Excerpt from The Monthly Magazine, and British Register, Vol. 5: Part I., 1798, From January to June, Inclusive We cannot too often repeat, that the communications we mull value, are thofe which convey new and authehtic information refpeéling matters of fact, important to the progrefs of ufeful knowledge, and tending to ameliorate the condition of mankind. Were all that 18 partially known, freely thrown into the general Rock by reciprocal difclofure, we are convinced that more immediate good would refult, than by pur fuing the molt promifing vein of difcovery. We prefume to fay, that the extenfive circulation of our Mifcellany renders it a peculiarly' fit vehicle for this purpofe; and we (hall take care, by an early infertion of fuch matter, to forward the views of our correfpondents. With refpefi to the literary articles necell'ary to make a plealing variety in a work of this kind, as we hope we have not hitherto been deficient in at tempts to gratify our Readers, (0 we (hall continue, with the aid of our kind contributors, to make the belt provifion in. Our power. We ate; knowledge, with gratitude, the copious fupply of papers of this kind with which we have confiantly been favoured. It has made a jelefiim necefl'ary, which we have always impartially conducted according to our bell judgment; our only aim in this, as in other parts of our duty. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.