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POWLETT, Rev. CHARLES, M.A. Chaplain in ordinary to the Prince Regent, and Rector of Winslade, Hampshire. The Danger of too great an Indulgence of Speculative Opinions, 4to. 1792.-A Father's Reasons for being a Christian, 8vo. 1812, 2d ed. do.-The True Cause of National Exaltation explained, a Sermon, 8vo. 1813.

PRATT, JOSIAH, B.D. F.A.S. assistant minister of St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, and Lecturer of St. Mary, Woolnoth. He was bred at Edmund Hall, Oxford, and has published,

Prospectus, with Specimens, of a New Polyglott Bible, 4to. 1797.-Prospectus, with Specimens, of an Octavo Polyglott Bible, with a Vindication of the Author, 8vo. 1799. Neither of these Projects, however, came to any thing. The author has succeeded better by publishing the works of others, such as those of Bishop Hall, 10 v. 8vo. 1805, 1810.-The Works of Bishop Hopkins, 3 v. 8vo.-The Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil, with a Life of the Author, 6 v. 8vo.

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PRATT, Rev. WILLIAM HENRY, Rector of Jonesborough in the county of Armagh.

Divine Service for the Camp or Garrison, 8vo. 1807.
PRENTICE, DAVID.
Thoughts on the Repeal of the Bank Restriction Law,

8vo. 1811.

PRESCOT, BARTHOLOMEW, a visionary who has obtruded upon the public a crude attempt to revive old errors under the title of

A Defence of the Divine System of the World, which represents the Earth as being at rest and the Heavenly Bodies in motion, 8vo. 1803.

PRESCOTT, Miss, the friend and executrix of the late Dr. De Mainaduc, whom she assisted in his lectures, and in his attendance on his credulous patients, After his death she published his lectures at the price of five guineas. She also printed

Poems, 8vo. 1813.

PRESTON, RICHARD, Barrister at Law of the Inner Temple, and Member of Parliament for Ashburton. This gentleman is a remarkable instance of good fortune and dexterous management. He is a native of Ashburton, and was bred in the office of an attorney in that town. On commencing business for himself, he turned his attention chiefly to the conveyancing branch, and having the luck to meet with some valuable law books and manuscripts, he compiled a ponderous volume on the law of contingencies and other settlements. This compilation he was encouraged to publish by subscription under the auspices of the late Judge Buller, to whom the work was dedicated, and who invited the author to

settle in London, where, as a matter of course, under such patronage his success was certain. Being of a diligent turn, and knowing the value of money as well as any man in the three kingdoms, he soon realised a considerable fortune which is still on the increase by the extent of his business. His publications are:

Elementary Treatise by way of Essay on the Quantity of Estates, 8vo. 1792.-A succinct View of the Rule in Shelley's Case, 8vo. 1794-Collection of Law Tracts, 8vo. 1797.-A Treatise on Conveyancing, 2 v. roy. 8vo. 1806, 1809.-An Address to the Fundholder, the Manufacturer, the Mechanic, and the Poor, on the Corn Laws, 8yo. 1815.

Paperer, Warner, Printer, and partner with Mr. Strahan, was born at Edinburgh in 1742. He received his education at the high school and the University of his native city, after which he became amanuensis to the celebrated Ruddiman, whose brother, a printer, took him an apprentice. In 1760 he came to London with recommendations to the late Mr. Strahan, who engaged him in his office as a corrector of the press, and at his death left him an annuity for life. Mr. Preston is now in partnership with the son. Our author very early became a member of the fraternity of Free Masons, and was chosen Master of the Lodge of Antiquity, but on account of some informalities committed by the society over which he presided, it was disfranchised, and remained out of communion with the great body of the brethren for some years. At length a reconciliation took place and this lodge is justly considered as one of the first in London. Mr. Preston has published;

A Catalogue of Mr. Ruddiman's Books, 8vo.-Illus

trations of Masonry, of which twelve editions have been published since its first appearance in 12mo. 1772. He also instituted the Free Masons' Calen

dar.

PRETTY, EDWARD, Drawing Master, of Rugby School.

