PUBLICATIO S RECEIVED.

Boobs.

The East India l'iiyager, or Ten Minutes advice to the Outward-bound. By EMMA. RoBERTS, Author of " Scenes aud. Characteristics of Hindustan, &c.

A Few Words of Advice to Cadets, and other Young Persons proceeding to India. IV Ilcsar KEna, a retired Officer in the lion. East India Company's Military Service. [One of the best indications of the public interest in a subject, is the number of works winch appear in connexion with it ; and judging by this test, the apathy respecting India is passing away. Besides the luditin i'luides of Miss RonEnvs and Captain KERR, noticed ait length in the "Library," and the late Colonel Ton's Travels, which we have yet to review, two other volumes re- lating to the East are on our table.] An Appeal of the Inhabitants of British Baia to the. Justice of the People if England ; and a Pvidar Inquiry into the Operation cif the System of Taxation of British. Melia. By JOHN CRAWFERD, Esq., &c. &c. [An exposi: of an intention of the Government of India virtually to confiscate a considerable portion of the landed property of Bengal. The objects of ra- pacious attack, are the estates held free of land-tax by the grants of the former Sovereigns, or by prescriptive rights. The tax proposed to be levied is 18s. in the pound, or nine-tenths of the whole value. The scheme is perpetrated in notorious violation of public Nth, as pledged by Lord CORNWALLIS in the latter part of the last century, by the Marquis WELLESLEY in the present, and even in the teeth of an Act of Parliament. The authority of the established Judges is superseded, and the cases referred to revenue- officers appointed by and removable at the pleasure of the Executive. Taking the case as stated in the brief Appeal before us, it is one of the most unprincipled, and, looking at the signs of the times in the East, as well as at home, one of' the most dangerous tamperings with the property of s community, which civilized history records.

Besides a full account of the injustice and impolicy of the measure, this bro- chure of 54 pages contains au incidental picture of the nature and operation of the Anglo-Indian fiscal system ; and is worth perusal, as well for the learn- ing it displays, ns for the contemplated spoliation it denounces.]

It of a Visit to the Court of Shale, at Hyderabad, on the Indus; illustrated with Plates and a Map ; with a Sketch of the History of Catch, and an Appendix. By JAMES BURNES, K.H., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. Bombay Army. [This third edition of Dr. BunsEs's characteristic and graphic narrative of his mission to the Court of the Ameers at Hyderabad, with his description of the countries and people contiguous to the seat of war, has, apparently, been pub- lished in consequence of that occurrence. To all those who are unacquainted with the work, this casualty is fortunate ; for, such are the slight changes in the manners of those countries' that the information has all the freshness of novelty, and the writings of Dr. 131.111NES have a spirit that will preserve them. Any political or other Changes that have taken place, are marked by notes ; oversights are corrected; and fresh information is also added in them, or in an nppendix, including an account of Steam Navigation on the Indus ; and a new map has been drawn for this edition, which forms one of the neatest and most interesting books of modern travels.]

The. London Catalogue if Books, with their Sizes, Prices, and Publishers; containing the Books published in London, and those altered in Size or Price, since the year 1814 to 1839.

