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BOOKS.

An Account of Discoveries in Lycia ; being a Journal kept during a second Excursion in Asia Minor. By CHARLES FELLOWS.

Lights, Shadows, and Reflections of Whigs and Tories. By a Country Gentleman.

The Trustee. By the Author of the Tragedy of " The Provost of' Bruges," &c. lu three role.

Translation of Select Speeches of Demosthenes, with Notes. By CHARLES Raise KENNEDY, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College, Author of " Privi- . leges of the House of Commons," &c.

Letters from Italy to a Younger Sister. By CATHARINE TAYLOR. In two vols. Vol. IL What to Observe - or the Traveller's Remembrancer. By J. R. JACKSON, Secretary to the Royal Geographical Society, &c.

Lectures on Colonization and Colonies. Delivered before the University of Oxford, in 1839, 1840, and 1841. By HERMAN MEntva.LE, A.M., Professor of Political Economy. Volume I.

History of Holland, from the beginning of the tenth to the end of the eighteenth century. By C. M. DAVIES. Volume L A Manual of the History of the Middle Ages, from the Invasion of the Barbarians to the Fall of Constantinople ; with genealogical tables of the Imperial Houses of Germany, of the three French Dynasties, and of the Norman-Angevin Kings of England. Translated from the French work of DES MICHELS, by T. G. JONES. [A most useful addition to the books of elementary historical reading and of reference for the student of history. DES MICHELS has judiciously hit the medium between the incompleteness and skeleton-like character of mere chronological tables, and the heavy dryness which invariably follows any attempt at narrating details without sufficient room to develop them. The arrangement is also clear and favourable for ready reference. It is difficult to name a work where so many facts and dates are compressed into so small a compass, accompanied by a narrative of events and an exposition of circum- stances, which, however short, yet contain the leading outlines of history. In this narrative, the history of persons and events is of course lees satisfactory than the views of laws, manners, religions, and institutions Done with knowledge and philosophy, a coup &mil of the general results, deducible from neatly particulars, is more interesting than the particulars themselves, especially. if they relate to remote periods. The characters of men may also be dismissed briefly and with effect, but it is impossible to nar- rate events in a small space ; they are merely enumerated. Hence this work will be found most useful for reference, or to refresh the memory of a person already informed upon its subjects: to a reader in search of new knowledge it will be of advantage as an introduction, but it will not supersede fuller works.] The Discovery of America by the Northmen, in the tenth century ; with notices of the early settlements of the Irish in the Western hemisphere. By NORTE! LUDLOW BEAMISH, Fellow of the Royal Society, Author of the " History of the German Legion," &c. This volume contains a sketch of ancient Icelandic literature, and of the alleged discovery of America by the Northmen. It has been compiled from the Antiquitates Americana of Professor RAPS, and embodies the statements from the Sagas on which the discoveries rest; so that the reader has the original evidence before him, and we conclude in the original words. So far this pub- lication has a useful feature ; but Mr. BEAMISH is very verbose, and not eminently gifted with critical acumen or literary taste. The evidence and argument might hava been compressed into much less compass, and stated with much more effect.

That parts of America may have been seen or touched at by the roving

Northmen, after they had settled Iceland and discovered Greenland, is not im- probable. This general probability, however, is quite as strong a ground of belief as the evidence adduced. The statements, losing pet-taps some of their vitality in translation, read more like the stories of 'Sinbad the Sailor, than trustworthy historical proof. Nor is the question of identity at all clear. The parallel passages from modern writers, adduced to prove the places which the Northmen discovered, are often not parallel. The strongest point is the wild vines of Massachusetts.] Lectures on the English Poets. By WILLIAM HAZLITT. Third edition. Edited by his Son. This edition is rendered more complete than any previous one, by the remarks on MILTON'S " Lycidas" and "Eve," and WORDSWORTH'S "Excursion," taken from the Round Table ; to Iv; ich is added the rather slashing article on the BOWLES and BYRON controversy about Pope's poetical merits, front the London Magazine. The illogical nonchalance of the lord turned critic is hit off well enough ; yet it is curious, in looking hack upon the controversy, to remember how every one engaged in that dispute wrote round about the real point, without seeming to perceive it. Other things being equal, poetry founded on nature, or rather representing nature, must be superior to that whose sub- ject is art, because all art is only an imitation of nature ; but if an object of art contain more beauty or interest than some natural object, the art school in this limited view will carry the day. It may be questioned, however, whether BYRON understood BOWLES, or whether he really expressed his own meaning. What he seems to have intended to lay down was this—that poetry founded upon nature—upon the general passions and character of men, or the enduring features of earth, water, and the elements—is of a higher kind than poetry descriptive of conventional modes of life, or of artificial objects, as a garden ; about which we conceive there cannot be a doubt.] The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, collected by Himself. In ten vols. Vol. VIII.

