PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From September 4th to September 16th.

BooKS.

Ina, and other Poems. By Mute M. RAncLrrrs. Proceedings of the General Anti-Slavery Convention, called by the Com- mittee of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, and held in London, from Friday June 12th to Tuesday June 23e1 1840. The Genuine Remains of Ossian, literally translated ; with a Preli- minary Dissertation. By PATRICK MACGREGOR, M.A. Published under the patronage of the Highland Society of London. Illustrations of Arts and Manufactures; being a selection from a series of Papers read before the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. By ARTHUR ATKIN, F.L.S., F.G.S., &c., late Secretary of that Institution. Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Budyerd, Ent. Containing his Speeches and Poems. To which are added the Letters of his Great.great-grandson, Benjamin Rudyerd, Esq., Captain in the Coldstream Guards at the battle of Fontenoy. Edited by TAMES ALEXANDER MANNING, of the Inner Temple.

Feats on the Fiord; a Tale. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. (The Play- fellow.) [The subject of this tale is the scenery, superstitions, and rural life of Nor- way. It exhibits in a high degree Miss MARTINEAU'S power of availing herself of the scattered descriptions of other writers, combining them into a uniform piece of work, and skilfully dovetailing her own inventions into them. With such ability is this accomplished in Feats on the Fiord, that the reader would almost feel inclined to affirm Mies ManTINEAu must have been in Nor- way,—unless he should have happened to have been there himself, which may make a difference. It may be questioned, however, whether persons also are pretty well acquainted with all this lady's tales, may not detect something like a mechanical process in the production, and become rather weary of the sameness and mannerism. There is also, perhaps, too much of " talkee- talkee."] Ellen Braye ; or the Fortune-Teller. In two volumes. [An improbable tale as regards manners and conduct, and poor to a degree in execution. The author, however, has a certain knack of telling a story, which might succeed in juvenile tales, if more regard were had to truth and nature.] Konrad Vallenrod ; an Historical Tale, from the Prussian and Lithuanian Annals. Translated from the Polish of ADAM MICKIEWICZ, by H. CATLEY.

[The scene of this poem is laid in Lithuania about the beginning of the four- teenth century, when the power of the Teutonic Order was stricken through the misconduct of the Grand Master Konrad. The main events are historical; bat the Polish poet has represented the Master as a Lithuanian in disguise, and secretly misleading the army of the Order to avenge his country. From a translation a judgment can seldom be formed of the merits of an original work ; for we know not what is improved and what is injured by the translator. So far as we can pass an opinion, ADAM MICKIEWICZ, like some other poets of the North, appears to have formed his style and his mode of treating his subject upon SCOTT and BYRON; but part of this may be the work of the translator. The story, again, seems to us long drawn out, and not very clearly or closely told ; but this also might read differently in the Original.] Lost and Won ; a Play, in five acts. By HENRY SPICER, Esq., Author of " The Lords of Effingham." [The story of this play is intelligibly presented, and the language is dramatic, having the brevity of dialogue, with a kind of stage cast of style. Here, however, the praise of Lost and Won must terminate. The incidents, whe- ther forming part of the action, or occurring before the commencement of the play, are absurd or improbable ; the characters outrageous in their sentiments and conduct, and the motives for their actions so trivial as to approach the burlesque. Mr. SPICER appears to think that striking situations and surprises are every thing in a drama : hence we have a mother exchanging her new- born babe with a friend, lest the father of the little deformed should fly into a passion ; a father jealous of his supposed son, and poisoned by his own son, un- conscious of the relationship; a lady marrying an old man in a moment, on a mere idle report that her lover is wild; and to crown all, the poisoned man com- ing out of his grave to contribute to the catastrophe, and die a second time after "the curtain falls."] Count Clermont, a Tragedy; Cants Torments, a Tragedy ; with other Poems. By ARCHIBALD BELL, Esq., Advocate, F.R S.E.; Author of "The Cabinet, a series of Essays, Moral and Literary." [This volume contains two tragedies, an imitation of one of ARIOSTO'S tales of enchantment, and various occasional poems. The merit of Mr. BELL is clearness, purpose, and judgment. He expresses his ideas without circumlocu- tion and with distinctness ; and the plan and presentation of his story are clear and natural The want in his poems is poetry; and this want is most con- spicuous in his occasional verses. His best production is " The Castle of Sleep"; the tale of an enchanter who carries off all the handsome ladies of the country to his inaccessible rock, where they are made to fall into a magic trance, which produces the effects of age, and when they awake and arc re- stored to their homes, they look wrinkled and old. Though not animated by much poetical spirit, this tale is told with pleasantry and liveliness, and with touches of quiet humour that render it very agreeable.] The Poetical Flights of a Factory Youth. By JOSEPH KIRKHAM.

