treasures in safety, he has to deplore their irreparable loss.

ficacy may be tried by those who have occasion for the remedy.

New Yellow Dye.-A chemist in Copenhagen is said to have discovered a new brilliant yellow dye, which possesses a great deal of permanence. He cuts off the top of the common potatoe plant while in blossom, and bruises it in order to extract the juice. Cotton, or woollen cloth, steeped in this juice for 48 hours, acquires a fine, solid, durable, yellow colour. If the cloth be now put into the blue vat, a very fine green colour is obtained, which is not liable to fade. See the Journal of Toulouse, called "Ami du Roi," No. 82.

Sea Snake of America.-Extracted from a letter from T. Say, Esq. of Philadelphia, to Dr Leach:

"I have to regret that many of the scientific journals of Europe have taken serious notice of the absurd story which has originated to the eastward about the sea serpent; a story attributed here to a de*fective observation, connected with an extraordinary degree of fear. You have probably been informed that Captain Rich has explained the whole business; he fitted out an expedition purposely to take this leviathan; he was successful in fastening his harpoon in what was acknowledged by all his crew to be the veritable sea serpent, (and which several of them had previously seen and made oath to ;) but when drawn from the water, and full within the sphere of their vision, it proved to their perfect conviction that the sea serpent, which fear had loomed to the gigantic length of 100 feet, was no other than a harmless Tunny, (Schomber Thynnus,) nine or ten feet long. Thus natural history is probably indebted to Captain Rich for keeping from its pages an acconnt of a second Kraken; and a memorable instance is added to the catalogue of credulity already pregnant with warning to naturalists."

A magnificent collection of antiques, belonging to M. Lidman, a native of Sweden, was destroyed by the late fire at Constantinople. In 1816, this collection was packed up in eleven great chests, only one of which, containing an Egyptian mummy, has been saved from the general destruction. About eight hundred volumes, being a collection of several classic authors, in the ancient and modern languages, together with a considerable number of Coptic and Arabian manuscripts, which M. Lidman had obtained in course of his travels in the East, were likewise lost. M. Lidman has now arrived at Constantinople from Messina; and instead of finding his

Journey to St Petersburgh, by the Abbé Georgel. The Abbé Georgel, who was formerly grand vicar of the celebrated Cardinal de Rohan, was implicated in the affair of the diamond necklace. He is well known by his Memoirs, which Bonaparte suppressed, but which have been lately published. During his emigration in Switzerland, the Abbé Georgel was invited, by the Knights of Malta, to accompany the German deputation of that order to St Petersburgh in 1799 and 1800. This circumstance occasioned the narrative of the journey, which forms a supplement to the memoirs of the Abbé. The work contains some interesting anecdotes respecting Paul I and Rostopchin, who is not represented in a very favourable light To his influence M. Georgel attributes the change which took place in the policy of Paul 1. when he made peace with Bonaparte. However, this same Rostopchin, 12 years after, proved himself the most determined enemy of the despot. The energy which he displayed as governor of Moscow, on the invasion of the French, is well known.

Ata late sitting of the Academy of Sciences of Paris, three foreign correspondents were elected, viz. Mr Brisbane, in Scotland, for the division of astronomy, in place of M. Ferer, deceased; Mr Smith, for the division of botany, in place of M. Swartz, deceased; and M. Kunth, for the same division, in place of the Baron Ficot Lapeyrouse, likewise deceased.

Mr Ackermann has published a detailed account of his valuable patent moveable axle for four-wheel carriages. Its best eulogium is that given by the Commissioners of Munich, stating,

1. It is possible to turn with it in a very confined space, without danger of upsetting.

2. Vast space is gained for luggage. 3. The carriage may be made much shorter than usual.

4. Owing to this circumstance, as well as to the height of the fore-wheels, the draught is greatly diminished.

A manuscript, in the hand-writing of Tasso, has been purchased in Paris for the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It consists of about fifty pages, containing pieces of poetry addressed to the great lords of his time, eminent writers, cardinals, ladies, and friends of the illustrious poet. From the number of erasures, it appears that this great poet was very familiar with the "art. of blotting."

LONDON.

MR. MONTGOMERY is preparing a new volume for the press, under the title of Greenland, and other Poems.

Mr Hazlitt's Lectures on the Comic Genius and Writers of Great Britain, now delivering at the Surrey Institution, will be published in a few days.

The third volume of Archdeacon Coxe's Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough will appear this month.

An account is nearly ready of a Journey from Moscow to Constantinople, in the years 1817-18, by Wm. Macmichael, M.D. F.R.S. one of Dr Radcliffe's travelling fellows, from the university of Oxford.