Essay on Flower Painting in Water Colors, 4to. 1812.
PRICE, DAVID, Esq. Major of the East
India Company's service.
Chronological Retrospect, or Memoirs of the Princi-
pal Events of Mahommedan History, 2 v. 4to. 1812.

PRICE, GEORGE, Esq. of the Middle
Temple, Barrister at Law.
Reports of Cases determined in the Court of Exche
quer, vol. 1, part 1, roy. 8vo. 1814.

PRICE, JOHN, a Bookseller of Hereford, who has published the following useful

books:

An Historical and Topographical account of Leomin

ster and its vicinity, 8vo. 1795.-The Seaman's Return, an operatic farce, 8vo. 1795.-An Historical Account of the City of Hereford, with some remarks

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A Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Sheep, 4to. 1809.

PRICE, PHILIP PARRY, M.D.

On the Diagnosis and Prognosis of Diseases, 8vo. 1791. PRICE, Rev. REES, Rector of Lamerton, Devon.

A Sermon preached for the benefit of the Charity

School at Crediton, 8vo. 1803****

PRICE, Rev. ROBERT, LL.D. Prebendary of Durham, Canon Residentiary of Sarum, and Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty. He was of All Soul's Coll. Oxon, and took his degree of B.C.L. in 1772; and that of D.C.L. in 1782.

A Sermon preached at the anniversary meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, 4to. 1806.

PRICE, UVEDALE, Esq. a gentleman of Janded property who has distinguished himself by a controversy with Mr. Repton on the subject of taste in landscape scenery. He is one of the committee for inspecting models for public monuments, and has published,

A Translation from the Greek of the account by Pausanias of the Statues, Pictures, and Temples of Greece, 8vo. 1780.- An Essay on the Picturesque, 8vo. 1774. new edit. 3 v. 8vo. 1810.-Letter to H. Repton, Esq. on the application of the practice as well as the principles of Landscape, 8vo. 1795.Thoughts on the Defence of Property, 8vo. 1797.Two Appendices to an Essay on Designs in Gardening by George Mason, 8vo. 1798.-A Dialogue on the distinct characters of the Picturesque and Beautiful, 8vo. 1801.

PRICHARD, JOHN COWLES, M.D. F.L.S. He took his degrees at Trinity College, Oxford, and is now settled at Bristol. He has published a volume entitled, Researches on the Physical History of Man, 8vo.

1813.

PRICHARD, T.

An English Introduction to the Latin Tongue, 12mo. 1803.

PRICKETT, Miss.

thumberland, in North America, in the profession of the law; and has published some of his father's posthumous works, particularly

Memoirs of Dr. Joseph Priestley written by himself, with a Continuation, 2 v. 8vo. 1806.

PRINCE, Rev. JOHN, M.A. Vicar of Enford, Wilts. and Chaplain to the Magdalen Hospital. This worthy divine was educated at the Grammar School of Christ's Hospital, and has published: Church Unity, a sermon preached at East Lavington at the Visitation of the Archdeacon of Sarum, 8vo. 1809.

PRINCE, JOHN HENRY, Bookseller, North Street, Red Lion Square. He was born about the year 1770, and was for Wesleyan connexion, which he at last some years an itinerant preacher in the renounced. He is the author of Observations on the Act which passed into a Law in 1800, to incorporate certain persons by the name of the London Company for the Manufacture of Flour, Meal, and Bread, 8vo. 1801.-Original Letters and Essays on Moral and Entertaining Subjects, 8vo. 1796-A Defence of the Methodists, 8vo. 1797.

Remarks on the best method of Burning Down, 8vo. Assistant to the Practice of Conveyancing, 2 parts, 8vo. 1813.-Strictures on Courts of Requests, 8vo. 1811.-Address to the Freeholders throughout the Kingdom, 8vo.

1805. His Own Life and Opinions, 8vo. 1806.-An

PRING, DANIEL, Surgeon at Bath, and Member of the London College, is the author of

An Essay on Absorbents, 8vo. 1813.
PRINGLE, A.

