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QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS,

From July to October 1824.

AGRICULTURE.

The Farmer's Magazine; a periodical work, exclusively devoted to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Published Quarterly. No. XCIX. and C. 3s. each.

ARTS, SCIENCES, AND PHILOSOPHY.

An Elementary Treatise on Optics. By the Rev. Henry Coddington, M. A. 8vo. 8s.

Wirgman's Principles of the Kantesian or Transcendental Philosophy, with a Map of the Human Mind according to Kant, in English and French. Svo. 6.

Wirgman's entirely New, Complete, and Permanent Science of Philosophy, founded on Kant's Critic of Pure Reason.

4to. 10s.

Chemical Recreations, a series of amusing and instructive Experiments, to which are prefixed, First Lines of Chemistry. Third edition. 18mo. 3s.

Elements of Hydrostatics, with their Application to the Solution of Problems. By Miles Bland, B. D. 8vo.

12s.

A Letter to Sir Walter Scott, Baronet, P. R. S. E. &c. Containing Observations on the Vitrified Forts. And a Review of what has been addressed to Sir Walter, on these singular Remains, by Dr M'Culloch, in his recent publication on the Highlands and Western Islands. By Sir G. S. Mackenzie, Bart. F. R. S. London and Edinburgh, &c. Illustrated by an Engraving of the Forts. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

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Johnson's Typographia; or the Printer's Instructor. 2 vols. 32mo. 17. 10s. 12mo. 17. 11s. 8vo. ll. 4s.

The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, conducted by Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History. No. XXII. 7s 6d. Elements of Experimental Chemistry. By William Henry, M. D. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 14s.

A Help to the Science of Mechanics, Optics, Astronomy, &c. By Alexander Simpson, M. A. 18. 6.1. sewed.

Elements of the Art of Dyeing, with a Description of the Art of Bleaching. By Bertholet. 2 vols. 8vo. with Engravings. 1. 4s. boards.

Pilkington's Dictionary of Painters, revised and corrected. 2 vols. 8vo. 1l. 4s.

Picturesque Views of the Principal Monuments in the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, near Paris; also a correct View of the Paraclète, erected by Abelard. The work contains ten coloured Views, Atlas, 4to. 1. 1s sewed.

A Geological Classification of Rocks, and an Essay on making Wine. By John MacCulloch, M. D. 1 vol. 12mo.

ARCHITECTURE, ANTIQUITIES, AND THE FINE ARTS.

The Monumental Remains of Noble and Eminent Persons; comprising the Sepulchral Antiquities of Great Britain. By Edward Blore, F. S. A. 8vo. 12s. 6d. each part.

British Galleries of Painting and Sculpture; comprising a General, Historical, and Critical Catalogue, with separate Notices of every Work of Fine Art in the principal Collections. By C. M. Westmacott, illustrated with engraved portraits and interior views. Select Views in Greece, by H. W. Williams, Edinburgh. No. II. Imperial 8vo., 12s. Proofs, royal 4to., 17. 1s. Proofs, imperial 4to. 17. 11s. 6d.

Evo.

Observations on the rebuilding of London Bridge. By John Seward, Esq. 8vo. 12s.

A Portrait of Mr Vandenhoff, in the Character of Hamlet. Engraved in the best line manner. By Mr Horsburgh, from a Miniature, by Mr W. Stewart Watson. Proofs on India paper, 10s. 6d. Prints. 5s.

BIOGRAPHY.

15s.

Some Account of the Life of Richard Wilson, Esq. R.A. with Testimonies to his Genius and Memory, and Remarks on his Landscapes. Collected and arranged by J. Wright, Esq. 4to. 17. 7s. boards. Marshall's Royal Naval Biography. Vol. II. Part I. Svo. Memoirs of the Rev. Thomas Halyburton. 12mo. 4s. Self-Advancement, or Extraordinary Transitions from Obscurity to Greatness; exemplified in the Lives and History of Eminent Men. 7s. 6d.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Rev. Edward Williams, D.D. By Joseph Gilbert. 1 vol. Svo.

The Life of the Rev. John Wesley, A.M. including the Life of his Brother the Rev. Charles Wesley, A.M. and Memoirs of their Family. By the Rev. Henry Moore. 1 vol. 10s. 6d. boards.

