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Orders taken in by John Millar, Bookseller, for

As but a few copies of these books remain on hand, the first orders will be carefully preferred—for it will not be possible to execute every order.

I. RATIONAL RECREATIONS. A collection of scarce and curious pieces, many of which were never printed before, containing, John Peden's Elegy—Churches of Paisley—Population of Europe—The learned Spaniel—Princess Ali Chan's petition to Governor Hastings—Trick of a French Quack—Anecdote of Dr. Goldsmith—Speech of George M$c$Kenzie—Successful bravery—Beware of National Reflections—Petrarchs' Idea of Books—Granger's Sophism—Lee the Poet—Author of Douglas, a tragedy—Swearers justly punished—Preſence of mind, &c. &c. , "The Packman's Pater Noſter." A fragment of a ſatyrical poem againſt Popery, containing 42 lines. Written by Sir James Sempill of