• PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boone.

Tag publication 's of the week 'have o lsoleL:n numerous, and rather running its classes. Among.them, prose fictions, if not the merit numerous class, are the most conspicuous. The Scottish Eliss Austen, the author of "Mrs. Mar- garet Maitland," puts forward " Merkland "—a story-of Scottish life, whose opening promises well : the reader is plunged in merlins res with the pros- pect of something past and to come. Aix. Eallom publishes "The Daughter. of Night "—" of Darkness" might be as appropriate, seeing that the mean- ing refers to the pit—that is, a mule, Lord Belfast's " Two Generations" pro- mises more of reflection and observation adapted to the sketch, than of the comprehensive knowledge of life conjoined with draraatte power which is ne-

esseary to the novel.. .

The time of " Warkworth Castle" is during the reign of Edward the Third ; and the sconce as the title implies, is laid upon the borders of- Scot-' hand. There is euough of loxig,hts, ladies, freebooters, yeomen monks true and diaguis,ed, while Queen Philippa and Chaucer are introduced as histori- cal figures. This historical romance, in short, is an imitation of Scott, once if not twice' removed. .• ' M'erk/and; a Story .e

of Scottish life. By the Author of "Pastagcs in

the Life of Miu. 111r aret Maitland." in three volumes. The Dauyhter of Night; a Story of the Present Time. By S. W. II& Tel:on1G, etilnarotiriones-71orilalBesirth, Peuentage, and Edacation ; it Novel.

the Earl of Belinst. In two volumes.

I/ad./sort/a Castle, an Historical nominee. In two volumes.

A Transport I-oyage to the Mauritius and Back, touching at the Cape.- of Good Hope and St. Helena. By the Author of " l'addiana," &c. Vie Cotton and Commerce of ladia, considered in relation ta the In-

terests of Great Britain ; with Remarks on Railway Communication ill the Bombay Presidency. By John Chapman, Founder and kW Mar"

nager Of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway Compan'y. • : r, • Addresses and Charges of Edward Stanley, D.D., (late Bishop of Nor-' wich.) With a Memoir, by his Son, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, MA.,,, The Palaces of Einavele and Persepolis Restored ; an Essay on'Anvient Assyrian and Persian Architecture. By James Fergusson, Faq., Au-

thor • or of The True Principles of B i eauty n Art,'" &e.

The Letters Apostolic 6f Pope Pius IX., considered with reference to•the Law of -England and the Law of Europe. By Travers Tniss, D.C.L., &e.

The week has also produced a class of educational books. "A Manual of British Geography," b_ylfr. Hughes, an able attempt to render the sub-. ject more interesting than a list ofnames or an account of dry particulars can ever reach. Relative poiltion, inagnilnde, form, surface, climate, and na- tural productions, with any capital branch -of industry of remarkable his- torkal event, are all judiciously Made use of to impress names upon the memory., by associating _them -with circumstances that excite interest and impiut information. The more statistical facts are properly presented in the tabular form' and the book is accompanied by maps. "Papa and Mamma's Easy Lessons in Geography, ' is an attempt to ren- der the elements of' the subject interesting- by throwing the matter into a dramatic shape, and mingling. ')30M8 of the wonders of nature with the prin- ciples of geography.' Little "Kate Goodwin is crying over her hard book, which she cannot understand ; her papa volunteers to give her a lesson in the open air ; she gladly accepts it, and is joined by her brother and sister; so the teaching goes on in the family way.

