PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Dry Leaves from Young Egypt; being s Glance at Sindh before the Arrival of Sir Charles Napier. By an Ex-Political.

' Letters on the Truths contained in Popular Superstitions. By Herbert Mayo, M.D.

A Physician's Holyday; or a Month in Switzerland in the Summer of 1848. By John Forbes, M.D., F.R.S. With a Map and Illustrations.

The Temporal Benefits of Christianity, Exemplified in its Influence on the Social, Intellectual, Civil, and Political Condition of Mankind, from its First Promulgation to the Present Day. By Robert Blakey, Author of the " History of the Philosophy of Mind," &c.

Introduction to Meteorology. By David Parc& Thomson, M.D., &c.

A Summary of the Roman Civil Law; illustrated by Commentaries on and Parallels from the Mosaic, Canon, Mahommedan, English, and Foreign Law. By Patrick Colquhoun. Volume I. Part L The Protestant Leader; a Novel By Eugene Sae, Author of " The Wan- dering Jew," &c. In three volumes.

Mabel Carrington; a Novel. By the Author of "The Blacksmith's Daughter," &c. In three volumes.

[There conies a time in every kind of art., where art is followed as a profession, when formal excellence is so generally acquired as to become mechanical. The correctness of outline and grand style of the great Italian painters, which had the life and freshness of originality in them and their immediate successors, degene- rated after a while into a mere routine mannerism. Pope, says Johnson, tuned the language so that no writer since his time had been deficient in versification; but this versification, deprived of the wit and spirit of the master, quickly sank into sing-song. It is the same in music; and we appear to have reached a time when style or composition is generally attainable in prose fiction. At all events, novels and tales frequently come before us possessing this qualifica- lion in a degree out of all proportion to the other requirements of a fictionist. When this is combined, as it sometimes is,..with a knack at dramatic dialogue or situation, the book raises expectation at the opening which it does not fulfil, from the want of a large observation of life, a sound judgment, or some other deficiency equally fatal. Mabel Carrington is of this class. The style, whether in description, inci- dents, or dialogue, is forcible; and the scenes, considered merely as scenes, have a theatrical kind of effect. But the matter is borrowed, or extreme. The lead- ing theme of the work is taken from the obsolete trick of an estate lost through *private marriage, whose proofs are missing till towards the end of the third volume. The modern topic of joint-stock schemes and the frauds of directors is engrafted upon this; but the matter is exaggerated, and the idea not new. In addition to this fault, there is a good deal of coarseness, and of incidents more fitted for the police than the novelist.] Seven Tales by Seven Authors. Edited by the Author of " Frank Fairleigh?' [These tales are published for the benefit of a lady who has experienced a re- verse of fortune, and whose pen is the principal source of support for herself and her young family. Such an object calls for recommendation rather than criti- cism; but the book can bear it. The tales are well varied in subject: Mr. James contributes a story of the times of William the Conqueror, Mr. Tupper one on the period of the Roans in Britain, Mrs. S. C. Hall a tale oelrish, and Miss Pardon of fashionable life. The other three stories are by less known writers; but they have a freshness which with many will more than recompense a certain amateur- ' like character.] Eugene Aram; a Tale. By Sir Edward Balwer Lytton, Bart- With a Frontispiece, by Hablot K. Browne. [The numbers of the cheap edition of Sir Bulwer Lytton's fiction collected into a volume. In addition to a new preface, that once more discusses the merits of the novel, the author prints an essay by Eugene Aram himself.] The H— Family. By Frederika Bremer. Translated from the Swedish. Vathek; an Arabian Tale. By William Beckford, Esq. With Notes, Cri- tical and Explanatory. [Reprints, beginning what the publisher calls Shilling Series. They are bound in canvass, and cheap enough.] The Ballad of Edwin and Emma. By David Mallet. A new edition, with Notes and Illustrations by Frederick T. Dinsdale, Esq., LL. D., &c. [This volume is a curious instance of the effect of early association. Dr. Dine- dale went to school at Bowes, the village in which resided the ill-starred pair who formed the subject of Mallet's ballad of " Edwin and Emma." The poem, though now pretty well forgotten, was then admired, and learned by juveniles as a piece. We know not whether Dr. Dinsdale ever recited it; but early knowledge and the genius loci have left an impression upon his mind, which has produced this very completely illustrated edition. All that research can furnish touching the fami- lies of Wrightson and &ikon, the surnames of Edwin and Emma, are collected; there is the story of the various editions of the ballad, with the contemporary critiques on its first appearance, and the remarks of eminent writers since; be- sides a variety of miscellaneous information. Nor is Dr. Dinsdale satisfied with literature alone; he calls in the aid of art, from a view of the village of Bowes, down to a sketch of the headstone which has been erected through his exertions to the memory of the lovers, nearly a century and a half after their death.] Lays from the Cimbric Lyre; with Various Verses. By Goronva Camlan. [The date on the titlepage and back piece of this book is 1846; but the preface, devoted to a defence of the Celtic race, and a sort of attack upon the Anglo- Saxons, seems to refer to some topics of later day. However, the poetical portion of the volume consists of ballads or miscellaneous poems, mostly on ancient or modern topics connected with the Principality, and generally of a patriotic cast. Goronva Camlan is fluent, and his verse is well-sounding; but he forgets the canon, "Game snpervacnum pleno de pectore manet."]

