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Monthly List of New Publications.
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Account of the Examination of the Elgin Box at the Foreign Office, Downing Street, in a Letter to James Losh, Esq.; by R. Tweedale. 2s.

The Practical Gardener; or Improved System of Modern Horticulture, adapted either to large or small Gardens; by John Abercrombie, author of "Every Man his own Gardener;" the second edition revised, with considerable Additions, by Mr James Mean, head gardener to Sir Abraham Hume, Bart 12mo. 9s.

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

The Last Reign of the Emperor Napoleon; by J. Hobhouse of Trinity College, Cambridge, A.M and P.R.S. second edition, with a Prefatory Address to Lord Byron, and the Reviewer of this work in the Quarterly Review, with numerous other additions, 2 vols 8vo. £1, 4s.

Outlines of Geology; being the substance of a Course of Lectures at the Royal Institution; by W. T. Brande, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

NATURAL HISTORY.

An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects: by the Rev. Wm Kirby, B.A.F.L.S., and Wm Spence, Esq. F.L.S. Vol. II. 8vo. with coloured engravings.

NOVELS AND ROMANCES.

Placide, a Spanish Tale; translated from Les Battuecas of Madame Genlis, by A. Jamieson, 2 vols.

The Sons of St David, a Cambro-British Historical Tale of the Fourteenth Century, with explanatory Notes and References; by Griffiths-ap-Griffiths, Esq. 3 vols 12mo. 15s.

The Absent Man, a Narrative; edited by Sir Peter Plastic, knight of the order of the Tower and Sword, 12mo. 4s.

Self-Deception, in a Series of Letters; by Emma Parker, 2 vols. 12s.

Fortitude and Frailty; by Fanny Holcroft, 4 vols.

Academic Errors, or Recollections of Youth, 1 vol. 12mo. 5s 6d.

POETRY.

Sacred Poems, selected from the best Writers: by P. le Breton. 2s.

Select Pieces of early Popular Poetry, reprinted principally from early printed Copies in the Black Letter; edited by E. V. Utterson, Esq. 2 vols crown 8vo, 1, 15s.

Edmeston's Poems, 12mo. 4s.

House of Mourning, a Poem, with some smaller Pieces; by John Scott. 5s. 6d.

Essays in Rhyme, on Morals and Manners; by Jane Taylor. 6s.

Poems; by John Keats. 12mo.

POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.

The Operation and Practice of the Sinking Fund briefly explained; with some Observations on the mode of Transacting that part of the Public Business. 6d.

National Expenditure no Cause of National Calamity. 1s, 6d.

Postscript to a Letter to the Right Hon. N. Vansittart, in which some popular Objections to the Repeal of the Salt Duties are considered; by Sir Tho. Bernard. 1s.

Observations on the Effect of the Manufacturing System, with Hints for the Improvement of those Parts of it which are most injurious to Health and Morals; dedicated to the British Legislature. 1s.

An Address delivered to the Inhabitants of New Lanark, on the first of January 1816, at the opening of the Institution for the Formation of Character, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Englishman's Manual, or a Dialogue between a Tory and a Reformer; by Walter Fawkes, Esq. 2s. 6d.

A Letter to P. Bastard, Esq. M.P. for the County of Devon, on the Expediency and Necessity of a Parliamentary Reform; by Anglicanus.

A Relation of the Treatment experienced by Napolean in the Island of St Helena, with the Authentic Copy of an Official Memoir from Napolean to Sir Hudson Lowe; by M. Santini, huissier du cabinet to Napoleon. 2s. 6d.

Manuscrit venu de St Helene d'une Maniêre inconnue. 7s. 6d.

The same Work, translated into English, 8vo. 7s. 6d.

A Defence of the Constitution of Great Britain and Ireland; by Lord Somers, 8vo. 2s. 6d.

Plan of Reform in the Election of the House of Commons; by Sir P. Francis, K. B.

Substance of the Speech of the Right Hon. George Canning in the House of Commons, 25th February, on Sir M. W. Ridley's Motion for reducing die number of the Lord's of Admiralty, 8vo. 2s.

Armata. A Fragment. (Attributed to Lord Erskine) second edition, 8vo. 8s. 6d.

Cursory Hints on the Application of Public Subscriptions in providing Employment and Relief for the labouring Classes; in a Letter to the Editor of "The Times;" by a Member of the University of Oxford. 1s.

The Substance of a Speech, addressed to the House of Commons, on the subject of the Sinking Fund; by Pascoe Grenfell. 2s.

Benjamin De Constant on the Political Doctrines calculated to unite France. 2s. 6d.

The Dangers with which Great Britain and Ireland are now menaced by the Demands of Irish Roman Catholics, shown and approved from authentic documents, 8vo. 3s.

An Essay on the State of the Labouring Poor; with some Hints for its Improvement, 8vo and 12mo.

THEOLOGY.

Discourses on the Apostles' Creed, intended principally for the Instruction of the Young; by the Rev. Robert Stevens, 8vo. 7s.

Hymns, adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion; by John Fawcett, D.D.