2 An inaugural Lecture on Anglo-Saxon Literature, by J. Ingram, 4to. Ox- -ford
CHAPTER X.-Classical Literature, Translations, and Classical Mythology.
1 A Grammar of the Greek Tongue, by J. Jones, 12mo. 6s. Longman and
Co.
4 Herodotus Reizii et Schæferi, 2 vols. 8vo. 18s. Longman and Co. 5 Pindari Carmina, a Heyne, 18mo. 5s. Longman and Co.
14 Excerpta ex iis Romanis Poetis, a J. R. Pitman, 12mo. 6s. Rivingtons
15 Collectio Sententiarum, a J. Bennett, 12mo. 7s. 6d. Longman and Co.
16 Juvenalis Satiræ, a G. A. Ruperti, 8vo. 12s. Payne and McKinlay
17 The Satires of Juvenal, translated by F. Hodgson, 4to. 21. Payne and Co
18 A Translation of the Georgics of Virgil, by W. Stawell, M. A. Cr. 8vo. 12s.
Longman and Co.
21 The New Pantheon, by W. J. Hort. 18mo. 4s. Longman and Co
Co.
42 The Universe, a Poem, by H. Baker, foolscap 8vo, 3s. 6d. Longman and Co.
43 The Shipwreck of St. Paul, a Seatonian Prize Poem, by C. J. Hoare, 4to. 2s.
Hatchard
44 Original Poems, by Mrs. Richardson, 12mo. 3s. Hood and Sharpe
45 Poems by Mary Leadbeater, 8vo. Ss. 6d. Longman and Co.
46 Translations and other Poems, by the Hon. Captain Herbert, post 8vo. 5s. Rey-
nell
47 Petrarch translated, 8vo. 10s 6d. Miller
1 The British Theatre, by Mrs. Inchbald, 25 vols. royal 8vo. common paper, 61. 169 6d. boards, fine paper 131. Longman and Co.
4 Time's a Tell-Tale, a Comedy, by H. Siddons, 8vo. 2s. 6d. Longman and Co. 570
5 The World, a Comedy, by J. Kenney, 8vo. 2s. 6d. Longman and Co.
6 Ella Rosenberg, a Melo Drama, by the Same, 8vo. 2s. Longman and Co.
7 Abradates and Panthea, a Tragedy, 8vo. 2s. 6d. Chapple
8 Dona Ignez de Castro, a Tragedy, by J. Adamson, foolscap Svo. 4s. 6d.
2 The Ring and the Well, a Romance, 4 vols. 12mo. 18s. Longman and Co.
3 Woman, or Ida of Athens, by Miss Owenson, 4 vols. 12mo. 11. 1s. Longman
and Co.
4 The Wild Irish Boy, 3 vols. 12mo. 16s. 6d. Longman and Co.
5 The Hungarian Brothers, 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. Longman and Co.
6 The Hour of Trial, 3 vols. 12mo. 15s. Longman and Co.
7 Men and Manners, by A. Hunter, 12mo. 3s. Mawman
8 Queen Hoo Hall, 4 vols. foolscap 8vo. 18s. Murray
9 Tales of former Times, 2 vols. 12mo. 9s. Crosby and Co.
10 The Cottagers of Glenburnie, crown 8vo 78. Cadell and Davies
17 Belesaire, par Mad. de Genlis, 2 vols. 7s. Dulau and Co. 18 Theodore, or the Peruvians, by P. Le Brun, foolscap 8vo. 4s. 6d. Crosby and Co.
19 The Gulistan, or Rose Garden of Sady, translated by F. Gladwin, 8vo. 10s. 6d.
Black and Co.
5 A Dictionary of Chemistry, &c. by W. Nicholson, 8vo. 11. 1s. Phillips 6 A System of Chemical Philosophy, by J. Dalton, Part I. 8vo. 7s. Bickerstaff 686 7 Review of the Natural History of the Atmosphere, &c. by Henry Robertson, M. D. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 1s. Longman and Co.
693 8 Phil. Transactions of the London Society for 1808, '2 Parts, 11. 4s. Nicol 697 9 Organic Remains by J. Parkinson, Vol. II. 4to. 21. 12s. 6d. Symonds 10 Mathematics simplified, by Capt. T. Williamson, 8vo. 9s. Longman and Co. 11 Problems in the higher Branches of Algebra, Johnson 12 The Means of finding the Longitude at Sea, &c. by Major General Grant, Viscount de Vaux, 4to. 11. 5s. Wyatt
13 Treatise on Cordage, by W. Chapman, imp. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Wyatt 14 Essays on the Art of Weaving, by J. Duncan, 8vo. 168. Longman and Co.
CHAPTER XVII.-Agriculture and Rural Economy.
1 Discourses explanatory of a Course of Lectures on Agriculture, &c. by A.
Coventry, M. D. 8vo. 4s. Murray
2 View of the Agriculture of Cheshire, by H. Holland, 8vo. 10s. 6d. Phillips
3 View of the Agriculture of Sussex, by the Rev. A. Young, 8vo. 14s. Phillips
4 A Treatise on Hemp, by R. Wisset, Esq. 4to. 11. 5s. Harding
5 On the Influence of Soil on Wool, by R. Bakewell, 8vo. 78. Harding
13 Letter to West India Planters, &c.. by the Bp. of London, 8vo. 2s. Cadell and Davies
ART. I. A General, Historical, and Topographical Description of Mount Cauca With a Catalogue of Plants indigenous to the Country. In Two Volumes. Translated from the Works of Dr. Reineggs and Marshall Bieberstein. By C. WILKINSON, with a Map and Plates. 2 vols. 8vo.
THESE volumes are stated to be translated, or rather compiled, from the works of Dr. Reineggs and Marshal Bieberstein; but Mr. Wilkinson has not condescended to give his readers any information, even of the titles of these works, and we suspect from this omission, that some one German work has furnished the whole materials. We have also another and more important charge of carelessness to bring against the translator, namely, that there is no division into chapters, or table of contents, an omission very imperfectly supplied by an indifferent index.
Dr. Reineggs, as we learn from the introduction, was a German adventurer, whose real name was Ehlich: his native place was EisleANN. REV. VOL. VII.
ben, in Saxony, where he was born in the year 1744. He studied medicine at Leipsic, and after residing there for some years, quitted the place in a mysterious manner, and appeared under a fictitious name at Vienna in 1770. Here he continued to attend the public lectures in medicine, chemistry, and botany, at the same time that he was in such reduced circumstances as to be obliged to enlist himself in the theatrical company of that place. Having had however the good fortune to cure a domestic of the Dowager Princess Lichtenstein, be obtained the patronage of this lady, who withdrew him from the service of the theatre, allowed him a salary sufficient for his subsistence, and procured him a diploma of M. D. B
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