Literary Intelligence. In order fully to establish these conclusions respecting the mummifying process, Dr. Granville had prepared several imitative mummies by its means; some of which bore the closest resemblance to the Egyptian, and had withstood putrefaction or upwards of three years, though exposed to the vicissitudes of a variable climate without any covering, or other precautionary measure. None of the substances used appear to be sufficient, either singly or conjointly, without the wax, to preserve the body, or convert it into a perfect mummy: and one of the nates of the Egyptian Mummy having been wholly deprived of the wax by ebullition and maceration, looked no longer like its mummified fellow, but resembled a preparation of a recent specimen of that part, and soon began to putrefy. After the reading of the paper, Dr. Granville exhibited the dissected mummy and its various parts, together with the bandages with which it had been invested, drawings of its outer case, &c. and his own imitative preparations, in the Society's Library; thus illustrating the details of his communication. MR. BRUCE'S ORIENTAL MSS. [July, in two large volumes; the "Star of the Garden," a MS, treating of the geography of Egypt and of the Nile: Assiouti's topography, antiquities, and natural history of Egypt; also Macrizi's topographical history of Egypt, in three vo lumes; with many other very rare and valuable works, illustrating the history, geography, and natural productions of Egypt, Syria, Arabia, &c. besides some curious tracts in medicine, the Romance of Autar, poetical collections, &c. But we must particularly notice the Coptic MS. found among the ruins of Thebes, in the ancient residence of so re Egyptian monks; it is written on papyrus, in a small folio size, and comprises twenty-six leaves; the characters all capitals, of the uncial kind; and it may be ascribed to the second, or the early part of the third century. This most precious MS. has been described by Dr. Woide, in the introduction to the Saludic New Testament (139, 230). See also the third plate of that work. The entire collection of Mr. Bruce's MSS. at present belongs to the daughterin-law of that distinguished traveller, and is deposited at Chelsea Hospital, under the care of Colonel Spicer. Of the value attached to this collection some notion may be formed, when we acquaint the reader, that for two or three articles among the Ethiopic MSS. one thousand guineas have been offered, and refused. We must express our hopes that England may long retain them, and that they may be preserved in the same National Museum, to which the Rich Col The magnificent collection of Manuscripts formed at considerable expence, and with laborious research, in Egypt, Abyssinia, Arabia, and other countries, by Bruce, the celebrated traveller, in number of volumes amounts to nearly one hundred, of which twenty-four are Æthiopic, one Coptic, one Persian, and the remainder Arabic. Among the E-lection was lately consigned. thiopic are five large volumes, comprehending the Old Testament (except the Psalms, which have been published by the learned Ludolf in 1701): there is also the New Testament in Æthiopic (two large volumes), and the celebrated "Chronicle of Axum," which was presented to Mr. Bruce by Ras Michael, Governor of Tigre: it contains the traditional history of Abyssinia, and many curious particulars relating to the city and church of Axum, &c. Another Æthiopic manuscript is the history of Abyssinia, in five large volumes, a work equally rare as important. Among the Arabic MSS. is a complete history of the conquest, topography, literature, and the remarkable personages of Andalus or Spain, in the time of the Arabs, by Sheikh Ahmed al Monkeri, a native of Andalusia, in three large volumes; a copy of the celebrated Biographical Dictionary of Ebn Khalican, in two volumes; Al Masaoudi's excellent historical, geographical, and philosophical work, entitled, the "Meadows of Gold," ZODIAC OF DENDARA. This remarkable sculpture, executed in Carrara marble by order of Buonaparte, is now exhibited in Leicestersquare; and from the powerful interest which the subject has excited in the literary world, particularly among the French Savans, the following abstract, from an illustrative pamphlet published by the proprietor, will be interesting: on In 1799. when the French proceeded up the Nile, for the purpose of penetrating into Upper Egypt, under the command of General Desaix, they arrived at the ruins of Dendera, which occasion, says that General, the emotion produced throughout the army under my command was so extraordinary, that the whole force stood speechless, penetrated by one pervading sentiment of awe and admiration. It was during the examination of those stupen dous ruins that the virtuous and