Miss Corner's "'Eatery of Greece" completes her numerous series of an- cient and modern histories for schools and finnilies. The matter is derived' from authorities easily actessible,--Thirlwall, Grote, Dr. Smith, &c.; the manner exhibits the liveliness, closeness, and skill to which we have here- Wore borne testimony. For classical studies, Mr. Parker sends forth two of his neat and correct editions of " Classioal Texts "—the -Odes of Horace and the Phredrus of Plato. Through the some bibliopole Mr. Browne publishes a "Latin Gram- mar for Ladies," containing only what is essential to be learned. The Acci- dence is a revised edition of that of the Eton grammar, with a few notes to supersede the Propria gum maribus,—which might have been extended with advantage. The Syntax is perhaps curt ; the Prosody contains the leading rules for quantity. • The "Catechism on Fortification," by Mr. Thomas Hodge is chiefly limited to field-works or intrenohments, touching little upon fortresses. It is a clear exposition of the leading principles of its subject, in the form of question and answer; but the book would have been improved by diagrams or alight sketches.

A Manual of British Geography ; embracing the Physical, Industrial, and Descriptive Geography of England and Wales, Scotland, and Ire- land. By William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c.

Papa and Maniinde Easy Lessons in Geography. With numerous Il- lustrations. By Anna Maria Sergeant.

The History of Greece from the Earliest Period to the Homan Con- . quest ; with a Sketch of its Modern History to the Present Time Adapted for Schools and Families. By Miss Corner.

Quinti Horatii Flacci Carmine. Carefully revised from the most re- cent texts.

Platonis Phcedrus. Recensuit Carolus Badham, A.M.

Rudiments of Latin Grantmar for Ladies. By R. W. Browne, ALA., &c.

Catechism of Fortification ; designed for the Use of Students preparing for the Examination r uired by the Commander-in-chief. By Tho- mas Hodge, First-class Prizeman in Fortification at R. M. Academy, Woolwich, Sze.

There are two law books. "The Practical Statutes " contains the titles of all the acts of the last session; those which are likely to be required by the profession being printed at large, with judiciously-written introductions and notes when needed. It is an experiment to try whether the lawyers will su rt a cheap year-book. . Faster's "Treatise on the Writ of Scire Facies" is a well-aranged, ex- haustive, and painstaking book, on a subject so technical that the uature of the writ itself, much more the matters to whir& it applies, has hardly an intelligible interest to the layman. He has nothing to do with "awe facie' butte pay.

The Practical Statutes of the Seesion 1860 01 and 14 Victoria); with Introductions, Notes, and Index. Rdited by E. W. Cox and W. Pa- terson, Esqrs. Barristers-at-law. A Treatise on ihe Writ of Seim Facia:; with an Appendix of Refer- ences to Forms. By THOMAS Campbell Foster, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law.

The new editions are only two in number. The second volume of Napier's "History of the Peninsular War "-still occupied with the earlier and less exciting portions of the theme • and Mr. Richardson's useful treatise on the management of domestic Poultry.

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the Southrof Prance, from the .year 1807 to the year 1814. By Major-General Sir W. F. J. Napier, K.C.B. New edition, revised by the Author. Volume H.

The Domestic Fowl and Ornamental Poultry; their Natural History, -Origin, and Treatment in Health and Disease. By H. D. Richardson. A new edition, much enlarged.

• Southey's Commonplace Book. Fourth Series. Original Memoranda, &c. Edited by his Son-in-law, John Wood Warter, B.D. [This concluding volume is the most interesting of the series, in a literary sense. A considerable portion of it consistsof jottings of thoughts, images, and plans intended for use on future occasions. Some of them were worked up ; and the curious may compare the outline with the completion, the hint with the finished idea. Others still remain, inementoes of the vanity of hu- man intentions. Original thoughts, however, do not form the whole con- tents of the volume : there are numerous extracts, from the rarest of rare books down to the newspaper paragraph, the bit of strange news, or the tra- dition picked up in conversation.] Hikkbrand (Pope Gregory VII.) and the Excommunicated Emperor; a Tale. By Joseph Sortain, A.B , Trinity College, Dublin. [The subject of this tale is the Pontifical career of Gregory the Seventh, the celebrated Hildebrand. The interest sought to be created is partly in the consequences of the Pope's decree condemning the marriages of priests, with the misery consequent upon the breaking up of families ; partly in the more historical themes of the contest between the Emperor and Hildebrand, with the temporary triumph and subsequent death of the Pope. To the deeply passionate scenes of fiction Mr. Sortain is as yet scarcely equal ; but he has planned his work with shill, and well sustains the execution in the more his- torical parts. The closing scenes, consisting of Gregory's mortification and death, display considerable power.] Entracte from the Diary of a Living Physician. Edited by L. F. C. [The idea of this book was probably suggested by Mr. Warren's popular work; but the scheme of the diary has no further effect than to give a sort of framework to a set of eleven tales, not in any degree superior to the pro- ductions of a third-rate magazine.] Sketches of Character. By Jane Kennedy. In two volumes. [Pleasant tales, or perhaps, as the title has it, • sketches" of modern society.] &mons, chiefly Catechetical. 13y the Reverend R. Drummond Rawns- ley, M.A., Vicar of Shiplake, Oxon.

