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    In here is now printing , under the careand direction of Walter Scott , Esq . in one vol . 8 vo . the two following works from original MSS . viz . Memoirs of Sir Henry Slin | pby , Bart , from 1638 to 1648 , by himself , and Memoirs of Capt ,

    J ohn Hodgson , touching his Conduct in the Civil Wars , and his Troubles after the Restoration , by himself . To these will be added , Copies of various important Papers relative to the Operations of Oliver Cromwell and his Army while they were in Scotland .

    Dr . Gilbert Gerard , Professor of Divinity in the University and King ' s College , Aberdeen , has in the press , in one vol . 8 vo . Institutes of Biblical Criticism * or , Heads of a Course of -Lectures on that Subject . From the known liberality of the Professor , we . expect that he will add by this work to the stock of standard books in rational theology .

    Beattsobre ' s Introduction to the New Testament is reprinting at Cambridge , being used in th £ t University as a leo ture-book . M . Usteri , an artist of Zurich , is said not to have contributed a little to

    the right of that city to its distinction , as the Athens of Helvetia * He has lately published a Succession of Engravings repre $ enting the Life of an Artist , with an Explanation , in German rhime , in which he is said to have been rather

    severe upon the school of a celebrated Painter in Paris . A Society at Berlin ( denominated the Friends of Letters ) has offered a premium of thirty ducats for the best answer to

    the following question : " How and by what means have the language and literature of Germany been raised to an equal degree of elevation with those of the most enlightened nations , in the course of the last fifty years ?"

    The Royal Academy of Inscriptions , the Fine Arts , and Antiquities , at Stockholm , has proposed as a prize-essay for the ensuing year , a Comparison between the best Latin Authors of the two Epochs generally termed the Golden and Silver Ages . The Candidates are to inquire whether that variety of style and taste , which characterizes those periods , may not also be distinguished among the

    writers of other nations in proportion to the advancement of society and the cultivation of the human mind .

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    ori " Travels of Discovery into the Interior of Africa ;** Sir Roger Newdigate * s , to John Wilson , Esq . Gentleman-Commoner of Magdalen College , for English Versus in *• Recommendation of the Study of the Remains of Grecian and Roman Architecture , Sculpture , and Painting : " and two of the College Prizes as follows : " Patriotism , " an English essay , to Mr . Twyford ; and •< Nelsonus , " a Latin Essay , to Mr . PajJendick . ¦ Cambridge . —The Members' four Prizes , value 15 guineas each ,

    are this year adjudged to Mr . R . Trevelyan , of-St . John ' s , and Mr . Wray , of ^ Trinity , Senior Bachelors ; the subject , « £ tot deperdith bumaniorum literarutn apud ^ yracos et Rdmanos Mon umentis quanam pr < s etteris sent desideranda ? And to Mr . W .

    ifcongley , of St . John ' s , and Mr . W . Grant Gautley , of Pembroke , Middle bachelors ; the subject , Utrum certarnina . fublice in Gracia spectata plus utititatis an Jtamni secum adtulerinp f The late Sir W . JBrowne ' s { hree gold medals , value five

    guineas each , are adjudged as follows : to Mr . C . J . Bloomfield , of Trinity , for the Greek Ode ; to Mr . Thos . Hughes , © f St . John ' s , for the Latin Ode ; and to Mr . J . Kirkman Miller , of Trinity , for the Epigrams .

    A Public School , for the instruction < jf youth in Grammar , the Classics , &c . is about to be established in the island of Jamaica ; a lady having bequeathed a considerable sum of money for this purpose . Proposals are issued by ike English Missionaries at Serarnpore at Bengal , for

    printing by subscription , under the patronage of the Council of the College of 3 ? ort William , and of the Asiatic Society , the original text , carefully collated with the most authentic manuscripts , of the " Ramayunu , " a celebrated Sungsurit Poem , with an English translation ,

    accompanied with elucidatory Notes . This poem is of the highest antiquity , and is regarded with extreme veneration by the -Hindoos * It furnishes a clue to the ancient history of India , and gives a complete idea of the Hindoo mythology . It must therefore be interesting to the students and admirers of Oriental

    literature . It is supposed that it will make nine volumes , the price of which to subscribers in Europe will be five guixicas each vohnne .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1806, page 446, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1727/page/54/