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of Etymology and Grammar. By James Gilchrist.

An Essay on the Beneficial Direction of Rural Expenditure. By Robert A. Slaney, Esq.

Typographia; or the Printer's Instructor. By J. Johnston, printer, Dedicated, by permission, to the Roxburghe Club.

The Rev. R. Roe has in the press the Principles of Rhythm, both in Speech and Music, especially as exhibited in the Mechanism of English Verse.

Mr Thomson is about to publish a Treatise on the Distribution of Wealth, shewing what are the Natural Laws of Distribution, as connected with Human Happiness, derivable from, and application of the same to, the newly proposed "System of Voluntary Equality of Wealth."

A Fourth Volume of the Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester.

Washington Irving has in the press a volume entitled Tales by a Traveller.

Memoirs, Anecdotes, Facts, and Opinions, collected and preserved. By L. M. Hawkins.

A Short History of the Horse. By Bracey Clarke.

A Volume of Sermons, by the Rev. J. H. Vernon, is in the press.

A Poem, entitled the Slave, is about to appear.

Memoirs of the Life of J. P. Kemble, Esq., including a History of the Stage, from the time of Garrick to the present period. By J. Boaden. In 2 vols. 8vo.

Mr Conrad Cooke has in the press a New and Complete System of Cookery.

In the Press, Letters from North America, written during a Tour of nearly 8000 Miles in the United States and Canada. By Adam Hodgson.

Mr Wolstenholme, York, has in the press an Account of the Yorkshire Musical Festival, held in September last; by a Member of the Committee of Management. It will be preceded by a brief notice of the Abbey Festivals, and of the History of Music subsequent to the publication of Dr Burney's Work; the materials for which are so widely scattered that any

attempt to concentrate them must be highly useful. The work will be printed in royal 4to., and ornamented with two elegant engravings of the interior of the Minster, and other plates.

The History of Waterford, which we announced some time ago as preparing for the press, by the Rev. Richard Ryland, will be published by Mr Murray in the course of a few days.

In a few days will be published, in a pocket volume, with an elegant frontispiece, Letters between Amelia in London, and her Mother in the Country, from the pen of the late William Combe, Esq., the popular author of the Three Tours of Doctor Syntax.

The Ashantees. We understand that Mr Dupuis, late his Britannic Majesty's Envoy and Consul at Ashantee, is about to publish a Journal of his Residence in that Kingdom, which is expected to throw considerable light on the origin and causes' of the present war. It will comprise also his Notes and Researches relative to the Gold Coast, and the interior of Western Africa, chiefly collected from Arabic Manuscripts, and information communicated by the Moslems of Guinea.

Bunyan explained to a Child, consisting of fifty-one scenes from the Pilgrim's Progress, and a Map of the Journey, with an original Poem, and explanation to each, By the Rev. Isaac Taylor, of Ongar, Author of Scenes in Europe, &c. One volume 12mo, neatly half-bound.

The Christian Father's Present to his Children. By the Rev. J. A. James. 2 vols. 12mo.

In the press, and speedily will be published, Letters in Rhyme, from a Mother at Home to her Daughters at School; a neat pocket volume. Also, Tales from Afar, by a Country Clergyman. One vol. 12mo, embellished with a superior copper-plate.

Theodore, or the Gamester's Progress; a Poetic Tale, embellished with a superior copperplate engraving.

Rural Rambles, embellished with a superior copper-plate engraving, 18mo.

EDINBURGH.

Proposals have been issued for publishing by subscription the Historical Works of Sir James Balfour of Kinnaird, Lord Lyon King at Arms under King Charles I., from the original and hitherto unpublished Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the Honourable the Faculty of Advocates. This publication (which we understand is nearly ready) will form four large volumes in octavo; will be embellished with a Portrait of the Author, from an Original Picture, and illustrated with a Prefatory Memoir. The impression will

be limited to 500 copies, printed with a new set of types, on wove paper of the fi nest quality. The price to Subscribers will not exceed L.2, 16s. Fifty copies will be struck off on an extra fine paper.

A Treatise on Mineralogy. By Frederick Mohs. Translated from the German, by William Haidinger. Two vols. small 8vo, with numerous figures.

Modern Horticulture; or an Account of the most approved Method of managing Gardens, for the production of Fruits, Culinary Vegetables, and Flowers. By Pa

trick Neill, F.R.S.E. F.L.S. and Secretary to the Caledonian Horticultural Society. One volume 8vo, with engravings.

Memorials of the Public Life and Character of the Right Honourable James Oswald of Dunnikier, M. P. &c. &c. contained in the Correspondence with some of the most eminent men of the last century. Handsomely printed in 8vo, with Portrait. This Correspondence, commencing from the year 1740, embraces a period of nearly forty years of the most interesting portion of our National History, upon some parts of which it will be found to throw considerable light. Among the many distinguished persons who corresponded with Mr Os

wald, were the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Chatham, the Earl of Halifax, the Earl of Bute, Bubb Doddington, (afterwards Lord Melcombe Regis,) the Right Honourable W. G. Hamilton, the Right Honourable H. B. Legge, Lord Kames, Adam Smith, David Hume, &c. &c. &c.

Historical Notes respecting the Indians of North America; with the Remarks on the Attempts made to Convert and Civilize them. 1 vol. 8vo.

Memoirs of Antonio Canova; with an Historical Sketch of Modern Sculpture. By J. S. Memes, A.M. 8vo. With a Portrait and other Engravings.

