PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From October 29th to November 11th.

Boors.

Peace, Permanent and Universal: its practicability, value, and con- sistency with Divine Revelation. A Prize Essay, by H. T. J. MAC. NAMARA.

A Treatise on the Management of Fresh- Water Fish, with a view to making them a source of profit to landed proprietors. By Gorriaze Boccius.

A History of British Fishes. By WILLIAM YARRELL, F.L.S., V.P.Z.S.

Illustrated with five hundred wood-engravings. In two volumes. Second edition.

Hand-Book for Emigrants and others; being a History of New Zealand, its State and Prospects, previous and subsequent to the proclamation of

her Majesty's authority. Also Remarks on the Climate and Colonies of the Australian Continent. By JOHN BRIGHT, M.R.C.S., resident for four years in the Southern Hemisphere.

Tea Thousand a Year. In three volumes.

Sir Henry Cavendish's Debates of the House of Commons, during the thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain, commonly called the Un- reported Parliament. To which are appended, Illustrations of the Par- liamentary History of the Reign of George the Third ; consisting of unpublished letters, privateournals, memoirs, Sec. Drawn up from the Original Manuscripts, by J.WRIG irr, Editor of "The Parliamentary History of England," &c. Volume I. May 10, 1768—May 3, 1770. The Seaman's Manual : containing a treatise on practical seamanship with plates; a dictionary of sea-terms ; customs and usages of the merchant-service ; laws relating to the practical duties of master and mariners. By R. H. DANA junior, Author of " Two Years Before the Mast."

A Residence on the Shores of the Baltic. Described in a series of Letters. In two volumes.

Cecil a Peer ! a Sequel to " Cecil, or the Adventures of a Coxcomb." By the same Author. In three volumes.

An Essay on the Moral Nature of Man. By GEORGE LONG, Barrister- at-law.

An Essay on the Influence of Welsh Tradition upon the Literature of Germany, France, and Scandinavia ; which obtained the Prize of the

Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society, at the Eisteddvod of 1840. Translated from the German of ALBERT SCHULZ, Author of the a Life of Wolfram Von Eschenbach," &c.

[Perhaps natives of the Principality alone would have thought of suggesting the Influence of Welsh Tradition on the Literature of Germany, France, and

Scandinavia, as the subject of a prize essay ; and no one but a learned Ger- man enthusiast, tempted by a seeming paradox and eighty guineas, could have turned the subject to such account as ALBERT ScnuLz; whose previous re- searches in the early literature of Germany, and Europe generally, found him, we fancy, nearly ready for the Abergavenny Cymreigyddion Society.

As regards Germany or Scandinavia, our author cannot do much for the Welshmen ; but he seems to prove that Welsh tradition produced an effect upon the old French romances. In a very learned but somewhat dry recapitulation, Mr. ScnuLz shows it to be probable that the pure Welsh poems were carried into Brittany or Armories by the self-exiled Welshmen flying from pestilence and

the Saxon sword; that after the conquest, effected in part by some of the descendants of those exiles, the true old poems of Arthur received a fabulous character by the enlargement of the monarch's deeds. The hero and his

Knights of the Round Table having by this means got possession of the po- pular mind, the poets of the chivalrous age adopted the names and adventures they found ready to their bands; and thus gave to Arthur a status and cha-

racter in romance, to which his own exploits scarcely entitled him, and which his own contemporaries or immediate successors did not venture to claim for him. As regards Germany, Mr. SCHULZ'S facts amount to this—some early Ger- man poets took the French romances as the groundwork of their tales, but

very quickly modified them to suit the practices of chivalry in their own coun- try, or, in the case of shrewder and satirical minds, to disparage chivalry alto- gether. The connexion of Welsh tradition with Scandinavia does not get beyond certain translations of French or Spanish romances, made by the order of Northern princesses marrying into Southern families. But in fact, these translations were not of Welsh traditions ; for if France changed the character and exploits of the hero and his knights, and gave him manners and disposi- tions not only contrary to his nature but to the possibilities of his age, it would logically seem that France rather acted upon Welsh tradition than Welsh tradition upon French literature.]

The Philosophy of Necessity; or the Law of Consequences as applicable to mental, moral, and social science. By CHARLES Briar. In two vo- lumes. Vol. L Parts I. and IL—Mind and Morals.