A work of Biblical Criticism on the Books of the Old Testament, and translations of sacred songs, with notes critical and explanatory. By Samuel Horsley, LL.D. F.R.S. F.A.S. late Bishop of St Asaph, is in the press.

The Annals of Coinage of the United Kingdom, from the earliest record to the present time, by the Reverend Roger Ruding, has been delayed, in consequence of the accession of much additional and valuable information; it will, however, be published in the month of February, and be comprised in five octavo volumes, and a quarto of plates, bringing the engraved series down to the recent issue of sovereigns and crown pieces.

The fourth volume is nearly ready for publication of the Personal Narratives of M. D. Humboldt's Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799 and 1804; translated by Miss Williams, at Paris.

An interesting work is preparing for the press, and in great forwardness, entitled, A Biographical Dictionary of the Worthies of Ireland; to comprise succinct and impartial sketches of the lives and characters of eminent natives of Ireland, of every rank and station, at any time celebrated, in their own or other countries, for their genius, talents, or public virtues, in the various departments of arms, politics, literature, sciences, and arts.

Mr Teissier has in the press, a Narrative of the Operations of the Royalist Armies in the Interior of France, in 1815; translated from the "Panache d'Henri IV. ou les Phalanges Royales."

Dr Edward Percival is preparing for publication a series of Practical Observations on the Pathology, Treatment, and Prevention of Typhus Fever.

The Rev. P. Bliss will complete the old work of the Athene Oxonienses, by the publication of a fourth volume, which is

VOL. IV.

very nearly ready; he will then proceed

with the continuation.

The Annual Biography and Obituary for 1819, being the third volume, is in the press. It will contain, among other interesting articles, memoirs of the private life of her late Majesty, with an historical dissertation on the family of Mecklenburgh Strelitz; an eloge of Sir Samuel Romilly, illustrated by authentic notes concerning his family; a memoir of the late Mr Dempster, with some original letters to a member of his Majesty's Privy Council; a life and analysis of the impeachment of Mr Hastings; biographical notices of Dr Burney, Sir Thomas Bernard, Sir R. Croft, Mr Rose, Dr Cogan, founder of the Royal Humane Society, Dr Adams, Rev. W. Beloe; with an analytical account of their works, &c.

The Transactions of the Literary Society of Bombay are nearly ready for publication, in one volume quarto, with nu merous engravings.

Mr Hogg, well known by the name of the Ettrick Shepherd, has for some time been employed in collecting and arranging for the press, the Jacobite Poetical Relics of Scotland, chiefly during the struggles in 1715 and 1745. They consist, for the most part, of songs, many of which are admirable specimens of sarcastic wit; but they partake neither of the ancient heroic ballad, nor of the pastoral style of modern times.

Mr Rogers, author of the Pleasures of Memory, has just announced a poem, entitled Human Life, which will appear in` a few days.

A new edition of Mortimer's Commercial Dictionary is preparing for publication, edited by several gentlemen in different departments.

The Rev. Harvey Marriott, rector of Claverton, has in the press, a second volume of a course of Family Sermons.

Early in February will be published, a Defence of the Poor Laws, with a plan for the suppression of mendicity, and the establishment of universal parochial benefit socie ties. By Mr S. Roberts.

The Elements of Natural Philosophy, illustrated throughout by experiments which may be performed without regular apparatus, are announced by James Mitchell, M. A.

Mr Edwards, author of the First Principles of Algebra, is printing a Treatise on the Latin and Greek Prosodies.

The same author has in the press, a Course of Lectures on Philosophy and Chemistry; and a dissertation on Maxima and Minima.

K

Mr Rennel, Christian Advocate in the University of Cambridge, and Vicar of Kensington, has in the press, Remarks on Scepticism, especially as it is connected with the Subject of Organization and Life, being an answer to some recent works both of French and English Physiologists.

The Entomologist's Pocket Compendium; containing, an Introduction to the Knowledge of British Insects; the Apparatus used, and the best means of obtaining and preserving them; the Genera of Linné; together with the modern Method of arranging the Classes, Crustacea, Myriapoda, Spiders, Mites, and Insects, according to their Affinities and Structure, after the System of Dr Leach. Also, an Explanation of the Terms used in Entomology; a Kalendar of the Time and Situations where usually found, of nearly 3000 Species; and Instructions for collecting and fitting up Objects for the Microscope. Illustrated with Twelve Plates. By George Samouelle, Associate of the Linnæan Society of London.

Criminal Jurisprudence. At a time when the necessity of a digested arrange ment of our Civil and Criminal Laws, now scattered throughout an almost endless number of folios, quartos, and octavos, is rendered apparent to the most careless, as well as the most critical observer, it becomes an object of no mean importance to know what other nations have done in similar cases. It is, therefore, with peculiar satisfaction that we announce the speedy appearance of a careful, literal translation of the Penal Code of Napoleon. The work will be out very early in February, and will be calculated equally to interest professional and general readers.

