the stews.

fortunate termination of our expedition to South America, is before a proper court of enquiry, we should not deem it our duty to enter at any length into the events of that transaction, nor into the motives which might influence the conduct of the commander, even if a complete history of events were before us. We must take

which prevail in the audience departments. The frequenters of either Drury Lane, Covent Garden, or the Haymarket theatre, must be aware that we allude to the admission of prostitutes, to every part of these houses, excepting what are denominated the dress boxes. That these unfortunate women have a right to be admitted, on the payment of their money, will the word of the present writer for his perhaps, be concluded by some; but, character as an officer in the British army: on the other hand, the respectable part of without that assurance, some might not the company have a right, not to be in- have discovered it. He is no partizan of sulted by the language and gestures of Gen. W. neither does he appear to have It is notorious that numbers had such distinct views of the whole of of husbands, and fathers of families, will the operations, as to qualify him for bearnot suffer their wives or daughters to visit ing evidence of any great weight on the the theatres, solely from consciousness, subject. The best part of his book is the that, were they to enter their contaminat- voyage to the Cape, and his description ed walls, their eyes and ears must be exof the southern regions: yet this contains posed to the most shocking obscenity. We little that we did not know before. The beg leave to ask the managers of the Lon- account of Buenos Ayres is not very satis don theatres, whether all the unfortunate factory: but by the help of the plates a tolewomen alluded to actually pay for their rable notion may be formed of the princiadmission, and whether many of them are pal occurrences, by those who have not had not regularly franked in for the purpose access to superior information.. His chaof attaching the dissipated men of fashion, racter of Gen. Liniers is very advantageand clerks and shop-men who endeavourous to that active and intelligent officer. to pass for gentlemen, to the nightly orgiés of the play-house? If this be really so, we would seriously recommend it to the managers, to reform the infamous abuse; and as the acquisition of money must be their primary object, we doubt, not that they would be gainers by the reform; for though there would be less half price company in the theatres, the houses would be better and more respect ably filled, by those who would pay whole price for their evening's entertainment.

The Modern Geographer, being a general

and complete Description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, with the Oceans, Seas and Islands, in every Part of the World, &c. With Notes Historical, Cri, tical and Explanatory. By F. W. Blagdon, Esq. Vol. I. containing North and South America. 8vo. pp. 621. Price 13s. Whellier, London .1807.

WE find no difficulty in believing that political circumstances induced the author of this compendium to depart from

the

customary order of geographical works, and to devote his first volume to America. Whether, if the antient world be displeased with this the first attemp of the kind, to place a younger rival before her, Mr. B. will be able to make a satisfactory apology to the elderly lady, we have our doubts; and we leave We must do him the justice to say, that him to clear himself as well as he can. he has taken advantage of the latest in

An Authentic Narrative of the Proceedings
of the Expedition under the Command of
Brig. Gen. Craufurd, until its arrival at
Monte Video; with an Account of the
Operations against Buenos Ayres under the
Command of Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke.telligence from the Continent on which
By an Officer of the Expedition. 8vo. pp.
224. Price 10s. 6d. With three Maps.
London, for the Author. 1808.

As the question arising from the un

he treats; and we have seen no reason to impeach his correctness, in any article that we have perused. Considered as a volume of geography of which America is

the subject, it is more copious and satis- Such is the plan of the work: the exefactory that this division of geographical cution of it is very creditable to the taworks usually is. It presents pictures of lents and industry of the editor. It conthe people and their manners, by descrip-tains by far the most complete view of tion, with greater attention than many foreign as well as of domestic literature, others; and the book is the better which has come under our notice. The for it, as a reading book. We cannot reader is not to expect professed criticisms, however, express any great satisfaction or opinions given by the editor in the nawith the plates, to say nothing of the maps, ture of a review: tables of contents, with an article which is always useful; we abstracts or extracts from the principal observe that the figures are selected from works recorded, are allowed to speak for Jate voyages to the Pacific Ocean, and themselves, and exemplify the subject. haye but little, if any, reference to Ame-treated on, with the general plan adopted rica; yet competent authorities are not by the author, his style, and manner, wanting on the subject of the Indian The number of works so abstracted is tribes of America, as Mr, West, or Mr.nearly 600; of which about one fourth Copley can evince. Others might have been part is foreign. The whole comprizes found in Clavigero's Mexico; or even in about 1000 works; with information of the Peru, published by Phillips, to which their authors, number of volumes, sizes, Mr. B. has had recourse. and prices, classed under their respective sciences.

Our limits do not allow us to do any thing like justice to the contents of this volume by extracts; we therefore shall not attempt, transcription. A volume of this work is published every four months: so, that the whole will be completed in the course of the present year, The or der intended, is Vol. I. America: Vol. II. Asia: Vol. II. Africa: Vols. IV. and V. Europe.

