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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

THE week has exhibited a rare influx of publications, both as regards &erecter and number; and with few exceptions they came pouring in too late to allow of anything to be done with the more ponderous and promising books except to chronicle their arrival.

BOOK&

Vie History of the United States of America, from the Discovery of the

Continent to the Organization of Government under the Federal Constitution. By Richard Iiildreth. In three volumes.

The History of Peter the Crud, King of Castile and Leon. By Prosper Merimee. With Additional Notes. In two volumes.

Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns. By Thomas Hamilton, Esq., late of the Twenty-ninth Regiment. A new edition, revised and augmented by Frederick Hardman, Esq., Author of "Peninsular Scenes and Sketches," &e.

Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers, D.D., LL.D.

By his Son-in-law, the Reverend William Hanna, LL.D. Volume L The Nile Boat; or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt. By W. 11. Bartlett, Author of " Forty Days in the Desert." The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History. By Henry Christmas, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., Librarian and Secretary of Sion College. In two volumes.

The Marriage Contract. By Harriet Raikes. In two volumes.