[The more important part of the Philosophy of Necessity—that is, its bearing upon the economical condition of society, the causes of the poverty of the work- ing-classes, and the measures proposed for the amelioration of the condition of

the people by reforms in government, trade, colonization, and so forth—are re- served for a second volume. But unless Mr. DRAY exhibit larger, deeper, and more original powers than he displays in the work before us, he might as well keep his revelations to himself. A person but very moderately read in physiology, phrenology, and metaphysics, will have learned all that Mr. BRAT can teach him, and a good deal more; for in his first part the author merely ex- hibits the a 6 e of Matter, drawing much indirectly and quoting much directly, from SOUTHWOOD SMITH, and occasionally laying ELLIOTSON'S Human Phy- siology under contribution. In his account of Mind, Mr. BRAY gives a brief resume of the dogmas of phrenology; and in his speculations on the origin of knowledge, and some other vexed questions connected with mental operations, he follows LOCKE, and other writers equally scarce. In the second part, de- voted to Moral Science, the author is, if possible, still more commonplace : his remarks on the advantages of evil are not merely trite, but feeble ; a grown-up youth would have selected more striking illustrations for a college-theme. In- deed, a greater misapprehension of a person's own qualities and capabilities we have rarely seen, than in Mr. BRAY'S Philosophy of Necessity.] A Search into the Old Testament, in order to trace its claim of being the Depository of Divine Communications. By JOSEPH HOME, trans- lator into English blank verse of Dante's "Inferno."

[The object of this work is to inculcate the truth of the Bible against sceptical

objections, byproofs derived from internal evidence. The style of the writer is terse and clear; and in matters within his grasp he exhibits both sense and logic. But the task he has undertaken is above his powers. He wants both learning and acumen "to justify eternal Providence, and vindicate the ways of God to man." Adopting the ready resource of allegory when he cannot explain the narrative—resorting to conjecture or assumption as to the meaning of words when the plain text causes a difficulty—or cutting the Gordian knot by concluding that matters incomprehensible now might have been intelligible in the age of Moses—he may convince those who are already firmly resolved in their belief; but he will fail in converting the sceptic, or satisfying the critical inquirer.] The Means of Promoting and Preserving Health. By T. HODGKIN, M.D. Second edition, with additions.

[To this plain and popular compendium of directions for self-management in the important matters of diet, exercise, air, cleanliness, and other hygeinic, topics Dr. HODGKIN has made large additions in the shape of notes, more fully illustrative of the points alluded to in the text. Of these cognate sub- jects cookery and bathing occupy very considerable space. Altogether, the lectures may be recommended as a clear and practical resume of the art of preserving health.]

The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- ledge. Volume X XL—Scanderoon—Signet. The chief papers in this volume are Schools, Sculpture, Sea, Sheep, Ship-

building and Ships, Shropshire, and Siberia. Besides the usual miscellaneous articles, and a number of subjects of natural history, elaborately illustrated with engravings, there is a good sprinkling of biographical notices : of which we may instance SErmc.a—bearing rather hard upon the Stoic ; SHAKSPERE- the materials of which are drawn from the more elaborate essay in Knight's Store of Knowledge ; and SHERIDAN—who is handled somewhat smartly, yet tenderly withaL]

The Chess-Player's Chronicle. Volume I. [This is a weekly publication, bound up in its first annual volume. It begins with an account of the celebrated Automaton Chess-player ; but the weekly matter consists chiefly of correspondence on the subject of the book, with a multitude of drafts of games, either derived from sources not accessible to the general reader—as the rarer works of the old chess-players, and unpub- lished manuscripts—or describing games played during the progress of the work. There are several cuts, illustrating ingenious positions. To the ama- teur, such a collection of games cannot but prove interesting ; to the student, profitable; for, though we have not had time to play over any of the games in the present volume, it may be generally pronounced impossible to retrace the movements of skilful players without entertainment and advantage.] Astronomical Cards, in Question and Answer. Compiled from the best authorities, and particularly designed for the amusement and instruc- tion of young people.

[A pack of cards, on each of which is printed the answer to one of fifty-two questions that are collected in four other cards; the answers comprising the leading facts and figures of astronomical science. This plan of impressing exact information on the memory by means of a game is well calculated for teaching the young the outlines of astronomy ; and the compiler has arranged the aeries of questions ]udiciously. The addition of cuts, to represent the telescopic appearances of the planets and comets, would be a great attraction to the players, and supply information which can only be given by those means : the useful diagram of the solar system, on the case, suggests this improve- anent—the figures might be printed on the blank side of the cards.]

