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PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION,

[April,

has very materially impeded their circulation, even among those who are most interested in the information which they contain.

In order to remedy this inconvenience, it is proposed to publish a series of distinct and concise tracts explanatory of the best established principles and the most approved practices of husbandry. Every attempt to extend the diffusion of agricultural knowledge will, it is presumed, obtain the approbation and support of all those who have the real welfare of their country at heart, and consider the augmentation of the soil an object of great national importance. A more general acquaintance with the principles of agriculture would supply the cultivators of the soil with a store of agreeable and useful information, facilitate the general adoption of the most approved practices of husbandry, and suggest experiments which might be prosecuted at a very trifling expense, and lead to discoveries in Agriculture not only profitable to the Farmer, but important even to the community at large. Tracts on the following subjects are now in the course of preparation.

ESSAY on the Supposed Advantages of a SINKING FUND. Part the First. By LORD GRENVILLE.

8vo.

IV.

KING CHARLES the FIRST the Author of ICON BASILIKE further proved, in a LETTER to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, in reply to the objections of Dr. Lingard, Mr. Todd, Mr. W. G. Broughton, the "Edinburgh Review" (Art. I. No. 87), and Mr. Hallam. By the Rev. CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, D.D., Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

8vo.

v.

THREE LECTURES on the TRANSMISSION of the PRECIOUS METALS from Country to Country, and the Mercantile Theory of Wealth, delivered before the University of Oxford in June, 1827. By N. W. SENIOR, A.M., Professor of Political Economy.

VI.

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SALMONIA; or the DAYS of FLY FISHING. A Series of Conversations on the Art of Fly-fishing for the species and varieties of the Salmo; and on the habit of these Fishes. By An ANGLER. With Engravings, &c.

ELEMENTS OF GEOGRAPHY; for the Use of Young Children. By the Author of "Stories from the History of England." With Wood Cuts. 12mo.

VIII.

The LIFE and SERVICES of Captain PHILIP BEAVER, R.N., late of H. M. Ship Nisus. By Captain W. H. SMYTH, R.N.

IX.

8vo.

An EXPLANATION of the TWO SACRAMENTS; and the occasional Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England. In a Series of Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughters. By a Lady.

X.

12mo.

The HISTORY of the PENINSULAR WAR. With Plans, &c. By Wм. F. P. NAPIER, C.B. Lieut.-Colonel, Half-pay, 43rd Regiment.

The Appendix to the First Volume contains, among many other original documents of interest,

1. Notes, or Memoirs, addressed to General Savary and King Joseph in 1808. These notes were dictated by the Emperor Napoleon, and they throw a clear light upon the early proceedings of the French in the Peninsula.

2. A report made by King Joseph to the Emperor, explaining his views and situation when behind the Ebro in 1808.

3. Ample returns of the French army, extracted from the official half-monthly rolls presented to the Emperor by Marshal Berthier.

4. Extracts from letters of the Emperor, and of Marshal Berthier, relative to the siege of Zaragoza, the battle of Baylen, the retreat of the French army from Madrid and its positions, &c. &c.

5. Numerous extracts relating to the war in the Peninsula, from the correspondence and journals of English and French officers of high rank; among others, Marshal Soult, Sir A. Wellesley, Lord Collingwood, Sir John Moore, Lord William Bentinck, General Graham, &c. &c.

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LECTURES on the HISTORICAL BOOKS of the OLD TES. TAMENT. By the Rev. HENRY LENDSAY, A.M., Perpetual Curate of Wim

bledon.

Small 8vo.

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HISTORY of the LATE WAR in SPAIN and PORTUGAL. By ROBERT SOUTHEY. A New Edition, in 4 vols. 8vo. The THIRD VOLUME, in 4to., and Vols. 5 and 6, 8vo. are in the Press, and will complete the work.

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ADVENTURES of HAJJI BABA in ENGLAND. By the Author of Hajji Baba.

XIV.

2 vols. small 8vo.

NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY through the UPPER PROVINCES of INDIA, from Calcutta to Bombay. HEBER, late Lord Bishop of Calcutta.

By the Right Rev. REGINALD

A New Edition, 3 vols. 8vo.

PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. [April,

XV.

NARRATIVE of a SECOND EXPEDITION to explore the SHORES of the POLAR SEA, under the Command of CAPTAIN FRANKLIN : including the progress of the main part of the Expedition Westerly, from the Mouth of the MACKENZIE towards ICY CAPE, by CAPTAIN FRANKLIN, accompanied by COMMANDER BACK; and of a Detachment Easterly, to the Mouth of the COPPER-MINE, and from thence over land to the WINTER QUARTERS on GREAT BEAR LAKE, by DOCTOR RICHARDSON, accompanied by LIEUTENANT KENDALL. Illustrated with Charts and various Plates, descriptive of Local Scenery, and the more striking incidents of the Expedition, by Captain BACK and Lieutenant KENDALL. 4to.

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HISTORICAL SKETCHES of the latter part of the Reign of CHARLES the FIRST, including his Trial and Execution. With an Account of the Sums exacted by the Commonwealth from the Royalists, and the Names of all those who compounded for their Estates, with several important Documents, and numerous original Portraits. By W. D. FELLOWS, Esq. 4to.

XVII.

The HISTORY of PERSIA, from the most early Period to the present time, containing an Account of the Religion, Government, Usages, and Character of the Inhabitants of that Kingdom. By MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JOHN MALCOLM, G.C.B. K.L.S. Governor of Bombay. A New Edition, revised.

2 vols. 8vo.