[These sermons were addressed to a congregation of plain villagers ; and, with the exception of two discourses on David and Daniel, are indirectly or directly connected with the Church Catechism. Mr. Rawnsley's object was to instruct his congregation in the great outlines of Christian doctrine and duly, while he exhorted to its practice ; and he has published his sermons, tbinhing they might be useful to many, especially by means of village read- ing-clubs.]

The Parliamentary Companion, for 1851. (Nineteenth year.) [Mr. Dad's manual, the best as well as the first-established of its kind, is now corrected so closely up to the present time, that we find the latest re- placements, and vacancies noted in their appropriate places. These changes have been numerous in the Parliamentary year which has elapsed: twenty-two Commoners have retired from Parhoment, or have died ; several Peers have . been promoted in the Army and Navy, four Irish Bishops have come into the House of Lords who had no seats there last year, and four new Peers have been created. Mr. Dod has revised by the latest Parliamentary returns the useful tables of the constituencies throughout the United Kingdom.] Cosmos : Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe. By Alex- ander Von Humboldt. Volume IlL Part I. Translated under the superintendence of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Sabine, R.A., &c.

[The authorized translation.]

27w Literature of Working Men; being the Supplemental Numbers of 4' The Working Man's Friend," from March 1650 to February 1651 inclusive. With an Introductory Essay, by Benjamin Parsons.

Remarks on Geography as a Branch of Popular Education ; chiefly with Reference to the Principles upon which it should be Taught in Normal Schools. By W. Hughes, F.R.G.S.

ILLusrearen WORK.

The Gallery of Illustrious Americans ; containing the Portraits:Ind Bio- vaphical Sketches of twenty-four of the most eminent Citisens of the Republic slime the Death of 'Washington. Daguerreotypes by Brady; engraved by D'Avignon. Edited by C. Edwards Lester. Numbers LEL to VL [The New York press furnishes US with a first aeries of portraits to include "twenty-four of the most eminent citizens of the Republic since the death of Washington." In DO people do the chief men appear as more thoroughly in- carnate of the national traits ; each outwardly aseveral Americanism. Here we have the massive potency of Daniel Webster,-on whose ponderous brow and fixed abashing eyes is set the despotism of intellect; Silas Wright,-a well-grown and cultivated specimen of the ordinory States-man • Henry Clay and Colonel Fremont,-two halves of the perfected go-ahead spirit; the first &reed, not to be evaded, owing; the second impassive to ob- stacles, and alive only to the thing to be done. The heads are finely and studiously lithographed from daguerreotypes by Brady, and suffice to show how utterly fallacious is the popular notion that character is lost in this process. Smite effervescing patriotism and prostration in be spared from the biographical notices by Mr. Lester and others, an whose hands each "eminent citizen" seems his country's supreme hero for the time being : but the excellence of the work in its more important feature makes this of but minor account. A strong concrete idea of the man is of no mean value in such cases ; and we do not wish the English student of American events abetter clue of its kind than is here presented to him.] ' New SERIAL.

