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Dr. Carey has now in the press, the Eton Latin Prosody illustrated, with English explanations of the Rules, and authorities quoted from the Latin poets.

Mr. Dickinson, Author of a Practical Exposition of the Law relative to the Office and Duties of a Justice of the Peace, is about to publish The Justice Law of the last five years, intended as a Companion to his own work, as well as those of Burn and Williams.

In the press, Sixty-five Sonnets, with prefatory remarks on the accordance of the Sonnet with the powers of the English language; and some miscellaneous poems.

Mr. John Matheson, Master of the Royal School, Margaret-street, Caven. dish-square, is about to publish a new System of Arithmetic, the object of which is to render general the application of Decimals to mercantile purposes, and to enable youth to comprehend the theory when they are learning the praetice.

In the press and speedily will be pub lished, Memoirs of Richard Morris, for some time a private in the Oxford Blues, and for upwards of 40 years Pastor of a Baptist Church at Woodrow and Amersham, Bucks. Compiled by B. Godwin, Great Missenden.

In the press and nearly ready, Considerations on the Impolicy and pernicious Tendency of the present Administration of the Poor Laws; with Suggestions for improving the Condition of the Poor. By Charles Jerram, A. M. Vicar' of Chobham, and one of his Majesty's

Justices of the Peace for the county of Surrey. By

Letters on the West Indies. James Walker, esq. late of Berbice, and Principal Agent of the Commissioners for Crown Property in South America.

In May, a new edition of President Edwards's Life of David Brainerd will be published, handsomely printed in demy 8vo.

In the press and speedily will be published, A Treatise on the Covenant of Grace. By the Rev. Dr. Colquhoun, Leith.

Mr. S. F. Gray, Apothecary and Teacher of Botany and Materia Medica, has in the press and nearly ready, a Work intended to serve as a Supplement to the several Pharmacopæias, containing the Medical Uses of all such Plants as have been hitherto examined, and an arrangement of them: a Glossary of the Terms and Contractions used by Physicians in their Prescriptions: usual Medical Formulæ Arranged in Classes: Botanical Practice of Medicine, &c. &c.

Early in the month of April will be published in 8vo. the Beauties of Sincerity, or Selections from various printed Sermons, by the Rev. the Lord Bishop of Chester, Drs. Kays, Chalmers, Collyer, Rev. Messrs. Crowther, White, Alley, Bowerbank, Bartlett, Aspland, Cunningham, Fenwick, &c. &c. upon the Death of H.R. H. the Princess Charlotte of Wales. Selected by Robert Huish, Esq.

Art. XII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.'

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EDUCATION.

The First Elements of Arithmetic ; or, the Teacher and Scholar's Assistant: practically arranged in Lessons, and expressly designed for Classes: comprising the four simple Rules, viz. Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division, combined into one Sum, and taught in one Operation, and now in Use at Christ's Hospital, in Twelve Series. To which is prefixed, the Introductory Rule of Numeration and Notation. By George Reynolds, Writingmaster, Christ's Hospital. 12mo, 2s. 6d. bound.

FINE ARTS.

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'. Printed in folio, similar in size to Stewart's Athens, the First Part containing Sixteen finished Plates, and Seven Outlines, 41 4s. Proof Impressions 61. 6s. ; Proofs on India Paper (25 Copies only) 81.8%. Parts.

***To be completed in Four

HISTORY.

An Account of the War in Spain, Portugal, and France, from the year 1808 to 1814 inclusive; illustrated by Plates. By Lieut. Col. J. T. Jones, Royal Engineers. 8vo. 15s. boards.

MEDICAL.

Observations on Phagedæna Gangræ nosa. By A. Home Blackadder. 8vo. Observations on the Cure and Prevention of the Contagious Fever now prevalent in the City of Edinburgh and its Environs; with an Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of the specific Poison producing the various forms of this Disease; the Means necessary for preventing the Formation, as well as arresting the Progress of the Contagion, with the best Chemical Processes for that purpose. By J. Yule, M.D. F.R.S. Ed. Member of the Royal College of Physicians, and one of the Physicians to the Public Dispensary of Edinburgh.