Contemporary Biography, with 150 Engraved Portraits. 3 vols.

21. 2s. boards.

Memoirs of Goethe, author of Werter. Written by Himself. 2 vols. 8vo, with a Portrait, 17. 4s.

Some Account of the Life and Writings of the late Rev. Thomas Rennell. 8vo. 1s. 6d.

The Life and Diary of Lieut.-Colonel John Blackader, of the Cameronian Regiment, and Deputy-governor of Stirling Castle, affording an interesting account of the various Sieges, Battles, and Services, in which he was engaged on the Contineat, and during the Rebellion in Scotland of 1715; compiled from the criginal MSS. By Andrew Crichton. Post Svo. 7s. 6d. boards.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

The Library Companion; or, the Young Man's Guide and Old Man's Comfort in the Choice of a Library. By the Rev. T. F. D.bdin. 8vo. ll. 78.

Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica complete, in 11 parts. 117. 11s.

CLASSICS.

The Odes of Anacreon of Teos; translated into English Verse. By W. Richardson, Esq. with Notes. 8vo. 6s. 6d. boards.

Smith's Translation of the Anabasis of Xenophon, accompanied with copious Critical and Historical Illustrations, and in a neatlyprinted column, in juxtaposition, Hutchinson's Greek Text, with Zeune's Criticisms. 2 vols 8vo. 1. Is.

The Czar, an Historical Tragedy. By Joseph Cradock, Esq. M.A. F.S.A.

8vo.

No. IV. of the Old English Drama; containing Heywood's Rape of Lucrece, a Tragedy. 8vo 2s. 6d.

Charles the Second, or the Merry Monarch. A Comedy in three Acts. By John Howard Payne. 8vo. 5s. sewed.

Selections from Horace, with English Notes. Part I. 4s. 6d. Homeric and Pindaric Lexicon. Novum Lexicon Græcum Etymologicum, Auctore Christ. Tob. Damm, 1 vol. 4to. 41. 4s.

The Tragedies of Sophocles, literally translated into English Prose, from the Greek Text of Brunck, with Notes. 2 vols. 8vo. 15s. boards.

Cicero de Republica. Recovered Treatise of Cicero. Svo. 12s. boards.

DRAMA.

The Parricide, a Tragedy, in Five Acts. By Robert Allen,

A. M. 8vo.

Married and Single, a Comedy. By J. Poole, Esq. 8vo. 3s. The Synod of Fortune, a Tragedy, in Five Acts. Svo. 3s. 6d. Der Freischütz, or the Seventh Bullet. A Series of twelve ilJustrations of this popular Opera, drawn by an Amateur, and etched by George Cruickshank, with a travestie of the Drama.

EDUCATION.

Lessons, intended for introduction into Schools and Cottages; consisting of Descriptive Hymns, selected from "A Manual of Sacred Poetry, for the Use of Public and Private Charities." On sheets of open foolscap, in the style of the Lancasterian Lessons, each page being ornamented by a descriptive print. Is. 6d.

The Paidophilean System of Education applied to the French Language. By J. Black. 2 vols. 12mo. 6s. 6d. boards.

The English Master; or Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition: exhibiting an Analytical View of the English Language, of the Human Mind, and of the Principles of Fine Writing. By William Banks. 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

Advice to young Mothers on the Physical Education of Children. By a Grandmother. 12mo. 7s. 6d. boards.

A Grammar of Drawing. By Dinah Ball; containing a few plain, but well-authorized Rules for drawing Heads and Landscapes in Water-colours. 4to. 7s.

My Children's Diary. 1 vol. 12mo.

A Mother's Portrait, sketched soon after her decease, for the study of her Children, by their surviving Parent. 1 vol. 12mo, with a plate. 4s. 6d.

Bible History; or, Scripture its own Interpreter. By Mrs Sherwood. 2. 6d. half bound roan.

The Child's Magazine. By Mrs Sherwood. 1s. 6d. half-bound

roan.

A Practical Guide to the Composition and Application of the English Language. By Peter Smith, A. M., Teacher of English Composition, &c. Edinburgh. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d. boards.

