On the 1st of September will be published, No. II. (royal 8vo.) of the First Series of Collectanea Critica et Litteraria, containing a portion of Harris's Hermes.. Historical Memoirs of Barbary, and its Maritime Power, as connected with the Plunder of the Seas: including a Sketch of Algiers and Tunis, the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and the various Attacks made upon "Nect Deus intersit, nisi dignus vindice nodus "Inciderit." Hor. de Arte Poetica. The Annual Register; or a View of History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1807: being the seventh volume of a New Series. A History of Nipal, a Kingdom in the North of India; describing its Origin, Situation, Surface, Climate, and Inhabitants; its Relations, Political and Commercial, with the British Dominions in Asia, Tibet, Tartary, and Rise and Progress of the Present the Chinese Empire; and the War. them, particularly that of the Emperor Charles V., 1541—of England, 1635 and 1670-of France, and the Bombardment of Algiers under Du Quesne, 1683-and of Spain, 1775 and 1784. To which are subjoined, an Estimate of the Present State of Defence of the Barbary Coast, and the Original Treaties made by King Charles II. 1662, and since repeatedly renewed, with Algiers, Tripoli, and Cardinal Alberoni, the Duke of Tunis. This work will be pub-Ripperda, and the Marquis of lished speedily, in a neat pocket size. In a few days will be published, a Translation of Majènda's new Physiological Work, with occasional Notes by the Translator. In a short time will be published, a small pocket volume on the Materia Medica; containing the names of the New London Pharmacopoeia, with the Place and Growth of each Article; Linnæan Term, Order, and Species, Sensible Properties; Medicinal Uses; together with the various Preparations made from the Article. Designed principally for the Use of those who are preparing for their Examination at Apothecaries' Hall. Oracular Communications, addressed to Students of the Medical Profession. By Esculapius. "Juveniam Viam, aut faciam." Lord Bacon. Mr. Colburn will shortly publish, by authority, in French as well as English, the following important production: A third edition of the Lives of Pombal, by George Moore, Esq. A Sketch of the Public Life of M. Fouché, Duke of Otranto, comprehending Twelve Political Documents of the highest interest, now first printed from the Original. lish, in 8vo., Surgical ObservaMr. Charles Bell will soon pub tions on Cases in Cancer. M. 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By Thomas Walter Wil-nunciation, Latin, French, and other liams, of the Inner Temple, Esq. Editor of the quarto Digest of the Statutes, &c.-This Abstract, which it is intended to continue annually, contains a very full and accurate Abridgement of all the various clauses and provisions, penalties and forfeitures, contained in the Acts of the last Session of Parliament, and cannot be otherwise than eminently useful, not only to Justices of the Peace and Parish Officers, in the practical discharge of their duties, but also to the public in general, who, from a want of proper information in respect to the current enactments of the legislature, very frequently involve themselves most inadvertently in consequences highly penal and prejudicial. The Emigrant's Guide; or, a Picture of America, exhibiting a View of the United States, divested of democratic colouring, taken from the original, now in the possession of James Madison and his Twenty-one Governments. 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(containing Cumberland) of Magna Britannica; being a concise Topographical Account of the several Counties of Great Britain. By the Rev. Daniel Lysons, A. M. F. R. S. F.R.S. F.A. and L.S. Rector of Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, and Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R.S. and F. A.S. Keeper of his Majesty's Records in the Tower of London. Eglantine, or the Family of Fortescue, a Novel, in two volumes. By Charlotte Nooth. A Tour through some Parts of Istria, Carniola, Styria, Austria, the Tyrol, Italy, and Sicily, in the Spring of 1814. By a young English Merchant. Laura's Dream, or the Moon Landers. An Answer to the Bishop of St. David's "Reasons why a New Translation of the Bible should not be published." By John Bellamy. A Treatise on Diseased Spine and Distorted Spine, with Cases to illustrate the Success of a new Method of Cure. By T. Sheldrake. Observations on the Natural History of Bees. By Francis Huber. Translated from the Original. Manuel of the System of the BriOrthoepy Simplified; being a new tish and Foreign School Society of and comprehensive explanatory pro- London for teaching Reading, Writnouncing Dictionary of the Englishing, Arithmetic, and Needle-work in Language, selected from the Works the Elementary Schools. Waterloo and other Poems, by J. Wedderburne Webster, Esq. applying Varnishes; on the different Kinds of Painting; and on the Method of preparing Colours, both simple and compound; with new observations and experiments on Co The Pomona Britannica, being a Collection of Specimens, beautifully coloured after Nature, of the most esteemed Fruits at present culti-pal, on the nature of the substances vated in this Country, with Descriptions. By G. Brookshaw, Esq. Remarks on the Art of making Wine, with Suggestions for the Application of its Principles to the Improvement of Domestic Wines. By John Macculloch, M. D. The Elements of French Grammar arranged in a methodical Manner. By M. Ch. De. 