PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From April 11th to April 17th.

BOOKS.

Adventure in New Zealand, from 1839 to 1844; with some Account of the Beginning of the British Colonization of the Islands. By Edward Jerning- ham Wakefield, Esq. In two volumes. Chronicles of Fashion, from the time of Elizabeth to the early part of the nineteenth century, in Manners, Amusements, Banquets, Costume, &c. By Mrs. Stone, Authoress of "The Art of Needlework," &c. In two volumes. Leaves from a Journal, and other Fragments in Verse. By Lord Robertson.

The Blacksmith's Daughter; an Historical NoveL By the Author of "Wal- ter Clayton." In three volumes. The Life and Travels of Thomas Simpson, the Arctic Discoverer. By his Brother, Alexander Simpson, Membre Titulaire de l'Institut d' Afrique. Lives of Men of Letters and Science who flourished in the Time of George III. By Henry Lord Brougham, F.A.S., Member of the National Institute. of France, and of the Royal Academy of Naples. With Portraits, engraved on steel. The Rosat7; and other Poems. By the Reverend Frederick William Faber, Rector ot Elton, Huntingdonshire. Light in Darkness, or Sermons in Stones; Churchyard Thoughts in Verse.. By Joseph Snow. With a few designs for head-stones, &c. The Bokhara Victims. By Captain Grover, Unatt., F.R.S.

New System of Architecture, founded on the forms of Nature, and developing the properties of Metals. By William Vose Pickett. [The extensive use of iron in house-building, as well as for engineering purposes, suggests the expediency of adopting other principles of construction than those acted upon in edifices of brick and masonry. Hitherto, iron has been regarded merely as a substitute for wood or stone; and its employment has not led to any material change either in the plan or style of ordinary structures: it has beei. even made to imitate stone architecture, in columns and spires. The "New System of Architecture" invented by Mr. Vose Pickett, which he calls "Metal- lurgic Architecture," is based on the properties and capabilities for building and ornamental purposes of iron and other metals; just as all other architectures are based on the properties of stone. Ile does not altogether reject the use of brick, wood, and stucco; but he proposes to employ iron in the walls and architect ird decorations of buildings, as well as for supports and roofing; and in its applica- tion to these purposes, to originate an entirely new style of architecture, calcu- lated to develop the resources of iron and other metals to the fullest extent, for purposes both of economy and beauty. The prodorninance.of. curved lines. is a "I" characteristic of the style; and one of its most stnkmg features will be the production of new effects of light and shadow by means of perforated and. detached ornaments casting figured shadows on fiat surfaces behind them: for which Mr. Pickett has taken out a patent. Enamelling, japanning, and eleetro- gild,:ng, as well as painting, may be used to protect exposed surfaces; and porce- lain, glass, brass, and bronze, are available for interior fittings and decoration. Heat and cold are excludedby double plates of iron with a space between them; and the accumulation of dirt in corners is obviated by avoiding angles in con-

MI:action. Iron housesimay be speedily erected, and taken to pieces and rebuilt. elsewhere; and the inventor calculates that they will form one of our staple ex- ports. The compactness, portability, and durability of iron, and its power of re- sistance to fire and moisture when coated with zinc or other metals, are recom- mendations to its use.

Mr. Pickett is preparing an exhibition of models and designs to illustrate his system of "Metallurgic Architecture."] The Rdeeted Cases; with a Letter to Thomas Wakley, Esq.,,ALP., on the Scientific Character of Homoeopathy, By John Epps, M.D.

(This book is a. consequence of an advantage given by the Lancet to Dr. Ep.pe, whiel he was not likely to neglect The Doctor is a good reasoner- and, having adoptedthe homceopathic system, he is determined not to be driven Out of hiscon- 'fiction except by reasonable means. As the best way of proving himself right or wrong, he continued, after his conversion to homompathy, to send an account of his most noticeable cases to the Lancet, as he had often done before: but the in- sertion of one of them proved sufficient to draw forth from the readers of that journal an "avalanche of letters," terrible enough to frighten Mr. Wakley from conveying to the world what he found to be such unpalatable statements. A letter from the sub-editor of the Lancet to Dr. Epps, written by Mr. Wakley's di- rection, acknowledges the opposition thus manifested to be the sole cause of the exclusion of the cases; and it is one object of the present book to point out that the suppression of scientific statements for such a cause is improper. The only grounds of justification for a medical journal's refusal to insert medical facts would consist in, first, the stater- of.the facts not being a man of veracity; second, that the stater is not .qualified to form a judgment; and third, that the facts stated are not interesting or useful. Dr. Epps naturally assumes that the first objection cannot exist in his case; the second he shows to be also inapplicable; and the third he dismisses by a reference to the interest which the avalanche of letters proves to have been raised by the only one of his cases-which found a place.

