PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boosts.

.Reminiscences of 17wmas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D. By John Anderson, Esq., Author of "Sketches of the Edinburgh Clergy," &e.

Physiological Researches. By Sir B. C. Brodie, Baits D.C.L., F.R.S., Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France. Collected and republished from the "Philosophical Trans- actions."

.12avenselffe. By the :Author of "Emilia Wyndham," &e. In three volumes.

Forest Life and Forest Trees; comprising Winter Camp-Life among the Loggers, and Wild-Wood Adventure. With Descriptions of Lumber- ing Operations on the various Rivers of Maine and New Brunswick. By John S. Springer.

A History of British /irdia. By Charles Mac Far-lane, Author of "A History of the French Revolution," &e. [This book is designed for the Anglo-Indian officer, and the student at Haileybury and Addiscombe, as well as for the general reader. It is rather distinguished by a facile cleverness than by any higher qualities; but it ful- fils the purpose of the compiler, which was "to give a clear and concise sketch of the great events of our Indian history, without embarrassing the reader with episodes or minor facts, and without entering into political dis- cussion or any other species of controversy." The last end, perhaps, is only attained literally. There may be no formal controversy, but the author ex- hibits an animus in expressing an opinion, and sometimes. by the mere use of terms. The narrative is brought down to the close of the last Sikh war.] Mark Seaworth ; a Tale of the Indian Ocean. By William H. G. Kingston, Esq., Author of "Peter the Whaler," &c. With Illustra- tions by John Absolon.

Ellis is a tale of adventure, designed to exhibit the scenery and people of the East Indies and theEastern Archipelago ; to describe the incidents of nau- tical life—as wrecks, pirate*, battles, tornadoes, volcanoes' and the wonders of the Eastern seas ; and to inculcate a huthutrenew° upon Providence under the greatest difficulties. The framework is well enough planned forits ob- jects,—the pursuit of a brother rekOthis1ittie sisOnTVW—Te Slew:mad

to have been carried off by pirates. kli. Kingeton.posabssee a. goui know- ledge of his subject and the-classes of men which form his dramatis persona,. and he has sufficient invention to give variety to hie narrative. In the early part, the didactic writer predominates too much. The story stands still while the anther is describing an East /isthmian with the-passengers, and the customs of the Anglo-Indiaes.] Good in Eserything ; or the Early History of Gilbert Harland. By Mrs. Barwell, Author of " Little Lessons for Little Learner," flee. With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

The Doll and her Friends; or Memoirs of the Lady-Seraphina. By the Author of "Letters from Madras," &c. With four Illustrations by Hablot K. Browne.

[Two prettily got-up juvenile books. "Good in Everything" is the dory of an invalid little boy, who is taken into the eountry by a friend of Ins mother; and the topics are descriptions HMI incidents of country life, calcu- lated to point morals within the young understanding. " The boll and her Friends" is a book with somewhat similar objeets, in the form of a doll's autobiography, descriptive of the character of children both before and after the doll is bought at the banal.] England and Australia; a Poem. By H. Ps Hilt. [The first two cantos of this poem were puhlished in Australia as long area/ 1847; to which the writer has since added two cantos. The piece is an imi- tation of Don Juan, with this difference—Byron'a disquisitions and reflections are only a garnish to his story ; in England and Australia they are the staple of the piece.] Anecdotes of the Habits and Instincts of Animals. By Mrs. R. Lee, formerly 'Mrs. T. E. Bowdich, Author of "The African Wanderers," &c. With Illustrations by Harrison Weir. [An interesting volume of well-authenticated anecdotes of the natural habits, the sagacious instincts, and what may be called in domestic examples the acquirements of animals. Some of the anecdotes take the form of story, and almost of biography; many of them are new ; all are chosen with a judgment and a purpose, which give them an air of freshness. The anec- dotes of the different animals are classed together, and are prefaced by some account of the respective individualities.] A Treatise on Investments : being a Popular Exposition of the Advan- tages and Disadvantages of each kind of Investment, and,of its lia- bility to depreciation and less. By Robert Arthur Ward, Solicitor. [This book rather contains advice of a legstl and practical kind as- to the precau- tions to be adopted in investing money in the various kinds of securities, than informs the reader of the real character of the differentelasses of investment, and the reason why one kind of property bears o much higher a rate of in- terest than another. There are some general observations of this kind, just,. and useful as far as they go, but they are only general] Geography for Elementary Schools. By Edward Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c. First Course.

[A compact and well-arranged exhibition of the elementary facts of geogra- phy, descriptive as well as physical. The novelty of the book consists in ita , introduction, which presents the principles of geography in an intelligible though often a disguised form ; the illustrations being taken front familiar things. This portion, properly used by the teacher, will possess the pupil with distinct ideas of the uses of geoeraphical science ; imparting an interest to what would otherwise be dry facts', or rather words.] _May's- Doll. Where its Dress came from. A Book for Little Girls. [A doll and its dress turned into a subject for an exposition of induatry The little book contains an account of the produce and manufacture of what the doll has on, as well as of the image itself.] Lives of certain Fathers of the Church. By the Author of "Tales of Kirkbeck," &c. Edited Isy the Reverend W. J. E. Bennett, M.A. Volume III.