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A Memoir of the Life of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; with Specimens of his Poetry and Letters; and an estimate of his Genius and Talents, compared with those of his great Contemporaries. By James Prior, Esq. 1 vol. 18s.

Memoirs of Captain Rock, the celebrated Irish Chieftain, with some Account of his Ancestors. Written by Himself. 9s.

The Biography of the British Stage; being correct Narratives of the Lives of all the principal Actors and Actresses at Drury-lane, Covent-garden, the Haymarket, Lyceum, Surrey, Coburg, and Adelphi Theatres; interspersed with original Anecdotes, and choice and illustrative Poetry. 9s.

CHEMISTRY.

A Dictionary of Chemistry, in which the Principles of the Science are investigated anew, and its application to the Phenomena of Nature, Medicine, Mineralogy, Agriculture, and Manufactures detailed. By Andrew Ure, M.D. F.R.S.

FINE ARTS.

Sketches of the principal Picture Galleries in England, containing the Angerstein Collection now exhibiting in Pall-Malla Criticism on Marriage à la Mode, in the

same Collection-the Marquess of Staf ford's, Earl Grosvenor's, the Dulwich Gallery, Windsor, Hampton Court, Oxford, Blenheim, &c.

Numbers I. II. III. of a Picturesque Tour of the Island of Jamaica, containing the following Views, coloured after Nature, with descriptive Letter-press. By James Hakewill, Author of the Picturesque Tour of Italy, &c.-King's Square, Spanish Town; Harbour-street, Kingston; Montpelier Old Works, St James's; Montego Bay, St James's; Bryan Castle, Trelawny; Golden Vale, Portland; Monument of the late J. Hibbert, Esq., Agualta Vale, Spring Garden, St George's; Rose Hall, St James's.

Illustrations of "Sturm's Reflections," by Westall, 8vo. 11. 4s.

HISTORY.

Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, adapted for Families and Young Persons, by the omission of objectionable Passages. By Thomas Bowdler, Esq.

A Compendium of the History of Ireland, from the earliest period to the Reign of George I. By John Lawless, Esq. 18s.

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A Letter addressed to Lord Viscount Althorp, M.P. on his Bill now before Parliament, for preventing delays and expenses in the proceedings of County Courts, and for the more easy and speedy recovery of small Debts in England and Wales. By R. Nicol, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Chancery.

A Discourse on the Study of the Laws of England, by the Hon. Roger North. Now first printed from the Original MS. in the Hargrave Collection. With Notes and Illustrations, by a Member of the Inner Temple, and a Biographical Sketch and Portrait of the Author, crown 8vo. 6s.

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Physiological Fragments; to which are added, Supplementary Observations, to show that Vital and Chemical Energies are of the same nature, and both derived from Solar Light. By John Bywater. 8vo. 5s. 6d. boards.

The Etymologic Interpreter ; or, an Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Part the First, containing a full Developement of the Principles of Etymology and Grammar, &c. &c. By James Gilchrist. 8s. boards.

Clarke's Myriorama, Second Series, consisting entirely of Italian Scenery, and capable of a greater Number of Changes than the former Series. Price 11. 4s. in an elegant box.

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Immediate, not Gradual Abolition; or, an Inquiry into the shortest, safest, and most effectual Means of getting rid of West Indian Slavery.

A Reply to the Letters of the Abbe Dubois, on the State of Christianity in India. By the Rev. James Hough.

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The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon, of His Majesty's Ship Hecla, during the recent Voyage of Discovery under Captain Parry. 8vo. 16s.

An Inquiry into the Cause of the Procrastination and Delay attributed to the Judicial Proceedings of the House of Lords and the Court of Chancery. By Sir James Bland Lamb, Bart. 4s.

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Introduction to a Treatise on the State of the Currency at the present Time, 1824. Showing the gross iniquity, blindness, and folly, of what is called "preserving" Public Faith. By Richard Cruttwell, Clerk.

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Speech of the Earl of Darnley in the House of Lords, on Thursday the 8th of April, 1824, on Moving for an Inquiry into the State of Ireland. 1s. 6d.

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The Speech of Sir Henry Parnell, Bart. in the House of Commons, on Lord Althorp's Motion, Friday, 11th of May, 1824.

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Some Account ef the Life of the late Gilbert Earle, Esq. Written by Himself. 8s.

Ourika. A Tale. From the French of the Duchess de Duras. 3s.

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Past Events. By the Author of "The Wife and the Mistress,' ," "the Pirate of Naples,' ""Rosella," ," "Andronica," &c.

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Torrenwald, a Romance. By Scriblerus Secundus.

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The Brides of Florence; a Play, in Five Acts; illustrative of the Manners of the Middle Ages; with Historical Notes, and Minor Poems. By Randolph Fitz-Eustace. 10s. 6d.

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The Silent River; and, Faithful and Forsaken. Dramatic Poems. By Robert Sulivan. 5s.

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An Inquiry into the Origin, Character, and Consequences of the System of Outrage, Plunder, Proscription, and Murder, established at present by General Rock, in the South and West of Ireland. By a Munster Farnier.

THEOLOGY.

The London Missionary Society's Report of the Proceedings against the late Rev. J. Smith, of Demerara. 4s.

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Some Account of the Present State of the English Settlers in Albany, South Africa. By Thomas Pringle. 4s.

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia. By G. Belzoni. 3d edit.

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A Glance at the Salmon Fisheries of Scotland, with regard to the Stake Net Question. By a Salmon Fisher.

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