PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters. By the Right Honourable the Earl of Carlisle.

Things as they Are in America. By William Chambers. Wild Sports in the Far West. By Frederick Gerstaecker. Translated from the German. With tinted Illustrations, by Harrison Weir. Traditions and Superstitions of the Hew Zealanders-; with Illustrations of their Manners and Customs. By Edward ghortland; M.A.;-Extra- Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians ; Author of "The

Southern Districts of New Zealand." •

Heartsease; or the Brother's Wife. By the Author of "The Heir of Redclyffe." In two volumes. Ifensoir of the late James Bilious, Sculptor, W.S.A,, S.E.S., and S:A. London. By James Paterson, Editor of "Kay's Edinburgh Por- traits," &c.

The Angel in the House. The Betrothal.

The Ballad of Babe Chrietabel, with other Lyrical Poems. By Gerald Massey. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged.

Chess : a Poem, in four parts. [In point of poetical merit this piece does not rise above verses of society. it is, however, a pleasant affair, with some spirit, though the lines occa- sionally verge on the prosaic. The secret of the success is that the writer understands his subject. Besides introducing the fable of the East- ern origin of chess, and some of the principles of the game, he touches upon authors who have treated of chess, describes the clubs of London and their frequenters, lifts a warning voice against too much attention to the game LO the neglect of the serious business of life, and points the preceptive moral by the example of a medical student who neglected his studies and his be- trothed owing to an absorbing love of chess, and finally died in poverty. The poem will of course hare most attraction for chess•playera who era familiar with the clubs and their leading players.] The Village Bridal, and other Poems ; with a Fragment of Autobio- graphy: Also two Lectures on the Poetry of Feeling and the Poetry of Diction, and the hest Means of Elevating the WorkintOlasses. By James Henry Powell'. [From an autobiographical introduction' vre learn that Mr. Poseell is au-en- gineer,. who has struggled with difficulties and poverty, in part springing out of the great strike of the "Amalgamated Engineers." As his father was a mechanic like himself and in good work, James Powell as a. boy did not en- counter the hardships either in life or learning that some poets of the people have had to undergo in childhood. To our taste, his life is more interesting than his poetry. He has not yet mastered the mechanics of his art; his lines being often crude and mostly feeble. This is a defect which perseverance would to some extent overcome ; though an ear for numbers, like an ear for music, is a " gift." The thoughts offer but slender promise of futurepeti- cal excellence.] Poem., on Sacred Subjects, written by the Author after reading Wass O'Keefe's "Patriarchal Times." By Jane Brum. [A species of dramatic narrative on five patriarchal subjects—the stories of

Joseph, Jacob and Esau, Ishmael; Rebekah, and David as the champion of Saul. The verse is that of the oldfashioned heroic couplet ; the dramatic additions do not very well harmonize with the Scriptural narrative] _Revelations of a Slave-trader; or Twenty Years' Adventures of Captain Canot.

Captain Canot ; or Twenty Years of an American Slaver. By Brants Mayer.

fTw-o reprints of an American publication, which in the edition containing Brants Mayer's name on the titlepage is preceded by a preface with the

same signature, to the effect that Captain Canot is a veritable personage, Mr.

Mayer having merely done his facts into English. The mode of doing, how- ever, throws a very dubious air over the whole. The book may have some sort of foundation "in fact,"—that is, the American litterateur may have got hold of the adventures of a slave-captain, which he has expanded and dramatized. We suspect, however, that the "Twenty Years of an American Slayer” is substantially as much a romance as Uncle Tom, without the ! truthful depiction, the taste, or the propriety in handling dubious subjects, which distinguished that novel]

Edward Irving : an Ecclesiastical and Literary Biography. By Wash- ington Wilke, Author of "A History of the Half-Century," &e. [This is not exactly a biography of Irving in the common sense of the term. Indeed, Mr. Wilke was not acquainted with the great preacher ; he (Irving) baying died when Mr. Wilke was a child. Neither does he seem to have communicated with any one who did know the subject of his book, or at least could give him any characteristic information. Beyond some par- ticulars of his early youth, and some anecdotes gleaned from the Life and Letters of Chalmers, the book is a notice of Irving's public career, and re- views of his principal publications, with copious extracts.] The Witness of the Spirit : Sermons preached before the University of Oxford. By John Jackson, D.D., Bishop of Lincoln. [Rather "High Church" sermons of a scholarly cast, but plain in their style, and practical in their application. Generally the thoughts and illus-

trations are perhaps rather obvious; but there are sketches of truth and power, such as the influence of self-conceit in defeating its object by weak- ening or destroying the habit of concentrated attention.]

The Comtnon Law Procedure Act, 1864, (17 and 18 Viet., cap. 12.5); with practical Notes ; an Introduction, explaining the nature and extent of the Equitable Jurisdiction conferred on the Superior Courts of Common Law, the Changes effected in the Law of Evidence, and the Alterations in Practice introduced by the statute ; and a copious Index. By Robert Malcolm Kerr, Barrister-at-law.

