PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, Diary of the Times of Charles the Second,

by the Honourable Henry Sidney, afterwards .Earl of Romney; including his Correspondence with the Countess of Sunderland, and other distinguished persons at the English Court. To which are added, Letters illustrative of the Times of James II. and William IIL Edited, with Notes, by W. R. ELENCOWE, Esq., A.M. In two volumes.

Medical History of the Expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-2 comprising an Account of the Fever which led to its abrupt termination. By JAMES ORMISTON MWILLIAM, M.D., Surgeon of H. M. S. Albert, and Senior Medical Officer of the Expedition. With Plates.

Essays on Partial Derangement of the Mind in supposed Connexion with Religion. By the late Joust CHEYNE, M.D., Physician-General to his Majesty's Forces in Ireland, &c. With a Portrait and Autobiographi- cal Sketch of the Author.

A Voice from the Vintage, on the Force of Example; addressed to those who think and feel. By the Author of" The Women of England." [This should rather be called a "Voice from the Teapot "; since, so far from recommending that recourse to the fruits of the vintage which physicians have approved of and philosophers and even divines have practised, Mrs. ELLIS ad- vocates Teatotalism. Her general argument is metaphysical, hair-splitting, all but casuistical. In the cups that cheer and finally ebriate, there is, says she, a time when the interval between enough and too much is marked by a few drops, nay, by a single drop; a fact of which experience has convinced the jovial without recourse to reasoning, as may be observed in their phrase of "a drop too much." This drop, she continues, varies in different individuals, and in the same individual at different times. "Of twenty persons seated at the same table and regaling themselves with the same wine, it is more than pro- bable that the fatal drop at which intemperance begins would not be in the same glass with any two among them." Hence, she argues, the propriety of total abstinence ; not merely from this uncertainty in each individual case, but be- cause the example of a well-constitutioned "religious man," may be the means of inducing his weaker brother, safe as he imagines under such authority, to indulge in his "drop too much," and eventually to become a confirmed tippler.

There are other allusions of a more limited and delicate character, that lift the veil if not the mask. It seems that ladies who visit the poor, feel, or fancy they feel, more hearty to their work of hortation after a glass or two of wine; and eminent orators are more fluent and forcible against intemperance when they imbibe something stronger than water. Others stand upon national pre- scription—" would you deprive a free-born English labourer of his beer?" some eschew joining the Temperance movement because it is low ; and others, taking more sacred ground, rest upon the miracle of Cana and the conversion of water into wine, as a clincher against Teatotalism. All these are met by our fair writer, if not convincingly ; and to the arguments drawn from health she adduces her own case : but she should remember her own argument, that con- stitutions differ.

In a literary point of view, A Voice from the Vintage is inferior to some of Mrs. Eccles late productions, and still more so to those of the maiden SARAH STICKNEY. It is rather deficient in weight of matter and cogency of argu- ment; which she endeavours ineffectually to supply by mere writing. In- temperance, too, is by no means a general vice of the classes of society to whom her book is addressed : so that she seems to have rendered her arguments somewhat forced or exaggerated, to make up for their want of solid foundation. This has produced too strained and high-pitched a tone. One is tempted to say with lago, "Come, come, good wine is a good familar creature if it be well used ; exclaim no more against it."]

Life of the Reverend James Renwick, the last of the Scottish Martyrs. By the Reverend ROBERT SIMPSON, Sanquhar, Author of the "Tradi- tions of the Covenanters," &c.

[Jamas RENWICK was born in 1662, and hanged at Edinburgh in February 1688, for what undoubtedly amounted to legal treason. His father was a weaver; but, by the assistance of friends, the son was sent to Edinburgh to study for the Scotch ministry. Having refused the oath of allegiance, and Wade himself conspicuous in other ways among the Covenanters, he went to

Holland for ordination. Returning thence to Scotland in 1683, he commenced the life of a field-preacher ; which he followed, till his arrest, with undaunted courage and steady perseverance, in spite of proclamations, dragoon-huntings, hardships, and a delicate frame.

