PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booms.

The History of Yucatan, from its Discovery to the close of the Seven- teenth Century. By Charles St. John Fancourt, Esq., recently IL M. Superintendent of the British Settlements in the Bay of Honduras. With a Map.

_Florence, the Beautiful. By Alexander Baillie Cochrane, Esq., Author of "Lucille Belmont," &c. In two volumes.

Memoirs of the Whig Party during My Time. By Henry Richard Lord Holland. Edited by his Son, Henry Edward Lord Holland. Volume The Legendary and Poetical Remains of john Roby, Author of "Tradi- tions of Lancashire." With a Sketch of his Literary Life and Charac- ter. By his Widow.

Mabel; a NoveL By Emma Warburton. In three volumes. Ruth Earnley ; a Tale. By Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels, Author of "My Sister Minnie," &c. In three volumes.

[Both these fictions belong to the order of circulating library novels, though they are of a superior class. Each has a story of sufficient interest ; dramatis persona' of a kind in which convention supersedes the freshness of nature ; with dialogue and description easy and readable, but somewhat slight. Originality is wanting in the class of life delineated, as well as in the per- sons : all the more level incidents are common ; .those which are to produce the interest of the story are somewhat extreme. For mere library reading, however, these deficiencies are preferable to greater originality, which shows itself in imperfect efforts, and which it requires some critical practice to appreciate.

Both novels have a religions purpose. Mabel breaks with a lover to -whom she is deeply attached, on account of his scepticism ; and goes through a variety of troubles before his conversion enables her to accept him. In Ruth .&rnley the religion is still more prominent. Born of pious parents, Ruth has a hard natural heart. Brought to a sense of religion, she, like Mabel, breaks with her lover; but is persuaded to renew the engagement on his show of repentance. Hence the troubles of her married life ; most of which, however, arise from difference of opinion.]

The Confessor : a Jesuit Tale of the Times. Founded on fact. By the Author of " Michael Cassidy." With Preface by the Reverend C. B. Tayler, M.A. (Run and Read library.) [We believe this eighteenpenny novel is a reprint. At all events, it is a strongly Protestant view of the power which the Jesuits may exercise, and the mischiefs which they may workin families, by means of the confessional, and the unscrupulous arts to which they have given a name.] The Gentile Nations : or the History and Religion of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medea, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, col- lected from Ancient Authors and Holy Scripture, and including the Recent Discoveries in Egyptian, Persian, and Assyrian Inscriptions : forming a complete Connexion of Sacred and Profane History, and showing the Fulfilment of Divine Prophecy. By George Smith, F.A.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, &e. (Sacred Annals : or Researches into the History and Religion of Man- kind. Volume III. The Gentile Nations.) "[The third and concluding part of a work on ancient history, whose object is to exhibit " demonstrative evidence of the existence and operation of Di- vine truth, and of Divine influence in ancient days," and to prove " that the soul-destroying and mind-debasing idolatry of those nations (of Pagan antiquity) was not an accident, or an error, but a crime induced by Satanic agency." The oracles may be adduced as a particular example of this. The present part contains a rapid summary of the ancient history of the Egyptians, .Assyrians, Medea, and Persians, in each case followed by a view of their religion. A similar but fuller review is taken of Greek and Roman story ; the narrative being followed in like manner by an examination of the religious systems of classical antiquity in reference to the author's object.] Lectures on the History of the Turks in its relation to Christianity. By the Author of " Loss and Gain."

Me common facts of Turkish history exhibited and commented on by a Itomish priest, in the spirit of the middle or dark ages. Says the author- " Had the advice of the Holy See been followed, there would have been no Turks in Europe for Russians to turn out of it." And again—" All that need be said in favour of the Czar is, that he is attacking an infamous powm the enemy of God and man."]

• History of the Crusades : their Rise, Progress, and Results. By Major Proctor, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. With Illustrations by Gilbert Sargent, &c.

[A judicious and animated sketch of the history of the Crusades by the late Major Proctor ; reprinted from the Encyclopedia Metropolitana. The foot-notes have been extended, and the volume is illustrated by spirited wood-cuts.]

Sunlight through the Mist; or Practical Lessons drawn from the Lives of Good Men. A Sunday Book for Children. By a Lady. With Illustrations.

