WORKS PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION. LONDON. Mr Mitchell is preparing for the press, a Dictionary to combine the Classic and Modern Greek Languages, distinguishing Words as common or peculiar to either. And a Compendium of mere Modern Words. Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful, original and translated; containing the Prediction-The Yellow Dwarf-Der Freischutz-The Fortunes of De la Pole-and the Lord of the Maelstram. Post 8vo. In the press, a Chronological Epitome of the Wars in the Low Countries, from the Peace of the Pyrenees in 1659, to the Treaty of Paris, in 1815; with Reflections, Military and Political. By Colonel Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Bart. Proposals have been circulated for pub lishing, by subscription, in about 50 quarterly parts, Species Conchyliorum; or de scriptions of all the known Species of recent Shells. By G. B. Sowerby, F.L.S. &c. Illustrated by coloured plates, by J. D. C. Sowerby. The descriptions in this work will be given in Latin and English. The number of species and varieties to be described and figured are five thousand, which will be contained in from nine hun dred to one thousand plates. An Historical Dissertation is preparing for publication, upon the Origin, Duration, and Antiquity of Surnames. By William Kingdom, Esq. A Volume, containing many Letters to and from Pope, Steele, Gay, Bolingbroke, with some Poetical Fragments, by Pope, will shortly be published. They are from original MSS., and will be printed uni formly with Roscoe's edition, to which the work will form a Supplement. The Student's Assistant, or Derivative Explanatory Index, containing the princi pal Terms used in Anatomy, Botany, Che mistry, Medicine, and Surgery. By John Charles, Litchfield. A complete Treatise on Rail Roads, &c. By Nicholas Wood, Esq. of Killingsworth Colliery, Newcastle-on-Tyne, is announ ced for next month. We understand the author of "Smiles and Tears," is preparing a New Series for the press. The Rev. Henry George White will soon publish in one volume, the ReadingDesk; or, Practical Remarks upon the Reading of the Liturgy; with Notes upon its Construction, embodying the Substance of a Series of Sermons, preached at the Asylum for Female Orphans. A Commentary upon the Creed commonly called Athanasian, and a Justification of the Church of England for using it in her Liturgy. By J. C. Prattent, LL.B. of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. Preparing for publication, the Mine Laws of Mexico, translated from the Spanish Authorities, with Observations on Mines and Mining Associations. In a few days will be published, à Letter to Charles Butler, Esq., containing brief Observations upon his Question, "What has England gained by the Re formation?" By a True Catholic. Look before you Leap; or, Caution res commended, in deciding on the Claims of the Roman Catholics. By Anti-Romanus. Patriarchal Theology; or, the Religion of the Patriarchs, illustrated by an Appeal to the subsequent Parts of Divine Revela tion. By the Rev. T. P. Biddulph, M.A. A History of the Christian Church, from its Erection at Jerusalem to the present Time; on the Plan of Milner. By the Rev. John Fry. Dr Gordon Smith is preparing a Syste matic Work on Medical Police. The Complete Governess, an entire System of Female Education, by a Lady, is announced. In the press, Practical and Internal Evidence against Catholicism, with occasional Strictures on Mr Butler's "Book of the Roman Catholic Church;" in six letters, addressed to the "impartial among the Roman Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland. By the Rev. Joseph White, M.A. & B.D., in the University of Seville; Licentiate of Divinity in the University of Osuna, &c. now a clergyman of the Church of England; author of Doblado's Letters from Spain. Calvinistic Predestination repugnant to the general tenor of Scripture, shewn in a Series of Discourses on the Moral Attri butes and Government of God, delivered in the Chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, by the very Rev. Richard Graves, D.D. M.R. J.A. King's Professor of Divinity in Trinity College, Dublin. Dr Malkin, Head Master of Bury School, has in the press, Classical Disquisitions and Curiosities, Critical and Historical. A Third Volume of the English Flora, by Sir James E. Smith, will soon appear. The New Shepherd's Calendar, a vol. of Poems, by John Clare, will soon be published. Shortly will be published, a volume, entitled, London in the Olden Time; or Tales intended to illustrate some of the Localities, and Manners and Superstitions of its Inhabitants, from the 12th to the 16th century. The Origin, Progress, and Existing Cir. cumstances of the London Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews. An Historical Inquiry. By the Rev. H. H: Norris, A. M. Perpetual Curate of St John's Chapel, Hackney; Prebendary of Llandaff, and Chaplain to the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Rev. Dr Wait is about to publish two or three additional volumes of Arabian Nights' Entertainments, from the Arabic MSS. in the public library of Cambridge. A quarto volume is announced, entitled, The Memoirs of Zeliin-ed-Din Nucham med Baber, Emperor of Hindostan, and written by himself; it will be translated into English, partly by the late Dr Leyden, and partly by W. Erskine, Esq. The Village Pastor; by one of the authors of Body and Soul. Roman Nights; or Dialogues at the Tombs of the Scipios, from the Italian of Verri, will shortly appear. Colonel Forrest, author of a Tour of the Ganges and Jumna, announces for publication, a Picturesque Tour through the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada. Historical Notes respecting the Indians of North America, with Remarks on the attempts made to convert and civilize them. A Picturesque and Descriptive Tour in the Mountains of the High Pyrenees, is announced for publication. A Work on the Religions of Ancient Greece, the Public, the Mystical, and the Philosophical; by William Mitford, Esq. The Third Volume of W. Savage Lan. dor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men, will soon be published. Massenburg; a Tale, in 3 vols. 12mo. Ambition; a Novel, in 3 vols. 12mo. A new edition of the Rev. John Bird, junior's, Essay on the Records of the Creation, revised and corrected by the author, will shortly be published. The Rev. J. T. James, author of Travels in Russia and Poland, has in the press The Sceptism of To-day; or, The Common Sense of Religion Considered. A volume of Sermons, by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, M.A., rector of Albury, will appear in the course of a few days. In the press, a Course of Nine Sermons, intended to illustrate some of the leading truths contained in the Liturgy of the Church of England. By the Rev. F. Close, A.M. 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