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was under this character, he found, that it would excite the most, jealousy at Geneva; but when he appealed to the list of its patrons, and pointed to the names of bishops among that number, the good Presbyterians were satisfied. All over the Continent, sectarianism is the hydra-evil, which the established of all communions concur in holding in supreme abomination. Episco palians and Presbyterians appear to have agreed upon a lasting truce; and even Catholic priests mingle with the clergy of heretical churches. At Geneva Socinianism does not disdain an alliance with professional orthodoxy. But Dissenters, in the strict sense of the word, as in countries nearer to us, are tolerated only by an excessive effort of comprehensive tolerance. Mr. Owen, however, was known to be not a Dissenter. He therefore gained admission to the pulpit of the English Church, and the Syndics, Calendrini and Turretini, did him the honour of attending there successively, on the Sundays on which he preached. Before he left Geneva, new arrangements were made, by which it was hoped the Bible Society of that city would prove a more effective auxiliary than it has been hitherto. On his retury, he was overtaken at Paris by communications of the most satisfactory nature, from different parts, detailing the pleasing effects which had already been produced by his services.

These Letters present but a specimen of what is taking place on the Continent in reference to the distribution of the Holy Scriptures. But the sphere of the Society's foreign agency is far more extensive, and it is impossible to contemplate without admiration, the grandeur of the enterprise,-an enterprise, every step in the prosecution of which is so much achieved for the best interests of mankind, but the mightiest combination of human endeavours must fall indefinitely short of its perfect accomplishment. We congratulate Mr. Owen, most heartily, on the happiness he must incessantly derive from being devoted to so glorious a cause.

ART. XI. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION.

Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending Information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the Public, if consistent with its Plan.

Early in July will be published, some Account of the Life of lady Russell, by the editor of Mad. du Deffand's Letters, with letters from lady Russell to her husband, lord Russell; some Miscellaneous letters to and from lady Russell, &c. &c.

Shortly will be published, in post 12mo. Memoirs of Miss Caroline E. Smeet, who died in her 17th year, at Augusta Georgia. By Moses Waddel, D.D.

Mr. Bigland has in the press, Letters on Jewish History, for the use of schools, and young persons.

The Rev. Mark Wilks is preparing for publication, some Account of the present state of France, and of the late persecutions in the south.

Mr. Smyth, one of the Surveyors General of His Majesty's Customs, is preparing for publication, a new edition of his Practice of the Customs, to which will be added the new Consolidation Act, and other considerable improvements.

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In the press, in a pocket-volume, printed by Corrall, and embellished with an engraving by Heath, from an original painting-Musæ Biolicæ or the Poetry of the Bible. A selection of the most elegant poetical translations, paraphrases, and imitations of the sacred scriptures.

The Rev. Dr. Nares will soon publish, a volume of Sermons, preached before the University of Oxford, on the Three Creeds, the Trinity, and the Divinity of Christ.

Sir W. Adams has in the press, a Treatise on the Modes of restoring Vision, by the Formation of an Artificial Pupil.

Preparing for publication, The Life of Sir Christopher Wren, Kat. with a portrait from an original picture. This work in addition to other matter, will

contain the whole substance of the Parentalia, now become very scarce; and it is intended to add outlines from some of the original designs by Sir C. Wren, now in the library of All Souls College, Oxford.

The Rev. R. Warner will shortly publish, a Chronological History of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, from the compounded Texts of the Four Evangelists; or, the English Diatessaron; with a map of the Holy Land; explanatory notes; illustrations from late oriental travellers and rabbinical writers; and preliminary articles of useful information, adapted to the use of families, schools, and young persons, entering on the study, or intended for the profession of divinity.

In the press, and speedily will be published, volume 1. of a Treatise on Apoplexy, including Apoplexia Hydrocephalica, or Water in the Head; with an Introductory Account of the opinions of ancient and modern Physiologists, respecting the Nature and Uses of the Nervous System, read at the Royal College of Physicians, as the Croonian Lectures of the year 1819. By John Cooke, M.D. F.A.S. Fellow of the College of Physicians, and late Physician to the London Hospital.

In the press, and speedily will be published, The Speetator in a Stage Coach.

In the press, Rosamond, Memory's Musings, and other Poems. By William Proctor.

Doctor Millar advances rapidly with his Encyclopedia Edinensis. The 12 parts he has published, are a favourable specimen of the work, and shew how much useful information may, by system and arrangement, be comprised in a small space.

In the course of a few days will be published, a work on Antinomianism.

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By the Rev. Samuel Chase, A.M. late of Cambridge,-under the title Antinomianism Unmasked: being an Inquiry into the distinctive characteristics of the two dispensations of Law and Grace. With a recommendatory preface by the Rev. Robert Hall.

A Clergyman late of Oxford, having made a tour to Claremont with part of his family, is preparing the same for the press, with reflections suggested on the occasion, serving to illustrate the peculiar genius, character, and pursuis of the late illustrious and lamented princess Charlotte, designed for the improvement of the yoong.

