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j ^^ ftF ^ , 18 , 09 . In addition to -wliat issaid about litkrary matters ? in my l ^^ ol * ye 4 ^ rday > s date , I shall here jo ^ eo ^ ioiif th ^ t : thpr ^ is a periodical work jwbiished quarterly at New York , at two dolls p ^ r ^ ah . c ^ ltediXTie Christian ' s Magazine , the editor of which 1 § £ he Rev . Mr .
Mason , a Presbyterian minister , of that city . This editor having made some severe charges upon the Roman Catholics , with respect to intolerance and persecution * a nuiriber of spirited 1 etters w ere lately addr £ ss £ d toinm by a Catholic Laymtoi of this oily , and published in the Democraitt Pre&s , ( adaily paper , *) the object
of which was to show , that some Protest-^ fit" -sec ts had incurred an equal share of guilt in this respect . Another peri-< 0 dt $ al ^ work i&just come out in this city , entitled , Select Reviews , ' and the Spirit qf the Magatties , by E- Bronson , published mouthJy and . sold at live dollars Yeairiyw J ' ¦ ¦" ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦
; c * 2 tf B ; S . May 6 , 18 t ) 9 . The accounts of the ! g&ri * $ x . Lindsey ' s death have reached this country > and I read what is said about him . iti the Atheneeum of January last . He has finished a long # tfd highly estimable lifer and now rests ffchn his lah&urs , xnd his works will Jalioiv him .
< c I have not of late had so much eucouragetneftt in my line of fcorrecti ug tfbr the pres& * as ^ formerly , and the sal-e of tTie I ) is&ertati < riib goes on very slowly \ tk this city . * ¦¦
'" Mr . Charles Thmnson , secretary to Congre ' ss m the time of the American war , has published here A Translation of the Old Testameiit from the Septuagmt ; and » lso oner of the New Testament , in 4 vols . 8 vo . eight dollars , boards , to subscribers .
Dr . Beattie ' s Essay on Truth was lately reprinted HeT ^ re , and-atl his works are just tiow V repHn ^ i ri ^ , in ni « e or ten small ^ pt uinfe& *> - ' ' > wi » " Philadel p hia , Oct . 11 , 1810 . * l -w SftiYie of the particulars contained
in , these" ftte abov e ] letters are now of * a '\ $ Mie ;^ M x ^ ill not have the same ef-• 'fttft ^ m ii ij ^ ted reached you tii proper tittVe t&t ybtt ^ ill Wafkeid H due nll o . w ^ * aiTOe * frMP i Hi 1 * , tftitf consider thatt it was ' itoltii& f&iitt&Ftihe writer , btitoccteisioned ot of
by tWecai ^ l * &sne % s treaichery tbose * to' WlioM ^ ie < i ^ e ^ w «^ k pffitjng ^ cltymm * vepybvtekly in > ltii < cft ^ "jim * g& \ m \ W ^ alltli ^ chief Jil ^ fes Of-H&h e ^ H ^ Wt % tat ^ ^ butJ fewi original works come forward ; the press is generally employed in reprinting pub-
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lications from Great Britain . The Spectator has been lately reprinted , and a large Collection of " ^ ey ^ ges arad Tcavsls in ten or twelve vols . 4 to . and Dr , Cave ' s Antiquitates ApoStoHcre is ^ j i } st put to the press . There is ^ &ftionfchiy ptibiication , called The Port-j f blro , printed in this citv , which , I believe , 1 did noi
mention in my former tetters . " I send vou twocopie ? of the Prospectus of A Treatise on the Prophecies of Daniel , which I purpose to publish , ifi can find a suiBcient number of subscribers . "
We shall subjoin a copy of the Prospectus , here mentioned , in hopes thpt socne of our readers may step forward to cheer the declining- days of an able and persevering labourer in the cause of truth . We ^ hali ch eerfully receive a « d transmit to Mr . Christie the
names of persons - * vishing to subscribe to his projected work . At the same time , we shall be happy to send to America orders for the &issertations , before referred to . " Philadelphia , August , l 4 * fe , 1809 .
Proposals for Publishing-by Subscnptioo-, A > Treatise , entitled Observations on the Prophecies of Daniel , in which , —!• A succiivct comnient will be given on the text of that prophet ;—2 . An elucidation
of the figures and metaphor $ contained iq it ;—3 . And the ^ e illustrated and ' explained by the hbtoricaf events to which they relate . Py William Christie . Conditions . ^ L This work will be
correctly printed on good paper , a distinct type ~ and will fill about 300 pages , 8 vo . II . Price to subscribers , in boards , one dollar payable on delivery , Jo the Pv $ lic—It is justly and intern * ously reniarVed hy tU < e celebrated Lord Bacon , that prophecy 5 s *« history anticipated . ' Jn other words , it may be called , the Arcana , ar secret counseb of the Divv * mi ? id laulapei } , repealed , and puhlished ^ the coniinnation of the faith of beiiwrs , , ages before the actual events came to pass . Of all the ancient prop hets , Dan'el irmy be saici to havebeea favoured w Altniglity ( 3 od with the clearest and nai « J di ^ i ^ t views of futu rity ; beg inning «« the Babylonian Empire , comprehenftms the Per ^ ia ^ Grecian , and Roman ewp » J ^ Mio ^ ittefttberinent of thi ? l ast «> ^ < kmg& (> ms or monarchies , the t&e a « ^ fall of the great Apostacy , the dovn dfft ^ ^ iW kbh empire , and . the rest tion tiTthe Jewfi . These last events cow down to the pvfifient times aa ^ ^ e p
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ebv 1 ^ 3 , vj- > we * ¦ -,.. Intelligence * - ~ -I * lteraturepf America .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1811, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2414/page/62/
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