PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From December 31st to January 6th. BOOKS.

Congregationalism; or the Polity of Independent Churches, viewed in relation to the state and tendencies of modern society. By ROBERT VAUGHAN, D.D.

Ann .Boleyn; an Historical Romance. By Mrs. A. T. Tn.011/30N, Author of "Constance," &c. In three volumes. Rymes and Roundelayes. By T. NOEL.

The History of Egypt under the Romans. By SAMUEL SHARP&

A Familiar Explanation of the Nature, Advantages, and Importance of Life Assurance. By LEWIS POCOCK, F.S.A. [A popular exposition of the principles and practice of life-insurance ; with a sketch of its history, an account of the terms and constitution of all or nearly all the London offices, and a list of the different works that have ever been published on the subject of insurance, or calculations on the value of reversions, annuities, &c., beginning in 1628. There is nothing new in the work ; nor does it profess novelty, but to popularize what is already known. To those who have no intelligent friend to consult upon the subject, or who do not wish to take the trouble of inquiring at many offices, this volume will furnish a useful précis of the subject At the same time, the main principles of lifeinsurance might have been stated more broadly, and the absolute necessity of choosing a safe company, in preference to a cheap company, more urgently insisted on.] Chambers's Information for the People. New and improved edition, edited by WILLIAM and ROBERT CHAMBERS, Editors of "Chambers's Edinburgh Journal," 8sc. Volume L [Among the typographical wonders of the day, this is surely the most wonderful—eight hundred large double-columned pages for six shilling!; and that not merely reprinted matter, but original compilations, and occasionally more than compilations.

The contents of this volume appeared in quarto some time since: the great success which attended the sale in that shape has induced the publishers to re issue a new edition of the work in the more convenient form of royal octavo ;

the subjects being revised, extended, and improved. The people have now a cheap Cyclopsedia of useful knowledge offered to them, at a small cost if pur

chased at once, but for three halfpence they can procure in most cases a treatise on a subject, and in all cases for three pence, no topic extending beyond two numbers.

The volume before us contains fifty numbers, and rather more subjects; several being occasionally embraced in one, which more than counterbalances the occasional extension. These subjects are either scientific geographical, h

torical, or relate to individual or social economy; the useful is bAng always uppermost in the writers' minds, even when the subjects are not directly Utilitarian.] Chambers's London Journal, Volume I.

LA volume not much differing in title or form from the Edinburgh original of Messrs. WILLIAM and ROBERT CHAMBERS. Like its prototype, it contains a mixture of extracts and miscellaneous paragraphs well enough selected, and of original papers or notices well enough done; bat, like most imitations, it wants the essential character of its original—the distinct purpose, the per vading mind, which animates Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, shown in various ways, but more especially in the strong sound sense, and its exercise OII subjects that will be practically useful to the reader, not merely in the grave but in the pleasurable acceptation.] The Etymology and Syntax of Murray's English Grammar Systematically Arranged; and containing much additional matter' with copious exercises and directions for Parsing. By CHARLOTTE Kennon. [This improvement upon Murray's Grammar is evidently the work of an experienced teacher, who has a nice perception of the refinements of grammatical science : the definitions of the several parts of speech and tenses of verbs are very clear ; the new rules introduced will also be found useful. The abbreviations and signs used in the parsing exercises are likely to perplex the learner; but for the aid of teachers this little book is unexceptionable, save for the introduction of exercises of bad grammar for the pupil to correct, which are now considered objectionable.] Cracker's Elements of Land-surveying. New edition, corrected throughout, and considerably improved and modernized by T. G. Burr, landsurveyor, Bristol. To which are added, Tables of sax-figure Logarithms, &c., superintended by RWHARD FARLEY, of the Nautical Almanack establishment.

[This is a purely professional book, whose value is ascertained by the number of editions. In the new publication, Mr. BENT'S function is confined to improvement and extension; though both of these are considerable. In the way of improvement, he recalculated all the examples throughout, correcting them where needful; he has expunged many pages relating to obsolete methods or inferior modes of measurement, and altered and abridged the remainder, besides making corrections or changes in the parts which treat on the elements of geometry and trigonometry.

The extensions are still more considerable ; embracing full and minute directions for the modern practice of surveying, both with and without the aid of angular instruments. A chapter on levelling has also been added, and a complete table of the logarithms of numbers from 1 to 10,000, and of sines and tangents to every minute of the quadrant to six decimal places.]