[This volume contains the Loves of the Angels, and a variety of occasional or miscellaneous poems, serious, satirical, or what the author calls " humorous." Among the satirical, is the coarse attack upon LEIGH HUNT, for his Remi- niscences of Byron, entitled " The Living Dog and the Dead Lion"—which is far more discreditable to the writer than to the object of his venom. If nothing worse of BYRON had been told than was told by LEIGH HUNT, his reputation would have borne as decent a colour as that of any loose liver of a lord, perhaps indeed a rather better. As regards criticism, HUNT'S peculiar notions of composition, and no small share of vanity, might render him so far unjust as to depreciate BYRON'S school, in order to raise his own, and himself by implication ; and there the hit is fair enough. " Though he roared pretty well—this the puppy allows— It was all. he sacs. borrowed—all second- baud roar; And he vastly prefers his "au little bow-wows To the loftiest war-note the hen could pour."

Upon the gravest charge, that of making money by turning to account the advantages which Lord BYRON'S acquaintance afforded him, it is by no means clear that Mr. Women himself is free from this imputation. The chief differ- ence between him and others seems to be, that they told the unpalatable truth, which Mr. MOORE did not, at least in his own narrative and his estimate of BYRON'S character.

The Preface contains an account of an interesting feature in Mr. Motion's

life—the pecuniary difficulties in which he was involved by the defalcation of his official deputy at Bermuda; the friendly offers which were forced upon him ; and the means by which, after a brief exile, he was enabled to overcome his difficulties by his own exertions. As reports of "obligations " to GEORGE the Fourth were current in reference to this office, it is but fair to observe, that, in a previous volume, Mr. MOORE denied being under any other obligations to that Prince than a few dinners at Carlton House.] A Collection of English Sonnets. By ROBERT FLETCHER HOUSBAN, Esq This volume appears to have been printed some years since, but not to have been sufficiently brought before the public. It is now, as we are informed by a private letter from the publisher, improved in the getting-up, and reduced in the price. The selection of Sonnets embraces specimens of the best writers in this style of poetry, from tine Earl of SURREY down to the Annuals of the day ; and though the writer seems occasionally to have obeyed some other feeling than that of rigorous criticism in his modern selections, the volume will be useful to all poetical readers. To the lovers of sonnets it will furnish an elegant extract and a guide ; to those who think with us, that neither art, nor genius, nor luck, can naturalize this exotic, the volume will yield as many sonnets as they desire.] The Old Red Sandstone; or New Walks in aii Old Field. By HUGH MILLER.

I_This volume affords a striking instance of the influence of an intelligent and inquiring mind in sweetening the most homely toil, and the power of per- severance in elevating a man in the scale of society. The author twenty years ago began life as a labourer in a quarry opened in the " old red sandstone " on the Southern shore of the Bay of Cromarty : the interest he took in the ap- pearance of the strata not only made his first day's work seem light, but led him to investigate the geology of a formation not then admitted into the sys- tems of scientific men : so lately as two years ago, indeed, the " old red sand- atone" was considered to include very few fossil remains, though HUGH MILLER bad before that time collected a great variety of Ichthyolites; and bad i the gratification of furnishing Mr. MURCHISON with a link in the chain of evidence on which hangs the " Silesian system." The volume consists of an account of the author's researches in this department of the geology of Scot- land, written in a discursive style, very different from the dry enumeration of scientific facts, and having an interest for the general reader as well as the geologist : it is illustrated by engravings of the fossils, principally fish, and a sectional map.]

A Handbook for the Architecture Tapestries, Paintings, Gardens, and

Grounds of Hampton Court. By Fstax Snamsmarmv, Esq. With embellishments engraved on wood by Ladies. [Decidedly the best popular guide to the picturesque beauties of Hampton Court of any extant : the writer possesses a discriminating judgment in mat- ters of art and a keen relish for the beauties of nature; and the circulation of this pretty little book will contribute to the enjoyment of the visiters and the improvement of public taste. The routes and approaches to the palace—the characteristic features of its architecture and associations—the attractions of the gardens and surrounding scenery—are described in a lively, off-hand man- ner: a complete catalogue of the pictures and tapestries is also given, indi- cating those most worthy of attention ; and an alphabetical list of the painters is added, with references to their works in the catalogue, briefly characterizing their respective styles. The volume is illustrated by nearly a score of delicate and effective wood-cuts, engraved by the Misses THOMPSONS, WILLIAMS, CLINT, CLARKE, &c., from faithful and striking views of various points of the building and gardens, by Messrs. Davin Cox junior, CHARLES PYRE, and HENRY COLE.] Life, Health, and Disease. By EDWARD Jomesow, Surgeon. Fifth edition.

