PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From September 5th to September 19th.

Boors.

Ireland and its Rulers since 1829. Part the Third.

Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver. By WILLIAM

Taws, of Inverury.

Upton's Physioglyphics.

The Settlers in Canada. Written for Young People. By Captain MAR- RYAT. In two volumes.

On the Etymology and Prophetic Character of the Proper Names found in the Old Testament; being a Key to the Massoretic Punctuation of the Hebrew Scriptures. By WILLIAM BEESTON, of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, and sometime of Queen's College, Cambridge. On the Genealogies contained in the Gospels of Saint Matthew and Saint Luke. Third edition. By WILLIAM BEESTON, of the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, and sometime of Queen's College, Cambridge. [Neither of these publications are exactly adapted to a newspaper, but we will note as much of their scope as may suffice for those persons who are likely to take an interest in their subjects.

1. The work on the Etymology and Prophetic Character of some Scriptural Proper Names is based on a passage in JEROME, from which Mr. BEESTON thinks he has got a key to the use and powers of the Massoretic points of the Hebrew. These points (though not essential to the written language, since the greater writers knew nothing of them) were, he says, an invention " of pro- found sagacity and exquisite ingenuity—of sagacity and ingenuity little less than superhuman." Their use was to fix the pronunciation of a word, without altering its spelling, and thus injuring or losing its derivative meaning. How we are to benefit by this discovery, we do not see ; fearful as we are that the true pronunciation is lost, or if preserved must depend upon the Mod voce au- thority of the living Hebrews, and not upon the points. However, waiving this part of the subject, Mr. BEESTON considers that the points enable him, in conjunction with etymological analysis, to determine the significant meaning of &great many of the Scriptural proper names.

2. The object of the disquisition on the Genealogies in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke is to trace the pedigree of the Virgin Mary ; Mr. BEESTON truly remarking, that the genealogy of Joseph can only connect Christ with the house of David by a legal fiction. The principle on which he proceeds will be seen by this quotation from his book. " Let it (for the present) be granted, `that in constructing their genealogical tables the Jews reckoned wholly by males; rejecting, where the blood of the grandfather passed to the grandson through a daughter, the name of the daughter herself, and counting that daughter's husband for the son of the maternal grandfather.' Joseph, begotten by Jacob, marries Mary the daughter of Hell, and in the genealogical registers of his wife's family is counted for Hell's son "; and so forth. From the words third edition" on the titlepage, the view would seem to be exciting some attention.] First Latin Grammar and Exercises, on 011endorff's Method. By WIr.- Luc HENRY PINNOCE, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. [This appears to us a singular combination of the niceties of lingual archwo- Fogy with the rule of thumb and hornbook trivialities. We do not particularly admire the mixture; and we have an aversion to all short and easy methods in classical teaching, because we believe them useless or worse. A living language may be learned as it may; for the learner has perhaps some practical object in View, and a slice of bread may be better than none at all: but the value of Greek and Latin consists in the intellectual exercise they offer, and in the literary treasures they contain. As no use (in the vulgar sense of utility) is to be forwarded by their study, they should be learned scientifically if learned at all.

What is called the Accidence is the portion of "Latin Grammar" treated of in this book : and in essential principles of teaching it does not greatly differ from various other publications with similar objects, that we have had before' as; but we think it inferior to them in execution—more complex and less satis- factory. The first lesson is said to be on the cases and declensions of nouns ; bet, though it also embraces the agreement of the person with the verb, if not part of the verb itself, it nowhere defines what a noun or a verb is. It gives four dogged' lines to tell that "there are five declensions of nouns, and each declen- sion has six cases "; the names of the cases being awkwardly stuck into a note. Four lines are afterwards employed to give the simple rule of the Eton Latin Grammar—"Verbs have four conjugations both in the active and passive voice." Iris true the verse of this book indicates the terminations are, ere, ere, ire ; but it emits all mention of active and passive voice. The mode in which the plan is presented does not appear to us either clear or attractive. In short, the prin- cipal use of the book seems to be for adult self-teaching, where there is some grammatical kuewledge, and some maturity in the mind of the pupiL]

Wild Love and. other Tales, from the German of DE LA MOTTE FOUQUI. [These tales seem respectably translated ; but we do not recollect the originals very distinctly. The illustrations are clever, and the book altogether is well gat up. It may be questioned, however, whether the tales are worth all this trouble. LA MOTTE FOUQUi appears to have written his Undine under an inspiration : it is a lucky accident—a delicate and perfect work of its kind, winch the author never again equalled. His longer works—such as The Magic Ring and Thiodolf the Icelander—are feeble and exaggerated repetitions of the imagery and sentiment which constitute the charm of Undine. And all his shorter stories, which it has been our misfortune to be obliged to read, are positively below the average of the English Annuals. The four tales now pub- lished by Mr. Buess—Resaura and her Kinsfolk, Wild Love, The Oak of the Idols, and The Field of Terror—are scarcely exceptions. The translator might find more worthy occupation in translating some of the best of the Baroness Di LA MOTTE FOTIQUL'S shorter tales.]

Emily's Reward; or the Holyday Trip to Paris. By Mrs. HOFLAND, Author of "The Son of a Genius," &c.

