PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Booxs.
Jacob Bendizen, the Jew. Adapted from the Danish of Goldschmidt. By Mary lfowitt. In three volumes. Antony, the Deaf and Dumb _Boy. In two volumes. The Practical Working of the Church of Spain. By the Reverend Frederick Mepick, M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.
Narrative of the Voyage of H. M. S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, RN., F.R.S., &c., during the years 1846- 1850 ; including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the LOtlifli- ade Archipelago, &c. To which is added, the Account of Mr. E. B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula, By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S., Naturalist to the Expedition. (Pub- lished under the sanction of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiral- ty.) In two volumes.
A Manual of Geographical Science, Mathematical, Physical, Histo- rical, and Dawriptive.
An Atlas of Physical and Historical Geography, to accompany the Manual of Geographical Science. Engraved by J. W. Lowry, under the Direction of D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S., Professor of Geology in King's College, London ; and the Reverend C. G. Nicolay, F.R.G.S., Librarian of King's College, London. [These two publications on physical geography differ from the works that have lately been published with a somewhat similar object, in this. Burgh- aus and his numerous followers attach the chief importance to their maps, as a means of instruction ; the descriptive letterpress which accompanies them, however excellent it may be—however broadly the facts may be massed, or however clearly the principles may be stated—is illustrative of what is con- tained in the maps. In the works before us, the maps are beautifully en- graved, and illustrate with great distinctness the physical phcenomena of earth, air, and water, as well as the distribution of plants, animals, and man; still they are subordinate to the Manual. This work, too, aims at something more than merely teaching geography, or even the principles of the science; it would make a practical geographer, so far as one can be made without mathematical acquirements. In the first part, Professor O'Brien teaches, in a lucid and interesting way, the manner in which the reader, by the aid of the simplest instruments, may himself prove by experiment the great truths of astronomy, and explains the geographical uses of the transit and other instruments necessary to ascertain the position of places. In the second part, Colonel Jackson enters into a critical and descriptive account of the data for map-making ; how maps ought to be, and how they are made ; the French maps published by the authority of Government being among the best. Physical geography is treated of by Professor Ansted in the third part ; a wger extent than is usual being given to the term. Under the head of Theory of Description and Geographical Terminology, the Reverend C. G. Nicolay, in a fourth and concluding part, handles what used to be considered geography, but in a higher and more philosophical manner.] The Spiritual Exposition of the Apocalypse, as derived from the Writings of the Honourable Emanuel Swedenborg, Illustrated and Confirmed by Ancient and Modern Authorities. By the Reverend Augustus Clissold, M.A., formerly of Ex. Coll., Oxford. In four volumes.
[The subject of the Apocalypse is not exactly for a lay journal ; and perhaps a divine has more profitable duties than attempting to explain what has de- fied the efforts of the acutest theologians for seventeen hundred years, and which, baffled by the difficulty of catching the drift, some have declared can only be interpreted by a revelation to explain the revelation. That many minds take an interest in the subject is clear, from the number of books that have been written upon the subject. That the Reverend Augustus Clissold entertains a conscientious belief in Swedenborg's interpretation of the Apo- calypse, is evident from his having gone to the expense of printing four handsome volumes upon the subject. Though we cannot enter into the mysteries of the Apocalypse, we can convey an idea of the work on our table. Swedenborg, in his Apocalypse Re- vealed, originally published in 1766, adopted this plan. He first gave the text of St. John, then a short interpretation of every verse, and then a longer in- terpretation founded on the shorter. This longer interpretation Mr. Clissold omits; inserting in its stead a variety of passages from various authors, an- cient and modern, confirmatory of Swedenborg's opinion upon that particular passage : thus, the editor says, "we are led through an immense mass of testimony ultimately to the exposition of Swedenborg by the very authority of the Church itself; so that he who rejects the one must reject the other, and he who receives the one must, to be consistent, receive the other." In addition to these opinions of Swedenborg and other commentators, there is a variety of expositional matter by Mr. Clissold, written in a measured and temperate manner.] Life Assurance Manual : comprising the Principles of Assurance, Life Contingencies, Modes of Institution and Division of Profits, the appli- cability of Life Assurance to Investment, with comprehensive tabular Rates of Premium of the principal Metropolitan Assurance Offices, &c. By Philip A. Eagle. [This publication is a curiosity in its way. The author's object is to popu- larize the principles, practice, and data or calculations of life-assurance : but periods so long, a style so entangled, and ideas so lost in a mass of words, are rarely encountered. Take as an example the opening sentence, which critics tell us ought to be clear and striking- " Whatever degree of sensibility is evoked in the creative arrangement of those ideas, with the reflections suggested therein, and to whatever subject we may design its usefulness, we approvingly contemplate the development and progress of each extended action and subject which, having for its object the elevation of the moral and social condition of individual society, promotes the execution and pursuit of prudential habits and motives of forecast, the effect of which is, collectively, the