The Sun.
London, England, 1801-04-10 00:00:00

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS.

Mr. Fell's Tour in the altay.hln Republic, dur.
ing -the- three last months of the -year, containing
an accurate view of its present domestic condition,
'.of the effeCis of the War, the change olGovernment,
&e.. will °shortly dad to modern travels. . •
Mr. Fuzeli, R. A. himself a native of Zurich,
and' intimately acquainted with Lavater,..has under.
laktiuto write! a: Life of that extraordinary Man,
anti-ao.Account of his Writings. . • •
Mr. Williatri,Forsyth, Gardener to His Majesty,
at Kensington, will speedily publish a 'Treatise on
the Culture and Management of Fruietrees, in
which a new method;of pruning
..and training- will
be fully describitd..
, Mr. Martin Sauer, Secretary to the Expedition,.
announces..for publication, by subscription, under
the patronage of Sir Joseph liar.ks; an 4ccount, of
the Geographical anti,Astroboinical Expedition..un.
dertaken by. order of'. the late P.`Attiress of Russia,,
fOr exploring' the'Coast of the Icy Sea, the. Land of
Tshutski, and the Islands between Asia and Ame-
rica, under the command of Capt,..llillings, between,
the years:l7Bs •aud• 1794. It will be printed in
quarto, embellished with views, charts,,Sici&C.
The celebrated Gramnir of. the Persian-Language,
&Wished at:. Calcutta,;4intituled, " .1.-he, Persian
Moonshee," by Francis Gladwin, Esq. will spec.
dily be London.. It will le con..
•
tamed in onelnrgevaltime,royal quarto, printed in
the new rialick type, and illustrated with plates.
. The:Tootinalmeh Tales of a Parrot, in the
Persian language, with an English translation ; and
The Oriell'tal MiScellany, consisting -oltranslations
and original productions, in Persian and English ;
both printed in. the., "falik • type, still shortly
make their appearance in:Lowdon: These two
works constitute a: rich source of entertainment'.
Their great merit consists,' hoWever, in their uti.,
lity, in their easy mode of conveying a knoWledge
of the Persian manners and customs, and enabling
the 'reader, by simple and instrudive lessons, to
improte himself in the language of the totptry.
Mr. Francis Gladwin is also preparing for the
PreSs, in one volume, quarto, printed in the Ni-
slthi CharaCter,,, Dissertations -upon the Rhetoric,
Prosody, and Rhyme of the Persians. This work
he found 'to contain much judicious
cire„as an analysi.s-of the prijiciples of the Persian
language, and is adniirably adapted to polish and
complete the knoWledge which may 'be acquired
from .the Persian 'Moonshee,,-,and . the preparatory
course' affbrded by the Tootiniihnieh, and, the .Ori-
entai Miscellany , The three Works will form a
perfeCl System. of Instruaionfor the acquirement of
' the Persian language. • , .
A Translation, by very Competent persons, is
undertaken, of Cuvier's estevined Leaures on
Comparative- Anatomy. ~, •
• --The Abbe Delille, whose Gardens`atid'GOrgics
have been so universally read, intends to translate
Milton's' Paradise Last into French.
The two volumes of Wieland'i Life of Nristippus
and of.bis CotemporaFies in Greece. Lady iuiblislied
• at Leipzig., are reported to be superior to -most of
the late productions of that author. Two transla-
tions into English haxe been undertaken. -
' • Bat:tiger, of Weimai, has published a learned
Dissertation on the Costume of the Furies, as in-
vented by .lEkbylt.w. Several coloured engravings
are added; as Well as aceetints afantient Monuments
'representing the, Furies..
. Captain Von " ArchenholT., of Hamburgh, has
finished a liistorY of the Reign of Gustavus the
- 'not' of Sweden, in &tam
" Oityd of manganese has been discovered in abun.
dance.in'the County of Albeniarle, and from the
:quip place specimens of liverstone,. a variety of ba.
.".tq'ollerite hair been procured:
', In. the
.cabinet of natural history' in- the posses.
sion,Of M. Grill, at SoderSar.4; in 'Sit/Men, among
• many other curiosities, it a temarkable ape, :with-
out a rail ; this singulat'anitnal was very, fond of
eggs, and -knetY how to open and eat them with
great 'facility ; could pare a melon, and' would.,
ihrOw away the.skin- : 'he would inhile the. fumes of
t6baceo with delight, iill•heWas lost in a state of
; :he seemed to take pleasure iii ,
'ing its hAtOs. Oery time that water 'was brOuibt
him; lie would often ca crusts of. hard bread sof.
tened in water; he 'Ctiiati as malieion*lowards- those
•, whom
,he thotight he had
,frightenek as- he
CartiptaiSant towards those wham he suspeeted to be
' stranger than hiniselt...; he.was vindiffive to fiti. ex-
cess, and nevcr forg<it any • injury which: he' r.

A very interestinf- work two volumes, falio,
. in .
by cr. Perofl) now prepari.og at Paris. The first
volume will ...contain 120 frOm 300
4.1 raw i ,=i Igy Vt. Jly. h t the second
-a :journal- 'of travels,..&c. This
work, of which the last plates sire now in hind;
will.(( speedy pnbliibetl; citizen Denoo
was one _of the arti,ts who. Accompanied Ilona.
parte'! Expedition, ao,Lthe attended the Div i ion of
DOaix in -its . maf,ch into I; perp kypt. . _ •
. ,The astronomer Cagnoli, of Verona, and Profel-
stir at MOflenal hp been left nninole3ted duringibe
Austrian. inyasto.n, of: the .Cisalpin:: Republic. He
has published the eighth yolume of the ...A.leanoirs of
wherein he ltasgi yen some new
derails relarivc..to astronomy.. •
• In 'the_ _ ,Car;voisfq,:er de Temp for the. year 2i
just printeCat ri4, .there" nuiricr.6l4 ollServa.
'Lions and •calculatinits from- rl4. roost celc:brated._liv-
ing,astronornor4 and eatalt;:::01(s of 2300 Stars
jq A volume of
;Additions to this woii entitlea Nichrteb IV tt6.
•
Aornie,, has apiajeAvokkiqg !ozether:soo.pages.
Magaun spcvclopedi'que givqs an 'account
•
j!.k)f:a:tiew wetk, Dir&Or of-
- the Royal. Ae3fititniy.of, iSaples, entitled
Iteroovomm", t will he j.,,,,.:liiikhed
nuinlyco; engravlrzs fl.;)rn. the.
iiinsirati'.e of 110Mer's
Jliatl.and , HI a innext..ti to
platc.
.; ,:; erigra,.'ings*
iel'atiVe- to the ftc inustrau,,:. of the:.
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