PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The Courts of Europe at the Close of the Last Century. By the late HENRY SWINBURNE, Esq., Author of "Travels in Spain, Italy," Sec. Edited by CHARLES WHITE, Esq., Author of " The Belgic Revolu- tion," &c. In two vols.

Memoirs of the Colman Family ; including their Correspondence with the most distinguished Personages of their time. By R[CRAED BRINSLEY PEAKE. In two Vols.

Belgium. By J. EMERSON TENNENT, Esq., M.P., Author of "Letters from the /Egean," &c. In two vols.

The Chinese As They Are : their Moral, Social, and Literary Character;

a new analysis of the language ; with succinct views of their principal arts and sciences. By G. TRADESCANT LAY, Esq., Naturalist in Beechey'a Expedition ; late Resident at Canton; Author of " The Voyage of the Himmaleh," &c.

One Hundred Sonnets translated after the Italian of Petrarch, with the Original Text, Notes, and a Life of Petrarch. By SUSAN WOLLASTON.

[A careful and painstaking translation of the sonnets of PETRARCH and his Canzone; the original Italian being exhibited on the opposite page, with notes on the more obscure passages. A life of the author is prefixed to his works, and his portrait faces the titlepage. The value of this book, we must confess, appears to us to rest on its use as a

help to reading the original. For the form of the Sonnet is opposed to the structure of our language; its stiffness is increased by the fetters of a transla- tion; and PETRARCH never has been popular in England, nor is ever likely to be. In the words of JOHNSON, we had rather praise him than read him: the graces of his style are untranslatable ; and to the matter-of-fact-mind of this country, there is something absurd in a gentleman writing rather frigid love- verses from youth to age, about a person whom he neither could win nor tried to win. It is worse than Don Quixote's assault upon the windmills—it is fighting shadows; and the fighting seems done as an exercise rather than an outbreak of passion. Those " Who sing so loudly and who sing so long."

feel but little. Our national mind cannot comprehend, and therefore cannot sympathize with this sort of platonic affection—treated like a schoolboy's theme and used for writing verses upon. We can understand a disappointed and hopeless affection darkening the course of life—but this is not to be varied like a tune : and we can understand an unsuccessful passion of another kind—bat _ the Northern require silence, or action, even if it be merely of the hand- " From night till morn I take ray glass,

In hopes to forget my Chloe."] The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, collected by Himself: In ten vols. Vol. V.—Evenings in Greece, Ballads, Songs, Miscellaneous Poems, &c.

[This fifth volume contains the Evenings in Greece, the Legendary Ballads, various lyrics and miscellaneous pieces, with a few songs now published for the first time. These last are not of a character to extend Mr. M. °ORE'S re- putation, or even to excite attention but for his name. The best, indeed, pos- sess the same style and imagery which whilom set the world agog after his lyrics, but they are feebler reflections of the originals—or more truly, repeti- tions of himself. The preface is pleasant its subjects are song-writing, and a fashionable fete at Boyle Farm in 1827.] Retrospection, or the Light of Days Gone by ; The Lord of the Valley, a Masque ; and other Poems. By the Reverend WILLIAM LmDL&RD, Author of "The Legend of Einsidlin," Sec. [A. collection of poems, some occasional, some of a more elaborate kind. The sentiments of the author are amiable, his images natural, and his style founded on a good school, that of CAMPBELL and CAMPBELL'S predecessors : but he is somewhat deficient in the natural genius which poetry requires above all other pursuits; and there are occasional negligencea of versification, which, though well enough in the romantic, are not tolerable in the classical school, where every word must be weighed and every syllable measured.] Conrad Wallenrod ; an Historical Poem, founded on events in the annals

of Lithuania and Prussia. Translated from the Polish of ADAM MIO-

KIEWICZ, by LEON JABLONSKI, Captain in the late Polish Army.

[A. translation, by a Pole, of one of the chefs-d'aeuvre of his celebrated coun- tryman ADAM MICKIEWICZ ; distinguished in a remarkable degree by the power over the English language which the translator displays.] The Earl of Brecon ; a Tragedy in five acts. Faith's Fraud; a_Trageily in five acts. The Ferryman; a Drama in five acts. By ROBERT LANDOR, M.A., Author of the "Impious Feast," &c.

The Playfellow. The Settlers at Home. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. [If not exactly upon her old ground, Miss M.s.wrinzen is once more in the same field where she first attracted public attention, by her Illustrations of Political Economy ; and she exhibits her old skill and her old vigour. The subject is an inundation of the newly-drained fens in Lincolnshire ; and the leading incident is the exposure of children and a country-girl on an isolated hill ; told with remarkable truth, and in the death of the infant with much pathos.]

