PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boors.

Journal of a Cavalry Officer; including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 184o-1846. By W. W. W. Humbley, M.A., Trinity College, Cam- bridge, Fellow of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Captain Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers.

A Volunteer's Scramble through Scinele, the Punjab, Hindostan, and the Himalayah Mountains. By Hugo James, Bengal Army, and formerly with Major Herbert Ed wardes, C.B.

Catholic Union : Essays towards a Church of the Future, as the Organi- zation of Philanthropy. By F. W. Newman. (The Catholic Se- ries.)

Night and the Soul; a Dramatic Poem. By J. Stanyan Bigg.

Counterparts, or the Cross of Love. By the Author of " Charles Au- chester." In three volumes.

Angelo ; a Romance of Modern Rome. In two volumes.

The Professor; a Novel. By Emilie Carlen, Author of "The Events of a Year," &c. In three volumes.

Memoirs and Correspondence of Major-General Sir William Nott, G.C.B., Commander of the Army of Candahar, and Envoy at the Court of the King of Gude. Edited, at the request of Sir William Nott's Daughters, Letitia Nott and Charlotte Bower, from Docu- ments in their exclusive possession by J. H. Stocqueler, Esq., Author of the "Life of the Duke of Wellington," &c. In two volumes.

Supplement to " Vacation Rambles" ; consisting of Recollections of a Tour through France to Italy, and Homeward by Switzerland, in the Vacation of 1846. By T. N. Talfourd.

The Castilian ; an Historical Tragedy, in five acts. By T. N. Talfourd.

The Nations of Russia and Turkey and their Destiny. By Ivan Golo- vine, Author of " The Caucasus.', [This contribution of Ivan Golovine to the great question of the day contains a coup d'ceil of many topics, selected and put together with literary skill, and animated by that national apprehension of a national subject which a foreigner can hardly ever attain. It is true that with this knowledge is mingled some of the feeling that a man may naturally entertain towards a "paternal" despot, who has confiscated his property, and sentenced him (par contumace) to Siberia, and who moreover in his opinion oppresses the com- plainant's country. The Emperor Nicholas, and indeed the whole of the house of Romanoff, or rather of Holstein-Gottorp, if not of some unknown fathers, are painted in anything but rose colour. However, if we are to have the knowledge, apprehension, and gossip of a native, we must also have the feelings his nationality produces. The topics of Mr. Golovine are geographical and statistical, personal and national, intermingled with some political disquisitions. He gives, for in- stance, a clever resume of the broad features of Russia in her magnitude physical features, population, establishments, &c., with by implication the aggressive and defensive power they indicate. He sketches historically and anecdotically, Peter I. and the leading sovereigns since his time, with full- lengths of the present Emperor, his ministers and confidants; court scandal forming a portion of the material. He then runs over seriatim the dif- ferent nations that go to make up the vast empire of the Russias; the Cos- sacks being dwelt upon at greatest length. The political ideas are varied; but the leading positions are, that the present family, the present policy, the majority of the officials, and the whole system of the bureaucracy, are not Russian, but German : the author looks forward to a federated state of the Slavonic races• the different nationalities to be determined by cir- cumstances, but the Poles, the Danubian Provinces, (including Servia and Bulgaria,) as well as the genuine Russians, would naturallyform three great natural divisions: at the same time, Constantinople and the provinces South of the Balkan might be agglomerated into a Greek state. Of course the pre- sent foreign and bastard Imperial family would be put aside as regards any benefits from this revolution.] Jack and the Tanner of Wymondham ; a Tale of the Time of Edward the Sixth. By the Author of "Mary Powell." With Frontispiece. [A tale of the popular disturbances under Edward the Sixth, supposed to be told in old age by a rustic whom a series of untoward circum- stances engaged in the outbreak. The lesson to be read is the evil of popu- lar insurrection even when the people have reason to complain. The de- meats of the tale are perhaps rather common ; being a lover's quarrel through the suitor's misconception of the young squire's attentions, which leads to all the trouble. An air of novelty is imparted to the materials by the scenes into which they are thrown, and the oldfashioned style, redolent of the Tudors, in which the author of Mary Powell presents them.] The Glasgow University Album, for 1854. Edited by the Students. [A collection of prose and poetry, contributed by the students of Glasgow University, with occasional assistance of established writers—as M. F. Tupper, Professor Blackie, and Professor Nichol. There is a good variety of subjects in the students' papers, and an interchange of verse and prose. Of the prose articles, one of the best, if not the best, is a paper on Johnson. This exhibits a knowledge of its subject, an acquaintance with the age, a soundness of judgment, and a ripeness of composition, rarely attained by students ; though the picture of the Grub Street author is a little too much after Macaulay to be quite true.] A Manual of the Law of Maritime Warfare ; embodying the Deci- sions of Lord Stowell and other English Judges, and of the American Courts, and the Opinions of the most eminent Jurists: with an Appen- dix of the Official Documents and Correspondence in relation to the present War. By William Hazlitt and Henry Philip Roche, of the Middle Temple and Lincoln's Inn, Esqrs., Barristers-at-law.

[A digested view of the law of nations with regard to maritime warfare, clearly arranged under separate heads, from the declaration of war to resto• ration of the capture or adjudication of the prize. The decisions of Lord Stowell, and the leading American cases, often given at full in their own language, form the great bulk of the book. The older writers on national law are not neglected, and they impart a kind of historical air, showing how the laws of war have been gradually softened with the advance of civilization.]

