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natural small-pox used to carry off a great number of persons every year. Dr Malafejew, who resides in that country, has, however, found means to check its ravages.

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a machine, by means of which any person, though unacquainted with drawing, is enabled to copy paintings in oil or fresco, and even to trace the contour of statues and other round bodies, either of the natural-Being at Ochotsk in 1814, he brought size, or reduced to one-twelfth. This machine, which is far superior to the pantograph, will be particularly useful for frescoes; it is even asserted, that in this department it will do as much in one day as formerly required the labour of a month.

GERMANY.

Some of the professors of the University of Halle have undertaken an Universal Encyclopædia of the Arts and Sciences, which is to consist of thirty volumes in 4to. Four hundred men of letters have, it is said, already engaged in this work; and each article is to be signed by its author;-they have published a specimen. It is expected to be finished in about six years.

The second volume of an interesting work, by Charles L. Von Haller, has been published. It is entitled, "Restoration of the Science of Politics; or, Theory of the Natural State of Society.'

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Professor Dahlmann, of Kiel, is preparing for the press the manuscript Chronicle of Ditmar, by Neocorus, which had been lost, and lately recovered. This work is of great importance for the illustration of the ancient history of Germany.

RUSSIA.

thence by sea some variolous matter. immediately innoculated, at the harbour of St Peter and St Paul, 500 persons, some of them adults, and sent a portion of the matter to other parts of Kamtschatka. Convinced by experience of the beneficial effect of inoculation, the Kamtschadales and Koraiks now cheerfully allow it to be practised on themselves and their children. Dr Malafejew has instructed some native Kamtschadales at each ostrog and village in the process: he himself superintends the ope rations, and gives certificates of merit to such as distinguish themselves by zeal and skill. About 3000 persons have hitherto been inoculated. The climate of Kamtschatka is naturally healthy, and the natives of the peninsula frequently attain a very advanced age, without the infirmities generally attendant on it. There is, for instance, now living at Soposchnoje, a Kamtschadale woman, named Daria Slobodtschinowa, who, at the age of 130 years, possesses all her faculties unimpaired. Thus, too, Dr Malafejew found at Kirgamizkoi, a Kamtschadale upwards of 100 years old, who could read the Bible without spectacles, and explain it to his countrymen. The foreigners resident in Kamtschatka have lately begun to maintain a private correspondence with England

In the peninsula of Kamtschatka, the and America.

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

Mr C. Phillips, the barrister, has in the press, a Life of his Friend, the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran, in a quarto volume, embellished with a portrait. This work will comprise an account of the legal, political, and private life of Mr Curran; together with anecdotes and characters of his most distinguished contemporaries, many of them collected from his own lips.

The Letters from the Hon. Hor. Walto George Montagu, Esq. from the year 1736 to soon published the originals, in the possession of the edi

tor.

Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson is preparing for publication, a Narrative of an Overland Journey from India, performed in the course of the present year, through the principal cities of Persia, part of Armenia, Georgia, over the Caucasus into Russia, through the territory inhabited by the Cossacks of the Don, to Warsaw, and

thence through Berlin to Hamburgh. The work will be accompanied with engravings illustrative of the more remarkable antiquities in those countries, the costume of the inhabitants, and other interesting subjects, from drawings executed in the course of the journey.

Mr Nichols will shortly publish, in two vols. 8vo, a new edition of the Life and Errors of John Dunton, citizen of London; with the lives and characters of more than one thousand contemporary divines, and other persons of

To which will be added, Dunton's Conver sations in Ireland; selections from his other genuine works, and a portrait of the author.

Mr W. Upcott, of the London Institution, will publish in the course of the ensuing month, in three volumes octavo, a Bibliographical Account of the principal Works relating to English Topography; containing a complete collation of the more in

portant and rare productions connected with the local History of England; the quantity of letter-press comprised in each volume, lists of the plates, and separate pedigrees, so as to form an useful and necessary guide to all collectors of books on this interesting subject.