The succeeding remarks on the scientific character of Homceopathy are vigo- rous, and for the most part strictly logical; while at the same time they are more temperate than some of the anther's previous writings. Thework will have the effect of increasing an impression long entertained by reflecting people, and which some recent incidents have tended to make general, that the claims of the Hoinceopathie System should not be left to the decision of hot-headed par- tisans on either side, whose zeal is more likely to aid than. to overturn error; bat that they should- be examined and reported on by those who are willing to test them in the only- proper way, namely, by a. fair and patient series of experi- ments.] The Literature of Political Economy; a Classified Catalogue of Select Pub- lications in the different departments of that science, with Historical, Critical, and Biographical Notices. By J. B. SPCulloch, Esq., Member of the Institute of France.

[This volume is not a mere catalogue raisonne of the most curious' striking, sound, or celebrated works on Political Economy, or its subordinate branches, classed according to the subjects treated of and arranged in chronological order, with notes, after the usual plan. Besides being all this —which is a great merit, especiallf when the attempt is the first of its kinds—ale biographical and critical notes contain the pith of the subject, thrown off from knowledge already acquired, and not squeezed out from a- hasty examination of the work. The conjoint operation of a chronological arrangement and an account of the principles or purpose of the book also produces the effect without the elaboration and form of a history. The omission of notes, however, seems somewhat arbitrary, espe- cially among contemporaries; and those who are familiar with Mr...l&Callo writings will encounter passages they have met before,—perhaps an unavoidable circumstance.]

The Lady's Country. Companion; or, How to Enjoy a Country Life 'Ration- ally. By Mrs. London, Author of "Gardening for Ladies," &c. With an engraving on steel, and illustrations on wood.

[it young friend of Mrs. London married, or -is- supposed to have married, a country gentleman, with rather a gloomy-looking manor-house, on account of old furniture and old trees. The bride pours out her complaints, general and special; which her friend answers with her advice, that grows and grows, and grows, till it grows into a volume, upon improving your country residence, externally and infernally—laying up proper stores of creature-comforts when you live at a dis- tance from a large. town—brewing, baking, and making wines—managing the dairy, the flower-garden, paddock, or park; besides, directions about birds and fishes, country amusements,—m short, upon everything that a town lads, trans- planted into the country, or a country ladyborn in a province but knowing nothing of its life, may be supposed to require. The volume is a complete mul .tem puree. everythingrielsozeiiint nothing over- done; whilst the idea, whether real or fletidous, of addressing the advice to a particular person, gives animation and reality to the matter. o lady who lives out of town in her own house should be without The Laly's Cosmtry Companion.] A Nomenclature . of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades, applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences, to Manufactures, and other purposes of general utility. By D. Rs Hay, Edinburgh. (In this catalogue raisonne of colours, Mr. Hay has reduced to a system of mathematical exactness the constituent parts and value of every modification of separate and combined colours. He shows the proportions, calculated in nu- merical ratios, that each of the primary colours bears to light and darknesssand the quantity of white and black used to dilate or degrade them in order to pro- duce various tints and shades; also, the arithmetical proportions and degrees of intensity in which the primary colours enter into the composition of the secondary colours, and tertiary and other compounds.

The volume is illustrated by forty plates, each one containing six different hues; forming together ai scale of colours sufficiently extensive for all general purposes of the artist or manufacturer: uniformity of the tints in each copy of the work being secured by the adoption of coloured papers, in preference to hand- colouring. The simplicity and scientific exactness of this nomenclature recom- mend it to adoption as a handbook for use in all businesses where colours are employed, and a standard of positive distinctness is required for reference. The examples arranged in a tabular form with the requisite explanations printed on a sheet, would be a serviceable chart to hang up in work-rooms: the chromatic scale might be carried out to its full extent for this purpose. In an appendix, Mr. Hay hazards a conjecture as to the constitution of the atmosphere in relation to light and sound, that is deserving of scientific con- sideration.]

