POETRY.

ODE FOR THE NEW YEAR, 1807.
BY H. J. PYE, ESQ. POET-LAUREAT.
I.

When loud and drear the tempests roar,
When high the billowy mountains rise,
And headlong 'gainst the rocky shore,

Driven by the blast, the giddy vessel flies;
Unguided, by the wild waves borne,
Her rudder broke, her tackling torne,
Say, does the seaman's daring mind
Shrink from the angry frown of fate?
Does he, to abject fear resign'd,
Th' impending stroke in silence wait?
No-while he pours the fervent prayer
To Him whose will can punish or can spare,
Cool and intrepid 'mid the sound

Of winds and waves that rage around,
The powers that skill and strength impart,
The nervous arm, th' undaunted heart,
Collecting,-firm he fronts the threat'ning storm,
And braves, with fearless breast, fell Death's ter-
rific form:

II.

So, though around our sea-encircled reign,
The dreadful tempest seem to lower,
Dismay'd do Britain's hardy train

Await in doubt the threat'ning hour?
Lo! to his sons, with cheering voice,
Albion's bold Genius calls aloud:
Around him valiant myriads crowd,
Or death or victory their choice;
From ev'ry port astonish'd Europe sees
Britannia's white sails swelling with the breeze;
Not her imperial barks alone

Awe the proud foe on ev'ry side,

Commerce her vessels launches on the tide,
And her indignant sons awhile
Seceding from their wonted toil,
Turn from the arts of Peace their care,
Hurl from each deck the bolts of war,

To sweep th' injurious boasters from the Main,
Who dare to circumscribe Britannia's naval reign.

III.

IV.

Not to Ambition's specious charm,

Not to th'ensanguin'd Despot's hand,
Is conquest bound-a mightier Arm
Than Earth's proud tyrants can withstand,
The balance holds of human fate,
Raises the low and sinks the great;

Exerting then in Europe's cause
Each energy of arm and mind,

All that from force or skill the warrior draws,
Yet to th' Almighty Power resign'd,
Whose high behest all Nature's movements
guides,

Controls the battle's and the ocean's tides; Britain still hopes that Heav'n her vows will hear, While Mercy rears her shield and Justice points. her spear.

ODE TO BONAPARTE.

LITERARY PROSPECTIVE.

The History of the City of Dublin, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, from the earliest accounts to the present period; with an Appendix, containing a view of the several charters, grants, and immunities now extant, and an abstract of all the acts of Parliament | relative to that city; extracted from the national records, approved historiaus, many curious and valuable manuscripts, and other authentic materials, is now under the care of John Warburton, Esq. Deputy Keeper of the Records in Birmingham Tower, and the Rev. Janies Whitelaw, M.R.I.A vicar of St. Catherine's, in that city, author of An Essay on the Population of Dublin. It will be printed in quarto, and illustrated by ancient and modern maps of that city, numerous views of the principal buildings, &c. by the

most eminent artists.

Volume II. of Magna Britannia, containing Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, and Cornwall, by the Rev. Daniel Lysons, A.M. F.R.S. F. A. and L. S. rector of Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, and Samuel Lysons, Esq. F.R. S. and F.A.S. Keeper of his Majesty's Records in the Tower of London, will soon appear.

Part II. containing twenty-four views in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, and Cornwall, of Britannia Depicta, a series of views of the most interesting and picturesque objects in Great Britain, engraved from drawings by Messrs. Hearne, Farington, Smith, Turner, Alexander, &c. &c. by W. Byrne, will be published at the same time.

These two works illustrate each other, and are sold together or separate; they will be continued regularly at the same periods, arranged in the same manner (the counties alphabetically), and printed on paper of corresponding size and quality.

G. Chalmers, Esq. F. R. S. and S. A. is engaged in a work, entitled Caledonia, or an Historical and Topographical Account of North Britain, from the most ancient to the present times; with a dictionary of places, chorographical and philological. It is printed in quarto, and illustrated by engravings of maps, plans, &c.

The Topography of the Lake of Killarney, by Mr. Weld, illustrated with exquisite engravings, is nearly ready.

The Rev. Mr. Abbott has a volume of Sermons in the press.

A Series of Lectures on the Four last Books of the Pentateuch, designed to shew the divine original of the Mosaic law, chiefly from its internal evidence, will soon be published; they were delivered in the chapel of Trinity College, Dublin, by the Rev. Richard Graves, D.D. Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, M. R. I. A. and chaplain to his Excellency the

Duke of Bedford, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland: two volumes octavo.

Mr. S. Woodburne has in a state of forwardness a hundred Views of Churches in the neighbourhood of London, with descriptions drawn from the best authorities. The first volume is expected to appear in March. The adinirers of the late Dr. Currie, of Liverpool, will be pleased to hear that an engraved portrait of that celebrated man, from a niniature picture in the possession of Mrs. Cairncross, Dr. Currie's sister, will be published early in the present year.

In a few months the Views of Gloucester Cathedral are expected to be published by the Society of Antiquaries.

