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1. 51-"FirE LIFE of GENERAL :WASHINGTON,
• I Commander in Chief of the American Forces during
the War which established the'lndependcbce of Iris Country,
and first Presidtadof the United States ; compiled under the
inspection of his N-ephew, the Hohourabe.Bushrod Washing-
ton, front original'Papers'Bequeathed to.him by his decea ed
Relative. atv John • Marshall; Chief justice of time United
States, &c. &c.- Vols. 1..11. I li. and IV. elegantly printed
in 4ro, price tl. Its. 6d. each in hoards. • , •
2. Another Edition printed in demy9Clavo, price nos. 6d.
each vtifuine in boards. • 4
• 3. AN 0 RTII ERN 54,1%1 MER ; or Travels Round the
Baltic,:' through Denmark; S Weden-, Russia, Prussia, and
part of Germany, in the year-1804.. By ;elm Carr, Esq. Au- -
thor of the Stranger in France, Sze. &c. in one elegant volume,
• 4wilimstrateci with twelve beautitui prigravings; al. 2s, ill
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The high charter which 'Mr.. Carr Ilas.establiahed•by.
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• Itowever, in jastiae ,to himself, shalt observe, that these
Norileati Travels have met with the most favourable recep-
two, slit the work has noel) pronounced, by competent judges, •
-to be, m all respeds, ohs of the best of the current year.
4: The HISTORY of G REAT. !HUTA! N. fronithe Re-
votution of .16bS ;when Hume's History terininaits ro the
Truly of A tnicns, in 1802. .By William Gel-sham;, Esq. A
new
,Edition, includingart cent correttions and considerable
additions, by ti:e -Author ; in twelve 'uniform volumes Bvo.
price 51. Ss. in boards.
N. B. This is the only History of the same period, and the
only uniforM Work which continues the History of Mr.
Home to the present time, thereby completing a Series of our
National History With spirit, fidelity, arid ability; from the
Aboliginal Britons ro the year 1862.
he History of George the Third separately, in eight vols.
'price 31. 125. m boards..
This. Part enables those persons- who are-possessed of
Smollet's History to the tleati of George 11. or of Hume and
Sinollet, to complete a Series of
.English 1-listory down to
the Peace of Amiens in Adz.
The PRESENT STATE of PERI), comprising an
Account of its Geography, Topography; Natural History,
Mineralogy, Commerce,- Customs, and. Manners, as well of
its civiliZed as uncivilized Inhabitants, State of Literature,
Philosophy, the Arts, &c. The whole drawn from origina,l
and authentic documents chiefly written and compiled .in the
Peruvian capital ,• to which is 'added, an Appendix, contain-
ing.the Modern Travels of. the MisSiOnaries in the hitherto
unex'plored Moctitaintrus Teriitories•; and other interesting
particulars relative to the Idolatrous Tribes of Indians inha-
biting those diatriels of Peru. In one large and elegant vo_
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6. The CORRESPONDENCE between FRANCES,
Countess of Hartford (late Dutchess of Somerset); and HEN.-
RI ET TA LOUISA, Countess of Pom:ret, -between the
years :7;8 and .1742, during the residence of the !atter L ady
abroad ; interspersed with Originarpoeury, and. Anecdotes
of the English, French, and other Courts, and of distinguish-
ed Pettons then living ; with aome Account of tie Writers,
by the Editor, the Rev. W. Bingley, A Second Ldition,
lit
three volumes, 11. is. • •
, TR aVELS through ITALY, frOm Livonia through
the 7 Tyrol and Florence to Naples, and from Naples through
Rome, Bologna, and Vienna to Berlin, performad during the
close ottie year 1804 and the- cochiriencement of 'lBO5. fly
Augustus YOn Kotzebue. In four vols. 20S.- boa'rds, printed.
uniformly with his Travels in Siberia and France.