General View of the Agriculture of the County of
Westmoreland, 4to. 1794.

PRINSEP, JOHN, Esq. Merchant of the in the East Indies. He is the author of city of London, and formerly a resident A short Review of the Trade of the East India Company, 8vo. 1789.-A Letter to the Proprietors of the East India Stock in the Present Crisis of the thod and Expense of cultivating the Sugar Cane in Company's Affairs, 8vo. 1793.-Account of the Me Bengal, 8vo.1794.-The Rights of the West Indians to

a Double Monopoly of the Sugar Trade examined, 8vo. 1793.-Strictures on the Mocurrery System of Landed Property in Bengal, 8vo. 1794.-Proposal of a Substitute for Funding in Time of War, 8vo. 1797. PROBY, W. C.

Modern Philosophy and Barbarism, or a Comparison between the Theory of Godwin and the Practice of Warwick Castle, an historical novel, 3 v. 12mo. 1815. Lycurgus, 8vo. 1798.-The Mysterious Seal, a roPRIEST, ST. JOHN, Master of a Gram-mance, 4 v. 12mo. 1799. mar School in Norfolk, and Secretary to the Agricultural Society of that county. He has published :

Delectus Græcarum Sententiarum cum Notis, tum Grammaticis, tum Philologicis, in usum Tironum accommodatus, 8vo. 1798. 2d edit. 1804.-General View of the Agriculture of Buckinghamshire, 8vo.

PRIEST, WILLIAM, a Musician. Travels in the United States of America, 8vo, 1802.

PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH, son of the late celebrated Dr. Priestley. He resides at Nor

PROCTER, W. T.

Joseph, a sacred drama, 8vo. 1802.

PROSSER, RADCLIFFE, of Swallow Street, Piccadilly.

Short Hand made Easy, 12mo. 1806.

PROSSER, RICHARD, D.D. Prebendary of Durham. He was formerly of Balio! College, Oxford, M.A. 1773; B.D. 1784; The Unity of the Christian Body stated in a sermon and D.D. 1797. He has published, preached at Lambeth, on the consecration of the

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PROUT, SAMUEL, an ingenious young artist of Plymouth, who has published, The Relics of Antiquities, or Remains of Ancient Structures in Great Britain, 4to. 1810.

PROYER, JOHN.

The History of Barbadoes, 4to. 1809.
PRUEN, THOMAS.

Comparative Sketch of the Effects of Variolous and

Vaccine Inoculation, 8vo. 1807.

PRYCE, Rev. CHARLES, M.A. Lecturer of St. Andrew's, Holborn, Vicar of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, and Prebendary of Hereford. He was formerly of Merton College, Oxford, and has printed, A Sermon preached at St. Andrew's, Holborn, on occasion of the Death of the Rev. Charles Barton, M. A. Rector of that Parish, 8vo. 1806.-National Calamities averted, a Fast Sermon, 8vo. 1812.-A Sermon preached at Kettering, at the Visitation of the Bishop

of Peterborough, 8vo. 1813.

PRYCE, Rev. WILLIAM. Five Sermons, 8vo. 1805.

PRYME, GEORGE, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained in 1802 Sir W. Browne's medal for a Greek ode. He is the author of,

The Conquest of Canaan, a Seatonian Prize Poem, 4to. 1810.-Ode Græca præmio dignata quod donavit Rev. Claud. Buchanan, 4to. 1804.

РUGH, JOHN, an attorney. Remarkable occurrences in the Life of Jonas Han

way, Esq. 8vo. 1787. 3rd edition, 1798.

PUGH, JOHN, a Surgeon and anatomical lecturer, is the author of, A Physiological Treatise on Muscular Motion, 4to.

1794.

PULLEN, PHILIP, formerly a schoolmaster, afterwards an accountant in London. He is the author of an empirical pamphlet, published by subscription at the modest price of one guinea, entitled, Book-keeping improved; or a Method for detecting and preventing Errors, 4to. 1803.

PULLETT, T. land and timber surveyor of

Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

Hints on Inclosing, Agriculture, Stewardships, and Tithes, 8vo. 1799.

