delivered at the Publick Fast, in WestSpringfield, April 7, 1808. By Joseph Lathrop, D. D. Pastor of the first church in West-Springfield. Springfield, printed by Henry Brewer. 8vo. pp. 16. NEW EDITIONS. Vol. VIII. Part I. of the New Cyclopedia, or Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. By Abraham Rees, D. D. F. R. S. editor of the last edition of Chambers's Dictionary, with the assistance of eminent professional gentlemen. First American edition, revised, corrected, enlarged, and adapted to this country, by several literary and scientific characters. 4to. Price 4 dollars for the half volume. Philadelphia, S. F. Bradford. L. Blake, No. 1, Cornhill, Boston, agent. A Dissertation on the Prophecies, that have been fulfilled, are now fulfilling, or will hereafter be fulfilled, relative to the great period of 1260 years: the papal and Mahammedan apostacies; the ty rannical reign of antichrist, or the infide! power, and the restoration of the jews. To which is added, an appendix, by the Rev. Geo. Stanley Faber, B. D. Vicar of Stockton-upon-Tees. First American Boston. Pub from the London edition lished by Andrews and Cummings. Greenough and Stebbins, printers. 8vo. 2 vols. A summary view of the evidence and practical import ance of the christian revelation, in a series of discourses addressed to young persons. By Thomas Belsham, minister of the Unitarian chapel, in Essex street, London. Boston, published by Munroe, Francis and Park cr. 12mo. pp. 180. Of the Truth of the Christian Religion. By David Hartley, M. A. Author of 66 Observations on Man," &c. &c. Boston. Munroe, Francis and Parker. 12mo. pp. 167. A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture proper names, in which the words are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced, according to rules drawn from analogy and the best usages; to which are added terminanational Vocabularies of Hebrew, Greek and Latin Proper Names, in which the words are arranged according to their final syllables, and classed according to their accents; by which a general Analogy of Pronunciation may be seen at one view, and the accentation of each word more easily remembered: concluding with Observations on the Greek and Latin Accent and Quantity; with some probable conjectures on the method of freeing them from the obscurity and confusion in which they are involved, John Walker, author of the Critical both by the ancients and moderns By Pronouncing Dictionary, &c. First American, from the third London edition. Boston, published by Farrand, Mallory & Co. Zion's Pilgrim. By Robert Hawker, D. D. 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A neat pocket edition of Blair's Grave, with Dr. Anderson's account of the Author; to which will be subjoined a Poem to the memory of Mr. Law, by Blair; and Gray's Elegy, written in a country church yard; adorned with a vignette title page. by W. Blagrove. It will shortly be published Lincoln & Edmands, of this town, are now publishing by subscription, A Spir itual Treasury for the Children of God, consisting of a Meditation for each moraing and evening in the year, upon select texts of scripture, humbly intended to establish the faith, promote the com fort, and influence the practice of the followers of the Lamb. By William Mason, Esq. The work to be com comprised in 2 vols. 12mo. 380 pages cach vol. price to subscribers 2 dollars 25 cents. Cushing and Appleton, of Salem, and Joshua Cushing, of this town, have in the press, and will soon publish, by subscription, The Military Mentor, being a series of Letters recently written by a general officer to his son, on his entering the army; comprising a course of elegant instruction, calculated to unite the characters and accomplishments of the Gentleman and the Soldier. 2 vols. 12mo. WORKS ANNOUNCED. Proposals have been issued at Philadelphia, for publishing, by subscription, a new work, entitled, the manual of the French and English student, or a new and complete dictionary of the French and English languages. In two parts: 1. French and English-II. English and French. Containing all the words in general use, occasionally illustrated by French and English sentences; an extensive collection of new words, in every art, science, and trade; the pronunciation of every word, according to the most polite usage in France and England; a copious vocabulary of sea terms and phrases; a dictionary of French synonymes; a dictionary of French homonymes; an alphabetical list of the most familiar proper and christian names, and of the most remarkable places in the world; the difficulties of the French language, alphabetically arranged; a complete treatise on French poetry; the chief English idioms; a treatise on the English particles, &c. &c. The whole carefully compiled from the best writers, and particularly from the dictionaries of the French cademy, Boiste, Feraud, Catineau, Wailly, Tocquot, Nugent, Chambaud, Boyer, Johnson, Walker, &c. By