PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

Travels of his Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia in the South of Europe and in Brazil; with a Voyage up the Amazon and the Xingu, Translated by Sir Robert IL Schomburgk and John Edward Taylor. In two volumes.

The Domestic Practice of Hydropathy. With fifteen engraved Illustrations of important subjects, from drawings by Dr. Howard Johnson. By Ed- ward Johnson, M.D.

Riario; or Scenes in Europe during the Sixteenth Century. By the late Mr. Ireland. Edited by G. P.11. James, Esq., Author of "Darnley," Ste. In three volumes.

A Manual of Logic. By B. H. Smart, Author of "An Outline of Semato

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logy or an Essay towards Establishing a new Theory of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric," &c.

The Bar Institute and Articled Clerk's Guide to the Study and Practice of the Law. By J. Dingwall Williams, Esq., Editor of Blackstone's Com- mentaries, &c.

An Inquiry into the Extent and Causes of Juvenile Depravity. By Tho-

mas Beggs, late Secretary of the Health of Towns Association, &c.

The History of Scotland. By the Reverend Thomas Thomson, F.S.A. Scot. For the use of Schools.

[This History of Scotland is & superior book of its class. The narrative of events is abridged with more skill and power than is often exhibited in epitomes of this kind. The history is not a mere curtailment; it has been mastered and reproduced. At convenient times the author presents his subject in masses so as to convey an idea of the formation or state of society, in addition to a mere nar- rative of the doings of great men. The rapid picture in the first three chap. ters, of the manner in which the Scotch nation was formed by the successive invasions and wars of different emigrating tribes, and the peaceful advent of English and Normans in the reign of Malcolm Canmore, the son of Shakspere's "gracious Duncan," is not only a capital summary of North British history for a thousand years, but presents in a short compass a clear notion of the identity of the English and Lowland Scotch.] .• The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures on a Desert Island. Forming a Second Series, or Continuation of the Work already pablithed under that title, &c. Illustrated with Notes and Engravings. [Many years and twelve editions bear witness to the popularity of the idea that carried out a whole Swiss Family and wrecked them off New Guinea, with more appliances and comforts than De Foe assigned to Crnsoe. This new sequel, like many other continuations, may not excite so mach interest as the original; not from any falling-off in the execution, but from too much snuggery on the part of the actors. There is less variety and suspense than formerly; the voyage, the.wreck, the struggles with the useless luxuriance of untamed nature, are over. The Family Robinsons are set up in life, and have only the usual rubs to encoun- ter. The wine of adventure has been drawn and we approach the lees. The true character of the continuation is that of didactic lessons in natural history and geography, embodied in a story of personal adventures.] The Dying Girl, and other Poems. By Swynfen Jervis. [Except "The Dying Girl," the pieces in this agreeable little volume are verses of society or fugitive poems, with several of which the readers of the Spectator are familiar, as they first appeared in our columns. There is a sprightliness and ease about the sentiments and versification, which indicate that Mr. Swynfen Jervis might have excelled in the lighter parts of poetry had he given his mind to it. "The Dying Girl" has the higher excellences of tender- ness and pathos, expressed in a style of elegant simplicity.] The Works of Frederick Schiller. Early Dramas and Romances—The

Robbers, Fiesco, Love and Intrigue, Demetrius, the Ghost-Seer, and the

Sport of Destiny. Translated from the German, chiefly by Henry G. Bohn. [This volume exhibits Mr. Bohn in the capacity of editor and translator as well as publisher. The Robbers, celebrated as it is, and frequently as it has been published in English, has never yet been translated completely or correctly; and the same observation may be extended to the other dramas of Schiller contained in this volume, as well as to The Ghost-Seer.] Twenty-five Village Sermons. By Charles Kingsley jun., Rector of Evers- ley, Hants, &c.

[These discourses are plainly expressed, and well adapted to the intelligence and ideas of the class to whom they were addressed. In literary merit they rank considerably above the average run of sermons.]

The Rock of Rome; or the Arch Heresy. By James Sheridan Knowles, Author of" Virginius " &c. [The principal arguments oethis volume are directed against the Papal claims to supremacy, founded on the alleged preeminence given to Peter by the saying, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church." Besides opposing the interpretation of the Papal advocates, Mr. Knowles enters into an elaborate examination of the life and character of Peter, with the view of showing that his prominence in Scripture rather arises from his defects than his merits.] Barnaby Budge; a Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. By Charles Dickens. With a Frontispiece drawn by Hablot Knight Browne, and engraved by W. T. Green. [A collected volume of the cheap edition of Mr. Dickens's Works, publishing in numbers.] Odd Fancies. By the Reverend W. Wickenden, BA., &c.; Author of "Re- markable Passages," &c. [A series of short humorous tales, rather broadly farcical.] Tate e and Sketches. By Rodolph Tepffer. (Parlour Library.) De la France Contemporaine, et de sea Divisions Hierarchiques. Reponse I l'Ouvrage de M. Guizot, "Dc la Democratie en France." Par W. Wellesley.

SERIAL.

A Residence at Sierra Leone. Described from a Journal kept on the spot, and from Letters written to friends at home. By a Lady. Edo ten by the Honourable Mrs. Norton. In two parts. (Murray s Home and Colonial Library).

PAMPHLETS.

A Short Review of the History of the Navigation-laws of England, ikre• By a Barrister. A Letter to the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury on the Actual .Relationt between Church and State. By the licmourable Richard Cavendish. A Catalogue Raisonne of the Works of D. R. Bay, F.R.S.E.; with Critical Remarks by various Authors.

Ways and Means for Ireland.

County of Mayo • its Awful Condition and Prospects, and Present Inn& ciency of Local Relief. By Eneas Mac Donnell, Esq.

Austria and Central Italy.

Defects in the Practice of Life Assurance, and Suggestions for their Re- medy, &c. By Alexander Robertson, W.S., A.I.A. Fourth edition, with Supplemental Note.