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Genius, a Vision. By a Member of the University of Oxford. 2s. Warning Voice, a Sacred Poem, in two Cantos; addressed to infidel writers of Poetry. By the Hon. and Rev. Edward John Turnour, A. M. 3s. 6d.

Fashionable Fudges in London; or, Sketches of Public Characters, a Poem, with Historical and Explanatory notes. By Benjamin Flaccus, Esq. &c. 8vo. 6s.

The Recluse of the Pyrenees, a Poem. 8vo. 4s. 6d.
The Lonely Hearth, and other Poems.

By William Knox. 5s.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

A Letter to a Friend relative to the present State of the Island of Dominica. By Langford Lovell, Esq. 8vo.

Rational Reform on Constitutional Principles; addressed to the good sense of the English nation. By a Barrister. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Expostulation on the Iniquity of the Spy System. By Jacob Bray. 2s. 6d.

A Letter on the Subject of Parliamentary Reform, addressed to Major Cartwright. By Sir G. Cayley, Bart. 1s.

The Principles of Population and Production investigated. By George Purves, LL. D. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

An Inquiry concerning the Population of Nations, containing a refutation of Mr Malthus's Essay on Population. By George Ensor, Esq. 8vo. 12s.

A new Edition of an Inquiry, whether Crime and Misery are produced or prevented by our present System of Prison Discipline. By Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq. M. P. 1s. 6d.

THEOLOGY.

Sermons on the first Lessons of the Sunday Morning Service, from the first to the thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, together with four Sermons on other Subjects. By the Rev. R. Burrowes, D. D. 8vo. 10s. 6d.

Observations on the Doctrine, Discipline, and Manners of the Wesleyan Methodists, and also of the Evangelical Party, as far as the latter adhere to the same System. By the Rev. L. Wainewright, A. M. F. A. S. 8vo. 6s.

The Literary and Scientific Pursuits which are encouraged and enforced in the University of Cambridge, briefly described and vindicated, with various Notes. By the same Author. 8vo. 6s. 6d.

A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of St David, one of the Patrons of the London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, on the Proceedings and Prospects of that Society dated Moscow, 24th February 1818. By the Reverend Lewis Way, M. A. 1s. 6d.

On Protestant Nonconformity. By Josiah Conder. 2 vol. 8vo. 14s.

A Sketch of the History of Churches in England, applied to the purposes of the Society for Promoting the Enlargement and Building of Churches and Chapels; to which is added, a Sermon on the Ha

nour of God in Places of Public Worship. By John Brewster, M. A. 3s. 6d.

A Catechism on the Gospel by Matthew, intended chiefly for the Use of Sabbath Schools. By the Rev. James Miller, Eassie. 1s. 4d. Conder on Protestant Nonconformity. 2 vol. 8vo. 14s. boards. Discourses on several Subjects and Occasions. By the Reverend W. Hett, M. A. 2 vol. Svo. 18s.

Ministerial Qualification, a Sermon preached at the opening of a pro re nata Meeting of the Original Burgher Associate Synod, which net at Alloa, on July 22d, 1818. By James Smith, A. M. Minister of the Gospel, Alloa. 1s. 6d.

TOPOGRAPHY.

The Scientific Tourist through England, Wales, and Scotland; in which the Traveller is directed to the Beauties and Principal Objects of Antiquity, Art, Science, the fine Views and Situations, &c. worthy of notice or remark; including the Minerals, Fossils, rare Plants, and other Subjects in Natural History, divided into Counties. By T. Walford, Esq. F. A. S. and F. L. S. 2 vol. 12mo. 12s.; and, with coloured Plates, 14s.

Spanish America; or, a Descriptive, Historical, and Geographical Account of the Dominions of Spain, in the Western Hemisphere, Continental and Insular: illustrated by a Map of Spanish North America, and the West India Islands; a Map of Spanish South America; and an Engraving, representing the Comparative Altitudes of the Mountains in those Regions. By R. H. Bonnycastle.

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Holditch's Emigrant's Guide to America. 8vo. 4s. 6d. boards. The Picture of Glasgow, from the earliest period to the present time; to which is added, a Sketch of a Tour to Loch-Lomond, the Trosachs, Perth, Inverary, the Falls of Clyde, &c. &c. Third Edition, considerably enlarged, embellished with the following Engravings-The Catholic Chapel, Carlton Place, the Lunatic Asylum, a Map of the City, and a Chart of the River Clyde from Glasgow to Ayr. Dedicated to James Ewing, Esq. Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of this City. Small Svo. 7s. extra boards.

The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and its Islands. Seventh Edition, enlarged and improved, with upwards of thirty Maps, Views of Remarkable Buildings, &c. 2 vol. 12mo. 15s.

Donald Monro's Description of the Western Isles in 1549. Sewed. 12mo, 2s.; 8vo, 4s.

**The above forms Part I. Vol. II. of a Series of rare Scottish

Tracts.

Daussaville's New Travelling Map of Scotland. 3s. 6d. in a case.

VOYAGES AND TRAVELS.

A Second Journey through Persia to Constantinople, between the years 1810 and 1816, with a Journal of the Voyage by the Brazils and Bombay to the Persian Gulf; together with an Account of the

Proceedings of his Majesty's Embassy under his Excellency Sir Gore Ousley, Bart. K. S. L. 4to. With Maps, coloured Costumes, and other Engravings, from the Designs of the Author. By James Mo31. 13s. 6d.

rier esq.

A Journey from India to England, through Persia, Georgia, Russia, Poland and Prussia, in the year 1817. By Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson, C. B. 4to. 21. 2s.