N. G. Dufief, author of Nature Displayed in her mode of teaching language to man, applied to the French language, &c. To be printed in two handsome large 12mo volumes, nonpareil type. Price, to subscribers, for the two volumes, in boards, five dollars. Proposals have been issued, in this town, for publishing, by subscription, a Selection of Sacred Musick, in three and four parts. Formed with great care from the best English and American works. By U. K. Hill. The work to contain 160 pages, of the common size of musick books for schools. Price one dollar. Munroe, Francis & Parker, Boston, propose publishing, by subscription, the works of Mrs. Steel, containing poetical and miscellaneous pieces on various subjects, with a versification of some of the psalms, &c. to be comprised in two vols. 12mo. 400 pages. Price one dollar, per vol. Oliver & Munroe, of this town, have issued proposals or publishing by subscription, in 8 numbers, containing each 60 pages, The Court of Thespis, and Temple of Apollo, a selection of the best ad most approved pieces, from the celebrated authors, Shakespeare, S. Johnson, B. 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To be printed on 12 pages, duodecimo, price 12 cents, payable on delivery, and will probably average about one number in a month though no specifick time is allowed for its appearance. Ob Oliver & Munroe, of this town, have issued proposals for publishing by subscription, Observations on the History and Evidences of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, by Gilbert West, esq. servations on the Conversion of St. Paul, by the right hon. George Lord Lyttleton. To which is added, the Trial of the Witnesses of the Resurrection of Jesus, by Thomas Sherlock, M. D. Master of the Temple, and late Bishop of London. will be printed in one vol. 8vo. to contain 600 pages, price 2 dollars 25 cents. It INTELLIGENCE. LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS. THE following letters, addressed by the late Mr. Fox, before the formation of the late ministry, to Mr. Phillips, the bookseller, will explain his original views relative to the entire work, of which a posthumous fragment has been recently announced, under the title of "A History of the early part of the Reign of James the Second." SIR, may I RECEIVED a few days since, your's of the 11th. I am about a history of the times immediately preceding and succeeding the revolution, but I have made very little progress; and, as it is chiefly a matter of amusement to me, it be a long time before I publish, and, of course, the time when it may happen is altogether uncertain. I should, therefore, be very sorry to have any thing announced upon the subject at present. When the work is in more forwardness, I may give notice of it. I am, Sir, Your humble servant, St. Anne's Hill, Wednesday. SIR, I RECEIVED, yesterday, your's of the 27th. I am sorry to say, in answer to it, that your information with respect to the rapidity of my progress is wholly unfounded. It will be at least a year before I shall be ready to publish any part of the work, and then it will not be, as I guess, more than one quarto volume, with a small appendix, which may be added to the volume, or printed separately, according to the bulk of the volume itself. I am still unengaged with respect to a publisher, and mean to remain so for some time. I have not given any other person any reason to expect that I shall employ them. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, St. Anne's Hill, Sunday.. SIR, I am exceedingly obliged to you for your letter, with the communication with respect to the late Pretender's I have often papers. heard of them, and I have little doubt, but if they could be obtained, they would prove a valuable publication. But as I have many years work before me, before I can come to the Brunswick reigns, to which only, as I imagine, these papers can relate; and, as I very much doubt even whether I shall ever go beyond the reign of Anne, they are not to me particularly material. I should think, as you seem to do, that money would be the best means of coming at them. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, St. Anne's Hill, Thursday. SIR, My time has been so taken up this last week, that I could not und a moment to read your inclosure till this day, nor of course to answer your letter. The account in the I hear there are in Scotland, at present, some manuscripts which are, or pretend to be, compilations from the Scotch College papers, and I am now actually engaged in an enquiry concerning them. This is all the intelligence I can give you upon this subject. The story you heard of the offer to me was grounded only upon a very loose conversation, but I am sorrry to say, that I am not near enough to a conclusion to attend to this part of the business. I am, Sir, Your most obedient servant, St. Anne's