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Mounier, de l'Influence des Philosophes, &c. sur la Revolution de FranceDr. Parr's Spital Sermon-Godwin's Reply to Parr-Asiatic Researches, vol. 6-Oliver's Travels-Baldwin's Reflections relative to Egypt--Irvine on the Causes and Effects of Emigration from the Highlands-Southey's ThalabaRennel's Discourses on various Subjects -Voyage dans les Departemens de la France-Christison's General Diffusion of Knowledge, one great Cause of the Prosperity of North Britain-Bowles's Reflections-Herrenschwand, Adre-se aux Vrais Hommes de bien, &c.-The Utility of Country Banks-Pratt's Bread; or, The Poor-Dr. Langford's Anniversary Sermon-Opie's PoemsPublic Characters of 1801-2-Bonnet, Essai sur l'Art de rendre Revolutions utiles-Nares's Thanksgiving Sermon for Plenty-Horneman's Travels Mackenzie's Voyages in N. America, &c.-Wood's Optics-Acerbi's Travels through Sweden, &c.-Thornton on Paper Credit-Playfair's Huttonian' Theory-Crisis of the Sugar Colonies -Morveau on purifying infected Air, &c.-Dr. Haygarth on infectious Fe

Contents of No. II.

Villers's Philosophy of Kant-Sonnini's Travels in Greece and Turkey - Paley's Natural Theology--Storch's Picture of Petersburg--Boyd's Divina Commedia of Dante-Lewis's Alfonso

Adolphus's History of England→→ Denon's Travels in Egypt-Politique' de tous les Cabinets de l'Europe, &c.Neckar's Last Views-Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border-Woodhouse on Imaginary Quantities-An. quetil's Oupnekhat-Hunter's Poems

Herschell on the New PlanetsCanard, Princips d'Economie Politique-Bakerian Lecture on Light and Colours-Young on Colours—Čampeni Icones Herniarum-Heberden on the History and Cure of Diseases-Eelsham's Philosophy of the Mind-Mad. Neckar, Keflections sur le DivorceTransactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Vol. V. Part II-Blizard's Description of an Extra-uterine Fatur

Mr. Ivory's Solutio of Kepler's Problem-Lord Ancram's Improvement in Arms and Cavalry Accoutrements Mr. Wallace of Perth's new Method of Expressing the Coefficients of the Developement of the Algebraic

Analysis of an Uncommon Species of Publii Virgilii Maronis Opera, Cura Zeolite, &c.

Contents of No. III.

Gentz Etat de l'Europe-Collins's New South Wales, vol. 2-Shepherd's Life of Poggio Bracciolini-Accounts of the Egyptian Expedition: Reynier's State of Egypt; Wilson's History of the British Expedition; Walsh's His tory of the Campaign; Anderson's Journal of the Forces-Hayley's Life of Cowper-Fiévée lettres sur l'Angleterre-Lamb's John Woodville, a tragedy-Woollaston on Prismatic Reflection-Woollaston on the oblique Reflection of Iceland Chrystal--Guineas. an unnecessary and expensive incumbrance on Commerce-Vallancey's Prospectus of an Irish Dictionary Ritson on Abstinence from Animal Food--Percival's Account of Ceylon -Villers sur une nouvelle Theorie du

Cerveau-Pinel Traité sur l'Alienation
mentale Delphine-Belsham's George
III. vol. 5 and 6-Charle et Marie-

Memoirs of the Philos. Society of
Manchester, vol. 5, part 2-Thelwall's
Poems-Sturges on the Residence of
the Clergy-Sir John Sinclair's Essays
-Dalzell, Collectanea Græca Majora
-Wyttenbach's Plutarch-Stewart's
Life of Robertson-Mant's Warton's
Poetical Works-Hey's Surgery.

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Joannis Hunter, LL.D.-Pinkerton Modern Geography, digested on a new Plan.-Baudry's Second Voyage à la Louisiane-Necker's Cours de Morale Religieuse Barclay's New Anatomical Nomenclature-Amadis de Gaul-Munro on Crural HerniaPallas's Travels-Millar's View of the English Government--Schweighauser's Edition of Athenai Naucratitæ Deipnosophistarum libri quindecim-Aldini on Galvanism-Sibbald's Coronicle of Scottish Poetry-Williams's Corres.pondence of Louis XVI.→Wheatley on Currency and Commerce.

Contents of No. VI.

Stewart's Life of Dr. Thomas Reid

Pictet, Voyage de Trois Mois en Angleterre, en Ecosse, et un IrlandeEmmerling, Lehrbuch der Mineralogie -Faber on the Mysteries of the Cabiri -Karamsin's Travels----Dr. Cririe's Scottish Scenery-Voyage en islands, fait par Ordre de sa Majeste DanoiseLichtenberg, Vermischte Schristen, nach dessen tode herausgegeben-Winterbottom's Account of Sierra Leone -Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons-Good's Life of Geddes-Izarn, des Pierres tombées du Ciel-Donna Agnesi's Analytical Institutions-Nicolas et Gueudeville, Recherchés, &c. sur Contents of No. IV.. le Diabete Sucre-Clarke's Progress of Baillie's Plays on the Passions-Cat- Maritime Discovery-Godwin's Life teau Tableau, des Etats Danois of Chaucer-Hatchett on the various Heyne, Homeri Carmina-Wittman's Travels-Comparative View of the Huttonian and Neptunian Systems of Geology-Transactions of the American Philos. Society-Vindication of the Celts, from ancient Authorities-Dallas's History of the Maroons-Werner, Nouvelle Theorie de la Formation des Filons-Edgeworth on Irish Bulls -Lord King on the Restriction of Payments in Specie at the Banks of England and Ireland-Walker's Defence of Order-Home's Descrip. of the Anatomy of the Ornithorynchus Paradoxus--Dr. Craven's Discourses on the Jewish and Christian Dispensations, compared with other Institutions, &c.-Davis's Travels in the United States of America, during 1798 -1802-Fuseli's Lectures on Painting -Moore's Odes of Anacreon-The Trial of John Peltier, Esq; for a Libel against Napoleon Buonaparte, &c. Governor Pownal's Memorial-Dr. Darwin's Temple of Nature, a Poem the Works of Lady M. W. Montagu.

Contents of No. V

Black's Lectures on Chemistry-Le Malheur et La Pitié-Traité de Mineralogie, par Hauy-the Works of Pichard Owen Cainbridge, Esq.

Alloys, Specific Gravity, and comparative Wear of Gold Coin-Pharmacoparia Collegii Regii Edinburgensis Landaff's speech intended to have been spoken in the House of Lords, on 22d November 1803-Stephens's History of the late War-Brochant, Traite elementaire de Mineralogie-List of New Publications.

Contents of No. VII.

Bentham, Traites sur les Principes de Legislation, Civile et Penale-Breislac, Voyage Physique et Lithologique dans la Campanie, &c.-Sketches on the intrinsic Strength, Military and Naval Force of France and Russia, &c.Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland, vol. 2d.

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