PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849 ; with a Glance at California. By a Merchant long resident at Tahiti. With four Illustrations, printed in colours. In two volumes. .Lelio, a Vision of Reality ; Hervor, and other Poems. By Patrick Scott. Theater far die Jugend. Von J. Rosenthal.

Du Bourg ; or the Mercurial° : a Sketch of the Secret Church of Paris in the middle of the sixteenth century ; being an Episode in History on the points at issue between the Reformation and the Papacy. By M. A. S. Barber.

[The Mercuriale was a court established by Charles the Eighth for the cen- sorship of morals in the other courts and Parliaments of France. It wag composed of the Presidents and Councillors of Parliament, each making oath not to reveal the deliberations which should take place. The well-known Du Bourg was a member of the court under Henry the Second, and a sus- pected religious reformer. At a sitting of the Mercuriale into which the King obtruded himself, Du Bourg gave offence by the freedom of his opi- nions, and still more by allusions to the vices of the King. This seems really to have been the cause of his martyrdom; for although other council- Ion were committed to prison for their alleged heresy, he alone was exe- cuted, after having by successive appeals exhausted every legal resource in his favour.

This publication contains the interrogatories and other legal documents connected with the proceedings against Du Bourg, well strung together by an historical narrative of the time.] Vestiges of the Gad in Gwynedd. By the Reverend William Basil Jones, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford.

[The expansion of a paper read before the Cambrian Archreological Associa- tion. The object is to show, by names of places and traditional or legendary evidence, that North Wales was overrun in a remote period by a Celtic in- vasion.]

Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England. By Isaac D Israeli. A new edition, revised by the Author, and edited by his Son. In two volumes.

[A very handsome brace of octavoes, forming part of the complete edition of the elder D'Israeli's works, edited by the younger. There is a new preface ; short, and not remarkable.]

Poems by a Prisoner in Bethlehem. Edited by John Perceval, Esq., Honorary Secretary. to the Alleged Lunatics' Friend Society. [These verses chiefly consist of sonnets and paraphrases of Scripture. They are written by a Mr. A. L. Pearce, who is retained in Bedlam for an at- tempted violence against his wife. The verses were written as an occupa- tion during his confinement ; and were designed to be presented to the Visit- ing Physician, Dr. Bright, with a request that they might be shown to Barry Cornwall. Mr. Perceval was to have been the medium of communi- cation, but he thought the poems possessed merit enough to warrant their publication ; hoping from the profits to raise a fund to provide their author with some little indulgences beyond the hospital allowance ' • the law, in ef- forts to relieve the lunatic, having reduced his means from 6001. to 801.

The verses are really creditable—as good as many that are written out of Bedlam, notwithstanding some want of coherence. Mr. Perceval, however, might have exercised his function of editor in the expurgation of a few passages.]

Select English Poetry, with Prose Introductions Notes, and Questions : to which is added, an Etymological Appendil of Greek, Latin, and Saxon Roots. By Edward Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. [This volume has several features. It contains pieces rather than passages ; for although some of the selections are not entire poems, they arc complete subjects. To each extract is prefixed a prose introduction, either directly or indirectly bearing upon the subject,—as Waterloo, from " Child° Harold," is prefaced by Almon's description of the rival armies as they took up their positions. Notes arc added, and short lists formed of peculiar words, drawn from the poems to serve as philological questions ; and there is other mat- ter for exercises. The selections are judiciously made, principally from modern writers.] An Essay on the Origin and Development of Window Tracery in Eng- land. With nearly four hundred Illustrations. By Edward A. Free- man, M.A., &c., Author of the "Ilistory of Architecture."

[Mr. Freeman states that his object in this new contribution to architectural literature has been to supply "a systematic arrangement and nomenclature of the numerous divisions and subdivisions of Gothic tracery,"—a task not hitherto accomplished. The subject is treated under the heads of geome- trical, flowing, flamboyant, and perpendicular tracery ; followed by a chapter on "miscellaneous windows," not referrible strictly to any of these designa- tions. A great number of examples are given in illustration. The work is simply what it professes to be—a classification according to styles, rather than an historical development, and displays much industry and research.]

The Principles of Colour applied to Decorative Art. By G. B. Moore,

Teacher of Drawing in University College, London.

[A treatise on coloured decoration in architecture, referring to the discussion excited in respect to the Great Exhibition Building, and starting. from con- siderations of mediaeval practice; somewhat diffusive, but plain in its state- ments, and unimpaired by dogmatism.] Murray's Modern Cookery Book. Modern Domestic Cookery ; based on

the well-known work of Mrs. Rundell, but including all the recent Improvements in the Culinary A. Founded on Principles of Eco- nomy and Practical Knowledge, and adapted for private families. By a Lady. With illustrative Wood-cuts.