The Rev. Joseph Hunter has nearly ready, in a crown folio volume, the History and Topography of the parish of Sheffield; with notices of the parishes of Ecclesfield, Hansworth, Treeton, and Whiston.

John Crawford, Esq. late British resident at the court of the Sultan of Java, is preparing a History of the Indian Archipelago, with illustrative engravings.

A new edition of Schleusner's Lexicon, is printing in a quarto volume, from an edition now in a forward state at press, on the continent.

The Greek is published of the Polyglott Grammar (in ten languages) by the Rev. F. Nolan, in which the genius of the principal ancient and modern languages is explained upon an uniform plan, and by a new and simple principle of analysis, applied to the improvements of the latest and most approved grainmarians; four grammars, the Greek (as above,) and Latin of the ancient part, the French and Italian of the modern part are already published, and may be had separately.-The Hebrew, Chaldee, and Syriac, will appear next. ***This work forms a grammatical apparatus to the Polyglott Bible and Common Prayer, publishing by Mr. Bagster.

Mr. J. N. Brewer is reparing an Historical and Descriptive Account of the most interesting Objects of Topogra phy throughout the whole of Ireland, to accompany "The Beauties of England "and Wales." This work will cousist of two large volumes octavo, to be published in monthly numbers, illustrat ed with engravings from original drawings. In the prosecution of this undertaking, which has long been a desideratuin in Topographical Literature, every principal place in Ireland will be per

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sonally inspected by the Author, and a correspondence is established with many of the most distinguished charact in that country. It may be reasonably expec ei that much curious nov Ity of intelligence will be disclosed in the Historical and Descriptive Account of Cities and Towns, Monastic and other Antiquities, so little known even to readers with whom less interesting parts of the British Empire, are familiar objects of topographical discussion.

Nearly ready for publication. A Sketch of a Tour in the Highlands of Scotland, through Perthshire, Argyle. shire, and Invernesshire, in the autumn of 1818, witb an account of the Caledonian Canal. One volume 8vo.

Also, Letters on the Even's, which have passed in France since the Revolution in 1815. By Helen Maria Williams, 1 volume 8vo.

Also, Elements of Greek Prosody and Metre, compiled from the Treatises of Hephæstion, Herman, and Porson. By Thomas Webb, in a thin 8vo. volume.

Also, A Translation of Chaussier's work on Counter-Poisons, pointing out the most effectual remedies in cases of poisoning; of bites by rabid animals and venomous insects, with succour for the drowned and precautions in cases of apparent death, with additions and experiments. By J. Murray.

Mr. Curtis has just published a second and enlarged edition of his work,

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the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Ear. In this edition the Physiology is much extended, and the uses of the different parts of the human ear, are more fully explained by a minute comparison of its structure, with that of the different classes of animals, particularly Quadrupeds, Fowls, Insects, the Amphibious tribe, and also Fishies. The treatment employed in the various diseases of the Ear is also considerably enlarged.

In a few days will be published, the following works for children: 1. The Accidents of Youth, consisting of short stories calculated to improve the moral conduct of children, and to warn them of the many dangers to which they are exposed: illustrated by engravings. 18mo. 2. Hareach the Wandering Jew, being an authentic account of the manuers, and customs, of the most distinguished nations, interspersed with aneedotes of celebrated men of different periods, since the destruction of the

temple of Jerusalem &c. With maps and engravings. 12mo. 3. The History of Ge and Magog, the Champions of London, containing an account of the origin many things relative to the City. 18mo. With plates. 4. The School of Improvements, two juvenile dramas. 18mo. With plates.

Mrs. Taylor, of Ongar, has in the press, the Family Mansion, a tale.

The English Gradus, or Synopsis of English poetry, on a plan nearly similar to the Latin Gradus, is in the press.

Mr. Partington is preparing an Historical Account of the London Institution, with engravings; to which will be prefixed, a Biographical Memoir of the late Professor Porson.

The Rev. M. Bland is printing, Geometrical Problems, deducible from the first six books of Euclid, arranged and solved; with an Appendix, containing the Elements of Plane Trigonometry.

Mr. Grieske will soon publish in German and English, an account of his eight years residence in Greenland, illustrated by charts and views.

Mr. John Chambers, author of the History of Malvern, is preparing Biographical Illustrations of the County of Worcester.

Walks in Ireland. By the late John Bernard Trotter, secretary to Mr. Fox, are preparing for publication,

Dialogues, Letters, and Observations, illustrative of the purity and consistencyof the Doctrines of the Established e Ghurch will soon appear.

Dr. H. W. Carter is printing an account of some of the principal Hospitals of France, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands; with remarks on thediseases of those countries.

Mr. Pye has nearly ready for publi cation, a Description of Modern Birmingham, emphatically called the Toy. shop of Europe.

Thomas Hodgskin, Esq. has in the press, in two octavo volumes, Travels in the North of Germany, describing the present state of the country, particularly in the kingdom of Hanover.

Dr. Harrington has in the press, an Extension of his Theory and Practice of Chemistry, elucidating all the phenomena, without one single anomaly.

The Rev. R. Ruding is printing an edition of his Annals of the Coinage of Britain, with additional plates and supplementary matter, in five octavo volumes, and a quarto volume.

