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THIS NUMBER CONTAINS

Mounier, de PI tifluence des Phi losophes, Francs-Masons,
et 111'111111116es, sur la Revolution de France--Dr. 'Parr's Spi-
tal Serrnon—Godwin's Reply to Parr—Asiatic Researches,
6.olivier's Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt,
and Persia—Baldwin's Political Reflections relative to Egypt
—I ry ine's Inquiry into the Causes and Wefts of Emigration
from the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland—Sou-
they's Thalaba ; a metrical Romance—Rennel's Discourses
on various SubjeCts—Voyage dans les Departeinens de la
Franc,..,, par une Societe d'Artistes et Gens de Lettres—
Christison's General Diffusion of KnoWledge, one great
Cause of the. Prosptgity Of North Britain—Bowles's Re-
fleCtions at the ' Conclusion of the War—Herrenschwand,
Adre.sse 4ux Vrais Elommes de hien, ceux qui gouvernent
comme a ceux qui sont gouvernes—The Utility of Country
Banks—Pratt's Bread ; or, the Poor, a Poem —Dr. Lang-
ford's Anniversary Sermon—Mrs. Opie's Poems—Public
CharaCters of iBol-2-7-Bonnet, Essai sur l'Art de rendre Re-
volutions utiles—Nares's Thanksgiving Sermon for Plenty
Hoeheman's Travels—Maekenzie's Voyages in North Ame-
rica, &c,•—Wood's Optics—Acerbi's Travels through Swe-
den, Sec.—Thornton on the Paper Credit of Great Britain—
Playfair's Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory—Crisis of
the Sugar Colonies—Morveau on the Means of Purifying In-
fearciAtr, &c.—Dr. Haygarth on the Prevention of Infec-
tious Fevers. _ _ _ _ .

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