PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

Memoirs, Journal, and Correspondence of Thomas Moore. Edited by the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, M.P. Volumes T. and VI. The Speeches of the Duke of Wellington in Parliament. Collected and arranged by the late Colonel Gurwood, CB., K.C.T.S. In two vo- lumes.

A Sketcher's Tour Round the World. By Robert Elwes, Esq. With Illustrations from Original Drawings by the Author.

From Mayfair to Marathon.

BMW. By John Francis Waller, LL.D.

History of the Christian Church to the Pontificate of Gregory the Great, A.D. 590. Intended for General Readers, as well as for Students in Theology. By James Craigie Robertson, M.A., Vicar of Bekesbourne, in the diocese of Canterbury.

[This volume may be recommended as well answering the purpose for which it was written—that of supplying a compendium for the general reader, and serving as an introduction to the student of theology. It traces with great distinctness the history of the Church, or rather of the Christians who com- posed it ; exhibits briefly, yet sufficiently, the leading persons among the Fathers and Martyrs ; expounds succinctly the opinions or doctrines of the different heresies, and judiciously comments upon the whole in a tone alike removed from fanaticism or coldness. Mr. Robertson only professes to have produced a compilation ; but if he has not exercised much original research, he has knowledge sufficient to enable him to teat his authorities, and to refer . to their authorities when he deems it needful.]

Ten Sermons preached before the University of Cambridget including

the Hulsean Lectures for 1853 ; and two other Sermons. By the Re- verend Morgan Cowie, M.A., formerly Fellow of St. John's College. [These Hulsean Lectures are deficient in unity. The topics prescribed by the founder are indeed various, but we think he intended a consecutive series, not a collection of single sermons on general topics of Christianity. At all events, these Ten Sermons have little to distinguish them from mis- cellaneous discourses.] The Youth and Womanhood of Helen Tyrrel. By the Author of " Brampton Rectory," &e.

[A religious tale. A portion of the volume is devoted to an exposition of the straitest Evangelical doctrine, or rather Calvinism, which Helen Tyrrel the heroine adopts under the influence of Mr. Seymour, a powerful dogmatic preacher ; but she derives nothing save distaste and terror from the gloomy creed. A portion equally large is occupied in discussions with Dr. Randolph, who shows the fallacy of Mr. Seymour's views, and brings Helen over to a belief more genial and comforting than the dogmas of Calvinism, but by no means so definite. These religious discussions, interrupting as they do the progress of the tale, and dealing very frequently with a theology of the haziest, are somewhat dull. The domestic and social part of the story is very well done. It embraces a good picture of life in a country village in the neighbourhood of a small town, and the discomforts of a serious middle :aged daughter in a worldly family ; whose mother, moreover, is disappointed at her not having married.]

Charles &only ; a Novel. By the Author of " Ninfa." In three vo- lumes.

[There is no improvement upon " Ninfa" in this writer's new novel, unless it be in style. That is neat and terse; but mere style goes a very little way in carrying the reader through three volumes. Perhaps Charles &only is inferior to its precursor, because the scenes and circumstances of "Ninfa" were foreign, and the reader is not able so well to detect wildness and im- probability in German as in English life, while a strained morality seems more in place. There is nothing attractive in the story or persons of Charles &only ; the whole is deficient in dramatic vraisemblance.]

Work : or Plenty to Do, and How to Do it. .By Margaret Maria Brew- ster. Second series.

[A little book thoroughly imbued with a religious spirit, not wanting in thought, and seemingly calculated to exercise a beneficial influence. It is divided into sections ; such as "Little Children's Work, Young Ladies' Work, Sabbath Work," &e. The style is earnest, and the whole reads like A female sermon.]

Saturday and Sunday : Thoughts for Both. [Brief essays on religious, mm-al, and social topics—serious of course. They seem to be two independent tracts bound into one volume.] Ceci Morinel ; a Tale. Edited by R. W. Essington. jA story of the days of Stephen, in which feudal and priestly violence, for a time successful, is finally punished, and the two knightly sufferers and the two ladies are duly rewarded. The poem is founded on the old ballad, but Wants its directness of narrative. The story is told too circuitously and allusively ; so that a main feature of ballad poetry, and in this case a main means of rescue and punishment—" feats of arms"—are left out. The profits of the publicatidn are designed to aid in the erection of Shenstone Church tower.] Dramatic Poems on Scriptural Subjects. By Edward Arthur Smedley, M.A., Vicar of Chesterton, &e.