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A Practical Account of the Mediterranean Fever, as it appeared in the Ships and Hospitals of his Majesty's Fleet on that station, with Cases and Dissections. To which are added, Facts and Observations illustrative of its Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment; comprehending the History of Fever in the Fleet during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and of the Gibraltar and Carthagena Fevers. By William Burnett, M. D. Physician of the Fleet, &c. Letters on the Fine Arts, written from Paris during the year 1815. By Henry Milton, Esq. A Code of Signals for the Use of Merchant Ships in general. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The communication (in French) of A. A. has not been received. The two publications by M. and C. mentioned in a note of the 6th of August, have not been seen by the Editors. E. H. B.'s Letter from T. is under consideration, and the Editors return their thanks to the writer. PRINTED BY W. SMITH AND CO. KING STREET, seven dials. CRITICAL REVIEW: VOL. IV.] SEPTEMBER, 1816. [No. III. ART. 1.-Memoirs of the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commercial, Political, and Military Point of View; in which their Advantages of Position are described, as well as their Relations with the Greek Continent; including the Life and Character of Ali Pacha, the present Ruler of Greece; together with a Comparative Display of the Ancient and Modern Geography of the Epirus, Thessaly, Morea, part of Macedonia, &c &c. By General GoiL LAUME DE VAUDENCOURT, late of the Italian Service. Translated from the original inedited MS. by WM. WALTON, Esq. London, Baldwin, 8vo. 1816. Pp. 502. GENERAL VAUDENCOURT, we are told, was, both from his military and political duties, led to an acquaintance with some of the countries noticed in the title to this work. In 1807 he directed the operations of the siege of St. Maura, the capital of one of the Ionian Islands, and also the defence of Prevesa, situated on the adjacent continent; and in the same year he was entrusted with a mission to the Beys of Erzegovina, the Pachas of Scutari and Berat, and to the Vizir Ali, Pacha of Ioannina. During these transactions, which seem to have terminated within that year, he resided either in the states of Ali Pacha, or at Corfu; and since this period has possessed abundant means of improving his knowledge in the affairs of those countries. These have, in part, consisted of official documents unpublished, descriptive of the situation, and intended to be conducive to the welfare of the people to whom they refer. The mo tive assigned for the labours of the writer is of a liberal character. "All classes of readers," he says, "must naturally be actuated by a wish to know and contemplate a people who, impelled by a combination of fortuitous events into the career of liberty and independence, now find themselves in the direction of a nation capable of guiding and securing their steps." "May the perusal of his work," proceeds the author, "excite in the hearts of his readers the same interest he hiniself feels for the CRIT. REV. VOL. IV. Sept. 1816. 2 F descendants of our masters in the arts and sciences, and may it awaken feelings of regard towards a country, where a wise, enlightened, and protecting government, will so easily find the means of combining its own personal advantages with the good of humanity, and the glory of founding and securing the prosperity of a people formed to appreciate so great a benefit.” (p. 7.) The course of events which the General found it convenient to follow, led him to a less regular arrangement than might otherwise have been eligible, and he therefore gives us a separate classification of his subject in these terms: 1st, The general situation of Turkey in Europe, at the issue of the revolutions of the latter continent, together with the real advantages she ought to derive, with regard to her political existence, from the occupation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain. "2d, The political state of the Ionian Islands under the Venetians; the influence of the vicissitudes they have experienced on the public mind of the Septinsulars; and the existing necessity they are under of obtaining an enlightened and protecting government, in order to direct and fix the course of their interior administration. "3d, The relations of the Ionian Islands with the continent of Greece; the advantages France and Russia thence derived during their possession of these islands, and the means of extending and improving these relations. 4th, The geographical and statistical description of the Seven Islands, and of the neighbouring continent of Greece, in conformity to ancient and modern geography. The present situation of the Epirus and South Albania, under the famous Ali Pacha; his history, and the manner in which he has formed his states; his political position, and views on the Ionian Islands. "5th, A description of the manners, habits, and customs of the Septinsulars, and of the inhabitants of the neighbouring continent of Greece. A sketch of the active and passive trade, and the landcommunications of Corfu with European Turkey, together with their application, as well to the commerce now carried on, as that which might still be called forth. 6th, The military situation of Turkey in Europe, with a view to the projects of invasion by her neighbours; means of attack, and probabilities of defence." (p. 8-9.) For nearly a century, the continuance of the Ottoman power in Europe has been more to be ascribed to the mu tual jealousies of its imperial neighbours, than either to its own strength, or their weakness; yet other circumstances deserve attention. Catherine II. formed the plan of sending a squadron into the Mediterranean to occasion a general insurrection of the Greek dependencies; but she was de ceived by her own corrupt agents, and the scheme was |