PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From Nay 15th to May 21st.

Boosts.

History of the Purina; and of the Rise, Progress, and Present Condition of the Sect and Nation of the Sikhs. In two volumes.

Pictures from Italy. By Charles Dickens. The vignette Illustrations on wood by Samuel Palmer. The History of British India, from 1805 to 1835. By Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, and of the Asiatic Societies of Paris and Calcutta, &c.; and Boden Professor of Sanecrit in the University of Oxford. Volume IL The Elevation of the People, Moral, Instructional, and Social. By the Reverend Thomas Milner, M.A. [This is a voluminous compilation on popular statistics, as regards the education of the people, their numbers, condition, and habitations, with the efforts that have been made for their "elevation," and the growth of opinion upon the subject. The audition of the poor in the present day and in our own island is the principal =Neat of Mr. Milner; but he also takes a retrospective glance at former ages,

and carries his reader to the Continent. The facts collected from a good many

sources are presented in a style of sufficient ease and readableness, but somewhat &film, and partaking of the character of a sermon. The subject also possesses an interest in itself; but there is not much of force or grasp in Mr. Milner, and vary little of conclusion or original proposal. The chief use of The Elevation of the People is that of a record with a commentary.] The Iliad of Homer. Translated by T. S. Brandreth, En. In two volumes. [This is a translation on the "verbatim et literatim" principle. It is "as far as possible," says Mr. Brandreth, "line for line and word for word"; and he has, like Sandys with the " Metamorphoses," straggled to comprise his work in the same number of lines as the original. With such views of his task, we think Mr. Brandreth had better have chosen prose than blank verse. The restraint, we will not say of harmony, but of metre, of necessity introduces ruggedness and in- version, when a translator subjects himself to such rigid rates; whereas the facility of prose gives force, ease, and freedom. No doubt, prose is not poetry; but a good deal of verse is in the same predicament; and we fear Mr. Brand- reth's book, notwithstanding his unquestionable zeal and painstaking, will fall under that description. But the Homeric narrative cannot be destroyed; and when the reader is once fairly afloat in a story, he will feel himself carried along, even in despite of the lame and rugged character of the metaphrase; which, how- ever, often better indicates the simplicity of manner of the father of poetry than a more poetical and artistical translation would have done.] Edward the Black. Prince; a Tragedy. By Sir Contra Lindsay, Bart., Author of "Alfred."

[The portion of the Black Prince's career on which Sir Coutts Lindsay has founded this drama, is the assistance he rendered to Pedro the Cruel. In return for the kingdom of Castile, Pedro is made to poison his benefactor,--contrary to all probability, or indeed possibility; Pedro having been slain some seven years before the death of the Black Prince. With the historical part is mixed up a love- wane between a Spanish lady and an English knight; and the Queen of Henry of Transtamare, the rival of Pedro, with her ladies, furnishes some relief to the war and politics. Edward the Black Prince, however, is rather a tale broken up into scenes and told in blank verse dialogue, than a poem with any of the ele- ments of a tragedy.] The Priestess; an Anglo-Saxon Tale of the early days of Christianity in Britain. By the Translator of " Dtargaret, or the Gold Mine." [The scene of this novel is laid in England, during that most miserable period when the Britons and Saxons were contending against each other, and the reli- gious hatred of Christians and Pagans added ferocity to barbarian war. A do- mestic interest is sought to be given to the story by the loves of the Christian Prince Oswald, and a heathen priestess Brans; whose passion is crossed by pub- lic events and difference of faith, as well as by the hatred of Lode, the heathen priest, who was a rejected suitor of Breina's mother. The manners and hi- ts smack rather of the common school of romance than of the Anglo-Saxon times, and the tone and sentiments are of this present century. The tale, how- ever, is cleverly enough constructed for effect, and is very well written.] Abel Messinger, or the Aeronaut; a Romance. By Thomas Tod Stoddart, Author of the " Death Wake," &c.

[A wild high-pitched sort of tale, on adventures of and connected with a Mr Abet Messinger, who went up in a balloon and was supposed to have been lost, but subsequently reappears, and "assists " at a vast many scenes in Italy.] The Chateau d'If ; a Romance. By Alexandre Dumas. Translated from the French by Emma Hardy. (The Parlour Novelist. Volume ILL)) Mansfield Park; a Novel. By Jane Austen, Author of " Sense and Sensi- bility," &c. (The Parlour Novelist- Volume IV.) The .Magician. By Leitch Ritchie, Author of " The Game of Life," &c. (The Parlour Novelist. Volume V.) [The translation and the two reprints form three volumes of the Parlour Novelist; some of whose publications we have already chronicled. Each fiction is con- tained in a single volume of a size for either pocket or parlour; fairly printed, well bound in cloth, and sold at a price of extraordinary cheapness.]

