PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From November 1915 to December 2d.

BOOKS.

On the Remote Causes of Epidemic Diseases. By JOHN PARKIN, Hono- rary and.Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Academies of Medicine and Surgery in Madrid, Barcelona, and Cadiz, &c. Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-fields, and scenes illus- trative of striking passages in history and poetry, chiefly in the coun- ties of Durham and Northumberland. By WILLIAM HOWITT, Author of "The Rural Life of England," &c. Second Series. With upwards of forty highly-finished wood-cute from drawings made on the spot for this work, by Messrs. CARMICHAEL, RICHARDSONS, and TAYLOR. The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple. By CHARLES G. ADDISON, Esq., of the Inner Temple.

The Old Forest Ranger ; or Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungle, and on the Plains. By Captain WALTER CAMPBELL, of Skipness, late of the Seventh Royal Fusiliers. Hardness; or the Uncle. In three volumes.

The Glory and Shame of England. By C. EDWARDS LESTER. In two volumes.

Interesting Facts connected with the Animal Kingdom ; with some Re- marks on the Unity of our Species. By JOHN CHARLES HALL, M.D. The English Language. By R. G. Lara&m, A.M., Fellow of King's College, Cambridge; Professor of the English Language and Literature, University College, London.

The Ancestry of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and of his Royal Highness Prince Albert. Comprised in thirty-two tables, with Biographical Me- moirs and Heraldic Notices. By GEORGE RUSSELL FRENCH, Ar- chitect.

[The titlepage of the volume sufficiently indicates its nature to those who feel an interest in such subjects as genealogies ; whilst the name of the publisher, Mr. PICKERING, may be received as a pledge for average correctness and re- spectability of execution. One thing is clear—the work is not deficient from Mr. FRENCH having done too little. The antiquities of the house of Brunswick have been traced by the masterly hand of GIBBON; and he assigns the ninth century as the possible, the tenth as the certain origin of the family ; whose first soil was Lombardy or Tuscany. The marriage of the daughter of JAMES the First with the Elector Palatine, whose daughter married an Elector of Hanover, connected the family or families of ESTE and GUELPH with the royal race of Great Britain, in which junction the blood of the Swears predomi- nated, whilst the lucky Hanoverian descendants of an Italian Marquis only contributed one paternity to the connexion ; an anomaly, if not in heraldry, yet in nature—it is as if the Dart by mingling with the Thames should give its name to the river. The descents from the 14.Nris ADALBERT IO GEORGE the First, including the STUART intermarriage, might be long, but would not be complex. Mr. FRENCH, however, goes up IO CHARLEMAGNE and his con- temporaries, and for that matter to Wodin, (it would have saved trouble to have deduced from Adam at once,) and then descends through all the royal fa- milies of England till the marriage of HENRY the Seventh's daughter with JAMES the Fourth of Scotland, whence James the First derived his right to the throne. These multifold races and pedigrees are presented in an orderly succession of tables, accompanied by gossipy remarks, which would not have suffered by condensation; and the whole is as clear as such complicated mit-. tures can well be made. In a genealogical and even an historical sense, this compilation has a value and a use ; but to attempt to represent the illustrious occupant of the throne as combining in her veins the blood of CERDIC, PEPIN, ROLLO, with the later streams of the PLANTAGENET!) and the TUDORS, seems almost like a speculation on her vanity. Had CERDIC or Rom.o been Negroes, even a Virginian would allow that her Majesty was untainted by so very re- mote a connexion.]

The Maiden of Moscow ; a Poem. By the Lady EMMELINE STUART WORTLEY.

[The subject of this poem is NAPOLEON'S invasion of Russia ; but the heroine is not yet introduced, the poem having only arrived at the Fourth Canto, and the Grand Army at Smolensk°. There is, however, a hero, the only hope of a widowed mother, who though of noble blood is serving under the Emperor. Some space is taken up in describing his family parting; but the bulk of the poem is occupied with picturing the assemblage and march of the Imperial forces. Part of this reads like the burlesque of a burlesque, as if the authors of the Rejected Addresses had imitated Lady EMMELINE STUART WORTLEY, and somebody had imitated the imitation. Other and better passages show some perception of the striking points of a narrative, and a feeling for poetical effect, that might have risen to powerful poetry but for the fatal fluency of Lady EMMELINE, which has allowed her to produce nothing but a wordy me- diocrity, and not always that.] A Love Gift for 1842. [A tasteful selection from the poetic effusions of English writers of different ages on the exhaustless theme of love. The muse's incense is pure, and calcu- lated to refine the flame it feeds.] Look Forward ; a Tale. By CATHERINE IRENE FINCH, Author of "No Work," &c.

