PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

George Sehoyn and his Contemporaries ; with Memoirs and Notes. By ions IIENEAGE JESSE, Author of "Memoirs of the Court of England during the Reign of the Stuart,," &c. In two volumes.

77ae Progress of the Nation, in its various Social and Economical Rela- tions, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present time. By G. R. PORTER., Esq., F.R.& Sections V. to VIIL—Consump- don, Accumulation, Moral Progress, Colonial and Foreign Depend- encies.

The False Heir. By G. P. K. Jamas, Esq., Author of "Darnley," "The Gipsy," &c. In three volumes.

The scene of this novel is laid in France, during the last century; and the incident which gives its title to the work is an impudent endeavour of a peasant foster-father to palm off his own son as the true heir to the Marquis de Langy, not by substitution in infancy, but by pretended repentance and confessions in after life. Some distress is created out of this, but not much : the main trouble arises from a charge of murder brought against the father of the heroine, with escape, recapture, ambitiously amorous Intendant, public trial, eventual acquit- tal, and then a second morning-gun in the shape of a detection of "the False Heir."

The swindling portion of the story is,said to be founded on fact: it wears somewhat the air of a law-report, and is about as interesting. The murderous part of the romance is grossly improbable in itself; and in its circumstances the noble father of the heroine looks like a fool with a dash of the rogue. If Mr. JAMES had never written a fiction, this work would have some novelty; or should there be romance-readers who have never read his works, The False Heir will be new to them. Others will trace repetition

in almost every thing. French scenery and French manners the author has done several times beforecriminal trials of a claptrap and melodra- matic kind are a staple article with him ; and though he has thrown his materials into new forms, the substance of his characters, and the sort of interest he wishes to excite, have appeared more than once. Heavy he mostly is, but in The False Heir he is heavier than common, because he seems to deal more than usual in long'-winded descriptions and reflections, and obtrudes the author continually upon the reader. It strikes us also that his compoai- tion is scarcely so good as usual—not slovenly, perhaps, but mechanical ; his reflections are lumbering, and part of his narrative is neither strong nor flow- ing—resembling a juvenile story.

What excites more attention to these defects is, a flourish of trumpets, that The False Heir is a grand experiment. Mr. JAMES was in communication with members of the late Government touching a better protection to British copyright ; but only Lord SYDENHAM paid any attention to him. On the se- cession to power of the present Ministry, the subject received more attention; but doubts were expressed as to the tendency ot protection to uphold high prices. Mr. Jeans met this argument, partly by opinions of the Lcmclon publishers, partly by a pledge that he would lower the price of his own =nn- factures. The recent alteration in the law is not all that he required ; still a change having, in cant phrase, been made "in the right direction," Mr. JAMiS considers himself bound as " an honest man " to fulfil his part of the agree- ment. The price of these three volumes is therefore less than neual: bat Ste must demur to The False Heir being made a test of the principle that a low price commands a great circulation. Mere price in books is not the only ele- ment of demand.] Annette Gervais. From the French of Madame Tourre.Cuenati l This tale is founded upon a religious custom at Geneva, which requires [ fo aii. " children " of sixteen or seventeen to devote themselves for the space of a twelvemonth to religious instruction under their pastor. On its conclusion, they assemble publicly in the church; where they are addressed and exa• mined ; a second day being devoted for the administration of their first sacra- ment. Both these occasions are fetes; when all the actors make a point of being as smart as their means permit, and of having, if possible, every thing new.

The object of the tale is to illustrate the good effects of religion, especially in relation to this custom. The heroine, Annette Gervais, is a poor mother- less girl, who trains up her brother, reclaims her father, and, by the assistance of her minister and the good principles he has instilled, carries herself steadily through the common difficulties of her position, and is enabled to extricate her- self from snares in which her inexperience and the arts of others involve her. The tale is prettily written ; the manners and incidents are foreign, yet intelligible enough to interest the young. The object and practices of the Prussian Baron and his associates are not on a subject usually introduced, into English books for youth ; but there is nothing gross or indelicate in the treat- ment, and the attempted seduction is rather hinted at than talked of.] Letters from Oxford, in 1843. By loriorus. With Notes.