PULLEY, JOHN, surgeon of Bedford. An Essay on the Proximate Cause of Auimal Imperfection, 8vo. 1801. He is also the author of some ComFlora Americana Septentrionalis, or a systematic armunications to the London Medical Journal. PURSH, FREDERICK, rangement and description of the Plants of North America; containing many new and rare Species collected during twelve Years' Travels and Residence in that Country, 2 vols. 8vo. 1813.

PYE, CHARLES, Chemist.

Provincial Coins and Tokens issued from 1787 to 1801,

engraved in fifty-five Plates, 8vo. 1802.-The new of Ancient Geography, 8vo. 1803. Chemical Nomenclature, 8vo. 1802.-A Dictionary

PYKE, SARAH LEIGH, a lady of Exeter, who has written,

Israel, a Poem, 12mo.-The Triumph of Messiah, a Poem, 12mo. 1813.

PYMAN, THOMAS, lately the Master of a ship in the merchant service, and the author of a work entitled,

A Set of Tables for showing the exact bearing and distance of lights, or any other visible Objects at Sea, 4to. 1802.

PYNE, W. H. Esq. of Argyll street, who has published some very elegant works on

the arts, as,

The Costume of Great Britain, 4to. 1808.-The Microcosm, 2 vols. fol. 1806.-Le Clerc's Practical Geometry, 8vo.

PYTCHES, JOHN, Esq. late Member in two Parliaments for the borough of Sudbury. He was born at Gazely in Suffolk, in 1774, and resides at present at Grotonhouse, in his native county. Some years ago he ventured to print the specimen of a new English Dictionary which should supersede that of Johnson, but there the project ended. His publications are. Speeches in the House of Commons, from 1802 to 1805, 8vo.-Prize Enigmas in the Gentleman's Diary. Plan of a new Copious English Dictionary, fol. 1809.

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RADCLIFFE, JOHN, A.M. keeper of the He was public library at Manchester. formerly fellow of Brazennose College, Oxford, where he took his master's degree in 1787. He has printed, Bibliothecae Chethamensis, Scilicet Bibliothecæ pub

lice Mancunienses ab Humfredo Chetham, arm. fundato, Catalogus, 3 vol. 8vo. 1792.

RADCLIFFE, MARY ANN, one of the Wolstoncraft school, who has published a book, with this title,

The Female Advocate, or an Attempt to recover the Rights of Women from Male Usurpation, 8vo. 1799. RADCLIFFE, WILLIAM, a cotton manufacturer of Stockport in Cheshire, and the author of these tracts,

The Real cause of the Distress that has fallen upon the Cotton Trade for a series of years past, 8vo.-The Exportation of Cotton Yarn proved to be the Real Cause of the Distresses of the Manufacturers, 8vo.

1811.-These pieces are published for the benefit of the Dispensary and the Fever-board of Stockport.

RADSTOCK, WILLIAM WALDEGRAVE, Lord, is the younger son of the late Earl Waldegrave, and at an early age was sent to sea. In the engagement off Cape St. Vincent, he had his flag as vice-admiral on board the Barfleur. For some time he was governor of Newfoundland, and by his family interest he obtained the rank of an Irish Lord. When in the Mediterranean he married an Italian lady, by whom he has several children. His lordship has a noble collection of pictures at his house in Portland place, and he has distinguished himself by his zeal in behalf of several charitable institutions, particularly that for national education. He has published several anonymous tracts on philanthropic subjects, particularly one entitled,

The British Flag Triumphant, or the Wooden Walls of Old England; being a Collection of Gazettes containing Accounts of the great Naval Actions during the last and present War, 8vo. 1796.

RAFFLES, Rev. Thomas, a , a minister of the new chapel, Great George street, Liverpool. He was educated at the Independent Academy at Homerton, and in 1809 was appointed to officiate to a congregation meeting at Hammersmith, from whence he removed to his present situation. He has published,

Memoirs of the Life and Ministry of the late Thomas Spencer of Liverpool, 8vo. 1813.-A new Edition enlarged, of Brown's self-interpreting Bible, in numbers, 4to. 1815,-A Translation of Klopstock's Messiah

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interesting accounts. These works are intitled,

A Memoir of Transactions that took place in St. Domingo, in the spring of 1799, 8vo. 1802.-An Historical Account of the Black Empire of Hayti, 4to.