[The object of this little book is to inculcate the virtues of steadiness, industry, obedience to parents, and other useful household qualities of the poor. The story and its incidents are not only well adapted to this purpose, but are con- structed with sufficient regazd to the probabilities of life. Look Forward, moreover, is interesting as a tale.] Modern Flirtatious ; or a Month at Harrogate. By CATHERINE SIN- CLAIR, Author of" Modern Accomplishments," &c. In three volumes. [The " thousands " appended to each of the various productions of the au- thoress, enumerated at large on the titlepage, imply a certain kind of celebrity, that, fortunately, renders it unnecessary for us to do more than announce a new performance of so popular a writer; our acquaintance with these volumes extending no further than such a glance at their contents as enables us to state that a mysterious madman and a miraculous escape from fire vary the insipidi- ties of "modern flirtation."]

Sir Andrew Wylie of that Ilk. By JOHN GALT. A new edition. (Blackwood's Standard Novels, Vol. IL)

This is the best of the writer's efforts to sustain the interest of a long story. The bold idea of bringing a raw Scotch lad into immediate connexion with the court and fashionable circles of the Metropolis is ingeniously worked out; and the adventures are amusing, if unreal. The vignette, by FRASER, of Andrew Wylie repeating the Psalms to his sister Mary in the kirkyard, is a simple and pretty design, and nicely engraved.]

Waverley Novels, Vol. IX.. "Ivanhoe."

The Post-ewe London Directory, 1842.

[This extensive work still continues to grow. Besides &revision and extension of the other branches, the officio/ directory has now been increased so as to form a division of itself. This part, like the other sections of the subject, is subdivided; one part containing a list of Government and other public offices, under which the names and employments of the persons are arranged; the other presents an alphabetical list of persons holding offices under the Crown, in the East India House, Bank of England, &c. And such a muster-roll !— an army, nay a population, of place-holders ! It should be added that the in- formation is brought down to Michaelmas.]

The Mind, and other Poems. By CHARLES Swarm

SERIALS.

Master Humphrey's Clock. By Boz. Part XX.

[The stopping, never to be set going again, of Humphrey's Clock, whose chimes, oftener mournful than merry, have marked the lapse of weeks and months during the last two years to many thousands, and the valedictory address of its author previous to his visit to the scene of the " sayings ' of that other " Clockmaker" bight Sam Slick, require a passing word. Barnaby Budge, the tale just completed, having been announced for publication in a complete form before the "Clock " began, it was antici- pated that this would prove to be better planned than the other fictions of Boa: but the reverse is the case ; and the opinion that Mr. CHARLES DICKENS does not possess the art of constructing a story, is thus confirmed. The account of the No Popery riots of Lord GEORGE GORDON'S mob, the main object of the novel, contains some powerful descriptions ; but the dreadful scenes derive no additional interest from the principal actors being the leading persons of the story ; on the contrary, the characters lose their individuality from that time forward, while they do not appear to be identified with the masses they are represented to belong to : in short, the attempt to engraft imaginary characters on real occurrences is not successful. The author has scarcely aimed at the graver task of developing the causes and consequences of this outbreak of fanatical fury in the existing state of public feeling at the time ; and the mob-leading Lord himself is depicted as an imbecile, the tool of his crafty secretary, without energy enough even in his insane enthusiasm to incite a popular movement. The fictitious adventures are wholly melodramatic, and the persons belong to the stage, not to human life. The power of humorous exaggeration is Mr. DICKENS'S forte: in the comic and grotesque, wherever ludicrous ideas are admissible, he is unrivalled ; but in depicting the beautiful and the terrible, he falls into an unnatural excess, not considering that good or bad qualities cannot be enlarged ad libitum without destroying the jut proportions of nature.]

Knight's Store of Knowledge, Part VI.

[Concludes rather than completes the work; which was projected on a com- prehensive plan, but has been abandoned owing to its limited success. The most interesting article in the last part is The Military Life of the Duke of Wellington, written by a foreigner, ANDRE Vrensseux ; which alone is worth the price of the number. This and other of the more important treatises in the volume are to be republished separately in a pocket form.]

Catechisms of Common Things. (First, Second, and Third.)

Natured Philosophy for) Children. (First Lessons I By the Rev.T. and Second Lessons.

First Catechism of Bible History. Catechism of the History of England.

[These Catechisms have the merit of giving succinct and clear information on a variety of matters desirable to be known; and the order of the subjects is well arranged; but, like all such works, they are more useful as question- books for the parent or teacher to examine the pupil by, than as a means of sup- plying the knowledge itself.]

The Commissioner; or De Lunatic° Inquirendo. No. L

[The " Commissioner " is sent from the Man in the Moon, and descends to the earth on a moonbeam, in order to despatch to the lunar regions any mortal in whom he spies signs of lunacy. This is a good vehicle for fun and satire, though we doubt the writer's ability to turn it to account. The etch- ings are by Pun.]

