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ART. X. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

Just published, No IX. (commencing the third volume) of the Zoological Journal, containing a Memoir of the Life and Writings, and Contributions to Science, of the late Sir T. Stamford Raffles; with other original articles in every branch of Zoology, Reviews of Books, &c.

Dr. Gordon Smith's Work on Poisons, which has been much interrupted by the Author's state of health, will shortly be ready for publication.

A new and very copious General Index to Calmet's Dictionary, and the Fragments, edited by the late Mr. Charles Taylor, is preparing for pub. lication, and may be expected very shortly.

Preparing for publication, a new work, to be entitled, The Theological Ency clopedia; embracing every topic connected with Biblical Criticism and Theology. Each department will be conducted by writers of celebrity.

In the press, London in the Olden Time. A Second Series. Comprising Tales intended to illustrate the Manners, Habits, and Superstitions of its Inhabitants, between the 13th and 16th Centuries. 1 vol. crown 8ro.

In the press, Original Sermons, by the late Rev. Henry King, of Trinity College, Dublin.

In the press, The Early Life of Christ an Example to the Young. By the

Rev. Henry March, of Mill Hill. 1 vol. 12mo.

In the press, and speedily will be published, Pathological and Practical Ob servations on Spinal Complaints, illustrated with Cases and Engravings; also, an Inquiry into the Origin and Cure of Distorted Limbs. By Edward Harrison, M.D. F.R.A.S. Edinb. formerly President of the Royal Medical and Royal Physical Societies of Edinburgh.

Shortly will be published, Mrs. Leslie and Her Grandchildren: a Tale. Embellished with an elegant frontispiece, from a design by Wright.

A Translation of some of the most popular Fairy Tales from the German, is in the press: they will be illustrated by Cruikshank.

The Elements of Euclid, containing the first Six, and the Eleventh and Twelfth Books, chiefly from the Text of Dr. Simson; adapted to Elementary Instruction by the introduction of Symbols, by a Member of the University of Cambridge, will very shortly appear.

Mr. Curtis, the Surgeon to the Royal Dispensary for Diseases of the Ear, has just published, a Clinical Report of the Institution, from its commencement to the present time; with a Table of the number of Patients admitted, cured, and relieved, shewing the progressive increase and utility of the Charity,

ART. XI. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

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The obligatory Nature of the Sacrament; or Strictures on Mr. Gurney's Remarks respecting Baptism and the Lord's Supper. By the Rev. George Bliss, M.A. 8vo.

Sermons on the Principal Festivals of the Christian Church; to which are added, Three Sermons on Good Friday. By the Rev. John Bird Sumner, M.A. Prebendary of Durham and Vicar of Mapledurham, Oxon. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Recollections of Sermons preached in Edinburgh, by the Rev. Dr. Malan, of Geneva. 18mo. 1s.

Archbishop Leighton on the Lord's Prayer. 32mo, 1s.

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Hymns for young Persons, adapted to the various Ages of Childhood and Youth. 18mo. 2s.

The same, abridged for the Use of Sunday Schools. Is. bound.

Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical; elucidating the Doctrine of the Trinity, the Sovereignty of God, the Power of the Devil in the World, the Duty of Studying Prophecy, the Intermediate State, the Knowledge of each other in the Life to come, the Millenial Reign of Christ upon Earth, &c. &c. &c. With illustrative Notes and Authorities. By the Rev. John Noble Coleman, M. A. late of Queen's College, Oxford. 8vo. 12s,

A Sister's Gift; consisting of Conver sations on Sacred Subjects; intended for the Instruction and Amusement of the younger Branches of her Family on Sundays. Secoud Edit. 12mo, 5s. 6d.

Romanist Conversations; or Dialogues between a Romanist and a Prutestant. Published at Geneva, in 1713. Translated by H. Huntingford, L.L.B. Second Edit. 18mo. 2s. 6d.

TOPOGRAPHY.

Whittemore's Historical and Topographical Picture of Brighton and its Environs, and Visitor's Guide; embellished with 18 beautiful Engravings on Steel and Copper. 3s.

TRAVELS.

Travels of the Russian Mission, through Mongolia to China, and Residence in Peking, in the Years 1820-24. By George Tinkowski. With corrections and Notes, by Julius Von Klaproth 2 vols. 8vo. 14. 10s.

