PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Modern Painters. 'Volume Tn. containing Part IV.—Of Many. Things. By John Ruskin, M.A., Author of "The Stones of Venice," &c. Charges to the Clergy of the Arehdeaeonry of Lewes, delivered at the Ordinary Visitations in the years 1843, 1845,1846. By Julius Charles Hare, M.A., Archdeacon. Never before published. With an Intro- duction, explanatory of his position in the Church with reference to the Parties which divide it.

The Influence of Christianity 'upon International Law: the Hulsean Prize Emmy in the University of Cambridge for the year 1854. By C. M. Kennedy, B.A of Gonville and Cams College, Niliewell Uni- versity Priteman DM.

The Lump of Gel d ; and other Poems. By Charles Mackay, Author of "Erna," Sre.

Russia: its Rise and Progress, Tragedies and .Rerolutions. By the Reverend Thomas Milner, M.A., F.R.G.S.

Peace in War. In Memoriam L. .R.—There is novelty in the design cud poetical merit in the execution of this poem. It is not a CO=1011 series of verses on the palpable incidents of the war, but the story of a wedding, whose early days arc interrupted by hostilities, and the young wife, pining under the absence of her husband, gradually fades away.

" So passed the weeks and months : she knew That with them also passed her strength; And, slowly as the next year grew, So slowly came the truth at length. None knew it till too late ; and she All knowing, yet with steady hand Wrote not a line across the sea To weaken him, who should command.

No word of selfish love is here • Duty is first ;—not one shall say A woman's weakness made her fear She could not live with him away."

It will be seen from this specimen that the writer is a follower, and not a mean one, of Tennyson, who is now the modal among the more edu-

cated and studious writers of verse. With much of the Laureate's force and simple grace, there will be found a fragmentary mode of telling the

story by the sudden introduction of new scenes,—which is by no -means

peculiar to the Laureate ; as well as a tendency to make the main sub- ject a peg on which to hang digressions —a mode of composition whose success depends altogether upon felicity of execution. This felicity in

Peace in War is perhaps hardly enough to maintain the interest after its proper close, which is with the bride's death or at least the wishes for

peace.

TVinnie and I. The Widow Bedott Papers.—If there was any injustice towards America in the decision of the House of Lords on the Copyright question, Nemesis, as usual, has been upon the watch. Besides flooding, &is country with a large quantity of trash in the shape of shilling vo- lumes,—which, whatever their characteristics as regards taste or style, and sometimes even morality, have at least incidents, story, and read- ableness,—a fashion has grown up since the judgment, of importing publications that have not popular attraction to bear reprinting at any price and about which the only wonder is that they have ever been pub- lished stall. Such is the ease with these two publications, in which words predominate over everything else. Winnie and I is a sort of tale deluged with rhetoric. The Widow Bedott Papers are a series of articles apparently intended to be humorous, and which aim at exhibiting pe- culiarities of country:-people in the New England States. They were originally published in a periodical; where, we should have thought, they might as well have rested.

A History of Edinburgh, from the Earliest Period to the Completion of the Half-Century 1850. By John Anderson, Author of "Reminiscences of Dr. Chalmers."—The great number of facts and the antiquarian in- terest attached to the documents inserted in the volume, together with the completeness of the information, and the readiness with which it can be referred to, are more distinguishing features of this History of Edinburgh than the anecdotes, gossip, local traits, and sketches of character or man- ners, which are the usual mode of imparting attraction to topographical history. Mr. Anderson arranges his work into the two broad divisions of "Annals" and "Historical Documents." Tinder the first head he gives a chronological account of the principal events that have taken place in the Scottish capita], since Agricola, as "is extremely probable," formed a station on the site of the present city, till the year 1850. These "annals" are broken up into convenient periods, each period being fol- lowed by the "documents" appertaining to it; while biographical notices of eminent citizens are inserted wider the year of their death. These notices are brief„ indeed curt, as is almost everything in the volume, from the vast number of facts and topics included in it Useful Information for Engineers. By William Fairbairn' F.R.S., F.G.S., &c. &c.—This volume, by the well-known coadjutor of Stephen- son in the tubular bridge over the Menai Straits, originated in a series of lectures delivered on various occasions -to the working engineers of Yorkshire and Lancashire:" To the matter included in the lectures has now been added the materials of several papers published lathe Philosophi- cal Transactions, and (in the appendix) a number of practical experiments. The leading subjects of Mr. Fairbairn are the laws of heat connected

with the and application of steam as a mechanical agent; the

construction ships, and of steam-boilers and other vessels sub- jected to severe strain; the economical consumption of fuel without smoke in reference to steam-boilers. These subjects are pursued into their collaterals, and illustrated where necessary by cuts. Questions of a more general nature are also handled,—as the necessity of putting cer- tain classes of workmen through a course of practical science before em- ploying them the propriety of subjecting boilers of steam-engines to a "proof" similar to that of fire-arms, &c.

The Greek Text of the Gospels, with Prolegomena, Yotes, and References. By the Reverend H. C. Adams, M.A.—An edition of the Gospels "for the use of schools and colleges." It consists of a clear bold text ; copious notes, in which explanations of grammatical structure and meaning pre- dominate, though they are sometimes extended to other topics ; and pro- legomena touching the author of the particular Gospel, his age, and character. Each Gospel is published separately : we have only received the last three parts.

Engulf" Within upon Every Thing.—The collection into a volume of a work that appeared in numbers. It contains information upon a great variety of subjects, if not upon "everything," from rules of behaviour and legal advice, to gardening, cookery, and domestic receipts.

Elements of Musical Composition ; comprehending the Rules of Thorough Bass, and the Theory of Tuning. By William Crotch, Miss. Doc., Prof. blue. Oxon. The third edition, carefully revised by Thomas Pickering, Director of the Choral Society, Royston. (No- cello's Library for the Diffusion of Musical Knowledge.) Daily Devotion ; or Prayers framed on the successive Chapters of the New Testament. Designed either for the Family or the Closet, and arranged for Morning and Evening throughout the year. By Daniel Moore, M.A., Perpetual Curate of Camden District, Camberwell. Second edition, revised and altered.

Evelyn Forester : a Woman's Story. By Marguerite A. Power.

ALMANACK.

Ombrologieal Almanttek. Seventeenth year. An Essay. on Anemology and Ombrology. By Peter Legh, Esq., A.M., &C. ALC. ; Author of "The Music of the Eye ; or Essays on the Vitruvian Analysis of Architecture, anciently of the greatest importance to Design."