PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From February 8th te Februaryl5th.

Bootie.

Trial of Pedro de Zulueta junior, on a Charge of Slave-trading, under the 5 Geo. IV., cap. 113, on Friday the 27th, Saturday the 28th, and Monday the 30th October 1843, at the Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, London. A Full Report, from the Short-hand Notes of W. B. GURNEY, Esq. With an Address to the 'Umlauts, Manufacturers, and Traders of Great Britain, by PEDRO DE ZULUETA junior, Esq. ; and Documents illustrative of the case.

771e Epistles of Barnabas, Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Epistle to Diogreetus. Edited from the Text of lizrzt.E, with an Introduction and Notes, by ALGERNON GRENFELL, M.A., one of the Masters of Rugby School.

[This is a rarity—an emanation of zeal at once religious and scholastic; for Mr. GRENFELL, we imagine, can hardly look to immediate profit from his labour of love, though it deserves the patronage of all scholars. The Epistles which Mr. GRENFELL has edited are the writings of the Apos- tolic Fathers, or those authors who immediately succeeded the Apostles. Of the four authors, however, only CLEMENT can be said to be unchallenged : for the Epistle of POLYCARP has been questioned ; many deny the authenticity of the Epistle attributed to BARNABAS, and consider it a forgery of the second century ; of fifteen Epistles under the name of Iosierics, some say all are genuine, some only admit seven, whilst those who hold for the seven differ as to whether the long or the short edition is the genuine. The more judicious of those who uphold the short Epistles allow the text to be corrupt ; whilst some deny their authenticity altogether, or at least allege the interpolations to be such that no dependence can be placed upon any part of them. The name of the writer of the Epistle to DIOGNETUS is unknown. Under such circum- stances, their authority for discipline is small, and for doctrine less : they are chiefly used by Romanists or persons that way inclined. Neither are the writings of much intrinsic value ; for the writers were feeble and mystic. But they are curious from their antiquity and their weakness. Their value as plc. tures of the times is less, partly from the doubt attending them, partly from their dealing with fancy as much as facts. Their catholic utility was shown by LARDNER, and after him by PALEY, in proving the early existence andau- thority of the New Testament by showing the manner in which these writers quote it ; for authenticity in this point of view is not essential, unless, as in the case of Icaismus, the forgery is attributed to a much later age.

Mr. GRENFELL'S edition contains only the Greek text, save where nothing but a Latin translation has been preserved; and his notes are chiefly references to passages from Scripture, quoted or alluded to ; though he has added marginal indices to each chapter or clause. The character of the publication, and that which gives it a value, is the presentation of the text of these writers in so compact a form, and, we suppose, at a moderate price.] A Treatise on 21foral Freedom ; containing Inquiries into the Operations of the Intellectual Priuciples, in connexion generally with Moral Agency and Responsibility, but especially with Volition and Moral Freedom. By WILLiaat CAIRNS, LL.D., Professor of Logic and Belles Lettresin Belfast College. [This appears to be an able and a popular work on metaphysics, so far as meta- physics can be popular; but the various calls of the London season, and the greatness of the " great talk," forbid a hope of being able to enter into the subject. Those, however, who have a taste for such topics will comprehend the interest attaching to the book, when we say that it originated in a passage of Lord BROUGHAld'S Inaugural Discourse at Glasgow (much commented upon at the time) respecting responsibility for belief. The discussion of this question was the germ of the work ; but it grew upon Dr. CAIRNS till it became a subordinate part at the greater subject of moral freedom, accountability for judgment, and the connexion of responsibility with intellectual conclusions.] The Tree-Lifter ; or a New Method of Transplanting Forest Trees. By

Colonel GEORGE GREENWOOD.

[The description of an instrument, or, from its complexity, a machine, for transplanting trees, which in the results to be produced does not greatly differ from the plan invented by STEWART of Allanton ; though Colonel GREEN. woon's is better appointed—as complete as a battering-train. The principles of transplanting are, however, widely different. The agriculturist held that the roots should be handled with the greatest care, not to be injured, still less cut, especially the ends or spongiohe, which are generally conceived to perform the part of the stomach in animals, and absorb nutriment. The soldier is bolder ; for he charges right through every root, as he would through the enemy's ranks ; and the greater part of the book is devoted to a defence of this method, involving an exposition of the Colonel's theory of nutrition in plants. This is rather curious for its character—the speculations of a soldier experimenting off duty, and deducing his conclusions from scattered facts picked up upon the march or the ramble. The instances, however, as it seems to us, are the efforts of Nature to overcome a privation, and are not to be assumed as her usual principles of action, in opposition to the opinion of all vegetable physiologists. To this law of vitality under adverse circumstances, is to be ascribed the Low- ness of the Colonel's transplanting—the trees have lived in spite of him.] Vizier Ali Khan, or the Massacre of Benares ; a Chapter in British Indian

History.

