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The same Author wrote, Memoirs of the Kings of Spain of the House of Bourbon, from the Accession of Philip the Fifth to the Death of Charles the Third, 1700 -1788. Drawn from unpublished Documents and Secret Papers. 5 vols. 8vo. And, Memoirs of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford. 4 vols. 8vo. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole, selected from his Correspondence and Papers, and connected with the History of the Times, from 1678 to 1757. New edit. corrected and enlarged. In 2 vols. 8vo. illustrated with Portraits. Lond. Description statistique, historique et politique des Etats-Unis de L'Amerique septentrionale: par D. B. Warden. Edition traduite sur celle d'Angleterre. 5 tomes. 8vo. Paris. 1820. The Reign of George the Third. To which is prefixed, a view of the progressive improvement of England, in prosperity and strength. By Robert Bisset, LL. D. Author of the Life of Burke, &c. Continued to the decease of the King. 6 vols. 8vo. Annals of the Reign of George the Third. By John Aikin, M. 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Borgnis, Ingenieur et membre de plusieurs academies. 4 vols. 4to.-Composition des Machines. pp. 428. pls. 42. Paris. 1818. Des Machines employées dans les Constructions diverses. pp. 319. pls. 26. Mouvemens des Fardeaux. pp. 335. pls. 19. Des Machines hydrauliques. pp. 294. pls. 27. 1819. These four volumes, a description of which follows, were received in the beginning of this month, (October,) for the Literary and Philosophical Society of this city, from Captain the Chevalier Montgery, now at New-Castle. His letter to the Society indicates, that M. Dupin of Paris is associated with M. Borgnis in this great work, which he calls "les ovurages de M. M. Borgnis et Dupin." We are indebted to Doctor Mitchill (to whom they were transmitted) for this information and notice. The first volume of this Complete Treatise on Mechanics, as applied to the Arts,--(exhibiting methodically the theories and experiments best adapted to direct the choice, invention, construction, and use of all sorts of machines)— describes the composition of machines, under the several titles of the receivers, communicators, modifiers, supporters, regulators, and consummators, of the intended motion or action.-Another volume displays the machines employed in civil architecture, in hydraulic architecture, in military constructions, and in naval constructions.-A third treats very extensively, on the means of moving loads or burthens,--comprehending the transportation of all inanimate bodies, and changing their position: the several machines therefor having been described, the movement of bodies along horizontal and oblique planes, and the raising them vertically and obliquely, are fully discussed. The fourth volume treats of the different kinds of Hydraulic Machines,-for raising and translating water; and of the particular kinds to perform those services for domestic and agricultural purposes: and it contains the description of the machines necessary to produce temporary exhaustions of water-as in coffer-dams, dry docks and leaky ships;-and it exhibits the modes of drawing water from mines.We have a notice of the recent publication of, Partie VII. Des Machines qui servent à confectionner les étoffes, avec 44 planches. MEDICINE, CHEMISTRY AND BOTANY. Lectures on the natural history and management of the Teeth, the cause of their decay, &c.; by L. S. Parmly, Dentist to the principal members of the royal col. of phys. and surg. of London. [An American.] 8vo. pp. 99. New-York. For the Author. 1820. The Medical and Surgical Register: consisting chiefly of Cases in the New-York Hospital; by John Watts, Jun. M. D. Valentine Mott, M.D. and Alexander H. Stevens, M.D. Part II. Vol. I. [Part 1. was published in 1818.] This part contains Dr. Watts' account of the Yellow Fever of 1819, in various parts of the United States. Collins & Co. New-York. A Flora of North-America, illustrated by original coloured figures, drawn from nature. By William P. C. Barton, M. D. U. S. N. Prof. of Bot. Univ. of Penn.-Nos. 1 and 2.-[monthly.] Philadelphia. M. Carey. (Foreign.) Dictionaire des Sciences Médicales, tom. xliii. 8vo. Paris. Flore du Dictionaire des Sciences Médicales, Livraisons 88-99, 8vo. Paris. Traité de La Fievre jaune, par jean Devèze, Docteur en Médicine, de la faculté de Paris, &c; ancien Médicin en Chef de l'hôpital mili taire français établi à Philadelphie; membre de la Société PhiloParis. 8vo. pp. 311. sophique de la même ville, &c. 1820. This work contains a description of the yellow fever, as the author observed it in the epidemic of Philadelphia, in 1793-and he discusses the question whether this fever is an infectious or contagious disease: and concludes with proofs of the non-contagion of the yellow fever. Humboldt et Bonpland. Nova Genera et Species Plantarum, cura C. S. Kunth, Fasci XIII. et XIV. in 4to. et folio. Paris. A Grammar of Botany, with Plates. By Sir James E. Smith, &c. &c. 8vo. [In the press, Lond.] Mr. Accum has in the press, a Treatise on domestic Chemistry, with concise instructions for preparing good home-made bread, beer, wine, vinegar, pickles, conserves, &c. Lond. NOVELS. (Foreign.) Octavo Edition of Scott's Novels-each volume to contain a separate work of the author--with a copious glossary of the Scottish words. [Publishing.] D. Parker. Boston. Price $1 50 per vol. $150 The Abbot, by the Author of Waverley, &c. 3 vols. 12mo. [Edinb. and] Philad. 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Lamia, Isabella; The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems. By John Keats, Author of Endymion. F. cap 8vo. Lond. The Fancy: a Selection from the Poetical Remains of Peter Corcoran, of Gray's-inn, Student at Law. With a brief Memoir of his Life. F. cap 8vo. Lond. Poems, descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. By John Clare, a Northamptonshire Peasant. 3d edit. F. cap 8vo. Lond. The instance before us is, perhaps, one of the most striking, of patient and persevering talent existing and enduring in the most forlorn, and, seemingly, hopeless condition, that Literature has at any time exhibited.-Quar. Rev. The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, of Dante Alighieri. Translated by the Rev. H. F. Cary, A. M. 2d edit. With additional Notes, a Life of Dante, and an Index. 3 vols. 8vo. Lond. "Of all the translators of Dante, with whom we are acquainted, Mr. Cary is the most successful; and we cannot but consider his work as a great acquisition to the English Reader. It is executed with a fidelity almost without example; and though the measure he has adopted conveys no idea of the original stanza, it is perhaps the best for his purpose, and what Dante himself would have chosen, if he had written in English, and in a later day.”—Edinb. Rev. No. 58. Amyntas, a Tale of the Woods, from the Italian of Torquato Tasso; by Leigh Hunt. With a portrait of Tasso. Lond. |