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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Bootie.

The books of the week have run somewhat in dames. Besides the second and concluding volume of Mignet's "Mary Queen of Scots," the Life and Poetical Remains of the author of "Death's Jest-Book," and Mr. Shaw's Adventures in California, four works of fretion have arrived. Two volumes of tales, "edited by Lady Dormer" ; the longest of which is a story Of fashionable life before the time of the &form Bill. The untiring Mr. James has produced a three-volume novel, whose actors are mixed up with the Bloody Assizes in the reign of James the Second. "Smugglers and. Foresters" combines the life and doings of those classes, with what is commonly meant by romance. Jasper Lyle is called a "complete edition," having probably been published in some other form ; it now forms a volume of Routledge's "Standard Novels."

The History of Mary Queen of Scots. By F. A. Mignet, Member of the Institute, and of the French Academy, Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Moral and Political Science. In two volumes. Volume IL Poems. By the late Thomas Lovell Bridges, Author of "Death's Jest- Book, or the Foors Tragedy." With a Memoir.

Lady Selina Chford ; a Novel. And other Tales. Edited by Lady Dormer. In two volumes-.

The late; a Tale of Stirring Times. By G. P. R. James, Esq., Author of "The Gipsey," &o. In three volumes.

Smugglers and Foresters ; a Novel. In three volumes.

Japer Lyle ; a Tale of Kafirland. By Mrs. Ward, Author of "Five Years in Kafirland."

Golden Dreams and Waking Realities ; being the Adventures of a Gold-Seeker in California and the Pacific Islands. By William Shaw.

The subject of Railways has produced two books of more importance than the common kind of guides or companions.

The Railroad Book of England ; Historical, Topographical, and Pic- turesque; descriptive of the Cities, Towns, Country Seats, and other Subjects of Local Interest. With a brief Sketch of the Lines in Scot- land and Wales. By Edward Churton.

Rides on Railways leading to the Lake and Mountain Districts of Cum- berland, North Wales, and the Dales of Derbyshire ; with a Glance at Oxford, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, and other Manufac- turing Towns. By Samuel Sidney, Author of "Railways and Agri- culture." Illustrated by twenty-four Engravings on Steel, with a correct Map of the North-western Railway and its Branches.

The "Railroad Book of England" is a very elaborate affair, formed upon the plan of the old road-books. Each railway is taken in succession ; the reader is supposed to proceed along the line as he passes down the page; the towns, gentlemen's seats, and objects of interest on either side of him, are de- scribed as they appear, and often illustrated with wood-cuts, which well pre- sent the features of the scene to the eye. Besides the available published authorities, Mr. Churton has received mdch original information from per- sons connected with the vicinities, to whom he has addressed himself. An extension of the plan to the districts through which the lines run would have increased the information of the work, but have added perhaps dispro- portionately to its bulk and cost. i "Rides on Railways" is a very clever, readable book : there may be a Ards too much of smartness and vivacity, a display of literary skill a little too obvious for critical taste, but rather adding to the attraction of the vise lame for the general reader than repelling him. Mr. Sideey intioduces his subject by a glance at railways in their earlier stages, when predictions of failure and the presence of jobs were both rife, and gives some amusing illus. trade= of each. He next enters upon the wonders of the Euston and Cara- den Stations, with " sketches " of the sights to be seen there, as well as of the mechanical performances. IN then carries his reader along the line, showing him the remarkable features; stopping at the various stations, and giving brief but characteristic aocounts of the different towns to which the iron road conducts him. The book is illustrated with graphic cuts, and forms a neat pocket volume.

A Treatise on the Arrangement and Construction of ...1grieldttoral Buildings. By John Ewart, Land Surveyor, Agricultural Architects and Engineer, &e.

[The arrangement and conveniences of farm buildings, little as they have

generally been attended to, are almost as important to the farmer as the factory" and its machinery are to the manufacturer. The subject, how- ever, is not one that can be made popularly attractive without much apace and some plates. Mr. Ewart'a large folio is indeed a book of plates and ex- planatory letterpress, telling how kine and swine and horses may be lodged to the best advantage, corn stored, and implements housed. The pub- lication was suggested by a prize which the author received for an essay from the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The subject is pree sented under eight aspects, from the buildings requisite for a large farm with prospects of future extension, to a sheep and cattle shed in a distant field. Approximate estimates of the cost are given, from which we infer.that money as well as mind is a thing needful in renovating the agriculture of Great Britain.]