Vie Maiden of Moscow. By the Lady EMMELINE STUART WORTLEY. Part II.

[The Second Part brings the reader bud the Grand Army to Borodino; though the battle is yet to come. The heroine also is introduced: she should be called the Maiden of Smokrisko, since she makes her first appearance there. As regards execution, the poem has fallen off: the scattered passages of telling if not powerful effect in the First Part are wanting in the present, which is a mere tissue of hasty and crude verboseness.] Select English Poetry. Designed for the use of schools and young persons in general Third edition. Sermons preached at Harrow, in the School Chapel and in the Parish Church. By the Reverend T. H. STEEL, M.A., Assistant Master of Harrow School, &c.

[Two of these sermons were addressed to the Harrow boys; the first generally OR the Fifth Commandment, the second to the youth about to leave school for college. The other sermons are on various subjects; and they are all of a plain and sensible character.] A Shilling's Worth of Sense on the Philosophy of Every-day Life. [Though not without some sterling ore, the " sense " has too much of that alloy termed twaddle to be a very good shilling's worth.]

The Golden Gift; a choice collection in prose and verse, from ancient and modern authors.

[ Sixty small pages printed in gold on blue paper.]

Philosophy in Sport made Science in Earnest ; being an attempt to illustrate the first principles of Natural Philosophy by the aid of popular toys and sports. Fifth edition, with considerable additions.

The Playfellow. The Crofton Boys ; a Tale. By HARRIET MARTI. NEM/.

A Hand-Book for Holydays spent in and near London. Edited by FELIX SUMMERLY, Esq., Author of "Hand-Books for Hampton Court and the National Gallery." [An intelligent cicerone for country cousins visiting London ; being a concise account of all the different sights in and around the Metropolis, enumerating the objects to be seen, the times and seasons for enjoying them, the fees, conveyances, &c. Not only the regular exhibitions and private galleries, but the principal points of interest in the streets and suburbs are pointed out,—the statues and public edifices, for instance; though the names of the sculptors and architects should be added, and the list of buildings enlarged : the most attractive excursions in the vicinity of town are also sketched, and the charges at inns are not forgotten.] Memorials of Clutha; or Pencilling on the Clyde. By ELVIRA ANNA PHIPPS.

SERIALS.

Handy Andy. By SAMUEL LOVER. Part I. [This is a continuation of the story begun in Bentley's Miscellany; the first part having been revised, and in part remodelled, to fit it for the opening of a work of sustained interest, which this is intended to be. Handy Andy is a " gossoon," who has a "knack of doing every thing the wrong way "; and his blunders and humorous excuses are provocative of plenty of fun. The author is his own illustrator, and not only designs but etches the plates ; which have the merit of character as well as drollery, and are well executed.] The Gaberlunzie's Wallet. By JOT. Illustrated by DOT. Part I. [ Sketches of Scottish life and character, especially in remote rural districts ; interspersed with songs, supposed to be sung by the " Gaberlunzie man," whose adventures form the narrative which connects the descriptions. JOT has an eye for the picturesque, an ear for verse, and a feeling both for the humorous and the pathetic : his lyrics are happiest in the descriptive passages, but taken altogether they rank among the hest effusions of recent date.] Dibdin's Songs, Part V.

London, Part X.

The Guide to Trade.—The Cooper.

ALMANACKS.

Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Abnanack and National Repository, for the year 1842. [Every year this comprehensive repertory of useful information puts forth fresh claims to attention, in the shape of new matter and improved arrangement: this year, a digest of the Census is given, showing the population of every parish in Scotland, and abstracts of the Reports on Highland Emigration, Banks of Issue, and Scottish Railways.]

The Phrenological Almanac/I; or Journal of Mental and Moral Science, for 1842.

[This almans.ck, we presume, is an Annual, though the form is that of a Monthly. In the calendar or almanack there is nothing peculiar ; in the miscellaneous contents there is nothing striking. A report of a lecture on the study of phrenology, by a Mr. FALKNER, various correspondence on small phrenological facts, an essay on a professional study of phrenology, a measurement of the head of Mrs. JEPERLY the murderess, and speculations thereupon—bearing, as usual, an exact resemblance to her real character and conduct, with a few other papers of a similar novelty and importance, form the literary contents of the Phrenological Almanac/I.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Stephan°. Designed, and executed in colours in lithography, by HENRY MELLING.