CM life of Luther, told in a simple manner by a lady to her children and a nephew. The framework not only produces pauses in the story., but gives rise to relief by the introduction of little incidents. It is primarily intended for Sunday reading.] Wanderings of an Antiquary ; chiefly upon the Traces of the Romans in Britain. By Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c. [This well-looking volume contains the antiquarian papers which Mr. Wright contributed to the Gentleman's Magazine under their present title, and forms as popular an antiquarian work as can be conceived. The object of the anther and his friends was to seek out vestiges of the ancient Britons

and the Romans ; but with antiquarian exploration, Mr. Wright com- bines sketches of scenery, rustic anecdote, and the various incidents that may occur to enthusiastic archeologists, now sticking in the mud of the Medway, anon half-buried in their own excavations. Some of the scenes which Mr. Wright explored are distant, but many are within a day's excursion from London ; and if a party in summer fail to realize what requires the eye and the associations of an antiquary, they will still be rewarded by the air and the country, especially in the valley of the Medway, the sea-shore from Sandwich to Pevensey, or the castle of Riobborough.]

Grammar-School Classics. P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum, Libri Sex, With English Notes, by F. A. Paley. [Whether the Fasti is altogether a book for schoolboys may be questioned. The attention of youth is more attracted by anecdotes, characters, narra- tives, and story, or even maxims of prudence and morality, than by accounts of or perhaps allusions to festivals, antiquarian customs, and so forth, which require much classical knowledge and mature thought to realize, at least in their historical importance. However, if the Fasti are to be read at school, here is the edition. The text is chiefly from Merkel; the English notes are drawn from many sources, and are designed to explain the allusions as well as the construction to the pupil: the preface shows that the editor is not only possessed with the character of the work, but with a know- ledge of the people to whom it was addressed.] Thom's Irish Almanack and Official Directory, with the Post-office Dublin City and County Directory, for the year 1854. Eleventh an- nual publication.

[We do not perceive any new feature in this elaborate collection of general and statistical information about the United Kingdom and the Colonies in general, or the more specific matter as regards Ireland. The extent, the minuteness, and the completeness of everything connected with the Eme- rald Isle and its capital, are indeed remarkable ; and not less so is the cheap- ness of the volume.] Decimal Interest Tables : calculated at five per cent from one day to three hundred and sixty-five days; and from one month to twelve months, on from one pound to forty thousand pounds. To which are added, Tables of Commission, from one-eighth per cent to five per cent, advancing by eighths. By John Bewley, Public Account- ant, Liverpool. [A large volume of tables on the decimal plan, apparently intended to fore- stal the expected change in our mode of reckoning per act of Parliament.] Far Off; or Africa and America Described. With Anecdotes and nu-

merous Illustrations. Part II. By the Author of "The Peep of

Day," &c.

[A juvenile description of the countries and peoples of Africa and America. It is written in a familiar style, religion and manners forming the predomi- nant subjects.] The Russians of the South. By Henry Shirley Brooks. (Traveller's Library.)

Handbook for Travellers in Greece ; describing the Ionian Islands, the Kingdom of Greece, the Islands of the ..gean Sea, with Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia. New edition, for the most part rewritten. With a new Travelling Map of Greece, and Plans.

Lectures on the True, the Beautiful, and the Good. By M. V. Cousin. Increased by an Appendix on French Art. Translated, with the approbation of M. Cousin, by 0. W. Wight, Translator of Cousin's " Course of the History of Modern Philosophy," &c. Third edition.

ALMANACKS.

Musical Directory, Register, and Almanack, and Royal Academy of Music Calendar, for the year 1854. [This publication contains a great variety of musical information ; among which may be enumerated the musical events of the year, an account of various musical societies, a list of publications during 1853, an obituary, and a directory of professors and instrument-makers.] The Sailors' Homes and Associated Naval and Mercantile Societies' Annual and Almanack, for 1854. Edited by R. H. O'Byrne, Esq. [Nautical information, both mercantile and connected with the Royal Navy, is the leading feature of this almanaek. It contains a good deal of matter, especially in relation to societies for the benefit of the sailor.]

The Post Magazine Almanack, and Court and Parliamentary Register, for the year of Our Lord 1854.

The Scottish Temperance League Register and Abstainer's Almanack, for 1854.

PAMPHLETS.

Prince Albert.

A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Durham, at the Visitation in July and August 1853. By Edward Maltby, D.D., F.R.S., F.S.A., Bishop of Durham.

Remarks on the Three Proposals for Reforming the Constitution of the University of Oxford. By Renry Boothby Barry, MA.' Blichel Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford, and Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Yarborough.

A Letter to the Viscount Palmerston, M.P., %c., on the Monitorial System of the Harrow School. By Charles Vaughan, D.D., Head Master.

A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury, at the Epiphany Quarter-Ses- sions, 1854, for the Borough of Eingston-upon-Hull, by Samuel Warren, Esq., D.C.L., one of her Majesty's Counsel, and Recorder of the said Borough. (Published by request of the Mayor and the Ma- gistrates.) Injustice to Scotland Exposed : in a Letter to the Scottish Representa- tives in the Commons House of Parliament. By Robert Christie, Esq., Edinburgh, Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.