The execution of RENWICK might be an act of cruel severity on the part of

JAMES the Second's Government in Scotland, but it cannot with any propriety be called a martyrdom. He was not condemned for any religious opinion, or for promulgating any doctrine against the enactments of the law or the orders of the Council, but for as open a treason as can well be imagined. He was the principal author of the Declaration of Sanquhar, and another similar document, which were a species of manifesto openly proclaimed by the extreme party of the Covenanters, refusing allegiance to JAMES, denying his right to the crown, and attacking him personally in no measured terms. The trial was conducted without any of the discreditable scenes which usually characterized state pro- secutions under the STUARTS ; for RENWICK admitted all that he was accused of, refused to retract, or to save his life when he was more than once requested by the authorities to do so by signing a petition to the Government. In later times he would have been left unnoticed, or acquitted as a monomaniac; and some glimmering of the true state of the case seems to have suggested itself to the Edinburgh authorities of 1688, and prompted their efforts to save him. The Life of James Renwick is a very indifferent affair; without discrimina- tion as regards judgment, or taste as regards literature. Not much appears to have been preserved respecting RENWICK, and that little is not well told: the rest of the volume consists of a kind of sermonizing verboseness.] History of the Westminster Assembly of Divines. By the Reverend W. M. HETHERINGTON, Author of the History of the Church of Scot- land," &c.

[Besides an account of the Assembly of Divines summoned by the Long Par- liament to take into consideration the state of the Church in England after the abolition of Episcopacy, this volume contains a long introduction tracing the Reformation in England from its commencement under HENRY the Eighth till the overthrow of the Establishment which led to the Westminster Assembly ; the aim of the author being to show that all the religious evils of this island sprang from HENRY'S assumption of spiritual supremacy. Strictly, the book is rather a commentary than a history, for the narrative of facts is much less than the author's disquisitions upon them ; and though the bias of Mr. HE- THERINGTON may not induce him to mistake facts, we think it liable to colour his conclasions or opinions. The side to which his bias tends may be indicated by the quotation of a single sentence: "And, here let it be well observed, that the awfully pernicious character here ascribed to the assumed Divine right of Prelacy, cannot be charged against Presbytery, when it too claims to be of Divine right."]

The Duty and the Liberty of a Christian Church asserted against Popery, Puseyism, and Erastianism. By the Reverend ANDREW GRAY, A.M., Perth.

[This address or discourse has reference to the state of the Church in Scot- land; the author being a stanch Nonintrusionist. The publication is not devoid of force in composition, or acuteness of logic the premises being granted; but the usual fallacy pervades the whole of Mr. GRAY'S VIEW. It is a question of temporalities, not of religion, which has shaken the Scotch Kirk; the income derived from property, created by the State, upheld by the State, and regulated by the State, being really the matter struggled for, however it might be dis- guised by clerical forms. And the proof of this is seen by the perfect freedom of the Nonintrusionists as soon as they make up their minds to abandon the temporalities.]

Friend, or Foe? a noveL By Miss ELLEN PICKERING, Author of "Nan Darrell," &c. In three volumes.

[The groundwork of the distress in Friend or Foe, is the somewhat hacknied incident of a supposed murder committed but concealed by the father of the heroine. Miss PICKERING, however, has extended and complicated this source of trouble, by rendering the lover the son of the victim, and brought up by the unintectional homicide. Besides the mysterious distress to Mr. Mortimer which the presence of young De Lacy occasions, the kindness lavished on him rouses the jealousy of Mortimer's own son ; a feeling which is further aggra- vated by cousin Hinton, who aims at the hand of Alice. By the machinations of this worthy, De Lacy is involved in a quarrel with Edward Mortimer, and driven from his protector's house. Having got scent of the fatal quarrel, Mr. Hinton also stimulates an inquiry ; which ends in the arrest of Mr. Mortimer: but just as he is about to be committed for trial, Mr. De Lacy senior appears upon the scene,—having been saved by smugglers, driven out to sea by a storm, captured by the Barbary corsairs, and only liberated in time to assist at the denouement of the third volume.

