PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

POORS.

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Chamois-Hunting in the Mountains f Bavaria. By Charles Boner. With Illustrations by Theodore-Horschelt, of Munich.

Political Incidents of the First Burmese-War. By Thomas Campbell Robertson, into of the Bergal(Ivil Service.

Poems. By Edwrird Quillinan. With a Memoir by William Johnston. The Lusietel of Luis -de Cavioetie:. Books I. to V. Translated by Ed- ward Quillinan, With Notes by John Adnmson, K.T.S., and LC. of

Portugal, &c. .

Count Arensberg ; or the Days of Martin Luther. By Joseph Sortain, A.B., of Trinity College, Dublin. In two volumes.

Australia Visited and ller failed. A Narrative of Recent Travels and -Old Experiences in Victoria and New South Wales. By Samuel Mossman, Author of The Gold Regions of Australia" ; and Thomas Banister, Author of "Britain and her Dependencies." With Mips ,by A. K. Johnston, Geogrepher to her Majesty.

The Diary and Ironies of the Ladye Adolie a faythfulle Childe. 16rig. [This work 'resembles several productions of the lastfew years, both in style and external appearance. The diaty professes to be written by a noble young lady of the eixteentneuntury, sb&hJtk typography is probably a closer imitation of the age thanthe literary style. Lady Adolie, however, has an-advantage

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over most of its precursors n the pr-ester-depth and variety of the incidents. The journal begins just before the woe:mien of Bloody Maly, and ends with the martyrdom of the youthful writes allamithfield. The disquiet of a pri- vate family in those bad days—the riot:situ:Id espionage in a country place— the perils to which the higher classes -week molted for a conscientious opin- ion, and the persecutions of the Popish prieetliood, froramildness to brutality according to the nature of the individual priest,-are skilfully perceived and presented; though perhaps too many troubles are poured. upon. the heads of Adolie and her family. The book is charmingly written; the kindly, sim- ple, loving spirit of .a girl in her teens, thrown much upegi her own .re- sources, is truthfully depicted, as well as the firm piety of that age; although

some of the reasoning.may belong to ours.] -

Wellington: his Character—his Actions—and his-Writings. By Jules Maurel. (Murray's Railway Reading.) [This sketch of the career and exploits of Wellington, by a Frew:di literary exile residing at Brussels, was recommended by Lord Ellesmere to lir. Mur- ray for his Railway Reading : and well it deserved translation. It exhibits a profound and penetrating historical genius ; a rare impartiality, especially in a Frenchman when theeharecter and glory of Napoleon are at stake ; and a literary, skill which presents in about a hundred pages the pith of the ex- ploits and characteristics of Wellington's career. The secret by which this is accomplished consists less in the mere art of condensation, than as it were superseding its necessity, by presenting the spirit of Wellington's campaigns and victories, and the influence of their results upon Europe, sod the French Empire. This Wellington may not be devoid of mistakes or er- rors, but it is undoubtedly the most philosophical sketch of the Great Cap- tain that has appeared.] The law of Duty; or the Deeds and Difficulties of the Great Duke. A Lecture, by C. E. Kennaway, ILA., Vicar of Campden. .En this lecture the principal incidents in the public life of the Duke of Wel- gton are succinctly told and commented on after the text of the title with more of platform force than always characterizes clergymen of the Established Church. The freshness of the lecture is dimmed by the number of preachers who have handled the theme from a similar point of view.] .

Quoiti Horatii Flacci Opera Omnia. With a Commentary by the Reverend A. J. Maeleane' (Bibliotheea Classico, Volume IL) [This handsome volume of the text of Horace is accompanied by, an intro- duction and arguments to each poem, which tell the story of the piece, indi- cate its scope and character, and so far save particular commentary. Yet the annotations are still numerous, though not too numerous for those who in- tend a thorough study of the poet. To the ardent admirers of Horace Mr. Maeleane's criticism sometimes may seem almost depreciatory; but it is searching, reasonable, judicious, and evidently the result of much thought. There is an independent freshness of mind about the editor, quite opposite to the usual idea of the commentator. It is the best edition of Horace extant for English readers.] Temple Bar, the City Golgotha. By a Member of the Inner Temple. [Agreeably written notices of the various traitors whose heads enjoyed the unenviable distinction of being exhibited on Temple Bar. One object of the

author is to enforce mildness in the criminal law, from showing how little the brutalities connected with the punishment of treason availed to check it. A literaryeffect is to present an historical resume of the kinds of treason that prevailed in different periods, with their motives.]

White Slavery in the Barbary States. By Charles Sumner. [An American compilation, giving a brief but well-arranged historical sketch of slavery in the Barbary States. The striking feature of the book is the number of characteristic wood-cuts with which it is studded.] . ' French Cookery adapted for English Families. By Miss Crawford. [The compiler of this little book on the art of living well bus "made every rule as plain and simple as possible." Should any eeefiaillists object to the more expensive ingredients, they may leave them out : but might not this be leaving out Hamlet? The receipts we have examined mad nice or sa- voury.]

The Xing of Pride ; or the Rice and Progress of the Papal Power. From Gmcciardini, with Notes.

Matracts from Guieciardini on the growth of the Papal power, and on the life and death of Alexander the Six( h; followed by notes on a variety of topics connected with the Popes or Popery.]

The period is fruitful in poetry. In addition to the volumes notioed in our preceding pages, and the poetical remains of Wordsworth's son-in-law, the late Mr. Qinuinan, reserved for examination, four books of verse are before us.

