PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From July 28th to August 3rd.

THE arrival of August brings a somewhat diminished number of pub- lications; and those which have appeared are mostly of two classes— books for extended notice, or books which notice themselves. What, for example, need be said of a publication like LORIMER'S Leiters to a Young Master Mariner—a technical work, which has reached a third edition, though addressed to a class not of the literati ? who, proposing an autumnal Scottish tour, would need a recommendation of BLACK'S Picturesque Tourist of Scotland, even if "third edition" were not guarantee enough for a volume combining the utile et dulci? Mr. LEE'S Animal Magnetism is also a third edition, with, according to his wont, some additional additions: among the Serials, Mrs. RADCLIFFE'S Italian requires nothing to be said of it except that it is sold for sixteenpence: and in Illustrated Works, the completion of CHARLES KNIGHT'S cu- rious William Shakspere, a Biography, will most probably invite fur- ther remark when we have sufficient leisure.

BOOKS.

The Empire of the Czar; or Observations on the Social, Political, and Religious State and Prospects of Russia, made during a Journey through that Empire. By the Marquis DE Comas. Translated from the French. In three volumes.

Narrative of the Discoveries on the North Coast of America, effected by the Officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836-39. By Thomas SIMPSON, Esq.

Excursions, Adventures, and Field-sports in Ceylon ; its commercial and military importance, and numerous advantages to the British emigrant. By Lieutenant-Colonel JAMES CAMPBELL, formerly of the Forty- eighth and Fiftieth Regiments, and for several years Commandant of the Districts of Galle and the Seven Rodeo, and Judicial Agent of Government. In two volumes.

The Art of Questioning and Answering in French. By £C. G. JOBERT, Author of the "Recherches stir les Ossements Fossiles du Puy De Deone," &c. [A. series of progressive exercises, in which a question is asked, and the answer is as nearly as may be an echo of the quiet*, M. Jonzar conceiving

SERIALS.

Canada, Nona Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, &c.; with the History, Present State, and Prospects of those Colonies in regard to Emigration. (New Library of Useful Knowledge.)

[All our Atnericaa Colonies put into a sixpenny brochure !]

Novel Newspaper, Part LXV I.—" The Italian."

Stephens's Book of the Farm, Nit XV.

New Statistical Account of Scotland, No. XLIV.

London, Part XXIX.

Popular Flowers.—" The Auricula."

Boz's Martin Chuzzlewit, No. VIII.

Our Mess, No. XX.

Lover's L. S.D., Part VIII.

The Miller of Deanhaugh, Part V.

PERIODICALS.

The Portfolio, No. I. [Apparently a sort of revival of the old Portfolio, with which Mr. UatanstanT was connected, and in which Lord PALMERSTON was said to have dabbled.] Westminster Review, No. LXXVIII.

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. CXXX.

Magazines for August.—Blarkwood's, Dublin University, Tait's, Fraser's, Ainsworth's, Tegg's, Asiatic Journal, Law, British, Artist and Ama- teur's, Illuminated, Old Sailor's Jolly-Boat, Story-Teller, Herald of Peace, Phreno-Magnet, Artisan.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Alphabets, Numerals, and Devices of the Middle Ages. By HENRY SHAW, F.S.A. No. I.

[As patterns for decorative writers, these exact copies of the quaint and beau-

tiful letters of early English alphabets would be at any time acceptable; in the

present revival of the Gothic style, they are particularly so.] Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part LV.—" William Shakspere, a Bio-

graphy," Part IX.

[We have also received a copy of the complete William Shakspere, a Biogra- phy, in one large and handsome volume.] S. C. Hall's Book of British Ballads, Part VII.

[The commencement of a second volume of a publication that had been sus-

pended, and is now resumed with fresh spirit. The designs of Messrs. E. CORBOOLD, H. J. TOWNSEND, and J. FRANKLIN, in this part, are very cleverly

drawn and nicely cut.]

Gailhabaud's Ancient and Modern Architecture, Part XI.

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part XXVII.

Pictorial History of England, Part LXX VII.

Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part VII.

British Moths and their Transformations, No. XXIL

Miss Corner's History of India and China, Part V1L

PAMPHLETS.

Cataract, and its Treatment; comprising an easy mode of dividing the cornea for its extraction, and appropriate means for removing the dif- ferent forms of that affection. By JOHN SCOTT, Senior Surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, &c.

Thoughts on Thomas Carlyle ; or a Commentary on the "Past and Pre- sent," by R. B. E.

The Character of the Reverend W. Palmer, AL A., of Worcester College, as a Controversialist ; particularly with reference to his charge against the Right Reverend Dr. Wiseman, of quoting, as genuine works of the Fathers, spurious and heretical productions : considered in a Letter to a Friend at Oxford. By a late Member of the University.

Music.

Music for the Million, Vocal and Instrumental: consisting of the Words and Music, with Accompaniments for the Pianoforte, Seraphine, Harp, &c., of popular, standard, and original Songs, Duets, Glees, Catches, &c , including Selections from modern Operas, and favourite Overtures, Quadrilles, Waltzes, Gallopades, &c., newly arranged, expressly for this work. that much of the conversational difficulty of the French language arises from the necessity that exists of conjugating the verbs interrogatively. Another of his peculiarities of teaching consists in making instruction more oral than is usually the case ; so that the pupil learns through the ear rather than the eye ; the master reading the French, which the pupil is to translate into English, and then back into French, with as little recourse to books as possible. These, however, are only the principles or theories which prompted M. JOBERT in writing his little book. The exercises are equally available in any system of teaching.] • Letters to a Young Master Mariner, on some subjects connected with his calling. By CHARLES LORIAIER. Third edition, with appendix. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland; with an accurate Travelling Map, engraved Charts, and Views of the Scenery, Plans of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and a Copious Itinerary. Third edition.

Animal Magnetism and IIonweopathy ; with Notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body. By EDWIN LEE, Esq., Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical Society, 84e.; Author of the "Jack- sonian Prize Essay on the Operations for Stone," &c. Third edition considerably altered and enlarged.

Knight's Cabinet Edition of the Works of William Shakspere. Volume VII.

The Blind Wife, or the Student of Bonn ; a Tragic Romance. By

THOMAS POWELL.

[A dramatic poem.]