7 FEBRUARY 1846, Page 19

NOTE ON PUBLICATIONS not PUBLISHED- A letter from a "Subscriber

of eight years' standing" complains of our "mentioning books, under the head 'Publications Received,' which have net lamed from the press "; and he states specific instances of disappoint- to himself on sending to his country bookseller for works announced in our list. We can only say that the books we insert in the list come to us in regular course from the publishers (unless with the occasional excep- tioit of a foreign book, when we mention the fact); and that the bibliopoles ans in fault, not the Spectator. In the instances adduced by our corre- spondent, both books had every appearance of publication about them; being evidently bound as part of a large number. In cases of this-kind the publisher is the proper person to address.