Hill, Sunday. of the life of Collins, as written by Mr. Langhorae and Dr. Johnson. The notes contain also biographical remarks, and anecdotes of the poet, which have escaped the notice of those biographers. The following letter, was addressed by President Jefferson to Mr. D. Eccleston, of Lancaster, in Eng. in return for the fine medallion of Washington, lately produced by the latter gentleman. SIR, Washington, Nov. 21, 1807. I RECEIVED, on the 22d ult. your favour of May 20, with the medals accompanying it, through the channel of my friend and ancient class mate, Mr. Maury, of Liverpool. That our own nation should entertain sentiments of grat itude and reverence for the great. character who is the subject of your medallion is a matter of duty; his disinterested and valuable services to them have rendered it so, but such a monument to his memory by the members of another community, proves a zeal for virtue in the abstract, honourable to him who inscribes it, as to him whom it commemmorates. In returning you my individual thanks for the one destined for myself, I should perform but a part of my duty, were I not to add an assurance, that this testimonial in favour of the first worthy of our country, will be grateful to the feelings of our citizens generally. I immediately forwarded the two other medals, and the letters to Judge Washington, with a request that he would hand on one of them to Chief Justice Marshall. Mr. Raymond will shortly pub- I salute you with great respect, BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER'S PLAYS. A new edition of the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, is preparing for publication. The tasks of collation and criticism will be executed with the editor's greatest industry and best judgment, and ample recourse will be had to the manuscript notes of the late Dr. Farmer, written in the folio edition of that author, of which the editor is in possession. Whilst elaborate editions of Massinger, Jonson, and even Shirley, are a nouncing, the publick will surely attend to any attempt to retrieve from the trifling comments of Theobald, Sympson, and Seward, or the more careless ones of Colman, authors, who, in the opinion of some criticks deserve to rank next to Shakespeare. Dr. Carpenter, of Exeter, will, in a few days, publish a small work, entitled, The Plan, Rules, and Catalogue of a Library for young persons, with observations on some of the principal branches of science and literature, and occasional remarks on the books selected intended to assist in the formation of literary institutions, and to aid young persons in the choice of objects of mental pursuit. A new translation of the Georgicks of Virgil, in blank verse, is in the press, and may shortly be expected to be published. The first folio edition of the plays of Shakespeare, published in 1623, being considered by the commentators on that great dramatick poet, as by far more authentick and valuable than the succeeding ones, but from its scarcity and consequent high price, only being accessible to few, it has been thought proper to reprint it; and accordingly a copy of this edition has been a considerable time in the press, and is now nearly ready for publication. The greatest care has been taken to ensure its fidelity, and during the time it has been in hand, three separate copies of the original edition have been constantly consulted. The new edition is printed in the common roman type, but in arrangement, orthography and punctuation, is literally and scrupulously page for page, throughout, an exact copy of the edition of 1623, with all its peculiarities, not a word being added, altered, or omitted. The Rev. T. F. Dibdin, is about to publish a new variorum edition of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. The text is from the first English edition of 1551; a book of considerable rarity, and scarcely known to bibliographers and lexicographers. Beneath the text, will be copious notes, and various readings from the Latin, French, and English editions, including the whole of Dr. Warner's. The Utopia will be preceded by a biographical and Literary Introduction; comprehending, among other subjects, a complete Catalogue Raisonne of the va rious editions of the Utopia, hitherto published. The work will be ornamented with some fac-simile wood cuts. A copy of Opie's well known painting of Belisarius, executed by Mr. Wm. Cantrill, the Marquis of Stafford's porter, was lately disposed of. It is an accurate representation of the fine original, and does infinite credit to this self-taught artist. The head of the neglected veteran, and the boy who holds the hel met for the donations of the passen gers, are peculiarly well painted, and exhibits touches of a very superiour kind. It is impossible to view the picture, and at the same time to consider the circumstances and situ ation of the artist, without much interest and admiration. |