during the 9th Century. The author endeavours to prove that it is not derived from the Saxon, according to the opinion of M. Adelung and others; but that it forms a distinct branch of the Gothic and Teutonic tongues. The Class of History and Ancient Literature in Paris offers a gold medal for the best dissertation in Latin, or French on " the changes which took place in every part of the Administration of the Roman Empire in the reign of Diocletian and his Successors, down to the Accession of Julian." The compositions must be delivered before the 1st of April, 1814. Professor Müller of Denmark, has published an interesting Dissertation on the Antiquity and Authenticity of the Mythology attributed to Odin. We are informed in a Paris Literary Journal that a Greek MS, of Joannes Laurentius, commonly called Joannes Lydus, who lived in the reign of Anastasius and Justinian, has been discovered in Constantinople, by M. De Choiseul Goulfier. It is added that, according to Suidas, this writer left three works, De Mensibus, De Magistratibus Romanis, De Ostentis. Of the first some fragments were published at Leipsic in 1794, the rest were considered as lost. On consulting Suidas, all that we find on this writer, is: 'Iwávons Didadexprùs Λυδός· οὗτος ἔγραψε περὶ μηνῶν βιβλίον ά· καὶ περὶ διοσημειῶν ἕτερον· καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν ὑποθέσ σεων μαθηματικών. (See Suidas, à Kuster, Vol. 1. p. 131.) We are informed that the work De Magistratibus will soon appear with a Preliminary Dissertation by M. Hase, and a Latin Translation by M. Fuss. Two Editions of Plato are announced. One edited by M. Weigel, of Leipsic, in 15 Vols. 8vo. printed with types similar to those used in Weiske's Longinus. It will be accompanied by a Latin Version with Notes critical and explanatory, Greek Scholia, partly inedited and an extensive Index. The critical revision of the text from the best MSS. is undertaken by MM. L.F. Heindorf and A. Boeckh. Price to Subscribers, 6 francs, each Vol. to non-subscribers 9 fr. The other Edition will be printed at Berlin, under the following title: Platonis Opera Omnia Græcè et Latinè, excerpta ex pluribus codd. MSS. varietate lectionis, subjunctis H. Stephani integris, posteriorum nonnullorum selectis, F. A. Wolfii, J. Bekkeri, atque aliorum continuis annotationibus, volumine singularis isagoges literaria, rerumque et verborum indicibus instructa. Besides the Editors mentioned in the title, M. Alter of Vienna, M. Boissonade of Paris, and other critical Scholars are mentioned as engaged in the preparation of this edition. Upwards of twelve MSS. are collating for the occasion; and the Latin translation is represented as singularly accurate and elegant. It will be printed in 8 vols. small 4to. and 16 in 8vo. The only difference will be in the paper and the types. D. J. 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Mr. Henry Huntingford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, has prepared for publication a new edition of Pindar, which is to comprise in one vol. 8vo. the text and notes of Heyne; the paraphrase and some of the notes of Benedict; and the Pindaric Lexicon of Damm, separated from his entire Lexicon HomericoPindaricum, and arranged in alphabetical order.-Dammii Lexicon-Homerico-Pindaricum. Berol. 1765. opus Herculei laboris; in quo utinam Pindarica seorsum ab Homericis vulgasset! Heyn. Præf. Messrs. Bartlett and Newman of Oxford, (successors to Collingwood and Co.) are engaged in printing an edition of Livy, iù four volumes octavo, under the di rection of a gentleman of the university of Oxford. It is from the text of Drakenborch, and will contain the various readings, and the whole of the notes, both of the 410 and 12mo. editions, of Crevier. The Notæ Posteriores will be introduced in their proper places at the bottom of the page. BIBLICAL. Messrs. Cadell and Davies respectfully inform the Possessors of the magnificent Edition of the Sacred Scriptures, published by the late Mr. Macklin, that it will shortly be completed by the publication of the Apocrypha, printed in the same size and manner by Mr. Bensley, and forming a Volume similar to those of the Old and New Testaments. It will be illustrated with Historical Engravings by Messrs. C. Heath, Landseer, Bromley, Golding, &c. and Head and Tail Pieces wholly by Mr. Landseer, from pictures and drawings which were the last work of the late Mr. de Loutherbourg. No more copies will be printed than are previously subscribed for. The Impressions of the Plates will be faithfully appropriated according to the dates of the subscriptions. The price of the Apocrypha, with the Engravings complete, delivered in extra boards, will be Twelve Guineas; one half whereof is to be paid at the time of subscribing. A List of the Subscribers will be prefixed to the Volume. ORIENTAL. Sir William Ouseley, who lately returned from Persia, is preparing for publication an Account of his Travels, in the course of which he has traced Alexander's route from Pasagarda and Persepolis to the Shore of the Caspian Sea, through the Hyrcanian forests and the country of the ancient Tapuri. He visited on his journey through Armenia the Christian Monks who reside near Mount Ararat, and he proceeded by way of Erivan and Kars, to Constantinople and Smyrna. Sir William has collected many rare and valuable Manuscripts, of which some are in the character and language of the Persian Gabrs, or descendants of the ancient Fire-worshippers.