The Stud Farm; or Hints on Breeding for the Turf, the Chase, and the Road. Addressed to Breeders of Race-horses and Hunters, to Landed Proprietors, and especially Tenant Farmers. By Cecil. [The object of the Stud _Farm is to recommend horse-breeding, as a pursuit in. which the farmer needs no protection, and one which, properly followed, will always pay. The book seems likely to answer its purpose : the arrange- ment it orderly, the directions are clear, the view sensible, and the con- clusions the result of experience. The sum of the whole is—judgment, and liberality in expense : as in Mr. Ewart'e farm-buildings, mind and money, and a judicious use of both, are necessary to success.] Ida de Galls; a Tragedy of Pena Castle. By the Reversnd 11. NT. Mcrgan, P. C., Tregynon, Montgomeryshire, Autber of "The Verities of the Church," &c. [This tragedy is an attempt to revive the highest style of the Greek drama, exceptine the accessories of musio. The attempt is not successful. Mrs Morgan hasnot the dramatic qualities necessary for the execution of a drama, and the tradition or tale he has chosen has not the proper elements for a tragedy. The story turns upon a noble of King Arthur's Round-Table accusing the wife of his enemy of adultery, when It turns out that the unchaste female is his own daughter.] The Church of England in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. (The Library for the Times.) [A powerfully-written history of the tyranny of Churchmen under the Stuarts ; which the author puts upon the Church of England. The book forms one of a series of publications set forth with Voluntary object's] A Guide to the Great Exhibition • containing a Description of every principal Object of Interest. With a Plan, pointing out the easiest and most systematic way of examining the contents of the Crystal Palace. Twentieth thousand. With an Index.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

An Orerland Journey to the Great Exhibition, showing a few Extra Articles and Visitors. By Richard Doyle.

[A goodnatured pictorial satire, showing the prinoipal nations-of the world travelling in groups to the Great Exhibition, with emblematic articles. The Americans are bearing a ponderous scourge, while Freedom is leading the procession with a couple of 'Coloured people" in chains; the French am carrying a rather withered tree of Liberty, with a drooping eagle and. a couple of crowns stuck in the branches ; and so with other national traits. The heads, according to a present fashion, are preposterously large for the bodies; but the action and expression of the figures are excellent, and the details judiciously introduced.]

The Trihedral View of the Palate of the Exhibition of the Industrial Products of Mankind. Projected, surveyed, and drawn by C. P. B. Shelley, Engineer, and H. H. Trepass, Artist, late with Messrs. Fox, Henderson, and Co.

Going "With" the Stream, and Going "Against" the Stream, Painted by J. J. Jenkins, Esq., engraved by Henry Robinson.

SERIAL.

Cyclopedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures. Edited by Charles Tome linson. Part L [A carefully-prepared compilation on the topics mentioned in the titlepage the text being illustrated by wood-cuts.] PAMPHLETS.

The Church of England and the Church of Rome. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdcaconry of Chichester August 5, 1851, at.

the Primary Visitation of the Venerable James Chichester, M.A., Arch, deacon of Chichester.

Lectures on the Present Position of Catholics in England: addressed to the Brothers of the Oratory. By John Henry Newman, D.D., Priests of the Congregation of St. Philip Neri. Lecture VIII.

Letter to Lord John Russell on Sir John M'Neill's Report on the State of the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland. By J. Mackenzie, Esq., M.D. The Law of Evidence Bill; with Lord Brougham's Speech on opening it Friday, 11th April 18,51. Second edition, with a Preface on the Amendments.

Propositions for an Improved System of .Management for Hackney and Metropolitan Stags Carriages.

Homeopathy. Report of the Speeches on Irregular Practice, delivered at the nineteenth anniversary meeting of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, held at Brighton, August 13 and 14, 1851.