In a few days will be published, Messrs Hooker and Taylor's work on the Mosses of Great Britain and Ireland, which will contain figures and descriptions of each species, native of these islands; together with plates, illustrative of the Genera.

Mr Hooker has likewise the first number of a work ready for publication, on the new and rare, or little known, Exotic Cryptogamic Plants; with which will be incorporated those collected in South America, by Messrs Humboldt and Bonpland; and various other interesting subjects, in the possession of the author and his botanical friends. This will have numerous plates, and appear in an octavo volume.

A Walk through Switzerland in September 1816, is preparing for publica

tion.

In a few days will be published, Tales of Wonder, of Humour, and of Sentiment. By Anne and Annabella Plumptre. 3 vols. L. 1, 1s.

Dr Carey has in forwardness an elocutory edition of Thomson's Seasons; with metrical notes to each line, to regulate the enunciation, as in his Introduction to English Composition and Elocution.

Early in February will be published, a Translation of Tasso's Jerusalem; by the Rev. J. H. Hunt, late fellow of Trinity College.

Mr Henry Sass, student of the Royal Academy of Arts, is about to publish by subscription, a Journey to Rome and Naples, by way of Paris, Lyons, Mount Cenis, Turin, Genoa; by Sea to Leghorn, Pisa, Rome, Naples, including visits to Portici, Herculaneum, Pompeia, Vesuvius, (which was ascended during the time of an eruption) and the classic ground of Pozzuoli and Baiæ; returning by the Adriatic, Bologna, Venice, Vicenza, Verona, Milan, the Simplon, and Geneva.

Madame de Stael's new work on the French Revolution has been purchased by a London bookseller; it will be printed both in French and English, under the superintendence of Mr William Schlegel, the literary executor of the baroness. The work will be comprised in three octavo volumes, and will appear in London and at Paris on the same day.

Biographical View of the Public and Private Life of the Princess Charlotte, will appear in a few days.

Early in December will be published, the Juvenile Botanist's Companion, or Complete Guide to the Vegetable Kingdom; by Robert John Thornton, M. D. VOL. I.

Original Letters from Baxter, Prior, Bolingbroke, Pope, Cheyne, Hartley, &c. with biographical illustrations, edited by Mrs Rebecca Warner of Bath, will soon appear in octavo.

A new work on the subject of Saving Banks will shortly make its appearance, which will be found particularly useful to all connected with these institutions, entitled, " Annals of Banks for Savings.' Part the first, containing details of the rise and progress of these institutions; observations on their importance, tendency, and constitution; an account of the earliest establishments of this description; full particulars for their formation, management, &c.; methods of keeping accounts and calculating interest; useful hints and suggestions; and reports and communications from the principal banks in Great Britain, &c.

Remarks Moral, Practical, and Facetious, on various interesting subjects, selected from the writings of the late William Hutton, Esq. of Birmingham, will appear in the middle of December.

Mr W. B. Gurney is preparing for the press the Trials of Brandreth, Turner, Ludlam, and Weightman, for high treason at Derby, from his short-hand notes.

Early next year will be published in parts, about forty Views of Pompeii, engraved in mezzotinto, in imitation of the original drawings taken on the spot in the present year by George Townley, Esq.

Mr Murray's historical work on the Voyages and Discoveries in Africa, is about to appear in French, from the press of Mongie.

On the 1st of January will be published the first number of a new monthly miscellany, entitled, Arlis's Pocket Magazine of Classical and Polite Literature, or Gems of Genius.

Woman, a poem; by Eaton Stannard Barrett, Esq., author of the Heroine, small 8vo, with several wood-cuts from designs by Thurston, will appear in a few days.

Mr Woodley, Editor of the Cornwall Gazette, and author of various works in verse and prose, is preparing for publication an Account of his Literary Life, which will contain anecdotes of many distinguished living characters.

The Rev. Anthony Davidson, of South Damerham, Wilts, is about to publish by subscription the Poems of Ossian turned into blank yerse, in an 8vo volume.