Jem Bunt. By the "Old Sailor." With illustrations.

[A nautical fiction, commenced as a serial, and now published in a complete form : it is a bundle of the Old Sailor's coarse-spun yarns, made up of practical jokes, sea-slang, literal description, commonplace dialogue, and melodramatic Incidents, little enlivened by humour. The hero, Jem Bunt, is not a seaman, but a chimney-sweep; who, leaving the flue for the mast, gains an action by hauling down the enemy's colours ; not the least extraordinary circumstance of the incident being his concealing the French Admiral's flag in the breast of his shirt, like a pocket-handkerchief. The illustrations by W. LEE and W. J. RUGGINS are better than those by R. CRUIKSHANK.]

Every Family's Book of Amusements : comprising an ample collection of games of skill and chance, as also of intellectual and athletic amuse- ments. By the Author of " Every Family's Book of Health and Do- mestic Economy." [A timely publication, that will be found acceptable in country-houses during i

the long winter-evenings, for the amusements are principally in-door games ; among which, the diverting though old-fashioned " forfeits," and the new one of "acted charades," should not have been omitted. Some striking stories of gamblers are prefixed, as a salutary warning, to the rules for card-playing.] Poems. By THOMAS MILLER, Author of "A Day in the Woods," &c. [A choice selection of Mr. MILLER'S poems, with a few new additions, which are not specified. This little volume will, or we are much mistaken, convey a better idea of the writer's powers than any of his larger publications, either prose or poetry. The versification is easy, smooth, and harmonious; the Images are natural and unexaggerated; and the subjects mostly within his range of experience.) Edwy ; an Historical Poem. By J. BELL WORRELL, Author of " Edgina."

[A. juvenile effusion, so far as quality is concerned, on the theme of Edwy, Elgiva, and St. Dunstan.] Madness, or the Maniac's Hall ; a Poem, in seven cantos. By the Author of " The Diary of a Solitaire." [In a somewhat rambling preface, the author gives an account of the origin of his work. It appears his friends fancied an exuberance of spirits was insanity ; and, after dining with him one afternoon, they had him removed next morning

to a private asylum. There he planned and wrote part of this poem, " be- tween the hours of four in the morning and breakfast-time"; and on his release be finished and revised it. The professed design is to present a view of mad- houses, with sketches of the characters immured—a sort of didactic poem on the treatment of the insane. The subject, however, is not always closely pur- sued; the first canto consisting of a species of invocation to the English poets dead and living, and the last picturing .a millennium when madness shall cease. There are a good many prose notes, inculcating, though loosely, the views of the text.] The Power of Conscience ; a Dramatic Poem. By Mrs. LECKIE, Au- thoress of "The Village School," &c. The Expeditious Writer ; an improved system of short-hand, com- bining simplicity, perspicuity, and brevity. By JAMES HARGREAVES. [Another addition to the innumerable short-hand tutors. The feature of the tiny book before us appears to be the abbreviation of words by the substitution of signs ; there being four characters, for example, to represent b in different words —a great saving, no doubt, when thoroughly acquired, but long and troublesome in the learning, we should imagine.]

A New English Grammar ; with exercises, and methods of parsing. By RICHARD BRADSHAW.

SERIALS.

The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. A new and complete edition, illustrated with maps and numerous engravings on wood ; and an appendix, giving an account of the preseut condition of the South Sea Islands, &c. Part I.

[This is another speculation of the popular publisher Mr. SMITH; and it deserves every encouragement. Yielding to some in the importance of the regions discovered, as a navigator COOK has never been surpassed ; and he is worthy of honour as being the first who showed that the frightful mortality of long voyages II as not an essential condition, but arose from ignorance and want of care, and could be remedied by strict attention and proper sea-stores. Not a man who embarks upon a distant voyage and returns with health and life, nay, not a seaman in any service, but owes a deep debt of gratitude to the great circumnavigator.