gallant Desaix discovered the circular Zodiac, 3 which now forms so conspicuous a figure in the cabinet of antiques in the Royal Library at Paris. As from the period of the first discovery of the Planisphere, no idea existed of its removal to Europe, Buonaparte, on returning to France, from Egypt, felt de-irous that a fac-simile of that monument should be preserved, for which purpose M. J. J Castex, of Toulouse, who had accompanied the Egyptian expedition, and procured a model on the pot, executed this beautiful work in Carrara marble, which was completed in 1819. After passing the grand entrance of the temple of Dendera, which is imposing beyond description, appears the great portico, presenting an entablature elevated sixty feet from the ground, and supported by six colossal statues, representing the divinity Isis. The exterior as well as the interior of the walls are ornamented by sculptures of their fall heights, and all the pillars present similar carvings, that were originally coloured, as numerous specimens still remain, the painting of which has not been obliterated by the lapse of revolving ages. One of the Zodiacs is placed be neath the portico, and sculptured on the lateral side, six of the signs appearing on a fiflet that projects from the temple, headed by the sign of the lion, while the remaining six are sculptured on a parallel fillet entering the temple; so that the twelve signs, as delineated on that Zodiac, together with an immense num. ber of emblematical figures, form a long procession of variegated objects. On the terrace of the temple is a pavillion, consisting of three small chambers, in one of which was placed the original Zodiac, from whence the present sculpture was executed, forming part of the eeiling. Few monuments of antiquity have created so much noise in the scientific world as the circular Zodiac of Dendara; volumes, pamphlets, and countless memoirs, have issued from the French press on that interesting subject, of which we shall proceed to quote soine of the most prominent, M. Dupuis, in a memoir that appeared in 1806, pretends that the Planis. phere was coeval with the date of the renewal of the solstitial period, making its antiquity refer back to thirteen thou sand years anterior to the present time. *The original Planisphere was subsequer.tly conveyed from Egypt to France by MM. Saulnier and Lelorrain, and purchased by Louis XVIII. tor 6,5001. and is now deposited in the Public Library at Paris. 67 M. Visconti, in opposition to the lastmentioned writer, conceives that the Zodiac was a work of the Greeks, and that it represents the sphere as laid down. by Eudoxus and Aratus, only thirteen hundred years prior to the vulgar era. M. Biot, another literary gentleman who entered the lis s, concluded, trom his observations on several of the leading objects delineated on the Zodiac, that it referred to the year 716 before Christ. M. Champollion, the younger, asserts that the Planispaere is not a menument of Astronomy, but refers to judicial astrology, and that an object of Egyptian worship has, therefore, been misconstrued as an astronomical sign. In the arguments of M. Francœur, who supports the antiquity of the Zodiac, he arraigns the opinions published by M. Visconti, stating that the Greeks were unacquainted with hieroglyphic symbols, and that consequently it was impossible they should have covered thousands of square feet with sculptured characters of that description. He moreover states, that the Zodiacs of Dendara bear no similitude to those of the moderus, and that the Greek Sagittarius, as in the Planisphere, is neither winged, nor does it display two faces, &c. M. Alexander Lenoir considers the monument of Dendera a calendar, wherein are traced the solar, rural, and civil or religious years, and ascribes to it no greater antiquity than the age of Bocchorus, who reigned over Egypt about 770 years previous to our era. After the numerous disquisitions that have appeared, the general opinion entertained by the Savans of Paris concerning the circular Zodiac of Dendera, is, that the monuments of antiquity in Egypt present three stages of architecture. The first, and most ancient, being apparent in the ruins of the palaces of Karnae, Luxor, Medinet-Abou, and Thebes, with the temples of Isambout, Derhi, Amada, and Girsghi, in Nubia, wherein are sculptures which, by meatus of the Phonetic Alphabet of Hieroglyphics, are found to contain the names of the earliest kings of Egypt. The next remains are those of Dakhi, Calabschi, Ombos, and Erfu, belonging to the second period of Egyptian art, which display names of the Grecian Kings and Queens who reigned while Egypt continued under the dominion of the Greeks; and fastly, the ruins of edifices erected during the sovereignty of the Roman Emperors, among which is ranked the Temple of Dendera supposed to have been built under the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius, Nero, and Domitian. CAM € 68 CAMBRIDGE, July 1. Literary Intelligence. The Porson prize for the best translation of a passage from Shakespeare into Greek verse, was on Saturday last adjudged to John Hodgson, of Trinity college. -Subject, King John, Act iv. Scene 2. Beginning with "K. John. How oft the sight of means." And ending with "Hubert. An innocent child." The Member's prize for the best dissertation in Latin prose, was on Wednesday last adjudged to John Buckle, of Trinity college, Senior Bachelor.