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The JOURNAL of a NATURALIST. With Plates. Post 8vo.

Plants, Trees, and Stones, we note,

Birds, Insects, Beasts, and many rural things.

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BOTANICAL MISCELLANY, intended to comprise Figures and Descriptions of new, rare, or little known Plants, from various parts of the world, particularly of such as are useful in Commerce, in the Arts, in Medicine, or in Domestic Economy. By W. I. HOOKER, LL.D., F.R.S., and L.S., &c. &c., and Regius Professor of Botany in the University of Glasgow. To be published in Parts, Quarterly. In 4to and 8vo.

Esq.

No, I. will be published on the 1st of May.

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ITALY, and OTHER POEMS, by WILLIAM SOTHEBY, fc. 8vo.

APRIL, 1828.

WORKS

VERY RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

I.

NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY through the UPPER PROVINCES of INDIA, from Calcutta to Bombay. By the Right Rev. REGINALD HEBER, late Lord Bishop of Calcutta. 2 vols. 4to. 4l. 14s. 6d.

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The HISTORY of the LIFE and VOYAGES of CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. By WASHINGTON IRVING. With a Chart.4 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s. "This work will, we are persuaded, give Mr. Washington Irving a prodi gious increase of fame. The novelty of fact exhibited will command wonder-only to be explained by the circumstances which have given the author access to pub lic as well as private archives, hitherto a fountain shut up, and a book sealed.' The chaste and nervous elegance of the style, and the liberal and truly philosophical cast of thought and sentiment, are what no one need be surprised with, who has read some of his previous writings: but this performance is every way a more elaborate one than any of those, and of higher pretensions-pretensions which we have no doubt the world will pronounce to be justified in the result. To throw an air of total novelty on a theme of ancient interest-to write a history, where previously there had been only mémoires pour servir-such has been our American countryman's proud attempt; and with unmingled pleasure do we contemplate the fruit of his long and arduous labours."-Literary Gazette, Feb. 2.

"Nothing can be more elegant and pleasant than the style in which the history is written. It is simple, unaffected, and sometimes even eloquent. The circumstances are related with a modest enthusiasm, which is justified by the subject, and in that perfectly good taste which makes the narrative extremely agreeable."-Times.

III.

The PUBLIC ECONOMY of ATHENS.

Containing an

Account of the Prices of Commodities, Rates of Profit, Interest, Wages, Labour, &c.; of the Financial Administration, with the Peace and War Expenditure; of the different items of the Public Revenue, with a history of the Tributes and Public Treasure ; of the Liturgies, Property-Taxes, and Natural Wealth; and of the Money-System of the Athenians. To which is added, a Dissertation on the Silver Mines of Laurion. Translated from the German of AUGUSTUS BOECKH. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 6s.

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MORNINGS in SPRING; or RETROSPECTIONS, Biographical, Critical, and Historical. By NATHAN DRAKE, M.D., H.A.L., Author of Essays on Periodical Literature. 2 vols. post 8vo. 18s.

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SERMONS, on Various Occasions. By the Rev. C. W. LE BAS, M.A. Vol. II.

At the same time will be published, a NEW EDITION of Vol. I. 10s. 6d.

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8vo. 12s.

CONSIDERATIONS on MIRACLES, &c. By the Rev. C. W. LE BAS, M.A., inscribed, by permission, to the Lord Bishop of London. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

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The POETICAL PRIMER, consisting of Short Extracts from Ancient and Modern Authors, selected and arranged progressively for the Use of Children. By Mrs. LAWRENCE. THIRD Edition. 18mo. 3s.

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A SHORT HISTORY of SPAIN. By MARIA CALCOTT. With Wood Engravings.

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2 vols. 12mo. 16s.

GREEK EXERCISES, or an Introduction to Greek Prose Composition, adapted to Matthiæ's and other Greek Grammars. By JOHN KENRICK, M.A. 8vo. 6s.

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The GREEK GRAMMAR of AUGUSTUS MATTHIÆ. Translated into English, by the late Rev. E. V. BLOMFIELD, Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge. FOURTH Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. 17. 10s,

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TABLES of SPECIFIC GRAVITIES and EQUIVALENTS. By W. T. BRANDE, F.R.S. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

XII.

A LETTER to an ENGLISH LAYMAN, on the CORONATION OATH, and his late MAJESTY'S Correspondence with Lord KENYON and Mr. PITT; in which are considered the several Opinions of Mr. JEFFREY, in the Edinburgh Review, No. 91; of Mr. DILLON, Dr. MILNER, and Mr. CHARLES BUTLER; and the Application of the whole to the Present Claims of the Roman Catholics in Ireland. By the Rev. HENRY PHILLPOTTS, D.D., Rector of Stanhope,

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8vo. 9s. 6d.

The POETICAL WORKS of the Right Hon. LORD BYRON. A NEW EDITION, very neatly printed, with a Portrait and Illustrations engraved by 4 Pocket vols., 18mo. only 18s.

Finden.

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CAPTAIN PARRY'S First, Second, and Third VOYAGES, with a Portrait, Map, and several Views, engraved by FINDEN. Beautifully printed.

XV.

5 pocket vols. only 20s.

HYMNS written and adapted to the WEEKLY CHURCH SERVICE of the YEAR. By the Right Rev. REGINALD HEBER, D.D., late Lord Bishop of Calcutta. A New Edition. 12mo. 4s. 6d.

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ELEMENTS of RHETORIC. By RICHARD WHATELY, D.D., Principal of St. Alban's Hall, and late Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. Printed uniformly with the Elements of Logic.

8vo. 12s.