Capt. Williamson, from whose designs and notes The Wild Sports of India have been published, has undertaken a tour through Great Britain, for the purpose of making a complete Agricultural and Statistical Survey of the island, the result of which will be published in a Description of Great Britain, to be printed in numbers, with illustrative plates; to make at least 6 vols. in 8vo.

John Adolphus, Esq. F.S. A. author of The History of England, from the Accession of King George III. to the Peace in 1783, is engaged on The Political State of the British Empire, containing a general view of the domestic and foreign possessions of the Crown, the laws, commerce, revenues, offices, and other establishments, military as well as civil: in four volumes.

Speedily will be published, by Dr. Kinglake, Strictures on Mr. Parkinson's Observations on the Nature and Cure of Gout, recently published, in opposition to the theory that proposes the cooling treatment of that disease.

By the same author, Additional Cases of Gout, in further proof of the salutary efficacy of the cooling treatment of that afflicting disease.-Also,

Reviewers Reviewed, containing a particular examination of the reports in The Literary Journal, The Medical and Chirurgical Review, The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, in Mr. Hunt's Salutary Cautions, and in Mr. Arthur Aiken's Annual Review, on the Theory of Gout, and its cooling Treat

ment.

The new edition of Mr. Pinkerton's Modern Geography, in three volumes quarto, will shortly appear. In consequence of the foreign editions having excited the attention of statesmen as well as men of letters, he has received much valuable assistance. During the author's late residence at Paris, he procured many scarce works, and the most recent Spanish materials concerning their colonies in North and South America. The description of the United States has also been greatly improved and enlarged, and that of

the West Indies extended. Five new maps of the various subdivisions of South America are added. Mr. Aiken has carefully revised the botanical part throughout.-Dr. Shaw has added zoological remarks.

A new edition of Palmerin of England, corrected from the original Portuguese, by Mr. Southey, is in the press.

Mr. Southey has also in the press a translation of the Chronicle of the Cid, from the Spanish.

Mr. Landseer has nearly ready for publication his course of Lectures, as delivered before the members of the Royal Institution.

An octavo edition of Capt. Williamson's Wild Sports of India is expected shortly.

Dr. Scott, the orientalist, is preparing a new edition, revised, and translated from the

complete Arabic MS. copy brought over by Mr. Montague, of the Arabian Nights' Eutertainments, with notes illustrative of the customs and manners of the country. The additional tales, which have never been translated, are said to be as interesting and excellent as those with which we are acquainted.

The beautiful and moral Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sydney, edited by Miss Porter, are nearly ready for publication.

Mr. John Howard Rice has in the press Collectanca Oratoria, or the Academic Ora

tor.

Proposals have been circulated for printing by subscription, in one volume octavo, a complete Set of Estimate Tables. This work will consist of 3,600 tables.

Mr. Henry Smithers proposes to publish, in a royal octavo volume, a didactic poem, in blank verse, entitled Affection, with other poems.

Miss Owenson, author of the Wild Irish Girl, will shortly publish a volume of origi nal poetry, under the title of the Lay of an Irish Harp.

Mr. Cumberland and Sir James Bland Burgess have, in conjunction, written a poem, of which report speaks highly, entitled The Exodiad; embracing the history of Moses from the period of his leading the Israelites out of Egypt to his death upon Mount Horeb. The work will appear shortly.

A collection of such English poems as have obtained prizes in the University of Oxford has been made, and will speedily appear.

The Bishop of Dromore will soon publish the edition of Surrey's Poems, which has so long been printed, with a glossary.

About midsummer Mr. Sotheby will pubfish a poem on the subject of Saul, in eight books, in blank verse.

Miss Anna Maria Porter is engaged on a new novel, to be entitled, The Ilungarian Brothers.

Miss Rouverie, author of Luffington Abbey, and other novels, has nearly completed

an historical romance, entitled, A Peep at our Ancestors.

The prospectus of a new periodical work has lately appeared, entitled, The Cabinet, or Monthly Report of Polite Literature; including a Review of Books, and accompanied by a cabinet edition (upon an entirely new plan) of the most popular English Plays, with ancedotes, antrotations, and engravings.

The Rev. Mr. Cobbold, of Woolpit, Suffolk, intends shortly presenting the public with a Chart of English History, on the same plan as his Chart of Scripture History, recently published.

Shortly will appear the second volume (which will complete this work) of The Progress of Maritime Discovery, by the Rev. J. S. Clarke, LL.B. F.R.S. Librarian to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Printed in quarto, and, in like manner with the first volume, illustrated by charts, under the direction of Mr. Arrowsmith, and other engravings. The two volumes will form a complete History of the Portuguese, Dutch, and English Discoveries in the Indian Seas.

Soon will be published, The History of Greece, from the earliest accounts to the death of Philip King of Macedon, by William Mitford, Esq. in four volumes quarto, the three volumes already published considerably augmented, the fourth volume entirely

new.

Dr. John Gillies is engaged in a History of the World from the reign of Alexander to that of Augustus, with a preliminary survey of Alexander's eastern conjuests, and an esti mate of his plans for their consolidation and improvement.