[A well-arranged exhibition of the new Act, prefaced by an essay on the different changes it effects in the law. It is a sensible and carefully-writtten book; plain, without falling into the " popular" fashion.] Aroma, or the Trials ; a Legend. By C. Mitchell Charles, Author of "Ramon and Cator, or the Two Races," &o. In two volumes. [A romance whose scene is laid in France during the fourteenth century. It is of the common conventional kind.] The reprints chiefly run upon "cheap editions." Bulwer's " Caxtons " and Longfellow's "Golden Legend," from Mr. Routledge ; two eighteen- penny Waverley novels, from Messrs. Black ; and two reprints from the Edinburgh Review, in the Traveller's Library.

The Caztons : a Family Picture. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P., Author of "Rienzi," &e. New edition.

The Golden legend. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Author of "Hyperion," &c.

The Antiquary. By Sir Walter Scott, Bart.

Guy Mannering, or the Astrologer. By Sir Walter Scott,. Bart.

Lord Chesterfield: his Life, Character, and Opinions.- And George Sel- wyn : his Life and Times. By A. Hayward; Esq.,, WC. (The Tra- veller's Library.) Hydropathy as applied to the Preservation and Restoration of Health ; with Extracts from the first Anatomists and Physiologists of the pre- sent times on the Structure and Functions of the Human Body. By John Smedley, Lea Mills, Matlock, Derbyshire. Third edition, enlarged.

The Great Journey : a Pilgrimage through the Valley of Tears, to Mount Zion, the City of the Living God. By the Author of "The Faithful Promiser," &a. Third edition.

Objects in Art-Manufacture. Edited by Charles Tomlinson. Issued to-Schools by the Board of Trade Department of Seience and Art. No. I. Paper. [The first number of a new serial, the purpose of which is to form a suc- cession of lemon-books, primarily intended for teachers in schools, but also available as a private or family reading-book. The information in the text is designed to furnish the groundwork of lectures to a class, accom- panied by specimens of the objects lectured on. Thus, in the number before us, there are eleven specimens of various kinds of paper. The present number is devoted to the history and manufacture of paper, preceded by a notice of the various substances used as a substitute in ancient times, or by Eastern nations to whom the art of the Chinese was unknown. It is ably done, and.plentifully illustrated by cuts.]

PRINT.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge; aged forty-two. Painted by Washington Allston ; engraved by Samuel Cousins, A.R.A. [Hackneyed as it is, Wordsworth's expression,

A noticeable man with large grey eyes,"

remains still an excellent description of Coleridge. The face, however in- tellectual, is not strong enough to be noble, nor do the fine features which it possesses combine into a whole which can he called thoroughly handsome; but noticeable it decidedly is. The engraving before us is to be published by subscription, from a picture done in 1814, when the original was in the forty-second year of his age, and which has been inherited by its present owner from the gentleman, Josiah Wade, for whom it was painted. Words- worth has recorded his opinion, that of all the portraits, "there is not one in the least to be compared to this by Mr. Allston " ; and describes it as "the only likeness of the great original which ever gave me the least plea- Sure": as good a guarantee as need be wished that the work represents Coleridge well in an intellectual sense. As a work of art, the head may be called satisfactory ; the body is rather lumpish both in form and treatment. A background. with Gothic architectural details suits the authorship. of "Christabel" better than the "Dissenting parson" aspect, which, barring the evidences of mental greatness iii the face, gives the prevailing tone to the sitter.]

MAP.

4 Sketch showing the Position of the Investing Corps of the Allied Armies before S'ebastopol. By Captain Biddulph, R.A. October 1854. [This sketch was taken by Captain Biddulph on the 2d instant, from a point on the left of the British lines—that is, nearly in the centre of the combined attack-upon Sebastopol It consists of a map drawn upon a large scale, showing the ground occupied by the Allies, the towa and outworks of Sebastopol, North and South, and a portion of the country be. : yond to the mouth of the Belbek. The positions of the British and French Divisions are shown by coloured oblongs; the British on the right, , and the French on the left. The curtain enclosing the town from the head of the inner harbour to Artillery Bay, and the redoubt and tower on the , East, facing the British lines, are also shown in coloured lines. The har- bour of Balaclava, and the coast-line round to the Belbek, bound the line of the map. It should be remarked that the British divisions are not now posted as they were when Captain 13iddulph constructed his map ; and that works have been thrown up in the rear of our lines, to resist any attempt of the enemy upon Balaclava. The position occupied by the cavalry is not noted on this map. At the foot of the sheet is an interesting sketch of Se- bastopol, with the sea in the distance, as it appeared from the point of view selected by the author : a pretty picture.]

PAMPHLETS.

Cholera; a Word for the Future. By Mrs. Violet Linley.

Copyright and Patents ; or Property in Thought : being an Investiga- tion of the Principles of Legal Science applicable to Property in Thought ; with their bearing on the caw of Jeffery% v. Boosey, re- cently decided by the Howie. of Lords. In. a Letter to the ltight Honourable Lord Brougham and Vette. To which is appended a corrected Report of the Judgments.delivered by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brougham, and Lord St. Leopards. By Montague Leverson, Attorney and Solicitor.

Historical Sketch of the Ancient and Modern Church of Britain : its Doctrines, Liturgy, Creeds, Articles, Canons, Revenues, &c. Com- piled from the best Authorities. By John Smedley, Lea Mills, Mat- lock, Derbyshire.

The Ministerial Of/ice and Mode of flora/up of the Yonconformiets, and that of the Church of .England, Conbidered. By John Smedley, Lea Mills, .Derbyshire.