PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

Raymond de lifonthault the Lord Marcher; a Legend of the Welsh Borders. By the Reverend R. W. Morgan, P.C., Tregynon, Author of " Verities of the Church," &c. In three volumes. A History of the Christian Church. Middle Age. With four Maps, constructed for this work by A. Keith Johnston. By Charles Hard- wick, M.A., Fellow of St. Catherine's Hall, and late Cambridge Preacher at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall.

The Public and Domestic Life of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke.

By Peter Burke, Esq., of the Inner Temple and the Northern Circuit. [Notwithstanding the political and literary eminence of Burke, there is no life of him at once popular and cheap. This deficiency will in a measure be supplied by this volume of Mr. Peter Burke, compiled for the National Il- lustrated Library. It has not, indeed, the nice felicity of Washington Irving's Life of Goldsmith, nor the skilful arrangement, the varied know- ledge of the age, and the forceful rhetoric of Mr. Forster's biography of the same author: neither has it any striking characteristics of its own; but it tells in a readable manner what there is to be told of Burke's private and literary life, as well as of his public career. The leading features of that career are exhibited by episodes, and impress us with the greatness of Burke as a guiding mind of the age, always foremost and always influential even in subordinate office. The American War, official reform, India, its govern- ment and abuses, the impeachment of Hastings, and the French Revolution, bear witness to his activity from his first appearance in Parliament to his final retirement. The wood-cut illustrations are numerous, but, it seems to us hardly so copious or so effective as in some of the former volumes: those after Gilray are the best.] History of France, from the Invasion of the Franks under Clovis to the Accession of Louis Philippe. By Emile de Bonnechose. Translated from the latest Paris edition by William Robson, Translator of " Michaud's History of the Crusades." [This summary history of France, written during the reign of Louis Philippe has been received with much approbation in France, and adopted in several public institutions. In a certain sense it is worthy of this favour. It gives as clear a narrative of events as is compatible with the space of a single volume however bulky, and the resumes of particular periods are sufficient if not very new. It is the best "abridgment" of the history of France that we have fallen in with, as regards a close and readable sum- maryof events and received conclusions. But there is nothing very remark- able in the narrative, and little of novelty or grasp in the dissertations. The feeling is French.] The Principles of Commerce and Commercial Law : explained in a Course of Lectures delivered by Sir George Stephen, Barrister-at-law. [Sir George Stephen has been giving his young friends of Liverpool a series of " drawingroom " lectures on the principles and practice of commerce, in- termingling therewith as much of commercial law as is needful for the man of business to understand. Among the subjects treated of, are Brokers, Bills of Exchange, Discount, Shipping, Insurance, Partnership ; and the whole, including the Introductory Lecture—though this last is somewhat encycloptedie—may be recommended to the iutelligent clerk, mercantile student, or even the practical merchant. To souse e people the information may not be new, but it is freshly as well as clearly stated. The lectures are those of a man of affairs, who has learned what he is talking about in the actual business of life.] Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. Illustrated by numer- ous Examples of trees, shrubs, climbing, meadow, and water plants ; with Explanations showing the best method of acquiring the charac- teristic touch for each. By George Barnard, Professor of Drawing to Rugby School, Author of "The Oberland of Switzerland," &c.

[A series of plates of trees and plants, with, in many cases, separate studies of parts,—as the leaf, fruit, and branches on a larger scale ; and examples of the style of handling adapted to the general foliage. The plates are accom- panied by letterpress, descriptive of the general and artistical character of the tree, with directions for the best mode of studying it.]

The Akin Family; a Tale of the Norman Coast. Translated from the French of Alphonse Karr, by Robert B. Brough. With eight Illus- trations by Anelay. (Illustrated Family Novelist )

[A story of French peasant and provincial life on the coast of Normandy. Besides its picture of manners, character, and common incidents, it contains a murder, a mystery, and a trial ; the last giving a good idea of practical jurisprudence in France.]

Percy Effingham ; or the Germ of the World's Esteem. By Henry Cockton, Author of "Valentine Vox," &c. In two volumes.

[A novel of the common circulating library class. The best feature is its easy fluency.] Grammar of the German Language; with Exercises. By Carl Eduard Aue, Ph.D., German Master in the High School of Edinburgh. (Chambers 's Educational Course.) Advaneed Latin Exercises; with Selections for Reading. (Chambers's Educational Course.)

