PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED From February td te February 8th.

Bonita.

The Crock of Gold; a Rural Novel. By MARTIN FARQOHA.R TOPPER,

Author of "Proverbial Philosophy."

On the Choral Service of the Anglo-Catholic Church.

[An historical sketch of the musical service in the Jewish and Christian

churches, from Moses to the Reformation, interspersed with remarks upon the religious uses of a proper style of music. This Is followed by a notice of the principal English composers, whose works the author strenuously recommends; and by a variety of hints and suggestions, some musical, some general, touching the proper method of performing the service and selecting the choir. The author is an amateur Templar, animated by a praiseworthy zeal for religious music ; though not seeing, we think, that the Catholic service was dramatic in its nature, and derived from the worship in the heathen temples, which in fact gave rise to the drama. The book is for the most part a compilation, but done in a scholarly manner.] The Church of England Magazine. Under the Superintendence of Cler- gymen of the United Church of England and Ireland. Volume XV. July to December 1843. [A periodical that has reached its fifteenth volume does not, we suppose, re- quire recommendation, scarcely criticism. But salt has been sent ton., it may be said that we think the work would be improved by the substitution of more facts or exposition, and less of mere sermonizing.]

Early Hours and Summer Dreams.

[A few songs, pastorals, and verses in heroic measure, for which it would be difficult to find a class. The style is that which was fashionable during the latter part of the last century; the most distinct imitation being of SHENSTONE. They profess to be published by an editor : which may be doubted; for no second person could be found, we fancy, to attribute power to these effusions "in turn- ing the sensual passions into the channel of more tender and refined affec- tions."] A Village Carpenter's Poetical Remarks on "Songs and Ballads for the People," by the Reverend John M. Neale, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge. By Tnomas WRAY. [A series of answers to a series of " Songs and Ballads for the People" by a Puseyite divine. The Village Carpenter's verses are nearer doggrel than poe- try; but he "takes up" the parson's prejudices cleverly, and sometimes makes a hit. For example, he observes on the Apostolical succession of the divine- " Just glance awhile in retrospect.

Aud wouder at the scone;

From him to the Apostles—

A weary way 'a between.')

Wit Bought; or the Life and Adventures of Robert Merry. By PETER

PARLEY,

Cheerful Cherry; or Make the Best of it. With other Tales. By PETER

PARLEY.

[Two pretty little volumes of pretty little tales, by the well-known PETER PARLEY; and on this occasion he is the real Simon Pure, S. E. GOODRICH, of Boston, America, not an Anglican Peter, whose title he repudiates, and of whose works he disapproves. The volumes are illustrated by wood-cuts, and by frontispieces of a peculiar but effective style of tinting.] Happy Hours ; or the Home Story-Book. By MARY CHERWELL. With Illustrations, from designs by GILBERT.

[Short and simple tales—or incidents rather—pointing moral lessons for juve- nile readers; occasionally disfigured by 'fine" writing. The wood-cats are clever and effective.]

The Life and Times of the Prophet Samuel. By a Grandfather. [The absurdity of the title is matched by the twaddle of the book and the badness of the prints : it is a paraphrase of Scripture, with a running com- mentary on the text ; but the history and character of Samuel are rather ob- scured than made more clear by the diffuse narrative.] The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews. Complete in one volume. [A collection of the works of a humorous and satirical writer who is popular in America. With the exception of " Behemoth " and "Poems on Man in the Republic," (a separate reprint of which we noticed not long since,) the papers mostly exhibit American manners, either in the form of tale or article. There is a sort of rough humour about the writer, but neither his tone nor his style is in English good taste.] Elements of Arithmetic and Algebra, for the Use of the Royal Military College. By WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A. , F.R.A.S., Professor of Mathe- matics in the Institution.

[A. volume forming one of a series of text-books, designed to embraces com- plete course of mathematics in the largest sense, for the use of students of the Military College at Sandhurst. The book before us is ample and elaborate ; and is designed for advanced students, whose minds are not only able to acquire the rules, but to master in philosophical style the principles on which they are founded.] A Guide to Emigrants proceeding to Australia and the Canoe:as. [Matter compiled from recent travellers in the Colonies, or books on emigra- tion, with extracts from official documents, and some medical, moral, and re- ligious advice. The author appears to have bad no practical experience of emigration to act as a constant test to his second-hand information ; so that his quoted matter wears a crude and sometimes almost a contradictory air. Some of his directions, too, are rather theoretical : two dozen shirts, ten pair of trousers, and a dress suit, to be, inter alia, provided by a laboured] Backgammon ; its History and Practice. By the Author of "Whist." With Illustrations, designed by KENNY MEADOWS, and engraved by W. LINTON.