The Law of Charities ; comprising the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853; with Explanatory Notes, Rules, and Instructions for Application to the Board of Charity Commissioners ; the Orders regulating the Prac- tice in Chancery, in the County Courts, and District Courts of Bank- ruptcy, &c. By Philip Francis, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barris- ter-at-law.

[The volume substantially consists of the text of the Charitable Trusts Act of 1853, preceded by an analytical commentary, and followed by a summary of those statutes to which the act refers, as the law relating to charities is now embraced in these texts. There are also an introduction containing an historical sketch of the legislation upon the subject, especially in reference to Mortmain, a digest of cases, and a variety of forms.]

The Statistical Companion, for 1854. By T. C. Bonfield, Esq., Author of " Six Lectures on the Organization of Labour," delivered in the University of Cambridge. [This volume, which appears only occasionally, sustains its character for tabular statistics of variety, utility, and large information. Although re- taining the same tables in certain unvarying facts of history and geography, and the same class of matter in other subjects, the novelties which time and progress create, are introduced ; so that the Companion keeps pace with the times.] The Natural History and Habits of the Salmon ; with Reasons for the Decline of the Fisheries, and how they can be Improved and again made productive ; also an Account of the Artificial Incubation of the Salmon. By Andrew Young, Invershin, Sutherlandshire.

[An account of the artificial breeding of salmon in its successive stages, if that can be called artificial which consists in assisting the fish, or at the ut- most transferring the spawn from a spontaneous to an artificially-formed breeding-place. With this account, and the description of the habits of salmon which it implies, is combined a jeremiade over the present state of the law in Scotland as regards the salmon-fishery.]

Belles lettres predominate in the new editions of the week. From the matter of reference which appears in the twenty-fifth volume of the Library Edition of the Waverley Novels, including a glossary and index of names, we infer that this real magnum opus has at last reached its con- clusion. Mr. Murray sends forth the third volume of his British Classics edition of Goldsmith ; chiefly containing fugitive and miscellaneous writings, besides " The Bee " and the " Essays." Messrs. Parker and Son conclude their Dryden with a third volume—an edition " wondrous cheap "; while Mr. Lunn the musician publishes a new edition of his " Musings."

Library Edition of the Waverley Novels. Volume XXV. " The Sur- geon's Daughter." " Castle Dangerous."

The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. In four volumes. Volume III. (Murray's British Classics.) Poetical Works of John _Dryden. Edited by Robert Bell. Volume III. (The Annotated Edition of the English Poets.) Beauchamp ; or the Error. By G. P. R. James, Esq. (The Parlour Library.) The Cardinal's Daughter. By the late Robert Mackenzie Daniels, Au- thor of " The Scottish Heiress," &c. (The Parlour Library.) Musings of a Musician ; a series of Popular Sketches, illustrative of Musical Matters and Musical People. By Henry C. Lunn, Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. A new edition.

The Ballad of Babe Christabel ; with other Lyrical Poems. By G. Massey. Third edition.

SERIAL.

Lexicon of the Thoughts in the English Language. Part I. [In the absence of preface or prospectus, we can make nothing of the title " Lexicon of Thoughts." This first part is an English dictionary, going about half-way through the letter A. Its chief characteristics are the num- ber of authorities for the meaning of some of the words, and an attempt at philological preciseness in definition. This last feature is disfigured by quaintness and uncouthness, but does not often exhibit the acumen the au- thor aims at.]

PAMPHLETS.

War With .Russia. God the Arbiter of Battle : a Sermon preached on Sunday, April 2, 1854, by the Reverend H. H. Beamish, MA., Minister of Trinity Chapel, Conduit Street, &c.

The War in some of its Social, Political, and Religious Aspects. By Thomas Guthrie, II.D., Author of .• Pleas for Ragged Schools," sic.

Spun/at/0ns on the Eastern Question. By a Soldier.

Some Account of the Brigade of Hospital Conveyance Carts, attached to the Army in the East ; formed on improve- ments suggested by Lieutenant-Co- lonel Tulloh, of the Royal Artillery, and Mr. Guthrie. A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell on University Reform. By the Reverend J. A. Emerton, D.D., Oxon, Principal of Hanwell College, Middlesex.

The Worthies of the Working Classes and their Friends. Edited by S. Bannister, MA., formerly Attorney-General of New South Wales. Second edition.

The Constitution of Jersey. A Concise View of the Legislative Powers of the Crown over the Island of Jersey, from the tenth century to the present time. With some Observations upon the Rise, Progress, and present Constitutional Position of the States of that Island. By A. E. Dryden, Eeq. exhibiting the equivalent of any Sum, from 1 Pie to Rupees 100, or from 1 Penny to 1001. Sterling, in regular gra. dation at the different rates of Ex- change, from Is. 9d. to 28. 3d. (ascend- ing by Ith of a Penny). per Rupee; whereby the corresponding amount, however large, of Indian Currency into Sterling, or Sterling into Indian Currency, can with great facility be obtained, &c. By George Ure Adam. Orer-Legislation. By Herbert Spencer, Author of "Social Statics." Reprinted, with Additions, from the Westmin- ster Review. (Chapman's Library for the People. No. XI.) Tribunals of Commerce. Report of the Executive Committee, adopted, ne- mine contmdicente, at a Public Meet- ing held at the London Tavern, on the 15th March 1854.

Tables of Exchange, arranged Decimally,