PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The slackness that has distinguished the publishing world of late seems to have passed away with- September. In addition to greater numbers of books, they appear to be of * higher character ; for which the reading world is chiefly indebted to Mr. Bentley.

A Ilistorn of Classical Literature. By R. N. Browne, M.A., Prebendary of St. Paul's, and Professor of Classical Literature in King's College, London. In two volumes.

&lade ; or the Unhappy Valley. By Richard F. Burton, Lieutenant Bombay Army, Author of "Goa and the Blue Mountains," &c. In two volumes.

Recollections of Manilla and the Phillippines, during 1848, 1849, and 1850. By Robert Mac Mieking, Esq.

Memorials of Sir Francis Chantrey, Sculptor, in Thillamshire and Elsewhere. By John Holland.

-Lady Avice ; a Story of the Dap In In two volumes.

Spain 48 it Is. By G. A. Hoskins, Esq., Author of "Travels in

Ethiopia, and Visit to the Great Oasis," &c. In two volumes.

The Elements of Grammar Taught in English ; with Questions. By the Reverend Edward Thring, I.A.I

['his book is an expositional essay on the nature of grammar ; taking the English language as the theme of the exposition, and throwing the mat- ter into the form of an elementary school-book. And a very able book it is, both in substance and form. Mr. Thring has seized the essential principles of grammar as contained in speech, and the ideas about which we speak. He has exhibited these principles primarily and more fully in English grammar, but illustrated them by occasional references to other languages. He has managed to do this by means of the leading rules in large type with explanations or questions prmted in smaller, without. departing from the manner of a first educational book. In his exposition Mr. Thring only aims at teaching the broad principles of the language, leaving refinements and exceptions to a more advanced stage ; and he suggests that the progress should be slow, the teacher reiterating each lesson in various forms until the idea is thoroughly impressed. The book, though intended for the junior classes of National or other schools, may be examined with advantage by persons who have left school altogether.] Profit and Discount Tables: slowing the Prices at which Articles must be Sold- to obtain Profit at a certain percentage upon their Invoiced Cost, &c. By Charles Ody Books, Accountant.

cleverly-arranged series of tables, designed to show the profit on or the aismunt on any article whose price ranges from a penny to a pound; the

rates of interest varying from to 75 per centz and being calculated upon the outlay, not the gross price. The selling price, for example, of an article costing 4s., is put down with 20 per cent profit at 4s. 91d.: many dealers would sellat 5s. an article costing 4s., and call that 20 per cent. The tables are easy of reference, and will be found useful to persons who are not ready mental calculators, as well as to those who wish to avoid the trouble of cal".- culation.]

Guy's Juvenile Letter-writer. Being Model Letters for the Use of Schools and Families. By Joseph Guy junior.

[A series of supposed letters from children or young people at school, to heir relations, companions, and friends ; designed to serve as models for those juveniles to whom a letter is at once a task and a puzzle. With the exception of a manner a little too advanced, they are adapted to their end. The hints by which young gentlemen at school insinuate the desirableness of cakes and other presents, will, doubtless, not be thrown away.) Second Series of Questions and Answers on Useful and Interesting Sub- jects. Suited for more advanced Learners. 13y Susanna M. Paull. [A catechism on a variety of subjects relating to sciences, manufactures, natural productions used in food, &e., which are not, like history, geography, or botany, regularly taught in schools.]

The Test of Experience; or the Voluntary Principle in the United States. By John Howard Hinton,

[An examination of the workings of an Establishment and the Voluntary principle in America, to prove the superior religious advantages of the latter. The book is chiefly a compilation from Reed and Matheson, Dr. Lang, and Dr. Baird, an American minister who has exhibited the religious history and statistics of his country with the same object as Mr. Hinton has composed his book. The case is stated plainly, but not very forcibly; the conclusion of course being in favour of the Voluntary principle, and the arguments against it as regards America pretty well ignored. The book forms one of the " Library for the Times," a series published with voluntary objects.] After the example of Messrs. Longman, and with the same object of im- proving our reading as we run, Mr. Murray has sent forth a new serial en- titled " Reading for the Bail" Of the three numbers already published, " The 'Forty:five," extracted from Lord Mahon's History of England, is the highest in point of character, and the most permanently interesting. The essays from the Times, occupying a middle place between the common literary notice and the papers of the Quarterly Reviews, will form the most various reading.

" The 'Forty/Moe" ; or a Narrative of the Rebellion in Scotland, 1745. By Lord Mahon. (Murray's Reading for the Rail).

Essayefrom " The Times." Being a Selection from the Literary Papers which have appeared in that Journal. Reprinted by permission. (Murray's Reading for the Rail.) The Chace. By Nimrod. With Illustrative Wood-cuts. (Murray's Reading for the Rail.) The new editions, collections, or continuations, are not numerous. The most important are the third edition of the Reverend Charles Forster's Life of Bishop Jebb ; and a volume of Mr. Charles Knight's National Edition of Shakspere—rich in the comedies, the pictorial illustrationsp and the critical annotations. The volume of Chambers's Papers for the People contains a very excellent article on Lord Brougham.

The Life of John .Tebb, D.D., F.E.S., Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe. By the Reverend Charles Forster, B.D., one of the six Preachers of Canterbury Cathedral, &c. Third edition. The Comedies, II-Wtories, Tragedies, and Poems of William Shalwere. Edited by Charles Knight. The National Edition. Comedies. -To- hum H.

Chambers's Papers for the People. Volume 2LL Range's History of the Popes : and Gladstone on March and State. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. Reprinted from Mr. Macaulay's " Critical and Historical Essays." (The Traveller's Library.) PAMPHLETS.

_Report of a Public Meeting held by the Members of the New Jerusalem Church, in Freemason's Hall, London, 19th August 1851. La Bepublique Use et Indivisible. Par Louis Blanc.

Historical Calculations based upon Past Events in the History of the World, &c., and the leadiog Events in the History of Churches and Nations. Compiled from a Work entitled " The Mystery of God Finished."

Letter to Sir John 1111.Neill, G.C.B., on Highland Destitution, and the Adequacy or Inadequacy of Emigration 44 a Remedy. By William Pulteney Alison, M.D., &c. European and North American Railway Terminus. Sydney, Cape Breton, the nearest Port in British North America to Europe.

Air Navigation by means of the Rotary Balloon. By John Lunt.ley.