A Practical Treatise on Weaving by Hand and Power Looms: intended

as a text-book for manufacturers by hand and power looms, and power loom engineers; and especially designed to forward the extension of ma- chinery to all kinds of plain weaving. With numerous illustrative Engines- lugs of the Machinery and Implements as they should be used in Weaving, Recording to the acknowledged principles of the art. By George White. [This is a very full description of the art of weaving, illustrated by a num- ber of plates; but it is of so technical a character that we could not at- tempt to give any account of it; nor is it, indeed, very easily understood, unless by those who have some practical knowledge of the subject. Mr. White's object is important He says that the subject of weaving is but little understood in its extent by the master manufacturer, and not at air by the engineer or machine- maker: the consequence is, that the art is not so advanced as it might be; the manufacturer not being able to clearly explain his wants, and the engineer, from knowing nothing of the object aimed at, being unable to render him any assistance. The purpose of the book is to remedy this evil, by instructing both parties in the principles as well as practice of the art.] Views and Reviews in American Literature, History, and Fiction. By the Author of " The Yemassee," &c.

[A series of papers originally delivered as lectures, or published in reviews. The principal topics are Cortes and Mexico, Cooper as a novelist, and Daniel Boon; with several lectures on American history as a subject for the artist, whether painter or poet. There is a good deal of force in the writing, with some approach to rhetoric, but with less of provincial narrowness than is often found in Trans- atlantic writers.] Glendearg_Cottage • a Tale concerning Church Principles. By Miss Christ- mas. With ala;-face by the Reverend Henry Christmas, M.A., &c. [The object of this tale is to instruct the young, not so much in Christian belief, is assumed,) as in Church principles. Its framework is the conversion to the Anglican Church of a young Dissenting lady; and the means are a visit to some relations in the country, one class of which are Church people, and the grandmother verging in that direction. It is agreeably written, though without much of power; and the arguments are more like the explanation of what is right than the exposition of a mooted subject.] The Works of William Jay, collected and revised by Himself. Volume The Domestic Minister's Assistant; or Prayers for the Use of Families. [A collection of daily prayers for domestic use. A second titlepage enables this tenth volume to appear as an independent work.] The Jesuits. By MM. Michelet and Quinet, of the College of France, Translated from the seventh edition, with the approbation of the Authors, by C. Cocks, B.L., Professor of ihe Living Languages in the Royal Colleges of France; Translator of " Priests, Women, and Families," &c. (Cheap edition.)

[This seems to be the authorized translation of a work which is exciting so mach attention in France as to have occasioned the appearance of more than two hun- dred volumes either for or against it. This French terror of the Jesuits beats the English Exeter Hall.]

A Guide to the Investment of Capital; or How to Lay out Money with Safety and Profit. By G. M. Bell, Author of " The Philosophy of Joint Stock Banking," &c. [A brief and plain account of the various ways in which money may be profitably employed.]

Elements of Geometry; containing the First Six Books of Euclid; with a. Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle and the Geometry of Solids; to which are added Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry. By John PlayfairiKS. London and Edinburgh, &c. With Additions,, by William Wallace,c°, A.M.; F.R.S.E., &c. Ten& edition. By the Reverend P. Mend, A.M., F.R.S. London and Edinburgh, &c.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS.

Royal Gems from the Galleries of Europe. Engraved after National Pie. tures of the Great Masters. With Notices, Biographical, Historical, and Descriptive, by S. C. Hall, F.S.A. [A handsome and cheap series of good engravings from the moat famous pictures of the great masters, is a desideratum that this work seems calculated to supply. The three "—both in the first part are Wilkie's " Rent Day," Gainsborongh's " Cob- tage-door ' —both very nicely executed, and an engraving after a picture by Mr. Crowley—a living artist of Irish celebrity.]

The Christian in Palestine; or Scenes of Sacred History. Illustrated from Sketches taken on the spot, by W. IL Bartlett; with Explanatory De- scriptions, by Henry &ebbing, D.D. Part L [The commencement of a series of prettily engraved, and doubtless faithful, views of places that were the scenes of events recorded in the Bible. Mr. Bart- lett, who made sketches on the spot, has given proof of his zeal and accuracy as an archeological draughtsman, in other publications; Dr,Stebbing's descriptions will incorporate the artist's notes.] Bob-Thin, or the Poorhouse Fugitive. By W. J. Linton. Illustrated by T. Sibson, W. B. Scott, E. Duncan, and W. J. Linton. [A quaint poem in irregular verse, illustrated by a profusion of picturesque de- signs of serw-comic character, reprinted from a periodical.]