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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, Freon March 31st to April 5th.

BOOKS.

A Voyage of Discovery towards the North Pole, performed in his Majesty's , ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain David' Buchan, R.N., 1818. To which is added, a Summary of all the early Attempts to reach the Pacific by way of the Pole. By Captain F. W. BEECHES, R.N., F.R.S., one of the Lieutenants of the Expedition. (Published by Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.) An Account of the Only Known Manuscript of Shakspere's Plays; com- prising some important variations and corrections in the " Merry Wives of Windsor," obtained from a playhouse copy of that play recently dis- covered. By JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S., &c. [In March 1842, Mr. HALLIWELL purchased of Mr. PROCTOR S. manuscript of the Merry Wives of Windsor, which Mr. PaocTon appears to have bought of Mr. Romp (the bookseller?). When collated lately, it was discovered to possess a number of variations from allele printed editions, with a minute enumeration of the dramatis persona : and it is inferred that the manuscript is of the age of the Commonwealth; that it was procured to be performed at a private theatre, daring the period the public theatres were closed, and was copied from some anginal or authoritative manuscript. All this, however, is only inferential : there is no external evidence upon the subject ; and the internal evidence is very alight, and seems merely conjectural. The list of the dramatis persona is a fair inference that it was an actor's copy ; but we see just as good evidence fer saying that it was a playhouse manuscript, as that it was made for a private theatre.

It is only the more important variations that Mr. HALLIWELL has printed. Some of these present, perhaps, a more grammatical text or a more accu- rate reference to characters in the play ; but, speaking as a general reader and not as a verbal critic, we do not recognize the importance of the va- riations ; and none of them approach the felicity of the manuscript emenda- tion discussed by Mr. Coniaza of "end" for "and." The happiest in the present play is one where Mrs. Page, speaking of Falstaff's love-letters, says—" I warrant he bath a thousand of these letters, writ with blank space for different names, (sure more); and these are of the second edition." The second folio reads "sue more" ; the manuscript " Shah ! more." Another and longer one is a speech of Evans's, written throughout with the mispronunciation, and the insertion of four lines of a madrigal he sings. To an editor of SHAKSPERE, the variations are worth considering, and most of them noting ; but, except perhaps the one we have quoted and three or four others, we doubt the propriety of their insertion in the text.] A Register of Experiments, Anatomical, Physiological, and Pathological, performed on Living Animals ; disclosing new views of the circulation of the blood in man and quadrupeds; with an exposition of some fal- lacies in the Harveian doctrine. By JAMES TURNER, Veterinary Sur- geon, Author of " A Treatise upon the Foot of the Horse, and a pecu- liar Method of Shoeing." Part [No judgment can very well be pronounced upon Mr. TURNER'S " new views of the circulation of the blood in man and quadrupeds," and his " exposition of some fallacies in the Harveian doctrine"'; because'he commenced disclosing them in Part I., which we do not remember to'have seen, and is to continue them in future lucubrations, which are yet to come. Subject to the qualifi- cation due to these circumstances, Mr. TURNER'S view is, that a " gaseous cur- rent," as well as the blood, circulates through the veins and arteries. Except some isolated, and, as it seems to us, irrelative, or atleast inconclusive experi- ments on horses, Mr. TURNER'S argument in favour of his theory is the co- agulation of the blood ; which he attributes to the escape of this " gaseous current," sometimes called by him gas, and sometimes air. What sort of gas it is, he does not attempt to say; nor has he apparently made any endeavours to discover it by experiment, though this would seem to be the first step that should be taken.] Tintern : Stonehenge : " Oh ! think of me at times ! " By STEPHEN PRENTLS, MA., of Christ College, Cambridge. [The " Tintern " of this publication is a reprint from a volume of poems pub- lished in 1830. " Stonehenge " appears for the first time. The author is an imitator of BYRON, but differs in this particular from the generality of .imi- tators, that he selects BYRON'S highest key to start with, as well as copies his manner. From the pitch at which "Stonehenge" opens, one might faneythat the Druidical remains had injured or insulted Mr. PRESTO as well as puzzled him. The plan of both poems is the easy and commonplace one of fancying the scenes that might have occurred round the respective erections during the long ages of their existence ; the Deluge being the chief topic in Stonehenge. The dedication is an acknowledgment of gratitude to a friend, with an•intro- duced account of Mr. PRENTIS'S interviews with GODWIN, who had under- taken to peruse a manuscript tragedy. From this we quote the following di- rections—" Read Homer for fire, Chaucer for freshness, Shakapere for variety, and Milton for rhythm ; the two last every day ; and every day, too, or as often as possible, listen to good music : a moat essential thing for a writer, especially for a poet "—provided he has an ear.] Poems. By WILLIAM HENRY LEATHAM. The aturchman's Companion ; a help to Scripture Knowledge, for the family circle and retirement of the closet. [This volume is an agreeable medley of bibliography, critical exposition, popu- lar theology, biographical notice bearing on religion, and miscellaneous matters on the same topic. It opens with some general advice to the reader of the Scriptures, a précis of the history of their principal editions in different lan- guages, and an analytical account of the contents of the Old and Now Testa- ment. Opinions on the Scriptures and Christianity are quoted from various authors; there is a collection of prayers for seasons and occasions, with some observations on the sacrament and the festivals of the Church, &c. Of course, much of this is compilation, and what is new is not of a striking kind; but the volume is pleasantly written, and in a catholic spirit, though the doctrines are strictly those of the Church of England.]