Notes and Lectures upon Shakespeare and some of the Old Poets and Dffe- matiskr; with other Literary Remains of S. T. Coleridge. Edited by Mrs. i11: N. Coleridge. In two volumes.

Mai s in part a reprint from the "Literary Remains" of Coleridge, published to NA and in part a republication of periodical papers. The first volume con-

tains Shakspere, Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher. The second is more mil_ cellaneous and of a wider range; embracing the general character of the Gothic mind in the middle ages, with illustrations drawn from a large variety of works; followed by miscellaneous papers on all kinds of topics, from /Eichylus to Berry Cornwall. They are fragmentary, but interesting, and full of thought and matter.) Chronological Tables of Greek and Roman History, Civil and Literary, Edited by William Smith, LL.D., Editor of the Dictionaries of Greek and Roman Antiquities, and Biography and Mythology.

[A useful book for the desk of a student who has Dr. Smith's two great works, from which the tables of the present work are extracted; since he has in this bandy volume the principal events and characters of Greek and Roman story chronologically arranged, with lists of ancient kings, emperors, and archon, ens tables of weights, measures, and money. To those who have not the Dictionaries of Antiquities and Biography, these Chronological Tables are indispensable.] The History of Rome. By Titus Livius. The First Eight Books. Literally Translated, with Notes and Illustrations. By D. Spillan, A.M., atsi.

(Bohn's Classical Library.) •

[Fidelity is the claim of this new translation of Livy. With this object in view, Dr. Spilka has adhered "as closely to the original text as is consistent with the idioms of the respective languages." In one point of view, the poetical spirit, the "pictured page" of the historian, suffers from this closeness; but it becomes more useful in another, especially to those students who may read the translation with the original. In some instances, greater literal closeness in pas. ticular words would have improved the translation.]

Outlines of Astronomy. By Sir John F. W. Herschel!, Bart-, K H., die. [These Outlines are a new edition of Sir John F. W. Herschelfs well-known trea- tise in Lardner's Cyclopedia, partly rewritten, and expanded, with additions and later knowledge, into almost a new work. The subjects upon which fresh matter is more especially introduced are Lunar and Planetary Perturbations, and Sidereal and Nebular Astronomy.] Rambles by Rivers. The Thames. By James Thorne. [A timely volume according to the almanack though not the weather. With this book in his hand, the tourist may track the Thames from its sources to its jams tion with the German Ocean, without missing any noticeable point, if he only consult his pocket-companion.] The Chess-Player's Companion: comprising a New Treatise on Odds, and a Collection of Games contested by the Author with various distinguished Players during the last ten years; including the great French Match with Monsieur St. Amant; to which are added, a Selection of New and Instruct- ive Problems. By Howard Staunton, Esq., Author of " The Chess-Play- er's Handbook," &c. (Baba's Scientific Library.)