-Subject. " De statu futuro quænam fuere veterum inter Græcos et Romanos Philosophorum dogmata?" Ready for Publication. The Third Portion of the "Progresses of King James the First... " Two Parts of Mr. FLOWER'S Twenty Lithographic Views of Castles, Abbeys, and other Ancient Buildings, in the Town and County of Leicester. Two more Parts will complete the work. We can safely recommend these well-executed plates to all interested in the County, and to all lovers of Topography. Stirling's Juvenal, with the original text reduced to the natural order of construction, an English Translation, literal and interlineal: and an Index, historical, geographical, and poetical., By P. A. NUTTALL, LLD. The Holy War; with Infidels, Papists, and Socinians. Or Visions of Earth, Heaven and Hell; and of the coutending powers of Light and Darkness, in the 19th century. By JOHN BUNYAN, redivivus. The Forest Sanctuary; with Lays of other Lands. By Mrs. HEMANS. Lady MORGAN'S vol. entitled Absenteeism. AM A Manual of Classical Bibliography; comprizing a copious detail of the various editions, translations into the English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, and, occasionally, other languages; Commentaries, and Works, critical and illustrative, of the Greek and Latin Classics. By JOSEPH WM. Moss. WATTS's Poetical Album, or modern Fugitive Poetry. or Register The Poetical and Dramatic works of Christopher Marlow. The Letters of Marshal Conway, from 1744 to 1784, embracing the period when he was Commander of the Forces, and Secretary of State. The History of the principal Transactions in British India, during the administration of the Marquis of Hastings. By HENRY T. PRINCEP, of the Bengal Civil Service. Sonnets, Recollections of Scotland, and other Poems. By a Resident of Sherwood Forest. The Cheltenham Anthology; consisting of. Translations from the Greek, Latiu, Italian, French, and Spanish; and Original Poems. Edited by W. H. HALPIN. [July, The Reminiscences of MICHAEL KELLY, of the King's Theatre and Theatre Royal Drury-lane. Legends of the North, or the Feudal Christmas; a Poem, by Mrs. H. ROLLS, authoress of "Sacred Sketches," &c. The Pepysian Diary and Correspondence, edited by Lord BRAYBROOKE. The Diary commences immediately before the Restoration, when Mr. Pepys sailed with the Earl of Sandwich to bring over the King from Breda, and is continued almost uninterruptedly for ten years. Vol. I. of The Cottage Bible. By T. Williams. To be continued in Monthly Parts, and completed in 2 vols. 8vo. A Treatise on Volcanoes, and their connection with the History of the Globe. By G. P. SCROPE. HARDING and BLAIR's Short Hand. Preparing for Publication. Ar. Historical, Topographical, and Statistical Survey of the City of Westminster ; with Biographical Anecdotes of Eminent Persons connected with this City. Metrical Romances, with other pieces of early English poetry, printed from manuscripts hitherto unpublished; with an Introduction, Notes, and a Glossary. Edited by C. H. HARTSHORNE, B.A. of St. John's col. Camb. in 2 vols. They consist of the Romances of King Edward and the Shepherd; King Athelstan and his three sworn brothers; King Arthur; Florice and Blanchfleur; Sir Harrow the Gode; the unpublished Emperor Octavian; Sir Degarnaunt and Sir Perceval; a specimen of William and the Werwolf; the Cokwold's Daunce; the unnatural Daughter, &c. &c. Voyage Bibliographique, Archéologique, et Pictoresque, en France, par le Rev. THO. FROGNALL DIBDIN; traduit de l'Anglais, avec des notes, par Théod. Licquet, Conservateur de la Bibliothéque publique de Rouen, et de la Société des Antiquaires de Normandie; et G. A. Crapelet, Imprimeur. 