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Just published, a Second Edition,

rIIHE TRAVELS and OBSERVATIONS of the
WANDERING JEW; comprehending a View of the
most distinguished Events in the History of Mankind, since the
Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Titus; with a De-
scription of the Manners, Customs, and remarkable Monuments
of the most celebrated Nations; interspersed with Anecdotes
of eminent Men of different periods. Embellished with Maps
and numerous Engravings; collected and arranged by the Rev.
T. CLARK. Bs.

This Work will afford a systematic view of the Decline and
Pall of Empires, the improvement in morals effected by the pro-
pagation of the Christian Religion, and the causes which tended
to form the different Kingdoms that now constitute the Euro-
pean confederacy.
Printed for J. Souter, 73, St. Paul's Church-yard.
Of whom may be bad, by the same Author,
The Tour of Europe, in one voL l.mn. price Bs. Abridged
from the most popular Modern Voyages and Travels ; adapted
to the use of Schools and Young People, and embellished with
Plates and .31aps.
The Tour of Asia, in one voL 12mo. price Bs. on the same
plan as the Europe.
Then Works will enable the reader to acquire. in a concise
form, a knowledge of all the material poiats of information con-
tained in the most esteemed modern books of Voyages and
Travel., witkout those repetitious which have rendered so many
works of great merit trite and uninteresting.

THh; COINAGE, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, AND

PRISON" LAWS.

LACK I N GTON, 11 LTG HES, and Co. beg leave to announce
the Publication of the following Works, upon Subjects of Im-
portance, which are lik-ly to engage the Attention of Parlia-
ment during the present Session.—Finsbury-square, Sept. 1.
ANNALS of the COINAGE of BRITAIN and its
Dependencies, from the earliest period of authentic His-
tory to the Death of George the 'third. By the Rev. ROGERS
lIUDING, B.D. Vicar of Maldon, in Surrey, ES. A. and
H. M.A.S. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. In five large Volumes
Octavo, and one Quarto Volume, containing a Series of Coins,
extending through a period •of 1800 years, including the late
issues of Sovereigns and Crown Pieces, price £6: 6s. boards.
2. An Essay on Irish Coins, and of the Currency of Foreign
Monks in Ireland. By James Simon, F.R.S. 4to. with Plates,
price lfts.
-5. Metrology; or, An Exposition of Weights and Measures,
chiefly those of Great Britain, Ireland, and France; containing
Tables of Comparison, and Views of various Standards. Also
an Account of Laws and Local Customs relating to the subject,
‘eith Parliament' -y Reports, and other important Documents.
•By I'. Kelly, LL.D. Bvo. price 7s.
In this publication the three French Systems of Metro-
logy arc 'explained; namely, the Ancient System; the Metrical
or Decimal System of 1795; and the Sycteme Usuel of 1814,
by which ancient names are restored, a:id Binary instead of De-
cimal Divisions adopted. The last method is now published for
the first time, it is believed, in the English Language.
4. Hints for the Improvement of Prisons, and for the Better
Regulation and 3danaL.ement of Prisoners, respectfully addressed
to the Committee of the House of Commons. By,James Limes.
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