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Charader of the Irish; from Cooper's Letters on that Nation

408

Anecdotes of the Emperor Paul of Ruffia; from the Secret Memoirs of that
Court

Parallel between Paul and his Father; from the fame

416
429

Portraits of the Grand Dukes Alexander and Conftantine; from the fame 432

NATURAL HISTORY..

435

Account of the Discovery of Silver, in Herland Copper Mine, by the Rev.
Malachi Hitchins; from the Philofophical Tranfuctions
General Remarks on the Eruption of a Volcano; from the French of Ordinaire's
Hiftory of Volcanoes

437-

Account of the Submarine Volcanoes of Santorin and the Azores; from the
fame

437

Account of the remarkable Inftin&t of a Bird, called the Nine Killer, by Mr.
John Hickewalder; from the American Philofophical Tranfactions 441
Account of the Bat of the Mauritius; from the Viscount de Vaux's Account
of that Iland

443

ib.

Account of the principal Rivers of Devonshire; from Skrine's Account of the
Rivers of Great Britain
Excurfions to the Summit of the Sugar Loaf and Skyrrid; from Mr. Coxe's
Hiftory of Monmouthshire

USEFUL PROJECTS.

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446

451

Lift of Patents for new Inventions, granted during the Year 1801
Account of Experiments in cultivating Rice, by the Right Honourable Sir
Jofeph Banks: from the Communications to the Board of Agriculture 459
Account of a newy Eudiometer, by Mr. Davy; from the Journals of the Royal
Inflitution of Great Britain
461
Account of a Method of generating Yeaft, by the Rev. William Mafen;
from the Tranfactions of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manu-
factures, and Commerce
463
Obfervations on the Means of increafing the Quantities of Heat obtained in
the Combuftion of Fuel, by Count Rumford; from the Journals of the Royal
Inftitution of Great Britain
Experiments upon Magnetism, by the Rev. James Maddison; from the Tranf-
actions of the American Philofophical Society
Experiment in making Hay, by Mr. Arthur Young; from the Annals of Agri-

culture

467

470

473

ANTIQUITIES.

Defeription of Richborough-Caftle; from Pennant's Journey to the Isle of
Wight

474
Account

Account of an Entertainment given by the Society of Lincoln's Inn to Charles II. and his Court; from Ireland's Hiftorical Account of the Inns of Court and Chancery

General Observations on the Perfepolitan Characters, with a

475

Defeription of

fame Bricks lately fent to Europe from the Seite of ancient Babylon; by f. Hager

Account of an ancient Monument at Vienne

477

480

Reasons why the County of Surry should not be charge with any great Number of Horfes. Extracted from a Volume of original Letters and State Papirs written in the Reign of Elizabeth

486

Notes of Pictures taken by Lord Orford at Woburn Abbey; not inferted in bis Works.

ilid.

Account of Dearths and Famine. From a scarce and curious Pamphlet, entitled, "Artachth.s; or, A new Booke declaring the Ayije or Weight of Bread by Troy and Averdupois Weight, and co taining arvers Oraeis and Articles made and fet forth by the Lords and others of his Majefties most bonble Privie Councell. 40 Printed by R. bijhop and Ewara Grifine, and are to be fold at the Stationers Shops, or at the Chamber of John Beaketham, the Compofer, in Simmons Inn, in Chancerie Lane.”

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

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495

On the indelible Character of the Priesthood. From Campbell's Leures on Ecclefiaftical Hiftory.

502

Letter of the late Dr. Goldsmith, when about Frventy-five Years old, 10 a young Gentleman whom he had for a fhort Time instructed in different. Branches of Learning.

Original Letter from Dr. Samuel Johnson. any Life of him.

503

Not published in his Works, or

Letter from a Repentant Highwayman to a Lady whom he had robbed.
Female Handicraftswomen.

506

508

509

POETRY.

513 514

Ode for the New Year; by H. J. Pye. Ejq. Poet Laureat.
Ode for his Majesty's Birth day, 1801. By the fame.
Epitaph on Mr. 1. A. Hamilton, in the Church-yard of Newport Pagnel
By the late William Cowper, Efq.

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516

ibid

Prologue. By a Gentlemen of Leicester. On opening the Theatre, as Sydney,
Botany Bay, to be Spoken by the celebrated Mr. Barrington.
Lines written upon feeing the unclaimed Corpfe of a Suicide exposed on the Bank
of a River. By Thomas Campbell, Ejq. Author of "The Pleasures of
Hope."

Sonnet, by R. B. Sheridan

The Sorrows of Switzerland. From Jacobinism, a Poem

517

518

ibid.

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Account of Books for 1801.

THE END.

T. Burtes, Printer, Litt Queen-freet

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