George Cruikskank's Omnibus, No. VIIL

[This ride GEORGE takes us to the Tower ; giving two or three peeps of the ruins, and a view of the scene in the Jewel-house when the regalia were re- moved. He introduces two pleasant fellows, MICHAEL ANGELO TITMARSH and LAMAN BLANCHA.RD; the latter of whom chants the dirge of the Armoury, and hits off Jack Gay, an incomparable diner-out ; while TITMARSH records in a ballad the testamentary justice of a King of Brentford Miss ADELAIDE REMBLE, t00, is in the Omnibus—or rather, she has got her foot on the step, and looks up as if the conductor had said there was no room.] Charles O'Malley, the Irish Dragoon. Edited by HARRY LORREQUER. Illustrated by PHIS. Parts XXI. and XXIL

[This doable part, which completes the stirring adventures of O'Malley, con- tains an animated description of the battle of Waterloo, that brings the field and both armies with their leaders before the mind's eye with remarkable dis- tinctness.] Farrell's History of British Birds, Parts XXVI. to XXVIII.

[Not only the general character of the birds, but the most delicate markings of the plumage are indicated in the cuts : the down of the chick when it first leaves the egg is admirably imitated in one instance; and the dissections of the bronchial tubes of the mute and whistling swans are very distinctly shown. The vignettes, though they have not the humour, have all the freshness and effect of REMICK'S CUts.Selby's History of British Forest-Trees, Parts IV. to VI. [Nothing can exceed the beauty and clearness of the wood-cuts of the leaves and blossoms of the trees; and the portraits of the trees are very delicate and faithful as regards the outline and masses of foliage, but the foliage is on too minute a scale in the delineations of the whole tree to be perfectly satisfactory. It serves, however, to identify the characters of the different trees ; and as much is effected in the wood-engravings as appears possible in so small a space.]

Life and Letters of Cicero, Part IIL Dramatic Works of Massinger and Ford, Part IIL Curiosities of Literature Part 111. Dramatic Works of Wycherley, Congreve, Vanbrugh, and Farquhar, Part III.

Waverley Novels, VoL II. Part IV.—" Ivanhoe."

Scott's Prose Works, Vol. IL Part V.—" Life of Napoleon Bona-

Li Part IX.

Cook's Voyages Round the World, Part II. Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, Part IX. Thornton's History of the British Empire in India, Part IL Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall's Ireland Part XIV.

Charles Dibdin's Songs, Part IV. Statistical Account of Scotland, No. XXXIV.

The Stearn-Boat, Part In

PERIODICALS.

Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, No. LV.

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. CIX. to CXIIL Dublin'.&view, No. XXII. .

Journal of the Working Classes, Part L Brads/saw's Journal, No. L Magazines for December—Blackwood's, Tait's, Dublin University, Poly- technic Journal, King's College, Engineer and Architect, .Florist's Journal, Mirror, Musical World, Chess-Player's Chronicle.

ALMANACKS.

The British Almanack of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- ledge, for the year of our Lord 1842. [There is nothing sufficiently new in the arrangement of the fifteenth volume of this well-known work to call for remark. But there is in the Almanack. the usual variety of astronomical information and useful tables; and in the Companion, various scientific, statistical, and miscellaneous papers, besides the chronicle of events and abridgment of acts of Parliament. The workings of the New Postage, Railways, and Public Improvements, are the subjects which possess most general interest.]

Schloss's English Bijou Almanack, for 1842.

[This tiny tome—a Liliputian folio, with the Prince of Wales's crest on the coven—contains portraits of CHARLES DICKENS, ELLEN TREE, STAUDIGL, and RACHEL, that will be instantly recognized with the naked eye ; and com- plimentary verses to each, by Mrs. NORTON, that may be read by the aid of the minute eye-lass which accompanies the pretty trinket-book. This is the seventh year of the existence of a trifle that has outlived many a graver publi- cation, because it is unique of its kind.] The Literary and Scientific Register for 1842. By J. W. G. GITTCH, M.R.C.S. L., &c.

[A neat and handy little pocket-book, useful to men of science, especially in the calendar of zoology and the meteorological diary.] The Meteorological Ephemeris, for 1842.

