PITBLICATIONS RE-GRIVED.

The Great Oyer of Poisoning: the Trial of the Earl of Somerset for the Poiseninwof Sir Thomas' Overbury, in the Tower of London and -various matters connected therewith, from contemporary MSS. By Andrew Amos, _Esq., late Member of the supreme Council. of India.

:Stray Leaves from a_Freetnason's.Note-book. By a Suffolk Rector. Heath's Book of Beauty: 1847. With beautifully-finished Engravings, -from Drawings by the first Artists. Edited by the Countess of Hies- -sington

The Keepsake: 1847. With beautifully-finished-Engravings, from Drawings by the first Artists, engraved under the superintendence of Mr. Charles Heath. Edited by the Countess of Blessington.

The Bonaparte Letters and Despatches, -Secret, Confidential, and Official; from the originals in his private cabinet. Volumes L and IL Ceylon: a general Description of the Island and its Inhabitants; with an Historical Sketch of the Conquest of the Colony by the English. By Henry Marshall, F.R.S.E., Deputy Inspector-General of Army Hospitals. Daniel Dennison, and the Cumberland Statesman. By the late Mrs. Hof- land. In three volumes.

A Literal Transition of the Book of Psalms; intended to illustrate their Poetical and Moral structure: to which are added, Dissertations on the word Selah, and on the Authorship, Order, Titles, and Poetical features of the Psalms. By the Reverend John Jebb, A.M., Rector of Peterstow, in the Diocese of Hereford. In two volumes.

The Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body. By Julius Vogel, MD., Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University, of Giessen. Translated from the German, with Additions, by George E. Day, MA. and Lid. Cantab, M.R.C.P., &c.

Handbook of Human Anatomy, General, Special, and Topographical. Translated from the original German of Dr. Alfred Von Behr, and adapta to the use of the English student, by John Birkett,F.R.C.S.E.,and Demon- strator of Anatomy at Guy's Hospital.

Von Behr's object was to produce a descriptive account of the human frame, which should combine the " profundity " of the Germans with the " clear, summary, and agreeable detail" of the French: in which purpose the Doctor has succeeded, but with a preponderance in favour of the " profundity"—or minute- ness, as people may think. In selecting this work for translation as a student's companion, Mr. Birkett has added to the explanations of the original, where seemed-requisite, and appended to each section a list of the works that treat mots fully of the subject,—as the bones, muscles, nerves, and so forth. The book will be found a useful vade-mecum to the student, from the method of its arrange. anent, the minuteness-of its particulars, and-the fulness of its description. Itzs .to be regarded as a companion to the dissection-room, or a refresher to the pre- -fissional man; the technical character of its acecamts rather seeming to remind, -than furnishing a description per se. This, _however, is .a necessity. Popular selescriptions and plates. are mere -succedanea. The • student must ever bear in mind, that the "subject," and the subject only, is the thing whence he is to draw `his knowledge. .All the numerous anatomical books, of some of which he will -find lists in this volume, derive their whole knowledge from the subject, profess to,have no other end in view than truly to describe the subject, and owe.alLtheir reputation to the truth of their descriptions. Their use will facilitate, but can never supersede the study of nature] . Ready Remedies to be used in Cases of Poisoning and other Accidents, where medical aid is not immediately attainable. By James Johnson, MRCS. rA useful little tract, giving an account of the different kinds of poisons, with ter symptoms, and -the domestic remedies likely to be at hand on a sudden -emergency,—as mustard for an emetic, chalk, or whiting in water, in case of the !acids, and so forth.] Illustrations of Eating; displaying the omnivorous character of man, and exhibiting the natives of various countries at feeding-time. By a Beef- eater.

TA collection of facts relating to the various strange substances eaten by different savage peoples, and the adulterations in use among politer nations when the gour- mend wishes to unite the savoury and the cheap. With these things are combined some clear information as to the processes of digestion, and some rather flat at- tempts at wit. There are various wood-cuts also, illustrative of the physiology, or =designed to carry on the jokes.]

A Manstalof Gothic Architecture. By F. A. Paley, M.A., Author of " A Manual of Gothic Mouldings," Sm. With nearly seventy Illustrations. , [To the student of the architecture of old English churches this beautiful little volume will prove a most acceptable manual. The account it gives of the cha- - raeter and progress of Gothic architecture, and its elucidation of the principles of the Pointed styles, are not only exclusively illustrated by ecclesiastical edifices, but the characteristic beauties of Gothic church architecture are dwelt upon with a fervour that owes as much to knowledge as to enthusiasm: and, undisguised

as are the Puseyite opinions of Mr. i Paley, his avowal of them is in no way of- fensive to those who differ from him, because they are honestly and temperately .expressed. After tracing, in a livelyand distinct manner. the origin of Gothic architecture, and characterizing the various styles,—of which Mr. Paley offers a new and more precise nomenclature,—he describes and exemplifies the Anglo-Romanesque fea- tures, as indicated by round-headed arches, and then proceeds to the Pointed, in .its various modifications; devoting separate chapters to windows, doorways, and other parts of churches, including monumental brasses; all of them illustrated by well-chosen examples.

The two chapters on "the Uniformity and Progressive Character of the Gothic 'Styles," and on "the Principles of Gothic Composition, Construction, and Effect," lorm an epitome of thewhole subject, so lucid, concise, and complete, that it may -be regarded as a model of succinct and clear exposition. Both in description and .analysis, Mr. Paley is remarkable for neatness and perspicuity: his style is terse and precise, yet withal easy and elegant.

The examples, engraved by 'Thurston Thompson, are the perfection of wood- engraving as applied to architecture; exact in detail, picturesque in effect, and .cut with equal firmness and-delicacy.]