The Constable's Guide.

[This Guide has less of a mere literary and more of a practical character than moat of Mr. KNIGHT'S other publications of a similar kind ; the-grave nature of the duties, and the age at which a person attains to the office, forbidding long disquisition in the writer, as it prevents early training in the official. The little book contains a careful and popular resume of the powers and duties of a constable, classified according to their nature—as to whether he acts of his own authority, or under the orders of others, intermingled with brief expositionund advice, authority being quoted for the principal positions.] Su eat to the Bridgewater Treatises : the Highest Generalizations in Geology and Astronomy viewed as illustrating the Greatness of Creator. Being a collection of Fragments from Lectures delivered by D. MACKINTOSH, Author of " Sublimity in Desolation," gee. In a Series of Orations. Second edition.

[But for their brevity, these " Orations" might pass for a series of sermons on the most popularly available topics of geology and astronomy—the Resistless- ness of Delay, Rise of New Continents, March of Light, &c.: as it is, however, they may be called a set of essays to be spoken ; embracing the moral and reli- gious commonplaces of the subjects, handled in a style that was eloquent in the first inventor, and is even now fluent in the hands of Mr. laaczeNToSii.] Knight's Cabinet Edition of the Works of William Shaitspere, VoL III.

The Overseer's Guide.

[A complete, concise, and explicit enumeration of the ditties and trusts of a parish-overseer, and the penalties for neglect of them ; with plain inetructions for -their performance, blank forms of notices, &c., and references to acts of Parliament and legal decisions. A cheap and useful manual; almost essential,

d, indeed, and valuable as an authority.]

Post-office Money-order Guide and Memorandum-book. By WILLIE x COOPER, Chief Clerk in the Southampton Post-office.

[A check-book, very useful for those who require to transmit money through the Post-office frequently. A blank form of application is given on the outer half of the leaf, and a memorandum of the particulars to be filled in on 'the inner half.]

J. Wright's Self-Teaching Copy-books. Nos. I. to IV. [Reversed copies of letters, words, and figures, for learners to trace over with pen and ink. This mode of learning to write is essentially bad; bat it .may be useful where the instruction of a master is not to be had, and the choice lies between this plan and none at all.]

SERIALS.

Chambers's Cyclopedia of English Literature, Part IV. [This part embraces the Court Masques of the first half of the seventeenth century, the dramatic authors immediately succeeding SHAKSPERE, the British prose-writers from SIDNEY to HOWELL, and a few examples of miscel- laneous verses. The notice of the Masques is as complete a view of one branch of composition as has been given in the work, and the specimens from Jotsot perhaps more sufficient and complete than any other examples. There is am- thing in the account of the dramatists to call for remark ; in the prose- writers there is a good though brief account of the early compilations of voy- ages and travels, and a curious narrative by DAvis of his two Northern voy- ages: both being put into marvellous little space compared with the quartos or octavos in modern times, by the men who did little more than confirm the dn- coveries of the hardy and daring Elizabethan seamen.] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Part IL [This Second Part contains a great number of articles, affording a mess of minute information, and some papers of a more elaborate character—such as that on APULEIUS, the author of the Golden Ass; in which scholarship and criticism are animated by sound sense.] The Banker's Clerk : comprising the Principles and Practice of Banking. (Guide to Service.)

[A. clear and intelligent account of the nature of banking-transactions and the mode in which.the business is carried on; explaining the different kinds of ac- counts kept, and the duties and responsibilities of bankers and their clerks; and particularizing the routine of each department. This little manual, be- aides being valuable to the young clerk, might be read with advantage by many persons engaged in business.]

The Miller of Deanhaugh. By the Author of " The Gaberlannie's Wallet." Part I. [The opening of this story promises well, and displays the descriptive and lyrical-powers of the writer in a favourable light. His pictures of the miburban village near Edinburgh called "The Water of Leith," and of "Waldie's Smitby:"have the finish and elaboration of the Dutch painters. Theetehing, by pox, is coarse and characterless.] The steam-Packet.; a Tale of the giver and the Ocean. By -0.1r. M. Iteyirocns, Author of " ficletridkAhrosil," roc. Ttett4.

The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Part X.

London, Part XXV.

Captain KNOX'S Harry Marobray, Part IV. Lover's L. S. D., Part IV.

Novel Newspaper, Part LXII.-" Elizabeth," and " Paul and Virginia." Popular Flowers : " The Fuchsia."

