PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

Edinburgh Essays, by Members of the University. 1806.

Memoirs of Rear-Admiral Sir IV. Edward Parry, Ent., F.R.S., &e. late Lieut.-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. By his Son, the Reverend Edward Parry, M.A., of Balliol College, Oxford, and late Tutor in the University of Durham.

Christian Orthodoxy Reconciled with the Conclusions of Modern Biblical Learning : a Theological Essay, with Critical and Controversial Supplements. By John William Donaldson, D.D., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England. Collected and edited by James Spedding, M.A.' of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A., late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Volume 11.

A Journey through Texas ;_ or a Winter of Saddle and Camp Life on the Border Country of the United States and Mexico. By Frederick Law Olmsted, Author of " A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States," &c.

The Philosophy of Common Life ; or the Science of Health. By John Seoffern, M.B.' &e.—This compilation is by no means the best of the many books that have emanated from Mr. Scoffern's fluent pen. Tho various subjects on which it treats have already been popularly developed, occasionally by very superior writers. From the number of subjects crowded into the volume, Mr. Scoffem has hardly left himself room for the proper treatment of any. Since Dr. Southwood Smith, some twenty ,ann, Irani dard v...ox4m.naa tion, or taught the world to attend to its digestion, those subjects have been the themes of books, and clever books too, though not very original. Mr. Scoffern doubles all these matters up in less than a hundred pages, and of course in a general way. Of adulteration we have hoard plenty of late, and Mr. Seoffern runs over the matter in forty pages, sensibly, but still generally; puts climate into sixteen ; the ninny topics included under hygienic or sanitary questions into about thirty. Perhaps the treatment of these and other kindred questions is not always the best adapted for conveying much information in small compass. There is more disquisition than exposition ; occasionally a tendency to anecdotical gossip, as in the account of the various modes of burial among ancient peoples. The book may have its attraction, or its use for a certain class of readers ; but so has the alphabet.

Minnesota and Dacotah ; in Letters descriptive of a Tour through the North-west in the Autumn of 1866. By C. C. Andrews, Counsellor-atlaw, Editor of the Official Opinions of the Attorneys-General of tho United States.—The precise object of the writer's autumnal trip to the newly-settled Territories of the North-west is not very clear. It might be to look after the prospects for lawyers in that quarter, as the " counsellor" discusses the modes of practice and state of the profession ; but the attractions are not great to an ambitious man : he may get a living, or make law a stepping-stone to politics ; but the career of a great advocate, and its best concomitant largo fees' are not to be had in the stump region. Or Mr. Andrews might have had some views towards the settlement, not of himself but others : he gives a promising account of the country for settlers—both Minnesota, already settled, and Dacotah, which it is proposed to purchase from the Indians. The letters give a plain day-by-day account of what places the writer went to, and what ho saw, but are not very graphic. They originally appeared in an American newspaper; the volume is an American importation. On a True Parthenogenesis in Moths and Bees : a Contribution to the History of Reproduction in Animals. By C. T. E. Von Siebold. Trimslated by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., &c.—The object of this curious contribution to natural science is to prove that bees and certain moths or butterflies are reproduced by the female alone. Strictly speaking, the discovery as regards bees seems rather to belong to Dzieron than to Von Sicbold, and the fact to be limited to the production of drones. The subject, however, is hardly for newspaper investigation, though very curious to the physiologist. Professor Owen has added some notes to the translation.

The English Harmony of the Four Gospels.—One feature of this quarto edition of the Gospels is a more exact rendering of those passages about which commentators are agreed; and in which, by the by, the exactness is often rather of words than substance, and, rarely, in our opinion, with any advantage. The readings of the Vatican manuscript are exhibited in the text by typographical means, and the principal other various readings in the margin. There is a new arrangement of the text, passages being exhibited in a more metrical form. There are also critical and antiquarian matter, and indices to facilitate reference. The Wreck of the Forthern Belle. By Edwin Arnold, M.A., &c.— 'Mr. Arnold is allowing himself to run to seed. These verses are not

equal to the theme. The thoughts and images are common, with an effort after poetical simplicity, which only reaches quaintness. The verse is equally common, though facile enough, with lines evidently made for the rhyme. The Elah. By Darwehd.—Half-a-dozen essays and a variety of miscellaneous reflections, which the author calls "excursive remarks." The thoughts in themselves are worth little : the prose sometimes "runs mad.' Take the opening sentence from "the Restoration of Israel."

"Sacred Empire all glorious in holy nationality ! awaits the People of JEluovah! the third time will the Covenanted Race be arrayed in the transcendent splendours of Supernal Dominion ! with immortal vigour, again like the Eagle will the Chosen bloom in the full glory of rejuvencseent power !" How to Make Home Happy. By William Jones, F.S.A.—An olla podrida of various topics, mostly selected. Some are recipes on domestic economy, others on the management of temper, or behaviour ; and may so far contribute "to make home happy." The remainder are on an endless variety of subjects; but all are useful in their way.

The principal reprint of the week is the first volume of a new edition of Mr. Kaye's best work, the " History of the War in Affghanistan." It appears in a more handy form, and we believe at a cheap price. Mr. Bohn publishes in a single volume a copiously-illustrated edition of the "Tales of the Genii" ; a work highly popular—we suppose for its stories and adventures.

Of continuations, there are the "Year-Book" of Mr. Timbs, with its judicious selection of facts in the arts or sciences; and the "Shilling Baronetage."

History of the War in Afyhanistan. By John William Kaye. A. new edition, revised and corrected. In three volume. Volume I.

The Tales of the Genii; or the delightful Lessons of Hortun the son of Asmar. Translated from the Persian, by Sir Charles Moral, formerly Ambassador i

from the British Settlements n India to the Great Mogul. New edition, collated and edited by Philo-Juvcnis. Illustrated with numerous Engravings on wood and steel.

The Tear-Boole of Facts in Science and Art : exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements of the past Year, in Mechanics and the Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Electricity, Chemistry, Zoiilogy and Botany. Geology and Mineralogy, Meteorology and Astronomy. By John Timbs, F.S.A., Author of " Things not generally known familiarly explained," tt:c. Hardeciche's Shilling Baronetaye for VW, third year of publication : containing an Alphabetical List of the Baronets of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Great Britain. To which is added, the Baronetcies in order of Precedence. Compiled by Edward Walford, Esq., M.A., Sze.