[This elaborate account of games either actually played by some of the most distinguished chess-players of modern times, or of studies invented to illustrate peculiar difficulties is intended as a sequel to the author's well-known " Chess- Player's Handbook."]

A Manual of the Barometer. By John Henry Belleville, of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. On Man's Power over Biniself to Prevent or Control Insanity. Second edition, enlarged.

Steps to the Cross: Nine Sermons, preached at St. Mary's, Bideford. By Thomas Norton Harper, Evening Lecturer.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND MAPS.

Buildings and Monuments, Modern and Mediaeval; being Illustrations of the Edifices of the Nineteenth Century, and of some of the Architectural Works of the Middle Ages. Edited by George Godwin, F.R.S., &c., Editor of "The Builder." Part L [Very clear and practically useful views of buildings in a variety of styles, with letterpress explanations and descriptions. The first number comprises: views of the Queen's house at Osborne;:North porch of Radcliffe -Church, Churckof St. Isaac at St. Petersburg, Lincoln's Ion Hall, New Carlton Clubhouse, New Throne in Canterbury Cathedral, Kensington Workhouse, Branch Bank of England; at Liverpool.] Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England; being Examples of An- tique Furniture, Plate, Church Decorations, Objects of Historical Interest, &e. Drawn and etched by William B. Scott, Government School of De- sign, Newcastle. Part L

[A selection of antiquarian relics chiefly in the decorative branch of art, preserved in the Northern counties, portrayed by a very competent hand. Many of the ob- jects possess considerable interest,—such as the chair of the Venerable Bede, Cromwelrs sword and watch, and the grace-cup of Thomas a'Becket. All are drawn with that distinctness which makes them available for the antiquarian in. goiter, for the artist who is studying costume, and for the study of decorative art.] Adlard's Vignette Modern Atlas; being a Delineation of the Geography of the World, exhibiting the latest Discoveries, &es with all the Railways accurately defined; and beautifully embellished with Original Designs, made expressly for this work. No. L

[An attempt to attract youthful students of geography by pretty vignettes in the vacant spaces of maps: but the vignettes are neither numerous nor interesting enough to be a very powerful attraction, even if baits to study were really useful. The maps are clear for their size.] PAMPHLETS.

Proceedings of a General Court-Martial, held at Guernsey, on Captain George Douglas, Sixteenth Regiment; the Defence conducted by Samuel Warren, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Edited by H. Sholto Douglas, Esq., late Captain Forty-second Royal Highlanders. Substance of a Speech on the Jewish Question, delivered in the House of Commons, by the Honourable W. F. Campbell, M.P., May 4, 1848. Christian Profession Not the Test of Citszenship; an Essay for the Day. By Chichester Fortesque, M.P., Student of Christ Church. A Letter to Louis Philippe D'Orleans, Ex-King of the French. By a Country Vicar. The Present Circumsta ices of the Union of Oldcastle, submitted to the consideration of the Parliamentary Committees now sitting for the Be- construction of the Irish Poor-laws; with some Propositions for their Amendment. By J. L. W. Naper, Esq. Railways in India. Bengal. The Five per Cent Guarantee. From the "Colonial Magazine" for May 1849. Observations on the Reconstruction of the Royal Regiment of ArtillerYI and the Separation of this Arm into Horse, Field, and Garrison Addle:// &c. By Lieutenant-Colonel Chesney F.R.S., Royal Artillery. Uniformity of Raitway Accounts. A Few Remarks Elucidatory and Sug- gestive on the subject of Railway Economy, &e. By George King. The Question of the Irish Colleges shortly Stated, Ste. By Hunter Gordon, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn. Space for Every Man. Statistical Evidence affecting the Question of the Navigation-laws. By Thomas Ogilvy, Esq., of Corrimony.

Will Mr. Labowthere Navigation Measure Pass the House of Lords f In a Letter to a Protectionist Peer. By the Honourable W. F. Campbell The Cry of the Curates. By One of Them.

Religious Movements of Germany in the Nineteenth Century. By Charles Herbert Cottrell, Esq., M.A.