4 vol. in 8vo. avec figures et fac-simile gravés pár Thomson. Dédié à la Société des Bibliophiles Français. A volume of Sermons. By the Rev. Dr. GORDON, of Hope-park Chapel, parish of St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh. Sketches, Political, Geographical, and Statistical, of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, to which are added a description of the Mines. A Series of Sixty Engravings of Hanoverian and Saxon Scenery, from Drawings by Capt. BATTY, of the Grenadier Guards. The German Novelists, from the earliest period down to the present time; accompa nied with Biographical and Critical Notices, and an Historical View of the traditionary and romantic literature of Germany. By T. Roscor, esq. SELECT 1825.] [69] SELECT POETRY. DREAM OF THE MORN. Are dying 'neath the lustrous flush DREAM of the Morn! whose cooling wing And steeps her cheek with deeper dyé Oe'r my eyelids used to fling The same green mead, as whilom gay, Nor bid the scene that charm'd my sight July 16, 1825. MORNA. By the Author of Massenburg. SAY, why does Morna bind her hair Why cull the buds of fairest glow P. In all their simple grace are there; Till eye and cheek are both on fire Till hope delayed' its sickness throws. She saw it all-how soon the eye Had imaged in its secresy, The happy particle of space! With rooted feet and glazed eyes, Into the image of despair. THE WARRIOR'S RETURN. i THE soldier returns from the land where he wandered [ring strife, 'Midst harassing warfare and death-stirWhere heroes had fallen in battle-unnumbered, [tals and life. And fate sought commandmento'er morHe returns to his home, with laurels they've crowned him, [solace, To meet once again his heart's pride and : And friends-who eagerly press now around Are hopes and fears in conflict meeting? him [embrace. In love's fond endearment and friendship' The The camp and the bivouack, where dwell his reprisal, His casque and his sword are now set aside; Peace, joy, and amity greet his arrival, And honor shall mark him with patriot pride. But where is the youth who stood by his side, [sire? Who bravely to battle had followed his He has fallen, alas! in the bloom of youth died, Yet for his country did nobly expire. Vain was the hope that he once might return, [once again! [July, GLASTONBURY ABBEY, & WELLS CATHEDRAL: Written after viewing the Ruins of the one, and hearing the Church Service in the other, June 18, 1825. By the Rev. W. L. BOWLES. GLORY and boast of Avalon's fair vale, How beautiful thy ancient turrets rose! Fancy yet sees them, in the sunshine pale Gleaming, or more majestic in repose,When west-away, the crimson landscape glows, That his country might smile on him yet How sweet the sounds, that, at still day-light's > mourn, Dull grief shall look pale and sorrow shall But not so the father who fought where he Written after visiting the Church and Tomb of Dr. Edward Young, at Welwyn, Hertfordshire. I'VE seen the solemn consecrated spot, Where rests immortal YOUNG from worldly strife! Where he enjoy'd the humble Pastor's lot, And led his flock to streams of endless life! And o'er his tomb I dropt the secret tear, (For worth like his must sure the tribute claim,) And as I read the filial record there, My bosom glow'd with reverential flame! I saw where oft, ere morn had streak'd the East, Which night had shaded o'er with sombre glooms Where lonely he enjoy'd a mental feast, And strung his Heavenly lyre among the tombs! With Christian zeal the sacred Truth he taught, [mend; And lab'ring strove the sinner's ways to With Muse inspir'd he sang his last NIGHT THOUGHT! Then died the Christian-Poet-and the • Friend!.. Τ. Ν. Casting their shadows on the waterst wide, close, Came blended with the airs of eventide, When thro' the glimmering aisle faint "misereres" died! But all is silent now!-silent the bell, Silent the vesper-chaunt-the Litany Responsive to the organ!-scatter'd lie The wrecks of the proud Pile 'mid arches grey,[sigh, Whilst hollow winds through mantling ivy And e'en the mould'ring shrine is rent away, [Arthur lay. Where, in his warrior weeds, the British Now look upon the sister Fane of Wells!It lifts its forehead in the lucid air,Sweet o'er the champaign sound its Sabbath bells,[prayer, Its roof rolls back the chaunt, or voice of Anxious we ask, "Will heav'n 'that temple spare? fate, "Or mortal tempest sweep it from its state? "Oh! say, shall Time revere that fabric fair, "Or shall it meet, in distant years, thy [as desolate?" "Shatter'd, Proud Pile, like thee, and left NO! to subdue or elevate the soul, Our best, our purest, feelings to refine, Still, shall the solemn Diapasons roll Through that high Fane! still hues rez flected shine, [shrine, From the tall windows, on the sculptur'd Tinging thepavement! for He shall affordHe who directs the storm-his aid divine, Because its Sion has not left thy word, Nor sought for other guide than Thee, Almighty Lord! • Glastonbury Abbey. + The Vale of Avalon was surrounded by waters at the time. King Arthur is described as buried in the Island of Avalon, Part of a sculptured Lion remains; and it may be observed, that Leland, in his Itinerary, speaks of " Duo Leones sub pedibus Arthuri." The masonry over the sacred Well, discovered by Dr. Warner, is eminently beautiful. |