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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boors.

Elementary Physics ; an Introduction to the Study of Natural Philoso- phy. With 21.7 Wood Engravings. By Robert Hunt, Professor of Mechanical Science, Government School of Mines, Author of " Poetry of Science," &e. [The object of this book is to render all the great deductions from observa- tion and experiment in physical science satisfactorily clear to the student without encountering the difficulties of mathematics; which, notwithstand- ing several attempts, Mr. Hunt does not think has yet been successfully achieved. In what depends upon mathematics for demonstration, a know- ledge of mathematics is needful fully to understand ; but Mr. Hunt seems to have succeeded in what he has undertaken. The arrangement of _Ele- mentary Physics is good, the exposition clear,. and made interesting not only by this clearness, which in abstruse subjects is an attraction of itself, but by the nature of the facts and illustrations. It will be found a pleasing as well as a useful introduction to the general laws of matter and motion.] Familiar letters on the Physics of the Earth ; treating of the chief Movements of the Land, the Water, and the Air, and the Forces that give rise to them. By Henry Buff, Professor of Physics in the Uni- versity of Giessen. Edited by A. W. Hofmann' Ph. D., &c. [A series of letters on phienoraena connected with the earth,—as hot spring!, mud volcanoes, earthquakes, temperatrire, and the other topics of what is called physical geography ; with a few subjects of a more ooemogonomica character,—as tides and gravitation. The book only professes to be a com- pilation, but it is the compilation of a master, treating of matters with which he is thoroughly familiar, and which he is capable of presenting in the plainest and most impressive manner.] A Popular History of the Mollueca ; comprising a Familiar Account of their Classification, Instincts, and Habits, and of the growth and dis- tinguishing characters of their Shells. By Mary Roberts, Author of " The Conchologist's Companion," Fos. [A handsome book, containing an interesting account of the formation of shells, and a popular history of the most remarkable shell-fish or land shell- animals. It will form a nice book for the season, or for any time.] Babylon and Jerusalem : a Letter addressed to Ida Countess of Hahn- Hahn. From the German. With a Preface by the Translator. [The conversion of Ida, Countess of Hahn-Hahn, to that form of Christianity called Romaniam,(for it seems that previously, though " a Protestant, she- was not a Christian,") and the stir she herself thought fit to make about it with all the zeal of a new convert, drew down upon her a sharp attack, ascribed to Dr. Nitsch of Berlin. In the form of letters, and in somewhat of the style of Pascal, the Doctor handles the lady and her pamphlets with fa- cetious severity ; and the English translator, in a preface, gathers together in brief compass, and in a more pungent style than the German, all the evil that can be said about the Countess-convert. It is titillating reliding : whe- ther the two masters of theological irony may r ot be breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, is a matter of question—"satire or sense, alas! can Ida feel ?") Anchurus, and other Poems. By William Ewart, M.A., Curate of Pim-

perne, Dorset.

(This' httle volume of poems has variety of subjects drawn from clsegieoi and Scriptural subjects, the general features of nature, and the landscapes of our native land with their historical associations. The images are fresh and natural, the thoughts appropriate, and the verse easy, tripping, and impression without being imitative. The poems, however, do not make the impression which these qualities in the author would imply that they should, apparently from his "beating his metal into too thin a leaf." He wants condensation, and that depth and strength which condensation gives : many of the poems end, as far as regards the exhaustion of the subject and the interest of the reader, before the author reaches his finis.] The Pursuivant of Arms; or Heraldry founded upon Facts. By J. R. Manche, F.S.A. [A sensible and critical analysis of coats of arms in the form of history and exposition, guided by sound logic, extensive learning, and a pleasant style, which if exhibiting in the introduction too much of the forced point of the dramatist, becomes sobered as soon as the author arrives at the region of fact. The Pursuivant of Arms will not only furnish a rational and critical guide to the history of heraldry, but serve as an introduction to its study.] Thoughts on the Land of the Morning : a Record of Two Visits to Palestine. By H. 13. Whitaker Churton, M.A. [An ascent up the Nile, a journey to Sinai, and a subsequent tour through Palestine, do not furnish sufficient novelty to inspire interest in the account, unless the traveller has very considerable graphic powers, or some peculiar pursuit. This last Mr. Churton has in a religious object ; he illustrates the Scriptures by a reference to existing customs, and he speculates upon the prospect of light shining forth mediately from Jerusalem." These sub- jects, however, are not treated in a manner to adapt them to our columns. The text is illustrated with advantage by many engravings.] Notes of an Excursion to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, in the Republi of Mexico. By R. Dale. (Tbe plain but bald narrative of an excursion, made for the sake of health ( to the rivers, forests, and swamps of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the BAP. rawest jpart of old Morices where the Americans not the -United States running their Jerejected railroad. The moat ,practical part -of the Thedirections relates to the mahogany trade, but that is somewhat general. The directions to unintended %mediator are honest, butcalculated ratherto ddter the prudent : addition to Mr. -alms ustmel.andhocial obstacles may be added the character of thegovemment.] Memoirs illustrative of the lilistory and :Antiquities of Wiltshire 'and .the City of Salisbury. Communicated to the Annual Meeting of 'the Archaeologimlinstitute of Great Britain and Ireland, held at Salis- bury, July 1849. _Nary of a Dean. Being an Account of the Examination of Silbury Hill and of various 'Barrows and 'other Earthworks on the 'Downs of North Wilts, 'opened and 'investigated in the monthsmf duly and Au- glut 1849. With Illustrations. My the late John Merew.ether, D.D., E.S.A., Dean of Hereford. [Both these pablications consist in reality of antiquarian " papers" ,contri- buted to the Archeological Institute : the Memoirs, in consequence of a new arrangement, being published in 'a -separate volume, instead of in the jeurnal; the Diary, by the late Dr. Merewether, consisting-of a republi- cation of papers that have already appeared. The -cootributians arc not ‘sithout some of that antiquarian minuteness which has the effect of

