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SECOND MEMOIR on BABYLON; containing an Enquiry into the Correspondence between the ancient Descriptions of Babylon, and the Remains still visible on the Site. Suggested by the "Remarks" of Major Rennel, published in the Archæologia. By CLAUDIUS JAMES RICH, Esq. 8vo.

The DESATEER, with the ancient Persian Translations, and Commentary; and a Glossary of the ancient Persian Words. By MULLA FERUZ BIN MULLA KAWS. To which will be added, an English Translation, 2 vols. 4to.

The Desâteer is one of the most singular books that has appeared in the East. I professes to be a Collection of the Writings of the different Persian Prophets, from the time of Mohabad to the time of the fifth Sâssân, being fifteen in number; of whom Zerdusht, whom, following the Greeks, we call Zoroaster, was the thirteenth, and the fifth Sûssûn the last. This Sûssân lived in the time of Khusrou Purvez, who was contemporary with the Emperor Heraclius, and died only nine years before the destruction of the ancient Persian monarchy.

NARRATIVE of the EXPEDITION to ALGIERS, in the Year 1816, under the Command of the Rt. Honourable Admiral Lord Viscount EXMOUTH. By Mr. ABRAHAM SALAME', a Native of Alexandria in Egypt, Interpreter in His Britannic Majesty's Service for the Oriental Languages, who accompanied his Lordship in quality of Interpreter, for the subsequent Negotiations with the Dey. Published by permission, and ornamented with a Portrait, and other Plates. 8vo.

This Volume contains, besides the circumstantial Account of the said Expedition, and a brief History of the Kingdom of Algiers, a very interesting Itinerary, comprising an Account of a Voyage and Shipwreck in the Red Sea-Travels through the Desert of Upper Egypt-History of the Mamluks and Elphi Bey-Their inhuman Massacre in the Citadel of Cairo, at which the Author was present; and their Decline and Refuge from Egypt to Nubia.-A Translation of a very curious and interesting Decree of Privileges, or Bill of Rights, granted by Mohammed to the Christian Nation. Also, a Translation of two Letters sent from Séood Eben Abd-El-Aziz, Chief of the Wahhabies, to the Pashaw of Egypt; explaining the Principles of their Religion. The Answer of the said Pashaw, and several other entertaining Subjects. NARRATIVE of the EXPEDITION which sailed from Eng

land in 1817, to join the South American Patriots; comprising every Particular connected with its Formation, History, and Fate; with Observations and Authentic Information elucidating the real Character of the Contest, Mode of Warfare, State of the Armies, &c. By JAMES HACKETT, First Lieutenant in the late Venezuela Artillery Brigade. 8vo.

HAKEWILL'S VIEWS in ITALY, illustrative of Addison, Eustace, Forsyth, &c. The FOURTH Number, (to be published in JANUARY,) containing

1. Cascade of Terni.

II. Tomb of Cecilia Metella.
III. Arch of Trajan, at Ancona.
IV. Stanza degli Animali.

V. Galleria delle Miscellanee.

PICTURESQUE VIEWS of the celebrated ANTIQUITIES of POLA. BY THOMAS ALLASON, Architect. Engraved by W. B. Cooke, George Cooke, and Henry Moses. Handsomely printed in 1 vol. Royal folio.

MONUMENTAL EFFIGIES of Great Britain; consisting of Etchings from Figures executed by the Sculptor, and introduced into our Cathedrals and Churches as Memorials for the Dead; from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Henry VIII. Drawn and etched by C. A. STOTHARD, Jun. No. IX. 4to. PICTURESQUE DELINEATION of the SOUTHERN COAST of ENGLAND. Engraved by W. B. Cooke and G. Cooke, from Original Drawings by J. M. W. Turner, R. A.; with appropriate Letter-press Descriptions. No. X 4to.

VIEWS in the TYROL; engraved by W. B. COOKE, from Drawings by P. DEWINT. The original Sketches taken by MAJOR COCKBURN, of the Royal Artillery; handsomely printed in royal folio, to be completed in Eight Parts; each Part to contain Three Engravings, Price 12s. 6d.

Proof Impressions, printed in imperial folio, corresponding in Size ith Stuart's Athens, and Cockburn and Cooke's Pompeii; price 18s. each Part.

A few Proofs on India Paper, at 30s. each Part.

