PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Memoirs of Prince Rupert and the Cavaliers. Including their Private Correspondence, now first published from the original manuscripts. By Eliot Warburton, Author of "The Crescent and the Cross." In three volumes.

Memorials of the Civil War: comprising the Correspondence of the Fair- fax Family with the most distinguished personages engaged in that me- morable contest. Now first published from the original manuscripts. Edited by Robert Bell, Author of the "History of Russia," &c. Forming the concluding volumes of the Fairfax Correspondence. In two volumes. Expedition to Discover the Sources of the White Nile, in the Years 1840, 1841. By Ferdinand Wane. From the German, by Charles William O'Reilly. In two volumes. Loyola; and Jesuitism in its Rudiments. By Isaac Taylor. Ornithological Rambles in Sussex; with a Systematic Catalogue of the Birds of that County, and Remarks on their Local Distribution. By A. E. Knox, M.A., F.L.S , &c.

The Sea-Side Book; being an Introduction to the Natural History of the British Coasts. By W. H. Harvey, M.D., M.R.I.A., &c.

Principles of Scientific Botany; or Botany as an Inductive Science. By Dr. J. M. Sehleiden Extraordinary Professor of Botany in the University of Jena. Translated by Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S., Lecturer on Matruh, Medics and Botany at the St. George's School of Medicine, London. An Essay on a Proposed New System of Fortification; with Hints for its Application to our National Defences. By James Fergusson, M.R.I., BA., Author of "An Historical Inquiry into the True Principles of Beauty in Art," &c.

Lectures on Medical Missions.. Delivered at the instance of the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society.

[A series of lectures delivered by clergymen and medical men. The precise Object of "the Edinburgh 'Medical Missionary Society" is not very clear in one important point: there is no doubt it wishes to combine the offices of a medical man and missionary in distant countries, where the people are barbarous or hos- tile; but it is not so clear whether a similar combination at home is intended, the evidence being contradictory. The subjects of the lectures are—the importance of medical missions, the qualifications and duties of a medical missionary, and the "sacredness" and responsibilities attaching to the profession of medicine. 'The best part of the lectures consist of facts that have fallen under the observa- tion of missionaries abroad or of medical men. The illustrative anecdotical reminis- cences of some of the medical lectures are interesting; the general arguments but indifferent, especially upon the unsettled and very difficult subject of home medi- cal missionaries.]

A History of Greece, for the use of Schools and Colleges. By Thomas Swinburne Carr, M.A., Classical Master in King's College, London. Second edition, revised and enlarged. [This new edition of Mr. Care's valuable "School History of Greece' is almost a new work. By abridging the geography and omitting some other parts "not im- mediately connected with the history," as well as " by enlarging the size and in- creasing the number of the pages," the author has acquired considerably more space. This space has been used in giving greater fulness to the narra- tive, and thus remedying the main fault of the first edition. Mr. Carr has also enriched his book with the spirit of the new knowledge he has acquired from the works on Greece published within these last ten years; embracing the latter volumes of Bishop Thirlwall, Mr. Grote's entire History, and the works of several German writers.] History of Europe, from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. By Archibald Alison, LL.D F.R.S.E. New edition, with Portraits. Volume IL [The portraits in this volume pass from the house of Bourbon, through the noble Democrat Mirabean, to the extremes of the Mountain, anion and Marat ; all looking very French, and of an old school of plainness.] A Tour ire the United States; with Two Lectures on Emigration, delivered in the Mechanics' Institution, Manchester. By Archibald Prentice. Third edition.

[Mr. Prentice was one of the Anti-Corn-law agitators: after winding up the business of the League, be and Mr. Brooks of Manchester took a trip to America by way of a change; on his return his publisher wished to bring out the tour in a small form and at a cheap rate ; which has been done so successfully that it has reached a third edition. It is a short and rapid narrative, treating of' external things in a fair enough way.]

The Musical Manual; containing both the Theory and Practice of Instru- mental and Vocal Music. Partly by Questions and Answers, and eluci- dated by numerous Illustrations. By Bartolomeo Fontana, Professor of Singing.

[This volume consists of five sections: the first is a brief sketch of the history of musical notation, with some general remarks on the nature of music; the second contains a catechism on the elements of music such as are found in tutors, but with more elaboration; the third is devoted to the principles of harmony, also in the form of question and answer; the fourth is a manual of singing:, to which are affixed a variety of practical exercises; and the fifth contains some durations as to transposition and a variety of other topics for more advanced and ambitions pupils.]

Manual of Mineralogy; or the Natural History of the Mineral Kingdom: containing a general Introduction to the Science, and Descriptions of the separate Species, including the more recent Discoveries, and Chemical Analyses. By James Nicol, F.R.S.E., F.G.S., &c. LA copious and able compilation; not only bringing up the knowledge and dis- coveries of mineralogy to the latest date, but aiming at elevating the mind of the pupil by connecting the science of mineralogy with geology, and the singular questions that geology embraces.]

Maxims of Sir Morgan °Doherty, Bart.

[A reprint, we believe, from the whilom celebrated Sir Morgan of Blackwood; in a handsome form for the pocket. If the deed were to be done, it should have been done earlier; for the stiff prejudices, free remarks, and swaggering tone, were more adapted to a long time ago.]

Memoirs of Francis Horner.

[The second and concluding part: the substance, pith, and spirit, in many cases the ipsissima verba, of two large octavo volumes—for two shillings.] The Chief Rules of Greek Accentuation. By the Reverend John Day Collis, M.A., &c.

[A well-arranged and scholarly precis of the subject.]

The Value and Importance of the Scottish Fisheries; comprehending fully every circumstance connected with their Present Position. By James Thomson.

NEW SERIAL.

The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield the Younger, of Blunderstone Rookery. (Which he never meant to be published on any account.) By Charles Dickens. With Illustrations by H. K. Browne. No. L [In David Copperfekl, Mr. Dickens has chosen a subject as yet less involved in London life and town-bred characters than most of his previous choosings, what- ever it may eventually become. In this first part we are introduced to a young and rather foolish widow, making a second match with an adventurer; and to a whole family of poor and worthy fishing-people at Yarmouth, who live in an old boat, turned upside down. The form of the work is autobiographical; the theme, Mr. Copperfield's childish years, and what occurred before his birth, from hear- say. The style is more akin to some of the author's later productions than to his "first manner."]