[Theology rather dominates over biography im these lives; which ie no doubt the intention of the compiler. The well-known name of Mr. Bennett as editor sufficiently indicates the section of the Church from which they emanate.] Robert Owen's Journal. Volume II.

ILLUSTRATZD WORKS.

The Keepsake; 1852. Edited by Miss Power. With beautifully-finished Engravings from Drawings 1y the first Artists, engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Frederick A. Heath.

The Court Album : Twelve Portraits of the Female Arial:stony. En- graved by the best Artists, from Drawings by John Hay-ter. [Two of the Annuals yet survive" The. Keepsake," and "The .Cour Album " ; probably indebted for their longevity to their high blood. The Keepsake is still under the superintendence of Miss Power„ the late editor's niece ; and it presents a goodly mixture. of prose and poetry—ths old articles by the old hands. Of celebrated names, Dickens contributes an olla-podrida of courier's stories, " to be read at dusk "; in which there is an intended mixture of the satiric and the supernatural. Barry Cornwall fir- niches a song ; pretty, and removed from commonplace, but not ranking among his big-hest efforts. Ilonekton Milnes coutributee `Domeatic Fume,' or rather the want of it ; a poem on the resignation with which the death of our connexions is borne, and the scanty praise and brief memory which attend their departure. Hence the moral, live better at home. , The crack piece of the book is Carlyle's on the Opera. Mr. Carlyle has not sent something that was at hand, or thrown off anything on the ,spur of the moment, but set himself to write down to hiecompeny, and do his best in that way. The paper is written in the character of a travelline' and phi- losophic, American, who pours forth his thoughts on the opera ; the topics being the deterioration of music as an art, the small beneficial result that follows so much outlay and such a combination of artistical skill, the amount of training bestowed, on the singers and dancers, greater than that. which produces great men, and the company before the curtain, together with reflections thereanent. It is a piece af forcible description, and of thoughtful though perhaps rather onesided reflection.

The Court Albunt consists of twelee portraits of the female aristocracy accompanied by heraldic notices of the lady's family, and that of her hus- band if she is married. The heads are after drewingsby Hayter, all in one uniform style, as if the artist only looked at nature from one Feat of view ; the letterpress varies from the merest genealogy to anecdotes of ancestry from Froissart and others ; the binding is an imitation of the massiveness of the old style, the colours green and gold.] Recollections of a Tour in the Ionian Islands, Greece, and Constanti- nople. Part IV.

[The fourth part of this handsome work is, in !subject, one of the most in- teresting yet issued; comprisine* designs of the Temples of Jupiter Olym- pias and of the Winds, of the Acropolis, a general view of Athens from the Lyeabettus, and some further subjects from the city of Pallas.]

ALMANACY.

The British Alinanaek and Companion of the.Socsiety for the Difitei.es of Useful Knowledge, for the year of one Lord 1862, being Bissextile), or Leap Year. [In entering its second quarter. of a eentury, the Brigeli Alinanaek rooks ai freat us ever, with ita areleadar. and eecessagy information. The "Corn- pardon" has taken a new lease; and keeps up with-the armus mirabilis. It contains a capital account of the Great Exhibition ; a very good paper on the County Courts, albeit rather esicyclopeedieally antiquarian in the history; a good review& the'progress of Railways ; and an analysis of the Popula- tion taken from the Introduction t) the last Census ; besides the usual variirty of matters classed and digested.]

PAMPHLETS.

A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of St. David's, by Con- nap Thirlwall, Dl)., Bishop °fgt. David's, at his fourth Visitation, in , October 1851.

Remarks on National-Christianity an article of the Christian Faith : a Sermon preached in the parish-church of Kidderminster, by Charles Wordsworth, M.A., Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond.

The Church of England on her Trial before the Nations of the Earth. Wiseman versus Pascal the Younger, &c.

The Jew Question Considered, Ake. By Veritas.

The Martyrs of Russia. By J. Michelet, Author of "Priests, Women, and Families." Translated by permission of the Author.

. The Common Lodging-houses Act, 1851; and the Labouring Classes' Lodging-houses Act, 1851, &c. Adapted and arranged by Robert A. Strange, of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law.

Rcmarks on the Plea of Insanity, and on the Management of Criminal _Lunatics. By William Wood, M.D., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, and Medical Officer of Bethlem Hospital.

On Improving the Condition of the Insane. By Henry Monro, M.B. Oxon., &c.

Customs Administrators and Customs Reformers, &e. By James O'Dowd, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Part I.

Magnetoid Currents, their Forces and Directions; with a Description of the Magnetoscope : a series of Experiments. By J. 0. N. Rutter, F.R.A.S. To which is subjoined, a Letter from William King, Esq., M.D. Cantab.