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play-wright of the day. It is needless to enter into the detail of the slight plot; it is only necessary to say, that it is easy and natural, and that the incidents, some of them new and effective, are all well accounted for. The audience understands, without difficulty, why the characters are in the situations in which they are found; and there is novelty without any thing forced in the mode in which they are extricated.

I must not close this letter without some notice of Miss Clara Fisher, the juvenile performer, who has excited considerable attention, and deserves some praise. How much natural ability the child may have, and how much of what she performs may have been the effect of patient teaching, it is not easy to decide; and I do not take interest enough about these precocious probationers, to give myself much trouble to enquire.

"In winter I no more desire a rose, Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled shews."

Every thing should come at its proper time and season; and though there may be something surprising in this sort of exhibition, the pleasure ends with the surprise-there is no real, lasting enjoyment to be derived from it. That Miss Clara Fisher is quick and docile there is little doubt, and she certainly acts with more spirit than could easily be given by mere instruction.

Two new pieces are announced; the one a farce at the Haymarket, under the title of "Peter Fin, or a New Road to Brighton;" and the

Nor trumpet's long-resounding voice,

Nor shrill-ton'd fife has power to charm; Nor hollow drum, with deaf'ning noise,

The Highland warrior's heart can warm. The bagpipe sounds with swelling breath, The fire-flaught flashes from his eye! He hopes for Victory's laurell'd wreath,

Prepar'd in Honour's bed to lie.

'Twas thus on Egypt's thirsty soil,

Where Abercromby fought and fell,
The brave Black Watch, in battle toil,
With victory peal'd his parting knell.
Thus on Corunna's hapless shore,
Undaunted stood the bold and brave;
By Sons of Mist the gallant Moore

Was calmly laid in Honour's grave.
Whene'er was heard the bagpipe's tone
On Maida's plains or Waterloo,
It led the kilted warrior on,

Nor aught but death could him subdue.

Methinks I see them linger still

On Naver's banks-in Carrel glen, And gaze upon the heath-clad hill

Which they must never climb again. I hear their tender parting sighs;

I see the vessel under sail;

The rippling waters round them rise,

The bark scuds light before the gale. He leans against the rocking mast,

The shore receding from his view, With look still fix'd, till fades the last Lov'd hill in dimly distant blue. And now he gazes wildly round,

With sickening heart and hopeless eye; Nought comes within his vision's bound, But one dark waste of sea and sky. Canadia's hills appear in sight,

Her swampy fens and forests deep; And does his bosom feel delight?

Ah, no! he turns his head to weep!

other an operatic piece at the English By day Hope sheds her transient glow, Opera-House, called "All in the Dark, or the Banks of the Elbe."

It is contradicted that Mr H. Twiss is preparing "The Fortunes of Nigel" for the stage. He is writing, it is said, a new tragedy, to be produced next season at Covent-Garden.

Stanzas,

ON HEARING A HIGHLAND BAGPIPE.

HARK! 'tis the bagpipe's breathing sound,
A brisk strathspey in sprightly glee;
Dear to Clan-albin's sons renown'd,
The music of the brave and free!

But livelier far his nightly dream; His heart is on his hills of snow,

Or hovering light o'er Brora's stream.

But Ruin, with gigantic stride,
There spread his desolation wide,

Has sought his happy humble vale,

And wak'd the harmless peasant's wail. Poor minstrel ! still thy wild notes flow !. Not pibroch loud, or brisk strathspey ;It is the cadence, sad and slow,

Of" O'er the hills, and far away !” Thy sunny glens and straths of green

A lone and cheerless waste display; For sheep are now where men have been, And Albyn's glory hastes away!

WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION.

LONDON.

A work entitled Public Men of our own Times, will appear in July, in three volumes, of the size of Debrett's Peerage. It will include nearly three thousand biographies of living characters in all civilized nations, and be ornamented with 150 copper-plate portraits.

Mr Lowe's volume on the Statistics of England is on the eve of publication: it contains an account of the present state of our agriculture, trade, and finance, with a comparison of the prospects of England and France, in regard to productive industry, and national revenue.

Mr Gideon Mantell, F.L.S. member of the Geological Society, &c. author of "the Fossils of the South Downs," is preparing for publication a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of Tilgate Forest, with observations on the beds of limestone and clay which alternate in the ironsand of Sussex. This work will be embellished with numerous engravings of the extraordinary fossils discovered by the author in those remarkable strata, and will contain an account of the geological relations of the limestone of Winchelsea, Hastings, Battel, Horsham, &c. It is intended as an appendix to the "Il lustrations of the Geology of Sussex."

Gems principally from the Antique, with verse illustrations, by the Rev. G. Croly, A.M., drawn and etched by R. Dagley, are preparing for publication.

Speedily will be published, in one volume octavo, Political Fragments, translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor, from Archytas, Charondas, Zaleucus, and other ancient Pythagoreans, preserved by Stobæus; and also, Ethical Fragments of Hierocles, the celebrated commentator on the Golden Pythagoric verses, preserved by the same author.

