PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boone.

The activity of the publishing world is slackening a little after its late re- vival, though not more than might be expected from the time of year. Of the books reserved for consideration, the first and last explain themselves by their titles. GOrgef s "Acts in Hungary" is rather late in its appearance to produce its full effect; the greater Continental changes nearer home, and the present unsettled state of affairs, have almost banished any strong interest in the Hungarian revolution and the characters of its leaders. The object of Mr. A-ncell's "Treatise on Tuberculosis" is to show that tuberculosis is a disease, in the blood itself ; an opinion so probable that the bulky volume in which it is enforced recalls Thurlow's exclamation when he was told of the length of John Scott's opening speech on the trial of Hardy, Horne Tooke, &c.

Ea:elation* of Siberia. By a Banished Lady. Edited by Colonel Lach Szyrma, Author of "Letters on Poland." In two volumes. Jify Life and Acts in Hungary in the rears 1848 and 1849. By Ar- thur Gorgei. In two volumes.

A Treatise on Tuberculosis, the Constitutional Origin of Consumption and Scrofula. By Henry Anoell, late Surgeon to the Western General Dispensary, Sm.

Uncle Walter ; a Novel. By Mrs. Trollope, Author of "Father Eustace." In three volumes.

_Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain. By Agnes Strickland, Author of " Lives of the Queens of England." Volume III. [Misa Strickland has added another life to the countless biographies of Mary Queen of Scots already in existence. The requirements of her series in some measure forced it upon her, although she herself was probably nothing loth to exhibit in feller detail her implicit belief in the virtues as well as the in- nocence of that celebrated and unfortunate personage. There is the same deficiency of vigorous reasoning in the author, and the same feminine dis- position to make her conclusions follow her wishes, as in the Lives of the Queens of England: the more eventful nature of Mary Stuart's career, and the ample materials preserved, render the mere wardrobe and ceremo- nious details less prominent than in the other lives, but they are not neg- lected. The narrative has not reached the most important period of Mary's life ; the volume closing soon after the execution of Chaatelar.] The Tioarage of Elwood; a Tale. By Emma Augusta Bridges. With Preface by the Reverend W. B. Flower, Inoumbent of Kingskerswell, Devon, &c. [This tale is designed to illustrate the benefits of that species of confession and absolution which some Tractarian clergymen are endeavouring to intro- duce into the English Church, various other High Church practices or opin- ions being also inculcated. The objects are not very successfully attained ; the eases being too exaggerated and too unlike the common course of life to establish the writer s views at the same time that they want the in- terest of real pictures even of juvenile life. The book is agreeably written, and in an earnest spirit.]

Reginald : illustrating the Times of Queen Elizabeth. By the Reverend AV. Wickenden, B.A. Author of "Adventures in Circassia," &c. [This story of the times of B.A., Queen Bess has much of the wildness of the elder school of romance, when the improbable—or south to say, the impos- sible—was not scanned so closely as at present. _Reginald also has the better qualities of the old romance,—incident, movement, fluency, and spirit. It is the best of Mr. Wickenden's prose tales.]

The Sunday Picture-Gook. Illustrated with fifty Engravings. [A publication which reminds one of the old Bible books that preceded and contributed to the art of typography. The volume consists of fifty wood- outs of scenes from the history of Christ, accompanied by the texts on the opposite page, with such slight alterations as may be necessary to adapt the Testament language to its new place.] The appearance of a cheap collected edition of Mr. Dickens's " Christmas i Books " indicates the approach of winter ; the publishers being even more constant to times and seasons than the migrating animals. Of the two re- prints from Bishop Ken, " The Approach to the Altar," appears to have reached a second edition since " Lent 1852." The Exposition of the Creed is introduced by an attack upon the Popish worship of images and the Virgin Mary ; the Romish opinions being compared with texts of Scripture in juxtaposition. This introduction is Anti-Papal enough; but its spirit is High Church, if not Tractarian. The eighth edition of Mr. Snowball's Tri.'onometry has been subjected to careful revision and improvement; the author has also added to it upwards of two hundred examples, " taken prin- cipally from the questions set of late years in the public examinations of the University and of individual Colleges.'

Christmas Books. By Charles Dickens.

Approach to the Holy Altar. By Bishop Ken. From his "Manual of Prayer," and " Practice of Divine Love." Second edition.

Exposition of the Apostles' Creed. By Bishop Ben. From his "Prac- tice of Divine Love."

The Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry; with the Con- struction and Use of Tables of Logarithms, both of numbers and for angles. By J. C. Snowball, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cam• bridge. The eighth edition.

PRINT.

Portrait of the late Duke of Wellington. Painted by B. R. Hayden; engraved by C. E. Wagstaff. [The Duke is here presented sitting, in profile, with folded arms ; but the head alone is made out with definiteness or prominence. We conclude that the work is among Haydon's latest ; the age indicated being not much less advanced than in the most recent portraits. We incline to think also that the likeness is an " ideal " one—Haydon's embodiment of the Duke, not the result of immediate/ace-to-face observation in a given number of sittings. The action and expression are those of repose : the conqueror is resting on his laurels. There is some want, however, of strong individuality ; and the face strikes us as rather too long and narrow.]

PAMPHLETS.

A Sermon on the Demise of the Duke of Wellington. By the Reverend A. F. Pettigrew, M.A. &c. The People's Palace and the _Religious World, &c. By a Layman. A Glance at the Causes and Elects of the _Revolutions in France sines 1847.

The _First Report of the Society for Promoting Working Men's Associa- tions, &c. Transactions of the CoOperative League. Part III., for October 1852. Historical Account of the Fiars in Scotland, &c. With an Appendix; By George Paterson, Esq., Advocate. The _Repeal of the Land-tax Essential to an Equitable Adjustment of Taxation.

Confusion worse Con ounded ; or the Statutes at Large in 1852. By Graham Willmore, A.M., one of her Majesty's Counsel, &c.