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What was it? That may soon be shewn,
-He might have let the fire alone!
Ergo, the hardest thing to man

Is-to do only what he can."

The Swan and the Rabbit, is a short fabulous composition, in prose: intended to shew the advantages of mutual dependance, and the misery of an insulated condition. A Word to the Gipsies, is an apology for a people despised and persecuted by christians; although they have resided for four centuries, in countries which are called civilized. These little pieces are embellished with a plate from a drawing, by Hilton, of the Blind Man and his Son, which would be very ornamental to the work; but, we must remark, that according to the order of nature, the father is much too old, to be the parent of the infant here described.

ART. 14.-Time's Telescope for 1817, or a Complete Guide to the Almanack: containing an explanation of Saint's Days and Holidays; with illustrations of British History and Antiquities, notices of obsolete Rites and Customs, and Sketches of Comparative Chronology, Astronomical Occurrences in every month; the Naturalist's Diary, &c. &c. To which is prefixed an Introduction, containing the principles of Zoology. Published annually. London, 1817, Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 8vo. pp. 366.

Golius says, that throughout the east, it is the custom for subjects at the beginning of the year to make presents to their princes, and that the astrologers in adopting this practice, present them with their Ephemerides for the year ensuing whence, says he, those Ephemerides came to be called Almanha; that is Handsels, or new year's gifts. Verstegan attributes the word Almanack to a Saxon original, but whatever may be its derivation, it is now understood to be a calendar or table, wherein are set down the days or feasts of the year, the course of the moon, with the other phenomena of each month. This little manual, in order to be reduced to a cheap and convenient form, has become so enigmatical, that a more enlarged explanation of its contents and references is very desirable, and such is the purpose of the Time's Telescope, which appears to us to be executed in a very amusing way, and the astronomical portion of it is prepared evidently by a person of science.

NOVELS.

ART. 15.-Purity of Heart, or the Ancient Costume, a Tale, in one volume, addressed to the Author of Glenarvon, by an Old Wife of Twenty Years. London, Simpkin and Marshall, 1816. 8vo. pp. 273.

ALTHOUGH there is no novelty in the story here related, it is well told, if the form were not too contracted to admit of its complete developement. It seems that the novel of Glenarvon fell into the hands of the author, who was strongly impressed with its pernicious tendency; and in order to countervail its effect in the public mind, the shafts of ridicule are here directed against it. We ourselves, perhaps, are not so strongly persuaded of the mischievous operation of that eccentric and unequal work entitled Glenarvon, and should rather consider the heroine as presented, not as an example to be followed, but to be avoided.

In the preface it is mentioned, that the work has been finished among the various occupations of domestic life, by the mother of a growing family, actually engaged in the duties of her station. Notwithstanding the difficulty to which she is exposed from such causes of interruption, we discover enough of merit in her efforts, to wish she would again appear before the public.

WORKS IN THE PRESS.
Literary Intelligence, &c.

Mr. A. J. Valpy has in the press, a new edition of the Greek Septuagint, in one large volume, 8vo. The text is taken from the Oxford edition of Boss: without

contractions.

Also, a new edition of Homer's Iliad, from the text of Heyne; with English notes, including many from Heyne and Clark; one volume, 8vo.

Academic Errors, or Recollections of Youth, one volume,

12mo.

Catullus; with English notes, by T. Forster, Jun. 12mo.

[ The second number of Stephen's Greek Thesaurus, which has been delayed on account of the Treaty for Professor Schefer's MSS. will appear in January.

