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ART. XIII. 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.

The Rev. John Griffin has in the press, A third edition in 12mo. of his Memoirs of Captain James Wilson, considerably improved, and ornamented with a portrait of Capt. Wilson.

An improved edition in 2 vols. 8vo. of Schmidius' Concordance to the Greek New Testament, from the Glasgow University Press, will appear early in Ja nuary-This is a work of inestimable value to the student of the Greek Testament, and cannot fail to meet with an encouragement.

In the press. The 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 Terrick Hamilton, Esq. Oriental Secretary to the British Embassy to Constantinople. Crown Svo.

The Rev. Thomas Watson, Author of Intimations and Evidences of a Future State, &c. will shortly publish, Various Views of Death and its circumstances, intended to illustrate the wisdom and benevolence of the divine administration in conducting mankind through this awful and interesting event.

In the press, and shortly will be pub. lished, Duroveruum, or Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of Canterbury, with other Poems. By Arthur Brooke, Esq.

Miss Spence, Author of Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and Seenery of Scotland, &c. &c. is preparing for publication, a new work, entitled "A Traveller's Tale of the last Century."

Shortly will be published in one vol. 8vo. Practical Observations on the Construction and Principles of Instruments for the removal of Muscolar contraction of the Limbs, Distortion of the Spine, and every other species of Personal Deformity. By John Felton, (late of

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Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland; the first part of this splendid work will appear early in the next year, containing five engravings, by Cooke, Pye, Le Keux, &c. from drawings by Messrs. Turner, Calcott, Thomson, Blore, &c. &c. and Historical Illustrations, by Walter Scott, Esq.

Italian Scenery, Number 5, from drawings, by E. F. Batty, containing five views in Rome, is now ready for publication.

Mr. T. Faulkner, of Chelsea, is printing the History and Antiquities of Kensington, interspersed with biographical anecdotes of royal and distinguished personages, and illustrated by engravings

The Rev. A. Ranken will soon publish volumes 4, 5, and 6, of the History of France, continuing the History from the earliest accounts to the death of Henry III. in 1589.

The Rev. Archdeacon Nares is printing, in a quarto volume, Illustrations of difficult Words and Phrases occurring in the English Writers of the age of queen Elizabeth.

In a few days will be published, The importance of peace and union in the Churches of Christ; and the best means of promoting them, a Sermon preached before the Associated Independent Churches of Hampshire, by Samuel Sleigh.

A Work designed as a proper com panion to the Comforts of Old Age, is now in the press, and will be published in a few days, called the "Enjoyments of Youth" the object of the Author of this small work, the scenery of which is laid in genteel life, is to impress upon the minds of the young, the pleasures of Religion and Morality, in contradistinction, to the insanity of the customary pursuits, (which are delineated) of the well bred young of both sexes in modern days; the story is told, not in the way of dry and abstract axioms, but by scenes (in the Vicar of Wakefield style) in which all or most may be supposed to participate in their progress through life.

The Rev H. G. White will soon publish, in foolscap octavo, Letters from a Father to his Son in an office under government.

The Rev. E. W. Grinfield is printing, in an octavo volume. Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ.

Matthew Henry's Scripture Catechism, which has been out of print many years, is reprinting in a small pocket volume, and will be ready the beginning of the month.

An Account of the Life, Ministry, and Writings of the Rev. John Fawcett, D. D. 54 years Minister of the Gospel, at Waingate and Hebden Bridge, near Halifax, containing a variety of particulars not generally known relative, to the revival and progress of Religion in many parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire, &c. will be shortly published by his Son.

In the press, Charenton; or the Follies of the Age, a Philosophical Romance, translated from the French of M. Lourdoueix. Charenton is well known to be the public establishment, near Paris, for insane persons. The Author has chosen it for the scene of adventures, and some

supposed inhabitants of it are his Dramatis Personæ. This work gives a view of the political state of France, of its parties, of the natural tendency of the age to the general interests of mankind, and of the ultimate object of civilization, in its silent progress towards universal good.

Dr. Henry is printing a new and improved edition of his Elements of Chemistry.

Dr. Bostock will shortly publish the History and Present State of Galvanism.

