the "Philological Society" at Bucharest is eighteen, to which must be added ten corresponding members, mostly at Vienna. Among the works announced, is a literal paraphrase of of Homer, 2 vols. 8vo. the manuscript of which was found in the library of Alexander Mauracordat, who died at Constantinople. It is written on parchment ; and appears to date in the 12th century. Art. XXVIII. Archiv fur Asiatische Literatur, &c. Archives of the Literature, History, and Languages of Asia, published by J. Klaproth, by order of the Academy of St. Petersburgh. Tom. I. 4to. pp. 224. With Plates and Woodcuts. THIS work deserves notice on account of the difficulty both of maintaining intercouse with, and procuring intelligence from, those remote districts of Asia, to which the major part of the articles contained in it relate. Concerning these districts M. Klaproth has here collected a number of valuable documents, the principal materials of which he obtained during a long residence on the frontiers of China; and afterwards, during his travels to, and about Mount Caucasus, in 1807, and 1808. In the first memoir, he institutes a parallel between the principal written characters of Asia. These he compares with German writing. The engravings annexed, represent the principal lines of the Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Nantchew, Chinese and Georgian styles of writing. The characters of each language are added, with their accents. The second memoir relates to the languages of Caucasus', which the author divides into four principal branches the dialect of the Avares; the Kaszi-Chumuk; the dialect of the Akushes; and that spoken in the territory of Kura, in southern Daghestan; of this last, little is known, but from conjecture. In the third memoir the author investigates the origin of the Afghans; and this, by comparing the words and phrases of their language with those of the Zeud and Pahlavi, the Curds, &c. he inclines to derive from Media; and supposes that they inhabited the mountains which extend themselves between Persia, Hindostan, and Bactriana. The fourth memoir is intitled Bahar Na'shmeli, or "the Book of Council." It written in the Turco-tartarian language; and consists of a narration by Sultan Babar, who founded the Mogul Empire in Hindostan, in the beginning of the XVIth Century, of his warlike achievements. Only the description of Ferghana, is here translated. Sir George Staunton's Treatise on Vaccination, written in Chinese forms the fifth memoir. The author also presents us with some historical fragments on the countries, and languages of Ava and Pegu, with a vocabulary of the Bornana tongue, as also of the language of the islands Lieu-Kieüs, situated between Japan and the island of Formosa. The volume concludes with "Observations on the Frontiers, between Russia and China," made during a Journey in those parts in 1806. The second volume of this work is expected shortly. We should suppose that some of the articles would amply revay the labour of translating them. ART. XXIX. SELECT LITERARY INFORMATION. Gentlemen and Publishers who have works in the press, will oblige the Conductors of the ECLECTIC REVIEW, by sending information (post paid) of the subject, extent, and probable price of such works; which they may depend upon being communicated to the public, if consistent with its plan. Sir Humphry Davy will publish early in November, "Elements of Agricul tural Chemistry," in a course of lectures delivered before the Board of Agriculture, -illustrated with plates, engraved by Lowrie. Messrs. Longman and Co., have nearly ready for publication, the Reports, Estimates, and Treatises, embracing the several subjects of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Harbours, Piers, Bridges, Draining, Embanking, Lighthouses, Machinery of various Descriptions; including Fire Engines, Mills, &c. &c. with other Miscellaneous Papers; drawn up in the Course of his Employment as a Civil Engineer. By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S. Illustrated with plates, engraved by Lowrie, printed chiefly from his manuscripts, under the direction of a Select Committee of Civil Engineers, in three volumes, quarto. The Author of the "Mental Telescope," has made considerable progress in a tale designed for youth, and to be entitled Rose and Emily, or Sketches of Youth." Dr. Bateman has been engaged for some time past, in preparing for publication a short Treatise on the Diseases of the Skin, according to the lucid arrangement devised by the late Dr. Willan; which is calculated to teach accuracy in the discrimination of the appearances of eruptive disorders, and to render the language, in this department of medicine, clear and definite. From a long connection with the same public institution with Dr. Willan, and from direct personal communication on these topics, Dr. Bateman will be enabled to include in his Synopsis, a view of the unfinished parts of the classification, as well as of those already before the public. The Collection of above Six Hundred Hymns, designed as a Supplement to Dr. Watts's, and selected by the Rev. Elward Williams, and the Rev. James Boden, which has been for some time VOL. VIII. 4 B out of print, is again at press, and will be republished in the course of a month. Mr. Frey has in the press his Hebrew and English Grammar; and a Dictionary in two parts; the first containing all the primitives and derivatives in the Hebrew and