PERIODICALS.

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review. March 1843. [Apparently a new series of an American monthly magazine, which in an original or revived shape has reached its twelfth volume. There is a fair variety of subjects-poetry, tales, and prose articles, of a musical, literary, metaphy- Bice], economical, and financial kind; the two last having a relation to Ameri- can affairs. The work is not devoid of a sort of talent, but of an American character, and not of a sufficiently high degree to require fuller notice.] The Artist and Amateur's Magazine. Edited by E. V. RrenrsolLLE. No. L [This is not a "magazine " in the common acceptation of the term ; its whole contents are avowedly written by the " editor "; and, judging from the " ad- dregs," it is intended.to be a vehicle for the information and opinions of Mr. RIPPINGILLE only. Of their value we should prefer not to form a judgment from the papers in the first number ; which relate to two subjects only-the Pictorial Adornment of the New Houses of Parliament, and the Exhibition of the British Gallery ; and throw very little light upon either.] The .Phreno-Magnet, and Mirror of Nature. Edited by SPENCER T. HALL. Nos. I. to III.

[A repertory for communications of experiments made by mesmerizers on the phrenological organs ; Mr. HALL being the principal practitioner. The state- ments are marvellous-we must not say incredible, seeing bow many more thine have been found in the world than philosophy once dreamed of.] Magazines for April-North of England, London Review, Church, Annals of Chemistry, Polytechnic Journal, Mirror, Millington's Maga- zine for the Young.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

The Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. 8. Sulphur, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belt hor,R.N., C.B., &c. during the years 1836-42. Edited and superintended by RICHARD BRINSLEY HINDS, Esq., Sur- geon, R.N., attached to the expedition. Mammalia by JOHN EDWARD GRAY, Esq., F.H.B., &c., Keeper of the Zoological Collection in the British Museum. Part I.

[This is the commencement of a publication which is to include the scientific results of discoveries in natural history made in the course of the protracted and widely-extended voyage of the Sulphur; and which Government assistance enables the publishers to put forth at a more moderate price than could other- wise.be afforded. Even to the unscientific observer, the curious varieties of the Monkey and Bat tribes, figured in the plates of this part, are of striking novelty and singularity. The lithographic drawings are made from the speci- mens by Mr. WATERHOUSE HAWKINS ; who has not lost sight of picturesque effect in his attention to those minute characteristics which the scientific student requires ; and the plates are coloured according to nature. Each specimen is accurately described by Mr. GRAY ; ands summary of the voyage, by Mr. HINDS, is prefixed.]

Pictorial History of England, Part LXXIII. Miss Corner's History of China, Part III. Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part. IIL British Moths and their Transformations, No. XVIII.

PAMPHLETS.

The Voice of an Octogenarian Denouncing Wickedness in High Places. Addressed to Sir Robert Peel. By SAMUEL ROBERTS, the Pauper's Advocate.

[From a portrait of the author prefixed to his book, he seems a hale old gentle. man, in full black and a white neck-kerchief, with that mixture of purpose, severity, and smoothness, which characterizes the " meeting " orator, and may be termed the bitter-bland. His lucubrations do not disappoint his physiognomy, exceptthat, in his denunciations of the New Poor-law, and its authors, promoters, approvers, and all connected therewith, he is a shade stronger in his terms than is usual with the speakers we allude to. Indeed, our octogenarian may thank his stars that he has spoken since the Reformed Par- liament : had he raised his " voice" in this style in the times of the French Revolution, to which he refers, he would scarcely have got off with a whole akin. We give a sample or two of " the Pauper's Advocate."

Character of the Reformed Parliament.-Since the assembling of what is called the Reformed Parliament, the Legislative Assemblies of both Houses have, I conceive, in their decrees and conduct, been guilty of more opposition to God's clearly.declared laws and will than any professedly Christian assemblies of legislators ever have been before. To such an extent has this been carried, (as will appear on the perusal of the following pages,) that if there be a God. and his word true, a most severe chastisement of this-kingdom must be inevitable. I do not think that any thing that man can do [not even Mr. Samuel Roberts ?) can now avert it. The Height of Selfish Ferocity. - Of all the instances of unprovoked selfish ferocity that ever. as exercised in the world, that of the passing, by a professedly Christian Legislature, the Poor.la.er Amendment Act, was, in my opinion, the greatest. New &Mies. - A bill, it appears, is really passed, to exonerate hired liars from any punishment, whatever falsehoods they may be detected in, even if they should confess that they had engaged with their great employers, for enormous bribes, to assert such untruths against individuals as must Inevitably lead to their ruin. I know that Mem • hers in Parliament may safely traduce, to destruction or death, whoever they please ; but this of .transferring impunity to the vilest villains is certainly a new crime, which .awy be.added to the four beforenamed : we call this Roebucking.) MNaughten ; a Letter to the Lord Chancellor upon Insanity. By J. Q. RUSIBALL, Eq., M. R. C. S., &c. Second edition.