprise an historical, descriptive, and critical essay on the rise, progress, and characteristics of the ecclesiastical edifices and styles of architecture in England. The work is to be completed by the end of the year.

The same author has also completed his "History and Antiquities of the Metropolitical Church of York, illustrated with 34 engravings of views, elevations, plans, and details of the architecture of that edifice; with Biographical Anecdotes of the Archbishops."

He has also produced two out of three numbers of " the History and illustrations of Lichfield Cathedral."

Picturesque Views of the celebrated Antiquities of Pola, in Istria, by Thomas Allason, Architect, royal fol. No I. £3, 15s.

The History and Antiquities of Westminster Abbey; by J. P. Neale, royal 4to. Part VIII. 16s.

ARCHITECTURE.

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Numerical Games, consisting of Practical Exercises in Arithmetic; by Thomas Halliday. £1, or in a box £1, 4s.

Tables for Children, on the most Familiar and Pleasing Subjects; by Janffret, author of "A Father's First Lessons," "Rolando's Travels," &c. with plates, 3s. 6d.

Johnston's Moveable Characters, with hats, caps, and wigs. 4s.

Orthographical Exercises; by Alderson. 18mo. 1s.

Theory of Education; by Smart. 8vo. 7s. The Intellectual Patrimony, or a Father's Instruction; by James Gilchrist. 8vo. 6s.

GEOLOGY.

A Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology, in a series of Essays; by G. B. Greenough, President of the Geo

Description of the Gaol of Bury St Ed- logical Society. 8vo. 9s. monds; by John Carridge, 4to. 14s.

FINE ARTS.

Ackerman's Historical and Characteristic Tour of the Rhine, from Mayence to Cologne, Part III. 14s.

The Cabinet of Arts, No XI. 3s.

ASTRONOMY.

Time's Telescope for 1820; or, Astronomical Occurrences in every month; remarks on the Phenomena of the Celestial Bodies, Guide to the Almanack, &c. &c. 9s. Evening Amusements for 1820; by W. Frend. 3s.

A Commentary on the Systems which have been advanced for explaining the Planetary Motions; by James Burney, Esq. R. N. F. R. S. 2s. 6d.

BIOGRAPHY.

Sketch of the life, character, and writings of Mad. de Stael; by Mad. Necker te Saussure, 8vo. 12s.

The life of William Lord Russell; by Lord John Russell, 2 vols 8vo. Second edition. £1, 1s.

A Memoir of the Marquis of Hastings, 3s.

BOTANY.

Flora Græca Sibthorpiana, Fasciculus V.

King Coal's Levee, or Geological Etiquette. Third Edition. 4s.

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Essays on Phrenology, or an Inquiry into the Principles of Drs Gall and Spurzheim; by G. Combe, 8vo. 12s.

Observations on the Diseases and Malformation of the Head; by William Wadd, Esq. F.L.S. 10s. 6d.

A General Index to the London Medical and Physical Journal; comprising an analytical table of the contents of the first forty volumes of that work. 8vo. £1, 1s.

Elements of Physiology; by A. Riche rand, 3d edition. 8vo. 12s.

A Treatise on the Radical Cure of Hernia, or Rupture, by intentional means; by William Dufour. 5s.

A complete System of Domestic Medicine, for the use of families; by J. Ingle. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

Letters on Coughs, Consumption, Asthma, &c. 3s.

Commentaries on the Diseases of Children; by Dr J. Clarke. Royal 8vo. 10s. 6d. Observations on the Nature and Cure of Dropsies; by Dr John Blackall. 10s. 6d.

MINERALOGY.

An Introduction to Mineralogy, with 153 Figures of Minerals; by Robert Bakewell. 8vo. £1, 18.

MISCELLANIES.

The Quarterly Review, No XLIII. 6s. El Observador en Londres, No III. 38. The Pamphleteer, No XXIX. 6s. 6d. The Appeal of Lieutenant-Colonel C. B. Buer, to the Marquis of Hastings, against the conduct of Sir S. Smith. 10s. 6d.

A Treatise on the Pointing of Naval Ordnance; by Sir W. Congreve. 5s.

Lessons of Thrift, published for General Benefit; by a distinguished member of the Save-all Club. Royal 8vo. Coloured plates. £1, 1s..

The New Views of Mr Owen impartially examined; by H. G. Macnab, M.D. 8vo. 7s.

Loyal Effusions, written during the last twelve years; by a Naval Officer. 6s.

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Report of the Linnæan Society of New England, relative to a large Marine Ani mal, or Sea-Serpent, 200 feet long, seen near Cape Anne, and in other parts of the American seas, with a plate. 4s.

NOVELS.

Anastasius; or Memoirs of a Greek, written at the close of the eighteenth cen tury. 3 vols crown 8vo. £1:11: 6.

The Highland Castle and the Lowland Cottage; by Rosalia St Clair. 4 vols 12mo.

22s.

Stories for the middle rank of Society, and Tales for the Common People; by Hannah More. 2 vols. New edition. 149. POETRY.

Poems, by Joshua Russell. 6s. Lorenzo, or the Tale of Redemption. 4s. 6d.

Almagro, a Poem, in five cantos. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The Georgæda; by Francisco Paula Medina. Royal 8vo. 8s. 6d.

The Tour of Dr Syntax through London, or the Pleasures and miseries of the Metropolis. 8vo. 1.

POLITICS.

