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June, 1822.

NEW PUBLICATIONS,

PRINTED FOR AND SOLD BY

F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON,

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD,

AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL.

THE

ANNUAL REGISTER;

OR,

A View of the

HISTORY, POLITICS, & LITERATURE, FOR THE YEAR 1820,

Including a Sketch of the Character of his late Majesty.

In one large volume 8vo. price 18s.

The respectable Editor of the Quarterly Journal, entitled, "The Scottish Episcopal Review and Magazine," has, in the Number for March, given the following account of this Volume.

"There is much information and amusement in this stately volume,-more, indeed, of both, than we have met with in any similar work these many years. The events of 1820, no doubt, were of the most interesting nature. The death of one King, the accession of another, and, above all, the trial of Queen Caroline, give a degree of variety and importance to the annals of that period, which, for the sake of national tranquillity, we can have no wish to see repeated.

"The character of our late Sovereign, and the political features of his reign, are given with great ability and fairness. The history, too, of the Bill of Pains and Penalties, to which we have just alluded, is narrated with striking impartiality: the facts of the case being candidly given, and the speeches on both sides reported with an equal fulness and accuracy. In regard to France, Spain, Portugal, and Naples, the progress of the revolutionary spirit, still so active among our neighbours, is traced with an able pen, and connected throughout with the symptoms, every where so prevalent, of a new era of political conflict with which Europe appears to be threatened.

The Chronicle' derives its chief merit from the judicious abridgment of its Miscellaneous Notices. The conspiracy of Thistlewood and his adherents, as well as the subsequent trial and execation of these bruta! anarchists, already fast becoming a mere historical reminiscence, occupy, of course, a conspicuous place in it,

"The Philosophical and Literary' department, is a great improvement on the plan of the work in general, and, in the present volume, exhibits a mass of information not any where to be found condeused in the same compass. Every thing remarkable, brought to light, during the year 1820, in the several branches of Natural History, Chemistry, Antiquities, Statistics, and general learning, is here accurately described and recorded.

"But we are particularly pleased with the liberal and manly spirit which pervades the whole work. There is no party bias manifested, no animosity against individuals, whatever be their views or opi

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nions; and there is every where conspicuous the love of country, founded upon a just perception of our invaluable privileges as British subjects, as well as of the manifold hazards attending precipitate innovation in the principles of government. In short, it is a work to which we cannot too heartily wish success."

The Editor of "The British Critic," in the Number for April last, gives the following commendation.

"We have never opened any similar volume so thoroughly according with the notions which we have framed to ourselves of what an Annual Register ought to be, as that which is now before us.

"We heartily rejoice to find a work of so much importance, conducted with so much judgment and diligence; and we doubt not, that the succeeding volumes will fully realize the high promise held out by the present."

The Volume for 1821 is preparing for Publication, and will be ready on the 2nd of December next.

HORTUS ANGLICUS;

OR,

The Modern English Garden; Containing an easy Description of all the Plants which are cultivated in the Climate of Great Britain, either for Use or Ornament, and of a Selection from the established Favourites of the Stove and Green-house; arranged according to the System of Linnæus; including his Generic and Specific Characters; with Remarks on the Properties of the more valuable Species.

By the Author of the BRITISH BOTANIST. "Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue Appeared, with gay enamelled colours mixed." Milton

In two Volumes, 12mo. (nearly ready.)

PROOFS OF INSPIRATION;

OR, THE

GROUNDS OF DISTINCTION

between the

New Testament & the Apocryphal Volume; Occasioned by the recent publication of the Apocryphal New Testament by Hone.

BY THE

Rev. THOMAS RENNELL, B.D. F.R.S.

8vo. Price 65.

New Publications, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington.

The Clerical Guide,

OR,

ECCLESIASTICAL DIRECTORY;

Containing a complete Register of the present Prelates and other Dignitaries of the Church of England; of the Heads of Houses, Professors, &c. of the Universities, and other Colleges and Public Schools; a List of all the Benefices and Chapelries in England and Wales, arranged alphabetically in their several Counties, Dioceses, Archdeaconries, &c.; the Names of their respective Incumbents, with the Date of their Institution, the Names of their Patrons, &c. &c. And an Appendix, containing Alphabetical Lists of those Benefices, which are in the Patronage of the Crown, the Bishops, Deans, and Chapters, and other Public Bodies. Second Edition, corrected. Royal 8vo. 11. 2s.

AN ESSAY

ON THE

SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES

OF

ADULTERY AND DIVORCE;

And on the Criminal Character and Punishment of

Adultery by the Ancient Laws of England and other Countries: being a Subject proposed for Investigation by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in the Diocese of St. David's, and to which that Society awarded its Premium (by Benefaction) of Fifty Pounds, in December, 1821. By H. V. TEBBS,

Proctor in Doctors' Commons.
8vo. Price 78.

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New Publications, printed for F. C. and J. Rivington.

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THOUGHTS

ON THE

DEFECTIVE STATE OF PRISONS,

and

Suggestions for their Improvement;

Together with Hints for the Discipline, Police, and Labour of Prisoners. With the Plan of a Gaol and House of Correction for the Accommodation and Labour of 280 Persons.

By THOMAS LE BRETON,

(Late Captain in the 71st Regt. and Paymaster of Detachments of the Forces,) Keeper of the County Gaol, and Governor of the House of Correction at St. Augustine's, near Canterbury.

8vo. 7s:

THE

Cottager's

MONTHLY VISITOR,

FOR THE YEAR 1821,

Volume the First, price 6s. in boards, or 6s. 6d. neatly half-bound; or any single Number at 6d.

(To be continued Monthly.)

"The volume before us is a very useful, wellmanaged publication, filled with a variety of information more or less valuable; discussing subjects that come closely home to the concerns, thoughts, and anxieties, of the labouring classes; suggesting plans of economy, and directing how to turn to the best account the opportunities and small advantages of their station. It is a publication that was much wanted. We recommend it heartily, and exhort our benevolent friends to promote its circulation in the country to the utmost of their power."

Extract from "The Inquirer," No. 1, for April, 1822.

AN ACCOUNT

OF A

New Process in Painting,

IN TWO PARTS.

Part I. Containing Remarks on its general Correspondence with the Peculiarities of the Venetian School.

Part II. Supplementary Details, explanatory of the Process: with Miscellaneous Observations on the Arts of the Sixteenth Century.

8vo. 8s.

"It has fallen to our lot, since we commenced our labours, to recommend to the attention of our readers, a great variety of what are called important publications; but we are very far from certain, and we wish to speak without exaggeration,-whether any work has been brought before our notice for many years, involving the possibility of more important results than is to be found in the small volume which now lies before us."

British Critic, Dec. 1821.

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