PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booxs.

The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Pendant, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. Collected and edited by James Spedding, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge ; Robert Leslie Ellis, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Douglas Denton Heath, Barrister-at-law, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Volume I.

The Theory of War : Illustrated by numerous Examples from Military History. By Lient.-Col. I', L. Macdougall, Superintendent of Studies at the Royal Military College.

Nicer Cromwell : a Story of the Civil War, By Chin-lea Edward Stewart. In two volumes.

Principles of Psychology. In three parts. By George Ramsay, B.M., Author of " An introduction to Mental Philosophy," &e. &e.

The Student's Gibbon. By William Smith, LL.D.—The object of Dr. Smith's abridgment of the Decline and Fall is to furnish the student with the leading facts and opinions of that great work, so as to enable him to master the information at a much less expense of reading than by having recourse to the original. This is sometimes accomplished by omissions on questions where Gibbon was not impartial, as in matters connected with the church ; sometimes circumstances of inferior moment are considerably reduced, so as to leave room for a fuller display of more important subjects. The corrective notes of Guizot, Milman, and others, are now incorporated in the text. The volume is copiously illustrated with plates and wood-cuts.

Lettersfrom Canterbury, Hew Zealand. By Robert Bateman Paul, M.A., Archdeacon of Waimea, &c.—An account of the foundation of the Canterbury Settlement; a description of it as it now is ; and a good deal of sensible advice to intending emigrants, the sum of which is—you must have capital either in your thews and sinews or in the more received form. The letters are animated by a very fair and genial spirit ; and besides a variety of statistics, the book contains a capital map of the Province.

Lola and other Poems. By Devon Harris.—The principal poem of Mr. Harris's volume is more ambitious in design than intelligible in its execution. It would seem as if the author supposed that writers in verso had a licence to be fragmentary ; which perhaps they have if it is not exercised at the expense of distinctness. Sound is the principle of composition in Lola ; the lines are crowded with blazing imagery which conveys no distinct ideas. In some of the shorter pieces the writer aims at effect by a bluff plainness ; but he is only peculiar, not striking.

Hind's Mirror : Poetical Sketches. With Minor Poems. By M. J. J—n.—" Mind's Mirror" is a succession of sketches and rhapsodies on Christianity, beginning with the creation : the minor poems are varied in subject; but both classes of composition argue an elegant and well-trained mind throwing off its impressions in verse, rather than anything that may be called poetry.

The Ocean Child; or Showers and Sunshine. By Mrs. Harriet Myrtle. —A tale which in some degree combines the elements of the novel with those of the didactic juvenile story. Self-will, violence of temper, and other outbreaks, are exhibited and reformed in Blanche' the little AngloIndian girl, saved from a wreck and adopted by Mrs. Howard. When Blanche has emerged from her trials, it turns out that she is a great heiress and Mrs. Howard's niece. The story is well managed and well written ; the combination of the novel and the juvenile tale is a fashion of the day.

Harry and his Homes. By the Author of "Amy Carlton."—A juvenile story, designed to illustrate the evils of pride, and to show its cure. It is not a well-planned or well-written story. Indeed, there is so little resemblance in it to the manners of the day, that one might fancy the writer was an American laying the scenes in England, or an English writer drawing from books.

"S/sal?" and " Will" ; or two Chapters on Future Auxiliary Verbs. By Sir Edmund B. Head, Bart.—An ingenious and lively treatise to determine the principles on which Englishmen rightly use " shall " and "will," which no other races speaking the English language do. There is a good deal of controversy, with many quotations from Chaucer downwards ; and the whole wears the air of a light critical discussion.

The following list belongs to the class of Business Annuals, though one seems to be a first appearance. Mr. Dod's well-known "Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage," has become almost a new work, in consequence of the changes made by the war and the additions caused by the honours distributed to foreigners. That immense mass of general and commercial statistics "The Business Man's Note-book" has been considerably increased in size, in consequence of growing materials. The principal object of " The Medical List for 1857" is to present the exact legal qualification of every medical man in England and Wales, testing the claim by a reference to the original rolls of the licensing bodies. Mr. Mitchell's Newspaper Press Directory still keeps the advertiser up to the latest information. "The Handbook of the Court," &c. contains a good deal of information, concisely and neatly displayed. The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1857; including all the Titled Classes. Seventeenth year. By Robert P. Dod, Esq., Associate of King's College, London; Author of "The Parliamentary Companion," &c. The Business Man's Note-book and Banking Directory, for the year 1857. Edited by James Hogg jun., F.R.G.S., Fellow of the Statistical Society of London.

The Medical List, or English Medical Directory, for 1857 : being a Register of the Names and Addresses of all qualified Gentlemen actually practising the Science of Medicine as taught in the Colleges and Schools, or the Art of Surgery, in England and Wales, &c. The Newspaper Press Directory, and the Advertiser's Guide, By Charles Mitchell. Thoroughly revised, for the year 1857. The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; the House of Ckanmonst. Seventh year of issue. Corrected to January 1857. The principal reprints are a new edition of Mr. Hazlitt's translation of that remarkable storehouse of filets and thoughts Luther's Table-Talk, included in Mr. Bohn's "Standard Library" ; and, in brief time, a second edition of Mr. Fairbairn's "Useful Information to -Engineers."

The Table-Talk of Martin Luther. Translated and edited by William Ilarlitt, Esq. New edition ; to which is added, The Life of Martin Luther, by Alexander Chalmers.

Useful Information for 2ngineers : being a series of Lectures delivered to the Working Engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire ; together with a series of Appemhzes, containing the results of experimental inquiries into the Strength of Materials, the Causes of Boiler Explosions, &c. By William Fairbairn, F.R.S., Be. Second edition, .4 Manual of Electricity, Practical and Theoretical. By F. C. Bakewell, Author of "Natural Evidence of a Future Life," Be. Second edition, revised. Illustrated by numerous Engravings.

School Grammar of the German Language, according to Dr. Beeker's views ; with a complete Course of Exercises. By H. Apel, German Master in King Edward's School, Birmingham. Fourth. edition, thoroughly revised, and embodying a new method.