Comments on some recent Political Discussions, with an exposure of the fallacy of the Sinking Fund; by A. H. Chambers. 2s. 6d.

Observations on the present State of Affairs, and the conduct of the Whigs.

A concise and impartial Essay on the British Constitution; by J. D. Burridge, Solicitor. 5s. 6d.

A Second Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, on the Bank Reports, by Thomas Atwood, Esq. 3s.

An Essay on the Employment of the Poor; by R. A. Slaney. 2s.

The British Constitution analysed; by a Doctor of Laws. 2 vols. 12mo. 16s.

Safe Method of rendering Income arising from Personal Property, available for reducing the Poor Rates, &c. 1s. 6d.

The Political House that Jack Built. 1s.
The Loyalist's House that Jack Built. 1s.
Origin of Dr Slop's name. 1s.

A Letter on the Poor Laws; by R. Blakemore, Esq.

Letters to Lord Castlereagh, concerning a Royal Promise.

A Letter to Lord Russel on Parliamentary Reform. 2s. 6d.

Proposed Arrangement for the Distressed Working Classes; by Robert Owen. 2s. 6d.

A Letter to the House of Commons on the present difficulties and discontents of the British Empire. 2s. 6d.

A Second Letter to the Prince Regent; by the Rev. T. L. Berguer. 2s. 6d.

A Trifling Mistake in Lord Erskine's recent Preface, noticed and corrected; by the Author of the Defence of the People. 2s. 6d.

Elements of a Plan for the Liquidation of the Public Debt of the United Kingdom; by Richard Heathfield. 2s.

The Beauties of Cobbett.

6d.

A Letter to the Gentlemen of England, upon the present Critical conjuncture of Affairs. 2s.

An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain, respecting the United States of America, Part I.; by Robert Walsh, Jun. Esq. 18s.

A Letter to Earl Fitzwilliam, relative to the late York Meeting; by a Member of no Party. 2s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

Sermons; by the Rev. C. Bradley; third edition. 10s. 6d.

A Century of Christian Prayers on Faith, Hope, and Charity. 8vo. 8s.

Sermons on various Subjects; by the late Rev. M. West. 2 vols. 8vo. £1, 1s. A Sermon preached in Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge; by the Rev. T. Calvert. 1s. 6d.

Part V. of the Book of Common Prayer, with notes, &c.; by the Rev. Richard Mant. 4to. 4s.

Chronological History of Jesus Christ. The Christian. No. III. 2d. The Christian Champion. No. I. 4d. Popular Tracts on Infidelity. Nó. I. Christian Essays; by the Rev. S. C. Wilkes. 2 vols. 8vo. 14s.

The Truth and Excellence of the Christian Religion, in three Sermons; by the Rev. Richard Mant. 9d.

A Reply to Apeleuthenes; by John Bentley. 8vo. 7d.

Passing Events, correspondent with Ancient Prophecies, a Sermon; by the Rev. Dr Nance. 1s. 6d.

The Religion of Mankind; by the Rev. Robert Burnside, A. M. 2 vols. 8vo. £1, 8s.

A Letter to the Bishop of St David's, occasioned by his Lordship's misconceptions

and misrepresentations; by Samuel Wix, A. M. F. R. and A. S. 3s.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The History of the County of Cambridge; of Ancient and Modern Cambridge, with the City of Ely; by Edmund Carter. Reprinted from the rare edition of 1753, by W. Upcott of the London Institution. 100 copies on small, and 40 on large paper. 8vo. £1, 8s.

A Statistical, Commercial, and Political Description of Venezuela, Trinidad, Margarita, and Tobago; containing Anecdotes and Observations, illustrative of the past and present state of those Countries; from the French of M. Lavaysse, with an Introduction and Index, by the Editor. 8vo. 15s.

The History and Antiquities of York Cathedral, with 35 Plates; by John Bretton, F. S. A. 4to. £3, 15s.

Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in the United Kingdom; by J. P. Neall. No. XX. 4s.

The Picture of England; or Historical and Descriptive delineations of the most curious Works of Nature and Art, in each County, with 252 Engravings; by J. N. Brewer. 2 vols. 12mo. £1, 4s.

A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Somerset; by Mr Nightingale. 8vo. 12s.

The History and Topography of the Parish of Sheffield, in the County of York; by Joseph Hunter. £4, 4s.

Topographical and Historical Account of Norwich. 12mo.

Historical and Topographical Description of Warwickshire; by T. Smith. 5s. 6d. A Compendious Account of the Cape of Good Hope. 2s. 6d.

Walks through Bath, with 21 Views; by P. Egan. 12s.

An Accurate Description of the Cape of Good Hope and its dependencies, by Capt.

Ben Stout. 6s.

America and the British Colonies; by Wm. Kingdom, Jun. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Description of the Gaol of Bury St Edmonds; by T. Orridge. 4to. 14s.

The Ambulator; or Tour of twenty-five miles round London, with Views. 12th edition. 12s.

Notes on Africa; particularly those parts between Cape Verde and the River Congo, with an Appendix on the Cape of Good Hope; by G. A. Robertson, Esq. 8vo. 15s.

An Engraved Table, shewing the distances between the different Posting Inns in Sussex; by Crauter and Sons. 4s.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

France as it is; Not Lady Morgan's France; by William Playfair. 2 vols. 8vo. £1, 4s.

A Second Journey through Persia to Constantinople in the Years 1810 and 1816; by James Morier, Esq. Royal 4to. £3, 13s. 6d.

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