London Interiors, Part IV.

Pictorial History of England, Part LIX. Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part XXXIX.—" Poems, Part III." Le Keux's Memorials of Cambridge, No. XXIL Winkles' Cathedrals, Nos. XLI. and %LH.

Quain's Anatomical Plates, Fasciculi XCV. and XCIri.

PERIODICALS.

Quarterly Journal of Meteorology and Physical Science, No. I.

[A work which promises to be very useful to science. It emanates from the Meteorological Society : it will consist of papers, or summaries of papers, furnished by members of the Society, and which have hitherto been for the most part retained in its archives, together with communications from persons interested in the science, and a systematic report of observations, and miscellanea. The papers are sufficiently numerous and various in this first number: the most generally attractive are Mr. GUTCH'S useful and popular essay on the Importance of Meteorological Inquiries derivable from Observations drawn from Plants, Animals, and inanimate Bodies ; and Mr. BAILEY'S Synopsis of Meteorological Observations for 1841, in which the facts of the weather are accompanied by the facts of disease.]

Quarterly Review, CXXXVII. Foreign Quarterly Review, No. LVL Magazines for January—Australian and New Zealand Monthly, British Farmer's, Farmer's, Hope's British Monthly, Cruikshank's Omnibus,

Surveyor, Engineer and Architect, Sportsman, Florist's Journal, Polytechnic Journal, New Monthly Belle Assemblee, Mirror, Musical World, Ladies' Mirror, Child at Home, St. James's, Journal of the Working Classes.

Hope's British Monthly Magazine, and Historical Record. January 1842. [Jacking from the contents, this new periodical is to present a monthly summary of religious and political intelligence, 'disquisitions on topics of a like twofold character, and reviews of books, music, &c. Whether a periodical can serve both God and Mammon may be questioned : from the specimen before RR, we should think not. The secular intelligence is little more than clippings from the daily press; and it is probable that the religious news is taken front sources equally accessible. Except a long and elaborate but not very powerful article on SEWELL'S Christian Morals, reading somewhat like a controversial sermon, the reviews are slight, mere paragraphs. The other articles consist of the " Church of Scotland-"—a clerical kind of hortative in favour of the Kirk ; the Colonies—an attack upon the Government of India for its alleged opposition to Christianity and encouragement of idolatry, and a proposal further to endow or pay the Presbyterian Church in Canada ; the Corn-lawsa further modification of that project which has been attributed to the Government, being a fixed duty of 14s. when wheat is at or below 56s., then with a sliding-scale decreasing first by shillings and next by eighteenpences till wheat is at 65s., where the duty is stationary at 2s. 6d., the proceeds of the tax to be applied to the purposes of emigration ; and, Credat Judaus! an article in which Christianity is pitted against " Publicola" of the Weekly Dispatch, the reason for taking up the cudgels being that the press has neglected it—surely a tolerable proof of the popular unimportance of the subject. But this indicates truly enough the mind displayed in the work—it is either amateurish or narrow : subject, substance, and form, are not so much considered with a view to the interest of the public, as to the opinion which some individuals, or little knot of individuals, has formed upon the matter.] The St. James's Magazine, No. 1. January 1842. [The prevailing character of this miscellaneous periodical appears to be foreign: its tone is courtly, as befitting its appellation. The number opens with a memoir of Queen CHRLSTINA—RITOM as much varnished as the gay portrait of that gay lady and daughter the Queen IsABELLA; the first of a series of " Shadowings of French Politicians" characterizes ()DILLON BARROT, of whom a portrait is given ; several spirited wood-cuts, of French design, illustrate the "Blue Belles of France" as sketched by FREDERICK SOIlLie ; and other articles lay under contribution the lighter literature of France and Spain. Music is treated of by Professor FEPOLI; nor is painting neglected.] The Child at Home, No. I. [A. child's magazine ; a very nice little periodical of it kind.]

PAMPHLETS.

The Grant to Maynooth Considered. By S. C. HALL, of the Inner Temple, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Extracted from "Ireland, its Scenery and Character."

The True Difference betwixt the Principles and Practices of the Kirk and the Church of Scotland, exemplified in several instances. By the Reverend ROBERT CALDER, formerly one of the Ministers of Edinburgh.