123 INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. delivery. It consists of an arrangement on a plan nearly similar to that of the Latin Gradus, of all the synonyms, epithets, and phrases in the English language, faithfully collected from the works of our principal poets, from the time of Chaucer to the present period. R. ACKERMANN is preparing for publication, an elementary work, of peculiar interest, on the construction of the machines adopted in the arts and manufactures, from the French of M. Bittancourt. It will afford an analytical and perspicuous display of the various combinations which occur in the ar rangements of the practical machinist, with their several applications to use, and constant reference to the engines and machine- || Vale Royal, and Leycester's Chery of this and other countries. It shire Antiquities. Eight parts are will be illustrated with thirteen already published, and the remain.. plates, of much novelty and ele-ing two will appear in the course of gance, and be altogether calcula- this year. ted to engage the young student, and gratify the more learned and practical. A History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, Esq. M. A. F. S. A. is in the press. It will include King's The Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain; with Biographical and Historical Memoirs of their Lives and Actions, by Edmund Lodge, Esq. Lancaster Herald, F. S. A. is in a very forward state. The work will comprise twenty parts, forming two volumes in folio, printed in the finest manner. Each part contains six portraits, with biographical memoirs The twelfth edition of the Ambulator, or Tour round London, will shortly appear. This edition may be considered almost as a new one, the additions, corrections, and improvements being numerous, and every information of importance being brought down to the latest period. An appendix will be gi-attached, published quarterly. ven with the present edition, containing catalogues of the principal collections of pictures within twenty-five miles of the metropo Early in the present month, the first part of a new work, called Excursions through Ireland; to be comprised in eight volumes, and containing 400 engravings, with topo lis. A new edition of Dix's Land-graphical and historical delineaSurveying is nearly ready. It has many corrections and additions. The diagrams are numerous, and many of these newly engraved. The French Calculator, a simple and easy method whereby any Englishman may in a moment become acquainted with French money, is on the point of publication. The English Gradus, or Synopsis of English Poetry, is nearly ready for tions of each province, together with descriptions of the residences of the nobility and gentry, remains of antiquity, and every other interesting object of curiosity; forming a complete and entertaining guide for the traveller and tourist through Ireland; being a continuation of the Excursions through England, &c. will be published. 123 INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. delivery. It consists of an arrange- R. ACKERMANN is preparing for publication, an elementary work, of peculiar interest, on the construction of the machines adopted in the arts and manufactures, from the French of M. Bittancourt. It will afford an analytical and perspicuous display of the various combinations which occur in the arrangements of the practical machinist, with their several applications to use, and constant reference to the engines and machinery of this and other countries. It will be illustrated with thirteen plates, of much novelty and ele-ing two will appear in the course of gance, and be altogether calcula- this year. A History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, by George Ormerod, Esq. M. A. F. S. A. is in the press. It will include King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities. Eight parts are already published, and the remain.. ་ Poetry. From "ISABEL OF THE ISLES," an un- Nor breath'd with breath of aught on earth, And round Sir William's aged bower The black bat flitting by: For the lady has heard the unearthly moan, And her breast throbs fast with fear; For their soul must be lead, and their heart of stone, Who quailed not that sound to hear: And clasp'd are her hands in agony: Good saints and angels, I pray her speed While ave she murmurs with many a bead, To holy St. Mary in time of need. The last light dropping circlet fell, One moment, and no more; Untouch'd, the bell in turret toll'd, Scream'd the dun owlet from her bold; One shriek the waken'd lapwing gave, And dog-fox, from his lonely cave, Faint answer'd on the hill. THOUGHTS Of a well-dressed Lady whilst standing under a gateway during a heavy shower on an April-day. Put into verse by J. M. LACEY. April! I love thee not, for thou'rt a cheat: Thou shinest bright and gaily in the morning, Tempting us out to trudge through square or street, [ing. Then ducking us without five minutes' warn Here am I pent now; what a dismal fate! The draught of air enough to give an ague; It whistles round my summer-cover'd pate, Bringing your drizzling compliments, you plague you. And when thou holdest up thy heavy drops, Which I suppose thou wilt, Sir Tristram L. Harrison, Priuter, 373, Strand. |