PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

Booxs.

The Life and Correspondence of Charles Lord Metcalfe, late Governor- General of India, Governor of jamaica, and Governor-General of Canada; from unpublished Letters and Journals preserved by Himself, Ins Family, and his Friends. By John William Kaye, Author of the "History of the War in Afghanistan." In two volumes.

Scenery, Science, and Art, being Extracts from the Note-Book of a Geologist and Mining Engineer. By Professor D. T. /lusted, M.A., F.R.S., &e., late Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, Honorary Fel- low of King's College, London.

History of Russia, from the Foundation of the Empire by Rourick to the Close of the Hungarian War. By Alphonse Babbe and Jonathan Duncan B.A. In two volumes.

Toeticat Works of Sir Thomas Wyatt. Edited by Robert Bell (An- notated Edition of the English Poets.)

The Pride of Life ; a Novel. By Lady Scott, Author of "The Hen- pecked Husband*" &c. In two volumes. Indestructibility, one of the great Truths proclaimed by Nature and 'Science, traced throughout surrounding things, from a bit of Coal up to the Soul of Man. By Henry. G. Cooper. [The title of this book, with the addition of. the motto, "There is no such thing as death," sufficiently indicates the- object of the author. He seems behave entered upon the task of establishing thaPindestructibility" of the soul on philosophical grounds without proper preparation. According to human experience matter is indestructible, but the forma of matter are not. When we dissipate anything by driving off its liquid part in the form of steam and reducing its solid part to ashes, that is destruction. Identity, all that can be predicated of inorganic matter, is gone. The matter say of a plant may after a while be recombined in a similar form ; but it will not be the identi- cal plant already destroyed. It might as well be argued that the body is • immortal, because its parts are decomposed, not destroyed, after death. This author appears to be an immaterialiet; but if his argument is worth any , thing, materiality will answer his purpose as well. His reasoning to show the " indestructibility " of the sentient principle is merely assumption. He does not hold the doctrine of Pantheiam,othat existence is an emanation from the Deity, returning to-Him when the form in which it resided is dis- solved. He asserts that " consciousness " itself is indestructible, without apparently seeing the difficulties into which such a position obviously leads. The system of our globe is upheld by a continual presentation of old matter in new forms. This analogy will only avail a behever in metempsychosis.]

History of Scotland, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Edited by Henry White, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge M.A. and Ph. Dr. Heidelberg ; Author of the "Elements of Universal History," &o. For the use of Schools..

[The objects of Mr. White's new school History. of Scotland is to present the pupil with the facts which modern research has established, and the views generally entertained by those critics who have confuted the old notions about Scottish annals. The task is accomplished with painstaking clearness. The mode of arrangement, which deals with the successive subjects of a period, though owing some of its. distinctness to typographical form is well calculated to impress the leading features of the history on the mince.]

Out of Harness. By Sir William a'Beckett, Chief Justice of Victoria. [The narrative of a few months' tour from the Rhine to Naples. It is a pleasant and unaffected account of its author's impressions, mingled with occasional anecdote ; but the ground has been too well examined to furnish much freshness, especially in so slight a form as Sir William a'Beckett adopts.] Shooting; a Manual of practical Information on this branch of British Field-Sports. By Robert Blakey,. Author of" Angling : How to Angle, and Where to Go," &c. With Illustrations.

[Advice and directions respecting dog, gun and shooting in all its branches, with an appendix of various matter relating to the main subject. It is a plain and practical book ; and "for the money quite a heap "—One

The Last Days of Diserth ; a Poem. In, six cantos. By William Gayer Starbuck. [A poetical tale, in which the Normans, the Welsh who have leagued with the Normans, and those ancient Britons whe,atill wage a desultory warfare against their oppressors, are brought into contact and contest. The author is fluent—fatally fluent—in tripping verses and common ideas. In more essential matters The Last Days of Diserth is merely one of the many imi- tations of Scott's ballad romances.]

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Ed- ward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Gum& Edited, with additional Notes, by William Smith, LLD. In eight volumes- Volume V. With Portrait and Maps. [Two maps of Italy and the Eastern Empire illustrate this fifth volume of Mr. Murray's new edition of Gibbon. Its contents are various, and Of an interest so great as sometimes to have carried history into romance. reigns of Theodoric and Justinian—the life and exploits of Belisarius— e great chapter on Roman law—the first appearance of 'the Turks, and the still :growing powers of the barbarians—are among the leading subjects Of- the volume.]

- Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review. By the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay, M.P. Part NIL

Lnlipart closes the "People's Edition " of Maeaulay's Essays ; which may is had bound in two volumes for eight shillings ; the spirited publishers throwing in the binding, we should imagine, at cost-price.]

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope ; with a Memoir of the Author, Notes, and Critical .Notices on each Poem. By the Reverend George Croly, LL.D.,. Rector of St. Stephen's, Waltirook, London. New edition. [A single, though rather bulky volume contains the whole of Pope's

Poetical Works and the usual, notes. Dr. Croly rewritten Johnsen's life of the poet in his own style adding some new facts besides the new com- mentary. The reverend Doctor has also given some additional notes.]

Tales and Lays for Sunshine and Shade. By John. Alfred Langford. [The greater portion of this little book is a reprint of verse and prose papers that have appeared in Eliza Cook's Journal and other periodicals.] The Sea Lions; or the Lost Sealers. By J. Fenimore Cooper, Author of "The Red Rover," &e.

• Mark's Reef, or the Crater.; a Tale of the Pacific. By J. Fenimore Cooper, Author of " The Red Rover," &c.

[Cheap editions of -two of Cooper's novels, once %opposed to be copyright, which are now included in "The Parlour Library " by permission of Mr. Bentley.], ' Mormonism. Reprinted from the Edinburgh Review, No COIL, for April 1864. (The Traveller's Library.) The Happy Colony. By Robert Pemberton, Bellew of the Royal Soa clay of Literature; Author of "The Attributes of the Soul from the Cradle," &e. Sabina; a Sicilian Tale of the Thirteenth Century. By John Brampton Philpot

MAPS.

The Aland Islands, with the Fortified Places. By James W,y1d, Geo- grapher to the Queen and H. It. H. Prince Albert.

[A diagram map-chart illustrating the intricate passages and positions of the chief Aland,islandand•Prasto during the rebent operations; with a slight elevation sketch assisting. The diagram appears b3 contain more detached forts than the assailants .found,;. probably fallowing .the original slesigni - which was intended to be more elaborate than wee aftanwerde realised.}, - PA3SPBLETh. L Liii,77 E.: . - On the Use of Vegetable and. Mineral Adds* in the -Ireattstent, rut . ventive and remedial, o Cholermi.ond ether Apidentio Disorders.tif the .Bowels. By .T. H. Tucker, Sqrg,een, &c., Honorary Secretary of, tie Epidemiological _Society.. Read: before the Epidemiological So44,1;fa,. July 3, 1B54.

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