A new fyftem of modern geography, or a general defcription of the moft remarkable countries throughout the world; their respective fituations, extents, divisions, cities, rivers, mountains, foils, and production; their commerce, manners, customs, laws and religion; together with their principal historical events, and political importance and relations in the great commonwealth of nations. Compiled from the moft modern fyftems of geography, and the latest voyages and travels, and containing many important additions to the geography of the United States that have never appeared in any other work of the kind. Illuftrated with eight maps comprising the latest discoveries, and engraved by the first American artifts. By Benjamin Davies. The price of this book to fubfcribers will 1 dol. 50 cts. Philadelphia. J. Johnson.

NEW EDITIONS.

Mariner's dictionary, or American feamen's vocabulary of technical terms and fea-phrafes,ufed in the conftruction, equipment, management, and military operations of fhips and veffels of all defcriptions. Improved from an English work.

Mair's Cæfar revised and corrected, by James Rofs, profeffor of languages in Franklin College.

Fabule fopi felectæ, with an En glish translation. Corrected and im proved by the fame gentleman.

Ovid's Metamorphofes. Philadelphia Claffick Prefs. Price 2, 50.

Gibbon's hiftory of the decline and fall of the Roman empire. To which is added, the author's memoir of his own life and writings, which is a large and valuable addition not to be found in any other edition. With maps having the ancient and modern names of the places laid down. 8 vols. 8vo. Philadelphia. Birch & Small.

BY SUBSCRIPTION.

The focial compact of J. J. Rouffeau, elucidated with the reflections of the tranflater. By D. L. Morel, fworn French interpreter. Philadelphia.

A hiftory of America from the difcovery of the continent by Columbus, to the prefent period; in 2 vols. with 2 maps. By Richard Snowden, author of American revolution.

A new univerfal gazetteer, in 1 large 8vo. with maps. J. Johnson. Philadelphia.

An historical, geographical, chronological, etymological, and critical dietionary of the Bible; wherein are explained, all the proper names mentioned in the old and new teftaments, of men, women, cities, countries, rivers, moun tains, &c. Also, an explanation of all the appellative terms; and a fyftematical defcription of all the natural productions, fuch as animals, vegetables, minerals, ftones, gems, &c. Forming a body of fcriptural history, chronology, and divinity; a repofitory of important Jewish antiquities, and a concordance to the fcriptures. Illuftrated with 18 maps and plates. By Rev. John Brown, minifter of the gofpel, Haddington. Much enlarged from the dictionaries of Calmet, Symon, &c. and a number of original articles. In 2 vols. 8vo. Pittsburg. Z. Cramer.

A compendious hiftory of the world, from the creation to the prefent time. In 2 vols. Philadelphia. B. and R. Johnson.

Letters on the ftudy and use of ancient and modern hiftory: containing observations and reflections on the caufes and confequences of thofe events which have produced confpicuous changes in the aspect of the world, and the general state of human affairs. By John Bigland, author of "reflections on the refurrection and afcenfion." Philadelphia. W. W. Woodward.

A feripture account of the faith and practice of chriftians: confifting of an extenfive collection of pertinent texts of fcripture, given at large, upon the various articles of revealed religion; reduced into diftin&t fections, fo as to embrace all the branches of each subject, the motives to the belief or prac tice of the doctrines or duties taught, and the threatenings, promifes, rewards, punishments, examples, &c. annexed thereto. Addrefied to the understanding, the hopes, and fears of christians. Forming a complete concordance to all the articles of faith and practice taught in the holy fcriptures. By the late Rev. Hugh Gafton, member of the Root Prefbytery county Antrim, Ireland Philadelphia. David Hogan.

A fhort account of the life and writings of Robert Barclay, author of " an apology for the true christian divinity." Philadelphia. B. & R. Johnfon. 50 cts. Revolutionary Annals, or history of the French revolution, from the convocation of the States-General to the treaty of Amiens in 1802. Part V. Embracing the history of Buonaparte during

the three first years of his consulate. Tranflated from the French manufcript of J. H. de Croifaeuil, by L. H, Girardin, profeffor of modern languages, history, and geography, in the college of William and Mary. Printed for the pro prietors, at the office of the Publick Ledger, Norfolk.

In October, 1803, an affociation was was formed at Natches, under the title of the "Miffifippi fociety for the acquirement and diffemination of useful knowledge." They have framed a conftitution and enacted bye-laws for their government, and the legislature of the Miffilippi territory have granted them an act of incorporation. The fociety confift of between thirty and forty regular members, and have chofen feveral correfponding members from the different ftates. Dr. N. W. Jones is their prefident, Dr. J. Grives secretary.

