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rrHE LONDON MAGAZINE, No. XXV. for
A. January, 1822, price ita. 6d. contains the following Ori-
ginal Articles:
Art. 1. The Twelve Tiles of Lyddal Cross; Introductory-.
L. Elphin Irving. the Fairie's Cup-bearer-3. Bream--Children,
a Reverie, by Elia-4. Life of Christopher Amster; Canines-
dun of Dr. Johnson's Lives of the Poets, No. II L—S. Beauties
of the living Dramatists, No. I.; a Scene from Virtue's Har-
vest Dome, a Comedy in Rye Acts, by T— Fig..—
S. Ormyn, a Persian Tale, Part The Early French
Ports; Antoine Hemet, and Main de Saint Gelais—a. Hymn
to Spring, by John Clare-9. On the Emma STANDAR. Hit-
MOW, with some Remarks on the French Drama; Leisure
Hours, Net. V.-10. Neapolitan Prieste-11.0a
Dramatic Fragment-13. Authentic Anecdotes of the late
Dr. Barrett, Vice-Provost of Trinity College, Dahlia-14. Ca-
sinrir's Ode to his Lyre--13. Sketchm ea the Rand, No. VI.
Leghorn-16. Review ; Sardanapahe, The Two Fewari, and
Cain, by Lord Byron—lV. Letters from Landon to a Friend in
Edinburgh, No. I.; The Leith Smack-18. Review; The Pi-
rate, by the Author of Waveriey-19. The Drams-20. Report
of Music—al. Abstratt of Foreign and Domestic Oceenmices
—literary and Scientific Intelligence--Agricultural. and Com-
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rIIHE EDINBURGH PHILOSOPHICAL JOUR-
NAL, No. XI. conducted by Dr. BREWSTER and
Professor J A MESON.

Coersaers :—Account of the recent Chemical Researches of M. I
Beraefius and his Pupils—Count Mercati on the Earthquake at
Zante—Captain Samuel Brown's Description of the Pier of
Suspension at Newhaven (with a Plate)—Mr. Adam's Account
of a great and eatraordinary Cave in Indiana—Professor Gmelin
on the production of Electricity by contact—Dr. Chamisso on
the Coral Islands of the Pacific Ocean—Dr. Skene Keith en
IVeightS and Measures—Mr. David Don on Azelea, Rhododen-
dron &c.—M. Latreille on the Geographical Distribution of
Inger:ft—Mr. Maxwell on the Congo and Loango—On the Level
of Ste East and West Seas, by John Robison, Esq.—A Mono-
graph of the Genus Erineum by R. K. Greville, F.sq. (with
two Plates)—Account of Eletro-lilagnetic Experiments made
by Van Beek, Professor Van Rees, of Liege, and Professor
Moll, of Utrecht—Notice respecting Dr. Wallich's Journey in
Nepaul—Notice of the late Dr. John Walker's Mineralogical
Journey and System—Captain Napier's Observations on Water
Spouts—Dr. Brewster on Vision through coloured glasses—Dr.
Francis Hamilton on a Map of the Country between the Era-
wadi and the Khicenducen Rivers (with a Plate)—Mr. Brooke
on Sundry New Minerals (with two Plates).—Mr. Scoresby on
the Fogs of the Polar Seas, &c.—Dr. Chamisso on the Volcano
de Taal in one of the Philippine Islands—Professor Link on Le-1
luminous Fruits—Mr. Brooke on the Arenlates of Copper —Dr.
Sutter on the Insensibility of the Eye to certain colours—Sir
Charles Gieaekc on Cryolite--Itemarks on the Flora Scutica of
Dr. Hooker—Mr. Livingstone on the Thermal Springs of Yom-
Slack.—Dr. Horner on the Specific Gravity of Sea Water—Dr.
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Sons on the Variation and Dip of the Needle made during
Kotzebue's Voyage—. Proceedings of various Scientific Societies
--Scientific Intelligence, dot.
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IMMENSE AND UNIQUE COLLECTION OF DRAW-
% INGS AND ENGRAVINGS.
URST, ROBINSON, and Co. (Successors to
Boyden) 90, Cheapeide, feel great pleasure in announcing
to-the admirers of the Fine Arts, that they have beconse the pm-
-1 season of a Collection of Drawings and Engravings long cif&
brated upon the Conti::ent for Its vast extent and singular rich-
ness. The collector, M. Paignon Dijonval, a Gentleman of cars-
' sitlerahle fortune, and an ardent lover of everything connected
with l'Ainting and F.ngravieg, was unremitting In his exertions,
be:!, :ti person and by agency, and these are the result of his la-
L'/UfS, Gmtnereing iu 1724 and ending in the year of his death,
177. Th.! Drawings are, of course, in different styles, and in-
elude all the varieties, from the brat rode sketch of the master's
Land to the highly-finished Drawing in colours. The subjects
are multifarious, embracing Scriptural, Historical, Portraits,
Architectural. Topographical, Allegorical, Landscapes, Natural
Ilistory, &c. &c. Amongst them is 'a large and singular Serits
of Cuititse and Persian Drawings • also, More than a thousand
Tiseatti;al ')resits, Pageants., and 51asquerade Figures. To
elocution the 1:4111:A of all the Artists, whose united productions
turns this extraordinary Collection, would far exceed the limits
of an Ady.erti..einent ; it may therefore suffice briefly to observe,
that from the la.: eci-nt of the present Schools of Painting to the
u: the last Century, Cher,: are kw names of eminence
which are not to be found amongst these Drawings, and many
that may he little koewn to the amateur.
The Engrarin..s, about fifty thousand in number, having been
velletted at the rissiant of publication, are tally al.tl eery fine im-
pressions, inclut:ing many Priest's, Etchings, and Variations.-..-
Anoc.zst theist will he found not unly some of the most early
cli,ets of the Gertn:us, Italian, and other Schools of Engraving,
but aLu the lioest specimens of each, including the knglish.
The trille.l Collection, whiehlor magnitude dud Interest is pro-
bably nuesjualltd, is arianged in Portfolios, is order to facilitate
I•tate`tc inspection.
p.,- In :WO was publish etl in Paris, a Catalogue of the Normal
(.4,flet.lion of Prints sod V.-wings, a closely-piloted inf. rabigne.
11. H. and Co. have a few copies, Flee 12>. sewed.