The History of the House of Austria, from the foundation of the monarchy by Rhodolph of Hapsburgh, in the thirteenth century, to the death of the late Emperor Leopold the Second, by the Rey, William Coxe, A.M, F.R.S. and F.S. A. Archdeacon of Wilts, Rector of Bemerton, &c. is in forwardness, it will form two volumes in quarto, with maps and genealogical tables.

Soon will be published, Travels through Russia, the Territories of the Don Cossacks, Kuban Tartary, the Crimea. &c. &c. by the Rev. E. D. Clarke, LL.D. Rector of Harleton, and late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, in quarto, with a portrait of the author, from a picture by Mr. Opie, and numerous other engravings.

An Essay on the Functions of Money and the Principles of Commerce, by John Wheatly, Esq. will soon appear.

The Rev. Richard Lyne, author of the Latin Primer, will publisů speedily a new work, entitled Festuca Grammatica, or Child's First Guide to the Rudiments of Latin Grammar, in four parts.

The following works on Jurisprudence are preparing for publication :

The Law of Contracts and Agreements, as settled by the determinations of the courts of common law in the action of assumpsit, by S. Comyn, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law.

A Treatise on the Law of Tithes, by W. F. Boteler, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law.

A new work on Conveyancing; to consist of a collection of modern precedents, with notes and illustrations, and a practical introduction on the language and structure of conveyances, by John Turner, Esq. of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law.

A Treatise on the Law of Ejectment, by John Sympson Jessopp, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law."

An Epitome of the Practice of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas.

The Present Practice of the High Court of Chancery.

Reports of the Proceedings in Committees of the House of Commons, upon Cases of Controverted Elections, during the present Parliament, by R. H. Peckwell, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at Law. Vol. II.

Vernon's Reports in Chancery, Vol. II. with Notes and References, by John Raithby, Esq. Barrister at Law.

Volume the Sixth of the Supplement to Viner's Abridgement.

A Practical Treatise on Pleading, with an Appendix of Precedents, by J. Chitty, Esq. of the Middle Temple.

The Appendix, which will be printed separate, is intended principally to elucidate the other parts of the work, and may be found useful as a circuit companion, and will contain those precedents which are at all likely to occur in practice, with notes referring to the law connected with the precedents.

Francis Donaldson, Esq. Barrister at Law, is preparing for the press a Treatise on Commercial Law.

A new edition, continued to the present time, of A Digest of the Reports in the King's Bench and Common Pleas, by T. E. Tomlins, Esq. Barrister at Law.

A new edition,, with great additions, of Mr. Impey's Practice of the Court of King's Bench.

A new edition of Mr. Gwillim's edition of Bacon's Abridgement.

A new edition, with additions, of Jacob's Law Dictionary, by Mr. Tomlins.

An Appendix to the Attorney and Agent's Table of Costs, by John Palmer, Gent.

A new edition of Bott's Poor Laws, continued to the present time.

A new edition, corrected and enlarged, of a Treatise of the Law of Partnership, by William Watson, Esq. Barrister at Law.

A new edition, with additions, of Buller's Introduction to the Law relating to Nisi Prius.

A new edition, corrected and enlarged, of a General Catalogue of Law Books, arranged under the different Branches of the Law, by J. Butterworth.

A new edition, continued to the present time, of A Digest of the Modern Chancery Reports.

Dr. J. E. Smith proposes shortly to publish an Introduction to Botany, in one volume octavo, with a few plates, intended for the use of female as well as male students of that delightful science, and divested of every thing that might be deemed exceptionable,

The Rev. J. Joyce, author of the Scientific Dialogues, will publish early in the present month two volumes on Chemistry, with plates.

Dr. Maltby has undertaken to superintend a new edition of Morell's Thesaurus Græcæ Poescos.

The Literary History of the eighteenth century is about to receive a farther very valuable illustration from the pen of Lord Woodhouselee, in his Life of the late Lord Kaimes.

Mr. Macdiarmid's Lives of eminent Statesmen are in the press.

The prospectus of a new periodical work, to be continued monthly, has just been issued; it is entitled The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings; or Biographical Review containing a brief account of the lives of the most celebrated men in every age and country, and graphic imitations of the finest specimens of the arts, ancient and modern, with remarks critical and explanatory.

A new and improved edition of Mr. Newman's Spanish Dictionary is in a state of forwardness.

In the press, an Account of Dr. Gall's New Theory of Physiognomy, founded on the anatomy and physiology of the brain, and the form of the skull.

Preparing for publication, the Life of Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson, under the immediate patronage of the Prince of Wales, to whom the work is, by permission, dedicated, and founded on documents communicated by His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, by Earl Nelson, and other branches of that distinguished family; by the Right Hon. Geo. Rose, the Hon. Brigadier General Stewart, Lady Hamilton, Dr. Beattie, &c. to the Rev. J. S. Clarke, Librarian to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; and from a highly interesting memoir in the late Noble Adiniral's hand-writing (of which a fac-simile will be given), sent by him to John M'Arthur, Esq. who also possesses a variety of other interesting MSS. received from confidential friends of the deceased hero, and from officers of rank who served with him. Embellished with portraits, &c.