The Rev. James Townley, Author of Biblical Anecdotes, has nearly ready for the press, Illustrations of Biblical Literature: exhibiting the History and Fate of the sacred writings from the earliest period to the present, including Biographical notices of eminent Translators of the Bible, and other Biblical Scholars, The work will be interspersed with Historical Sketches of Ecclesiastical Characters the different substances which writing has been successfully inscribed: Illuminated MSS: Ancient Bookbinding: the origin of Printing: Bibliomancy Mysteries, and Miracle Plays: Indices Expurgatorii, &c. &c. It will also be accompanied with fac-similes of several Biblical MSS. and other engravings.

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In the press. Scripture Costume, exhibited in a Series of Engravings, accurately coloured in imitation of the drawings representing the Principal Personages mentioned in the Old and New Testament, drawn under the superintendance of B. West, Esq. P. R. A. By R. Satchwell. Accompanied with Biographical and Historical Sketches. Imperial 4to.

Mr Chase, of Cambridge, has in the press, a work on Antinomianism, in which he has endeavoured to convict the abettors of that heresy, of hostility to the doctrines of Divine Grace.

Sir Gilbert Blane, Physician Extraor dinary to His Majesty, has in the press, and nearly ready for publication, a Treatise on Medical Logic, founded on practice, with facts and observations.

Mr. John Power, Surgeon and Accoucheur, has in the press, a Treatise on Midwifery, developing a new principle, by which labour is greatly shortened, and the sufferings of the patient allevia. ted.

Shortly will be published, a new edition revised, of the Memoirs of Mr. Richard Morris, many years Pastor of the Baptist Church, at Amersham, Bucks, by the Rev. B. Godwin, Great Missenden.

In the press, and will be published in a few days, an Appeal to the public: or Religious Liberty not infringed in the Case of the Old Meeting House, Wolverhampton with an Appendix, in which a full account will be given of the late violent proceedings of the Unitarians against Messrs. Steward and Mander.

In the press, and speedily will be published, The Fountain of Life opened; or, a display of Christ in his essential and mediatorial Glory. By the late

John Flavel. To be printed uniform with Beddome's Short Discourses.

Also the whole Works of the Rev. John Flavel, with a fine portrait of the Author, forming six large volumes, in demy octavo.

Mr. Campbell's long expected Biographical and Critical Lives of the British Poets, with illustrative specimens, will certainly be published in December.

Art. XIV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY,

Memoirs of the public and private life of John Howard, the Philanthropist, compiled from his own diary, his confidential letters, &c. By James Baldwin Brown, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law, 4to. 21. 5s.

A Sequel to Mrs. Trimmer's Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature. By Sarah Trimmer, 18mo. 2s. 6d. bound.

A New Theoretical and Practical Grammar of the French Language, with numerous instructive Exercises. By C. Gros, Author and Editor of many valuable School Books, 12mo. 5s. bound.

GEOGRAPHY.

The Imperial Atlas: containing distinct Maps of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States of the World, with the Boundaries of Europe, as settled by the Treaty of Paris, and Congress of Vienna, to which are added, the most useful Maps of Ancient Geography, accompanied by an Outline of Physical Geography, &c. &c. By James Millar, M. D. Editor of the Encyclopædia Edinensis, the last Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, Lecturer on Natural History, &c. &c. royal 4to. 21. 10s. half-bound.

HISTORY.

The History of the City of Dublin, from the earliest Accounts, to the present Time: containing its Annals, Antiqui ties, Ecclesiastical History, and Charters; its present Extent, Public Buildings, Schools, Institutions, &c. Το which are added, Biographical Notices of Eminent Men, and copious Appendices of its Population, Revenue, Commerce, and Literature. By the late John Warburton, Esq. Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower,

the late Rev. James Whitelaw, and the Rev. R. Walsh, M. R. I. A. 2 vols. 4to. illustrated by numerous views of the principal Buildings, Maps of the City, &c.

A Narrative of the Expedition which sailed from Eugland in the Winter of 1817, under the command of Colonels Campbell, Gilmore, Wilson, and Hippesley, to join the South American Patriots; comprising an account of the delusive Engagements upon which it was fitted out; the Proceedings, Distresses, and ultimate Fate of the Troops; with Observations and authentic Information, elucidating the real Character of the Contest, as respects the Mode of Warfare, and present state of the Armies; including a Detail of the difficulties en. countered by the Author, after his Brigade had been disbanded, and put ashore on the Island of Saint Bartholomew; and of his ultimately being compelled to work his Passage to England, as a Seaman on board a West-Indiaman. By James Hackett, First Lieutenant in the late Artillery Brigade. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Historical, Military, and Picturesque Observations on Portugal. Illustrated by 75 coloured plates including authentic plans of the Sieges and Battles fought in the Peninsula, during the late War. By George Landmann, Lieutenant-colonel in the Corps of Royal Engineers. 2 vols. medium folio, 15. 15s.

