PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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Travels in Siberia. By S. S. Hill, Esq. In two volumes.

An Account of the life and Letters of Cicero : translated from the German of Bernard Rudolf Abeken. Edited by Charles Merivale, B.D., Author of "The History of the Romans," &c.

[The original object of Abeken in this isook was to furnish students with a corrective to the derogatory opinion of Cicero, entertained by a class in Ger- many, it would appear, as well as by a similar class in this country. The mode of effecting his object was to facilitate the thorough understanding of the Epistles, so as to use them as a corrective to the Orations. "The idea has thus suggested itself to him, of arranging all the letters of the great Roman in a manner which will render it easy to the teacher who has to ex- plain them to his pupils, but has neither leisure nor inclination for a close study of them, to compare them together, and illustrate them by the light of contemporary events." The intention thus expressed has been more than fulfilled. The life and times of Cicero, so far as his life was connected with his times, is the real character of the book. The early life being brief, the telling is fuller as the interest advances, and fullest of all when illustrated by the letters. It is a painstaking compilation, less ponderous than German scholastic commentaries often are ; but it has been somewhat condensed under Mr. Merivale's auspices, at whose suggestion the translation was un- dertaken. Mr. Merivale has also added some notes ; and he justifiably re- commends the book "as a help to the English student of the most important sera of antiquity."]

Hints on Latin Writing. By the Reverend E. Watford, M.A., formerly Scholar of Bailie] College, Oxford.

[A careful and terse analysis of the principal rules of syntax, as well as of ansae which relate to the position of words or structure of sentences. There are also notices of idioms or elegancies of expression. It will be found a very useful publication for pupils somewhat advanced in Latin.]

The Turkish War : an Heroic Poem, descriptive of the Events trans- piring in the East. Part I. Books I. and II. [Who shall say that this is not a poetical age, when no sooner does an heroic subject start up than an epic bard starts with it, ready to sing of " arms and the man" long before the action has ended, or indeed begun ? The first two books of The Turkish War contain all the business that has yet been done, told with an odd mixture of the gazette and the cut-and-dry recipe for an epic. After an invocation somewhat of the longest, we are introduced to an Imperial Council at Si. Petersburg ; Nicholas taking the chair, after the fashion of his old namesake at Pandemonium. A noble, bight Yeronzo, makes a Molachlike speech, and is replied to by Garvonzi, " a prince of weight,

Who held a vested interest in the state ";

which interest he evidently looks after, a feature of his speech being the effects of a war upon the markets. The book closes with an account of a "check" from the Circassians.

The second book balances the first. There is a sketch of Constantinople; then a council of the Divan, followed by the battle of Oltenitza, and the "operations" which preceded it. Oh tempera! oh Muses !] Emmanuel.Appadocca, or Blighted Life ; a Tale of the Buccaneers. By Maxwell Philip. In two volumes. [A tale of West Indian piracy, which originated in Mr. Philip's indigna- tion at planters employing their own coloured children as slaves. The moral aimed at is not exactly illustrated ; for Emmanuel Appadocca the buccaneer, is rather neglected than degraded ; and besides, he turns out a scholar as well as a melodramatic chief, reading Aristotle and Bacon in the intervals of professional business. There is a certain power of literal invention and depiction about the work ; the author, a native of Trinidad, paints scenery and Negro manners with some force ; but the tale itself is wild and exagge- rated, especially in the halo of heroic romance which the author endeavours to throw over his pirate chief.] The Grand Romish Fallacy ; and Dangers and Duties of Protestants. Sermons preached in St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone Square, by John Hampden Gurney, M.A., Rector.

[The chief topics of these sermons are the Papal Supremacy, and the causes, deeply seated in human nature, whicth render Popery attractive to man. On theological questions so often handled not much of novelty can be expected; but Mr. Gurney has a popular manner, and a clear close style. The two ser- mons on the Supremacy are an example of very neat and conclusive logical statement brought home to the capacity of a general congregation. The discourses were originally preached at the time of the Papal Aggression; and were intended in part to moderate the angry seal which it caused, and in part to improve the opportunity, by directing attention to those failings of human nature which render many Protestants practical Papists so far as vital religion is concerned.]

Swedenborg : a Biography and an Exposition. By Edwin Paxton Hood, Author of "The Age and its Architects," &e.

[It is the opinion of Mr. Paxton Hood that the theological views of Sweden- borg contain truths, for a knowledge of which, or rather for a belief in which, the present age would be the better. He has therefore composed a popular narrative of the life, labours, and spiritual views of the great and much misunderstood Swede. The biography and the sketch of Swedenborg's religious opinions are prefaced by an introduction, taking a general view of the religious and sceptical feelings of the present time. Mr. Hood is a pleasant and an effective writer. His style is founded on that of the platform, but it has more life and elasticity than generally ac- company the mannerism of Nonconformists. His own ideas are of a large and catholic kind. He is ready to sympathize with the good and liberal in anybody., from Swedenborg to Cardinal Wiseman. He is, however, so far a mystic himself, that he believes in the spiritual sights or revelations of his hero, as well as in the probability of apparitions as part of the system of nature : only, he seems to require a peculiar gift or power to enable a parson to see or converse with spirits.]

The March Edition of the Post-office London Directory.

[" Growing, ever growing," should be the device of this book. Not many months since, the annual volume was before us, stouter than we had ever be- held it, and lo ! here is a March edition, looking stouter still. In the present case, this edition is not a reissue with the Parliamentary and postal sections revised, but a complete reprint, rendered necessary, it seems, by the sale of the former impression. The greatest novelty, to the eye, is an index by means of colours and typography on the front edge of the book, to enable the inquirer to turn at once to the section he wishes to consult. A very little attention suffices to render the mode of reference easy, and it then saves trouble.]

Introductory Lessons on the British Constitution.

Duchess Eleanor ; a Tragedy, in five acts. By the Author of "Old Love and New Fortune," 8zo.

PAMPHLETS.

Observations on the Government Bill for Abolishing the Removal of the Poor and Redistributing the Burden of Poor-rate; with a Proposal for more equitably redistributing that burden. ByRobert Pashley, one of her Majesty's Counsel, Author of "Pauperism and Poor- laws." Second edition, revised.

A Letter to the Bight Honourable H. T. Baines, President of thePoor-law Board, on the Bill for the Alteration of the Law of Settlement and Removal. By a County Magistrate.

Preface to the Second Edition of the Russo-Turkish Campaigns of 1828 and 1829. By Colonel Chesney, ILA., D.C.L.* F.R.S., Author of "The Sur- vey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris," 8sc.

Wine, in relation to Temperance, Trade, and Revenue. An Open College Best for All. A Reply to " The Case of Queen's College," 8.:c. By William Thomson, M A , Fellow, Tutor, and Bursar of Queen's Col- lege, and late Hampton Lecturer. With an Appendix on the Michel Foundation.

Education best Promoted by perfect Free- dom, not by State Endowments. With an Appendix containing Official Re- turns of Education, in 1818, 1833, and 1851. By Edward Baines. Author of "The History of the Cotton Manufac- ture."

The Services and Furniture of St. Paurs, Knightsbridge. A Letter to the Right Reverend Charles James, I.ord Bishop of London, by the Honourable and Re- verend Robert Liddell, M.A., Incum- bent; in reply to a Protest from one of the Churchwardens.