[Assuming the possibility of forming satisfactory conclusions as to the state of the atmosphere on any future day from the problematical grounds on which weather-prophets base their predictions, the author of this ephemeris, who limits the result of his calculations to thirty miles round London, is the most cautious and plausible guesser, and claims to be the nearest : that remains to be ascertained by those who will take the pains to test him.] The Weather Almanack and Barometer of the Seasons, for the year 1842. B.? P. Aluarnr, Esq.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Six Views taken after the Great Fire at the Tower of London, on the 31st October, 1841. By Messrs. J. CATER and W. OLIVER. [Faithful and spirited sketches of the ruins of the Armoury, showing the in-

terior and exterior of the burnt building from different points of view. The exterior views, in one of which the White Tower is introduced, and in the other the avenue of trees on the parade, are the most picturesque : the two where the old brick tower appears are also striking, especially the inside with its blackened walls, charred beams, and heaps of fused musket-barrels and bayonets : but the

two representing the interior of the Armoury, in which the great mortar, the Camperdown anchor, and the Waterloo guns are conspicuous, the ground being strewed with fragments of burnt timber and muskets, the bayonets lying as thick and confused as straw, will perhaps be regarded with most interest. The scene of devastation is animated by parties of visiters, escorted by Warders ex- ploring the ruins, firemen and their engines, Ike. The sketches are executed in the new style of lithotint by Mr. OLIVER, with vigour and effect ; and form a curious memento of a memorable calamity.] Adelaide Kern/sic. Drawn from life by R. J. LANE, A.R.A.

[A. whole-length portrait of the English Gam, as Norma in the act of denouncing herself. The likeness is faithful and expressive in feature, and the

lithographic drawing is most delicately finished; but the artist has not repre- sented Miss ADELAIDE Ii.traistz so robust in person as she appears on the stage.]

Quain's Anatomical Plates, Fasciculi XCIIL and XCIV. The Imperial Family Bible, illustrated by a superb series of engraving* Parts IX. and X.

The Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part ,XXXVIII.—"Poema," Part 11.

The Pictorial History of England, Part LVIIL British Moths and their Transformations, No. IL MAPS.

Part of Lambton Harbour' in Port Nicholson, New Zealand. Drawn by CHARLES HEAPHY ; lithographed by T. ALLOM. Plan of the Town of Wellington, Port Nicholson, the first and principal settlement of the New Zealand Company, 14th August 1840. [The view of Port Nicholson represents that part of the town of Wellington marked in the plan as Lambton Quay ; the harbour filled with vessels, the beach bordered with habitations, and alive with the signs of traffic and industry, the pastures in the rear dotted with farms, and backed by thickly-wooded hills; the whole forming a picturesque scene, and one that possesses great interest as presenting a faithful picture of the present village state of the real. capital of New Zealand. The print is coloured and accompanied by a key-plate indicat- ing the different residences, &c. The plan of the city exhibits the allocation of 1,100 sections, or "acres "of land, so arranged that each section has at least one side facing a street; with spaces reserved for public buildings, cemeteries, and public recreation. The streets for the most part run at right angles with each other.]

PAMPHLETS.

Reasons for a New Edition of Shakspeare's Works; containing notices of the defects of former impressions, and pointing out the lately-acquired means of illustrating the Plays, Poems, and Biography of the Poet. By J. PAYNE Cor,Lrea, Esq., F.S.A., Author of the "History of English Dramatic Poetry and the Stage, "Ste. A Letter to John Murray, .Esq., upon an,ZEsthetic Edition of the Voris of Shakspeare. By SPENCER HALL, Librarian to the Athenaeum. The Social Systems of the Present Day Compared with Christianity ; in five Lectures. By the Reverend A. J. Scorr, M.A. Delivered at Chadwell Street Chapel, Pentonville. Selected from "The Pulpit." Exeter Hall; or Church Polemics. By ALEXANDER Remus Cour- t:UNE, Esq., M.P. for Bridport. Observations on Lord Alvanley's Pamphlet on the State of Ireland, and proposed Measures for restoring tranquillity to that country. By the Earl of RODEN.

Ireland: her Chords and her People. By a Tory.

The Corn-laws, their Effects on the Trade of the Country Considered; with Suggestions for a Compromise. By DAVID SALOMONS, Esq. Fallacies of Philanthropists! A Candid Appeal to Common Sense, in some plain talking to the manufacturers aud artisans about themselves and the agriculturists, and a proposition to Government for establishing a recognized intelligible standard for the price of corn ; with a word for the Weavers, addressed to their Countrywomen. By Scrutator. Reply to Dr. Chalmers's Objections to an Improvement of the Legal Pro. vision for the Poor in Scotland. By WILLIAM PULTENEY .A.xxsom,

&c.

..dn Investigation of the Proposed Scheme of Medical Reform, in reference to Chemists sod Druggists. By G. Cation, M.P.S. " Repealer's" and "Sympathizers." Letter to his Excellency Edward Everett, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America at the Court of her Britannic Majesty. By ENEAS MACDONNELL, Esq. Personal Narrative. Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Pro- testant Conservatives. By JOHN RYAN, Esq., M.R.S. L., Author of

"A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the Popish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland," &c.

A Tract for the Times, No. Xel. By a Bystander. Cora and Cotton ; with a Postscript on Distress. By One of the People. A Report of the Committee appointed to manage a Subscription for the purpose of affording Nightly Shelter to the Housekss. For 1840-41.