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Various English Critics have pronounced Kotzebue to be,
in every respect, " the first of Travellers,"' as well as the
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Discoveries, in which the principleS of Chemistry are applied.
in 'explanation of the nature and composition of S'oils and
Manures ; and those of other Sciences in the breeding, rear-
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intended to combine and explain, and completely the
principles and pradice of the Art of Modern Husbandry, By
R. W. Dicksor, M.D. of Hendon, its Middlesex, Honorary
Member of-the Board'of Agriculture, &c. &c. •In two very
large VOlurneS, atm: 'price 41. 45.• in boards, illustrated with
nearly one but drcd engravings, thirty of which are coloured
front nature, ie, r.:e ,ring implements • and other machinery,
approved grasses, principal breeds of sheep and cattle.
9. A VOYAGE ROUND the WORLD; in, the years
iSon, 180 I, 1802, ISO 3, and,lBo4, in which the Author visited
the principal Isiands in.the Pacific Ocean, and the English
Settlements-of Port I aciison and Norfolk 1 sland,.and.resided
eight monthsin taheite. _lncluding, accounts. of the pre-
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the voyages of Cook ; and at impartial narrative of the pro-
ceedings of the Missionaries in the Society. Islands, to the
latter end of the year 18,3 ; together ,with a:variety of parti,
culars never before given to the public, relative to the Set-
tlements in New South Wales, drawn upon the spotlit 1804.
By John Turnbull. In 3 vols. foolscap oClavo,.priee 13s. 6d.
tn. HARVEST- HOME ; or Supplementary Gleanings
in England, .ori;,inal Dramas and Poems, Contributions of
distinguished Literary Friends, and a revised, correaed, and
enlarged Edition of the Poem of Sympathy., By Mr. Pratt.
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1. ANCIENT and MODERN. MALTA, containing a
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of Malta and Goza ; the History of the Knights of St. John
of leraisalern, from their first,establishment in Malta till The
beginning of the nineteenth century. , By the Chevalier Louis
Tae Boisgeliin• Knight of Malta. Ina' large -Vols. 4to. price
31, 135. 6.1• in boards, illustrated with a very large chart of
the Island, five feet by two, and •numerous other plates.
12.• MEMOIRS of the LIFE of the late SAMUEL
-FOOT It, conunonly called the'English Aristuphanes, with
Anecdotes of his Contemporaries, • and a„ collection of his
Bon-mot-A, chiefly original. 1;y William 'Cooke, Esq. in-2
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• the Pool of Quality, Gustavus Vasa, fee. dec. couipiled by
Charles Wilson.• •In 2 vols. Sid. nos. 6d. boards. a . •
is. MEMOIRS of the LIFE ot.the late LEE
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6. A BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL, and CHRO-
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Persons of all Ages and Countries; coataining ;Do° Articles
more than arc to be found in any other Biographical Dic-
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large, Edition, in which are annexed the Authorities of each
arlicle'p ice us. in boards.
• 17. The LIFE and AUTHENTIC PAPERS of jO4IN
I.KE3, Iraq laie Member lor.Middlesex, with Original
- Anecdotes of his Time and Contemporaries.. By lohn Al-
inor. In 5 vole. with plates, price li. iss.
IL MODERN LONDON; being a Lull and accurate
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gravings, price three guineas in boards. e• • .
19. The I:RAG M-ENT of a MANUSCRIPT, contain-
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SON, from his Birth to his Eleventh Year. Written by
Himself. To which are added, Original Letters to. Dr.
lohnson, by Miss 11111 Boothby. Small Bvo. price 4s. 6d.
in boards. •
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In 1 large vol. Bvo. price hall-a.gniuea, boards.
• *a* Also new Editions of the seven preceding Volumes,
ea:4i -at the same price. '
21. The HISTORY and PRESENT STATE
of the
ISLAND of ST. HELENA, being tile only particular Ac-
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resident there,. Int vol. 'small Bvo. 6s. boards.