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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOUND BOOKS.

: a History of Upper and Lower California, from their first discovery to the present time ; comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &e. A fidl view of the Alissionary establishments and condition of the Free and I hones* cited Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific. illustrated with a new Map, Plans of the Harbours, and nu- merous Engravings.. By ALEXANDER FORBES, Esq.

Jamaica Plantership. By BENJAMIN MCMAHON, eighteen years employed in the Planting line in that island.

Religious Parties in England: their Principles, History, and present Duty. By Ronnwe Vaconasz, D.D., Professor of Aneieut and Modern His- tory in University College, London.

Our Wild Rowers familiarly Described and Illustrated. By LOUISA TWAMbET, Allthor of the " Romance of Nature," &c. The Plates engraved idler the Author's Drawings.

The Pictorial History ot England : being a History of the People, as well us a 1 history of the Kingdom. Illustrated by mail- hundred wood-cuts of Monument:LI Records ; Coins • Civil and Military Costume; Do- mestic Buildings, Fumiture, and Ornaments ; Cathedrals and other Fiat works of Architecture ; Sports and other illustrations of Man- ners; Alechanical Inventions ; Portraits of the Kings and Queens ; and remarkable Historical Scenes, Vol. II.

[This volume commences with the accession of HENRY the Fourth (1399), and doses with the death of ELIZA.BETh (1603). Without losing any of its eom- praension or varietv of subject, its execution appears to us to have consider- :Oh; improved. There is the same infusion of the spirit of the original chro- nicler, which, we formerly observed,* conveyed a " truer idea of the nature of the country, the state of society," and the general characteristics of the period, than we had met with; at the same time there is more animation of style, and a juster reflection. The description of the battle of Agincourt is of the best accounts of a fight in the middle ages that we have read; the quiteiv is made clear, and all the points and quaintness of the age are brought out. 'The text is as profusely illustrated as is possible; between three and four hundred engravings!] 7'he Hand-Book fin. Australian Emigrants : being a Descriptive History of Australia, and containing an Account of the Climate, Soil, and Natural Productions of New South Wales, South Australia, and Swan River Settlement ; the theilitica they offer for Emigration; the terms mon which Land is purchased in each ; the advantages they possess for inemasing the Capital of the Emigrant, and furnishing a profitable market for his Labour. By SAMUEL Btert.zu, Esq. [An account of the colonies of New South Wales, South Australia, and twan River. The descriptions of the physical features of the country, and other matters of a like nature, seem drawn from respectable sources, and the numerous extracts from the personal narratives of emigrants give an air of interest and reality to its pages ; but the soundness of the author's vkw: are very questionable, if lie is not unfiirly biassed. What reliance can he lulaced on the judgment or knowledge of a man who, after the evidence girth hefore the Transportation Committee, says of New South Wales— "'to a rhilanthropist who has visited any part of this earth, nothing can give trcro pleasure tlum to see the grand moral spectacle which our Penal Colonies pa.oit ; it is indeed a glorious sight !":1 Journal of Three rommes about the Guist V China, in 1831, I532, and 1;.,:i:3; with Notices fir Siam, Clara, and the Loo-Chon ishinds. By CHARLES GUTZLAPF. To which is prefixed an Introductory Essay on the Policy, Religion, &e. of China, by the Rev. W. limas, Author of " Polynesian Researches," &c. Third edition. [A 'neat reprint of a curious anti original work, full of pictures, of the daily mid character of the Siamese and Chinese. The Introductory Essay 11- Mr.11:1.1.1s is a readable compilation ; without philosophy, or largeness of but mar be of use to persons who have little knowledge of the countries treated 'of.] The Cicerone of flank au,1 Fashion of the :11-troro1is, for I sal).

L.1 miniature director y of the residences of the nobility and gentry, including the clergy and nava 1I '

UHL 111..;1 ..:11'N" 011ieCTII; alphabetically arranged, and clas,ed according to their rank or proli;,.i.m. It is legibly printed, awl will go into the waistcoat-Intel:et. A sMtilar list of persons eugaged in profrssional and mercantile pursuits is annonucid.] Travels of Minna and Gocy'rey in Many Lands. From the Journals of the Author. The Rhine, ....;:assaik, and Baden. '1,1 this volume tho young people tin vd front Nimeguen to Basle, callin:fat

Langen- Sehi wallmb, Wieshaden, Frankfort, ; it iii agrees bly i!1:1101., mts herutotitre, tale, legend, and disrussion in their dialogues, with the i•cseription of the scenery pa.:s through.]

