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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

The first two volumes of a HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF HENRY IV. of France, by Miss Freer, have been issued without a prefatory line ' but the title page informs us that the materials for the work have been drawn from numerous unpublished sources, including M.S. documents in the Bibliotheque Imperiale, and the Archives du royaume de France, &c.

TILE POITS AND THE JESUITS OF THE PRESENT CENTURY, by Dr. Michelsen, is a history of the order in every European State where it obtained a footing after its dissolution by Pope Clement XIV. in 1773, and terminates with its overthrow in the revolutions of 1848.

In the new edition of Mr. Whiteside's ITALY IN THE NINETEENTH Ceorrenv, the author says he has by a careful revision compressed the substantial contents of three volumes into one, not omitting anything of permanent interest.

A REVIEW OF THE LITERARY HISTORY OF GERMANY, from the earliest period to the beginning of the nineteenth century, will be wel- comed by a rapidly increasing class, the English students of Teutonic literature. Though the summary given is very condensed, the reader will find, especially if the subject be quite new to him, that he will derive from Mr. Solling's book a considerable amount of information on the earlier periods of German authorship. The Lay of the Nibelungen, and other primitive legends ; legends about animals and the epos of " Rek- ecke Fuchs," are all succinctly noticed. The Minstrels and Master Singers have some pages dedicated to the products of their genius. The literature of the Reformation period, with Martin Luther as its repre- sentative; and the " Volkslied," or popular poetry of the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries, also receive illustration. The little volume contains both abstracts and extracts. Among the latter, is a ser- mon on the Resurrection of the Dead by the great leader of the Reforma- tion, which is accompanied with an interlineal translation. An alpha- betical list of remarkable authors from the sixteenth century to the ap- pearance of Klopstook, is subjoined. Mr. Soiling intimates a conditional intention of completing his useful task, by a second part of the "Re- view," in which the distinguished men of a more recent period, will be subjected to his critical appreciation.

Booze.

History of the Reign of Henry IV. Xing of France and Navarre. Part I. Henry IV. and the League. By Martha Walker Freer. In two volumes, The Popes and the Jesuits of the Present Century. By Dr. Edward H. Mfr chelsen.

The Popular History of England : an Illustrated History of Society, and Go- vernment from the Earliest period to our own Times. By Charles Knight. Volume VI. From the Accession of George I., 1714, to the close of the American War, 1783.

An Inquiry into the Genuineness of the Manuscript Corrections in Mr. Payne Collier's Annotated Shattspere, folio 1632 ; and of certain Shake- perian documents likewise published by Mr. Collier. By N. E. 8. A. Ham.

The Odes of Horace. Translated into English Verse, with a Life and Notes. By Theodore Martin.

Translations in English Verse from Ovid, Horace, Tacitus, ,fe. By William Lee, M.A.

Christianity in the First Century ; or the New Birth of the Social Life of Man through the Rising of Christianity. By Chr. Hoffmann. Translated from the German.

Pagan or Christian or Notes for the General Public on Our National Archi-. tecture. By W. I. Cockburn Muir.

Step by Step; or the Good Fight. From the German, by Maria Nathusius. Mademoiselle Mori. A Tale of Modern Rome. In two volumes.

History of the Grandeur and Downfall of Cesar Birotteau. By M. de Baltic. Translated by John Hawkins Simpson.

The Convert, and other Poems. By Frank Foreman Clark, A.B.

By the Sea. Poems, by Edmund Sanders, B.A.

Beautes de la Poesie Anglaise : par Le Chevalier de Chatelain. Two volumes. Lord St. Leonard's Act to further Amend the Lam of Property, and to Relieve Trustees. (22 and 23 Vic. c. 35.) With Notes; by John Sevin Vaizey, Esq.„ Barrister-at-Law.

Practical Elementary Exercises in the Art of Thinking ; being an Introduction to Composition and Logical Analysis. By Charles Schaible, Ph.D., M.D., &c.

NEW Enrnoss.

Italy in the Nineteenth Century. By the Right Honourable James Whiteside, M.P. LL.D. Abridged and revised.

Life of Oliver Cromwell. By F. Guizot.

Szarsi.s.

Vischer's Parliamentary Companion; containing a list of the House of Peers, and House of Commons, with the Members' Town Residences and other in- formation indispensable in Parliamentary Business. Published monthly.