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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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-
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,
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
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.
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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