[A Dublin man visiting Oxford is requested by his friends to write them an account of " what he thought of things there '; which he interprets into an eagerness after the state of religious parties. This request is complied with in four letters; but the substance is somewhat deficient, both in facts and view. With one or two exceptions relating to Mr. NEWMAN, there is no internal evidence that the writer has been. at Oxford. His opinions might be a con- jectural deduction instead of an inference from observation, for aught that the reader feels to the contrary. It may be remarked in favour of the Puseyites, that they put their names to- their publications, like men hearty in their cause and not ashamed of it ; whilst their opponents more affect the anony- mous. In works of satire or argument, this is of no consequence beyond the incidental point alluded to; but where we are called upon to take upon treat living facts, or deductions from living facts, some authority is looked for. The sketch of Mr. NEWM.AN at church is the most interesting passage in the whole correspondence : for the rest is rather of a profeasional character. " I suppose every one fashions to himself some ideal portrait of a person of whom he has heard, aud is likely to see ; And in nine cases out of ten there is no resemblance whatever to the original. I had been thus drawing • fancy's sketch 'of Mr. Newman. and for once wastolerably correct: the moment I saw him, though mixed up with other magnates of the University. I instantly said to myself, • That is Newman '—and it was ; a spare, ascetic-looking person, with deep thought lookiug out from eyes pro- tected by spectacles, and firmness written on the line of the thin closed lips and the abstraction of manner attendant on constant converse with the ages that are past, were just what I anticipated, and what I saw. There were many fine intellectual minute- minces in the rows of Dactors and other chief men ranged at the University service in St. Mary's; but I think any observer must at once have singled out Mr. Newman from among them, and said, • That is a remarkable man.' " The poet speaks of • a voice low and sweetly-toned, an admirable thing in woman.' Mr. Newman possesses it is more perfection than is perhaps pleasant no a man. I attended all the services of one Sabbath at St. Mary's; and though there was occasion- ally a kind of recitative in Mr. Newman's praying not very agreeable, yet in some passages of his reading and preaching he used his voice with a thrilling effect which .I never heard surpassed. One of the lessons for the 'service of the day,' Isaiah, chap. lxiv, was peculiarly suited throughout to call all the tones of his • very pleasant voice' into full play; these two last verses especially. • Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with lire, and all our pleasant things are laid waste.'

• Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, 0 Lord ? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?'

were delivered by Mr. Newman with a plaintive effect I shall never forget : nor was it an effect derived from any the slightest attempt at what is called • finished reading.' but evidently from the reader being himself deeply engrossed in the touching he was delivering. Kooning what I do of Mr. Newman's opinions, I think it probable that he, and at least one of his hearers, applied the lament or the prophet to a very different kind or desolation : but, whatever might be the application, the reading of the passage was pathetic and beautiful beyond expression.") Domestic Versed. By DELTA. [The successive deaths of children induced the author to endeavour to soothe his loss by the composition of verses to their memory, which he printed for private circulation. "The very marked approbation of several whose names stand in the foremost ranks of contemporary literature and science" added weight to the "request of friends" for their publication ; a request with which DELTA has complied, having added some sonnets and elegiac effusions, to give the requisite bulk to the little volume. By dint of frequent appearances in Blackwood and the Annuals, (when Annuals had some consideration,) and the praise direct or implied which these publications gave to each other, the reputation of DELTA was at one time considerable; nor has his renown yet died oat. This volume may check its downward progress, perhaps partially revive it, but will do no more. Gifted with considerable fluency of images and harmony of verse, DELTA always seemed to us deficient in originality of thought, and that propriety of manner which results from considering the subject before the mode. This is pretty much the character of this volume. Except where the reality of grief enforces an individuality of thought, the ideas and images are common, such as any- body might think, and such as a great many would think if they were given these or similar subjects for poetical exercises. In fluency and harmony of expression DELTA might indeed beat them ; but this is rather knack than skill. Sometimes his choice of metre is injudicious—a grave subject with a movement associated with slight or burlesque ideas. " Casa Wappy " and "Wee Willie" are both examples of this ; and it is as much as the mournful nature of the ideas can do to prevent a ludicrous feeling in certain passages.]