VOL. XXVII. NEW SERIES.

Abosharon, description of the temple of the

fire worshippers there, 402, et seq.
Advent, the Redeemer's, the Rev. J. H.
Stewart's practical view of it, 185,
314.

Advocate, the female missionary, 439,
452.

Aged, dutics and consolations of the,
Belfrage's discourses on the, 374, et
seq.

Alexandria, its present wretched state, 133.
Apocalypse, on the general structure of
the, by J. H. Frere, 186, 314.
April, poem on, by John Clare, 511, et seq.
Army, British, narrative of the cam-

paigns of the, at Washington and New
Orleans, in the years 1814 and 1815,
142, et seq.; claims of the Americans
on the score of naval and military su-
periority excessive, 142; merits of
Mr. James's Full and Correct Ac-
count,' 143; character of the present
work, ib.; the author embarks for
America, 144; sketch of the Bermudas,
ib.; landing of the troops on the banks
of the Patuxent, ib.; march upon
Washington, 145; its capture, 146;
march upon Baltimore, 147; the au-
thor's feelings previous to landing, ib.;
death of Gen. Ross, ib.; his character,
148; defeat of the American troops, ib.;
the enterprise against Baltimore aban-
doned, 149; dangerous excursion of
some of the officers, 149, 50; the au-
thor lands at Jamaica, and moralizes
upon slavery, 151; expedition against
New Orleans, ib.; night attack of the
Americans upon the bivouac of General
Keane, 152, 3.

Babylon and infidelity foredoomed of
God, by the Rev. Edward Irving, 186,
314.

Bagdat, its appearance, gardens, &c., 391.
Baillie, Dr., his gold-headed cane's ac-
count of him, 454, 5; curious anecdote
of him, 455.
Baradan, description of a remarkable mound
near it, 395.

Barton's widow's tale, and other poems,
231, et seq.; the subject of the poem
the loss of the five Wesleyan missio-

naries, 231; reflections on certain
mysterious events in the annals of
missionary enterprise, 232, 3; stanzas
on the glory usually depicted round the
head of the Saviour, 234; on the passion
flower, 234, 5; lines on the dead, 236, 7.
Bathing, cold, warm, and sea, observa-
tions on, in regard to obviating dys-
pepsia, 420, et seq.

Belcher's poetical sketches of biblical
subjects, &c., 377, et seq.; the last
plague of Egypt, 378, 9.

Beldam's summary of the laws pecu-
liarly affecting Protestant Dissenters,
&c., 521, et seq; the case of the Dis-
senters invidiously mixed up with that
of the Roman Catholics, 521, 2; Mr.
Burke's hatred of abstract principles,
522; rise of the Test act, 523, 4; va-
rious attempts to relieve the Dissen-
ters, 524, 5; the annual indemnity
bill, 526; the Dissenters should not
petition on the ground of abstract
principles of right, 528; the most
important point of the Catholic ques-
tion considered, 529, et seq.; reasons,
exclusive of the claims of the Dissen-
ters, why the Test act should be re-
pealed, 531; on taking the sacrament
as a qualification for office, 532, 3;
remarks on the reply,' This is not the
time,' 534.

Belfrage's discourses on the duties and

consolations of the aged, 374, et seq.;
subjects treated of, 375; duties of win-
ter, 376; unsuitableness of sloth to the
prospect of an aged saint, 376, 7.
Bermudas, sketch of the, 144.
Bible, cottage, and family expositor,
337, et seq.

Blackburn's reflections on the moral aud
spiritual claims of the metropolis,
&c., 465, et seq.; modern London, an-
cient cities and villages included in it,
465; list of its various places of worship,
466; proportion of the population not at-
tending any place of worship, ib.; num-
ber of the persons committed to Newgate
in 1826, ib.; increase above the prior
year, ib.; calculation as to the num-
ber of communicants west of Temple
Bar, 467; increase of the Roman Ca-

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tholics, and list of their places of wor-
ship, 468; cause of the origin of the
society for promoting christian instruc-
tion in London, 463, 9; reflections on
the increasing extension of the me-
tropolis, 469, 70.

Blonde, Lord Byron's account of the
voyage of the, to the Sandwich Is-
lands, 289, et seq.