[This is net merely a curiosity of literature, but a wonder of the world. A thick octavo volume of 415 pages is requisite to comprise the books published in London within the last quarter of a century. A full page contains 68 lines ; which, allowing for blank spaces and titles occupying two hues, may be estimated in the rough at GO lines per page; giving a round number of twenty- fire thousand books, not including successive editions of the same work, or editions not recognized by the Trade. It is not, however, as a curiosity alone that Mr. BENT'S volume is to be regarded, but as a useful work; affording an immediate reference to any book which the student or the general -reader may require, or of whose existence he may doubt, with its price and publisher's name. It may also furnish a puzzle or an em- ployment to people waiting in a library, if it be merely to ascertain the pre- ponderating number of MUMS. Glancing at "Miscellaneous Literature," Brows, SMITH, Wad JONES, though numerous, do not bear absolute sway, being beaten by the T.tri.ons ; but the Su MIS far outnumber the JONESES and Bnowss, which two last are nearly equal. Time was, ere Reviews were, when book-buyers had no other literary intelligences than the naked catalogue of a hibliopole; time will be, perhaps, when he who wishes to keep pace with letters, or at least publications, must have recourse to a naked catalogue, since no review can suffice to notice or even to chronicle them all.] Sketches of Nitray. Edited by Wim.r.tm RIIIND, Esq. The Illustra- tions drawn and etched by D. ALExANDEit, Esq. [Historical notices of the antiquities of the County of Morav, anciently the most fertile of the 'Northern provinces of Scotland, and famous even to Southrons from the Cathedral of Elgin, and the poetic associations with which SMAKSPERE has invested Forres, the scene of the murder of Duncan and the meeting of Macheili with the weird sisters. The antiquarian and topographi- cal details are enlivened by sketches of the Customs and modes of life of the early hthabitants, and traditional anecdotes; and illustrated by five-and-twenty plates of the remains of antiquity, slightly and freely etched, with taste and spirit : the delineations of Runic stones, and the restoration of Elgin Cathe- dral, are especially iiiteresthig.] Emit; a familiar Description of the Land, People, and Produce. With a map and fifty-three wood-engravings. [A popular and superior compilation from the latest authorities—including the last and most elaborate, Lasin's—of the geography, buildings, curiosities, man- ners, customs, produce, and natural history of this celebrated land. The vo- lume is profusely illustrated with wood-cuts, plans, and a limp, and is very neatly got up.] Au An«lysis of One Hundred 'Voyages to and from India, China, 6-e., performed by Ships in the Honourable East India Company's Service; with Remarks on the Advantages of Steam Power applied vas an auxi- liary aid to Shipping; and Suggestions for Improving thereby the Com- munication with India citi the Cane of Good Dope. To which is added, :m Appendix, containing a Description of Melville's Patent Propellers, with Plans of the Engines, Machinery, &c. By HENRY WISE, late Chief Officer of the Hon. Company's Ship Edinburgh. [A collection of tables of rates of sailing to and from India; intended to ex- hibit the large portion of time consumed in the voyage owing to the prevalence of calms and light airs, with the view of demonstrating the utility of steam power as an auxiliary aid to sailing-vessels, and recommending Melville's Propellers for that pipes.. The result of the author's calculations is, that a saving of about one-third of the time may by this means be effected in the passage. The engines occupy little room ; the propellers create no swell, and are readily fitted to ordinary ships; and the steam power may be applied to other uses also, such as pumping, weighing anchor, &c.]

Gkam'sgs (sox ..11any Ilea:. By the Author of " Portugal," &c.

[A book for little folks, on an excellent plan—that of giving the pith of popu- lar books, such a, " Lloyd's Northern Field Sports " and " Silvio Pellico," or narrating some event, as the death of Socrates, briefly and in a conversational manner ; presenting the points of the story so as to engage the attention of the young reader, and entiwce the moral of the circumstance, just as a parent might do in hisown family circle.] Geological Shctelas, and Glimpses ry' the Ancient Earth. By MARIA 11 AC K. Third edition.

[A col opsndium of the most interesting and striking frets of geology, thrown into the form of dialogue, adapted to the comprehension of the youniA but not unfitted for elder readers. Of its merit, " third edition" is sufficient proof.] The Natural History Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, or Mimocar-

dion Animals. By WILLIAM SWAINSON, F.R.S. and F.L.S., &c. Vol. 11. ( CyclopaNlia, No. C X V 1.) LThe second volume completes this portion of natural history ; to the classi- fication of which Mr. SW.% INSON has brought his comprehensive acquaintance with the ;mini a fed creation, and his perspicacity in detecting the differential cha- racteristics of the several species and their varieties, It treats of the Spine-rayed order of Fishes, of itself' more munerous than the whole of the rest of this class of animals, and forming a group presenting very remarkable varieties; and synopses of the arrangements cif the three divisions of the class, with partieular descriptions of sixty-two new species ; the whole illustrated by nu- merous wood-cuts.1 Fifth Annual Report of the Poor-law Commissioners for England and 117aks; together with Appendices A, B, C, and I).

[This Report gives an account of the proceedings of the Commissioners during

the last winter, and of the preparatory steps taken for introducing the New Poor-law into ireland. The appendices consist of documents, such as minutes, circulars, and orders of the Board, plans of workhouses, tabular statements, and communications received. Of these last, Dr. KAY'S " Second Report on the Instruction of Pauper Children," and Dr. SOUTHWOOD Salmi's " Report on the Prevalence of Fever in Metropolitan Unions," arc especially interesting and valuable.] The Works oplfrs. !lemons ; with a Memoir of her Life, by her Sister. Vol. III.