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Art. XII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

ANTIQUITIES.

The Autiquites of Sicily: consisting of the most interesting views, plans, &c. with descriptions, etched by Pinelli of Rome, from drawings.-By John Goldicutt, architect, member of the academy of St. Luke, at Rome. Folio, parts 1. and 2, 11. 5s, each.

BIOGRAPHY.

The Life of Sir Thomas Bernard, Bart. By the Rev. James Baker, his nephew and executor. With a portrait. 8vo. 83. 6d.

The Life of the Right Rev. Father in God, Thomas Wilson, D.D. Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man. By the Rev. Hugh Stowell, Rector of Ballaugh, the Isle of Man. In 8vo.

CHEMISTRY,

A Manual of Chemistry; containing the principal facts of the science, arranged in the order in which they are

discussed and illustrated in the lectures at the Royal Institution. With a prefatory history of the science. By W. T. Brande, F.R.S. secretary to the Royal Society, and professor of Chemistry in the Royal Institution. With upward of 100 wood-cuts, diagrams, plates, &c. 8vo. 11. 5s.

ENTOMOLOGY.

The Entomologist's Useful Compen dium; or, an introduction to the knowledge of British insects, comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the appara tos generally used; together with the genera of the Linne, and the modern method of arranging the classes crustacea, myriapoda, spiders, mites, and insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach: also an explanation of the terms used in Eutomology; a calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of mearly 3000 species of Bri

tish insects; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the Microscope. By George Samouelle, Associate of the Linnean Society of London. Iliustrated by 12 very accurate plates, containing nearly 200 figures of insects, &c. from drawings made by the Author, II. or finely coloured after natuic, 11. 18s. boards.

GEOLOGY.

A Critical Examination of the First Principles of Geology; in a series of essays. By G B. Greenough, President of the Geological Society, F.R.S. F.L.S. Sve. 9s. boards.

HISTORY.

The Historia Brittorum, commonly attributed to Nemius, from a manuscript lately discovered in the library of the Vatican Palace at Rome, edited in the temu century, by Mark the Hermit, with an English version, a fac-simile of the original, notes and illustrations. By the Rev. Wiliam Gunn, B.D. Rector of irstead, Norfolk. rʊyal 8vo.

The Court of England in the reign of Charles the First. Being a translation of Marshal Bassompierre's account of his embassy to London, with notes and commentaries. 8vo. 9s. 6d.

A General Outhine of Profane History, from the beginning of the world to the present period. By Mrs. Sherwood. 18mo 3s. 6d. half-bound.

A History of France; including the principal events from the foundation of the empire by Pharamond, to the restoration of Louis XVlll. By Mrs. Moore. Six engravings. 12mo. 7s. 6d.

A History of North-eastern Voyages of Discovery; comprehending the early eastern navigations of the Russians, and the attempts which have been made by ships of other nations for the discovery of a passage by the north-east from the Atlantic Ocean to China. The whole in chronological order. By Captain James Burney, F.R.S. 8vo. 12s. 6d.

MEDICAL.

Observations on Hemeralopia; or, Nocturnal Blindness: with cases, and practical illustrations. By Andrew Simpson, surgeon. 8vo. 3s. 6d.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Raccolta di Lettere Scelte, agli stu diosi della gua Italiana dedicata. Da Giambattista Rolandi, maestro di fingua latina ed Italiana. 12mo. 6s. 6d. bound.

New Interest and Discount Tables By Joseph King. Being au enlargement of his former work, in which the Interest is calculated on each pound, to eleven hundred pounds; from one day to one hundred and twenty days. f.cap, folio, 11. 16s. half-bound.

Strictures on a recent publication, entitled the Church her own Enemy; to which are added a refutation of the arguments contained in the Rev. Edward Cooper's letter to the Author; and and an admonitory address to the female sex. By the Rev. Richard Lloyd, A.M. Vicar of St. Dunstan's in the West, London; and of Miduurst, Sussex. 8vo. 5s.

The Authoress: a tale. By the Author of Rachael. With a beautiful frontispiece. 1.cap. 8vo, 5s.

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Emmelme, an unfinished tale, with some other pieces. By the late Mrs. Brunton, Author of Self-control,” and "Discipline." To which is prefixed a Memoir of her Life, including some extracts from her Correspondence. With a portrait. post 8ro. 10s. 6d.

The Theory and Practice of GasLighting: in which is exhibited an historical sketch of the rise and progress of the science; and the theories of light, combustion, and formation of coal; with descriptions of the most approved apparatus for generating, collecting, and distributing, coal-gas for illuminating purposes. By T. S. Peckston, of the chartered Gas-light and Coke Company's Establishment, Peter-street, Westminster. Illustrated by fourteen engravings of gas apparatus. 8vo. 11. 1s.

No Fiction: a narrative founded on recent and interesting facts, and conpected with living characters. 2 vols. 8vo. 12s.

The Child's Introduction to Thorough Bass, in conversations of a fortnight between a mother and her daughter of ten years old. small 4to. 8s.

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