Memoirs and Reports on the Efficacy of Sulphurous fumigation in the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin, Joints, and Glandular System, Chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Paralytic Affections, &c. &c. From the French, (Published by Order of that Government,) of J. C.

Gales, M. D. of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris; Corresponding Member of the Medical Society of Toulouse, &c. Illustrated with several coloured Engravings, a Plan and Description of an Apparatus for applying the Gas, 118 Cases, and Copious Observations. By Rees Price, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London.

MISCELLANEOUS.

The Music, or Melody and Rhythmus of Language. By James Chapman, 8vo. Part VII of Green's Universal Herbal. Part IX of Aspin's Universal History. The Horse Owner's Guide. By Thomas Smith. 8vo. 5s, 6d.

An Address to the Committee for the Relief of Distressed Seamen: containing the Outline of an Effectual Plan for that Purpose; also a List of Errors in the present Nautical Almanacks, &c. By the Merchant's Seaman's Friend.

An Essay on some subjects connected with Taste. By Sir G. Stewart Mackenzie, Bart. F.R.S. 8vo. 8s.

ness.

Benignity; or, the Ways of HappiA Serious Novel, selected (with additional Conversations) from the Works of Henry Brooke, Esq. By a Lady. 12mo. 5s.

Letters from Horace Walpole to George Montague, Esq. from the Year 1736 to the Year 1770; now first published from the Originals, in the Possession of the Editor. (Uniform with Lord Orford's former Works.) Royal 4to. 21. 2s. Imperial Paper, 31.

An Essay on the Mysteries of Eleusis; by M. Ouvaroff, Counsellor of State to His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia, &c, &c. Translated from the French. By J. D. Price; with Observations by J. Christie. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

POETRY.

The Vision; or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. Translated by the Rev. H. F. Cary, A.M. S vols. 32's, 12s. boards.

Beppo; a Venetian Story. 8vo. 3s. 6d. Religio Clerici; a Churchman's Epistle. 8vo. 3s.

Tobias; a Dramatic Poem, with other Pieces. By James Jacobson, Esq. f.cap. 8vo. 5s.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage to the Dead Sea; Death on the Pale Horse; and other Poems. 8vo. 5s.

Poems written by Somebody, most respectfully dedicated to Nobody, and

intended for Every Body who can read.t Published at the Request of several Persons of Distinction. fcap. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

Poems. By Arthur Brooke, Esq. of Canterbury. f.cap. 8vo. 7s.

Agnes; a Poem, in Four Parts. By Thomas Browne, M.D. Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh. f.cap 8vo. 7s.

Foliage; or Poems Original and Translated. By Leigh Hunt. f.cap. 8vo. 8s.

Immanuel; a Poem founded on the inspired Records. f.cap. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

Rhododaphne; or the Thessalian Spell. A Poem. f.cap. 8vo. 7s.

Thoughts on Happiness; a Poem. By the Rev. Francis Homfray, A.M. Rector of Lanvayer Kilgeddine, Monmouth. 8vo. 8s.

The Dragon Knight; Twelve Cantos. Burgess, Bart. 8vo. 12s. Astarte; a Sicilian Tale, with other Poems. 7s.

a Poem, in By Sir James Bland

POLITICAL.

A Treatise upon the Poor Laws, with a View to the Measures likely to be proposed in Parliament, for their Amendment. By Thomas Peregrine Courtenay, Esq. one of the Committee of the House of Commons, appointed for the Consideration of that Subject. 8vo.

A View of the Present Increase of the Slave Trade, the Cause of that Increase, and suggesting a Mode for effecting its total Annihilation; with Observations on the African Institution and Edinburgh Review, and upon the Speeches of Messrs. Wilberforce and Brougham, delivered in the House of Commons, July 9, 1817. Also, a Plan submitted for civilizing Africa and introducing Free Labourers into our Colonies in the West Indies. By Robert Thorpe, Esq. LL.D. Late Chief Justice of Sierra Leone, and Judge of the Vice Admiralty Court in that Colony. 8vo. 5s. 64. boards.