Valuable editions of feveral of the Roman clafficks have been offered to the publick from American preffes. In the city of New York the literary talents of Mr. Malcom Campbell have been very laudably employed in enabling the bookfellers to give accurate editions of the commentaries of Cæfar; the Bucolics, Georgics, and Æneid of Virgil; and the orations of Cicero. His edition of Cæfar's commentaries was published in 1802, in 12mo. for schools, and dedicated to Profeffor Wilson of Columbia College. His edition of Davidíon's Virgil appeared in 1803, in 2 vols. 8vo. and is a complete and handfome work. His edition of Merrouilles (or, as it is called, the Dauphin's felect orations of Cicero) made its appearance late in 1804. It was printed by Arden. In Philadelphia, the claffical prefs of W. Poyntell & Co. has already afforded feveral of the Roman works in an excellent ftyle. During the last year Ruaeus' Virgil, Godvinus's Cæfar, and Crifpinus's Salluft, (the Dauphin editions) have made their appearance. They are in the ample octavo form, and follow the London copy.

We have feen the three first numbers of the Philadelphia Medical Museum, Vol. II. No. 5. Mm

conducted by John Redman Coxe, M.D. of that city. It is a quarterly publication of more than one hundred pages each number, fo that the four numbers of every year may form a volume of convenient fize. The editor difposes of the contents of this publication under two heads, lft. Original communications, and 2dly. a medical and philofophical register. The typographical execution is very neat, and entitled to much commendation.

John L. Bouquet de Moifere is engaged in preparing for the prefs two charts, illuftrative of the country near the fouthern streams of the Miffifippi. One of them is a map of the country lying between the city of New Orleans and the Bayon St. John, exhibiting the fortifications,fuburbs, and other remarkable things. The other is a view of the city of New Orleans and its environs, as far as lake Poncharton, displaying all the principal and remarkable buildings, the place d'armes, and the rest of the publick works. The publisher, who is a refident of the land which he defcribes, and is by profeffion a designer and engraver, has been engaged fix years in collecting the materials.

W. P. Farrand & Co. have in the prefs and will shortly publish, Parts of Corderius, fop's Fables, and Erafmus; alfo Selecta è Veteris et è Profanis. This felection is defigned to be comprifed in two volumes, and will be fold at about half the ufual price of those books, from which the felection is made. The object of thefe volumes, introductory to a courfe of Latin reading, is not only to leffen the expense of school books, but to fupply them with corre editions in an improved form.

We hear with pleasure, that profeffor Ruflr of Philadelphia is preparing for

the prefs a new edition of his medical works, to be comprised in three volumes. The edition will appear in the course of this year.

Dr. James Hutchinfon of Philadelphia is engaged in preparing for the prefs a treatife on ulcers, particularly of the lower extremities. It will appear in the courfe of this year.

In an English paper of February last we fee advertifed in prefs, "travels to the weftward of the Allegany mountains in the ftates of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennefee, undertaken in the year 1802, under the auspices of M. Chaptal, minifter of the interiour, by T.A. Michaux, M. D. faithfully tranflated by B. Lambert." This work profeffes to give faithful details of the prefent state of agriculture, and the natural production's of this part of America, as well as corret intelligence relative to the commercial connexions fubfifting between thefe ftates and thofe lying to the eastward of the mountains and lower Louisiana, and was collected for the information of the government of France; the work published in one 8vo. volume, with a whole fheet map of the central, western, and fouthern provinces of the U. States.

The annual meeting of the American company of bookfellers will commence, agreeably to their late conftitution, on the third Monday of June next, in the village of Newark, ftate of New Jersey. A new fociety was formed by the medical gentlemen of Savannah, in the courfe of the last year, and called "the Georgia medical fociety." It was organized laft June. Dr. Jones, prefident.

Mr. Peale, of Philadelphia, has for fome time paft been collecting and prepreparing for the publick eye a number of ftatues of the full fize, from the antique; fuch as the Apollo de Belvidere, the fighting and dying gladiators, the Antinous, &c. &c. For thefe cafts he is indebted for the most part to the tafte and liberality of Mr. Smith, the brother of William Smith, Efq. of S. Carolina,who has depofited them with Mr. Peale, with the expectation of laying the foundation for an American academy of the fine arts in that city. Several of the Philadelphians have been active in the commencement and foundation of fuch an academy, who have been flattered with the patronage of our celebrated countryman, Benjamin

Weft, who, we are informed by Mr. Peale, has expreffed an opinion of the probability of his coming to aflift in this laudahle plan, and end his days in his native state.

Mr. Mungo Park, the gentleman who has attained to a high degree of celebrity for his travels into the interiour of Africa, failed from Portsmouth, Eng. the beginning of March last, in the Eugenia, Capt. Webb, on another journey of discovery to that quarter of the globe. The ob ject of this voyage, is to establish, if posfible, commercial connexions with fome of the principal African towns and Great Britain. His courfe will be towards the fouthern part of the continent.