[This is a very pleasant little book, by a veteran writer, who has contributed as much perhaps as any living author to mingle the utile et dulce for young people; and she now inscribes this book (" which both age and infirmity mark as her last ") to little Miss HOPE, whose papa received a similar dedication at a similar age. The framework of The Holyday Trip to Paris is simple, but sufficient Emily Egerton having " got on" in her French, her father clear- ances to take her and the family on a French excursion. They proceed by way of Havre to Paris, and return by way of Boulogne; the characteristics of the country and the people, with the attractions of the capital, being described in connexion with the adventures of the Egerton family.] The Mother's Primer ; a Little Child's First Step in Many Ways. By Mrs. FELIX SUMMERLY. With a frontispiece by W. M.

leA most attractive little first book for children; being printed in coloured tters, that of themselves make the page lively to the eye ; while its contents are so simple as not to fatigue the attention. The suggestion of teaching the child to know letters by forming them, and the exercises in reading, writing, end numbering, and discriminating forms and colours, are very well adapted to the infant capacity. The two designs in the frontispiece are graceful and sug- gestive. Mrs. SUMMERLY has been fortunate enough to enlist Mr. bluidasanr in her service for the adornment of her pretty illuminated Primer.]

The Law and Practice of Insolvents in the Bankrupt Court, according es the 5th and 6th Vict. c. 116, as amended by 7th and 8th Vict. c..911. Arranged under various heads, with Cases and Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix of Statutes, including the Debtor and Creditor Act, Orders, &c. By S. C. Mosey, Esq., Barrister-at-law.

[This is a useful and timely publication on a subject which is just now agitating the minds of many in the trusting world—the late changes in the law of debtor and creditor. The hook reprints the .5 and 6 Victoria, cap. 116, (by which a debtor, whether trader or not, could take the initiative in procuring a release from his liabilities,) and the late act 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 96, amending the former, and abolishing imprisonment for debt under 201. These are printed in an appendix ; Mr. HORRY'S text presents a classified analysis of the acts, with original remarks, and an account of cases that have occurred, or nice points which are likely to be mooted, without, as it would seem, much prospect of a satisfactory settlement. From the preface, it would appear that we have bee' adopting the humaner practice of other places, (France and Scotland,) without taking the precautions against fraud which obtain in those countries.] Sermons. By the Reverend WILLIAM GIFFOILD COOEESLRY, DILA%

Assistant Master of Eton College. [This volume, by the author of Old Windsor Sermons, has been published some time. The absence of publication-freshness, or of any peculiarity in the literary character, renders a full notice of them unnecessary in a secnIez journal ; but we can recommend them as plain and even attractive discourse% with probably a shade more of force than in the Old Windsor Sermons.] The Young Husband; or Hints to Regulate the Conduct of Young Men who have entered, or are about to enter, the Married State. By ARTHUR FREELINO.

A good number of sensible " hints " to young married men, thrown into the form of a series of essays. The matter is often homely—at least the author appears to have had the lower portion of the middle classes chiefly in his eye; but there is nothing homely in the style. It is a useful little book for the persons it is designed for.]

A Guide to the Ball-room, and Illustrated Polka Lesson-Book ; with a Complete Compendium of the Etiquette of Dancing. By a Man of Fashion. Forty-second thousand.

[The mere mention of the "forty-second thousand" is recommendation enough for a waistcoat-pocket master of the ceremonies; and suggests an ides of a far greater number of candidates for the graces of the ball-room than might be supposed, in these hard-working times.] Arithmetic; designed for the use of Schools. By the Rev. J. W. Coma% M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and late Mathematical Master at Harrow School. Second edition.

[The second edition of a book like this within a twelvemonth, upon a subject- where there are already so many books, and good books, too, argues as mach merit as the forty-second thousand of the Polka Lessons.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Illustrations of Baptismal Fonts. With an Introduction, by F. A. Par" M.A., Honorary Secretary of the Cambridge Camden Society. [This volume, consisting of wood-cuts and descriptions of one hundred and twenty-four curious old fonts remaining in churches in different parts of Eng. land, forms the first series complete of a publication in parts that was noticed, in our list at the time of its commencement. It only remains now to add, that the work has been finished in the same neat style of execution in which it was begun, and for which all Mr. VAN VOORST'S publications are remarkable; and that the variety of designs exhibited is such that no two are similar, while the shape and proportions of some are truly elegant, and their sculptured deco- rations often rich and fanciful. The Fonts are arranged according to their style, and as near as may be chronologically ; the Norman specimens being more numerous than either the early English, the Decorated, or the Perpendb• cular. The elaborate Introduction of Mr. PALEY supplies a great deal of ins formation on the architecture of English Baptismal Fonts; and implies the existence of an endless variety of examples, each possessing some noticeable peculiarity of form or enrichment.] The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ, portrayed by ALBERT Duet% Edited by HENRY COLE, an Assistant-Keeper of the Public Records. Mrs. Alexander Kerr ; an engraved Portrait.

PERIODICALS.

Journal of the American Oriental Society, No. L [This is the inauguratory address of the President of the American Oriental Society ; a body of intelligent and literary men of New England, who have united to encourage—" 1. The cultivation of learning in the Asiatic, African. and Polynesian languages; 2. The publication of memoirs, translations, voca- bularies, and other works relating to the Asiatic, African, and Polynesian. languages ; 3. The collection of a library." The head-quarters of the Society are at Boston, and the majority of its supporters seem residents in Massa- chusetts; but residence in any particular State is not essential to membership. The address appears to have been delivered to a body much larger than the Society, and is of a popular character; cursorily running over the large field of research which the Society proposes as its object, and comparing the past with the present opportunities of inquirers. As yet, however, nothing has been done to figure in their journal. This first Number is only the launch of the Society ; may the voyage be prosperous l] Music.

The Mount of Olives ; an Oratorio. The Words written and adapted by W. BARTHOLOMEW, to the Music as composed by L. VON BEETHOVEN. Edited, and the Pianoforte Accompaniment arranged from the Score, by Sir HENRY R. BISHOP.