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into the Polar Regions; undertaken chiefly for the Purpose of discovering North-east, North-west, or Polar Passage between the Atlantic and Pacific; from the earliest Period of Scandinavian Navigation, to the Departure of the recent Expeditions, under the Orders of Captains Ross and Buchan. By John Barrow, F. R. S. To which are added, a Narrative of Captain Buchan's Expedition into the Interior of Newfoundland, and a Relation of the Discovery of the Strait of Anian, made by Captain L. F. Maldonado, in the Year 1588. With an original Map of the Arctic Regions. 8vo. 12s.

Gleanings and Remarks collected during many Months Residence at Buenos Ayres and within the Upper Country; with a Prefatory Account of the Expedition from England, until the Surrender of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, under the joint Command of Sir D. Baird, G. C. B. K. C. and Sir Home Popham, K. C. B. By Major Alexander Gillespie, now upon the Full-pay retired List of the Royal Marines. Illustrated by a Map of South America, and a Chart of Rio de la Plata, with Pilotage Directions. 8vo. 10s. boards.

GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. X. NEW SERIES.

Africa, unknown state of its interior, 449
Aleppo, revolution at, 109
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, inspects
personally some of the prisons of Peters
burgh, 90, 1

Algiers, Pananti's narrative of a resi-
dence at, 472, et seq.

Altham and his wife, a tale, 389, et seq.
character of the work, 393, the tale,
394, et seq.; extract illustrative of the
style and design of the work, 395, 6
American rivers east of the mountains, de-
scription of, 39.

Americans deficient in cleanliness, 41
Ancyras, an extraordinary race of men,

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Barnabas, Durant's sermon on the cha-
racter of, 79, et seq.

Bees, materials collected by them, 121, 2,
description of their tongue, ib.; their
faculty of finding the hive, 123; made
use of to disperse a mob, 125
Bellamy's holy bible, newly translated
from the original Hebrew, 1, et seq.; re-
marks on the author's claim to supe-
rior knowledge of the Hebrew language,
ib. et seq.; his assertion of the absolute
integrity of the Hebrew text, 3; al-
leged proof of the preservation of a
perfect verbal Hebrew text, 5; reviewer's

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remarks on it, 6; on the author's
translation of certain particular pas-
sages, 7, et seq.; his assertion that

Christ quoted from the Hebrew,'
examined, 10, 11; remarks on the
alleged integrity of the Hebrew text,
12, 3; on the knowledge of the Old
Testament possessed by the early
Christians, ib. ; his assertion that
verbs in the future form must not be
translated in the past time, examined,
14; on verbs written in the future
form and translated in the preter
tense, 15; on the pluperfect tense, 17,
et seq.; critical examination and exposi-
tion of various passages of the author's
translation, 130, et seq.; 280, et seq.
Benezet, Vaux's life of, 367, et seq.
Betlis, present state of, 231; the beg,
or governor, 232

Bible, holy, Bellamy's new translation

of, 1, et seq., 130, et seq.; 280, et seq.
Bicheno's inquiry into the nature of be-
nevolence, in reference to the poor
laws, 202, et seq.

Birkbeck's journey from Virginia to the
Illinois, 33, et seq.; his review of Eng-
land, and of the English farmer, 34, 5;
sale of slaves at Norfolk, 35; striking
contrast between the Virginia slave and the
English labourer, 35, 6; baneful in-
fluence of slavery on the morals of
all America, 37; character of the
Virginians, 37; description of the mi-
grating to the Ohio, 38; American inns
east of the mountains, 37; Americans de-
ficient in regard to cleanliness, 41; first
experiment of the travellers to camp out,
40, 1; dreary gloominess of a forest re-
sidence, 41; its physical effects exhibited
in the complexion of the backwood's man,
41, 2; noble timber of the back set-
tlements, 42; state of society in the
newly inhabited back settlements, 42, 3;
emigration suited only to working

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