The subjects of the Reverend Claude Magnay's " Poems" are various, and Borne of them lofty enough : the three stages of man—Innocence, the Fall, the Recovery; "Wellington," also in three parts—death, lying in state, and burial ; "Enolbion," a series of sketches in town and country—the superna- tural being set to work to enable them to be taken. There are also other

poems on a large subject—as a Hymn to Peace : but the execution is not equal to the theme somewhat prosaic in spirit, even at the best, though fluent and often wed-sounding. "The Crosier, the Shears, and the Cloven Hoof," consists of tales broadly comic, somewhat in the manner of Ingoldsby, but rising little higher than doggrel

'oramic Sketches," "Wanderings in the British Isles," are somewhat similar in subjects ; both containing historical or national sketches, past and contemporary. In point of execution the advantage is with the Wanderings. Poems. By the Reverend Claude Magnay, Author of "The Rest," 8re. The Crosier, the Shears, and the Cloven Hoof. By C. A. .Muirtoune, Esq.

.DioramW Sketches, Ancient and Modern. Wandering's in the British Islands, and other Poems. By John, Ful- lerton, Author of "Feudal Scenes."

Waverley Novels. Volume XIL "Kenilworth."

The Angler's Companion to the Rivers and Lochs of Scotland. ty Thomas Tod Stoddart. Second edition.

The Initials; a Novel. By the Baroness Tautphoens. A new edition. Lord Byron. And the ComW Dramatists of the Restoration. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. (Traveller's Railway.) brim Siraxers.

.The Holy Bible. First Division : the Pentateuch, or Five Books of Moses, according to the Authorized Version ; with Notes, Critical, Prac- tical, and Devotional. Edited by the Reverend Thomas Wilson, MA., of C. C. Cambridge, Author of "Spiritual Catholicity," &c. Part I. [The text of this Bible will consist of the authorized version : fulness and amplitude of illustrative matter and notes will form the distinguishing fea- tures of the edition, and the Rationalistic spirit in which the annotations will be conducted. Dr. Giles of Oxford was originally announced as joint editor, but withdrew at the suggestion of his Bishop ; and the work will be conducted on the sole responsibility of the Reverend Thomas Wilson. The critical matter displays a good deal of curious learning; the notes are often animated by a genial old-fashioned spirit. It is not very easy to fix the pre- cise religious characteristic of the work ; but a warm German Rationalism, or American Unitarianism, comes the nearest to it.]

The Poultry Book; comprising the Characteristics, Management, Breed- ing, and Medical Treatment of Poultry. By the Reverend W. Wing- field Honorary Secretary of the Cornwall Poultry Society, and G. W. Johnson, Esq., Honorary Secretary of the Winchester Society for the Improvement of Poultry. With coloured representations of the most celebrated Prize Birds, drawn from life by Mr. Harrison Weir, and printed in colours under his superintendence. Part L [.7!=rto serial of a practical kind, depending more upon its facts and in-

on than on its literary character. The first part is occupied with the fashionable Shanghae fowls, which subject will be completed in the next number. It is in quarto size, and illustrated by several portraits of cele- brated Shanghae, printed in colours.] MUSIC.

Messiah ; a Sacred Oratorio, composed in the year 1741, by George Frederick Handel : a new Edition, with all the Altered Pieces and an Accompaniment for the Organ or Pianoforte, (embodying the prin- cipal Instrumental Parts added by W. A. Mozart,) arranged by John Bishop, of Cheltenham. [It scarcely admits of a doubt, that during the laat ten years a greater num- ber eUeopies of the Messiah have been_ sold in Great Britain than in the whole preceding century of its existence. To satisfy the immense and daily increasing demand for it among the educated classes, edition after edition has appeared ; the publishers vying with each other in correctness, elegance, and above all cheapness. And the same thing, we may add, is the case with the other principal oratorios of Handel. Of the editions of the Messiah, in particular, the palm of merit lies between that published by Mr. No- velle and edited by Mr. Vincent Novelle, one of the most eminent musicians of the day, and that now before us, published by Messrs. Cocks and Co. and edited by Mr. Bishop, whose labours of this kind have long been known and valued by the musical world. Judging between them, we give the preference to this last edition ; being convinced that such a volume—taking into account its size, the beauty of its paper and typography, and the immaculate purity of its text—was never before given to the world for six shillings and sixpence! Its value, too, is increased by an interesting appendix, containing several of the pieces as they originally stood, before they were altered into the forms in which they are now used, partly by Handel himself, and partly by Mozart.] Pssirsamrs.

Shall we Simplify our Titles? A Letter to the Lord High Chancellor of England, from a Conveyancing Barrister.

The Yew our Lawgiver.

The Pew Question, &e.

The Case of Mr. W. H. Barber, &c. Ninth edition.

&ravers' fleeces; or the Model Lodging-houses of London Described. By One who has been both an Emigrant and a Model Lodger.

We have received a friendly letter from the author of 27w Problem " What is the Church?" Solved, complaining that a fuller view of his theory was not given in the note upon his work, and requesting a second notice. It is not intended to give a full account or an extended criticism in the notes on "Publications Received " : their number and our space render each a course impossible. All that we hope to do, is to convey some idea of the general scope and literary cast of the book, so that the reader can form a guess as to whether it is worth his while to culti- vate a further acquaintance with it. In this attempt we may fail, from the necessary curtness to which we are driven ; but the choice often Hes between that brief mention and silence. In the present case, however, the point indicated seemed as well adapted for the purpose as a more de- tailed account. A man who does not consider the iieraments essential to

salvation will of course take a different view of "What is the Church" from one who does think them necessary.

As regards any further notice, we must follow the popular axiom, "make no rash promises." If our correspondent would reckon up the number of publidations whose receipt is acknowledged every week, and reflect that many of the writers are probably as anxious as himself for an ampler ex- position of their views or a fuller notice of theirproductions, he would see that the precedent would at least be inconvenient