[Vizier ALI Khan was an Indian Nabob, deposed towards the close of the last century, but permitted to reside at Benares with the guard and establish- ment of a prince. This position gave him the means of planning an inartrrec- lion ; which he commenced by the murder of Mr. CHERRY the Resident, and the Europeans with him : the next attack was made upon the house of the father of Mr. DAVIS, then Judge and Magistrate of the district ; but that gentleman, retreating with his family to the flat roof of the house, took post himself at the trap-door of the winding staircase, and kept the ruffians at bay till the arrival of troops from the camp in the neighbourhood. The cool and resolute daring of Mr. DAVIS are beyond all praise; yet the conduct of the assailants shows how little either of thought or skill was possessed by them, as they never thought of scaling the low roof from the outside or firing the house. This gallant incident is expanded by Mr. DAVIS into a history of Vizier ALI Khan, an account of the cities of Lucknow and Benares, together with a narrative of the judicial proceedings consequent upon the insurrection. As a. subordinate chapter of history, it is not devoid of interest, and is well told; but it has scarcely sufficient importance for publication in a volume,—a circum- stance about which Mr. DAVIS had his misgivings.] The United States of America ; their history from the earliest period, their industry, commerce, banking transactions, and national works, their institutions and character, political, social, and literary ; with a survey of the territory, and remarks on the prospects and plans of emigrants. By Beam MURRAY, F.R.S.E. With Illustrations of the Natural History, by JAMES NICOL ; Portraits and other engravings, by Jecasosr. In three volumes. Volume IL (Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXXVI.)

[This volume completes the history ; gives an account of the American politi- cal constitution, in a sense so large as to embrace popular practices, like Lynch-law ; and commences domestic and commercial descriptive statistics. It will be found a very useful work, fully sustaining the reputation of its pre- decessors in the Edinburgh Cabinet Library. The history is especially good; enough of it without overlaying the subject. The narrative of the unprin- cipled proceedings of the Democratic agitators at the close of the Revolutionary

war and afterwards, exhibits a fit preparation for Repudiation, or any thing else.j Spain under Charles the Second ; or Extracts from the Correspondence of the Honourable Alexander Stanhope, British Minister at Madrid, 1690-1699. Selected from the originals at Chevening, by Lord llisnox. Second edition, enlarged. [We rendered justice to this interesting publication on its first appearance, between four and five years ago, and have more than once referred to it since as a model for editors in these bookmaking times. This new edition has received various additions, and it strikes us as being printed in a more popular style.] The Land and the League, or the Rebellion and the Prophecy ; a Dog-

grel Ballad.

[Rightly named ; it is doggreL The author is an Anti-Paseyite, Anti-

O'Connellite. and Pro-Protectionist ; and has put his notions into the dramatic form of a ballad in three parts. The first narrates the Queen's visit to France ; where the King of the French discourses in this wise-

" Free Trade. ' in theory. is tine.

But practice it won't bide; Because the reciprocity Is all upon one side."

The second part is called "The Rebellion," and treats of the Irish Repeaters, the Anti-Corn-law League, and other matters. The third act is called "The Battle"; where O'Connell and the rest are routed by Wellington and the aris- tocracy. The whole is very wretched.] Artistic Information, respectfully tendered to the Honourable the Com- missioners of the Fine Arts. A paper read on Saturday 27th January, before the Institute of the Fine Arts, by PATRIC PARK, Sculptor. [Mr. Panit's "information" relates to two points, suggested by remarks made lpa the Marquis of LANSDOWNE in the House of Lords and by Sir ROBERT EEL in the Commons. The first consists of a plea on behalf of the sculptors for prizes for the best specimens of statuary, to be sent in by competitors for the patronage of the Royal Commission ; in which it is urged, that in model- ling a life-size statue or group the sculptor is put to greater expense both of money and time than the artist who produces a cartoon. Mr. PARK, however, overlooks the fact, that in this case sculptors are allowed to contribute works that they had already executed. The second is a calculation showing that bronze statues need not be more costly than marble; while they are less liable to injury. Thin point seems satisfactorily made out: and if the estimate is correct, the sculptors of recent bronze statues have been overpaid to an enor- mous amount] Love and Jealousy ; a Tragedy for the Million. [A burlesque, in which a pot-boy and a dustman are heroes, and the heroines a housemaid and a washerwoman's daughter. The mock heroic is deficient in richness.] The Gleaner. By Mrs. C. J. PARKERSON. TO two volumes. [A selection of prose and verse, apparently designed by the fair compiler to occupy the place of manuscript albums difficult to decipher, and to serve volatile youth as introduction to the beauties of literature.] A Treatise on Grammatical Punctuation; designed for letter-writers, authors, printers, and correctors of the press, and for the use of academics and schools. By Jons WILSON. [Mr. Wicsox is a printer, who a good many years age published a book on punctuation, in which he appears to have added to the rules of grammarians the practices of compositors, not always discriminating between arrange- ments convenient for typographical display and rules to facilitate the subdivi- sion of sentences and a comprehension of the writer's meaning : at least this is the character of the book before us; which is rewritten, the other having long SiDCC been out of print. It seems chiefly designed for the rising generation of amateur authors, to whom it will be found useful.]