Mr. Wirt, the ingenious author of "the letters of the British Spy," is faid to be preparing materials for writing a biographical view of the worthies of Virginia. His labours are to commence with the memoirs of our divine orator Patrick Henry; to collect particular information about whofe family, education, and early pursuits, he has already addreffed a series of questions to a genfleman of Hanover, the country which had the honour of giving birth to Mr. Heary. Of Mr. Wirt's diftinguished qualifications for fuch an interesting office, few men can doubt, who have had an opportunity of admiring, in the letters of the British Spy, a ftyle always easy and often energetick, an imagination that fo happily collects the beauties of the picturefque, and a discriminating genius, which knows fo well how to catch and defcribe the peculiarities of living characters. To the honour of having produced worthies, whose virtues and talents fo eminently deserve to be recorded, Virginia may foon add the boat of having given birth to an historian, whofe genius is fo admirably qualified to commemorate their mer its.

Richmond Ing.

The American drawing magazine, or a complete system of drawing, by John Eckstein, late painter and ftatuary to the king of Pruffia, and now profeffor of drawing to the academy of the fine arts in Philadel phia, is now publishing by Wm P. Farrand & Co. It will be completed in 12 numbers, each number to contain 12 engravings. The price will be twe dollars per number,

The medical fociety of South Carolina have opened a subscription for the purpofe of eftablishing a botanick garden at Charleston in that flate; the object of the gentlemen is "to cultivate plants which are useful in medicine, to enable the young phyfician to become acquainted with the growth and appear ance of the medicine he prefcribes, and probably be an inducement at fome future period for fome gentleman to undertake the delivery of a courfe of lectures upon botany and natural hiftory." Should a larger Tum be fubfcribed, than is neceffary for the maintenance of the garden, and for acquiring new plants, a library is to be established, confifting of the best authors on botany, natural hiftory, and agriculture.

The life of the renowned and gallant knight, Sir Walter Raleigh, has been published in London by Arthur Cayley, Efq. in 2 volumes 4to. with a portrait from an original by Vertue.

The Rev. Mr. Maurice, one of the librarians of the British Mufeum, has a tragedy ready for performance at one of the London theatres on the interefting fubject of the maffacre of Delhi.

By the laft papers from London the following works were expected fhortly to appear in that city.

The English drama, forming a collection of plays of the most celebrated dramatick authors, with critical and biographical effays, and an hiftorical inquiry into the drama and the stage.

History of the manners, religion, government, literature, and language of the Anglo Saxons by Sharon Turner.

Specimens of the modern English poets, with preliminary remarks, &c. by R. Southey, defigned as a fequel to the Specimens of early English poets by George Ellis, Efq."

Specimens of early English romances, by George Ellis, Efq.

Poems and plays by Mrs. Weft. Vol.

3 and 4.

The nature of things, a poem in fix books, tranflated from the original Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus, with notes philological and explanatory by John Mafon Good.

Southey's "Madoc."

A new edition of Sir Thomas Fitfofborne's letters, with a life of the author, the late W. Melmoth, Efq.

In confequence of the great exertions of Dr. Griefbach to prefent to the publick the text of the Greek Teftament in the utmoft ftate of purity which cir cumftances would admit, the duke of Grafton, for the accommodation of his countrymen, liberally provided at his own expenfe the paper for a large number of impreflions to be fent to England, with the view of furnishing, at a very reduced price, a fufficient number of copies for the general demand. The first volume accordingly, containing the four gospels, was reprinted by Dr. Griefbach, with very confiderable improvements: and whence the avidity with which it was received on the continent, induced Mr. Gofchen to reprint it, with all the improvements which the typographick art could confer; and that no advantages might he wanted, he hath obtained from Dr. Griefbach

to bestow on the edition his further revifional cares; fo that for beauty and accuracy no book has ever iffued from the prefs in a higher state of perfection. It is not, however, to be understood, that this edition is intended to superfede the laft, which is called, for the fake of diftinction, the duke of Grafton's, and the critical edition; but is built upon it as its foundation, all the authorities for fixing the text being given only in that; the fecond and concluding volume of which is to be published next year, when the two volumes, to complete the more fplendid one, will alfo make their appearance. It will be proper however to obferve, in respect to this edition, that the work is not only printed with unexampled accuracy and beauty, on the best paper, and adorned with exquifite engravings, (which laft we confider as a bors d'oeuvre) but prefents, under the moft fimple method of estimating their value, four forts of various readings:-1. Thofe admitted into the text as of moft validity. 2. Such as are nearly of equal authority placed in the margin, and diftinguifhed by the letter 6. 3. Thofe which are of lefs value diftinguished by 7, and added in like manner as deferving confideration. 4. Others in themfeives improbable, but preferved either becaufe they had obtained the fuffrages of criticks, or were remarkable on fome other account. Where a change of