The Literary Annual Register, or Records of Literature, Domestic, and Foreign. Charles Taylor, Jug Editor. Vol. I, for 1807, 8vo. pp, 600, price 14s half bound, Taylor,

To exhibit a general view of the progress of literature, of science, and of the arts, is the, object, of the present undertaking; for this purpose it includes a comprehensive sur, vey of the state of letters, under the following sections;

1. Correct information relative to all works announced, at home or abroad, arranged under their respective sciences, stating their au thors, subjects, sizes, prices, and other requisite-details.

II. Accounts of all new works as soon as published, in correct abstracts and illustrative extracts, with such other information rela tive to them as may enable the reader to form his own impartial opinion. This follows the same arrangement as the, preceding department. So that the professor of every science may immediately receive all necessary information relative to his own particular line of tuly.

We are, certainly under great obliga tions to the first projector of bibliographical catalogues, a species of publication which has met with much favour from the learned, and which the present times have patronized with great satisfaction. The volume before us may be partly referred to that class of literature, though superior in its nature and management. We recommend this undertaking to the attention of the numerous reading societies which are established among us, as, well as to individual readers, it being well calculated to guide their selection. It will also be found extremely useful as a companion to the collector of learned works, and as a reference book for the library. It is continued in monthly num bers, as well as in annual volumes.

Address to the Nobility and Gentry of the Church of Ireland, respecting Tythes; with a Candid Inquiry into the practicabi lity of substituting any other Mode of Subsistence-and-Maintenance for the Glergy+ By Theophilus. Third Edition, 8vo. P 120. Price 2s. 6d. Hatchard, London, 1808,

THIS work was first published in 1786, and its contents are peculiarly applicable to that period; though we deny not, that the subject on which it treats, with many remarks that it contains, are at all times of importance. It supports the instite tion of Tythes. The writer's abilities are respectable.

LITERARY PROSPECTIVE.

Mr. Harding has in the press, and it will appear in the course of February, a new edition, on the Cultivation and Preparation of Hemp; as also, of an article, produced in various parts of India, called Sunn, which, with proper encouragement, may be introduced as a substitute for many uses to which Hemp is at present exclusively applied. Compiled from various authorities, by Robert Wissett, Esq. F. R. and A. S. Clerk to the Committee of Warehouses of the East India Company. Compare Panorama, Vol. III. p.

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closely printed octavo volumes. It will include also a geographical description of the different countries of the globe, and an account of whatever is most interesting in relation to their natural productions, inhabitants,

&c.

The Medical and Chirurgical Society will shortly publish a small selection of the inost interesting Papers on Subjects relating to Medicine and Surgery, which have been read at the meetings of the society during the last two years.

The second volume of the New London

Medical Dictionary, completing that work, illustrated by a great number of plates, will be published in March next.

Mr. Hill of Hinckley, is preparing a work

The Rev. Richard Ceçil, Minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, is preparing a Memoir of the late eminent Rev. John New-on those Diseases of the Bones which produce ton, Rector of St. Mary Woolnoth, who died on the 21st of December last, aged 82 years. Mr. Cox will shortly put to press a new and improved edition, in octavo, of his Life of Lord Walpole.

The first folio edition of Shakespeare, published in 1623, is considered by the commentators of this great author as by far the most authentic and valuable; but it has long been 50 scarce and high-priced, (a copy being worth thirty or forty pounds,) that but very few persons can have access to it. The author of the Diversions of Purley, and many other gentlemen of literary eminence, have sg gested the utility of its being reprinted; and in consequence, a copy of this edition has been a considerable time preparing, and is nearly ready for publication. The greatest care has been taken to insure its fidelity: during the time it has been in hand, the printer and editor have had the use of three copies of the original, with the advice and assistance of gentleiner deeply versed in the writings of Shakespeare. It is printed in the common type of the present day, but in arrangement, spelling, and punctuation, is literally and scrupulously, page for page, throughout the volume, an exact copy of the edition of 1623, with all its peculiarities, not a word being added, altered, or omitted.

The Rev. Thomas Rees has nearly ready for publication, a Familiar Introduction to the Arts and Sciences. It will form one volume, and will comprise the fundamental principles of scientific knowledge, simplified, and adapted to the capacities of children and young persons; illustrated by a considerable number of appropriate engravings. Questions and practical exercises, will be appended to each department of consequence.

Mr. Bigland, the author of Letters on History, and other works, is about to publish a History of the World, to be comprised in four

Distortions of the Spine and Limbs, in which the medical, surgical, and mechanical modes of treatment will be considered, and the latter mode illustrated by plates.

Nearly ready for the press, in one volume octavo, Au Inquiry into the Changes of the Human Body at the Different Ages; containing a concise History of the Natural and Morbid State of the Organs, and the Causes of the General Mortality in each Périod of Life: to which are prefixed General Observations on the Changes of Organization in the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms, written in a stile intelligible to general readers, by Thomas Jameson, M. D. Member of the Colleges of Physicians of London and Edin-, burgh, &c. &c. &c.