An Inquiry whether Crime and Misery are Produced or Prevented by our Present System of Prison Discipline; illus. trated by Descriptions of the Borough Compter, Tothill-fields, the Gao!s at St. Albans and Guilford, the Gaol at Bury, the Maison de Force at Ghent, the Philadelphia Prison, the Penitentiary at Millbank, and the Proceedings of the Ladies Committee at Newgate. By Thomas Fowell Buxton. 8vo. 5s. boards.

An Iuquiry into the Question, whether the Freeholders of the Town and

County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, are entitled to Vote for Members of Parliament for the County of Northumberland? By John Trotter Brockett. 8vo. 2s.

THEOLOGY.

A Sermon preached before the President, the Vice-presidents, and the Committee of the City of London National Schools, at the Parish Church of St. Giles, Cripplegate, on Sunday, 15th of February, 1818. By the Rev Josiah Thomas, M.A. Archdeacon of Bath. 1s.

Letter to the Rev. D. Wilson, A.M. Minister of St. John's Chapel, BedfordRow, London; in Reply to his Defence of the Church Missionary Society; and in Vindication of the Rev. the Archdeacon of Bath, against the Censures contained in that Publication. By the Rev. W. B. Whitehead, A. M. Vicar of Twiverton, near Bath, and late Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. 18. or 9s. a dozen.

Observations on Mr. Daniel Wilson's Defence of the Church Missionary Society, against the Objections of the Rev. Josiah Thomas, Archdeacon of Bath. 1s.

A Reply to Mr. Wilson's Defence of the Church Missionary Society. 1s. 6d.

Three Points of Imputation against the Clergy, considered and refuted: in Reference to the Protest of the Rev. Archdeacon Thomas, against the Proceedings of the Church Missionary Society. By Philalethes. 1s.

Observations on the late Protest of the Rev. the Archdeacon of Bath; and the Defence of the Church Missionary Society, by the Rev. Daniel Wilson, M.A. By the Rev. W. Gordon Plees, Vicar of Cressing, and Curate of Rivenhall, Essex. 1s.

The Church her own Enemy: Letters to a Friend on the late Attack of the Archdeacon of Bath upon the Church Missionary Society. By a Member of the Church of England. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Protestant Reformation of the Sixteenth Century briefly celebrated, as a Motive to National Gratitude. By the Rev. C. E. De Coetlogon, A.M. Rector of Godstone, Surrey. With a Full-length Portrait of Martin Luther. 8vo. 5s.

The Indian Pilgrim; or, the Progress of the Pilgrim Nazareenee, formerly called Goonah Purist, or the Slave of Sin, from the City of the Wrath of God to the City of Mount Zion. By Mrs. Sherwood. 12mo. 4s, boards.

The Scriptural Unity of the Churches of Christ illustrated and recommended; a Sermon, Preached in College-street Chapel, Edinburgh, on the Evening of Thurs. day the 8th of May, 1817, on occasion of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Con. gregational Union of Scotland. By Ralph Wardlaw. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon on the Advances in KnowJedge, Freedom, and Morals from the Reformation to the Present Times. Preached to Young People at the Meeting House in Monkwell-Street, on the 4th of Jan. 1818. By J. Lindesay. D.D. &c.

A Concordance to the Holy Bible; to which is added a Geographical Index, with the Calendar and Table of Lessons, designed to accompany any Quarto Edi. tion of the Bible, and adapted to the Maps and Notes of the Family Bible, published under the Direction of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Edited by James W. Bellamy, M.A. Rector of the united Parishes of St. Mary, Abchurch, and St. Lawrence, Pountney, and Prebendary of St. Paul's. 4to. 4s. sewed, royal paper 7s.

Juvenilia, or Specimens of the Early Efforts as a Preacher of the late Rev. Charles Buck; to which are subjoined Miscellaneous Remarks, and an Obituary of his Daughter. Edited by John Styles, D.D. 12mo.

A Reply to the Rev. J. Kinghorn; being a further Vindication of the Prac tice of Free Communion. By Robert Hall, A.M. 8vo. 7s.

The Second Edition of Dr. Ryland's Memoirs of the late Rev. A. Fuller. 12mo. 6s. fine 7s.

