NATURAL HISTORY. Natural Hiftory and defcription of the Tiger-Cat of the Cape of An account of the Ganges and Barampoater rivers from the fame 39 Of the air that has been fuppofed to come through the pores of the fkin, and of the effects of the perfpiration of the body; from Priestley's Experiments in Natural Philofophy Of the refpiration of fishes; from the fame USEFUL PROJECTS. Obfervations on the Dysentery of the West Indies; with a new and fuccefsful manner of treating it Defeription of a newly invented machine for raking fummer corn- fubbles; from the Letters of the Bath Agriculture Society 97 Inftructions for the prevention and cure of the Epizooty, or conta- Extract from a propofal for the improvement of agriculture; from Additional obfervations to a treatife, entitled, The prefent Method ANTIQUITIES. 112 Defeription and antiquities of Rhuddlan cafile, town, &c. from Pennant's Journey to Snowdon 131 Hiftorical account of Denbeigh, of its caftle, church, charter, &c. from the fame 134 An account of the ancient manner of hunting in Wales, and of the laws relative thereto; from the fame MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY S. 139 General view and character of the poetry of Queen Elizabeth's age; from Warton's Hiftory of English Poetry 141 A fhort hiftorical account of Athens, from the time of her Perfian triumphs, to that of her becoming fubject to the Turks, with the manners of the prefent inhabitants; from Harris's Philological Inquiries Concerning Natural Beauty from the fame 148 155 Some account of Literature in Ruffia, and of its progress towards being civilized; from the fame 159 On the advantages of Tafte for the general beauties of nature 163 POETRY. 167 168 Ode for the new year 1781, by William Whitehead, Efq. Extracts from the Library, a poem Defcription of the Sphere of Senfibility; from the fame Extracts from Sympathy, a poem addicted himself to the study of poetry 171 174 177 Extracts from an Epistle to a young gentleman, on his having An Ode, in imitation of Alcaus 179 182 Honoria, or the Day of All-Souls, a poem ; by Mr. Ferningham 184 ACCOUNT of BOOKS for 1781. Philological Inquiries; by James Harris, Efq. 2 vols. 8vo. 186 The Hiftory of English Poetry, from the clofe of the eleventh to the commencement of the eighteenth century. To which are prefixed two differtations: 1. On the origin of romantic fiction in Europe: 2. On the introduction of learning into England. Volume III. 4to. To this volume is prefixed a third Differtation, on the Gefta Romanorum. By Thomas Warton, B. D. Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, and of the Society of Antiquaries, and late Profeffor of Poetry in the University of Oxford 191 |