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lilotitia Histories', containing Tables, Calendars, ni ar
Miscellaneosts.lnfornuttion,for the Me of Hist°, inns,
Antiquaries, and the Legal Profession. By Nicholas
.Nartis Nicolas, Esq. Bvo.
his is one of those exceedingly useful, although uh-;
readable books, which are indispensable to every library.
And although more particularly designed for the use
Of the antiquarian and historical student, •it will be
found of great service by the general reader, and *ill
frequently save him much perplexity and doubt. Tills
is *artidularli, the case with regard to -the table of
years *of each 'Monarch's reign, sheaving exactly the
Year 0f...0ur Lotto corresponding with .each '
year of
every King's reign, from the Norman Conquest-to the
present time. 'ln this table are likewise given the titles
and style Of each Sovereign, from the legends on their
Great Seals, from their Charters, and -from other 'faith-
ful authorities. In order to give art idea of the value
Of this part of the work, We will suppose, Tor instance,
that the reader wants to ascertain the *Corrispoinding
date to the:2Bth of Henry VI. which he finds -Corn-
-Meittedon 31st August, 1449, and terminated on the
30th 'August,-1450. This not only saves much trouble,
but each year being noted down, it Maps out to the
eye, as it were, and therefore iinpresies more forcibly
on the memory, the comparative-length of the various
reigns. 'Among the other tables, the Romish Calendar
dud table of 841039 days (the latter of Whiebserves as an
index to the former) are likewise not without either their
unity or curiousness. The More miseellaneetts part of
the volume contains an account of the Works published
by order of the Commissioners for the Preservation of
the2Public 'Records—which is certainly oot the least
interesting portion of it--;-an.explatiatien Of the ancient
terms of different-quantities of land ; .a'nexplanation of
the most frequent genialogiCal abbreviations; registries
of wiils and peculiars ; and an alphabetical list of sur-
-Alan* and 'names of places, as they occur in ancient
:records: this is a double-list—in the first part, the an-
tientnatne is .given befdre'the modern one, in the other,
the mo4ern before the ancient name.
Wetave thus endeavoured lb convey to-our Readers
some notice of the information to be found in this Work,
well knowing how frequently it happens, with regard to
publications of this description, that for want of their
contents being mere minutely specifiei, they . remain
unknown, not only to the public-in general, but to that
t'vevy'class for whowuse they-are mote immediately de-
skirled. 'As a circumstance of minor ithportance, we
liiay'renfatk that the size of the bo:,k is a recommenda-.
lion-in its•fivour, it being neither inconveniently large,d
en the one hand, nor, on the other, in so minute aform
and type, as-to be icarcely legible, except to' very
);:taitleyei, either. of Which Would greatly diminish ita
'allies as a -book of reference. •
7'4 e•Histoiy of the To:on and Port of
Haslings. Ms:Strata by a Series of Entrrai7ing4
from fAzi.nat Drawings. By W. G. Moss../3ruirghis-i
»tan to his Royal -Highness the Duke of Cambridge. II
This -*volunit presents fcinrteen views of the coast, the,
town,*and' tieighbriurhoad, neatly executed in the-line
manner, and-six of antiquities, Etc. The points of view
are well chosen. and they convey a pretty'Coriett idea*
of this: faviiiti ite summer-retreats The Volume presents'
'also soMeintetesting historical and-biOgraphical Matter.
The plates are: .
No. 1.- NOrthwrest View of the Castle.
s. Viewifintn the Minttis ltbck, -
3.itntrktice front the London Ro.sd.
4. `View from the Pier Rocks.
5. F 4. Ciernent's *Chtsteh.
46401 IL&
1. View-of -East•Bourne•street.
8. View of Pyiliainplace and Crescent.
*s. 'Ati &kV Church.
*to.' Retfialtistt the 'Nam. Walk
11. relhinviditee.
• IS. Naritte Anode.
13. View from the Fast Wall.
14. 'A 'Vie* from the White Rats.
ALlfll4.l) Cittineittl.L, of Batavia, United- States,
has invented a new screw; which is thus spoken of in
the" American Papers :—" The screw is concave, and
meshes with admirable regulatity•with the cogs. placed
in a -circular wheel, which is Moved-with ease and ra-
pidity with the application 'of small-power. To• thew
its immense strength, it is only necessary-to Mention
that the thread of the screw in its evolution, presses at
all times upon four of the cogs of a wheel-containing
eleven cogs, and may-be so construeted, if necessary,
toteo encircle five-elevenths of a circle." The same Mr.
errthibtrat.- is said to. have invented a new and inge-
hitius 'hydraulic model: 44 its power for raising -bids fair
to excel- any -preceding principle, where the height re-
United should not exceed the ,half of the diameter of
the'wheel used In lifting and 'discharging the water."
THE FINE ARTS.

-Colossal Equestrian Statue of Me Kin.
Mr. Westmaeott, the sculptor, .has lately been em,
ployed in modelling an equestrian group, representing
his Majesty on a clinger, which is to -be nearly thirty
feet in height. We are informed that a 'rude sketch of
its dimensions, if the term be admissible, was put to-
gether some time since by the carpenters, in the form
of the projected group, and set up on its intended site,
at the end of the Long Walk, at-Windsor—and that the
effect proposed was well coneeived.by this scheme, and
entirely approved. ft is to be cast in bronze, and if
executed compatibly with the vastness and grandeur Of
the design, Cannot fail to perpetuate the splendid reign
oftliat Sovereign, whois darts munificently disposed to en-
courage the arts of his empire.—Sonserset House Gazette.
Nets Pr OCess in P«i)itingin Watcr Colours.
Mr.JohnVarley, we have lately seen, is busily engaged
in his study, on his new process of landscape •in water
coloors, heightened with white, and varnished with copal.
Now this process would succeed for larger works, is yet
to be proved : but, on someof his designs in small, the
style is so effective, that they approximate to the rich-
ness anchlepth ofpaintings in uil.
This copalis reduced- to' a liqnid 'form, and is ren-
dered apPlitable to-any purpose for which varnish can
be respired,- for the preservation of• works of art, or
gisiag lime to tolouts. The preparation is so limpid,
that it does•not alter the most d'elitate tints; irmay be
laid on at any temperature, and 'it will dry smoothly,
without' cracking ; and is said to' be effective in• pre-
serving water-colourdrawings, and pictures in oil.
These are the pretensions held forth by the maker of
the varnish. Me,- however, have' no taste for, rarnithed
drawings; tilless.they are wrought with *the-derit4.and.
tonecof the few which we have seen bythistutist.• .71w.