[Of these two educational books, Dr. Aue's "German Grammar" may be recommended for its clearness, thoroughness, and the philosophical spirit which pervades it. The "Advanced Latin Exercises mainly consists of well-selected sentences and paragraphs from classical authors, chiefly Cicero, to be translated into English, accompanied by English exercises to be translated into Latin : foot-notes illustrate idioms and peculiarities.]

The following books are of a class unadapted for notice in a newspaper, or indeed in any work not wholly of a theological kind. "The Conflict of Ages," which Dr. Beecher treats about, is substantially Predestination and Free-will ; the respective advocates of which the American divine thinks he can reconcile. "Macariodos " is an attempt to reconcile the beneficence of the Deity with the existence of evil, by showing that happiness predominates in the world ; that the evil is the result of a "curse" ; and that all our af- flictions are designed for our good, and may be so used if man is properly minded. The "Notes on Daniel" are a reprint from the American edition.

The Conflict of Ages ; or the Great Debate on the Moral Relations of God and Man. By Edward Beecher, D.D. .Afaeariodos ; or the Happy Way, in the short but too often sorrowful Journey of Life. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Book of Daniel. By the Reverend Albert Barnes. Critically revised and corrected. In two volumes.

The most remarkable book in the subjoined list is the Archbishop of Dublin's " Cautions for the Times," originally put forward at the time of the Papal Aggression, to direct the attention of Protestants to the real power of Popery —its flattery of man's corrupt nature ; and to furnish them with a defence against its blandishments in their own reason, rather than in Anti-Papal laws. The plain, practical, and cogent character of the arguments in favour of Protestant Christianity, and against other evils than Popery, have given to a temporary design a universal character. Besides this new edition for home use, the " Cautions " aro reprinted in America. The new preface to Dr. Henderaon's new edition of " Homceopathy Fairly Represented" is chiefly occupied with a personal controversy between him- self and Dr. Chriatison. The two cheap novels are American reprinta, and describe American life. The "Guide,' added to a shilling edition of Victor Hugo's "Rhine," is brief, and somewhat jejune.

Cautions for the Times. Addressed to the Parishioners of a Parish in England by their former Rector. Edited by the Archbishop of Dub- lin.

Honiceopathy Fairly Represented, in Reply to Dr. Simpson's "Homceo- pathy " Misrepresented. By William Henderson, M.D., Professor of General Pathology in the University of Edinburgh. Second edition. lifark Sutherland; or Power and Principle. By Emma D. E. N. Southworth.

Old Neighbourhoods and New Settlements; or Christmas Evening Le- gends. By Mrs. Emma Nevitt Southworth, Author of "The Curse of Clifton," &e.

The Rhine. By Victor Hugo. Translated from the French, by D. M. Aird, Author of "The Student's French Grammar," &c. To which is added, a Guide for Tourists on the Rhine, from Notes by the Trans- lator.

Bacon's Essays, and Locke on the Reasonableness of Christianity. (The Universal Library.)

The Neighbours, The Twins, and other Tales. By Fredrilra Bremer. (The Universal Library.)

PAMPHLETS.

The Christianity of Civilization ; a Lecture. By G. T. F. Abraham, Esq. Delivered on behalf of the Trinity St. Pancras Schools, January 6, 1853.

Why are You a Christian? or How can the Faith of the Nineteenth Century be a Saving Faith?

National Education. A Sermon on the Education of the Poor, preached at New Brentford, July 10, 1853. By the Reverend J. H. Emerton, Di)., Principal of Hanwell College, Middlesex.

Charter, Orders, and Rules to be observed and kept by the Governors of the .Free Grammar School at Harrow-on-the-Hill, an the County of Middlesex. Founded by John Lyon, in the year of our Lord 1590.

Correspondence relating to Harrow School, and Extracts on Endow- ments and Education.

The Great Gold-Field; a Pedestrian Tour through the first discovered Gold-District of New South Wales, in the months of October and No- vember 1852. By Angus Mackay, Special Reporter to The Empire Daily Journal.

The Or as a Beast of Draught in place of the Horse, recommended for all purposes of agriculture, after a satisfactory experience of thirty years' employment of ox-labour. By Mr. John Stokes, Estate Agent, Salters' hall Chambers, Cannon Street, City.