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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 mofi value, are thofe which convey new and authehtic information refpeéling matters of 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 flock by reciprocal difclofurc, we are convinced that more immediate good would refult, than by pn'r firing the molt promifing vein of difcovery. We prefume to lay, that theextenfive circulation of our Mifcellany renders it a peculiarly fit vehicle Tor this purpofe; and we {hall take care, by an early infertion of loch matter, to forward the views of our eorrefpondents. With RM to the literary articles necefl'ary tornake a pleading vanety in a work of this kind, as we hope we have not hitherto been deficient in at tetnpts to gratify our Readers, fo we {hall continue, with the aid of our kindcontributors, to make the bell provifion m our power. We ac kmwledge, with gratitude, the copious fupply of papers of this kind with which we have conflantly been favoured. It has made a fileétim' neoefl'ary, which we have always impartially conduéled according to our belt judgment; our only aim in this, as in other parts of our duty, being to deferve the approbation of hbcral and enlightened Readers. 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.