We mentioned in our last, the sale of the late Duke of Norfolk's library: few of the books were of great rarity or value; the single work which sold at the highest price, was Cardinal Mezeray's History of France, 3 vol, folio: not long since, a copy of this splendid and scarce work sold for one hundred guineas, but the copy of his Grace only produced

about one third of that sum, partly in consequence of recent importations, and partly from the absence of a duplicate leaf, deemed of value by connoisseurs of old English literature: the Duke was no extensive purcha- | ser, but some curiosities were among his books. Stanihurst's Virgil sold for £9. 158. it is as our readers are perhaps aware, in English Hexameters, and is chiefly valuable for its singularity; several family MSS. brought various prices; among them was an original, by Dr. Lodge, the author of "A Fig for Momus," and many other poems and pamphlets. It is merely medical and was presented to the then Countess of Arundel.*

We are happy to learn that there is in the press, a new edition of Tasso's Jerusalem Deli vered, by Edward Fairfax. It is a most admirable translation the first edition was published in 1600, folio; the second in 1624, folio; and a third in 1687, 8vo. A fourth edition was printed, if we mistake not, about twenty years ago, but all but the first have many inaccuracies.

Soon will be published, in 8vo. a Narrative of a Residence in Belgium during the Campaign of 1815, and of a Visit to the Field of Waterloo, by an English Wo

man.

Mr. White, Author of " The System of Farriery," is about to publish a compendious Dictionary of the Veterinary Art, containing an explanation of the terms used by Writers on Veterinary Medicine and Farriery; with a concise description of the diseases of horses and other domestic animals; as well as of medicine, operations, &c. proper for their diseases.

Mr. Tabart, of the Juvenile Library, Piccadilly, is preparing a Monthly Miscellany for the use of Schools, and for the general purposes of Education, under the title of Tabart's School Magazine, or Journal of Education. It is intended to be composed chiefly of modern materials, for the purpose of connecting as much as possible the business of the School-room with that of the active World. The first Number will appear on the first of March.

Ponsonby, the publication of which has unavoidably been delayed, will, we are informed, certainly appear in the course of the ensuing month.

A French Grammar, is in the pres for Preparatory Schools and Beginners, on a plan entirely new ; and so easy that the dullest capacity may comprehend and learn it with facility. The lessons, dialogues, and vocabulary, each being on the most familiar and useful subjects, cannot fail to ensure the progress of the learner.

In a few days will appear, in 1 vol. 8vo, A View of the Agricultural, Commercial, and Financial Interests of Ceylon, with an Appendix containing some of the principal Laws and Usages of the Candians; also a Table of Imports and Exports, Port Regulations, Statements of Public Revenue and Expenditure, &c. By Anthony Bertolacci, Esq. late Comptroller-General of Customs, and Acting Auditor-General of Civil Accounts in that colony.

We are daily expecting, in 1 vol. 8vo. Narratives of the Lives of the More Emment Fathers of the Three First Centuries, interspersed with copious quotations

from their Writings, familiar Observatious on their Characters and Opinions, and occasional References to the most remarkable Events and Persons of the Times in which they lived.-By the Rev. Robert Cox, A.M. perpetual curate of St. Leonard's Bridgnorth.

Sermons on Important Subjects, by the Rev. Charles Coleman, A. M. M. R. L. A. lately Curate of Grange, in the Parish of Armagh, Diocese of Armagh, are to appear in one volume, 8vo.

mon prosperity. The writers who have concurred in a design so beneficial to both nations, are no less eminent in rank and character than in literary attainment. Each will write in his own language, and principally on the affairs of his own country; but the French letters will be translated into English, and the English letters into French; and the whole will appear, at the same periods, in English at London, and in French at Paris. The work will thus embrace the utmost possible variety: in the authors, in the subjects, and in the style and manner of treatment. It may also be looked to as the most correct and authentic source of information, in re

The Rev. Dr. Chalmers, of Glasgow, is printing a volume of Discourses in which he combats at some length, the argument derived from astronomy, against the truth of the Christian Revela-spect to the state of education, tion; and, in the prosecution of laws, manners, political instituhis reasoning, he attempts to tions, literature, arts, remarkable elucidate the harmony that sub- events, and important personages sists between the doctrines of in both countries; and may thus scripture and the discoveries of serve to correct that common ig modern science. norance, and common distrust of Early in January will be pub-each other, which has been too lished, No. XLIX. (being the first successfully fostered by the policy part of the ninth volume) of An- of the revolutionary governments, nals of Philosophy, or Magazine by the prejudices of many persons of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Me- in England, and, above all, by the chanics, Natural History, Agri- absolute slavery of the continenculture, and the Arts. By Tho- tal press. mas Thomson, M. D. F. R. S. &c.