[The histories of Eli and Zedekiah are the themes on which Mr. Smedley's two dramatic poems are founded, with such additions of dramatis personre and incidents as the author deemed necessary for poetry.] The Last Hope, and other Poems. By John Petrie.

-"The Last Hope" is immortality—the expectation of another world.] Arnold's School Classics. The Iphigenia in Tauris of Euripides, Ex- plained by F. G. &hone. Translated from the German by the Reve- rend Henry Browne, M.A., Canon of Waltham in the Cathedral Church, and Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Chichester.

It is probable that if opportunity permit we shall return to the new edi- tion of Lady Russell's Letters. In the mean time, we may say that letters hitherto unpublished have been added to this edition, as well as additional notes by Mr. Martin, the librarian at Woburn Abbey. It appears from the preface, signed "J. R.," that the writer does not agree in Mr. Macaulay's opinion touching the actual guilt of Lord William Russell. When Lady Russell, however, seems to admit " misprision of treason," we may safely conclude Lord William was sailing very near the wind.

Dr. Cumming's sixth edition of his Lectures on the Miracles and Parables of Christ form two goodly volumes, with illustrations after the fashion of the modern German school. They are well adapted for seasonable presents of a grave cast. The reprint of "Chilcot on Evil Thoughts" is a handy little pocket volume of grave exterior. The collected numbers of the People's Edition of Mr. Warren's " Diary of a Physician" forms a presentable volume, of perhaps the most readable stories of the day : they certainly are the most popular, even after five-and-twenty years' appearance in many forms and many languages. Webster's Court Guide, as constant as the season, comes with its revised list of fashionable residences and persons, to indicate the close Eq.proach of another year. Letters of Rachel Lady Russell. In two volumes.

Foreshadows; or Lectures on Our Lord's Miracles, as Earnests of the Age to Come. By the Reverend John Cumming, D.D., blinister of the Scottish National Church, Crown Court, Covent Garden; Author of "Apocalyptic Sketches," &c. New edition. With Illustrations. A Practical Treatise concerning Evil Thoughts : wherein their Nature, Origin, and Effect, are distinctly Considered and Explained. With many

useful for restraining and suppressing such Thoughts; suited to the various conditions of life and the several tempers of mankind, more especially of melancholy persons. By William Chilcot, M.A. New edition, by Richard Hooper, M.A., Curate of St. Stephen's, Westminster, and Assistant-Hospitaller of St. Thomas's, Southwark. The True Law of Population shown to be connected with the Food of the People. By Thomas Doubleday, Author of "Financial History of England," &c. Third and enlarged edition, with a Postscript. Passages from the Diary of a late Physician. By Samuel Warren, D.C.L., F.R.S.

Webster's Royal Red Book ; or Court and Fashionable Register. For January 1854. PAMPHLETS.

Proceedings under the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Constitu- tion and Conduct of the Corporation of the City of London. By James Acland, Esq. Part I.

Parliamentary Reform. A Letter to Richard Freedom, Esq., on the Redistribution, Extension, and Purification of the Elective Franchise. By a Revising Barrister.

Minorities and Majorities ; their relative Rights. A Letter to the Lord John Russell, M.P., on Parliamentary Reform. By James Garth Marshall.

Practical Remarks on Railways and Permanent Ways, as adapted to the various requirements of transit. By William Bridges Adams, Engineer. With Diagrams.

The New Succession and Legacy-Duty Tables, under the authority of 16 and 17 Viet. cap. 51. By Charles M. Willich, Actuary and Secre- tary to the University Life Assurance Society.

Burial-Clubs and Infanticide in England. A Letter to William Brown, Esq., M.P. for South Lancashire, by the Reverend John Clay, B.D. Reading and its Objects ; a Lecture delivered before the Members of the Oswestry Young Men's Institute, and Others, in the Guildhall, Os- westry, on Tuesday evening, 1st November 1853. By James Mathe- son, B.A.

A Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of London, on the Popish Manner in which, contrary to the Rubrics, Divine Service is performed on Sunday Mornings at the Parish Church of St. Paul's, Wilton Place, Knightsbridge. By one of the Churchwardens. Preface to the Second Edition of the Examination of the Report and Evidence of the Committee of the House of Commons on Decimal Coinage, with reference to a simpler, sounder, and more comprehen- sive mode of proceeding. By Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq.