brought forward by Herrera, against Las Casas, of having been the author of the African slave trade. He observes, that the Spaniards purchased negroes long before the discovery of America; that they brought some with them at their very first settle ment in St. Domingo, and that the African slave trade was authorised at least eight years before the time when Las Casas is stated to have advised it. Among the latest novels are Ga briela, by the Duchess D'A., author of the Two Friends ; and the Countess of Fargy, by Madame de Souza, forming part of a new edition of her works. The Travels of Anthony and Bartho lomew Bacheville, relating their incredible misfortunes and adventures in various parts of the world, have all the interest of fiction.

Madame le Genlis' Diners du Baron D'Holbach introduces by name many courtiers and literati of the eighteenth century, such as Diderot, Voltaire, the Abbe Morellet, &c. She of course does not spare the philosophers.

Two biographical dictionaries are in the course of publication, one un der the title of Biographie Nouvelle des Contemporains, by Messrs. Ar nault Jouy, Jay, &c., is written in opposition to a similar work printed in Belgium, which did not do justice to the heroes of the revolution; the 8th volume (GA-GV) is published. The other is a new edition of the Belgium Dictionary, considerably augmented; it will form 10 volumes, and will probably be the better work of the two.

M. Barbier has published the 1st vol. of his useful Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous Works, composed, translated, or published in French and Latin, with the names of the authors, translators, and editors, accompanied with historical and critical notes. This edition will consist of four volumes: the second will be published in January, 1823.

The splendid edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, in 24 Nos. is completed. The translation is new by M. G. T. Villenave, printed by P. Didot, and ornamented with 144 engravings from the designs of Moreau, jun. and others. The price of the 24 Nos. is from 192 francs to 960. Two copies only, on vellum, cost each 4800 francs; and one copy, with the original drawings, is offered at 24,000 francs.

The 35th No. of the Musée des Ana tiques, designed by Mr. P. Bouillon, is published. Mr. Bouillon engages that it shall not exceed 45 Nos., and expects to complete it in two years more. It will contain not only every thing in the King's collection, but all the masterpieces which the French possessed for a time, but have since restored to their right owners.

The new edition of the great work on Egypt, by the French Savans, proceeds with rapidity.

Of Gau's Nubia, which is printed as a supplement to the Description of Egypt, six Nos. are published, of the twelve of which it is intended to consist. It is a most splendid and interesting performance.

The new Florence Gallery, which is conducted on a grand scale, must not be confounded with any preceding work bearing the same title. The prints are from the drawings of Wicar, who resided 15 years at Florence, where he employed himself in making admirable drawings on a reduced scale of the masterpieces of the great painters; among which the portraits of the masters, painted by themselves, are a distinguished ornament of the Gallery. They have been beautifully copied. The statues and antique bronzes are rendered with consummate skill. The gems have been magnified. The explanations are all by M. Mongez, member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. The whole will consist of 50 Nos. at 18 francs each. The splendid collection of original drawings in 10 folio volumes, magnificently bound, and enclosed in a mahogany case, richly ornamented with bronze, gilt, are in the possession of M. Panc koucke, who offers them for sale in one lot.

A taste for oriental literature is becoming more and more general in France, and the study of it will be greatly promoted by the institution of the Paris Asiatic Society, which counts amongst its members, Messrs. Silvestre de Sary, Klaproth, Remusat, Chezy, Martin, &c. They have commenced the publication of a monthly journal, and intend to publish, as soon as possible, many important works, such as a Sanscrit grammar and dictionary, and various Arabic, Persian, and Sanscrit works...

RussiaOf the works lately pub lished in Russia, the most important is the concluding part of the great Russian dictionary, compiled by the Imperial Society, which is now complete in six volumes. Another im portant enterprise is the Grand Atlas of the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Poland, and the Grand Duchy of Finland, finely engraved on 70 sheets in folio. The spirit of naval enterprise which has prevailed since Krusen stern's voyage round the world, has caused several voyages of discovery to be undertaken, with the results of some of which the public are already acquainted; for instance, Golownin's Account of Japan, and Kotzebue's Voyage. In the course of the last year, no less than three expeditions have returned to Cronstadt, the accounts of which are preparing for publication; one is Captain Belling hausen's Voyage to the South Seas, where he is said to have made some interesting discoveries; another that of the Discovery and Good Intent to the North-west coast of America, where they proceeded to a higher la titude than Captain Cook, and disco vered a pretty considerable island; the third is that of the Golownin and Baranow, two vessels belonging to the Russian North American Company, which have just returned, after making a more accurate survey of the North-west coast of America. They also discovered a pretty large island called Numirack, in 59 deg. 54 min. 57 sec. N. latitude, and 193 deg. 17 min. 2 sec. E. longitude. Besides these expeditions, others have been undertaken in the North of Siberia and the interior of Asia, some parti culars of which have transpired, and cause the detailed accounts to be looked for with interest; but it is uncertain how far the policy of the Government may interfere to withhold any part of the particulars. Since the annexation of the Crimea to the Russian Empire, the foundation of Odessa, and the rapid increase of population in the Russian provinces on the Euxine, a multitude of interesting discoveries have been made. Unknown medals, beautiful Greek inscriptions, daily disclose interesting facts, which we might seek in vain in ancient authors: we may expect to become better acquainted with the numerous Greek colonies which for

merly occupied all the coasts of the Black Sea, and we shall learn the yet unknown revolutions of the GrecoScythian Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, which maintained itself for nearly eight centuries amid the barbarous tribes of Europe and Asia. Among the works already published may be mentioned, 1. Á Notice of the Medals of Rhadameadis, an unknown King of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, by M. Stempouski. 2. A Selection of the Medals of the an cient Greek City of Olbiopolis, by M. de Blaremberg, 8vo. with 22 plates. The discoveries of these gen tlemen have furnished M. Raoul Ro chelle, of the Academy of Belles Lettres at Paris, with means to compose a learned work on the Greek Antiquities of the Cimmerian Bosphorus, i vol. 8vo. The extension of the Russian dominion in Asia has likewise been the means of adding immense collections of Oriental MSS. medals, &c. to the museum of St. Petersburg. The cabinet of Maho metan medals in particular is of the highest importance, and is expected, when duly arranged, to furnish most interesting materials for the elucida tion of the history of Asia. The learned M. Fræhn is actively engaged in preparing a work on the subject of these medals in the form, we understand, of a Catalogue raisonné, respecting which he published a preliminary report above a year ago.

Germany. In the catalogue of the Leipzig Michaelmas fair, we observe a great number of works of various dimensions on the affairs of Greece and Turkey; a pretty considerable list of voyages and travels; transla tions of almost every work of the least importance published in England and France; the usual host of almanacks or pocket-books, a branch of literature (for so it must be called in Germany) in which the Germans are unrivalled; and no inconsiderable number of books of devotion, besides a great collection of works for youth.

D. Scholz, of Bonn, well known both in England and France by his oriental studies, has published his Journey in the Environs of Alexandria, the Libyan Desert, Egypt, Palestine, and Syria, in the years 1820 and 21. Neither Buckingham, nor any other modern traveller, and, least of all, Chateaubriand, have

given us so faithful an account of the most recent situation of the various Christian sects, together with the physical and political state of the Holy Land, as this traveller, who is so profoundly versed in the manners and languages of the East. He commenced his journey in Egypt, in company with the Prussian General, Baron Minutoli, who however parted from him at the very outset of the expedition. A great deal has been said in the public papers of the discoveries made by the Baron in Egypt, and the unhappy loss of the greater part of his highly valuable collections by the wreck of the ship, on board which he sent them to Hamburg. Fortunately, however, his journal, and part of his drawings and collections were sent from Trieste by land to Berlin. From them will be published in the course of the year 1823, A Journey to the Temple of Jupiter Ammon, in the Libyan Desart, and to Upper Egypt, in 1820 and 1821, with the opening of the great pyramid of Saccara, from the Journals of Baron Minutoli, with an Appendix, by Dr. Toelken, Professor in the University of Berlin, with a map of the Desart, and thirty lithographical plates (many of them coloured) in imperial folio. Two other German literati who were. with the Baron have proceeded to Nubia; and though their researches are chiefly directed to Natural History, they cannot fail to add important particulars to our information respecting that country. In the west, also, German travellers have distinguished themselves, and we had almost said seem to have fixed on Brazil as their own. The Travels of the Prince of Nieuwied in that country (of which only the first volume has been translated into English,) in two vols. 4to. with numerous fine plates, has been so well received, nearly 1000 copies having been sold, that the publisher has now printed an 8vo. edition of it, and has commenced the publication of a great and expensive work on the Natural History of Brazil, from the drawings and collections made by the Prince in that country. Another far more important work on

Brazil, is the account of the Journey of Drs. Spix and Martius, of Munich, now preparing for publication, under the immediate patronage of His Majesty, the King of Bavaria, by whom they were sent to that country. -Other important works are announced, among which we will mention Mr. Baader's new System of the Mechanism of Wheel Carriages, Iron Rail Roads, &c. and a History of the House of Hohenstaufen and their Times, in 4 vols. large 4to. by Frederick Von Raumer. This work is expected to be highly important towards the history of the middle ages. The author obtained most valuable materials in various public libraries in Germany and Italy, particularly among the MSS. of the Vatican library; he was even permitted to examine the archives of the Vatican, which have been inaccessible to almost every writer, except Baronius and Ravnaldus. At the conclusion of the work, will be added some essays, tending to throw great light upon it, some of which have already been printed separately in periodical publications, and fully prove the author's qualifications for the important and laborious task which he has undertaken. The history will extend from the latter years of the reign of the Emperor Henry IV. to the end of the Crusades. Twelve copper-plates, chiefly portraits, will be added.