The Family Physician, or Domestic Medical Guide ; a Manual of Health. With Recipes. [Another cheap compilation, intended to popularize medical knowledge, but by no means the best of its class.]

A Manual of Electricity, Magnetism, and Meteorology. By DIONDSIUS LARDNER, D.C.L., &c., and CHARLES V. WALKER, Secretary IO the Electrical Society. In two volumes. Volume IL (Dr. Lardner's i

Cabet Cyclopiedia.)

[This subject, left pafinished by Dr. LARDNER, has been completed by Mr. 'WALKER • the adelitions in the earlier parts of the volume being indicated by typographical marks, and much of the other portions being rewritten, or en- tirely new.] A Practical Treatise on Brewing, based on Chemical and Economical Prin- ciples; with Formulae for Public Brewers, and Instructions for Private Families. By WILLIAM BLACK, Practical Brewer. Third edition, much enlarged and improved. [A new edition of a book we formerly noticed as a useful and original-minded treatise. The additional matter has been revised by Professor GRAHAM, of the

London University.] • Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain. By R. MONT- GOMERY .MairrIsi, Esq., Author of the "History of the British Co- lonies," &c.

[The completion of Mr. MONTGOMERY Main-nes work ; which forms a pre- sentable volume, with a curious map, in the author's line—the exports and im- parts of each port are given, as well as the actual or proposed railways.] The Affairs of Sinde ; being an Analysis of the Papers presented to Par- liament and the Proprietors of East India Stock ; with an Exposition of the Connexion of the British Government with that State. By an East India Proprietor. [A full and plain statement of the progress of events that led to the conquest of Slade; drawn up from the "Blue Books," and enlivened by a running com- mentary on the conduct of the British authorities in India. The writer's feeling is strongly against our treatment of the Ameers ; and so far he adopts the tone of an advocate: but his narrative is fair, and puts the reader in pos- session of the leading facts of the case.]

SERIALS.

Irelaric4 Historical and Statistical. By GEORGE LEWIS &arra. Part I.

[Another serial which the public attention to Ireland has produced. It is a compilation. partly statistical, partly historical, like Mr. MONTGOMERY MAR. Tin's, but less onesided. The First Part exhibits a curious mixture of modern statistics and old chroniclers. Mr. SMYTH opens with a striking summary of Condition-of-Ireland-facts, from the Report of the Census Commissioners for 1841; which is followed by a variety of tables of the nature of raw materials, save a few exhibitive of English patronage in Ireland. We are next taken back to Ireland before the English invasion, with the primitive civilization of Erin ; and then follows the invasion itself. With a sort of breadth of manner, the author is not devoid of sense; but the execution is crude.] The Vigil. ft Faith, and other Poems. By CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN. (Clarke's English Helicon—American Series.) [A pretty tiny volume, forming one of a series of American poems to be re- printed in London. The Vigil of Faith is in one sense an Indian's revenge. According to their laws, punishment for murder is in the bands of the nearest connexion of the person murdered; but in some tribes, instead of slaying the offender, he may strike off his warrior-tuft ; a degradation which, in their lan- guage, unsexes him, and makes him the slave of whomsoever chooses to take him, the power over him being absolute, short of shedding blood. The story of The Vigil of Faith narrates a revenge of this kind, which was practised by one Red Indian upon a jealous rival, who, failing in the endeavour to supplant him, had murdered the betrothed on the wedding-day. • Like all other American poets we have met, except perhaps DANA, the strain of Horratear is merely an echo. The narrative and occasional snatches re- semble the Giaour, though the general tone and style are Scorr's; an indis- creet imitation, as the gloomy wildness of BYRON would better have harmonized with the theme. The story has interest, and the mode of telling it is animated and fluent. The Vigil of Faith may be read with pleasure. There are some

occasional poems added to the tale ; which are also good, but devoid of original character.]

The Art of Letter-writing Simplified, by precept and example. (New Library of Useful Knowledge.) Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Part XV.

PERIODICALS.

The Archeological Magazine of Bristol, Bath, South Wales, and the South- western Counties. Edited by T. H. SEALED, Architect. NOB. IL and IIL [A quarterly publication, intended as a vehicle for communications on anti- quarian and architectural subjects of local interest; illustrated with well-exe- cuted wood-cuts. It consists of notices of old churches, &c., reviews of new books, and correspondence.]

Music.

Come ! Here's a Health to Thee and mine—Song. The poetry by Tifostes DOUBLEDAY, Esq. ; the music by WILLIAM JACKSON, MRS1IRM.