The History and Antiquities of Lewes are announced for publication, in one volume quarto, with numerous lithographic plates, by the Rev. T. Horsfield and J. W. Woolgar, M.A.S. The Natural History of the district by G. Mantell, F.L. and G.S. member of the College of Surgeons, &c.

Sixteen Practical Sermons will shortly be published, on the most important subjects of religion, delivered on various occasions, by the late Rev. Richard Postlethwaite, Rector of Roche, Cornwall.

Mrs Catherine Hutton, author of the "Tour of Africa," &c. is employed upon a work to be entitled, Memoirs of the Queens of England, with a Sketch of the Kings.

VOL. XI.

A Treatise on the Use of Moxa as a Therapeutical Agent, by Baron Larrey; translated from the French, with notes and an introduction, containing a His tory of the Substance; is preparing by Robley Dunglison, fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and will shortly be published.

Bibliotheca Biblica is preparing for publication, consisting of a select descriptive catalogue of the most important Bri. tish and foreign works in the department of biblical criticism and interpretation, with brief notices of their authors, and remarks on their theological and critical merits, by Wm. Orme, author of "Memoirs of the Life, Writings, &c. of Dr John Owen."

Prælectiones Academicæ, or Academic Lectures, are preparing for the press, on subjects connected with the history of modern Europe, viz. Christianity, Mahomedanism, the Crusades, literature and the arts, navigation, the Jesuits, the Reformation, civil wars in England, slave trade, commerce, French revolution, civil liberty, and religious toleration; by the Rev. H. C. O'Donnoghue, A.M. This work will be published in four quarterly parts, making, when completed, one handsome volume octavo, of 600 pages.

Mr Hopkins, of Manchester, has in the press a work on Principles of Political Economy which regulate Wages, Profits, Rent, and the Value of Money.

Mr Pontey's Practical Treatise on Ru. ral Ornament, which deduces the science from well-known fixed principles, will appear in the course of the present month.

Shortly will be published, with numerous plates, a Tour through Sweden, Norway, and the coast of Norwegian Lapland to the Northern Cape, in the year 1820, by A. De Capell Brooke.At the same time will appear, in imperial quarto, the Costumes of the different Provinces in Sweden, coloured.

A coloured edition of Mr Mantell's Geology of Sussex is preparing as speedily as possible, and will be ready for delivery in the course of a few weeks. A very limited number will be published.

A History of a severe Case of Neuralgia, commonly called Tic Douloureux, will speedily be published, occupying the nerves of the Right Thigh, Leg, and Foot, successfully treated; with some observations on that complaint, and on its causes, as they vary in different individuals; by G. D. Yeats. M.D. F.R.S.

An Analytical Investigation of the Scriptural Claims of the Devil, and a siQ

milar enquiry into the meaning of the terms Sheol, Hades, and Gehenna, as used by the Scripture writers, by the Rev. Russell Scott, of Portsmouth, which have been unavoidably delayed in passing through the press, will be published in the course of the present month.

The Political Life of his Majesty George the Fourth, is preparing for publication, in one volume octavo.

In a few days will be published, an English Grammar in verse, with Scripture examples, by the Rev. T. Searle.

Mr Hamper is preparing for the press, a second edition of his Tract on Hoarstones.

Shortly will be published, in 12mo. the Lady's Manual, by a Physician. The object is to supply the female sex with useful information on a variety of appropriate and interesting subjects, to prevent the necessity of application to professional

men.

History and Antiquities of the Parish of Ormskirk, in Lancashire.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Mrs Catherine Cappe are printing in an octavo volume.

Mr Nelson is preparing an octavo edition of his History of Islington, which will contain much additional letter-press, and at least twenty engravings and lithographic prints.

Essays on Subjects of Inquiry in Me taphysics, Morals, and Religion, by the late Isaac Hawkins Brown, Esq. will soon appear in an octavo volume.

EDINBURGH.

Peveril of the Peak, by the Author of "Waverley," is preparing for publication.

Preparing for publication, by the Author of "Annals of the Parish," The Entail; or, The Lairds of Grippy. "Let Glasgow Flourish."

In the press, and speedily will be pubShortly will appear, the Claims of Sir lished, in one volume octavo, price 59. Philip Francis refuted.

Mr Worsdale, sen. of Lincoln, has ready for the press, a work, entitled, Celestial Philosophy, or Genethliacal Astronomy. This manuscript is entirely original, and contains, we are informed, the whole art of calculating nativities, with a great number of genitures; the examples are given in figures, which may be proved by the use of the celestial globe, or spherical trigonometry. It is intended to publish it in twenty-five numbers, making 600 pages, octavo.

The Princess Olive of Cumberland an❤ nounces two volumes of her Poems, to be published by subscription, at two pounds, for the purpose of relieving her from captivity, and to enable her to proceed in her suit in Doctors'-Commons for the

recovery of £.15,000 left her by the late King.

The Rev. Dr Rudge has in the press, in two octavo volumes, Sermons on the Leading Characters and most Important Events recorded in the Book of Genesis.

