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MONTHLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

LONDON.

ANTIQUITIES.

Cathedral Antiquities of England, or an Historical, Architectural, and Graphical Illustration of the English Cathedral Churches; by John Britton, F.S.A. No II. being the second number of Winchester, medium 4to. 12s.

Researches concerning the Laws, Theology, Learning, Commerce, &c. of Ancient and Modern India; by L. Crauford, Esq. 2 vols 8vo. 18s.

History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St Peter's, Westminster, with Architectural and Graphical Illustrations; by J. P. Neale. Part II. royal 4to. 16s.

BIOGRAPHY.

Memoir of the Early Life of W. Cowper, Esq.; by himself, 8vo. 4s.

Biographical Dictionary; by Alexander Chalmers. Vol. XXXII. 8vo. 12s.

BOTANY.

Pomona Britannica; by Geo. Brookshaw, Esq Part XI. royal 4to. 21s.

Floræ Græcæ Prodromus et Flora Græca Libthorpiana; 4th and last Fasciculi. The Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Part V. (containing six coloured, and two other engravings) of Vol. II. 4to. £l, 11s. 6d.

CHEMISTRY.

Chemical Essays, 5 vols 12mo. £2, 2s.

CHRONOLOGY.

Comparative Chronology of the Classic Ages of Greece and Rome; by J. Stanton.

CLASSICS.

Decerpta ex P. Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon libris, ad optimorum Exemplarium Fidem recensita, Notulis Sermone Anglicano exaratis illustrata, et Indice Nominum Propriorum uberrimo instructa: in usum Scholæ Glasguensis; studio Joannis Dymock. Editio altera. 2s. 6d.

CONCHOLOGY.

A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells; by J. Dillwyn, 2 vols 8vo. £l, 18s.

DRAMA.

The Innkeeper's Daughter, a Melo-drama, in two acts; by G. Soane, A.B. 2s. 6d.

Robinson Crusoe, a grand Romantic Melo-drama; by J. Pocock, 8vo. 2s.

Adelgitha, or the Fruits of a Single Error; by M. G. Lewis. Now first published as acted at Covent-Garden Theatre. 3s. 6d.

Elphi Bey, or the Arab's Faith, a Musical Drama, in three acts. First performed at the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, April 17th, 1817, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Apostate, a Tragedy, in five acts, as performed at the Theatre- Royal, Covent Garden; by Robert Shiel, Esq. 8vo. 3s.

EDUCATION.

An Account of the Origin, Principles, Proceedings, and Results, of an Institution for Teaching Adults to Read, established in Bucks and Berks in 1814, 8vo.

On Public Education; by the late Dean of Westminster. 5s.

Correspondence between a Mother and her Daughter; by Mrs Taylor of Ongar.

A Key to Dr Noehden's Exercises for Writing German; by J. R. Schultz. 3s. 6d.

A New Analytical Table of the Gender of all the French Substantives generally used; by C. Gros. 3s.

A Grammar of the English Language; by J. Sutcliffe, 12mo. 3s.

Classical Reading Lessons for every Day in the Year, selected chiefly from the best English Writers of the reign of George the Third; by G. Sharpe, 12mo. 5s. 6d.

The Grammatical Remembrancer; to which are added, Geographical Pronunciation, or an Attempt to give the Pronunciation of difficult Names of Places, domestic and foreign, and Terms peculiar to the Arts and Sciences. 2s. 6d.

FINE ARTS.

An Inquiry into the Origin and Early History of Engraving upon copper and on wood; by W. G. Ottley, F. S. A. 2 vols 4to. £8, 8s.

HISTORY.

A Narrative of Occurrences in the Indian Countries of North America, since the connexion of the Earl of Selkirk with the Hudson's Bay Company, and his attempt to establish a Colony on the Red River. 5s.

A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of the Hindoos; by the Rev. W. Ward, 2 vols 8vo. 18s.

Ormerod's History of Cheshire. Part III. £2, 12s. 6d.

Cobbett's Parliamentary History. Vol. XXIX. £1, 11s. 6d.

New Chart of History; by F. Baily. 7s.

The Lockhart Papers; containing Memoirs and Commentaries upon the Affairs of Scotland, from 1702 to 1715; by George Lockhart, Esq. of Carnwath. His Secret Correspondence with the Son of King James II. from 1718 to 1728, and his other Political Writings; also Journals and Memoirs of the Young Pretender's Expedition in 1745, by Highland Officers in his Army. Published from Original Manuscripts in the possession of Anthony Aufrere, Esq. of Hoveton, Norfolk, 2 vols 4to. £5, 5s.

LAW.

Points in Manumission, and Cases of Contested Freedom; by J. Henry King, Esq. late President of the Court of Criminal and Civil Justice of Demerara and Issequibo. 6s.

Observations on the present state of Cri-