The Peerage, Baronetage,, and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland; including the junior branches of the Nobility and all the titled classes. By CHARLES R. DODD, Esq., Compiler of the "Parliamentary Pocket Companion."

The Peers are still our masters. It is therefore more than a matter of cu-

riosity or fashion to learn something about them ; and we know of no work upon the subject which contains so much information in so small a compass, or where that information is so readily and distinctly presented to the inquirer, as in Mr. DODD'S compilation. The generality of these books almost require a book to teach their use; they are so heraldic, so genealogical, so learned in technicalities. But any one who can handle a dictionary can avail himself of Mr. DODD'S manual; for the Peers are arranged in alphabetical order by their common title, their English barony being afterwards expressed; as- .. LONDONDERRY, 2d Mar. of (Bel.) Baron Stewart, 1814, (U.K.) " by which latter title he sits in the House of Lords. So that he who runs may read. It is not, however, a Peerage only, but a mullion in parvo of honours and titles; containing Baronets, Knights, Bishops, including the Colonial sees,

Scotch Judges, and a distinct list of the junior nobility, "comprising the sons and daughters of Peers, grandchildren of Peers styled Honourable or copying any other title, married daughters and granddaughters of Peers deriving no title from their husbands, or one inferior to that which they enjoy by birth or patent—all alphabetically arranged—with their marriages, parentage, con- nexions, professions," &c. So much and so various information on these matters, in so small a compass, never appeared before.] A Practical Introduction to Life and Fire Assurance; showing the me- thod of calculating the values of annuities, reversions, assurances, poli- cies, bonuses, &c., with numerous useful tables : together with a com- prehensive digest of the distinctive features of the assurance-offices, and also a description of fire risks, with the rates of premium demanded therefor. By THOMAS H. AIILLAR, Accountant, Edinburgh. The Standard Pronouncing Dictionary of the French and English Lan- guages, according to the French Academy. By GABRIEL SURENNE, F.A.S.E., French Teacher in Edinburgh, &c.

The Powers of the Greek Tenses, and other Papers. By FRANCIS WHALEY HARPER, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge. The Terms and Language of Trade and Commerce, and of the Business of Every-day Life, alphabetically arranged, and fully explained. By GEORGE ROBERTS, M.R.S.L., &c., Author of an " Etymological and Explana- tory Dictionary of Geology," &c. [A dictionary of the terms in general use in business transactions ; brevity of definition being the most distinctive feature.] The Ports, Arsenals, and Dockyards of France. By a Traveller. [A reprint of letters that appeared lately in the Times, descriptive of the Ports, Arsenals, and Dockyards of France, with the matters that attracted the atten- tion of the reporter whilst making his tour of inspection. There is a useful skeleton map prefixed to the volume, and a flashy and flippant dedication "to the Editor of the Times."] Documents connected with the History of Ludlow, and the Lords Marchers.

[An elaborate and elegantly got-up volume, embracing many particulars and many documents relative to the history of Ludlow and the Welch Marches, but of somewhat too dry a nature to have much attraction except for antiquarians.] The Penny Cyclopedia of the Society for the Di Tusion of Useful Know- ledge. Vol. XIX. Primaticcio—Richardson. [This volume contains several articles of merit and elaboration, including a good account of the history and principles of Railways.] A Narrative of the Loss of the Royal George, at Spitbead, August 1782 ; including Tracey's attempt to raise her in 1783, also Colonel Pasley's operations in removing the wreck, by explosions of gunpowder, in 1839-40. Third edition.

Derangements, Primary and Reflex, of the Organs of Digestion. By RoBitliT DICK, M.D., Author of " A Treatise on Diet and Regimen."

SERIALS.

The Life of William Hutton, stationer, of Birmingham; and the History of his Family. Written by Himself. With some Extracts from his other works. (Knight's English Miscellanies.) [Every one has his favourite author, who is liked less perhaps for his proper merit, than fur some peculiarity in the reader's own mind, the time and circum- stances under which he first read him, or for causes still more subtile.

WIL- mem HUTTON, who raised himself to wealth and intellectual eminence from the humblest beginnings, seems a favourite with Mr. CHARLES KNIGHT. Mr. KNIGHT noticed his "pursuit of knowledge under difficulties" in the series on that subject in the Library of Entertaining Knowledge : he afterwards drew upon HUTTON'S autobiography for the Penny 'Magazine; and now he publishes the autobiography itself, with a selection from HUTTON'S works, executed as only labours of love are executed.