Annotations on some of the Messianic Psalms' from the Commentary of ROSENMULLER; with the Latin Version and Notes of BATHE. Trans- lated by ROBERT JOHNSTON. To which is prefixed an Introduction and .Preface. (The Biblical Cabinet. Vol. XXXII.) [A useful contribution to Biblical study ; the critical commentary and intro- ductory remarks of ROSENMuLLER on the Hebrew text of the five Psalms which most strikingly depict the coming of the Messiah, forming only a part of the work. In a preface, the editor, Mr. JOHNSTON, gives an account of the progress of Hebrew learning among divines, and the causes of its long neglect, with a sketch of the Rationalists of Germany. The introduction to the Mes- sianic Psalma, by HENGSTENBEHO, abounds with theological remarks in rela- tion to the prophetic announcements of the Jeaish Messiah ; and the two Latin versions of the Psalms translated, with the notes of BATHE, will be found useful to the student, especially to such RS are not masters of Hebrew.] An Inquiry concerning the Origin of Christianity. By CHARLES C. HENNELL. Second edition.

Christian Theism. By the Author of " An Inquiry concerning the Ori- gin of Christianity.'

[ Since our former notice of this work, it has reached a second edition, been translated into German, and apparently excited some attention on the Conti- nent ; which is somewhat remarkable, considering its sceptical character, and Its avowed object—the exhibition of Christ as a moral teacher instead of a divine person, or even divinely inspired. In this edition recourse has been had to recent German works, and several points have been reconsidered and handled at greater length.

Christian Theism forms a sort of sequel to the Origin ; and is a speculation as to the position which the precepts of Christianity might maintain after a belief in its relation had expired.] Singing for the Million; a Practical Course of Musical Instruction adapted, from its pleasing simplicity and rapid effect, to render musicai reading and singing familiar to all ages, capacities, and conditions. By JOSEPH MAINZER.

The Hand-book to the Game of Billiards, addressed to the novice and the Lroficient ; with the Laws, &c. and forty-four diagrams. By Colonel "Ten Thousand a Year ! " or the Draper's Assistant ; a Domestic Drama, in one ad. By AUGUSTUS ROBERT MARTIN.

SERIALS.

Faust ; a Tragedy, by GOETHE. Translated expressly for this Series, by LEWIS FILMORE. (Smith's Standard Library.)

Matermaier on the E [feet of Drunkenness on Criminal _Responsibility. (The Cabinet Library of Scarce and Celebrated Tracts. No. X.)

Master Timothy's Book Case, Parts IL to IV.

Encyclopredia Britannica, Parts CXXI.V. and CXXV. Johnson's Philosophic Nuts, No. IX.

Selby's History of British Forest Trees, Parts IL and III.

PERIODICALS.

British and Foreign Review, No. XXIV.

Magazines for September—Asiatic Journal, Microscopic Journal, Flori- cultural.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Illustrated Shahspere, Part XXVIIL Sibson's Illustrations of Master Humphreys Clock, No. XVI. Joseph Staudigl. Drawn on stone after a Daguerreotype, taken at the Polytechnic Institution. [An agreeable and characteristic likeness of the great dramatic vocalist of the German operatic corps; roughly but faithfully copied, on an enlarged scale, from a photographic miniature. STAUDIGL is represented as he appears in private life, and his countenance expresses the animation and bonbommie for which he is remarkable. A fac-simile of his handwriting is appended.]

MAPS.

Sketch of the Operations against Canton, Jatruary to March 1841. [A chart of the passage from Macao to Canton through the Boma Tigris ; showing the track and position of the fleet and the forts, the strength of the British force, and the extent of the Chinese loss ; with a separate plan of the Bogue forts on a larger scale, illustrating the second action. It is a sheet fu[of information, and neatly engraved, like all Mr. Wimp's maps.]

PAMPHLETS.

The Second Annual Report of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, for the Abolition of Slavery and the Slave-trade throughout the World ; presented to the General Meeting held in Exeter Hall on Friday May 14th 1841. Association for Popular and Gratuitous Instruction in Singing, as a pow- erful auxiliary in the religious and moral education of the people. An Essay on Voting by Ballot. By W. FRAZER. A Trifle for the Tories ; a Satire. By Scourge. A Corrected Report of the Speeches of the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, on the 27th and 30th August 1841, on the Address, and on the Resignation of Ministers.

The Budget; a series of Letters on Financial, Commercial, and Colonial Policy. By a Member of the Political Economy Club. No. I.L Action of the Corn-laws, and of the other Provision-laws, considered on the principles of a sound political economy and of common sense. By the author of letters in the Times, which, more than twenty years since, so mainly contributed to awaken public attention to this subject. The Corn-laws Considered in their Origin Progress and Results. Re- printed, by permission, from the British and Foreign'Itemew, no. XXIV. A Supplement to Lord Western's Letter to Lord John Russell upon Corn- laws and Commercial Distress, with a brief Review of the Reports of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce of December 1839 and March 1841.

Fifty Searching Questions addressed to the Honourable and Reverend Baptist IV. Noel, and all other Corn-law Repealers, intended as an an- tidote to leis recent dangerous and exciting pamphlet, and showing how the repeal or non-repeal of the existing Corn-laws really affects the in- terests of the working-classes. By a Clergyman of the 'United Church of England and Ireland. The Oration delivered before the Medical Society of London, at their Sixty-eighth Anniversary, 8th March 1841. By W. D. CitowNE, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London, &c.