[This volume opens with " The Sceptic," the most popular production of the authoress, and closes with "The Siege of Valencia "—an attempt at dramatic composition, in which it was not to be expected Mrs. HEMANS would succeed. The poetical effusions that intervene are various, but all characterized by her habitual fluency, elegance, and diffuseness.]

Fireside Education. By B. G. Goomucti, Author of " Peter Parley's Tales."

A. cheap reprint of an American treatise on the nature and advantages of home education ; giving general hints for the use of parents, and prescribing a judicious course of physical, moral, and intellectual training, independent of school instruction. It has no pretensions to originality ; but to those who have not read the works of COMDE and others, to whom PETER PARLEY is indebted, this will be a useful and acceptable manual.] Romances of History, Tales, and Poems. By HENRY NEELE, Author of "Lectures on English Poetry," &c. Third edition. Some posthumous pieces, consisting of formal stories founded on historical incidents, and laboured efforts of fancy in prose and verse.]

Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Burt. Vols. IV. and V. Second edition.

27ie Child's Pictorial Bible ; being an Abridgment of the Old and New Testaments. In two vols.

[The principal events of Scripture history narrated in the words of the Bible, but rendered more suitable to the comprehension and perusal of children as a recreation ; and embellished with a number of good wood-cuts from a well- chosen set of designs. The volumes range with Thomas's Child's Library.] Pocket Diary, gratuitously distributed at the office of the National En- dowment and Assurance Society, Arthur Street West, London Bridge. An ingenious advertisement, which inculcates the duty incumbent on every individual of providing in case of his death for those dependent on him for support ; and supplies in the shape of a pocket-book a continual memento of this duty, and the various methods of effecting it.1

A Third Preface to "A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical;' exposing the fallacies contained in the first, restoring the passages suppressed in the second, and containing Mr. JOHN JACKSON'S actual share in the composition and illustration of that work. In a Letter to Stephen Oliver. By W. A. Cumero, Author of the first seven chapters of the work, and the writer of the whole as originally printed. [A claim to the authorship of a book we have never seen, put forward in a bitter and vituperative spirit, that is calculated to suggest a doubt of what would otherwise appear a clear case.] The Infant's Catechism: containing Information on many interesting subjects. Adapted to the capacities of the youngest scholars. Supplementary Notes to the third edition of The Law of Christ respecting Civil Obedience, especially in the payment of Tribute. By JOUN BROWN, D.D.

PAMPHLETS.

A Letter to the Middle Classes on the present Disturbed State of the Gantry, especially with reference to the Chartist meetings. By MONTAGUE GORE, Esq. Substance of the Marquis of Lansdowne's Speech in the House of Lords, July 5, 1839, on the Government Plan for promoting National Educa- tion. (Reprinted from Hansard's Parliamentary Debates.) Memoires the Comte Rostopchine, &His en Ilia: minutes. Son mot sir Fouch6, Talleyrand, et Potier. Anecdote de la Pelisse.

Third Report of the Directors of the South Australian ampany, as pre- sented to the third Annual GCneral Meeting, June 28, 1839.

SERIALS.

Woodland Sketches : a series of characteristic Portraits of Trees, adapted

for studies for Artists and Amateurs. Drawn from nature and on stone, by GEORGE CHILDS. With Historical, Poetical, and Miscel- laneous Descriptions, by the Author of " Sentiment of Flowers," "Woodland Gleanings," Parts I. and II.

The Pictorial Edition of Shakspere. Part X.—" Hamlet."

The Illustrated Shakspere. Part IV. History of Napoleon. Part Valentine Vox. No. V.

Heads of the People. No. X. The Lite and Times of the late Countess of Huntingdon. Part X. The Pletorial history of Palestine. Part HI. The Pictorial History of England. Part XXX.

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. A new translation, by EDWARD

WILLIAM LANE. Part XV.

Nicholas Nickleby. No. XV1I.

Thom«s's Life of Napoleon. Part III.

Pictures of the French, drawn by Themselves. Part HI.

Confessions of Harry Lorrequer. No. VI.

Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive,_ and Historical. By CLIAISTOPUER WORDSWORTH, D.D. Part VII.

Pickwick Abroad. Part XIX.

The Churches of London. No. XXX.

Charley Chalk • or the Career of au Artist. No. II.

Repton's Landscape Gardening, and Landscape Architecture. No. II.

The Life of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington. By Major BASIL JACKSON, and Captain C. ROCIIFORT SCOTT. Part 1Y. Records of the Kirk of Scotland. Parts VII. and VIII.

The Romuncist and Novelists' Library. Part IX.