[This is such a book as COBBETT would have written, had he possessed me- dical knowledge : it is a remarkably plain and clear account of the structure of the human body, the functions of its various parts, the processes by which life is preserved in a healthy state, and the causes of diseased action ; the result being, that temperance and exercise are the only means of health.] Review of Dr. Brown on the Law of Christ respecting Civil Obedience, especially in the Payment of Tribute. With an appendix, relative to grammatical accuracy as it bears on the question of the inspiration of the Scriptures, in reply- to the Reverend Mr. Menzies, the translator of Tholuck ou the Epistle to the Romans. By ALEXANDER CARSON, A.M.

[An attack upon Dr. BROWN for his views on special taxation, levied for pur- poses of which the taxed may disapprove—as the Annuity-tax of Edinburgh. That Dr. BROWN is wrong in his argument so far as regards the Scripture authority he adduces, we readily admit ; but Mr. CARSON out-herods Herod. As we remarked some years since when noticing Dr. Baown's Sermon, the Apostle merely meant that new converts were, as Christians, to submit to the same " powers " they submitted to when they were Pagans : he entered into no question of civil policy or allegiance. But Mr. CARSON argues that all resist- ance to authority is forbidden by Scripture. The man is misdated ; he should have been born under the STUARTS.] A New Decimal System of Money, Weights, Measures, and Time, pro- posed for adoption in Great Britain. By DECIMUS MASLEN, Esq. [An attempt to induce the British world to change its whole system of buy- ing, selling, book-keeping, and reckoning. The year, for example, is to con- sist of ten months, of thirty-six or thirty-seven days each ; April and May, and September and October, being struck out of the calendar, to be succeeded by " Apri-may " and " Sept-ober." And these impracticable proposals are put forth seriously.] The Playfellow : The Peasant and The Prince. By HARRIET MAR- TINEAU.

[Two tales for children, pleasantly blending historical information with do- mestic interest and personal adventure. " The Peasant" strikingly pictures the French peasantry under the combined oppression of fiscal exaction and seignorial domination, in the reign of Louis the Fifteenth ; the splendour and profligacy of the Court and the lovely image of the Dauphiness being intro- duced in contrast with the poverty and wretchedness of the country-people. " The Prince " is an equally graphic description of Court life previous to the Revolution, and the sufferings and death of the Royal Family of France. In effect, this exciting volume is a compendious sketch of the French Revolution and its causes, taken, as it were, from the palace-home ; its inmates being the chief actors, or sufferers rather, in the scene. The plan admits of the intro- duction of many details, too trivial for the historian's page ; and the lesson Miss MARTINEAU enforces is not political, but juvenile-moral—tbe superior happiness of a humble over an exalted station. The style is clear, concise, and simple; and the young reader is made acquainted with the grave facts of his- tory incidentally, while eagerly following the fortunes of the Royal Family and the little Dauphin, for whom he feels as for a playfellow.] Chapters on Churchyards. By CAROLINE SOUTHEY, Authoress of " Solitary Hours," &c. A new edition. [A new edition of Mrs. SOUTHEY'S pleasant papers, which originally appeared in Blackwood, and which we formerly noticed.] Waverley Hoods. Vol. III.—" The Antiquary."

The Inheritance. By the Author of "Marriage." Revised by the Author. (Standard Novels, No. LXXXIV.) The Laird of Logan; or Anecdotes and Tales illustrative of the Wit and Humour of Scotland.

[A. series of tales and Joe Miller jests, with some quaint papers by the late Mr. CARRICK and Mr. MOTUERWELL, all descriptive of life in the Western part of Scotland. Some of the hits are good, and many of the stories ludi- crous enough ; but the pervading character of the whole is that of club-joke.] Selection of German Poetry, historically arranged ; or the best specimens of German Poetry from A. V. HALLER to the most recent times. By HEINRICH Arm., of Saxe-Weimar, Author of a " German Grammar," Svc.

The Age of Tin ; a Poem.

Go to Epping ! SERIALS.

Brand's Popular Antiquities. By Sir H. ELLIS. VoL I. (Knight's English Miscellanies. [The progress of BRAND'S Popular Antiquities is curious. In 1777 he re- printed BOURNE'S Antiquitates Yulgares, with additions of various kinds; and this volume becoming scarce, he set about composing a new work. The growing accession of materials, and the suggestions of friends, kept him from completing it, and death overtook him in mid career. His manuscript was sold for 6001.; successively placed in the hands of several antiquaries to pre- pare for the press ; and at last brought out by the present Sir HENRY ELLIS, after he had rewritten the whole, and made various additions. It was then (1813) published in two volumes quarto ; and now, after the lapse of nearly thirty years, it appears among Mr. KR/GILT'S cheap reprints, thoroughly re- vised, and with additional matter.] The Cowherd. (Guide to Service.) [A popular account of the nature and value of cattle, the principal breeds or varieties, the method of preserving or improving the breed, and the ordinary casualties and diseases to which they are subject, with hints forgeneral ma- nagement : a useful and intelligent manual for the owners of cows.] A Popular Treatise on the Art of Photography, including Daguerreotype, and all the new methods of producing pictures by the chemical agency of light. By ROBERT HUNT, Secretary of the Royal Cornwall Poly- technic Society. Illustrated by engravings. (Griffin's Scientific Mis- cellany.) The Geology of the Island of Arran, from original survey. By ANDREW CRO/LBIE RAMSAY. Illustrated by engravings. (Griffin's Scientific

