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Literature.
LITERATURE .
UNDER the direction of Sir John Macpherson and Joint Mackenzie , Esq . of the -Inner Temple , Executors of the late Mr . James Macplterscn . the OHICIXALS OFjnriPaKus OFOSSIAN are preparing for the Press , and will shortly make their appearance , accompanied by a Latin and English Translation , and an Elucidatory Discourse . It is de-igned to place a Copy of this Work in every National Library in Europe , & c . And for the sake of familiarizing its appearance to the eyes of learned men , the Greek is adopted in preference to the Original Gaelic character : although , bv being published in the lattera-. 'd bbeing thus widely diffusedadditional light miht
, y , g be thrown on the antiquity of that language , as well as on thecarlv historv of the Northern Nations . An improved Greek type will be cast on purpose for the work . . v An English Translation of a few of those Poems , bv Mr . Macpherson , which appeared many years since , excited the criticisms of the most distinguished Literary Characters of die time ; and although unparalleled excellence has ' been allowed byall , yet have their antiquity and authenticity been contested bv Dr . Johnson and his partisans . Of the many Criticisms which they produced ! the elegant
Disserta-, tion of Dr . Blnir is , we believe , the best . During his life time , Mr . Macpherson often pledged himself to leave , at his death , ptool ' s of the authenticity of die Poems of Ossian which he collected ; and by his will he bequeathed i , oool . to the gentlemen above-mentioned for defraying the expence of publishing the Originals , which will certainly now be carried "" into effect ; and from their known learning and zeal , we aro sure , every expectation the learned world , and the admirers of the sublime Bard in particular , have formed , will be fully gratified .
List Of New Publications.
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .
HISTOKY . Historical Epochs of the French Revolution , from the French of Goudemelz , by Dr . Randolph . 4 s . Ditty . Mr . B . Edwards ' s History of the Maroons and the late Maroon War . 8 vo . 5 s . Slockdale . LAW-. Mr . Hatsells Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons : 4 vols 216
. 4 to . I . s . Mr . Highmore ' s Practical Arrangment of the Excise Laws . 2 vois . Svo . 18 s . Bulterwortb . DIVINITY . Mr . Gray ' s Sermons , preached at the Bampton Lecture in 179 G . Svo . 6 s . Jtivinglon . Benjoin's Energy of the Sacred
Language . 410 . 10 s . 6 d . Rh ' mgtan . TI ' . AVELS . New Travels into the Interior of Africa , by the Way of the Cape of Good Hope , iri 17 S 3-4-5 . Translated from the French of Vaillant . Svo . 3 vols . 11 . IS . Itt ) billS 071 S . . Letters from Mr . Fletcher Christian , containing a Narrative of Transactions on Hoard the Bounty , with his Voyage to
Juan Fernandez and Travels in South America . 3 s . 6 tl . Symtmis . MISCELLANEOUS . SirW . Hamilton ' s Second Volume of a Collection of Engravings from Ancient Greek Vases , discovered in 1789 , and 1700 . 3 I . 3 s . Cadcllaml Davits , Moral Beauties of Clarendon . 2 vols . Rivhtglons .
NOVELS . Mrs . West's Gossip's Story and Legendary Tale . 2 vols . 121110 . 7 s . Longman Charlotte Smith's Marchmont . 4 vols . ll . Lno . Memoirs of the Antient House of Clarendon . 3 vols . 9 s . Lane . Mrs . Pars ' ons's Women as they are . 4 vols
. 14 s . Lane . DRAMATIC . Mr . Morton's Comedy of the Way to Get Married . 8 ro . 2 s . Longman . Mr . Mason's Elfrida , adapted for Theatrical Representation ; with a Vignette and Character Print . Cawtbom . PoETny . Donald Bane : an Heroic Poem . By G . SkeneEsq . 2 s . 6 d .
Ro-, binsons . Poems by Lady Tuite . Ios . 6 A . Cadcll and Lewies . The Chtice , and William and Helen , two Ballads , from the German of Gottfried Burger . 4 W . 3 s . 6 d . Cadelland Davis ..-. PAMPHLETS . An Examination of the Principles of the French Revloution , by a late Dignitary of the Gallican Church .
Svo . 3--. Cciulhorn . . W hicli is the Oracle , Burke orO'Bryen , is . Biwsey . Remarks on Mr . Burke ' s two Letters : by S . F . Wadctington , Esq . Svo is . Jjbnson . " Observations 011 Mr . Belsham's Memoirs of the Reign of Geo . III . 2 s . Ci , Owen .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Literature.