Bloomfield's recensio synoptica annota-
tionis sacræ, &c. 348, et seq.; origin
of Dr. Campbell's work on the gos-
pels, 349; the author's difficulty in
forming the present work, ib.; his au-
thorities, 350; the theological critics
of Germany, 351; the author's remarks
on various passages in Matthew's gos-
pel, 352, et seq.; on the exclamation
of the Centurion, 357; remarks on
various passages in Luke's gospel, 358,
9; certain passages in John's gospel
considered, 360, et seq.; character and
execution of the work, 366, 7.
Boyer unites the whole island of Hayti
under his government, 573.
Brandenburg, the Marquis of, his noble
firmness at the diet of Augsburgh, 541,

2.

Bread, as an article of food, Mr. Thack-
rah's observations on it, 279.
Burder's, John, final state of the hea-
then, 163, et seq.; difficulty of the
subject, ib.; it is not created by re-
velation, 164; two distinct penalties
denounced against the heathen for their
idolatry and immorality, 165, 6; be-
nignant aspect of the gospel in regard
to the heathen, 167; on the state of
the children of the heathen, ib.; the case
of competent intellect and imbecillity con-
sidered, 167, 8; God regards the dispo-
sition of the heart more than mere accu-
racy of knowledge, 168.
Burmese, character of the, 182.
Bussorah, description of the city of, &c.
387.

Byron's, Lord, voyage of the Blonde to
the Sandwich Islands, 289, et seq. ;
succession of the Owhyhee kings
from the time of Captain Cook, 290;
character of Tamehameha, ib.; ac-
cession and character of Riho Riho,
ib.; his design in visiting England,
290, 1; embarks with an American
captain, 291; dishonourable conduct of
the Captain, 291; excellent conduct
of the royal party while in England,
291, 2; illness and death of the Queen,
292; grief and death of the King, 293;
reception of the chiefs by the King

at Windsor, ib.; their departure for
Owhyhee, ib.; a revolt in the island
suppressed, 294; landing of the bodies
of the late King and Queen, ib.;
Lord Byron visits the crater of the
great burning mountain, 295; cou-
rageous behaviour of a female chief, who
had embraced Christianity, 296, 7; cu-
rious anecdote related by an old priest
concerning himself, 297; departure of
the frigate for England, ib.; strange
conduct of Mr. Bingham and his
fellow missionaries, ib.; the officers
land in a solitary but christianised
island, 298; arrival at Conception,
ib.; grand review by the Araucanian
chiefs, &c. 298, 9; singular account of
a wreck, and of the rescue of six
wretched seamen, 299.

Cadiot, M., authentie narrative of his

conversion to the Protestant faith,
and of his death, 456, et seq.; he be-
comes dissatisfied with the doctrines, &c.
of the Romish church, 463; is deprived
of his cure, ib.; sellles at Andusa, as a
private tutor, 464.

Calendar, Clare's shepherd's, 509, et
seq.
Campaign of the British army at Wash-
ington and New Orleans, in 1814 and
1815, narrative of it, 142, et seq.
Cane, the gold-headed, 453, et seq.; Dr.
Baillie's gold-headed cane presented,
by his widow, to the council of the
college of physicians, 453; list of the
former proprietors of the cane, ib.;
the present work theTales of the
Cane,' ib.; account of Dr. Radcliffe,
ib.; high estimation in which he was
held, ib.; his death hastened by his
dread of the populace, ib.; he enter-
tains Prince Eugene, ib.; his order
respecting the dinner, 453,4; descrip-
tion and behaviour of the prince, ib.;
Dr. Radcliffe entitled to rank among
the benefactors of mankind, 434;
character of Dr. Mead, ib.; notice
of Dr. Askew, ib.; of Dr. Pitcairn,
ib. of Dr. Baillie, 454, 5; anecdote
of him, 455, 6.

Carpenter's popular introduction to the
study of the Holy Scriptures, 254, et
seq.