The Work of the Tyrol will form one Volume, consisting of Twenty-four Views' selected for picturesque Beauty and Grandeur. They will be engraved in a free, light' and spirited Style. One Part will be published regularly every three Months. A Description of the Tyrol in English and French will be presented to the Subscribers in course of the Publication.

VIEWS in SUSSEX, consisting of the most interesing LANDSCAPE and MARINE SCENERY in the RAPE OF HASTINGS, from Drawings by J. M. W. TURNER, R. A., and illustrated by HISTORICAL DESCRIPTIONS. The Plates engraved by W. B. COOKE ; and the whole work published under the Auspices of JOHN FULLER, Esq., of Rose Hill. Scientific and explanatory Notices of the Drawings will be given by R. R. REINAGLE, A. R. A. Handsomely printed in royal folio, forming one volume; to be published in Three Parts. No. I. will appear on the 1st of March, 1819, containing Five Views, and a Map of the Rape of Hastings, engraved by CROSS, from a Drawing by T. ALLASON, Architect.

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DELINEATIONS of the CITY of POMPEII; engraved by W. B. COOKE, from accurate Drawings made in the Year 1817, by MAJOR COCKBURN, of the Royal Artillery. To be completed in Four Parts. Part II. Folio.

THE THAMES.-A Picturesque Delineation of the most beau
tiful Scenery on the Banks of that noble River, from its Source to
its Confluence with the Sea. Engraved by W. B. COOKE and GEORGE
COOKE, from Original Drawings, made expressly for the Work, by
S. OWEN, and other eminent Artists. No. V. Royal 4to.

MUSEUM CRITICUM; or, Cambridge Classical Researches,
No. VII. 8vo.

TRANSACTIONS of the LITERARY SOCIETY of BOM-
BAY, with Plates, 4to.

TRANSACTIONS

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JOURNAL of SCIENCE, LITERATURE, and the ARTS;
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BLACKWOOD's EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, or MONTHLY
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The EDINBURGH ENCYCLOPÆDIA; or, DICTIONARY
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VIEW of the STATE of EUROPE during the MIDDLE
AGES. By HENRY HALLAM, Esq. 2 vols. 4to. 31. 3s.

On the PRINCIPLES of POLITICAL ECONOMY and TAX-
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HISTORICAL MEMOIRS of the ENGLISH, IRISH, and
SCOTTISH CATHOLICS, from the Reformation to the present
Time. By CHARLES BUTLER, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

The LIFE of MARY, QUEEN of SCOTS. Drawn from the
State Papers. With Six subsidiary Memoirs: 1. Of the Calumnies
concerning the Scotish Queen;-2. Memoirs of Francis II.;-3. Of
Lord Darnley ;-4. Of James, Earl Bothwell;-5. Of the Earl of
Murray;-6. Of Secretary Maitland. By GEORGE CHALMERS,

F.R.S. S.A. Illustrated with ten Plates of Medals, Portraits, and
Views. In 2 vols. 4to. 38. 13s. 6d.

LIVES of HAYDN and MOZART. Second Edition, 8vo. 12s.
POLITICAL and LITERARY ANECDOTES of HIS OWN
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Oxford. Cr. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

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. Cr. 8vo. 9s. 6d.

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY of VOYAGES into the POLAR REGIONS; undertaken chiefly for the purpose of discovering a 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. Tɔ which are added a Narrative of Capt. Buchan's Expedition into the Interior of Newfoundland, and a Relation of the Discovery of the Strait of Anian, made by Capt. L. F. Maldonado, in the Year 1588. With an original Map of the Arctic Regions. One vol. 8vo. 9s. 6d. "How shall I admire your heroic courage, ye marine worthies, beyond all names of worthiness! that neyther dread so long eyther presence or absence of the sunne; nor those foggy mysts, tempestuous winds, cold blasts, snowes and hayle in the ayre: nor the unequall seas, which might amaze the hearer, and amate the beholder, where the Tritons and Neptune's self would quake with chilling feare, to behold such monstrous icie ilands, renting themselves with terrour of their own massines, and disdayning otherwise both the sea's sovereigntie, and the suune's hottest violence; mustering themselves in those watery plaines where they hold a continual civill warre, and, rushing one upon another, make windes and waves give backe; seeming to rent the ears of others, while they rent themselves with crashing and splitting their congealed armours."-Purchas.

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