But JAMES COOK was not a mere skilful and determined seaman, or a judi- cious originator of naval economy : he was a man of great native shrewdness and sagacity, observing keenly and with discrimination the strange scenes and r copies among whom he was cast ; and though on the first voyage BANKS without doubt collected some of the materials supplied to the arranger of the work, the greater part of the matter is substantially Coos's. The compilation or arrangement of the materials collected by the navigators has generally been attributed to BAWRESWORTH ; but let it have been done by whom it may, the Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World is a model-book for the traveller or voyager, in every point of view. The arranger has so thoroughly possessed himself with his subject and its matter, that he seems to be narrating adventures that occurred to himself or fell within his own observation. The composition is easy, clear, and full of matter; the characteristics of sea and land, men and women, manners and dress, are very surprisingly preserved ; the descriptions have a remarkably life-like air, with- out the slightest appearance of effort ; and the reflections, though often above COOK and probably BANKS, are natural, apt, and judicious. Of course, the merit of the substance of the work must belong to the great navigator, and much probably of the form ; but without skilful editing and well-considered additions, the Voyages would not have been what they now are—the most agreeable and interesting narrative of adventurous discovery ever published, fertile as is our literature in " Voyages and Travels."

The new edition is to be illustrated with maps and wood-cuts, and an appendix is to give an account of the present state of the South Sea Islands. It would have been much more convenient for the reader if one of the map' had been published with the First Part : for want of it, the adventurous navi- gation along the coast of Terra del Fuego cannot be followed, or very sa- tisfactorily understood.)

Brand's Popular Antiquities. By Sir H. ELLIS. Volume IL (Knight's English Miscellanies.) [The completion of Sir HENRY ELLIS'S new, cheap, and greatly-enlarged and improved edition.]

Master Humphrey's Clock, Part XIX. George Cruikshanles Omnibus, No. VII.

London, Part VIII.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall's Ireland, Part XIIL Dibdin's Songs, Part IIL Cumming's Fox's Book of Martyrs, Part VIIL Knight's Store of Knowledge, Part V.

Thornton's History of the British Empire in India, Vol. IL Part L Catechism of Astronomy. By Hun° REID. (Oliver and Boyd's Cate- chisms.) Merle's Domestic Dictionary, Part IV.

Tice Steam-Boat, Part H.

PERIODICALS.

Arcturus, September. Magazines for November—Asiatic Journal, Law, King's College, Facts and Figures, Surveyor, Engineer and Architect, Polytechnic Journal, Florist's Journal, Farmer's, Sportsman, New Monthly Belle Assemblee, Mirror, Musical World.

ALMANACKS.

Oliver and Boyd's Threepenny Almanack and Daily Remembrancer for 1842.

MAPS.

Sketch of the Operations against Canton. Second edition, with additions, including the late operations North of the city, and some description of Hong Kong.

[Mr. '‘Vvr.n keeps pace with the progress of the British arms in China; every fresh step being laid down in his useful map of that part of the Chinese coast between Macao and Canton. The chart and description of Hong Kong—be- tween which and the British Isles a curious miniature resemblance has been remarked—and the plan of the late operations against Canton, supply all the information necessary to form an idea of the relative positions and movements of the forces.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS.

Heath's Book of Beauty. 1842. With beautifully-finished Engravings, from Drawings by the first artists. Edited by the Countess of BLESSINGTON.

Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1842. Paris in 1841. By Mrs. GORE. With twenty-one highly-finished Engravings, from Original Drawings by THOMAS ALcom, Esq. The Keepsake for 1842. Edited by the Countess of BLESSINGTON. British Moths and their Transformations; arranged and illustrated in a series of Plates, by R. N. HUMPHREYS, Esq. ; with Characters and Descriptions, by J. 0. WESTWOOD, Esq., F.L.S., &c. No. I. Pictorial History of England, Part LVII.

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part IX. Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Part XX. Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge, No. XX.

Winkle's Cathedrals, Nos. XXXVII. and XXXVIII.

PAMPIILETS.

The Present Sate of the Medical Profession in England; being the An- nual Oration delivered before the members of the British Medical Asso- ciation, on the 21st October 1841. By ROBERT E. GRANT, M.D., F.R.S., &c. Secondary Punishments. The merits of a Home and of a Colonial pro- case, of a Social and of a Separate system of Convict Management, dis- cussed. By FREDERICK MAITLAND 1NNES. The Church. A Discourse, delivered in the First Congregational 'Uni- tarian Church of Philadelphia, Sunday May 30th 1841. By WILLIAM E. CRAMMING.

The Separation of Law and Equity, considered with reference to an opi- nion attributed to Lord Eldon ; the Connexion between Mathematics and the Moral Sciences demonstrated, and the Loci of Jurisdiction in Equity and Judgment at Law traced from their equations; showing the jurisdiction of Equity over the rights of persons. By JAMES HALO, Esq., MA., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law.