Miscellany.) The Poetical Works of Edward Young, LL.D. Complete edition. (Smith's Standard Library.) Picciola. From the French of X. B. SamTrszz. (Smith's Standard Library.)

Rokeby ; a Poem. By Sir WALTER SCOTT. (Smith's Standard Li-

brary.) Cumming's Ibs's Book of Martyrs, Part IV.

Charles O'Malley, No. XV.

Yarrell's History of British Birds, Parts XXII. to XXV.

.Thornton's History of the British Empire in India, Part II.

New Statistical Account of Scotland, No. XXXI.

Master Humphrey's Clock, Part XIV.

Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, Part V.

The Schoolmaster in the Pulpit. No. I. Containing a Sermon on Faith and Salvation, and a Lecture on the Bible.

Waverley Novels. VoL L Part III.-" The Antiquary" Scott's Prose Works. Vol. L Parts Ill. and IV.-" Biographies of Emi- nent Persona." Vol. III. Part II.-" Tales of a Grandfather." (His- tory of Scotland.) British Butterflies and their Transformations, No. XI.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall's Ireland, Part VIIL

London, Part III.

PBRIODICALS.

Dublin Bedew, No. XX.

[Following the example set by the Westminster in introducing pictorial illus- trations, this number contains an able article " On the Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture"; which, though it relates principally to Romish churches, and breathes the spirit of that creed, is valuable as an exposition of the true principles of Gothic architecture as applied to churchbuilding, and for the beautiful designs, exterior and interior, that exemplify the observance of those principles in several new Roman Catholic churches now in progress, including the one in St. George's Fields, which is very stately and elegant.]

The Bude Light. No. I. More like a taper, both in size and luminousness. The best of its facetiB are the little wood-cuts ; some of which are very comical.] Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, No. LIII.

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. CIII. and CIV.

Magazines for June-Blackwood's, Tait's, Dublin University, Bentley's Miscellany, Colonial, Polytechnic Journal, Florist's Journal, English Journal, Microscopic Journal, Journal of Civilization, British Miscel- lany, Governesses, Mirror.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

The Pictorial History of France. By G. Mont BUSSEY, Vice-President of the Historical Section of the African Institute of Paris, Author of a " History of Napoleon," &c. Illustrated with upwards of five hundred engravings, by GEORGE DORRIRGTON, after designs by JULES DAVID. Part I.

[A compilation from chroniclers and biographers as well as historians. The history of the French people, their habits and institutions, as well as the lead- ing events of the government, from the earliest times to the election of Louis PHILIPPE as King, is to be set forth, month by month, in twenty parts. Of the literary matter, the first part, which only reaches to the reign of CLovis, is written with conciseness and fluency. The cuts are numerous, and charac- terized by the facility of design and knowledge of costume for which the French artists are famous; and their execution is finished and effective.]

Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Part XV.

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part IV.

George Crud:shank's Omnibus, No. II.

Le Series Memorials of Cambridge, No. XV.

Pictorial History of England, Part LII.

Pictorial Edition of Shultspere, Part XXXIII.-" Troilus and Cressida."

PAMPHLETS.

The Many Sacrificed to the Few ; proved by the effects of the Sugar Monopoly.

Four Letters addressed to die Editor of the Morning Post on the Objects of the Ministerial Budget; with additions, by JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq. To which is added, a Letter written in October 1839, on the then con- templated and since adopted changes in the rates of Postage.

Facts for Farmers; or Agriculture and the Corn-laws. By OWEN OWEN ROBERTS, Author of " Church Revenues Revealed," &c.

Discretionary Power, exemplified from the minutes of the late incorpo- ration of the Hundred of ill'angford ; in a Letter to Edward Twisle- ton, Esq., Assistant Poor-law Commissioner, &c. By the Reverend GEORGE SANDBY itunior, Rector of All Saints with St. Nicholas, South Elmham, Su olk, and Chairman of the Wangford Union.

Remarks on the Opposition to the Poor-late Amendment Bill. By a Guardian.

Is England's Safety or Admiralty Interest to be considered. A State- ment of Facts. By F. P. WALESBY, Esq., M.A., J.P., &c. Barrister- at-Law.

Practical Remarks on the Scotch Church Question.