An Exposition of the Iljiy-third Chapter of Isaiah; being a course of six 'Lectures delivered in Glasnevin Church. By the. Reverend Moses Mar- golionth, Incumbent of Glssnevin. [The lifty,thirdchapter of Isaiah depends upon a foregone conclusion. To the . believer the allusions are so clear that they scarcely need an exposition to enforce them; the sceptic will rarely be convinced by any attempt to apply their gene- ralities. Hence, any effort upon, this part of the prophecies, (as upon many other parts,) must rather be considered as a literar=y attempt than a Scriptural inter,- pretation. If -the anbjectis comprehended in its extent, the direct and collateral knowledge considerable, the arrangement orderly, the arguments ingenious, though :cumulative rather than dogmatic, and the treatment attractive, the preacher has .succeeded. If he assumes the point at issue, gives us the texts of a concordance rather than the digested essence of biblical learning, and leaves the audience with some obvious or narrow conclusion, he cannot be said to pass beyond the common _run of sermons. And such is the character of these six lectures.] Fragments des CEurres d'Akxandre Dumas, choisis a l'usagedelajeunesse. Par Miss Mary Russell Mitford.

' [This handsome volume contains a selection from the Travels and Historical

eftemanees of as furnishing matter "more susceptible of an independent :interest " andof a less questionable tone than his other works. The name of Miss Alitford as the editor iss, guarantee both for the merit and the moral character of the extracts.]

" The. Practical Bread-Baker.

"The greater part of this publication is devotedto complaints about the hard work and bad .pay of the journeymen bakers. The directions for making bread are -prat:Heal, but designed-rather for public than for home baking.]

Zadora; a Romance of the Great City of Babylon. [A not very intelligible tale.of theloves ofeenyrdis, a Magian, and Zadora, a lady of the " royal liner in the time of.Belshazzar. The style of the piece is after the Giaour.] Elements of Chemistryy, including the applications of the science in the Arts. By Thomas Graham, ERZ., &c. Second edition. Part I.

[The following volumes are continuations, whose character has already been described, and whose titles .explain themselves.]

. ..ne_Letters of -Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford: including Letters now first published from the original manuscripts. New edition. In six vo-

• lumes. Volumes ILL and IV.

-The Works of Frederick Schiller, Historical and Dramatic. Volume IL (Bohn's Staadard Library.) Menwires de Macmantel, Secretaire Perpetuel de l'Academie Francaise

precedes ,d'une Introduction. Par III. Fs. Barriere. (Bibtiothaque des

Memoires relatifs a raistoire de France pendant Is Dix-huitiame &Me.) The Dark Lady of Doona. By W. H. Maxwell. (The Parlour Novelist.)

PERIODICALS AND SERIALS.

The Legal Practitioner, and Solicitors' Monthly Journal. No. I. "This new periodical is a monthly magazine, expressly addressed to solicitors, and designed to present them with current information of a strictly practical che- z:der. The leading features, as they appear in this number, (but improve- ment is promised) consist of an abridgment of the statutes of the last session, notes an books of practice, in which the errors of standard works are corrected or late changes noted, remarks upon recent "cases" where any principle is involved, and an abridgment of all "cases" relating to practice. This last part is paged separately, so as to form a collection by itself, or rather collections, in each branch The Historical Wanks of the Right Reverend Nicholas French, D.D., -Bishop of Ferns, 4.c. Now for the first time collected. With an Intro duction, containing Notices, Historical and Descriptive, of the Irish Col- lege of Louvain. Volume I. Containing the Bleeding 1phigenia, the Set- -Ilement and Sale of Ireland;Letters, Sec., &c. (Duffy'sLibrary of Ireland.)

[The.fu•st specimen of a new branch of Duffes.Library for Ireland, intended to

reprint scarce and valuable books at the usual low prices of this serial. If Itish literature contains any works of a conjoint national and popular character, the idea is good: but we doubt the fact; and the specimen rather confirms our scep- ticism. The two tracts of Dr. French are of a limited, not of a general interest.] Bradshaw's Monthly Railway and Swan Navigation Guide.

[This number contains the promised map, in which the actual travelling-lines are exhibited to the eye without any confusion, and ina manner which it is impossible to mistake.]

Rough Notes taken during some rapid Journies across the Pampas and among the Andes. By Sir Francis B. Head, Bart. Fourth edition. (Murray's Home and Colonial Library.)

ALMANACES.

Punch's Pocket-book, for 1847. [It was remarked by Sterne, that a man of genius was not unfit for business but above it; and he illustrated his remark by the example of the blood-horse and the pack-horse. The Pocket-book of Punch is a testimony in favour of Sterne. We do not remember to have seen a better selection of useful matter than in the busi- ness tables and diary memoranda of Punch's Pocket-book, and certainly none so well displayed; while the head-pieces at once realize the subject of the tables and fix it in the mind. The attraction of the book, however, is its second part; where Mr. Punch exhibits his humours in prose and verse attacks upon the passing follies of the day. Of these, the Eastern Adventure of the Fat Contributor--a skit upon travellers' tales, and the Teetotal Tragedy, are the best. The review of this new drama is a choice bit of burlesque; ridiculing Exeter Hall, Teetotal- ism, and the modern aspirants to tragic poetry, with equal truth of charac- teristics and pleasant tartness. In one sense, however, Punch excels his originals: the speeches at Exeter Hall are terser and more pointed than the actual oratory, and there is more of incident and dramatic character in the dialogues from the Teetotal Tragedy than in the publications which it professes to parody.] The Illustrated London Altnanack, 1847.

Oliver and Boyd's Threepenny Ain:attack, for 1847.