The substance of all this is rather melodramatic than natural; imitated from books, or concocted by fancy, rather than delineated from actual life. And although it may be said of some of the incidents, that the story is carried back to a time when such facts were probable, yet the manners and style of the age have not been caught. As regards composition, Miss PICKERING Still im- proves: her situations and effects are striking ; and there is a less viable repe- tition of herself than in some of her former works. Altogether, Friend or Foe is a capital novel for the circulating library, though it cannot lay claim to a place in the first rank of fictions.] The Amnesty, or the Duke of Alba in Flanders; an Historical Novel of the Sixteenth Century. By CHARLES F. ELLERMAN. In two volumes. [The scene of this novel is laid in Spain and Flanders ; and as two generations are brought upon the scene, long intervals of time take place between the acts or "books." Beyond a melodramatic knack in "situation," and a rough get- over-the-ground kind of rapidity in narrative, Mr. ELLERMAN has slender capabilities for a novelist. His story and style are crude; he has no concep- tion of character, and no knowledge of manners, except a Spanish cant phrase or oath, which he uses too frequently. He is not, however, a tedious or heavy writer ; and that is something amid all deficiencies and faults.] Exercises on Etymology : for use in schools and for private instruction. By WILLIAM GRAHAM' Author of "A Treatise Olt Elocution," &c. (Chambers's Educational Course.) [This is an able, ingenious, and useful little volume ; containing in a small compass a large amount of information. The object of the book is to present a full idea of the composite nature of the English tongue, by an analysis ex- hibiting its derivation from the Anglo-Saxon and Latin, with passing notices of its obligation to the French, German, and Greek languages. The exercises on the Anglo-Saxon chiefly consist of a vocabulary of leading words; those on the Latin are more elaborate and are intended for the pupil's constant exercise. They form a series Of sentences composed to embrace as many words derived from the Latin as possible; foot-tables contain the roots of these derivatives, with reference by means of figures; and notes are added explain- ing any difficulty that the peculiar origin of the root might cause—as arnbitio from the candidates going about. The author also suggests that pupils should' be made to give the literal meaning of the Latin words, instead of some syno- nyme : thus- " Among the conspirators were several aspirants to the throne." Pupil. '• Among the breathers together were several who breathed after the throne." In addition to these exercises, there are vocabularies of words derived directly from the Greek, and from modern tongues, together with some extracts from philological works on the origin and migration of languages Taken altogether, Exercises on Etymology is a valuable addition to the

elementary books on the English language : but it will require skill in the teacher, activity of mind in the pupil, and perseverance in both, fully to develop its utility.]

An Introduction to Arithmetic : for use in schools and for private instruc- tion. (Chambers's Educational Course.)

[Simplicity and utility is the principle of this little book ; the rules being ex- pressed in the plainest and most popular language, and an interest sought to he given to the examples by drawing them from matters of which the pupil can perceive the bearing : as " George has 13 marbles, John has 19, James 16, William 20, and Thomas 27: how many have they in all ?" The memory also is said to be less tasked ; and so it may be in Weights and Measures ; but we do not see that it is in other points. It is an omission not to have printed the names of the figures in words, under the first example. Supposing a good reader unacquainted with the characters of the figures, this Introduction to Arithmetic would be a sealed book. In school or scientific arithmetic, it goes as high as Fractions and Practice : but it has additions of a practical kind—as Mental Arithmetic, or how to work questions by short cuts ; together with a description of bookkeeping.] The People's Handbook to the British Museum. [The want of a concise and popular guide-book to the treasures of the British Museum is now supplied in a very satisfactory manner. This little manual, that may be slipped into the waistcoat-pocket, enumerates each separate object, and the contents of every one of the glass cases ; with such expla- natory remarks as may suffice to convey information as to the value, nature, and origin of the various collections, and the rarity and beauty of particular specimens. The first part is devoted to the galleries of Natural History, and the second to those of Antiquities; each room being taken in order, and reference being made both to the numerical arrangement and the classifica- tion. The several departments have evidently been described by persons scientifically acquainted with each. No visitor of the Museum should be without this intelligent vade-mecum ; a reference to which will enable the least-informed person to comprehend the leading characteristics of the various curiosities : and it may be useful to the best informed.]

Traditional Nursery Songs of England; with Pictures by eminent mo- dern Artists. Edited by FELIX SUMMERLY. (The Home Treasury.) Sir Hornbook, or Childe Launcelot's Expedition ; a Grammatico-Alle- gorical Ballad. New edition. (The Home Treasury.) [These two elegant little books with gilded covers, coloured prints, and beau- tiful type, are the commencement of a series of reprints of once popular books for children, under the title of the "Home Treasury of Books, Pictures, and Toys "; which is intended to include picture-alphabets, fairy tales, old ballads, and the Bible events illustrated by HOLBEIN and RAFFAELLE. An infusion of legendary lore and romantic fable in the current of useful information that now flows into the nursery from so many different sources, will be welcome to many, parents and children too, who do not share the dislike of Faux Sum- STEELY IO PETER PARLEY and his progeny ; and the attractive style in which the old nursery classics are got up, as well as their novelty to the present ge- neration of infants, will recommend them. The designs of the "Nurser Songs" are of a homely character, with touches of the comic or the graceful, as the case may be ; and their simplicity is not lessened by the refined taste shown in one or two—that of the "Beggars coming to Town," for instance: the colouring is gay, but not vulgar.]