A Manual of Gothic Mouldings; a Practical Treatise on their formations, gradual development, combinations, and varieties; with -full directions for copying them, and for determining their dates. Illustrated by nearly five hundred examples. By F. .A. Paley,- M.A., Honorary Secretary to the Cambridge Camden Society. [The purpose of this little volume is to direct the attention of architects and amateurs to the study of Gothic moulding; and to guide them in discriminating - the numerous varieties of this characteristic feature of pointed architecture. So significant and important-does Mr. Paley deem the moulded forms of window and door-ways, bases and capitals, weather-tables and string-courses, that he pro flouncesthem to be "by far the most certain, and very frequently the only guides in determining the dates of buildings." Yet they have been only casually noticed as subordinate members, in some learned treatises on Gothic architecture; and have been so little regarded by modern architects, that. accuracy and propriety in the selection and imitation of examples have been entirely overlooked.

The analysis of the various forms of mouldings characteristic of the several styles of Gothic issrery claw; and-the number and variety of illustrations aka& the industry and research of the author. The directions for delineating the pro. files &moulded edges are ofpractical.ntility; and altogether the book-will givem fresh impetus to the investigation of the beauties of pointed architecture. 'they etched outlines, by J. H. Le lieux, are beautifully neat.]

Prayers for the Dead,. for the MC of Members of the Chureh.of Einglandll With a Preface.. To which are added, Meditations on the Four Last' Things; with instructions for using them, and other devotions. [This is one of those publications which give colour to the charges of tre,acherr and mental reservationhrought against the Tractarians. The titlepage might' convey the idea to a superficiarreader that this compilation was authorized by thus Church of. England; whereas, under the phrase of" Catholic," superstitions prayene are put upon the reader; and the doctrine of Purgatory, though not openlynameds is inculcated in the preface. To those, however who are not afraid of their faiths the volume will be interesting. It shows the art with which the Establishments that succeeded Paganism connected every thing, both in life and death, witlt religion; and the skilful dramatic way in which it was presented.]

School Botany; or tb.e Rudiments. of Botanical Mem.. By Jehn-Lins. Ph.D., F.R.S., See. A new edition; with numerous alterations, and marl* four hundred illustrations.

[This edition of Professor Lindley% excellent work has been extensively revised; but its feature 'lathe novelty of the-illustrations. All'the cuts to this edition, nearly four hundredin number, are new, in order, by exact presentment, to render mise takes in the recognition of plants impossible the glyphographic process and °then modern discoveries having been called in to insure accuracy.] The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher; the Text formed firom.a new cons" ton of the early editions. With Notes, and a Biographical Memoir, bi the Reverend Alexander Dyer. In eleven volumes. Volume VIII.

[The principal point in this-eighth volume is the reprint of the two tales on which, Fletcher founded his comedy of The Spanish Curate, successfully, revived witk alterations at Covent Garden in 1840.]

Steill's Pictorial Spelling and Reading Assistant, Part H.. [Contains a classified vocabulary of words from three to six syllables, followedlin a useful dictionary of terms in literature science, and art. The " pictorial" part of the work consists of occasional wood-cuts illustrative of some word in the: vocabulary—as "elephant," which has a foot-note with a' picture of the animal) and a short account of it.] The History of Fiction; being a Critical Account of the most celebrated Prose Works of Fiction, from the earliest Greek romances to the novels 04 the present age. By John Dunlop, Esq. Third edition. [What need be said of a work that was, known and appretiated before the Spec-' tater, or even many of its grown-up readers, had a being; and is now republished, not as a speculation striking whilst the iron's hot, but in compliance with a de..: mend that could not be gratified, from the work having been out of print? The; feature of the new edition is its compression into a single volume, for the benefit. both of the pocket and the book-shelves.] The Practical Miner's Guide. By J. Budge. Second edition, considerably enlarged. [This work also appears with the stamp of a second edition, where approbation ia. even more conclusive than in popular literature- for no one is likely to buy a; miner's guide unless he is engaged inmining. This is more especially the case, with a book like Mr. Budge's, which is of a purely technical and practical chas meter; so practical, indeed, that the author falls upon the geologists for the does. trines he deems adverse to the Mosaic account of the creation."

The Azamoglan; a Tragedy, founded .on an incident in the Greek Revolution •

NEW SERIAL.

Sermons for Sundays, Festivals, Fasts, and other Liturgical occasions. Contributed by Bishops and other Clergy of the Church. Part L

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AKD PRINTS.