1851; or the Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sanelboys and Family, who came up to London to enjoy themselves," and to see the Great Exhibition. By Henry Mayhew and George Cruikahank. Part L February.

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Bxplana tor y Index to the Map of Ancient Rome. By thelleverend W. 41. Coekealey,.1d.A., Senior Assistant Master at Eton College. [A large map of ancient Rome, printed on linen, accompanied by an ex- planatory text, compiled from notices in ancient authors and the elite of modern writers who have treated of the ,topography of the Eternal City. Distinctness and breadth is the characteristic of the map : the attention of the student is fixed upon the great features of the city-not distracted by mi. nutire that puzzle or -confuse. A scholarly acumen is shown in the selection of the authorities, which are connected together by judicious remarks. The object of Mr. Cookesley's publication is to supply a deficiency both in schools and universities-that while much is taught in words about Rome, the eta.. dent learns nothing from his instructor ab ,ut the topography of a city of which he hears so much.]

ALMINACE.

The Fatnily Almanack and Educational Register, for 1851. [The principal feature in this new annual is its long list of foundation and grammar schools, alphabetically arranged, with the advantages atteebed to them, and various other particulars. The calendar and miscellaneous infor- mation, common in different degrees to all almanacks, is copious and appro- priate in the Family Almanac/c; various, full, grave, educational.]

PAMPHLETS.

Popery, British and Foreign. By Walter Savage Landon _Ts the Hierarchy an Aggression? By Stephen Edward de Vere, Esq. The Duty of England; a Protestant Layman's Reply to Cardinal Wiseman's "Appeal" The Roman Documents relating to the new Hierarchy; with an Argu- ment. By George Bowyer, Esq., D.C.L.

Reflections arising out of the Popish Aggression, for the consideration of the Church, Laity, and Parliament ; with comments on the Dispute between the Reverend W. J. E. Bennett and the Bishop of London. By a Simple Protestant.

The Use of Lights on the Communion-table in the Day-tims. By the Honourable and Reverend A. P. Percival, B.C.L., &c.

The War of the Churches ; or the Real Nature of the Quarrel between the Church of Rome and the Church of England, &c. By Junius CI- The Mitre and the Woolsack; or the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chancellor Truro and Cottenham.

The Duty of Ministers of the Crown in the Matter of the Burnish Hierarchy. By James P. Cobbett, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law.

The Pope and the Quarterly Review ; a Letter to the Lord Chancellor.

The Present Crisis; four Sermons preached before the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, in Michaelmas Term 1850. With Nobs and Appendix. By the Reverend James S. M. Anderson, DLL, &c. A Warning against Sins of Unchastity ; a Sermon. By a Country , Clergyman. • Education the Hope of the World. By Benjamin Glover.

Two lectures on the Poetry of Pope, and on his own Travels in Amp rice. By the Right Honourable the Earl of Carlisle. Delivered to the Leeds Mechanics Institution and literary Society, December 5th and 6th 1850.

Lectures on Social Science mid the Organization of Labour. By James Hole.

Suggestions for the Establishment of an Industrial Association in con- nexion with National Schools as a Preventive of Crime, Vagrancy, and Pauperism, &c. By the Schools, Richard Jervis Statham, B.A.

A Memoir of Ireland in 1850. By an Ex-.M.P.

Borneo Revelations; a Series of Letters on the Serebas and Sakarran Dyaks and the Rajah Brooke. By ,Scrutator.

The Management of Shipping for Emigration ; in a Report to the -Can- terbury Association. By William Bowler.

Annual Supplement to lVillich's Tithe-Commidation Tables. 1851. The Quadrature and Exact Area of the Circle Demonstrated. By Wil- liam Peters.

The Late Case of Maltreattnent, by Captain Hort, Fourth King's Own Regiment, (now commanding a Detachment at Drake's Island, Ply- mouth,) of a Junior Officer.

Report on Indian Corn and Mediterranean Wheat. By a Mongredien.