The preface compares HUTTON to FRANKLIN. In one sense he was less, in another greater. The difficulties encountered by FRANKLIN in his worldly advance were trivial compared with HUTTON'S. FRANKLIN lived in a colony, where hands were so scarce that labour of any kind commanded a high price, and thrift and sobriety were sure of doing welL HUTTON, on the contrary, lived in an old country, with indeed more outlets for enterprise than there are now, but where all the existing places of vantage were occupied. FRANKLIN'S family, too, were much better off than HUTTON'S, whose father was in a state of distress. On the other hand, the worldly views of FRANKLIN were of a more comprehensive kind, and he was engaged in much greater affairs ; and in philosophical eminence there is no comparison between them. FRANKLIN was an original genius : HUTTON a mau of great sense and shrewdness, indefatigable industry, and a hard manly tone of mind—the very personification of the old English journeyman and tradesman. Whatever was submitted to his attention, he would pass upon it a just judgment, even if the subject might have seemed above his comprehension ; but be never would have brought down the lightning from heaven. His autobiography, however, is one of the most curious and cha- racteristic works in our language—so racy and so real.]

Professor Park's Sketch of the Life and Character of Dr. Tholuck. (The

Students' Cabinet Library of Useful Tracts, No. X LII.)

Professor Tholuck on the Nature and .Moral Influence of Heathenism.

T he Students' Cabinet Library of Useful Tracts, No. XL.)

The Works of W. E. Charming, D.D. Part L—Reviews.

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

Grande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art, Part II.

Master Humphrey's Chick, Part XL noreston, Part 1V.

Charles O'Malley, No. XIL Jobson's History of the French Revolution, Part HI.

Governesses. By Madame B. Riorazv. No. III.

Johnson's Philosophic Nuts; or the Philosophy of Things as developed by the study of the Philosophy of Words. No. III.

George St. George Julian, the Prince, No. III.

The Works of De Foe, Part XVII.

PERIODICALS.

Vie Political and Literary Review, Museum, and Magazine. [A monthly magazine, started, we should say, by amateurs or college-scholars. The articles contain good and frequently independent thoughts, not badly ex- pressed; but there is no business-like skill in the selection or treatment of the subjects. The writers have chosen such topics as struck themselves, not such as were likely to strike the public.] Dublin Review.

Quarterly Journal of Agriculture.

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

Magazines for March—Blackwood's, Tait's, Dublin University, Monthly Chronicle, Colonial, Bentley's Miscellany, Monthly Law, Chemist, Florist's Journal, Polytechnic Journal, British Miscellany, English

Journal, London and Edinburgh, Sportsman, Belle Assembi6e, Farmer's,. Mirror.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

British Butterflies and their Transformations, No. VUL

Heath's Waverley Gallery, Pert XI.

Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge, No. XIL Daniel De Foe. From a print by M. VANDEROUCHT. BARNETT,

scalp.

The Pictorial History of Palestine, Part XVIII.

The Pictorial History of England, Part XLIX.

The Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part XXX.—" A Winter's Tale."

PAMPHLETS.

Letters addressed to the People on the Currency. By JAMES PEARD LEY, M.A.

Remarks on Lord Morpeth's Bill for Extending the Qualification of Voters in Ireland.

The Resources and Statistics of the Nation ; being a Digest or Summary of important Parliamentary Papers. Part First—a Digest of the Evidence given before the Import-Duties Committee.

An Explanation of the Scheme of the London Library, in a Letter to the Earl of Clarendon. By W. D. CHRISTIE, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

Texas and Mexico : a few Hints to the Creditors of Mexico, who hold her Active and Deferred Bonds, and who consented to the conversion of 1837, in the faith of 45,000,000 acres of land pledged by Mexico in Texas. By a Mexican Merchant.

Anti-Corn-law Lectures. By Mr. SIDNEY SMITH.

On the Present Condition of the Labouring Poor in Manchester; with Hints for Improving it. By the Reverend RICHARD PARKINSON, B.D., Canon of Manchester.

The Touchstone of Medical Reform ; in three Letters, addressed to Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart., M.P. By JOSEPH HENRY GREEN, F.ILS., Professor of Anatomy to the Royal Academy, &c.

An Appeal to British Justice and Honour : The Treatment of the Pro- tected Native States of India by the Government of the East India Company, illustrated in the case of the State or Principality of Colaba, commonly called An,Tria's Colaba, near Bombay, in the East Indies. Letters to William Rayner Wood, merchant, Manchester : Second Series. Containing Remarks on the Evidence of the members of the Manches- ter Chamber of Commerce, and others, given before the Committee of the House of Commons, on the Currency, in the sitting of 1840. Also, some comparative statements of the amounts of bills of exchange, to illustrate their practical effects on the currency. By WILLIAM LEATHAM, Banker, Wakefield, Author of "Letters on the Currency," &c.

Statement relative to the Proceedings of the General Assembly's Colonial Committee, in regard to Mr. Robert Duff, Preacher of the Gospel, and lately Parochial Schoolmaster of the Parish of Rhynie. By DUNCAN biacraitLeu, D.D., Principal of Glasgow College.