The Rev. George Holden is printing, in an octavo volume, an Attempt to illustrate the Book of Ecclesiastes.

Joseph Swan, Esq. is printing, in an octavo volume, a Treatise on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Pathology of the Nervous System.

Mr W. I. Roberts is preparing the

Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments. By John Leslie, late Convener of the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen.

In a few days will be published, in one large volume octavo, Remains of the late Alexander Leith Ross, A.M. with a Memoir of his Life, containing A Diary of his Studies; Illustrations of Scripture, from the Persian language, from Ancient traditions, and Eastern customs; An Essay on the Literature of the Arabs, and the influence which it has had on that of Europe; Account of "Ajayeb Al Makhlukat;" or the "Wonders of Creation," an interesting Work in Persian, containing a compendium of the Geography and Natural History of the East; Poetical Translations; Verbal Resemblances between the Oriental Languages and those of other Nations; Journal of a Tour in Holland, Flanders, and France, in 1817; and in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Germany, in 1820.

In the press, and will be published in the course of this month, Two Discourses, on the Sin, Dauger, and Remedy of Duelling; with copious notes illustrative of the subject, and embracing an Account of the Rise, Progress, Variations, Prohibitions, and Preventives of Single Combat. By the Rev. Peter Chalmers, A.M. One of the ministers of Dunfermline

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BIOGRAPHY.

Napoleon in Exile. By B. E. O'Meara, Esq. 2 vol. 8vo.

Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson, Governor of Nottingham Castle, &c. By the Rev. Julius Hutchinson. 2 vol. £.1.4s.

The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Samuel D. Hayward, denominated the Modern Macheath. 12mo. 6s. 8vo. 12s. Memoirs of Artemi.

The Life of the Rev. Thomas Scott, with copious Extracts from his Letters. By John Scott. 8vo. 14s.

Lives of Celebrated Persons who have 6 vol. died within the last Six Years. 8vo. £.410s.

Memoirs of the late Miss Mary Ann Burton, of Kentish Town. 12mo. 5s. 6d. BOTANY.

The Scottish Cryptogamic Flora: or Coloured Figures and Descriptions of Cryptogamic Plants growing in Scotland, and belonging chiefly to the Order Fungi. By R. K. Greville, F.R.S.E. M.W.S. &c. Royal Svo. No. I. 4s.

CLASSICS.

Decimi J. Juvenalis et A. Persii Flacci
Satira: Supplementary Annotations on
Livy; designed as an Appendix to the
editions of Drakenborch and Crevier. By
John Walker. 8vo. 12s.

A Greek Grammar for the Use of
Schools, abridged from the Greek Gram-

The Theory and Practice of Latin In-
flection, being Examples in the form of
Copy Books for declining Nouns and
Verbs. In two Parts. By Thos. Haigh,
A.M. 4to.

Quintilianus de Institutione Oratoriâ ;
ex Editione, J. M. Gesneri. 2 vol. 12s.
Museum Criticism; or Cambridge Clas-
No. VII. 8vo. 5s.
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DRAMA.

Tales of the Drama, founded on the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Massinger, Shirley, &c. By Miss Macauley. Foolscap 8vo. 10s.

EDUCATION.

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Portraits of the British Poets. Part XV.: containing six portraits, four of which have never before been engraved. On royal 8vo. 14 proofs on India paper. 4to. £.18s.

GEOGRAPHY.

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Remarks touching Geography. By Mela Britannicus. 10s. 6d.

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Monthly List of New Publications.

Scythian language. By O'Connor. 2 vols.
demy 8vo. £.178., royal, £.115s.

The Author of Junius discovered in the
Person of the celebrated Earl of Chester-
field. 5s.

Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century; intended as a sequel to the Literary Anecdotes. By John Nichols, F.S.A. Vol. IV. 4to. £.17s.

HORTICULTURE.

An Encyclopædia of Gardening; comprising the Theory and Practice of Horticulture, Floriculture, Arboriculture, and Landscape Gardening. By J. C. Loudon, F.L.S. &c. 8vo. £.210s.

Supplement to Vol. IV. of the Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London. 6s.

MATHEMATICS.

The Rudiments of Perspective; in which the Representation of Objects is described by two Methods. cholson. 8vo. 14s. By Peter Ni

A Key to Nicholson's Popular Course of Pure and Mixed Mathematics, for the Use of Tutors and Students. 8vo. 7s. 6d. MEDICINE.

Remarks on Morbus Oryzeus; or, the Disease occasioned by Eating Noxious Rice; with a concise Narrative of Facts and Cases. By Robt. Tytler, M.D. M.A.S. 8s. 6d.

A Slight Sketch of a New Nosological System, for the Classification of Diseases. 1s. The same in Latin. Is.

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The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature of the year 1820. 8vo. £.1.5s.

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Le Musee des Varietés Litteraires. No. I. 1s. 6d.

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No. II.

Quadrille Elucidated; being an Histo.

July

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Right Hon. Sir C. H. Williams, K.B..
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