Iti Outline V Ancient awl 3.1inkrit Rome : comprising an Account of Italy, front its most remote ant imiity to A.D. 139 ; and embodying the II story of Christianity, from its earliest date. In Question and AllsWeE. thy a Lady, for the use of her Children. Jr,: chief feature of this little work ia, that it brings down the history of Row to the present time. It is not, however, a book to be very strenuously tutanimended; relying often upon superficial authorities, and exhibiting slender marks of ii diSC14111111rIthq; Mind.] erhaOr, No. 475; 5th August 1837. Extracts for Schools and Families, in aid of Moral and Religious Train- ing.

[This Reader is a new design, well executed. The object was to produce work which should inculcate peace and morality, instead of the glittering, gay, or warlike notions liable to be infused into mind from descriptions such

as Othello poured the ear of Desdemona. But though the 'Om is "se- rious," it has nothing dull : the selections are brief, various, and sufficiently entertaining ; and by no means drawn from sectional sources. As a proof, the Duke of WE[,LINGTON contributes a sentiment on civil war ; CHESTERFIELD inculcates the value of minutes, easy carriage and good breeding; and even SnELLEv, Brim, and BYRON, are tasked to furnish supplies.] A Popular Treatise on Gout and Rheumatism; with Observations on the Symptoms, Treatment, and Cure. By a Medical Practitioner. A Catechism of the British Constitution. By a Member of the Faculty of

Advocates.

[Two cheap compilations of that kind, now so numerous, which popularize any subject fur which there is a sufficient demand.]

SERIALS.

A Statistical Account of the British Empire. By J. R. M.accumoeN, Esq. Part VII. [The articles of this part are" Revenue and Expenditure," with its subordinate or collateral branches ; " Crimes, Punishments, and Prisons;" " Improvements in Food, Clothing, and Lodging ;" the conclusion of "Education ; ' and the beginning of " Vital Statistics:" Some additions appear to us to have been made to " Revenue and Expenditure ;" but this branch of the subject is still very defective in details, and the general particulars are drawn from a Treasury compilation, the authorities for which are as open to any inquirers as to the Tratsury clerks. The mass of information which is brought together under the various heads renders this part, however, a cheap five shillings worth.] Aports of Lectures delivered at the Chapel in South Place, Finsbury. By W. 3. Fox. No. XX.—Religious Equality.

The Pictorial Edition of Shahspere. Part IV.—" Love's Labour Lost."

The 'habitat Nights' Entertainments. A new Translation, with copious Notes, by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE. Part X.

Arabian .Nights' Entertainments.- Standard Library Edition. Part III. The Pictorial History of England. Part. XIV.

The Churches of London. No. XXVI.

Heads if the People. No. IV.

A General Outline of the Animal Kingdom. By THOMAS RYMER JONES, F.Z.S., Proft:ssor of Comparative Anatomy in King's College London. Part 1V.

A History trf British Reptiles. By THOMAS BELL, F.R.S., F.L.S., Pro- fessor of Zoology iu King's College, London. Part 11.

PAMPHLETS.

The Repeal V the Corn-laws, with its probable Consequences, briefly Examined and Considered. By JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq. of Liverpool. A For Fticts on the Corn-laws, defending the Agricultural Interest. By Aurnilt ASIIPITEL.

L'Alliance Anglaise. Par ALEXANDRE WALEWSKI.

The Canadian Question. By G. A. YOUNG, Esq., of Lincoln's Ion, Bar- rister-at-Law.

Corn-law Agitation, its Causes and Consequences. By BARNETT BLAKE.

A I 'holieutiwz ql the Rights if British Landowners, Farmers, and La- boumrs, against the Claims of the Cotton Capitalists to a Free Trade in Corn. By JOUN BELL.

ZViie'Army List; exhibiting the rank, standing, and various services of every officer in the Army on full-pay, including the Ordnance and Royal Marines; distinguishing those who have served in the Peninsula, who were at Waterloo, lie. &c. By G. H. ILawr, Lieut. 49th Foot. The Piromides. A Tragedy.

Quest-ce re la Lai dans tine Mimarchie .fondece stir its Principe de in Souverainete. Natio:alb!? et quo doivent faire les bons Citoyens pour en etablir Ic ri"..gue dans l'interk de la France et du Rol des Francais ?