Finden's Royal Gallery of British Art, Part ILL [This part contains highly-finished log-engravings of 'three beautiful pictures, characteristic of the styles of their respective painters that were among the most attractive features of the Academy exhibitions which they adorned. The Escape of Carrara—the hat Sovereign of Padua, who with his wife fled from the death with which they were threatened by the Duke of Milan—bas , been treated by Eastlake in his refined and ornate manner. The sick wife, mounted on a mule, is supported by her gallanthusband; whose hand she presses, as, looking over the precipice, she descries their pursuers in the valley below: her enfeebled and apprehensive aspect, and the alarm-of her attendant and the boy leading the mule, contrast with the manly.courage of Carrara, whose countenance expresses a noble coibtancy. The mountainous landscape makes a fine back- ground to the picturesque group, and assists in telling the 'story. The in- tellectual sentiment of the picture prevents its delicate tenderness of Byte fronts falling into the elegant prettiness to which it tends. The engraving, by F. Bacons.; conveys the feeling and manner of the original very faithfully; and its executioix, is beautiful.

Returning from Market is a rustic subject, treated by Callcott in his elegant and simple style, with chaste silvery brightness of effect. A -Dutch -mars. woman mounted on a sure-footed nag, with her child perched on another, is cross- ing a rivulet, through which two barefooted lasses are wading ankle-deep. On one side is.seen a road through a wood, on the other a fiat country opens with a: farm and .waggon in the distance; the horizon is dark with rain-clouds, which re- flect the light of an afternoon sun. Every part of the picture' from the water- lines and reeds in the foreground to the distant pollard; is carefully made out, without hardness or loss of aerial effect. The rotate is beautifully executed by William linden; who has rendered water, clouds, ground, foliage, and figures, with admirable skill and feeling for the painter's intention. ming Moses for the Fair is one of Maclise's happiest illustrations of the "Vicar of Wakefield"; and though it lacks the charming simplieiy of, the. story, the humour of the scene is well expressed in his artificial way. The want of repose in his pictures, and the model-like consciousness of his figures, are de- fects that become very conspicuous in a print, where the painter's dexterits, of, hand is seen only in the obtrusiveness of details. The engraving, by L. Stock* appears very good; bat this particular impression is heavy in parts.]

The Court of Queen Victoria; or Portraits of British Ladies distinguished/ by birth and rank. With„Biographical and Genealogical Memoirs, by Sir Nicolas, G.C.M.G.; Author of " History of the Orders of Kinghte hood of the British Empire," &c. Part L

[This handsome portrait-gallery of the British female aristocracy _should not be, confounded with the heaps of conventional "Beauties," that by thew meretricious - attractions have lowered the dignity of feminine grace and loveliness. It is in- tended to be an authentic record of the living charms of the ladies of Queen Via,' toria's Court, and of the ancestral honours of the noble families to which they belong. The name of Sir Harris Nicolas is a guarantee for the correctness of the genealogical notices: the fidelity of the resemblances rests on less certain' grounds, depending on the talent of the artists employed. If all the portraits were as beautifully drawn and as full of expression as the head of Lady Blantyre by Richmond, in the first part, there would be no room for doubt. Such fault- less features, animated by a serene intelligence are so rarely seen as to give room for the supposition that these 'Perfections are art-born, but for the air of truth and nature that breathes through the lineaments. We know of no other artist thaw Richmond who could produce such a drawing; and the Queen Dowager has shown

her discernment in electing this artistJo takeler portrait, as a.substitute for the one that had been engraved for this part.. The other portraita are Lady Deruig, by Say ; -and thb•Countess of Dartmouth, by-John Hayter. Both have character; especially the latter, which partakes also of the indefinable charm of individuality-though the eyes are of the Hayter pattern. The stippled engravings, by.H. Rya/1 awl F. Hall, are delicately exe- cuted.]

Fiats's-Takata National.Character, Beauty, and COstunic. Edited, by Alta Alan° Watts. Second Series. Part I.

[Of "character" national or individual,, and of "beauty" either of art or na- ture, the four " Tableaux" in this part contain but a very small modicum. The engravers, we suspect, are anawerable for many defects; for the plates are poorly engraved, and the designs do little credit to the talents of the artists. The tales inrverse by Mr. Wiffm,,and in prose by Miss Agnes Strickland, are worthy of bet- ter pictures.]