["Things will last long, but not for ever." Even Mrs. Rundell, who has in- structed two hundred thousand families of buyers in the arta of living well and making a genteel appearance, with sundry hints on carving, economy, and " the poor," is superseded in ninny details by the march of cookery. The of the old book, too, we believe, has expired ; so Mr. Murray has put forth anew edition, with a great many new receipts, that have stood the test of family experience, being cheaper than the lavish men cooks are wont to propound. Such portions of Mrs. Rundell as have been retained are re- vised, and numerous editorial and typographical improvements made through- out. It is a cheap book for its bulk.] Synoptical Miniature German Grammar, in twelve tables. By Wil- helm Klauer-Klattowski, of Schwerin in Mecklenburg, Author of "The German Manual for the Young," &c. New edition. Elauer's German Exercises for Beginners. New edition. [In days of old, Lily elaborated his Latin Grammar and rested from his labours. In our day the compilers of grammars know better ; they repro- duce their original work, in a form more or less modified, once or twice every year. Their last new grammars are as intolerable a tax on the pockets of parents as the last new pantomime. They are nearly as useful, though much less amusing. The Porquets and Lebahns are great offenders in this way, and Mr. Klauer-Klattowski is as bad as any of them. There is one no- velty in the second of the brochures named above : a " Tree of Knowledge." The trunk of "Human Understanding" is represented as separating into three principal branches—" Memory," "Judgment or Reflection,' and "Imagination. Civil and sacred history are twigs sprouting from the branch of Memory ; literary history and bibliography, from that of Judgment or Reflection; letter-writing, architecture, and polygraphs, from that of Imagination. "Religious forms" grow on Memory ; religion itself has no place on the tree.] Of the followinz elementary geographical books, the second edition of Mr. Hughes's "Outlines " is the most complete and masterly attempt we have seen to compress the subject of physical geography into a small compass. It is the best abbreviation of the great works on this study, as well in its maps as its letterpress.

The "Introductory Atlas" is also a very neat and informing publication, though somewhat small. By means of lithographic coloured printing, the plains and mountains of the different regions are presented to the eye, as well as the rivers, oceans, &c. In addition to the World and its divisions, the Atlas consists of maps of the British Isles, Canaan, and Palestine. The "Geographical Copy-Book" is designed for beginners, who generally find a difficulty in filling up the projections without having the coast-line to guide them; of which coast-lines the examples in this publication consist. Outlines of Physical Geography, descriptive of the Inorganic Matter of the Globe, and the Distribution of Organized Beings. By Edward Hughes, F.R.G.S. Second edition.

An Introductory Atlas to Modern Geography, for the use of Schools and Families. By Edward Hughes.

An Introductory Geographical Copy-Book ;' a Series of Outline Maps, adapted to S. Hall's First or Elementary Atlas. Intended to be filled up and coloured by the pupils.

The three following form part of the various libraries of the enterprising Mr. H. G. Bohn. " The Natural History of Selborne " is the completest edition of that charming work, numerous as the editions of it have been. The additional matter in the form of notes almost equals the text, and the wood-cuts are capital in point of execution. The translation of " Cxsar " embraces the books of doubtful authorship: it is closely literal.

The Natural History of Selborne ; with Observations on various parts of Nature, and the Naturalist's Calendar. By the late Reverend Gil- bert White, A.M. With Additions and supplementary Notes by Sir William Jardine, Bart., &e. Edited, with further Illustrations, a Biographical Sketch of the Author, and a complete Index, by Edward Jesse, Esq. With forty Engravings. (Bohn's Illustrated Library.) Casar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars; with the Sup- plementary Books attributed to Hirtius; including the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish Wars. Literally translated, with Notes and a very elaborate Index. (Bohn's Classical Library.)

Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors, and Architects ; trans- lated from the Italian of Georgio Vasari. With Notes and Illustra- tions, chiefly selected from various Commentators. By Mrs. Jonathan Foster. Volume II. (Bohn's Standard Library.)

A Grammar of General Geography. For the use of Schools and Young Persons. With Maps and Engravings. By the Reverend J. Gold- smith. Revised, corrected, and greatly enlarged, by Edward Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c.

Health Made Easy for the People ; or Physical Training, &c. By Jo- seph Bentley. Sixth five-thousand edition.

PAMPHLETS.

Papal Aggression. Speech of the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, delivered in the House of Commons, February 7, 1851. A Letter to the Lord Bishop of London on the Promulgation of the recent Papal Bull. By a Barrister. Roman Catholicism : being a Legal Review of its Past Position and Pre- sent Claims in England. By a Barrister. A Letter to "The London Union on Church Matters." By the Re- verend Edward Edwards.

How Half a Million of the Surplus Revenue should be invested for the benefit of England and her Colonies. By E. D. Joyce. Greece at the end of Twenty-three Years' Protection. By William Mar- tin Leake, F.R.S.

The Ionian Islands under British Protection.

The Tenth Annual Report and Transactions of the Royal Society for the _Promotion and Improvement of the Growth of Flax in Ireland, &c.

Address to the Ratepayers of three Electoral Divisions in the Unions of Oldcastle and Hells. By denies L. W. Naper, Esq. A Small Contribution to the Great Erbibition of 1851. By I. C. H. Freund, M.D.

.ac-Simile Autograph Letters of Junius, Lord Chesterfield, and Mrs. C. Dayrolles. Showing that the Wife of Mr. Solomon Dayrolles was the Amanuensis employed in copying the Letters of Junius for the Printer' &e. By William Cramp.

Practical Remarks upon the Injurious Operation of the Wills Act, in respect to the Execution of Wills; with Suggestions for its Amend- ment. By an Advocate in Doctors' Commons.