A new work has just been put to press, entitled the Medical Mentor, or Reflections on the History, Importance, Objects, and Difficulties of the Healing Art; consisting of a series of letters from an old physician to his son, during his collegiate and other studies, preparatory to his engagements in the active duties of the profession It is to comprise a History of Physic; a View of the Present State of Medicine and Medical Practitioners; an Account of the Qualifications necessary for the Profession; with a General View of the Education and Preparatory Studies best adapted to Qualify the Pupil for the Discharge of its Duties; together with a Variety of Miscellaneous Remarks on Subjects connected with the Practice of Physic and Medical Science in general.

The first part of the third volume of Mr. John Bell's Surgery, containing Consultations and Operations, is now ready for publication.

Mr. Bell has been long occupied in preparing two works, of which the following is a slight account.

I. the Eleinents of Surgery, deduced from Anatomy, in short aphoristical rules, feat 2 K 3

the conduct of the Surgeon in every ordinary accident of ptactice, as well as in every greater operation. On one plate will be represented the various forms of the disease; on the opposite plate, plans of the parts or dissections, and the instruments with which the operation is performed, and in the accompanying text, short rules for distinguishing the nature of the disease, and for its general treatment.

II. A Collection of the most interesting and useful Cases, adapted to illustrate the Aphorisms of Surgery, and the Practice of Medicine, in all organic diseases, selected from the works of learned societies of London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Dublin, &c. and from the greatest masters of the profession in England; as Hunter, Monro, Bailie, Abernethy, &c. The whole will make five octavo voluines. These volumes will be accompanied by short prefaces, introductory of each subject, and marginal notes, explaining each individual case, commenting upon the nature and tendency of the disease, and pointing out the ingenuity, the mistakes, the success, or the disappointments of the original author.

A new edition of Mr. Bell's popular work on the Cow-pox will shortly be published.

Dr. Carpenter, of Exeter, is preparing for publication, an Account of the Structure and Function of the Eye, principally intended to illustrate the arguments contained in the first and second chapters of Paley's Natural Theology. It will be printed to correspond in size and type with that work, so as to bind up with it, if wished by the purchasers.

A new edition of Miss Edgeworth's Irish Bulls, altered, and very much improved, will be ready in a few days.

Dr. Shaw will publish his Lectures on Natural History, delivered last year at the Royal Institution; and they are now in the press. They will be illustrated with plates.

The Village Gentleman and the Attorney at Law, a Narrative founded on Facts, ten by a Lady, will soon appear.

John Weyland, Jun. Esq. author of a Short Enquiry into the Poor Laws, will shortly publish a Letter to a Country Gentle

man on the Education of the Lower Orders of Society.

The Rev. J. W. Cunningham has in the press an Essay on the Duty, Means, and Consequences of introducing the Christian Religion into Asia.

The third and fourth volumes of Sermons,

by the late Rev. George Walker, President of the Manchester Society, with a new edtion of the first and second volumes, will appear shortly. His two volumes of Essays, Philosophical, Literary, and Moral, are also in a state of forwardness; to which will be prefixed, Memoirs of his Life.

A volume of Sermons, by the late Archdeacon Paley, will shortly be published.

Mr. Bingley has nearly ready for publication, in two small volumes, the Economy of a Christian Life; consisting of maxims and rules of religious and moral conduct, taken from the Sacred Writings.

The Rev. Josiah Pratt, editor of the Works of Bishop Hall, just completed in ten octavo volumes, will shortly publish, in three octavo volumes, the Works of Bishop Hopkins, with a Life of the author, and a copious Index.

The Rev. W. Davy, of Lustleigh, has now completed his System of Divinity, the first volume of which, printed by himself, appeared about twelve years ago. The work extends to twenty-six volumes, and he proposes to publish the whole in a uniform manner, if a sufficient number of friends shall. be found to authorise so extensive an undertaking.

Mr. Malcolm is employed in etching fifty plates from drawings made by himself, which torical pages. The idea of this work has yeare to be accompanied by explanatory and hiswrit-curred to him from observing that most topographical publications have originated almost The Rev. Robert Bland has nearly ready exclusively from the same set of antique buildfor publication, Edwy and Elgiva, and Sirings. Mr. M. intends to seek such new and Everard, two tales.

Mr. Octavius Gilchrist is printing a few copies, for gratuitous distribution, of the ancient metrical romance of the "Sowdon of Babylone," from the original mar.uscript, which came into his possession at the dispersion of George Steevens's collection.

Dr. Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, in two quarto volumes, will appear in a few weeks.

Mr. Walter Scott's edition of the entire Works of Dryden, will very soon appear; and also his poem of "Marmion."

interesting subjects, as shall not only give the architectural, but the natural characteristics of the place; selected with such a portion of circumjacent landscape, as will be useful in a geographical point of view.

Preparing for publication, a new Modera Atlas, by John Pinkerton: containing 60 maps or thereabouts, engraved in the size: atlas, so as to correspond with the celebrated work of D'Anville. The whole expence is calculated at 15 guineas each copy. It will be published in numbers, each containing two maps. Mr. P. professes his intention of great accuracy in the execution of this, work.