1805.

RAITHBY, JOHN, Esq. barrister at law of Lincoln's Inn. He was originally a law-stationer in Chancery lane, but having at the beginning of the French revolution, turned his attention pretty much upon politics, and published some virulent pamphlets on the side of democracy, though without his name, he was encouraged to study the law for a profession. His avowed works are, Henry Bennet, a novel, 3v. 12mo.-The Study and Practice of the Law considered, 8vo. 1798.-The Law and Principle of Money considered, 8vo. 1811.-The Statutes at Large, a new edition, in conjunction with W. T. Tomlins, 10 v. 4to. and 20 v. 8vo. 1812.

RAMSAY, ALEXANDER, M.D. lecturer on anatomy and physiology in Edinburgh. He has edited,

A Series of Plates on the Brain, exhibiting the appear

ances of that Organ in the different Stages of dissection,

4to. 1812.-The Anatomy of the Heart, Cranium, and Brain, royal 4to. 2d ed. 1813.

Ramsay, David, M.D. a physician at Charlestown in South Carolina, and member of the Congress. He is the author of the following respectable publi cations,

The History of the American Revolution, 2 v. 8vo. 1791.-An Oration delivered on the Anniversary of American Independence, 8vo.-A Review of the Improvements and State of Medicine in the eighteenth century, 8vo. 1802.-The Life of George Washington, 8vo. 1807.

Ramsay, Rev. James, chaplain in the royal navy, and the author of, Sea Sermons, a Series of Discourses, 8vo.

RAMSAY, WILLIAM, a short-hand writer and reporter in London. He has published,

The Trial of Thomas Hardy for High Treason, 8vo. 1791.

RANBY, JOHN.

Doubts on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 8vo.

Observations on the Evidence given before the House of Commons, on the Abolition of the Slave Trade, 8vo. 1791-Short Hints on a French Invasion, 8vo. 1794.Examination of Wakefield's Reply to the Bishop of Landaff, 8vo. 1797.-Inquiry into the present State of the Influence of the Crown, 8vo. 1811.

RANDALL, JAMES, an architect, who has published,

A Collection of Architectural Designs for Mansions, Casinos, Villas, Lodges, and Cottages, fol. 1806.

RANDALL, WILLIAM, gardener and nurseryman at Maidstone in Kent. He is the author of some papers in the transactions of the society for the encouragement of Agriculture, and separately of a tract entitled,

The State of the Hop Plantations, with Strictures on Monopoly, 8vo. 1800.

RANDOLPH, A. J.

The Mysterious Hand, or Subterranean Horrors, a romance, 3 v. 12mo. 1811.

RANDOLPH, FRANCIS, D.D. late fellow of King's College, Cambridge, prebendary of Bristol, and proprietor of Laura Chapel, Bath. This divine is a native of the west of England, and resided some years in Germany, where he perfected himself in the language, so much as to be appointed to instruct the duchess of York in English, to which circumstance he owes his promotion in the church. He has published,

A Letter to the Right Hon. William Pitt on the Slave Trade, 8vo. 1788.-Scriptural revision of Socinian ararguments, in answer to Benjamin Hobhouse, Esq. 8vo. 1793. Sermons during the season of Advent, 8vo. 1799. A Sermon preached at Laura Chapel, Bath, on the Fast Day, 8vo. 1801.-Observations on the present State of the Nation, 8vo. 1808.-The Book of Job, translated by the late Miss Smith, with a preface and annotations, 8vo. 1810.

guments. 8vo. 1792.-A Second revision of Socinian

RANDOLPH, the Hon. JOHN, member of the American Congress for the province of Virginia, where his family, which originally came from Bristol, has been long settled in a mercantile line. This gentleman has greatly distinguished himself as a senator, by his opposition to the democratic party, and one of his productions has been reprinted here, entitled, A Speech in the General Congress of America on the non-importation Resolution, 8vo. 1806.