Chaldaic languages, with a Latin and English translation; and the second, the principal words in Latin and English, with a Hebrew translation. At press, a Lexicon of the New Testament. This work is principally intended for the use of schools, and is consequently less extensive than Parkhurst's Lexicon, though compiled on a somewhat similar plan. The various literal and metaphorical significations of every word used by the sacred writers are given in English: difficult expressions and phrases are concisely elucidated, and those variations of the verb. or noun, which could occasion any dif ficulty to the young student are inserted and referred to their schemes. The Rev. Robert Walpole has in the press, an Essay on the misrepresentations, ignorance, and plagiarism of certa in infidel writers. The Rev. Dr. James Brown has in the press, a Historical and Political Explanation of the Book of Revelation, intended to show that it is an allegorical representation of the miserable governments of the world, and their final extinction in the reign of the Redeemer. A Critical Account of the Life, Character and Discourses of Mr. Alexander Morus, the celebrated preacher and professor in Geneva and Holland, and afterwards minister of Charenton in France, is preparing; in which the attack made upon him by Milton will be particularly considered. Some of the select sermons of Morus, now first translated by a mi nister in Scotland, will be subjoined, the whole forming a small octavo volume. Mr. Jackson is printing at Oxford a Grammar of the Æolo-Doric or Modern Greek tongue, vulgarly called the Romaic; in which the peculiarities of the Aolo-Doric will be traced to the respective dialects of which the modern Greek is composed. The Rev. E. Valpy, of Trinity College, Cambridge, has in the press a Greek Testament, with Griesbach's Text, in two volumes octavo. It will contain copious notes from Hardy, Ra. phel, Kypke, Schleusner, Rosenmuller, &c. in familiar Latin; together with parallel passages from the classics, and with references to Vigerus for Idioms, and Bos for Ellipses. A few copies will be printed on large paper. In the press, a new edition of Wood's Athens Oxonienses, combining the texts of the two former editions, with considerable additions. Speedily will be published, in a small Actavo volume, a Translation of the Latin and Italian poems of Milton, by J. G. Strutt, Esq. Mr. Thomas Myers, of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, has nearly ready for publication, a compendious System of Modern Geography, bistorical, physical, political, and deseriptive, with notes and maps; adapted for the higher classes of pupils under both public and private tuition. At press, Robertson's Cambridge Latin phrases, considerably improved, and adapted to the general purposes of schools. A new Greek Delectus, on the plan of Dr. Valpy's Latin Delectus, is in preparation. Considerations on the Life and Death of Abel, Enoch, and Noah, a small posthumous work by the late Bishop Horne, will shortly be published. A new edition of the Collection of Tracts, published by a Society for the Reformation of Principles, under the title of The Scholar armed against the Errors of the Time, is in the press. A new edition of Blair's Grave, and other poenis, as collected by Dr, Anderson, with a preface, and accompanied by engravings, is in the press. The Rev. Wm. Beloe has compacted the sixth volume of his Anecdotes of Literature, and it will shortly appear. The Biographical Peerage of the United Kingdom, vol. 4, containing Ireland, is nearly ready for publication The History and Antiquities of the County of Lincoln are about to be illustrated by publishing a translation of the Chronicle of Ingulphus, abbot of Croyland: with biographical, historical and descriptive notes, accompanied by engraved views, portraits, &c. Speedily will be published, in three volumes crown octavo, embellished with an elegant portrait, the complete Works of Thomas Otway, with a new Life, and Notes critical and explanatory. By Thomas Thornton, Esq. A few copies will be printed on large paper. Mr. John Malcolm has in the press a work on the subject of Persia, which will extend to three large volumes in quarto. Sir James Mackintosh, during his residence in Hindoostan, has compiled a History of England, since the Revolution, intended to serve as a continuation of Hume's History. It is expected to form four quarto volumes, and report says that he has been offered several thousand pounds for the copyright. The Rev. George Crabbe's volume of Tales is expected to make its appearance very specdily. The Poetical Register, volume the seventh, for 1808 and 1809, will appear early in August. In a few days will be published, the Widower, a poem, in seven parts. The Memoirs of the Margravine of Bareuth, the favourite sister of Frede rick the Great, will appear in a few days. Their authenticity is, we are informed, unquestionable, as they have been published from the original MS. in the handwriting of the princess. ART. XXX. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED. AGRICULTURE AND RURAL ECONOMY. Sylva: or a Discourse of Forest Trees, &c. By John Evelyn, Esq. F. R. S. With Notes by A. Hunter, M. D. F. R. S. L. & E. 4th Edition, 2 vols. 4to. with a memoir of the 30thor. Further Observations on the present State of Agriculture in the Southern Parts of Ireland, &c. By R. 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