LITERATURE .
UNDER the direction of Sir John Macpherson and Joint Mackenzie , Esq . of the -Inner Temple , Executors of the late Mr . James Macplterscn . the OHICIXALS OFjnriPaKus OFOSSIAN are preparing for the Press , and will shortly make their appearance , accompanied by a Latin and English Translation , and an Elucidatory Discourse . It is de-igned to place a Copy of this Work in every National Library in Europe , & c . And for the sake of familiarizing its appearance to the eyes of learned men , the Greek is adopted in preference to the Original Gaelic character : although , bv being published in the lattera-. 'd bbeing thus widely diffusedadditional light miht
, y , g be thrown on the antiquity of that language , as well as on thecarlv historv of the Northern Nations . An improved Greek type will be cast on purpose for the work . . v An English Translation of a few of those Poems , bv Mr . Macpherson , which appeared many years since , excited the criticisms of the most distinguished Literary Characters of die time ; and although unparalleled excellence has ' been allowed byall , yet have their antiquity and authenticity been contested bv Dr . Johnson and his partisans . Of the many Criticisms which they produced ! the elegant
Disserta-, tion of Dr . Blnir is , we believe , the best . During his life time , Mr . Macpherson often pledged himself to leave , at his death , ptool ' s of the authenticity of die Poems of Ossian which he collected ; and by his will he bequeathed i , oool . to the gentlemen above-mentioned for defraying the expence of publishing the Originals , which will certainly now be carried "" into effect ; and from their known learning and zeal , we aro sure , every expectation the learned world , and the admirers of the sublime Bard in particular , have formed , will be fully gratified .
List Of New Publications.
LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS .
HISTOKY . Historical Epochs of the French Revolution , from the French of Goudemelz , by Dr . Randolph . 4 s . Ditty . Mr . B . Edwards ' s History of the Maroons and the late Maroon War . 8 vo . 5 s . Slockdale . LAW-. Mr . Hatsells Precedents of Proceedings in the House of Commons : 4 vols 216
. 4 to . I . s . Mr . Highmore ' s Practical Arrangment of the Excise Laws . 2 vois . Svo . 18 s . Bulterwortb . DIVINITY . Mr . Gray ' s Sermons , preached at the Bampton Lecture in 179 G . Svo . 6 s . Jtivinglon . Benjoin's Energy of the Sacred
Language . 410 . 10 s . 6 d . Rh ' mgtan . TI ' . AVELS . New Travels into the Interior of Africa , by the Way of the Cape of Good Hope , iri 17 S 3-4-5 . Translated from the French of Vaillant . Svo . 3 vols . 11 . IS . Itt ) billS 071 S . . Letters from Mr . Fletcher Christian , containing a Narrative of Transactions on Hoard the Bounty , with his Voyage to
Juan Fernandez and Travels in South America . 3 s . 6 tl . Symtmis . MISCELLANEOUS . SirW . Hamilton ' s Second Volume of a Collection of Engravings from Ancient Greek Vases , discovered in 1789 , and 1700 . 3 I . 3 s . Cadcllaml Davits , Moral Beauties of Clarendon . 2 vols . Rivhtglons .
NOVELS . Mrs . West's Gossip's Story and Legendary Tale . 2 vols . 121110 . 7 s . Longman Charlotte Smith's Marchmont . 4 vols . ll . Lno . Memoirs of the Antient House of Clarendon . 3 vols . 9 s . Lane . Mrs . Pars ' ons's Women as they are . 4 vols
. 14 s . Lane . DRAMATIC . Mr . Morton's Comedy of the Way to Get Married . 8 ro . 2 s . Longman . Mr . Mason's Elfrida , adapted for Theatrical Representation ; with a Vignette and Character Print . Cawtbom . PoETny . Donald Bane : an Heroic Poem . By G . SkeneEsq . 2 s . 6 d .
Ro-, binsons . Poems by Lady Tuite . Ios . 6 A . Cadcll and Lewies . The Chtice , and William and Helen , two Ballads , from the German of Gottfried Burger . 4 W . 3 s . 6 d . Cadelland Davis ..-. PAMPHLETS . An Examination of the Principles of the French Revloution , by a late Dignitary of the Gallican Church .
Svo . 3--. Cciulhorn . . W hicli is the Oracle , Burke orO'Bryen , is . Biwsey . Remarks on Mr . Burke ' s two Letters : by S . F . Wadctington , Esq . Svo is . Jjbnson . " Observations 011 Mr . Belsham's Memoirs of the Reign of Geo . III . 2 s . Ci , Owen .