-The Account of his Travels will be illustrated with maps and several other engravings-and amongst various inscriptions it will exhibit one discovered by Sir William in Bithynia, on a monument which, there is reason to believe, was erected in honor of the Greek writer Arrian. A Translation of the Dabistan may be shortly expected from Jonathan Scott, Esq. LL. D. whose History of the Dekkan, Persian Tales called Báhar Danesh, and recent edition of the Arabian Nights, with additional Stories, are well known to the public. The Dabistan is a Persian work of considerable reputation, composed about the middle of the seventeenth century by Mohammed Mohsin, and comprising, as the author himself observes, remarks On the Learning, Philosophy, and Religious Opinions of many sects and ancient societies of men-among these he treats of the Jews, Christians, and Mohammedans; the Parsees, Hindoos, and others.-Of this work a few pages, with an English version, were published by the ingenious Mr. Gladwin, in his "New Asiatic Miscellany," at Calcutta, 1789, and Dr. Scott's translation of the intire Dabistan may be considered a literary desideratum, as Sir William Jones, in one of his anniversary discourses addressed to the Asiatic Society, declared that "it had thrown such light on the ancient history of Persia and the human race as he had despaired of ever obtaining." Major Price of Brecknoch, whose "Retrospect of Mahommedan History" has been offered to the public, in two quarto volumes, is now employed on the third,' and final portion of that work. Mr. Thomas Yeates, late of Oxford, has in the press a Hebrew Grammar, with principal rules, suitable directions to learners, and new tables. LIEUTENANT LOCKETT, of the Bengal Military Establishment, Examiner in the Arabic, Persian, and Hindoostanee languages, and Assistant Secretary in the college of Fort William, has been long engaged in preparing for the press, a Translation and Analysis of the most valuable treatises [relating to the Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic of the Arabs, as cultivated in Eastern Seminaries. In the first part of his work, Mr. Lockett proposes to give an entire translation of the Kaufeea (U) a celebrated composition, which contains the most ancient and compendious system of Grammar known among the Arabs. Of this treatise, the author was Ibn ool Hajib, and it is the intention of Mr. Lockett to illustrate his translation with notes extracted from the most esteemed commentaries (of which there are said to be one hundred and fifty) and from the best scholia, especially those of the learned Shehaub-ood-deen, Moola Jamee, and Rezee. He proposes also to trace the opposition and coincidence of opinions of the Eastern and Western authors (ancient as well as modern) on the principles of universal grammar; and he will endeavour to explain and illustrate the true meaning and force of the Arabic particles, by tracing them to their source, agreeably to the system of Mr. Horne Tooke in his "Diversions of Purley." This portion of Mr. Lockett's work will exhibit a copious and minute analysis of every thing relative to the syntax and etymology of the Arabic language. In the second book will be given a compendious system of logic as taught in all the colleges or schools of Asia, chiefly extracted from the various commentaries and notes on the bill Tehzeeb al mentek. The third book will contain a paraphrase of the Mukhtasser ool maance the most excellent compositions تلخیص and Tulkhees (مختصر المعاني) on the subject of rhetoric in the Arabic language. This paraphrase will be accompanied by notes and extracts from the works of poets and orators, illustrating the original tract. The three parts will form altogether one quarto volume, of about five hundred pages. Mr. Lockett has been indefatigable in collecting materials for this work, and, during the year 1811, when he travelled in Persia and Arabia, was fortunate enough to procure many very rare and valuable manuscripts. IN THE PRESS. CLASSICAL The first part of RESEARCHES IN GREECE, by Major Leake, who has been employed by Government upon several missions into that country. This part of the work will be confined to inquiries into the Language of the MODERN GREEKS, and the state of their Literature and Education, with some short notices of the Dialects spoken within the limits of Greece, viz. the Albanian, Wallachian, and Bulgarian. It is intended as an introduction to the further Researches made by the Author during his residence in Greece, into the Geography, Antiquities, and present state of the country. In one vol. 4to. Shortly will be published at Cambridge a periodical work, intitled Museum Criticum, or Cambridge Classical Researches. JUST PUBLISHED. CLASSICAL. For Schools, Price 5s. in boards.-The Elements of English Grammar; with Numerous Exercises; Questions for Examination; and Notes for the use of the advanced Student. By the Rev. W. ALLEN. |