History of the Efawaiian or Sandwich Islands ; embracing their antiqui-

ties, mythology, legends, discovery by Europeans in the sixteenth cen- tury, rediscovery by Cook, with their civil, religious, and political history from the earliest traditionary period to the present time. By James JACKSON JARVES, Member of the American Oriental Society. [This volume is the work of an American, who seems to have found his way to the Sandwich Islands, where he became the editor of a newspaper. The book contains an account of the geographical character of the islands, and of their history previous to the discovery by COOK, with a description of the aboriginal customs. This part is brief: the narrative since the death of the great naviga- tor, especially of the squabbles between the French and American Missionaries, and of the high-handed acts of the French officers, is full, or rather it is minute. Except in late events, it tells no more than several compilations of a similar character published in this country, and not so well but it goes into greater detail, drawing more from native reports, and we think with a leaning towards the American Missionaries. At all events, Mr. JACKSON JAHVES writes like a partisan. The History of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands is apparently a reprint from an American edition ; a distinction of which it seems scarcely worthy. It is likely to interest but few, and an importation would perhaps have an- swered their demand.] Arts, Antiquities, and Chronology of Ancient Egypt; from Observations in 1839. By GEORGE H. WATHEN, Architect. With Illustrations from Original Sketches. [The researches of learned travellers might seem to have exhausted the subject of Egyptian antiquities: but each succeeding explorer throws some new light on the subject, until the darkness of mystery is changed to the twilight of conjecture. Mr. WyrnEs's contribution to the chronology and arts of ancient Egypt is lively and ingenious. He plumes in review the temples, pyra- mids, and statues, explaining their peculiarities of structure and present con- dition; illustrating their plans and effect by diagrams and views. The reader who has a book knowledge of the subject will enter into his speculations and follow his track with interest.] A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Testis, and of the Spermatic

Cord and Scrotum. With Illustrations. By T. B. CURLING, Lec- turer on Surgery and. Assistant Surgeon to the London Hospital, &c. [A clear, elaborate, and well-arranged treatise, derived from extensive practical experience, as well as the study of other writers. But the subject is not of a character for popular review.]

77w Teeth Physiologically Considered; their development, disease, pre- servation, and replacement. By SAMUEL GHRIMES, Surgeon-Dentist. [A pretty and popular little book, containing a plain exposition of the physiology of the teeth, and some sensible remarks on their treatment, but not possess- ing any novelty to call for observation.]

Supplementary Appendix to the Modern Cambist ; containing an Account of the Money and Exchanges of Frankfort on the Maine, from the 1st January 184:3. By W. TATE. [A brief account of the measures, monies, and exchange of Brazil; with a fuller account of those of Frankfort, rendered necessary to the commercial man by the late changes of the Zoll-vexein.] Athelwold ; a Tragedy, in five acts. By Wriaaam Sierra, Esq. Godfrey Malvern; or the Life of an Author. By THOMAS MILLER, Author of "A. Day in the Woods," &e. Volume 11. With. ten Illus- trations by Pule.

Reform your Waltzing. The true theory of the Rhenish or Spanish Waltz, and of the German Waltz a deux temps, analyzed and explained for the first time. The figure of 8, in both these waltzes, on an entirely new principle. By an Amateur.

SERIALS.

Austria. By J. G. Korn.. In two Parts. Part L—Vienna, Prague, Hungary, Bohemia, and the Danube. (Foreign Library.)

PERIODICALS.

Boston (U. S.) Dial, for April.

[An American magazine, apparently devoted to literature and art. The most interesting paper contains some remarks on MILTON written by KEATS the poet, on the fly-leaves of a book of his brother ; not indeed for the remarks themselves, as they are merely slight memoranda, but for the biographical notice of that brother, who had settled in Louisville, Kentucky.] Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. CXXVL and Extra Number, and CXXVII.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Switzerland. Scenes and Incidents of Travel in the Bernese Oberland,

