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Literary
October 26, 1801
The National Intelligencer And Washington Advertiser
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Newspaper article on recent English publications amid war, listing 15 new works from education to poetry, and a table summarizing 1800 London book publications by category, number, and estimated cost in pounds.
Merged-components note: The table continues the categorized list of English publications from the preceding literary text on recent works and annual summaries.
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LITERATURE.
An unusual number of new works have recently been published in England. It is gratifying to the friend of mankind to mark the attachment of men of enlightened understandings to the calm pursuits of useful knowledge, amidst scenes of war and distress, which subvert the ordinary state of society, and have an invariable tendency to estrange the mind from the cultivation of virtue and science.
From the titles of most of the works, they promise much instruction. The following list is derived from late London prints:
1. Method of educating the Deaf and Dumb. By the Abbe de L'Epee. Translated from the French.
2. A new volume, being the 5th of Blair's Sermons.
3. Annals of Insanity. By William Perfect, M.D.
4. A Summary of Universal History, in 9 vols. 12mo. By Francis Dobbs.
5. Thoughts occasioned by the perusal of Dr. Parr's Sermon—Being a reply to the attacks of Dr. Parr, Mr. Mackintosh, and others. By William Godwin.
6. Observations on certain Antiquities of Egypt. By J. White, D.D.
7. Travels in Portugal, France and Spain. By Professor Link.
8. Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; with a vindication of the character of Lord Russell against Sir John Dalrymple, &c.
9. An Inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. By Dr. Jenner—4to.
10. The Iniquity of Banking.
11. The life and private memoirs of Thomas Whaley—written by himself.
12. Memoirs of the Reign of George III. from 1796 to 1799. By William Belsham.
13. Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, performed by order of the government of France, during the first six years of the Republic. By G. A. Olivier.
14. Thalaba the Destroyer, a metrical Romance. By Robert Southey.
15. The Satires of Juvenal Translated by William Gifford.
The following is an interesting view of English Literature for the last year.
Number and cost of all the New Publications, published in London during the year 1800. The cost of the books estimated in boards.
L. s. d.
In Agriculture, 18 books, &c. amounting to 6 6 0
Antiquities, 15 27 3 0
Arts, Useful and Fine, 21 9 7 0
Biography, 13 4 7 0
Chemistry, do. 3 16 0
Dictionaries, Grammars, and Books of Education, 38 7 14 0
Dramatic, 4 6 12 0
Ethics and Metaphysics, 6 2 9 0
History, 24 20 17 0
Law, 24 10 14 0
Trials at Law, 7
Mathematics, 5 2 12 0
Medicine, Surgery, &c. 60 15 17 0
Miscellaneous, 34 18 3 0
Natural History, 9 7 19 0
Novels, 40 about 20 0 0
Philosophy, 9 3 8 0
An unusual number of new works have recently been published in England. It is gratifying to the friend of mankind to mark the attachment of men of enlightened understandings to the calm pursuits of useful knowledge, amidst scenes of war and distress, which subvert the ordinary state of society, and have an invariable tendency to estrange the mind from the cultivation of virtue and science.
From the titles of most of the works, they promise much instruction. The following list is derived from late London prints:
1. Method of educating the Deaf and Dumb. By the Abbe de L'Epee. Translated from the French.
2. A new volume, being the 5th of Blair's Sermons.
3. Annals of Insanity. By William Perfect, M.D.
4. A Summary of Universal History, in 9 vols. 12mo. By Francis Dobbs.
5. Thoughts occasioned by the perusal of Dr. Parr's Sermon—Being a reply to the attacks of Dr. Parr, Mr. Mackintosh, and others. By William Godwin.
6. Observations on certain Antiquities of Egypt. By J. White, D.D.
7. Travels in Portugal, France and Spain. By Professor Link.
8. Letters of Lady Rachel Russell; with a vindication of the character of Lord Russell against Sir John Dalrymple, &c.
9. An Inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variolae Vaccinae. By Dr. Jenner—4to.
10. The Iniquity of Banking.
11. The life and private memoirs of Thomas Whaley—written by himself.
12. Memoirs of the Reign of George III. from 1796 to 1799. By William Belsham.
13. Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, performed by order of the government of France, during the first six years of the Republic. By G. A. Olivier.
14. Thalaba the Destroyer, a metrical Romance. By Robert Southey.
15. The Satires of Juvenal Translated by William Gifford.
The following is an interesting view of English Literature for the last year.
Number and cost of all the New Publications, published in London during the year 1800. The cost of the books estimated in boards.
L. s. d.
In Agriculture, 18 books, &c. amounting to 6 6 0
Antiquities, 15 27 3 0
Arts, Useful and Fine, 21 9 7 0
Biography, 13 4 7 0
Chemistry, do. 3 16 0
Dictionaries, Grammars, and Books of Education, 38 7 14 0
Dramatic, 4 6 12 0
Ethics and Metaphysics, 6 2 9 0
History, 24 20 17 0
Law, 24 10 14 0
Trials at Law, 7
Mathematics, 5 2 12 0
Medicine, Surgery, &c. 60 15 17 0
Miscellaneous, 34 18 3 0
Natural History, 9 7 19 0
Novels, 40 about 20 0 0
Philosophy, 9 3 8 0
| Philosophy, 12 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Poetry (including translations) | |||
| 68 | 22 | 6 | 0 |
| Politics and Political Economy | |||
| 119 | 10 | 9 | 0 |
| Theology, 43 | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| Sermons, 53 | |||
| Voyages and Travels, 20 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
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New Publications
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Recent Publications In England And 1800 Book Statistics