PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
Boons.
Notes on the Epidemic Cholera. By R. Hartley Kennedy, M.D., &c., late Physician-General and President of the Medical Board, Bombay. Second edition, revised. Papers on Literature and Art. By S. Margaret Fuller, Author of MA Summer on the Lakes," &c. Parts I. and II. (Wiley and Putnam's Li- brary of American Books.) Camp and Barrack-Room; or the British Army As It Is. By a late Staff- Sergeant of the Thirteenth Light Infantry. Experimental Researches cm, the Food of Animals and the Fattening of Cattle. With Remarks on the Food of Man. By Robert Dundee Thom- son, M.D., Lecturer on Practical Che istry, University of Glasgow. Rome, Pagan and Papal. By an English Resident in that City. The National Music of Ireland; containing the History of the Irish Bards, the National Melodies, the Harp, and other Musical Instruments of Erin. By Michael Conran, Organist, St. Patrick's Church, Manchester. fin his preface, the author describes his volume as the amplification of a course of lectures delivered by him, with illustrations, at the Manchester Mechanics' Insti- tution. The lectures probably passed off very well, enlivened by the singing of pretty Irish ballads; but it is another affair when they come before the world in the form of a book. It is a mere compilation, ill-digested and confused, from some well-known works-those of Burney, Bunting, Walker, Moore, and a few others- with an immense parade of quotations and authorities, taken from those books at second-hand. A great part of it consists of the threadbare speculations on the derivation of the Irish scale from the ancient Greek modes; of a long account, taken from Burney, as to the progress of music on the Continent during the middle ages; and other matters of no use but to swell the volume. The history of Irish music within the last three or four centuries, the only period during which there is any satisfactory information respecting it, is huddled up at the close of the book, and is a mere abridgment of the ampler accounts of Walker and Bunting. A good Irish musician might write an interesting book upon the music of his country, by deducing, from an analysis of the construction, style, and expression of the individual airs recognized as genuine, the general characters of Irish na- tional melody; by bringing together as much positive information as can be obtain- ed respecting the age and origin of the various tunes and ballads; and (having thus arrived at general views of the antiquity, and the distinguishing characters of what we know to be Irish music,) by comparing it, in those respects, with the national music of other countries. By this process much dreamy speculation and useless conjecture would be avoided, with very little abatement in the claims of the Irish, both in regard to the excellence and the antiquity of their national song.] Life of the Amir Dog Mohammed Khan, of Kabul; with his political pro-
ceedings towards the English, Russian, and Persian Governments; in-
cluding the Victory and Disasters of the British Army in Afghanistan.
By Mohan Lid, Esq., Knight of the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun; lately attached to the Mission in Kabul. In two volumes.
[This work has little to recommend it to notice besides its author's well-known name; and whatever curiosity may still exist to see how a native of Cashmere reared in India may figure as an English author. The intrinsic interest of the book is very slight. It contains no new facts of historical importance; and its style and turn of thought must be irksome to the most indulgent reader.] England's Colonial Empire: an Historical, Political, and Statistical Account of the Empire, its Colonies, and Dependencies. By Charles Pridham, Esq., BA., Fit-6.S. Volume I. The Mauritius and its Dependencies. [How many volumes does the author propose to favour the world with? Some eighty or a hundred we may suppose at a rough guess, seeing that he devotes up- wards of four hundred closely-printed pages to the Mauritius alone. But it mat- ters little what he intends to do; the public will soon save him all trouble on that score. Ills book has no value. The author seems scarcely to possess the ordinary qualifications for the lowest literary employment. He has no skill in compilation; and his language, always painfully embarrassed, meagre, and distorted, is often grossly ungrammatical. These defects are not compensated for by his pedantic display of scraps of Greek.] The Indian Meal Book; comprising the best American receipts for the va- rious preparations of that excellent article. By Eliza Leslie, of Philadel- phia, Author of " American Domestic Cookery," &c. [A useful manual for the preparation of an article of food destined, it would ap- pear, to take its place among us as a necessary of life. The different kinds of meat, and the various modes of cooking, are very clearly described; the little volume comprising about seventy different receipts, set forth in plain and unmis- takeable phraseology.] Mair's Tyro's Dictionary of the Latin Language; remodelled, corrected,
and enlarged, with a Dissertation on Derivative and Compound Words.
By George Ferguson, AM., one of the Masters of the Edinburgh Academy. [The plan of this dictionary is novel and excellent. The moment we opened it we were struck with surprise that one so useful and apparently obvious had never before been carried into effect. Each page is divided into two portions; the upper of which is occupied by the primitive words, which are again repeated in the lower portion, with their derivatives ranged under them.] A Selection from Lord Chesterfields Letters to his Son on Education; em- bracing the most appropriate passages, prepared for translation into French. For the use of schools. By Isidore Brasseur, Professor of the French Language and Literature in King's College, London, &c. [Lord Chesterfield's clear and correct style is well suited for the purpose to which it is here applied. The selection is judicious.] Modern Painters. Volume I. Containing Parts I. and U. By a Graduate of Oxford. Third edition, revised by the Author.
LThe first volume, reprinted in a larger form, to be uniform with the second vo- lume already published, and with the forthcoming third volume.]
Bibliotheque des Memoires relatifs is rHistoire de France pendant le Dix-huitieme Siecle, avec Avant-Propos et Notices, par M. s. Barriere. Tomes III. et IV.
Hints on Husband-catching; or a Manual for Marriageable Misses. By the Honourable -, Author of "Hints on the Nature and Management of Dims."
The Moral System; or Law of Human Nature Considered and Explained in a theoretic and practical view. By George Giles Vincent. Volume IL The Christian Philosopher; or the Connexion of Science and Philosophy with Religion. Illustrated with engravings. By Thomas Dick, LL.D., Author of " The Philosophy of Religion," &c. Volume I. A new edi- tion, revised, and greatly enlarged.
The Union of Christians, a Poem. By John Tod Brown.
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