Mr Jones, optician, is about to publish the late Mr Ferguson's Astronomical Planisphere of the Heavens, and likewise his Astronomical Rotula, with the Calculations continued by the Rev. L. Evans.

Dr Armstrong of Sunderland has in the press a work on Scarlet Fever, Measles, Consumption, &c. His volume on Typhus Fever is also reprinting with considerable additions.

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Speedily will be published, in one volume 8vo, Rome, Naples, and Florence, in 1817, consisting of sketches of the present state of society and manners, the arts, literature, &c. of those cities, with numerous anecdotes and conversations of distinguished writers, English and foreign.

Mr Britton is preparing for publication, as the fifth volume of his Architectural Antiquities, a Chronological Illustration of the Ancient Architecture of Great Britain, containing a series of eight engravings. It will form ten numbers, the first of which will appear next spring.

Mr George Dyer has in the press, "The Privileges of the University of Cambridge;" containing a Chronological Table of all its

Charters, together with a Series of the principal Charters themselves, intended to serve as a Summary of Annals to its History.

A volume, entitled, " Warnings of Bitter Experience," is ready for publishing by subscription, for the purpose of creating a fund to make accurate experiments in different parts of the three kingdoms, to ascertain the most efficacious means for preventing scarcity or exorbitant price of provisions, by discovering the best and cheapest method for preserving grain from the depredations of vermin, and the vitiating effects of humidity; that the superabundance of one crop, compensating for deficiency in another, may supersede importa tion.

MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

LONDON.

AGRICULTURE.

The Code of Agriculture, including Observations on Gardens, Woods, and Plantations. By the Right Hon. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. 8vo. L. 1, 1s.

ASTRONOMY.

The real Cause of the Princess Charlotte's Death. 1s. 6d.

Circumstantial Detail of the Last Moments of the Princess Charlotte; including a Biographical Memoir of her Life.

A Biographical Peerage of the Empire of Great Britain: in which are Memoirs

Evening Amusements for 1818. By and Characters of the most celebrated William Frend, Esq.

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The Northern Courts, containing Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark since 1766; including the extraordinary Vicissitudes of the Lives of the Grandchildren of George I1. By John Brown, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. L. 1, 1s.

A Biographical Peerage of Ireland; in which are the Memoirs and Characters of the most celebrated Persons of each Family, and the Arms engraven on Wood. Royal 8vo. 9s.

Shakespeare and his Times; including the Biography of the Poet; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; a new Chronology of his Plays; and a History of the Manners, Customs, Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and elegant Literature of his Age. By Nathan Drake, M. D. 2 vols. 4to. L. 5, 5s.; large paper, L.7, 7s.

Memoirs of the Life of the Princess Charlotte. 6d.

Particulars of the Death of the Princess Charlotte. 6d.

Persons of each Family. 18mo. Vol. IV.

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Life. By a Clergyman of the Church of England. 2s. 6d.

A Sermon on Regeneration and Conversion. By John Napleton, D. D. Canon Residentiary of Hereford. 1s.

A Discourse occasioned by the Death of the Rev. John Prior Estlin, LL.D., delivered in Lewin's Mead Meeting, Bristol, August 24, 1817, by the Rev. James Manning. To which is subjoined, the Funeral Service; by Lant Carpenter, LL.D. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

EDUCATION.

Dr Bell's System of Instruction broken into Questions and Answers, for the Use of Masters and Teachers in the National Schools. By the Rev. Fred. Iremonger. 1s. 6d.

Questions for the different Elementary Books used in the different National Schools. By the Rev. Fred. Iremonger. 1s. 6d.

Method of Teaching Children to Read, upon the principle discovered by Sieur Berthaud, improved and adapted to the English Language. By Mrs Williams. 12mo. 9s.

or, By

Self Cultivation recommended; Hints to a Youth leaving School. Isaac Taylor of Ongar. Flsc. 8vo. 5s. 6d. The Day's Occupation; or, the Employment of Time: a work containing the Elements of useful Knowledge for Children; from the French of Jauffret. 3s.

A Concise System of Commercial Arithmetic, adapted to modern practice: with an Appendix, containing a series of queries on bills and merchants' accounts; by J. Morrison, accountant, master of the Mercantile Academy, Leeds. 12mo. 4s. 6d. Spanish Nature displayed; by J. Dufief. 2 vols. 8vo. L.1, 11s. 6d.

French and English Dictionary; by J. Dufief. 3 vols. 12mo. L. 2, 12s. 6d.

The Chinese Grammar; by W. Morrison. 4to. L.1, 11s. 6d.

Family Suppers, or Evening Entertainment for Young People: consisting of elegant Moral Tales, in which instruction is blended with amusement; translated from the French of Madame Delafaye; by Lady Mary H******, with sixteen engravings. 2 vols. 6s.-and in French, 7s.

The Little Bearnais: consisting of Moral Lessons for Youth, translated from the French of Madame Delafaye, author of the "Six Tales of Youth," &c. with sixteen engravings. 4 vols. 10s. 6d. The same in French, 12s.

Moral and Amusing Recreations; or, Tales for the use of Young Ladies entering the World, from the French of the Countess de Choiseul. 1 vol. 12mo. with six engravings. 5s. Also in French, 6s.

A Concise Grammar of the Romaic, or Modern Greek Language; with phrases and dialogues on the most familiar subjects;

compiled by H. Robertson, M. D. during a residence of some years in the Levant.

HISTORY.

A Complete History of the Spanish Inquisition, from the period of its Establishment by Ferdinand V. to the present time, drawn from most authentic documents; by Don Juan Antonio Llorente, one of the principal Officers of the Inquisitorial Court, &c. translated from the Spanish.

An Universal History, in twenty-four Books; translated from the German of John Müller. 3 vols. 8vo.

History of New South Wales, by P. O'Hara, Esq. 8vo. 14s.

A History of Europe, from the Treaty of Amiens, in 1802, to the Pacification of Paris in 1815; by Charles Coote, LL.D. 8vo. 12s.

History of Ancient Europe, from the earliest Times to the Subversion of the Western Empire; with a Survey of the most important Revolutions in Asia and Africa; by Dr Russell. 3 vols. 8vo. L. 2, 2s.

A History of St Domingo, from its Discovery by Columbus to the present Time. Pinnock's improved edition of Goldsmith's History of England, from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the death of George II. with a Continuation to the defeat of the Algerines in 1816; with a Dictionary Biographical, Historical, &c. &c.

12mo.

Russia, being a complete Picture of that Empire, including a full description of its government, laws, religion, commerce, &c.; by C. G. Hunter, Esq. 10s. 6d.

The History of the British Revolution of 1688-9, recording all the events connected with that transaction in England, Scotland, and Ireland, down to the capitulation of Limerick, in 1691, in the last of these kingdoms, inclusive; by George Moore, Esq. 14s.

History of the Wars of the French Revolution; comprising the Civil History of Great Britain and France, from the breaking out of the war in 1792, to the end of the second reign of the Emperor Napoleon, and the Restoration of a General Peace; by Edward Baines, in eight monthly parts, 5s. each, or in 2 vols. 4to. L. 1, each.

The History and Antiquities of Gainsborough; together with an Account of Stow, principally in illustration of its claim to be considered as the Roman Sidnacester; by W. Stark; illustrated with plates by Lowrie, Storer, and Pollard. 8vo.

The History of the City of Dublin, from the earliest Accounts to the present Time: containing its Annals, Antiquities, Ecclesiastical History, and Charters; its present extent, public buildings, schools, institu

tions, &c. To which are added, Biographical Notices of eminent Men, and copious appendices of its population, revenue, commerce, and literature; by the late John Warburton, Esq., the late Rev. James Whitelaw, and the Rev. R. Walsh, M.R.I.A. dedicated, by permission, to his Excellency Lord Whitworth. 2 vols. 4to. illustrated by numerous views of the principal buildings, ancient and modern, maps of the city, &c.

LAW.

