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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boosts.

The close of the season is indicated by the lessening number of publica- tions, as well as by their diminished importance. Captain Nolan's "Ca- valry," however, promisee well as a military essay on this branch of the service. The "Narrative of Solomon Northup" is the story of a coloured freeman kidnapped to the South and sold as a slave. It is an American importation; and, though so .popular in the States as to have reached its "eighth thousand," is, we believe, little known in this country.

Cavalry; its History and Tactics. By Captain L. E. Nolan, Fifteenth Hussar's.

Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1844 and rescued in 1853, from a Cotton-Plantation near the Red River, in Louisiana. Eighth thousand.

Burton and its Bitter Beer. By J. Stevenson Bushnan &c. Author of "Miss Martineau and her Master," &e. (Readings in Popu- lar Literature.)

[This is a kind of amende honorable. Dr. Bushnan having, as editor of the Xedical Times and Gazette, been the first to promulgate in this country the bitter story of the use of strychnine in bitter beer, and admission being re- fused by his successor in the editorship to a justificatory letter of Mr. Allsopp, the learned Doctor made a pilgrimage to Burton to investigate matters on the spot. There is much more however, in his publication, than an account of the manufacture of bitter beer, the premises in which it is brewed, and the history of the house of Allsopp ne Wilson, curious as that is, especially the manner in which the sudden and capricious changes in Russian tariffs deal out injury to British traders. Dr. Mishima enters upon the vexed question of total abstinence; narrates the history of ale ; and irises a picture of the town of Burton, which may serve as a guide.]

The Invalid's Own Book, a Collection of Recipes from various Books and various Countries. By the Honourable Lady Cast. [A. collection of recipes for drinks and dishes designed for the use of invalids. The directions are clear and brief, warranted safe in use. To us they look rather washy. Teas, waters, and emulsions, occupy a very conspicuous place ; in fact, with jellies, gruels, porridges, broths, and soups, they fill considerably more than half the volume. Here and there something strong may be found. "Sherry cobbler" and "mint julep" lurk among "the waters " ; in a sort of appendix of " cordials " there is a recipe for "egg wine" with the wine left out; "claret cup" is not so much amiss for an invalid,—" one bottle of light claret, one glen of brandy, one lemon peeled thin, half a pint of water, and sugar to the taste : flavour with borage."]

A Few Things worth Knowing about the heretofore Unexplored Coun- try of Theopolis.

[The author's notions on Social, State, and Church Reform, the latter by far the most fully developed, thrown into the shape of an idle allegory ; a new Utopian state discovered, in consequence of the vessel in which the writer embarked for New Zealand being driven out of her course by tern- pests and a current. The mode in which the author returns is not a bad type of the book : he reaches the Cape of Good Hope, from Theopolis, by means of a sort of balloon, capable of moving against the wind, and steered by a species of rudder.] The Day of Trial; an Allegorical Poem, in five cantos. By the Author of "England's Palladium." [Except for satire or short pieces, allegory is not a very available form of composition ; and the Day of Trial is a clumsy allegory. The "trial" is that of a Christian, weak in faith, and diverted from his course by various temptations ; vessels of different kinds and "rating" typifying the course of his backslidings and struggles. A frigate represents the true church ; the hero Gratian's own canoe would seem a type of self-relying presumption followed by distrust; the great sea serpent, Satan ; the boat "Infallible," is of course the Church of Rome ; and so on. The form of an allegory may be bad, as in Dryden's Hind and Panther, yet be overlooked in the merit of the execution : such is not the case with The Day of Trial. There are good lines here and there, but the piece is nearly commonplace.] The Poetical Remains of Peter John Allan, Esq., late of Fredericton, New Brunswick. With a short Biographical Notice. Edited by the Reverend Henry Christmas, M.A., F.R.S., &c. [The author of these Poetical Remains" was a young colonist, who died prematurely, leaving a collection of pieces which he had designed for pub- lication when finished. The affection of relations and the regard of friends in the colony, have induced compliance with his intentions ; though the editor, the Reverend Henry Christmas, admits that some of the poems were fragmentary or unfinished. Had John Allan's life been spared, he might possibly have attained poetical distinction ; but there is little in the volume to warrant that supposition.]

Yankee Humour, and Uncle Sant's Fun. With an Introduction, by William Jerdan. With eight page Engravings.

[Selections from "Short Patent Sermons by Dow junior," an American work of broad humour, somewhat after the fashion of Crockett and Sam Slick, together with extracts from many other Transatlantic sources. The humour is very like that of IIalliburton, but without the force and terse- ness of his earlier works. It is probable, however, that the Americans have the claim to originality.] Fern-leaves from Fanny's Portfolio. Illustrated by Birkot Foster. [Tales and sketches, with some papers approaching reveries, a good portion of which arc collected from American periodicals.] Adams's Parliamentary Handbook. A Key to the Houses of Lords and Commons. Second edition.

[A good arrangement, a ready mode of reference) and the pith of selected information of a useful matter-of-fact kind, has carried this Parliamentary Handbook to a second edition. The number of changes since November has caused "a great part of this edition to be rewritten ; the rest has been thoroughly revised and corrected up to the present date." There is probably room for further pains in this direction : for example, is the present address of Sir G. H. F. Berkeley "Ordnance Office, Pall Mall" Questions on the Articles of Religion ; with Scriptura Proofs. Iii. tended chiefly for the Upper Classes in Sehools, ataw they have .been. fully instructed in the Catechism. Compiled by the Reverend Thomas Clark, M.A., Minister of Christ Church, Preston. Third edition.

MAP.

A School Atlas of Classical Geography; comprising, in twenty Plates, Maps and Plans of all the important Countries and Localities referred to by Classical Authors, constructed from the best materials, and em- bodying the results of the most recent investigations. By Alexander Keith Johnston F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., Geographer in Ordinary to her Majesty for Scotland ; Author of "the Physical Atlas," &c. With a complete Index of Places; in which the proper quantities of the syllables are marked. By T. Harvey, M.A., Oxon., one of the Classical Masters in the Edinburgh Academy. [Late discoveries and modern criticism, if they have not thrown much broader light on ancient geography, have corrected or established many de- tails. To draw together this latest knowledge' and to exhibit it in the best style of art, is the object of Mr. Johnston in this School Atlas of Classical Geography. This object he has well attained. The maps are clear in de- sign and engraving, made still clearer by the colour, accomplished by the new printing-process. When necessary, small maps or plans are given in the margin upon an enlarged scale. A very copious list of places not only furnishes a ready reference and a geographical dictionary of names, but serves to exhibit the modern name as well as the ancient.]

PAMPHLETS.

Facts and Documents relating to our National Defences ; with Remarks addressed to the People for their consideration. By Captain S. A. Warner.

Conversions and Persecutions ; a Charge delivered at the Triennial Vi- sitation of the Province of Dublin in the year 1853. By Richard Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin.

Address to the Clergy of the _Dioceses of Dublin and Glandalagh, and Kildare, on the recent Changes in the System of Irish National Edu- cation. By Richard Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the _Diocese of York, June and July 1863, at the second Visitation of Thomas, Archbishop of York. The Fashionable Philanthropy of the Day. Some plain speaking about American Slavery. A Letter addressed to the Stoweites of Eng- land and Scotland. By a Briton. The Grimaldi Shakspere. Notes and Emendations on the Plays of Shakspere. By. the late Joseph Grimaldi, Req., Comedian.

Spirit Rappings in Russia ; a Satire. With Notes. •