Rambles in the Isle of Wight, during the Summers of 1841 and 1842; with Miscellaneous Additions. By Joan Gwix.r.ram.

[Mr. GWILLIAM has visited the Isle of Wight, and poured forth his admiration of its beauties in a series of poems, that would be doggrel but for the fluency and force of his language, considering language as words without regard to the sentiments or images they convey. In this point of view, the volume is curious.; its writer has a versifying "gift of the gab."

Prefixed to the t:aietry is a prose preface, giving a topographical account of the island, with a list of hotels, &c. : and this is the most useful part of the book ; for though very bald compared with the florid style of the poetry, it will serve well enough as a practical guide.]

Songs for the Millions, and other Poems. By BENSAMIN STOTT, of Manchester, Bookbinder,

[A volume of Chartist verses, very creditable to a working man; though the imitative manner is more apparent than the originating idea, and the writer's thoughts flow less freely than his words.]

The Natural History of the Fishes of Guiana. Part IL By ROBERT B. SCHOMBURGII, Esq. Illustrated by thirty-two coloured plates, with Portrait and Memoir of Burckhardt. (Naturalist's Library. Volume %XXVIII.) Knight's Cabinet Edition of the Works of William Shakspere. Volume V.

SERIALS.

Tarrell's History of British Birds, Part XXXVII.

Chanibers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Part VL

London, Part XXVII.

Harry Mowbray, Part,VI.

The Steam-Packet, Part III.

PERIODICALS.

Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Volume IV.

Part I.

Dublin Review, No. XXVIII.

Magazines for June—Church of England, Church, Artist and Amateur's, Monthly, Polytechnic Review, Old Sailor's Jolly-Boat, Farmer's, Sportsman, New Monthly Belle Assemblee, Phreno-Magnet.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

The Illustrated History of Alcohol. By FREDERIC R. LEES, Ph. D., Author of "Metaphysics of Owenism Dissected," &c. No. I. [This number consists—oddly enough for a beginning—of an appendix, con- taining a discussion of the question " Is alcohol an element of respiration ? " in which Professor LLEBIG'S statement of the chemical effects of alcohol on the human economy is quoted in proof of the injurious influence of alcoholic drinks: Dr. PROUT'S experiments of the effects of alcohol are likewise given ; and the part is illustrated by two coloured plates, representing the stomach in a healthy state, and the "blood-shot stomach" of the moderate drinker.]

An Illustrated Catalogue of the Works published by John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row, London. [This pamphlet, though only an advertisement of books, each page headed with one of the Illustrations of the volume it announces, is remarkable as exemplify- ing the extreme delicacy and finished execution of the wood-engravings, and the variety of subjects illustrated: anatomy, architecture, heraldry, sculpture— birds, beasts, fishes, insects—trees and figures—are represented in turn ; attest- ing the taste of the publisher and the skill of the engravers and designers.] Pictorial History of England, Part LXXV.

Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part V.

British Moths and their Transformations, No. XX.

Plausible Plea. By PAM.

PAMPHLETS.

Some Agricultural and Political Irish Questions calmly Discussed, By JOHN GREY V. PORTER, Esq.

Suretyship. The Dangers and Defects of Private Security, and their remedies. By CHARLES SAUNDERSON, late an Auditor of the Guarantee Society.

Speech of W. D. Christie, Esq., M.P., on Moving for leave to bring in a Bill" To Abolish certain Oaths and Subscriptions in the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and to Extend Education in the Universities to Persons who are not .Members of the Church of England," on the 25th May 1843.

Address to the Landowners of Ireland upon the present Agitation for a Repeal of the Union. By the Honourable EDWARD PLUNKETT, R..N.

Be not Schismatics, be not Martyrs, by Mistake. A Demonstration that "the principle of Nonintrusion," so far from being "fundamental in the Church of Scotland," is subversive of the fundamental principles of that and every other Presbyterian Church Establishment. Respect- fully submitted to the Reverend the Convocation Ministers, by Sir WILLIAM HAMILTON, Bart., of Preston. Second edition, corrected and improved.

MUSIC.

The National Psalmist; consisting of original and standard psalm and hymn tunes, chants, responses, and anthems. Harmonized and arranged for the Organ or Pianoforte. By CHARLES DANVERS HACKETT.