some monstrous productions, supported with open violence by a cabal. Mr. Oelenslager it is, who reigns tyrannically over the stage. This little Shakspeare causes every piece to be regularly hissed, which is not in the taste of his school; and employs, for that purpose, a hundred students and as many merchant's clerks. Berlin, 21 December. Counciller Niebuhr has begun the publication of his New History of the Roman empire. Leipsic, 20 December. Some specimens have been just published of a new tragedy called Edipus and Jocasta, by Mr. Kiingeman in imitation of Sophocles. Vienna, 20 November. The celebrated traveller Mr. Humboldt will leave this place, to-morrow for Paris, whence he will undertake his voyage to Tibet. Works preparing for the press in England. Memoirs of the Kings of Spain, from the accession of the house of Bourbon to the death of Charles the Third, by William Coxe. A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor to Constantinople, in the years 1808—9. Travels in the Island of Iceland, in the summer of the year 1810. The Present State of Ireland. Continuation of Humboldt's Travels through Spain. A History of the University of Cambridge, including the Lives of its Founders, by George Dyer. A Picturesque Journey in the Interior of India, by Thomas and William Daniel. Oriental Scenery, by the same. Pelago, the Restorer of Spain, by Robert Southey. The World before the Flood, a poem, by James Montgomery. The Life of William Penn, by Thomas Clarkson. The Architectural Antiquities of Great Britain, by William Bretton. Select Specimens of the Ancient Architecture of Great Britain, by Wilson Lowry and Edward Blane. The British Gallery of Pictures, by Henry Thresham. The Fine Arts of the English School, by John Bretton. Engravings, with a descriptive account in English and French of Egyptian Monuments, in the British Museum. The Italian School of Design, exemplified in a series of facsimiles. Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory, by John Playfair. The Poetical Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, by the Rev. G. F. Nott. A Brief Description of the different professions of Religion from the beginning of the Antediluvian Churches to the present day, by John Bellamy. Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, by John Nichols. Monastic Remains, by G. J. Parkyns, Esq. Chronological Memoirs of Mahommedan History, from its earliest periods to the establishment of the house of Teymur. A Grammar of the Persian Language, by M. Lumsden. Historical Sketches of the South of India, by Lieut. Col. Mark Wilks. The Opinions of different Authors on the Punishment of Death. The Naval Biographer, comprehending the lives of all the present officers of the British navy, as well as those deceased, who obtained the rank of post captain since the year 1766, 5 vs. Topographical Description of Scotland, by Nicholas Carlisle. Memoirs of Joan De Arc, by George A. Graves. History of Brazil, by Robert Southey, 2 vols. The History of the Roman Emperors, by Mr. Crerier. Tales of the East, collated from the history of early transactions, by Henry Wepper. Biographie Moderne, or the Lives of remarkable Characters who have distinguished themselves from the commencement of the French revolution to the present time, translated from the French, in 4 vols. A New Modern Atlas, by John Pinkerton. Modern Geography, a description of the Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Colonies, digested on a new plan, by John Pinkerton. The Loyalist, a Tale of Other Times, by Mrs. West. A work is announced for publication entitled Northern Antiquities, or Tracts designed to illustrate the early history of Poetry and Romance of the Nations of the North of Europe. It is proposed to pursue not only the investigation of former antiquities concerning the literature of Scandinavia, but also to state the result of similar researches into that of Germany. Memoirs of the Life of Prince Potemkin, field marshal in the service of Russia, during the reign of the empress Catharine, will soon be published in one vol. 8vo. Mr. Wilson of Magdalen College, Oxford, has a volume of poems in the press-the principal poem is denominated the Isle of Palms. Robert Southey has nearly ready for the press a work entitled Omniana, in a duodecimo volume. The fourth volume of Mr. Parkinson's Organic Remains of a former World, is in a state of readiness for the press. Alexis, the Royal Inconstant, extracted from the Persian Annals, by the immediate desire and under the patronage of madame Josephine Buonaparte, is announced. Madame de Stael's work de la Litterature Ancienne et Moderne, which has been suppressed on the continent, will shortly appear. Mr. D. Boileau is engaged in a translation of Mr. Charles Ganilh's works, an Inquiry into the various Systems of Political Economy, their advantages and disadvantages, and on the theory most honourable to the progress of national wealth.` A poem is announced, called the Philosophy of Melancholy, by Mr. Peacock, in one vol. 8vo. Mr. Beloe is about publishing his fifth volume of Anecdotes of Literature. A superb work will soon appear which will be a continuation of those magnificent productions, Le Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece, de la Swisse, &c. consisting of a select collection of romantic and admired views and scenery of Norway, including nearly the whole of the western and southern parts of the country, from drawings made on the spot, by John Williams, Esq. expressly for the work. Mr. Thomas has in the press a history of King Solomon, in continuation of his View of the Heathen Worship. The history of Sumatra, and a Grammar of the Malayan Language, will soon be published. Mr. R. Warton, a member of parliament, has in the press a poem, entitled Roncesvalles, in twelve books. A Description of the Island of Java, from Angevil Bay in the straits of Sunda in Batavia, containing its natural history, mineralogy, &c. to which is annexed a chart from actual survey of the straits of Maduna, is announced for publication. Accounts have been received from Athens of a recent discovery in the Isle of Egina in the excavation of the earth to ascertain the hypethral in the ancient temple of Jupiter Panhellenicon. They consist of a great number of fragments of Parian marble of the most beautiful sculpture, the parts of which nearly complete sixteen statues between five and six feet in height, and are described as not inferior to the Elgin collection. SELECTED POETRY. FROM THE GREEK. ONCE I know, in maddening hour You each ardent wish repress'd; Now, alas! what changes rise! Who seek the thorn, and leave the rose. FROM THE GREEK. YES, still for thee my heart will beat, What though some years have now flown by I still for thee will heave the sigh, Years have not dared that eye to dim The roses on thy lips are still, And still with nectar-dew And kisses fraught my bosom thrill, And each fond wish renew. 3 E |