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tion : for these we must refer our readers to the work itself , extracting only the outline of the plan in the Count's words . " The bringing forward of the fire into the room , or rather bringing it nearer to the front of the opening of the Fire-plac ;;— and the _ diminishing of the throat of the Chimney , being two objects principally had in view in the alterations in Fire-places here recommended , it is evident that both these may be attained merelbbringing forward the back of the Chimney . — -The onl

y y y question therefore is , how far it should be brought forward ?—The answer is short , and easy to be understood;—bring it forward as far as possible , without diminishing too much the passage which must be left for the smoke . Now as this passage , which , in its narrowest part , I have called thetbroataftbe Chimney , ought , for reasons which are fully explained in the foregoing Chapter , to be immediately , or perpendicularly over the Fire , it is evident that the back of the Chimney must always be built perfectly upright . "

Upon the whole we consider this Essay as extremely conducive to public ; utility , and think the Count is in general accurate and just in his observa = tions . Though at the same time we cannot allow him all the merits ol Originality : for his principles of contracting , by means of covings , and reflecting the heat into the room , have been made use of in several houses at the west end of the town with great success more than twelve years ago . The remarks on combined and radiant heat , in pages 31 a and 313 , are very riht ?

ingenious . In page 30 : 1 , he is not perhaps quite g , when he says > « that the warm air in a room rushes out at an opening made for it at the top of the window , when colder air from without is permitted to enterat the door : " for though this may be strictly true , when applied to a cottage whose door opens immediately to the air ; yet in large houses , the current along the passages cannot be so cold as the external air at the window ; and we think that unless the air on the outside of the door of the room be colder than the air on the

outside of the window , ( which can . hardly ever be the case ) the air will not rush out at the opening made for it at the top of the window . If the contrary of this be contended for , how shall we be able to account for the elasticity of condensed air . There seems to us a contradiction between the method of ventilation recommended in page 301 , and the German method mentioned in page 303 ; but it is possible , we may not fully comprehend these passages .

We are sorry our limits will not permit tts to enter into a fuller examination of this excellent little Essay ; we hope , however , at some future opportunity to be able to treat of it more at large . Angelina . A Novel . In a Series of Letters . By Mrs . Robinson . % vol . \ imo . About 900 Pages . Price 10 s . 6 d . Hookham and Carpenter ; 17961

THE talents of Mrs . Robinson , as a Novel writer , have long been stamped by public approbation ; and we think the production , now before us , will not in the . least detract from her well-earned frame . Unwilling by anticipation to diminish the pleasure whiih our readers ma ] ' receive from the perusal of these volumes , we forbear to enter into a detail of the story . We shall only observe , that its principal object is-to expose the folly and iniquity of those parents , who force the inclinations of their children in conjugal connections ; and to hold forth to just detestation the cruelty of those , who barter a daughter ' s happiness for the splendours of title or fortune . The sentiments in these volumes are animated and rational . They breathe a ve-

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LONDON: Article 2
TO READERS, CORRESPONDENTS, &c. Article 3
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE: AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE. Article 5
MOON-LIGHT. Article 12
AN ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN OF ST. JOHN'S LODGE, NO. 534, LAHCASTER. Article 14
EXTRACTS FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ. Article 17
SKETCHES OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS. Article 22
CHARACTERS OF CHILLINGWORTH AND BAYLE. Article 26
SCENE IN THE ALPS. Article 28
A TOUR THROUGH LONDON, Article 29
THE STAGE. Article 35
ON THE RETURN OF SPRING. Article 39
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE. Article 41
THE VANITY OF FAME. Article 42
ANECDOTES. Article 44
SINGULAR INSTANCES OF PUSILLANIMITY Article 46
SINGULAR INSTANCE OF GENEROSITY. Article 47
BRITISH PARLIAMENT. Article 48
HOUSE OF COMMONS. Article 49
REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 54
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. Article 59
POETRY. Article 60
THE MASON,S PRAYER. Article 61
ELEGY. Article 62
TO THE MOON. Article 63
PROLOGUE TO VORTIGERN. Article 64
EPILOGUE TO THE SAME. Article 65
PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS. Article 66
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 69
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. Article 70
STATE PAPERS. Article 75
MONTHLY CHRONICLE. Article 77
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TRIAL OF VICE-ADMIRAL CORNWALLIS. Article 79
PROMOTIONS. Article 82
Untitled Article 82
OBITUARY. Article 83
LIST OF BANKRUPTS. Article 85
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tion : for these we must refer our readers to the work itself , extracting only the outline of the plan in the Count's words . " The bringing forward of the fire into the room , or rather bringing it nearer to the front of the opening of the Fire-plac ;;— and the _ diminishing of the throat of the Chimney , being two objects principally had in view in the alterations in Fire-places here recommended , it is evident that both these may be attained merelbbringing forward the back of the Chimney . — -The onl

y y y question therefore is , how far it should be brought forward ?—The answer is short , and easy to be understood;—bring it forward as far as possible , without diminishing too much the passage which must be left for the smoke . Now as this passage , which , in its narrowest part , I have called thetbroataftbe Chimney , ought , for reasons which are fully explained in the foregoing Chapter , to be immediately , or perpendicularly over the Fire , it is evident that the back of the Chimney must always be built perfectly upright . "

Upon the whole we consider this Essay as extremely conducive to public ; utility , and think the Count is in general accurate and just in his observa = tions . Though at the same time we cannot allow him all the merits ol Originality : for his principles of contracting , by means of covings , and reflecting the heat into the room , have been made use of in several houses at the west end of the town with great success more than twelve years ago . The remarks on combined and radiant heat , in pages 31 a and 313 , are very riht ?

ingenious . In page 30 : 1 , he is not perhaps quite g , when he says > « that the warm air in a room rushes out at an opening made for it at the top of the window , when colder air from without is permitted to enterat the door : " for though this may be strictly true , when applied to a cottage whose door opens immediately to the air ; yet in large houses , the current along the passages cannot be so cold as the external air at the window ; and we think that unless the air on the outside of the door of the room be colder than the air on the

outside of the window , ( which can . hardly ever be the case ) the air will not rush out at the opening made for it at the top of the window . If the contrary of this be contended for , how shall we be able to account for the elasticity of condensed air . There seems to us a contradiction between the method of ventilation recommended in page 301 , and the German method mentioned in page 303 ; but it is possible , we may not fully comprehend these passages .

We are sorry our limits will not permit tts to enter into a fuller examination of this excellent little Essay ; we hope , however , at some future opportunity to be able to treat of it more at large . Angelina . A Novel . In a Series of Letters . By Mrs . Robinson . % vol . \ imo . About 900 Pages . Price 10 s . 6 d . Hookham and Carpenter ; 17961

THE talents of Mrs . Robinson , as a Novel writer , have long been stamped by public approbation ; and we think the production , now before us , will not in the . least detract from her well-earned frame . Unwilling by anticipation to diminish the pleasure whiih our readers ma ] ' receive from the perusal of these volumes , we forbear to enter into a detail of the story . We shall only observe , that its principal object is-to expose the folly and iniquity of those parents , who force the inclinations of their children in conjugal connections ; and to hold forth to just detestation the cruelty of those , who barter a daughter ' s happiness for the splendours of title or fortune . The sentiments in these volumes are animated and rational . They breathe a ve-

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