EDINBURGH.

Notes on a Visit made to some of the Prisons in Scotland and the North of England, in company with Elizabeth Fry; with some General Observations on the Subject of Prison Discipline. By Joseph John Gurney.

A System of Mineralogy. By Robert Jameson; Regius Professor of Natural History, Lecturer on Mineralogy, and Keeper of the Museum in the University of Edinburgh. A new edition.

The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, or Quarterly Register of Natural Philoso phy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical Mechanics, and the Fine and Useful Arts. No. I. Price 7s. 6d. to be published on the 1st April.

In presenting to the public the first Journal of Science that has appeared in this part of the kingdom, the editors trust that it will be found to supply a desideratum in Scottish literature. In order to give a full and correct view of the progress of science in every part of the world, they have established a regular correspondence with the principal seats of science on the continent, as well as with eminent individuals in America and the East Indies ; and from the arrangements they have made for interchanging the original communica tions to their own journal, for those of similar works abroad, the authors of new inventions and discoveries will find it their interest to make them public through the medium of this journal. The editors will receive, with gratitude, short and authentic notices, relative to every branch of knowledge; but they have resolved to exclude all papers of a speculative nature, that do not contain new facts, or new views, founded upon experiment and observation.

tion. By Charles Butler, Esq. 2 vols. 8vo. L. 1, 4s.

Sermons on the Parables and Miracles of Jesus Christ. By the Rev. E. W. Grenfield. 8vo. 10s.

Sermons on the Union of Truth, Reason, and Revelation, in the Doctrine of the Established Church of England and Ireland. By the Hon. and Rev. Edward John Turnour, A.M. 8vo. 12s.

Sermons, selected from the most eminent Divines of the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. By the Rev. E. A. Bray. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

EDUCATION.

An Introduction to the Study of German Grammar, with practical exercises. By Peter Edmund Laurent. 5s.

Enchiridion Lyricum, or a Guide to Lyric Verse. Composed for the use of schools. By the Rev. J. Hill. 3s.

A Grammar of the English Language. By W. Cobbett. 12mo. 2s. 6d. An Astronomical Catechism; or, Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughter. 8vo. L. 1, Is.

GALVANISM.

An Account of the History and Present State of Galvanism. By John Bostock, M.D. F.R.S. 8vo. 78.

HISTORY.

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, institutions, &c. By the late John Warburton, Esq.; the late Rev. James Whitelaw; and the Rev. Robert Walsh, M.R.I.A. 2 vols. 4to. L. 5, 5s. on large paper, L. 8, 8s. Political and Literary Anecdotes of his own Times. By Dr Wm. King. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

A Genealogical History of the English Sovereigns, from William I. to George III. By W. Toplis. 4to. 16s.

MATHEMATICS.

A Treatise on Spherics: comprising the elements of spherical geometry, and of plane and spherical trigonometry, together with a series of trigonometrical tables By D. Cresswell, M.A. 7s.

The First Principles of Algebra, designed for the Use of Students. By T. W. C. Edwards, M. A. 8vo. 6s.

A Key to the latest edition of Dr Hutton's Course of Mathematics. By Daniel Dowling, of the Mansion-house, Highgate. 3 vols. 8vo. L. 1, 4s.

MEDICINE.

Transactions of the Association of Fellows and Licentiates of the King's and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland. 178. 4d. in one thick vol. 8vo.

Physiological and Medical Researches on the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of

Gravel. By F. Magendie, M. D. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

MILITARY.

Historical, Military, and Picturesque Observations on Portugal; illustrated by numerous Views, and Plans of Sieges and Battles fought during the War in the Peninsula. 2 vols. imperial 4to. L. 15, 15s.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Progress of Human Life, or Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man; illustrated by extracts in prose and poetry, for schools and families. By John Evans, A.M. 6s. Civilization; or, the Indian Chief and British Pastor. 3 vols.

A Letter to all the Proprietors of Drurylane Theatre, excepting Peter Moore, Esq. being a Commentary on certain parts of an anonymous Pamphlet, called "A brief Review," &c. By S. J. Arnold, Esq. a Proprietor.

Restriction Act, and a Plan suggested for Dangers of an entire Repeal of the Bank obviating them. By John Wray, Esq. 8vo.

Is. 6d.

Four numbers have appeared of a new cheap periodical work, entitled the British Magazine, chiefly devoted to the interests of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace; the Society for Diffusing Information on the subject of Capital Punishment; and the Society for the improvement of Prison Discipline, and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders.

Lynn's Improved System of Telegraphic Communication, adapted to General Service. 12mo. 10s. 6d.