• but they are various and very often interesting in their subjects,

and'trea with a less formal and a more lifelike spirit than generally dis- tinguiehes the lucubration's of the amateurtopograpfiical archeologist.] Br. Boinsoti's Greek Lexicon -to the New Testament, condensed for Schools and Students. !With Raising Index, -containing the forms -which occur, and showing their derivations. [A condensation rather than an abridgment of Dr. Robinson's larger work ; the chief-reduction being made upon the .examples to illustrate the force of the meanings, which examples the Doctor designed for a concordance also. As the dictionary now stands, it contains "every word occurring in the New Testament, arranged in alphabetical order, and followed by a statement of their inflection' derivation, signification, and construction" ; a careful se- lection having been made-of illustrative passages where the particular word occurs.] The Rise, Progress, and Present-State of Colonial Sheep and Wools, &c. By Thomas Southey. [Aspecies of continuation of the author's work published in 1846, containing the additional storlssics of the wool-producing colonies sinoe that :period. There are also a good many facts -connected with the -home wool markets, and the Anglo-Caalimere goat's wool and its manufacture, as well as some general information about the Colonies of the Southern.hemisphere.] The Practical *Statutes of the Session l.8.M 4 (14 and 15 Viet) With :Introduction, _Notes, and-Index. Edited ly W- Paterson, Esq., Bar- sister-at-law.

[The encouragement given to the het volume of this digest of the most me-

ful statutes-of the year. has: the srpeculation into a legal annual.] Stories of Scotland, and its adjacent Islands. By Mrs. Thomas -Geldart. Author of "Stories of England and her Forty.Counties."

[4.4uvenile hock about the history, geography, and tepooraphy of Scotland, anecdotes of many Scotoinnen. .Itis written county by county, after an introductory chapter of history.]

rhe .Dramatic IForke,of Thomas Heywood. With =a fife of the Poet, and Remarks on phis Wititinge;'hy Jahn EwynedDollier, Esq. Volume di. (Primed for the Shakespeare Society.) The Cow : Dairy Husbandry and Cattle Breeding. 33y M. M. Milburn. ' -(Ilichardscails Band lizmdboeks.) The lair Carew ; or Huabands and Wives. In 'three -volumes.

ILLESTEATED WISSKS Awn Papas.

.Z'he Home Book of Wiz .Piaturrnpse ; es Anterior's' Scenery, Art, and literature. 'Comprising a .cedes of Essays fry Washington Irving, W. C. Bryant, Fenimore -Cooper, Miss:Cooper, N. P. Willis, Bayard Taylor, H. F. Tunktaanan, B. Magoon, Dr. Bethune, A. E. Street, :7diss Eield, site. With:thirteen Engravings on steel, from Pictures by eminent Artists, engraved expressly forthis work. The .Book of .:Some J3eauly. By Mrs. Kirkland. With twelve Por- traits of A-merican ladies, from Drawings by Charles Martin, Esq., ,engraved on Steel by eminent Artists.

[Eoth.noticed under the head.of Fine Arts.]

Ike Crystal Palace and its Verne:rte. Part L [The first part -of .a cheap and popular record-of the Exhibition, -compiled either -wholly or chiefly fremitewspaper articles.and paragraphs. It would gain vastly in handiness by same approach to systematic arrangement, which might be attained with comparatively little trouble now that all the ma- terials are at hand for use, in their final state. However, an index is pro- mised, on the .completion of the publication. The wood-cuts are taken horn theIllustrated News : and that amountetasaying—mush as they have lost in sharpness and gained in smudginess :by frequency of use—that they are .on the -whole the best of the kind yet issued.]

PAMPHLETS.

'True Representation, &e. By Henry -James Slack, Of the Middle Temple. Ireland, Past and Present ; aSpeech delivered at limerick.on the 15th 'October 1851. By Joseph Fisher. Y7re ;Stock Exchan,ge and its Victims. By Dot. 'The 'Connexion of Morality with Religion; a Sermon preadhed in the Cathedral of St. Patrick, at an 0rib:teflon held.by thielord Archbishop of Dublin. By William Fitzgerald, 1.11t, &c. Thoughts for-the Medical Student, &e. By William Bowman, ERR

, , &c. Second edition.