With respect to the translations of foreign works, those of the Scotch Novels, and of all the poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, take the first place. Translations of these novels are advertised as soon as there is even an intimation that one is preparing for the press; generally, two or three different translations are published, and sometimes almost simultaneously with the original. Nay, it seems certain, that Peverel of the Peak, though not yet published here, has been already for some weeks before the German public. We are inclined to think it probable, that the German translator has published the first or perhaps the second volumes, without waiting for the remainder, for it seems impossible that he should have the whole.

The author of the Confessions of an English Opium Eater, announces the speedy appearance of his Prolegomena to all future Systems of Political Economy, the publication of which has been so long delayed by his illness.

The new novel of the Great Unknown is not to appear we understand till the middle of January. The author has found it necessary to add a fourth volume to the work.

The Rev. Mr. Cary, the translator of Dante, is engaged on an English version of the Odes of Pindar.

A new Historical Novel, the scene of which is laid in England in the time of Charles I. and Cromwell, is about to be published, under the title of Marston Moor, or the Queen's page. It is the production of a celebrated literary character.

Mr. Cunningham's collection of Scottish Songs, ancient and modern, will be put to press immediately.

It is reported, that three more Cantos of Don Juan are in town, but we believe it is not decided who is to have the honour of publishing them. The poem of Heaven and Earth, which Mr. Murray is said to have refused to publish, will appear in the Liberal.

The new Poem from the pen of Mr. Barry Cornwall, will appear very early this

season.

The Letters of Edward Herbert, Esq. to the family of the Powells, will be collected and published in one volume.

Proposals have been issued for the publication of an uniform edition of the Works of the Rev. John Owen, DD. edited by Thomas Cloutt, MA.

A Spanish Quarterly Magazine is about to be published, under the title of Variedades, o Mensagero de Londres. Each number will contain about 100 pages in royal 8vo. and 12 coloured engravings.

It is proposed to publish by subscription, the Portraits of the late Rev. John Owen, Dr. Steinkopff, and the Rev. Joseph Hughes, Secretaries to the Bible Society.

The Works of Shakspeare are about to be printed in Miniature volumes, uniformly with the Spenser Classics.

Mr. T. E. Evans is engaged in translating a Collection of the Constitutions, Charters, and Laws, of the various nations of Europe, and of North and South America, with historical sketches of the origin of their liberties and political institutions. From the French of Messrs. P. A. Dufau, J. B. Duvergier, and J. Gundet. The

first volume, containing the rise and progress of the governments of France and the Netherlands, will appear very shortly.

The Fortieth volume of Transactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, with an Analytical Index for Vols. XXVI. to XL, will be ready for delivery early in January. JAN. 1823.

The following works are in the press :-Diary of a Journey through Southern India, Egypt, and Palestine, in the years 1821 and 1822, by a Field Officer of Cevalry, illustrated with maps, &c.

The Cabinet of Portraits, Part I, containing Burns, Corneille, Shaw, Sherlock, and President West, with Biographical Notices, by Robert Scott, to be continued.

Don Carlos, a Tragedy, translated and rendered into verse, from the German of Schiller, and adapted to the English stage.

Pulpit Orations, Lectures, and Sermons, delivered in the Caledonian Church, Hatton Garden, in one Volume, 8vo. By the Rev. Edward Irving, AM.

Sequel to an Unpublished Manuscript of Henry Kirke White's; designed to illustrate the Contrast afforded by Christians and Infidels, at the Close of Life. By the Author of the Wonders of the Vegetable Kingdom Displayed, &c.

The Antiquities of Free-masonry. Comprising Illustrations of the Five Grand Periods of Masonry, from the Creation of the World, to the Dedication of King Solomon's Temple. By George Oliver, Vicar of Clee, in the county of Lincoln.

History and Topography of London and its Environs, to correspond with Pinnock's County Histories. With a Map of twentyfive Miles round the Metropolis.

Rassela, Principe D'Abissinia, opera del Signor Dottor Johnson, 12mo.

An Introduction to the Hebrew Language, by W. Heinemann, Professor of the Hebrew and German Languages.

Relics of Literature, by Stephen Collet, AM. in 8vo. with a Frontispiece of Autographs of eminent characters.

The Lives of Scottish Poets, complete in 3 Vols. with 30 Portraits.

Liberalism Examined, 1 Vol. 8vo. by the Author of Italy and the Italians in the 19th Century.

Highways and By-ways; or, Tales of the Roadside, gathered in the French Provinces. By a walking Gentleman, 8vo.

Prosings, by a Veteran; or, the Lucubrations of Humphrey Ravelin, Esq. late Major in the Regiment of Infantry, 8vo.

The Theory and Practice of Music, professionally analysed for the Use of the Instructor, the Amateur, and the Student, with a brief History of the Science, &c. together with a Practical Essay on the Capabilities and Application of the Human Voice. By J. Nathan, Author of the Hebrew Melodies. Royal 4to.

Tales of Old Mr. Jefferson, of Gray'sinn, collected by the Young Mr. Jefferson, of Lyon's-inn.-Series I. Mandeville, or the Voyage; the Welch Cottage, or the Woodman's Fire-side; the Creole, or the Negro's Suicide.

December Tales, in one neat volume.

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