A Practical Treatise on Life Annuities; including the Annuity Acts of the 17th and 53d Geo. III. Also a Synopsis of all the principal adjudged Cases under the first Act; together with select, modern, and useful precedents, &c. &c.; by Frederick Blayney. 7s. 6d.

Cobbett's State Trials, Vol. XXIII. L. 1, 11s. 6d.

MEDICINE, SURGERY, &c. Aphorisms, illustrating natural and difficult Cases of Accouchement, Uterine Hæmorrhage, and Puerperal Peritonitis; by Andrew Blake, M. D.

Transactions of the College of Physicians in Ireland, Vol. I. 14s.

A Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Ear, containing a comparative View of its Structure and Functions, and of its various Diseases; by J. H. Curtis, Esq. Aurist to the Prince Regent.

Physiological Lectures, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons of London, in the year 1817; by John Abernethy,

F. R. S. &c.

Bancroft's Sequel to his Essay on Yellow-Fever. 8vo. 14s.

An Essay on the disorders of Old Age, and on the means for prolonging Human Life; by Ant. Carlisle, F. R. S. &c. 8vo. 5s.

A Letter to the Commissioners for Transports, on the Non-Contagious Nature of the Yellow-Fever; by James Victen, M. D. 8vo.

Report on the proper State and Management of the Hospitals for insane Persons at Paris; translated from an official Report on the Hospitals in general of that Metropolis; with an Appendix. 8vo. 2s.

The Dublin Hospital Reports and Communications in Medicine and Surgery. Part 1. Comprehending annual Reports from Medical and Surgical Hospitals. Part 2. Miscellaneous Communications on Medical and Surgical Diseases, tending to the Improvement of Pathology and Practice. Vol. I. 9s.

METEOROLOGY.

The Meteorologist's Tables, for recording Diurnal Observations of the Weather, as well as annual Results. 4s.

The Meteorologist's Assistant, a Folio Shart, accompanied with a Card, explana

tory of the mode of Notation. By Thomas Hanson, Surgeon. 3s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Sacred Edict, containing sixteen Maxims of the Emperor Kang-he, ampli. fied by his Son, the Emperor YoongChing; together with a Paraphrase on the whole, by a Mandarin. Translated from the Chinese, and illustrated by Notes; by the Rev. William Milner, Protestant Missionary at Malacca.

An Essay on the Strength and Stress of Timber, founded on Experiments performed at the Royal Military Academy on Specimens selected from the Arsenal and Dock-Yard, Woolwich; by Peter Barlow, of the Royal Military Academy. 8vo. 18s.

The Pamphleteer, No. XX. 6s. 6d. Johnstone's London Commercial Guide, and Street Directory; on a new and more efficient principle than any yet established; in four parts; corrected to August 31, 1817.

NOVELS, TALES, &c.

The Bachelor and the Married Man, or the Equilibrium of the "Balance of Comfort." 3 vols. 10s. 6d.

Helen Monteagle; by Alicia Lefanu. 3 vols. L. 1, s.

A Bride and No Wife; by Mrs Moss. 4 vols. L. 1, 2s.

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Mary Queen of Scots; an historical Poem, with other Miscellaneous Pieces; by Margaretta Wedderburn. 12mo.

Trifles in Verse; by L. T. Berguer, Esq. 8vo. 7s.

True Patriotism, dedicated in a Letter to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent ; by James Ackland. 8vo. Is.

The Grave of the Convict, an Elegy. 1s. Evening Hours, a collection of original Poems. 5s. 6d.

A Monody to the Memory of the Princess Charlotte Augusta; by the Author of "Evening Hours." 2s.

The Search, and other Poems; by Mr Edmeston.

The Chieftain's Fete.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Observations on the Circumstances which influence the Condition of the labouring Classes of Society; by John Barton. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason, from the earliest period to 1783, compiled by T. B. Howell, and continued to the present time by Thomas Jones Howell, Esq. Vol. XXIII. Royal 8vo. L. 1, 11s. 6d.

Considerations on the Poor Laws; by

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