An Essay on the Nature of Heat, Light, and Electricity. Ry C. C. Bompass. 8vo. 7s.

Regales Ceremoniæ; or an Account o the Ceremonies observed at the Interment of Queen Caroline and King George II. with an Account of the Processions at the Accession, Marriage, and Coronation of their Majestics George the Third and Queen Charlotte. 8vo. 6s.

Motte Fouque. By George Lorne, A.B. 12mo. 5s. 6d.

Principles and Passion. 2 vols. 10s.

A Year and a Day. By Madame Panache, author of "Manners." 2 vols. 12mo. 12s.

Charenton, or the Follies of the Age, a Philosophical Romance. By M. De Lourdoueix. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Frances, or the Two Mothers; a tale. 3 vols. 12mo. 15s.

2. Mémoires et Correspondance de Madame D'Epinay.

3. Proposals for an Economical and Secure Currency. By David Ricardo, Esq. An Essay on Money. By C. R. Prinsep, Esq.

4. Letters from the Hon. Horace Walpole to George Montagu, Esq. From the year 1736 to 1770.

5. Histoire des Cortes d'Espagne. Par M. Sempere, de l'Academie de l'Histoire

POETRY.

The Poetical Remains of the late Dr John Leyden, with a memoir of his life. By the Rev. James Morton. One vol. 8ov.

Specimens of the British Poets, with biographical and critical notices; to which is prefixed, an introduction to the study of English poetry. By Thomas Campbell, Esq. 7 vols. crown 8vo.

The Dream of Youth; a poem. 4s. 6d. The Widow of the City of Nain; and other poems. By an Under-Graduate of the University of Cambridge. 8vo. 5s. 6d. Night; a descriptive poem, in four books. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

London, or the Triumph of Quackery; a satirical poem. By Tim Bobbin, the younger. 8vo. 3s.

Johny Newcome in the Navy, a poem in four cantos. By Alfred Burton. 8vo. L. 1, 1s.

The Angler, a poem, in ten cantos, with proper Instructions in the Art, Rules to choose Fishing-rods, Lines, Hooks, &c. fc. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

TOPOGRAPHY.

A Graphic and Historical Description of the City of Edinburgh; comprising a series of Views of its most interesting remains of antiquity, public buildings, and picturesque scenery. The drawings are made by J. and H. S. Storer, who will likewise engrave the plates. No. I. contains four highly finished plates. 2s. 6d.

A Classical Tour through Italy and Sicily, tending to illustrate some districts which have not been described by Mr Eu stace, in his classical tour. By Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart. 4to. L. 2, 2s.

6. Travels in Canada and the United States, in 1816 and 1817. By Lieutenant Francis Hall.-Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, performed in the year 1817, &c. &c. By John Palmer.-A Ñarrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and Western States of America; contained in eight reports, &c. With Remarks on Mr Birkbeck's "Notes" and "Letters." By Henry Bradshaw Fearon.-Travels in the Interior of America, in the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, &c. &c. By John Bradbury, F.L.S. Lond.

7. Rapport presenté à S. M. l'Empereur Alexandre, par S. E. M. le Comte de Capo d'Istria, sur les Etablissemens de M. de Fellenberg à Hofwyl, en Octobre 1814.— Rapport sur l'Institut d'Education des Pauvres d'Hofwyl; redigé par M. A. Rengger, &c.-Lettre de M. Ch. Pictet à ses Collaborateurs de la Bibliothèque Britannique sur les Etablissemens de M. Fellenberg, &c.-Lettre de M. Gautheronà M. Ch. Pictet de Genèva, sur la Fete celebré à Hofwyl le 23 Mai 1807.-Vues relatives à l'Agriculture de la Suisse, et aux Moyens de la perfectionner, par Emanuel

Fellenberg.

8. Plan of Parliamentary Reform, in the Form of a Catechism; with reasons for

each article; with an Introduction, showing the Necessity of Radical, and the Inadequacy of Moderate Reform. By Jeremy Bentham, Esq.

9. Returns of Prosecutions and Convictions for Forging Notes of the Bank of England, from 1783 to 1818.

year

10. Travels from Vienna through Lower Hungary; with some Remarks on the State of Vienna during the Congress, in the 1814 By Richard Bright, M.D. 11. A Complete Collection of State Trials ther Crimes and Misdemeanours, from the and Proceedings for High Treason and oearliest period to the year 1783; with Notes and other Illustrations. Compiled by T. B. Howell, Esq. F.R.S. F.S.A. with a Continuation to the present time by his Son, T. J. Howell, Esq.

12. The Bible, not the Bible Society s being an Attempt to point out that Mode of Disseminating the Scriptures, which would most effectually conduce to the Sq