Sermons by the Rev. John Martin, who was for more than 40 years Pastor of the Baptist Church in Keppel Street, were taken in short hand by Mr. J. Palmer, and will soon make their appearance in 2 vols. 8vo. em

On the 1st of January, 1817, will be published, (to be continued monthly) No. I. of The Correspondent; consisting of Letters, Moral, Political, and Literary, between eminent Writers in France and England. This work is de-bellished with a portrait. signed, by presenting to each nation a faithful picture of the other, to enlighten both to their true interests, promote a mutual good understanding between them, and render peace the source of a com

The Rev. F. A. Cox, A. M. has nearly completed his work on Female Scripture Biography, with an essay shewing what Christianity has done for woman.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Virgil, with English notes at the end, including many from the Delphin and other editions; no interpretatio. A second edition of Valpy's Edition of Virgil, without notes, is just published.

Theoretic Arithmetic, in three books; containing the substance of all that has been written on the sub

ment of Labor-Sinking Fund and its Application-Pauperism-Protection requisite to the Landed and Agricultural Interests, &c. by R. Preston, Esq. M.P.

The Pamphleteer; No. XVII. for January, 1817, containing nine pamphlets.

The Classical Journal; No.XXVIII. for December, 1816, containing a va riety of Clasical, Biblical, and Oriental Literature.

ject, by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus,
Iamblichus, and Boëtius; together
with some remarkable particulars
respecting Perfect, Amicable, and
other Numbers, which are not to be
found in the writings of any Ancient
or Modern Mathematicians. Like-
wise a Specimen of the manner in
which the Pythagoreans philoso-
phized about Numbers; and a deve-
lopement of their Mystical and The-Watts. Second edition.
ological Arithmetic, by Thomas Tay-
lor.

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Meditations and Prayers, selected from the Holy Scriptures, the Liturgy, and Pious Tracts, recommended to the Way-faring Man, the Invalid, the Soldier, and the Seaman, whensoever unavoidably precluded from the House of Prayer; by the Rev. J.

The Elements of Greek Grammar; with notes, for the use of those who have made some progress in the Language, fifth edition, by R. Valpy, D.D. F.A.S.

Elements of Latin Prosody, with Exercises and questions, designed as an Introduction to the Scanning and Making Latin Verses, by the Rev. C. Bradley, A.M. Second edition.A Key may be had.

A Translation of the Six Books of Proclus, on the Theology of Plato ; to which a Seventh Book is added, in order to supply the deficiency of another Book on this subject, which was written by Proclus, but since lost; also a translation of Proclus' Elements of Theology, by Thomas Taylor. In these volumes is also included, by the same, a Translation The Works of Gianutio and Gustaof the Treatise of Proclus, on Provi- vus Selenus, translated by J. H. Sardence and Fate, a Translation of Ex-ratt, Professor of Chess. These two tracts from his Treatise, entitled Ten Doubts, concerning Providence; and a Translation of Extracts from his Treatise on the Subsistence of Evil; as preserved in the Bibliotheca Græca of Fabricius. In 2 vol. royal 4to. 250 copies only printed.

tracts on chess are exceedingly scarce and truly valuable. The first is in Italian, and was published at Turin in 1597; the second is in German, and was published at Leipsig in 1617. The name of Gustavus Selenus is, however, fictitious; for it is the production of Augustus, Duke of Bruns

Further Observations on the State of the Nation-Means of Employ-wick Lunenberg.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE notice from Saville Row does not come within the usual distinction of Literary Intelligence, and therefore could not be inserted:

If the addition required were made to the head of each article reviewed, our Correspondent is informed, that it would incur the charge of the advertising duty.

The work mentioned by Mr. E. has probably been overlooked, and will be attended to.

The Index to the volume which is now closed, will appear in the next number.

PRINTED BY W. SMITH AND CO. KING Street, seven DIALS.

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