The Melancholy and Awful Death of Lawrence Dundas, Esq. an Under Graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge; with an Address to the Younger Members of the University, on the evil effects of Drunkenness and Fornication. By the Rev. F. H. Maberly. M.A. Chesterton. 1s.

Nonconformity; a Sermon. By Mark Wilks, 3s.

TRAVELS.

The Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the Direction of Capt. J. K. Tuckey, R.N. Published by Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. With Fourteen Plates. 4to. 21. 2s. bds.

Travels through some Parts of Germany, Poland, Moldavia, and Turkey. By Adam Neale, M.D. Late Physician to the British Embassy at Constantinople, and Physician to the Forces. ven coloured Plates. 4to. 21. 2s.

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Observations, Moral, Literary, and Antiquarian, made during a Tour through the Whole of the Pyrennees, France, Switzerland, Italy, and the Netherlands, in the Years 1814 and 1815. By John Milford, Junior, late of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s.

The Personal Narrative of M. De Humboldt's Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the Years 1799-1804. Translated by Helen Maria Williams, under the immediate inspection of the Author. The Third Volume. 11. 18.

A Cruise; or Three Months on the Continent. By a Naval Officer. 8vo. 8s.

Notes on a Journey in America, from the Coast of Virginia to the Territory of Illinois. By Morris Birkbeck. 8vo. 6s.

Travels above the Cataracts of Egypt, and in Nubia. By Thomas Legh, M.P. A new edition, in 8vo, with Ten Plates, not in the Quarto Edition, 12s. bds. **The Ten Plates may be had separately, in 4to. 3s. 6d.

Mr. Ellis's Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China. A new Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s. bds.

An Account of the Captivity of Capt. Robert Knox, and other Englishmen, in the Island of Ceylon; Written by Himself, and first printed in 1681. To which is prefixed, a Sketch of the Geography, &c. of Ceylon, brought down to the Year 1815. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

ERRATA IN THE LAST NUMBER.

Page 252, last line, for magnanimous read unambiguous,

260, lines 16, 17, for of read or.

263, lines 22, 23, invert the position of the words cubes and squares.

THE

ECLECTIC REVIEW,

FOR MAY, 1818.

Art. I. 1. A Brief Account of the Reasons which have induced the Rev. T. C. Cowan to secede from the Established Church; addressed to those who composed his Congregation, while he officiated in the Parish Church of St. Thomas, Bristol. Second Edition, revised and corrected, with Alterations. 8vo. Bristol. 1818. 2. Serious Remarks on the different Representations of Evangelical Doctrine by the professed Friends of the Gospel. Bristol.

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3. Letters addressed to a serious and humble Enquirer after Divine Truth, with a peculiar Aspect to the Circumstances of the present Times. By the Rev. Edward Cooper, Rector of Hamstall-Ridware, and of Yoxall in the County of Stafford, &c. Second Edition. 12mo. pp. 233. London. 1817.

4. Truth Vindicated: or, a Series of Remarks on some of the leading Doctrines of the Gospel, with a particular View to its right Administration: occasioned by Dr. Hawker's Appendix to his True Gospel. By James Bidlake, Author of a Letter to a Friend, under the Signature Verax. 8vo. pp. 39. Bristol. 1818.

5. A Search after Truth in its own Field, the Holy Scriptures; or, a Reference to the Apostolic Acts and Epistles on the Subject of some novel Opinions in Theology. By Thomas T. Biddulph, M.A. Minister of St. James's, Bristol. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. pp. viii. 63. Bristol. 1818.

6. The True Test of Religion in the Soul: or Practical Christianity delineated. A Sermon Preached before the University of Cambridge, March 9, 1817. By the Rev. Charles Simeon, M. A. Cambridge. 8vo. pp. 25.

7. A Letter to a highly respected Friend, on the Subject of certain Errors, of the Antinomian Kind, which have lately sprung up in the West of England, and are now making an alarming Progress throughout the Kingdom. By the Rev. John Simons, B.LL. Rector of Paul's Cray. 8vo. pp. 69., London. 1818.

PERHAPS the reluctance with which we enter upon the discharge of our duties on the present occasion, is unjustifiable. Perhaps we have too long listened to the exaggerations of calumnions rumour. Perhaps we have yielded to a VOL. IX. N.S. 2 K

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