PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From April 7th to April 13th.

Booxs.

The Life of Sir David Willie; with his Journals, Tours, and Critical Re- marks on Works of Art, and a selection from his Correspondence. By ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. In three volumes.

Letters from Madras, during the years 1836-1839. By a Lady. The Baronetage for 1843. Beings Genealogical Account of the Families forming the Sixth Degree of Dignity Hereditary or High Nobility in the British Empire. By Sir RICHARD BROUN, Equ. Aur.. K.J.J., Hono- rary Secretary of the Committee of the Baronetage for Privileges. Itvidents of Travel in Yucatan. By JOHN L. STEPHENS, author of " Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan." Il- lustrated by 120 engravings. In two volumes.

The Memoirs of a Brahmin; or The Fatal Jewels. By the Author of " Pandurang Hari," &c. In three volumes. [The scene of this novel is laid in India; and the form of the work is that of autobiography. The hero is supposed to be a son of Govind Rao, the Mahratta chieftain, who was murdered that his brother might be raised to the throne ; a similar fate having been designed for his son. The infant, however, was luckily rescued, to be brought up in obscurity, and carried through a variety of adventures, till his birth and rank are acknowledged. There is plenty of variety in the story, with some degree of interest ; and the novel is very readable. But it is hard and matter-of-fact-like in its style and manner. The writer has some knowledge of Indian customs ; but whe- ther they have been gotten from books or derived from observation, is a moot point. We incline to think from books, as the work is deficient in true Oriental raciness; and some of the incidents are awkward and improbable, as if a European were putting together some independent Indian adventures, without any actual knowledge of the people.] Clarke's Hand.Book Guides to Free Galleries of Art ; viz. the National Gallery, Hampton Court, Dulwich Gallery, the Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital.

[Of these cheap catalogues of the works of art at the galleries above-named, two or three editions are published at different prices. The penny catalogue of the National Gallery is printed at the expense of Mr. HUME, M.P.; and gives passages from the Bible in the case of Scripture pieces, adding lists of donors and painters of the several schools : the threepenny one quotes the opinions of the best critics on the pictures in addition. To complete the usefulness of these popular guide-books, we would suggest that a brief account of the subject of each picture should be given first ; then any critical remarks on its concep- tion or treatment ; and lastly, a mention of any peculiarity in the painting, characteristic of the painter or the school to which he belonged. All this might be so concisely done as to occupy very little space ; and the information thus conveyed would not only be a clue to the merits of the artist and his work, but it would enable the miter to appreciate the different styles of paint- ing, and to discriminate between the sentiment and execution of a picture.]

A Plea for the Weekly Observance of the Lord's Supper ; with sugges- tions as to the proper mode of its administration.

[The object of this publication is to inculcate the religious propriety of a weekly celebration of the sacrament. The arguments of the author are based on the testimony of Scripture, the practice of the Apostolical age and primitive Christians, as well as on the inductions of reason, the opinions of modem divines, and the usage of some churches. The subject is calmly and ably handled ; but perhaps the author pushes his theological conclusions further than the practice of life will permit. The sect of the author it is difficult to tell, except that he is a Protestant. His tone and manner are those of a mo- derate Churchman ; but he is so liberal as to allow the churches of the Pres- byterians and Dissenters to be authority.]

Counting-House Manual and Introduction to Business; being an outline of Practical Book-keeping. Merchants, manufacturers, and wholesale and retail dealers, are instructed in the correct principles of ascertain- ing a true state of their affairs, and exact income from trade at all times ; also simple rules for calculating interest and discounts for any given time at any rate per cent, and for the proper divisions of profits and losses in partnerships. By CALCULATOR.