Hints respecting the Improvement of the Literary and Scientific Education of Candidates for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, humbly submitted to the consideration of the Patrons and Professors of that Institution, By a Graduate of King's College, Aberdeen.

1s.

The Encyclopædia Edinensis, Part XXI., being Volume V. Part I, 4to. 8s.

A Letter to the Patrons of the High School, and the Inhabitants of Edinburgh, on the Abuse of Classical Education.

Reid, M. D.

1s,

By Peter

A New School Atlas of Modern Geography. By L. C. Russell.

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A practical Guide to the Composition and Application of the English Language. By Peter Smith, A. M. Post 8vo. 10s. 6d.

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Exercises for Writing Greek Verse. 7s,

A Key to the above. 3s.

A Dictionary of Latin Phrases; comprehending a methodical Digest of various Phrases from the best Authors, for the more speedy Progress of Students in Latin Composition. By W. Robertson, A. M.

The Second Number of "a New Series of Original Sketches, " after the style of Morland. By Mr Campion. Intended as easy and progressive Lessons in the Art of Sketching Rustic Figures, Animals, Landscapes, &c.

Practical Orthography, or the Art of teaching Spelling by Writing. By William Bearcroft. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Elements of Italian Conversation. By Mr Galeotti.

3s. 6d.

12mo.

Lineal Drawing, and Introduction to Geometry; from the French of M. Francœur. 5s.

Key to Fraiter's Walkinghame's Tutor's Assistant.

12mo. 3.

An Improved System of Arithmetic, for the Use of Schools and Counting-houses. By Danie! Dowling. Part I. 4s.

A Practical Grammar of French Rhetoric, containing the Laws of Pronunciation, Prosody, and Accentuation, Punctuation, &c. &c. By Gabrielle Surenne. Evo. 12s.

A Key to the above. 12ino. 2$.

Harding's (W.) Short-Hand Improved. 3s.

Tables for Finding the Content of any Piece of Land. By John Tovey. 18mo. 3s. Gd.

A Philological Grammar of the English Language, in a Series of Lessons, containing observations on Language, on more than one hundred Treatises of English Grammar, and on popular modes of Teaching. Demy 8vo. 6s. boards.

Exercises on the Globes and Maps, interspersed with Historical and other Information, with Questions for Examination, by the late William Butler; and an Appendix, by which the Stars may be known, by Thomas Brown, Teacher of Writing. 12mo. 6s. boards.

GEOGRAPHY.

The South Sea Islands: being a Description of the Manners, Customs, &c. of their Inhabitants; and containing among the others, an Interesting Account of the Sandwich Islands. 2 vols. 18mo., with twenty-six coloured engravings. 12.

HISTORY.

Memoirs of the Court of Henry the Great. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 4s. Memoirs of Jeanne D'Arc, surnamed La Pucelle D'Orleans, with the History of her Times. 2 vols. 8vo., with a portrait and other plates. 1. 16s.

Venice under the Yoke of France and of Austria; with Memoirs of the Courts, Governments, and People of Italy; presenting a faithful picture of her present condition, and including original Anecdotes of the Bonaparte Family. By a Lady of Rank. 2 vols. 8vo. 1. 1s. boards.

The Stream of History brought down to the Year 1824, showing the Rise and Fall of Empires, and the Progress of the Arts, Sciences, and Literature of every Nation in the World, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time. 17. 16s. coloured, and mounted on rollers. The New Chronology; or, Historian's Library Companion. By Thomas Tegg. 12mo.

6s.

Original Letters illustrative of English History. By Henry Ellis, Esq. 3 vols. 11. 16s.

Vols. 3, 4, and 5, of the Naval History of Great Britain, with quarto volume of Plates, completing the Work. By William James.

21. 4s.

The History of Mexico By Nicholas Mills, Esq. 8vo, 10s. 6d. boards.

LAW.

North's Discourse on the Laws of England, with Notes, Life, and Portrait. Small Svo. 6s. 6d.

A Report of the Trial in the Court of King's Bench, The King . the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge,' with the Proceedings in the University, in opposition to the Right of nominating to the Professorship of Mineralogy, claimed by Heads of Colleges. By Henry Gunning, Esq. M.A. 8vo. 5s. sewed.

Letter to the Landed Proprictors of Scotland, on the Bills en

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