RANKEN, ALEXANDER, D.D. one of the ministers of Glasgow, and the author of the following respectable work,

The History of France, 3 v. 8vo. 1801,-1804.

RASPE, RUDOLPH ERIC, a native of Germany, who edited at Leipsic, the posthumous works of Leibnitz, as far back as 1763. He also printed at the same place, Specimen Historiæ Naturalis Globi terraquei, &c. 8vo.

-An Account of some German Volcanoes and their productions, 8vo. 1776.-A Translation of Ferber's Philosophical Travels, 8vo.-An Essay on Oil Painting, 4to.-Tabby in Elysium, a poem, 8vo.-Baron Born's new Process of Amalgamation of Gold and

Silver Ores, 4to.

RASTALL,W.D. A. M.late fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, and the author of, The History and Antiquities of the Town and Church of Southwell, in the county of Nottingham, 4to. 1787. RATCLIFFE, WILLIAM.

Trade Law; containing Abstracts of the Laws relating to Brewers, Dealers in Spirits, &c. 2 v. 8vo. 1789.

RATHBONE, WILLIAM, merchant of Liverpool.

RAVIZOTTI, GAETANO, teacher of languages in London, who has published the following books;

Viridarium Latinum, a Latin Collection of elegant Extracts with French and Italian translations, 8vo.A Collection of Spanish poetry with a Glossary, 8vo.Introduction to Italian Grammar, 12mo.-A new Ita. lian Grammar, 3rd ed. cr. 8vo. 1805.

RAWLINS, R. Surgeon at Oxford. On the Structure of the Obstetric Forceps, 8vo. 1793. RAWORTH, BENJAMIN CLARKE, A.M. The Cambridge University Calendar, which began to

be published in 12mo, in 1801, and still continues to be printed annually.

Parimsons, JS GRANT, was born in 1771, at Strathspey in the Highlands of Scotland, and received his education at the school of Invertkeithing, from whencé he removed to King's College, Aberdeen. Soon after his leaving college he went to sea as a midshipman, but quitted the service for the stage, and first appeared as a performer at Dublin. From Ireland he came to London, and obtained an engagement at Drury-Lane where he became stage-manager, and that very much brethren and the public. He is said to to his credit, and the satisfaction of his have written some dramatic pieces, and is the editor of the following: The Life of Thomas Dermody, 2 v. cr. 8vo. 1805.--The

Harp of Erin, or the Poetical Works of the late
Thomas Dermody, 2 v. cr. 8vo. 1807.
RAYNER, W. H.

Virtue and Vice, a novel, 2 v. 12mo. 1805.

READ, JOHN, Surgeon, is the author of several ingenious papers in the Philosophical transactions on meteorological subjects, and separately of the following tract,

A Summary View of the Spontaneous Electricity of the Earth and Atmosphere, &vo. 1793.

READE, JOSEPH, M.D. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, and of the Royal Medical Society at Edinburgh. He has published:

The Invasion, a poem, 8vo. 1804.-Observations on the Diseases of the Inner Corner of the Human Eye, 8vo. 1811.

REBOUL, M.A. a French Physician, who has printed a pamphlet entitled,

A Poetical and Dedicatory Address to the Friends of Peace, Order, and Humanity, 4to. 1814. REDDING, CYRUS.

Retirement, with other Original Poems, 12mo. 1810. Mount Edgecumbe, a poem, 12mo. 1812.

This

REDE, L. S. Barrister at Law. person, who never made any progress in to gain a livelihood by cutting out exhis profession, contrived some years ago tracts from newspapers, magazines, and other periodical publications. These he of the proceedings of the Quakers relative to the Au- pasted on folio paper, and by dexterous thor of the Narrative, 8vo. 1805.

Narrative of Events which have lately taken place in
Ireland in the Society of Quakers, 8vo. 1801.-Memoirs

combination he gave them the appearance

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