&c. &c. Drawn from nature and on stone by GEORGE BARNARD. [This volume of lithographic sketches is the result of a tom through Switzer- land, in which the artist has pursued the beaten track, selecting the most striking features of the scenery along the route, and introducing incidental effects and occurrences, with groups of peasants. The work makes no preten- sion to originality of view or extraordinary power in treating the subjects ; but Ins those characteristics which are preferred by the many to higher qualities of art—namely, fidelity and neatness of execution. Mr. BARNARD has been con- tent to exert his best skill in delineating simply what he saw ; and the majo- rity of tourists will recognize in these unassuming and painstaking views the scenes that have met their sight. He does not adequately represent the vast- ness and grandeur of alpine regions ; few artists, even of higher pretensions, have succeeded in that : but the forms are carefully made out, and something approaching to the effects of alps, glaciers, and waterfalls, is represented. The falls of Schaffhausen, Griesbach, and Staubbach—the towns of Lucerne, Thun, Literlachen, and Unterseeu—the pass of the Gemmi—the glaciers of Grindelwald, the Jungfrau, and other peaks—will all be recognized by the tourist, and even by those who know these familiar features of Swiss scenery only by prints. The most effective sketches are those where some in- cident gives individuality to the scene : for instance, the Descent of the Wen- gem n Alps, where the party are fording a mountain-torrent in the forest of withered pines; the Hospice of the Grimed, where they were overtaken by a snow-storm; the Furca, which they descended by moonlight; and so forth. The sketches of peasants pursuing their occupations or sports appear to be more correct in costume than physiognomy ; but they give life to the land- tla!pe. The attempt to give the local hue of the glaciers and torrents by printing with two tints is not successful in an artistic point of view ; the con- trast is too violent, and increases that hardness of style which is the principal defect of the drawings.] Scenery on the Devonshire Risers. With Introductory Remarks, illus- trated by a series of Sketches and Studies, drawn from nature, and en- graved by F. C. Lewis, Engraver of Drawings to the Queen. [This volume of etchings will be highly appreciated by all who have observed nature with an artist's eye. The plates are not common views of places, where mere local fidelity is regarded ; they are painter's sketches of land- scape-scenery under various aspects of light and shade, in which details are sacrificed to broad general effect—they are the studies from nature for the composition and chiaroscuro of pictures that have been painted from them. "The object of the style chosen in these plates," says the artist in his sensible and suggestive introductory remarks, "is to give the pleasing freedom Of all original sketch, to which the studied. principles of art have been applied." 'Ms object is satisfactorily attained. The impression made on the a 's mind is transferred to the minds of others by means of these etchings: they awaken those feelings of the beauty and variety, the solemnity and repose of nature, which the scenes themselves are calculated to inspire; and we admire the magical power of art, that with a few touches of black upon white can repro- duce such lively images. Water is a principal feature in nearly every view ; and the different appear- ances under which this beautiful element of landscape is represented are vary striking : in one scene its calm surface reflects the clouds above and the pre- cipitous cliff covered with trees; in another, it rushes along like a torrent chafed by the rocks that obstruct its course; in a third, its silver thread sparkles in the twilight between dark rounded hills. Here a rustic bridge spans the stream and is reflected in its still waters; there the brawling brook turns a mill, shut in by a screen of foliage: now the river winds round the base of a ruined castle ; anon it expands like • lake environed with woods, and presently it pursues its way darkling between steep narrow banks fringed with trees. Sometimes the scene basks in the blaze of sunlight, at others it is illumined with transient glee ns of brightness, but more frequently it is obscured by rain-clouds or the gloom of twilight. In every instance the tone of nature is admirably pre- served.] Comic Nursery Tales.—" Beauty and the Beast." By ALBERT %wen. With Illustrations by ALFRED CROWQUILL.

Abbotsford Edition of the Waverky Novels, Part XXVIII.

PAMPHLETS.

A Celia Inquiry into all the Objections made to the Educational Provisions of the Factory Bill; exhibiting the nature, tendency, and objects of the new principles by which the Dissenting bodies stand opposed thereto. By CHARLES LLOYD, Barrister-at-Law.

Taxation in its Operation by Means of the Income and Assessed Taxes, Considered. Together with suggestions for its alteration and amendment. By WILLIAM MAKEPEACE.

Emigration. 'Who should go; where to go to ; how to get there; and what to take.

Systematic Colonization. Synopsis of the Speech of CuseLas Bunts*, Esq., M.P., in the House or Commons, on Thursday the 6th of April 1843, on Systematic Colonization.

The Physiological Question. The Medical Discussion held at FramlIng- ham, Suffolk, 29th March 1843, between Dr. FREDERICK RICHARD LEES, and WILLIAM JEAFFRESON, Esq., Surgeon, (the challenger,) on the Nature and Uses of Alcohol.