Catholics, Roman, in London, increase of,
and list of their places of worship, 468.
Champollion le jeune, Lettres à M. le
Duc de Blacas D'Aulps, &c. par M.,
124, et seq.; history of the collection
of Egyptian antiquities treated of in

ib.;

the present work, 124; the collection
is purchased by the king of Sardinia,
ib.; account of some of the rare
and valuable objects contained in the
Turin museum, 125; the name of
Osymandyas said to be found on one
of the papyri, ib.; design of the au-
thor in the present letters, ib. ; vani-
ty and candour of the author, 126;
judicious reply of Canova to Napole-
on, ib.; Dr. Richardson's remarks
on the inexhaustible wonders of E-
gypt, ib.; Babylon, not Egypt, the
first link in the chain of ancient art,
the author's account of the roy-
al legends contained on the pillars in
the Turin Museum, 127; the genea.
logical tablet of Abydos, ib.; the
early chronology of Egypt involved
in great obscurity,-cause of it, ib.;
difficulties occasioned by the loss of
other valuable documents, 127, 8;
attempt of the author and his brother
to discover the name, era, &c. of Osy-
mandyas, 128, 9; conquest of Egypt,
by the Shepherd Kings, in the reign
of the last king of the 16th dynasty,
129, 30; no name of the Shepherd
Kings yet discovered on any monu-
ment, 130; names of some of the
collateral dynasty, ib.; account of
Ramses VI. in the 19th dynasty, ib. ;
cartouches of the 20th, 21st, and
22nd dynasties, 131.

Charity of the gospel, its tendency, 66.
Characteristics, Lewis's christian, 64, et
seq.

Christian devotedness, 169, et seq.

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Evidence Society, answer to
the manifesto of the, 379, et seq.;
purport of this tract, 379; on the
nature of the various readings and infe-
rences to be drawn from them, 380, 1.
Christophe proclaimed king of Hayti,
567; his tragical death, 572.
Christ, Scott's history of the church of,
536, et seq.

Circles, modern Roman, character of,
47.

Clare's Shepherd's Calendar, 509, et
seq.; progress of pastoral poetry,
510; poem on April, 511, et seq.; on
July, 515, et seq.; death of Sally Grey,
519, 20.

Coleman's sermons, doctrinal and prac-
tical, 553, et seq.; remarks on the
sermon on the duty of studying the
Apocalypse, 554; the author's selec-
tion of writers on this subject injudi-
cious 554, 5; his misapplication of

the text, 556; strictures on the ser
mon on the Trinity, 556, 7; his ob-
servations on the text, "Take heed to
your doctrines," 558,9; on the duty of
fervent prayer for the establishment of
Messiah's kingdom, 559, 60; extract
from the discourse on the day of judge-
ment, 561; four particulars in which the
laws and opinions of men are not agree-
able to the revealed will of God, 561, el
seq.; adultery, ib.; self-murder, ib. et
seq.; duelling, 562; man-stealing, ib.
et seq.

Contrast, a, by T. K. Hervey, 93, 4.
Corinthians, St. Paul's first epistle to
the, Tolley's paraphrase of, 54, el seq.
Covenanters, the, a sonnel, 69.
Cowslips, 155, 6.

Cry, the Suttee's, to Britain, by J. Peggs,
550, et seq.

Cuninghame's scheme of prophetic ar-
rangement of the Rev. E. Irving, &c.
critically examined, 186, 314.

Dead, lines on the, by Bernard Barton,
236, 7.

Dessalines crowned emperor of Hayti,
566.

Devotedness, christian, 169, et seq.; the
author's statement of the principle to which
primitive christianity owed much of its
irresistible energy, 170; his motto,
with remarks on his mode of treating
it, 171; the language of the motto
not to be understood literally, 172;
the author's reasons for concluding that
our Saviour spoke literal truth, 173;
his reasons examined, ib. et seq.; case
of the church at Jerusalem, 174; on
laying up for children, 176; poverty and
dependence best for them, ib,; the au-
thor's strange misrepresentation of the
conduct of our Saviour, 177.

Diet, Dr. Paris's treatise on, 97, el seg.
Digestion and diet, Thackrah's lectures
on, 97, et seq.

Dissenters, Protestant, Beldam's sum-
mary of laws peculiarly affecting
them, 521, et seq.

Domingo's, M. de Santo, Roman tablets,
33, et seq.

Donne, Dr., his version of the 137th psalm,
75, 6.

Donnegan's new Greek and English lexi-
con, 427, et seq.

Douglas's advancement of society in
knowledge and religion, 185, 314.
Duelling, remarks on, 562.

Economy, political, Mr. Malthus on a
much disputed point in, 229, et seq.

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