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Publications Received.

From December 27th to January 2d. BOOB& Extracts from the Council Register of the Burgh of Aberdeen. 1398— 1570. Parochialia; or Church, School, and Parish. The Church System......

Music.

MENDELSSOHN'S ANTIGONE. THE attempt to produce Antigone on Thursday at Covent Garden Theatre, after two ominous postponements, ended in a lamentable failure; though, fortunately......

The Celebrated Forty-eight Preludes And Fugues In All The...

composed by John Sebastian Bach, arranged in Duets for Four Hands on the Pianoforte or Organ, by Henry Bertini. Book I. BACH'S Preludes and Fugues, (Bas wohl temperirte......

"he's Gone For Evermore." A Wail; The Words And Music By...

An attempt at the Scottish ballad style; which, from its simplicity and antique changes of minor and major, is creditable to a lady-amateur.......

"the Clouds Are Blackening." Thekla's Song From...

The Melody composed and arranged for the Pianoforte, by S. Bacon. The prosody of this piece as well as the accompaniment are singularly in want of correction. It should have......

Fine Arts.

ANOTHER statue has been set up in the City. A colossal effigy of William the Fourth, carved out of two blocks of granite by Mr. Nixon, stands upon a tall pedestal at the end of......