production and advancement of the general happiness of humanity ; the mind is in- evitably accompanied with a voluntary reciprocal feeling of pleasure and deep satis- faction, more especially upon beholding the commission and happy results of a bene- ficent or charitable action, radiating the gloominess of life, partially destroying that unfailing void, and the reflection of the neglectful observance so commonly expe- rienced, and reimparting to the feelings of the beholder an inexpressible satisfac- tion."] The Rights and Duties of Property ; with a Plan for Paying-off the National Debt. By John Sangster. [The subject and matter of tracts or pamphlets put into a book. The scheme for paying off the National Debt consists in taxing the property or fixed capital of the country, and the income of those who have no property. With the sum raised in this way, the sale of the Crown lands, a percentage de- duction from the nominal capital of the Debt, and the application of the sur- plus revenue, (augmented by the reduction of nearly three-fourths of the an- nual charge for the Debt,) Mr. Sangster calculates he could extinguish the Debt : and so he can—upon paper.] Literary Fables, from the Spanish of Yriarte. By Robert Rockliff. [The fables of Yriarte differ from other fables in pointing literary morals, either as regards critical canons or the weaknesses of literary men. The real object is often aptly illustrated in the allegory; sometimes the point is not so clear—we cannot perceive the drift till it is explained, and then the
connexion is hardly recognized. Mr. Rockliff's translation is easy and spirited. At times he has expanded the original ; which is a fault, since fables cannot be too terse : but the volume has this great merit, that it reads well and like an original.] Alice Learmont ; a Fairy Tale. By the Author of "Olive," &e. With Dlustrations by James Godwin. [The elfin superstitions of the Scottish Border, combined with a picture of Border life and character when violence was yet common in the land, pre- sented in the form of a Christmas fairy tale. The sketches of the human Borderers are done with vigour—though they are painted, we opine, rather after Scott than Nature. The "gude folk" are not quite so happily man- aged ; the supernatural wants lightness and humour. The volume is prettily got-up, with many wood-cuts, in the style of a Christmas book.] The Hall of Chavenlay ; a Winter's Tale of 1649. By Henry Curling, Author of "The Soldier of Fortune," &e.
[Everything is conventional about The Hall of Chavenlay, and of a narrow convention too. The time, as the 1649 of the title indicates, relates to the execution of Charles ; and Cromwell and his followers are painted just as prejudiced persons who wish to be thought Cavaliers paint them. There is an old gentleman conscientiously attached to Cromwell, till the trial of the King ; there are his wife and daughter, true Loyalists ; and a lover denounced by the ruling powers, with a variety of .persecutions and adventures. In short, it is a longish Annual tale printed in a separate form.]
Harry Brightside ; or the Young Traveller in Italy. By Aunt Louisa. [Observations made during a tour through Italy, thrown into a narrative of travels by Master Brightside.] A .Dictionary of the French and English Languages. In two parts. 1. French-English; 2. English-French. With Vocabulary of Proper Names. For the use of Schools and for general reference. By Ga- briel Surenne, F.A.S.E., French Teacher in Edinburgh, French Mas- ter in the Merchant Maiden Hospital, &c. [An abridgment of the author's larger pronouncing dictionary ; whose value is attested by having reached an eighth edition. All the words of the larger book have been retained in the present, "except those which have become obsolete, or whose technicality precluded their insertion in a popular dic- tionary." Additional words have also been incorporated : the pronunciation is not marked in this abridgment.] The most noticeable reprints are Murray's "Readings for the Rail " ; of which the Fables of fEsop with its hundred cuts is the most remarkable, forming a cheap Christmas present. With the exception of the second editions of "Village Scenes" and "Cherry-Stones," the remainder are either the collection of cheap periodicals, or revised and extended reprints of papers therefrom.
-Esop's Fables ; a New Version, chiefly from Original Sources. By the Reverend Thomas James, M.A., Vicar of Sibbertoft and Thedding,- worth, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells. With more than one hundred Illustrations, designed by John Tenniel. (Murray's Reading for the Rail.) The Turf. By Nimrod. With numerous Illustrations. New edition. (Murray's Reading for the Rail.) The Road. By Nimrod. With numerous Illustrations. New edition. (Murray's Reading for the Rail.) Village Scenes; a Poem. By James Cargill Guthrie. Second edition. The Cherry-Stones ; or Charlton School : a Tale for Youth. Partly from the MSS. of the Reverend William Adams, Author of "The Shadow of the Cross," &c. Edited by the Reverend H. C. Adams. Second edition.
The Family Economist. Volume IV The Penny Post. Volume I. January to December 1851. Rural Economy for Cottage Farmers and Gardeners. By Martin Doyle and others.
PANTKLETS.
Education and Literature. A Lecture. By Raymond de Tericour, Pro- fessor of Modern Languages, and Dean of the Faculty, Queen's Col- lege, Cork. Secular Free Schools a Nation's Policy. A Lecture. By Edward Swaiue. Suggestions for a Crystal College or Sew Palace of Glass, for combining the intellectual talent of all nations ; or a Sketch of a Practical Phi- losophy of Education. By W. Cave Thomas, Master of the North London School for Drawing and Modelling. A _Letter to the Lords, on the present State of the _Democratic Principle. Lettres Hcmgro-Roumaines. The Principality; or the Wants of Wales Considered. In a Letter to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell. By "A Montgomeryshire Man."
Ireland. Observations on the People, the Land, and the Law, in 1851. A Short Account of the late Discoveries of Gold in Australia; with Notes of a Visit to the Gold District. By John Elphinstone Erskine, Captain R.N.
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