A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817, with Notes taken during a Tour through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. By W. D. Fellows esq. Illustrated with numerous coloured Engravings, from Drawings made on the Spot. Royal 8vo. 17. 1s.

A Journal of Travels in the United States of North America and Lower Canada, performed in the year 1817. By John Palmer, with Map. 8vo. 12s.

Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Holy Land, Mount Lebanon, and Cyprus, in the year 1814. By Henry Light, Captain in the Royal Artillery. 4to. 21. 5s.

Travels through the United States of America in the years 1806 and 1807, and 1809, 1810, and 1811; including an Account of Passages between America and Britain, and Travels through various parts of Britain, Ireland, and Canada, with Corrections and Improvements till 1815. By John Melish. 8vo. 18s.

Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the years 1816 and 1817; containing an Account of the most interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Countries which it visited. By Clarke Abel, F. L. S.

INDEX.

Abelard and Eloisa, story of, 352.

Aberdeen, affairs of, fall into confusion, 503-a poll election refused
to, 504-Magistrates admit of the necessity of a reform, 515.
Alhan's, St, state of the prison of, 474.

Alberic, visions of, said to have been the model of Dante's poem, 318.
Alceste, account of the loss of, 395.

Alleghany mountains, description of, 375.

Amherst, Lord, shipwrecked in the Alceste, 395.

Aranda, Count de, expels the Jesuits in one day from all the Span-
ish dominions, 429.

Arctic expedition, proposed objects of, 5-principles which regulate
the distribution of heat over the globe explained, 6—sketch of
the revolving year within the Arctic circle, 13-formation of ice-
bergs, 15-varieties of salt-water ice, 16-influence of the polar
ice cannot extend to our shores, 20-supposed deterioration of
the climate of Europe shown to be groundless, 22-list of years
noted for the severity of the winter, 23-of those remarkable for
heat and drought, 28-general description of Greenland, 31-dis-
covery and colonization of that country, 36-plan of reaching the
Pole with sledges drawn by dogs, $9-north-west passage attempt-
ed by Willoughby, 40-by Martin Frobisher, 41-by Davis, 45
-by the Danes, 49--by Henry Hudson, 51-by Poole and others,
52-by William Baffin, 55-improbability of the passage ever be-
ing effected, 58.

Aretino, Leonardo, his account of a strange fit of devotion which
seized the Italians, 325.

Arragon, observations on the constitution of, 162.

Augereau, General, sent to disperse the Legislative Bodies, 302.
Baffin, William, voyages of, 54-is killed at the siege of Ormus, 57.
Barras, anecdote of, 306.

Barrington, Daines, asserts the possibility of reaching the North
Pole, 2.

Barry, Madame du, account of her origin, 430.

Benedictines, great wealth and power of, 326.

Biot, M., assists in the experiments for determining the length of
the pendulum, 422.

Birkbeck, Mr, his Notes on America, one of the most instructive
books that have lately appeared, 120-reasons which induced the
author to emigrate to America, 122-his arrival at Norfolk in
Virginia, 124-Negro slavery, 125-journey across the Alleghany
mountains to Pittsburg, 127-description of that place, 129-
striking features in the great western wilderness, 131-author pur

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chases a tract of land in the Illinois territory, 133-method of
conducting land sales, ib.-instinctive attachment to home a pow-
erful check to emigration, 135-reflections on the vast extension
of American dominion, 137-account of a singular religious so-
ciety, 139.

Buonaparte, judgment of posterity respecting, not clearly to be fore-
seen, 303-character of, by Mad. de Staël, 304-puts down the
Directory, 307-sets up the Consulate, 308-his unprincipled dis-
simulation, 309-assumes the imperial dignity, 310--his character
as a General, 312-legitimacy of his dynasty examined, 448-
observations on his dethronement, 452-and on the mode of se-
curing his person, 455-and of his treatment in confinement, 457.
Boniface, Pope, banishes Dante, 324-proclaims a plenary indulgence
to all who should make a pilgrimage to Rome, 329.
Boon, General, one of the first settlers of Kentucky, 130.
Borough Compter, description of, 473.

Boscovich, his method of numbering the vibrations of pendulums, 416.
Bradley, Richard, opinion of, that our climate is affected by the isl-
ands of ice drifted into the Atlantic, 21.

Bristol, shocking state of the jail of, 475.

Brougham, Mr, on the Education of the Poor, 486-moves for a
committee to inquire into the state of, 487-object and progress
of the bill, 488-yearly income of charities in England, 492 —
instances of the shameful misapplication of, 493-objections by
the enemies of the bill answered, 496.

Brunetto Latini, a work of his said to be the model of Dante's poem,
330.

Burke, Mr, remarks of, on the subject of parties, 191, 194.
Burghs, Scottish, history of, 503-disadvantages of the present sys-

tem, 510-inquiry into the most adequate source of reform, 519.
Button, Sir Thomas, winters in Hudson's Bay, 52.

Byron's, Lord, Childe Harold-points of resemblance between the
author and Rousseau, 87-causes of the deep influence which both
exert on the feelings, 89-remarks on the mioral character of By-
ron's poetry, 96-analysis of the present work, 100-reflections
on the character of the Pilgrim, 116.

Cartwright, Major, principles of the faction with which he is con-
nected, 199.

Castile, remarks on the early constitution of, 155.

Cavern, calcareous, in Kentucky described, 386.

Choiseul, Due de, character of, 386-circumstance which made him
so eager for the suppression of the Jesuits, 427-accused of hav-
ing poisoned the Dauphin of France, 429.

Church, gradual usurpations of, on the civil authority, 163.

Cleaveland, Mr, sketch of his treatise on the mineralogy, &c. of
America, 382.

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