[Plain directions for keeping correct accounts, which will furnish at any time an accurate statement of what the trader is worth, and the amount of his profits, weekly if needfuL The dialogue form in which the examtdes are given raises a smile, but it serves to enliven and familiarize the dry subject ; though the capital and dealings are too small to be consistent with actual experience. It may he doubted if the details are applicable to retail-trades, involving the sale of small quantities of numerous articles.] Models of Juvenile French Conversation ; consisting of new and familiar Dialogues in French and English, arranged in an order of progressive difficulty, and turning upon such topics as are best calculated to interest young persons. Preceded by an Introduction to the principles of French Pronunciation, with illustrative reading-exercises. The whole prepared expressly for the use of private families and schools. By M. Ds LA CLAYERTE, Corresponding Member of the Grammatical Academy of Paris, author of several popular works on Education, and Professor of the French and Italian Languages.

[Natural and lively dialogues on a variety of familiar topics: they are short and simple, and of a more refined character than those in ordinary lesson- books ; yet adapted to the ordinary conversation of well-bred young persons. This little work is likely to prove very acceptable to parents and teachers.]

SERIALS.

Celebrated Crimes. By ALEXANDER DUMAS. Part II. (Foreign Library.)

Whe same critical objection applies to this part as to its predecessor—that UMAS having thrown fact into the form of fiction, the reader knows not which is true and which is invented: we think, however, that these artistica/ additions are less prominent than in the first part.]

77wrnton's History of the British Empire in India. Vol. V. Part I.

PERIODICALS.

The Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review. No. II.

British and Foreign Review. No. XXIX.

Asiatic Journal for April.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Portraits of the Reverend John Williams and the Reverend Robert Moffat. Designed and piloted in Oil-colours by the Patentee, GEORGE BAXTER. [Two striking oil-coloured portraits of eminent missionaries, and apparently characteristic likenesses of remarkable men. Mr. WILLIAMS'S published works, and his sad fate—slain by the natives of Erromanga—have extended his cele- brity beyond the circle of Missionary Societies. Mr. MOFFAT, less known to the public at large, has a countenance so animated and expressive, that his portrait, with its background of Hottentots assembled in Parliament, denoting the scene of his missionary labours is the more attractive of the two.

These prints, if we may call them so—for they have the appearance of highly-finished water-colour drawings, though they are produced by the opera- tion of printing in oil-colours—are very extraordinary and successful speci- mens of Mr. BAXTER'S liatent process; and so completely do they resemble original productions of the pencil, that it required a close scrutiny to detect the evidences of their being engravings printed with oil-colour. The flesh- tints of both are stippled; but the other portions appear to be done in one case in mezzotint and the other in aquatint: the dress and background of Mr. MOFFAT'S portrait are in aquatint, and the effect is more clear and lively than that of Mr. WILLIAMS'S, which is comparatively dull and heavy.]

Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels, Part XXVI.

PAMPHLETS.

Allotment of Waste Lands. The Speech of W. B. FERRAND, Esq., M.P., in the House of Commons' on Thursday, March 30,1843, on moving for leave to bring in a Bill for the Allotment of Waste Lands. Some of the Difficulties of Ireland, in the way of an Improving Govern- ment, stated in a Letter to Sir R. Peel, Bart. By a Clergyman of the

Archdiocese of Canterbury, Author of' A Letter to Sir Robert Peel, M.P.," in which the Right Honourable Baronet's reported saying, "My chief difficulty is Ireland," is considered, &c.

A Fete, Words to Lord Ashley, from a Country Clergyman.

Annual Report of the Practical and Scientific Association for the Pro- motion of Improved Street-paving, Cleansing, Drainage, §-c.

Four Letters to the Right Reverend Connop Thirhwail, Bishop of St. David's, on the Claims of the Dioceses of Wales to Augmented:on out of the General Fund at the disposal of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. By CAHREENSIS.

77te South of Ireland and her Poor.

On the Educational Clauses in the Bill, now before the House of Com- mons, " for Regulating the Employment of Children and Young Per- sons in Factories, and for the better Education of Children in Factory Districts." By W. J. Fox.

Music.

Rule Britannia Waltz. Arranged for the Pianoforte by E. EDGAR.