PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

The Exposition of 1851; or Views of the Industry, the Science, and the Government of England. By Charles Babbage, Esq., Corresponding Member of the Academy of Moral Sciences of the Institute of France. Lectures on Political Economy. By Francis William Newman, formerly Fellow of Bailie' College, Oxford. The Goth and the Hun ; or Transylvania, Debreczin, Perth, and Vienna, in 1850. By A. A. Paton, Author of " The Mamelukes." The Birthright. By Emilie Carlin, Author of " The Rose of Tistelon." From the Original, by the Translator of " St. Roche." In three volumes.

Notes of an Attachd in Spain in 1850.

.A Little Book of Songs and Ballads, gathered from Ancient Musick Books, MS. and printed. By E. F. Rimbault, LL. D., &c. [A collection of popular ballads, belonging to the sixteenth or early part of the seventeenth century. They have been gathered by Dr. Rim- bault from a great variety of sources, as well; manuscript as printed books, and are illustrated with much acumen and reading. The character of the collection is strictly that of the homely song or ballad, rarely rising to poetry or exhibiting the literary knack which in formal matters supplies its place ; but they are very curious illustrations of the popular taste and Ben- timer t (sometimes rather broad) from the accession of the Tudors to the reign of-Oharles the First.] Empyrean, and other Poems. By Francis May. [This small volume of verse has metre and imagery, but lacks subject, pur- poseond distinctive character. If a youthful attempt, it is promising ; but Mr. May must think and study a good deal more ere he will produce a poem.] The Railways of the United _Kingdom Statistically Considered. Supple- mental Part. By Harry Serivenor, late Secretary to the Liverpool Stock Exchange, and Author of " A History of the Iron Trade." [Although this volume is supplemental to the author's great work on Railway statistics, supplying the additional facts that have been produced from 1849 to 18512 yet it contains a good deal of new matter. The most useful novelty is a series of tables showing the sums actually raised and expended by the companies of the United Kingdom, and their half-yearly revenue and expendi- ture for 1849 and 1850; the expenditure exhibited under its various heads, with its percentage in relation to the revenue, as well as the extent of the preference charges. The use of such an analytical view is obvious; it not only gives a person all the financial facts in reference to a company, but en- ables him to institute a comparison between the mileage receipts and rates of expenditure of all the companies under any given head.] Memoir of William Alen, F.E.S. By James Sherman, Minister of Surrey Chapel. jTliis memoir of a philanthropic and scientific "Friend " is founded upon a large work in three volumes which appeared in 1846, with a good deal of matter of a "purely denominational " kind, or connected with "incidents of every-day life, both in business and religious experience." Mr. Sherman, of Surrey Chapel, has undertaken to reproduce the more general parts of the life and correspondence of William Allen, in a single volume adapted to a less limited class of readers. It strikes us, however, that there is still a good deal of "purely denominational" matter—of a racy flavour.] The Orbs of Heaven, or the Planetary and Stellar Worlds : a popular Exposition of the great Discoveries and Theories of Modern As- tronomy. By 0. M. Mitchell, A.M., Director of the Cincinnati Observatory. (National Illustrated Library.)

[A reprint of an American work, which was founded on a series of lectures delivered at Cincinnati to promote the erection of the present observatory. Its object is expressed in its title—" a popular exposition of the great dis- coveries and theories of modern astronomy." The London reprint is illus- trated by numerous wood-cuts on subjects not directly connected with astronomy—as portraits and views.]

The Kaleidoscope of Anecdotes and Aphorisms. Collected by Catherine Sinclair, Author of " Lord and Lady Harcourt," &c. .

[A good selection of anecdotes, repartees, and remarks or reflections, made with a better taste and higher purpose than are usual in books of this kind. It will be found a useful as well as an entertaining volume.]

Minutes of the Committee of Cotmcil on Education ; Correspondence, Financial Statements, &c. ; and Repots by her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. 1850-51.

Returns Relating to Parliamentary Urania Education. Ordered by the House of Commons to be pnnted 10th March /851.

The life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. In four volumes. Volume II.

The Fortunes of Hector O'Halloran. By W. H. Maxwell, Author of " Stories of Waterloo," &c. (Bentley's Standard Novels.)

Several religious publications are before us, apparently the result of the Pa- pal Aggression, which has stimulated theological controversy as well as the odium theolo 'oum

" The Church of England in the Reigns of the Tudors " forms one of a se- ries of books that are about to be published on religious subjects or subjects connected with religion. It is written on strong Protestant principles, with a leaning against state churches ; and embraces, in a preliminary view, a sum- mary account of our church history from the first introduction of Christianity. It is a piece of close compact workmanship, but with nothing very new or striking.

g. " The Priest Miracles of Rome " is a life of St. Dunstan, prefaced by an historical sketch of the Church in Britain prior to Dunstan's time. " The Mass" is a series of six strong discourses against that " sacri6ce" of the Ro- mish Church, followed by two sermons on the Man of Sin and "The Genius and Power of Popery." " Sacred History " is chiefly an abridgment of Scripture history, interwoven with religious reflections.

The Church of England in the Reigns of the Tudors; with Preliminary Notices of the Ecclesiastical History of our Country from the Earliest Times. (Library for the Times.) The Priest Miracles of Rome ; a Memoir for the Present Time. The Mass. By William Anderson, LL.D.

Sacred History, from the Creation of the World to the Destruction of Jerusalem. For the use of Schools and Families. Edited by Henry White, B.A., &c.

SERUM

Half Hours of English History. Selected and Illustrated by Charles Knight. Part I.

[A selection of passages in prose and verse relating to the leading points and striking characters of English history. The prose is selected from historical

writers; original authors—as Bede, Dion Cassius. The poetry, as yet, is chiefy taken from our dramatists ; " Cymbeline " illustrating the early British period, Beaumont and Fletcher'' Bonduea " that of the Roman occupation, Joanna Baillie's "Ethwald " and Sheridan Knowles's "Alfred" the Saxon times.] Poems, and Notes. to the People. By_ Ernest Jones, of the Middle Tem- ple,'Barrister-at-law. Nos. I. to I.

Mer.

Wilme's Symbolic Map of London.

[The main object of this map is to direct strangers readily to the principal places and buildings of the Metropolis and its leading thoroughfares. This is accomplished by-1. omitting the smaller streets, &c., so that the eye is directed at once to the larger routes ; 2. dividing the map into squares referred to by means of letters and numbers; 3. classified lists of public buildings, markets, &c. &e., placed in the margin, with a reference to the square in which they will be found. The " symbol" is a particular way of printing public buildings according to their class.]

PAMPHLETS.

.Declaration of the Roman Catholic Laity of Ragland.

Modern .English Quaker-ions "An Appeal to the Society of Friends," with Appendix. By George Black. A World-Embracing- or Religious Whispers from the Exhibi- tion of Industry. By Edward Higginson, Minister of Westgate Chapel, Wakefield. Reprinted from the Christian Reformer, June 851.

Brief Remarks on a General Register of Deeds. By Robert John Gains- ford, Solicitor, Sheffield.

The Warning Voice of a Seaman ; or Five Tears' Slavery in the 'Bri- tish Navy.