[A facetious treatise on Backgammon ; forced and overlaid with verbal con- ceits, but enlivened by some capital graphic " hits" by the artist ; and con- taining directions for the tyro as well as the rules of the game.]

The Currency Question : the Gemini Letters. [Five-and-thirty letters and a postscript, advocating liberality in money- matters, at least in paper-money.]

SERIALS.

Geology; Introductory, Descriptive, and Practical. By DAVID THOMAS ANSTED, M.A.., F.R.S., &c., Professor of Geology in King's College, London. With numerous illustrations, comprising diagrams, fossils, and geological localities. Part I.

[This publication proposes to "produce a work which shall be an introduction to the science of geology, which shall give an account of the various geological phienomena at this time known and recorded, and shall also present a general view of those applications to practical purposes that render geology not merely an arousing pursuit but an object of serious study."

So far as a judgment can be formed from one-eighth part of a work, these objects are likely to be accomplished by Professor ANSTED, and in a very popular and agreeable manner. His opening chapters on the nature of strata— the changes that are now continually though slowly taking place on the sur- face of the earth by means of water and volcanic action—the preservation of fossil remains, and paheontology or the science of classifying them—are broad, intelligible, and satisfying, besides exciting a desire to know more. There is occasionally a touch of the lecturer, and of a lecturer to almost juvenile minds; but diffuseness for the purpose of clearness in scientific exposition i rather a merit than a defect ; and an apparent descent in order to be explicit, is a great deal better than a pompous formality, when popular language would be briefer and clearer. The slight tinge in Professor ANSTED which we allude to is rather in his manner than his style; which is never weak, and when the sub- ject requires it rises to a quiet eloquence.] A History of British Fossil Mammalia and Birds. By RICHARD OWEN, I.R.S., &c. With numerous illustrative engravings. Part I. [The object of this work of Professor OWEN iS to present an account of Bri- tish geological anatomy ; or rather a description, illustrated by cuts, of the skeleton remains of extinct animals that are embedded in the strata of Great Britain. This description is accompanied by anatomical arguments fixing their genus and species, and very often branching out into curious disquisitions. For instance, the first example is the tooth of a monkey; no fossil specimen of which tribe of animals CUVIER had ever met with, and it was supposed that the or- ganization of the Preadatnite world did not rise eo high in the scale of life. Almost simultaneously, however, fossil remains of apes and monkeys have been discovered in Britain, France, the Himalayas, and Brasil. Some of the other subjects also diverge into disquisitions of a similarly curious character, though possessing, of course, most interest fur geologists.] Monastic and Social Life in the Twelfth Century, as exemplified in the Chronicles of Jocelin of Brakelond. Translated, with Notes, Intro- duction, &a, by T. E. TOMLINS, Esq. (Popular Library of Modern Authors. Copyright editions.) [This is a very good translation of the Antiquarian Chronicle of the Monas- tery of Bury St. Edmunds, which furnished CARLYLE with the subject of the " Ancient Monk," that forms the second book of Past and Present. Besides its intrinsic interest on this ground, and its inherent value as a delineation of the life of the twelfth century, it will be found attractive as a picture of man- ners and character. The translation is clear, and even lively ; the introduc- tory summary prepares the reader for what he is to expect from JOCELIN'S nar- ratives; and the illustrative notes are informing. It is a good addition to the Popular Library of Modern Authors.] Biographical Illustrations of Westminster Abbey. By GEORGE LEWIS SMITH. Author oft' Biographical Illustrations of St. Paul's Cathedral," &c. Part U. (Popular Library of Modern Authors. Copyright Editions.)

[This number completes a work which we noted at some length on the ap- pearance of the First Part. The contents are wholly biographical; and we think the subjects have more interest than those in the former part, as they approach the character of contemporary biography.] London, Part XXXV.

The Miller of Deanhaugh, Part XL PERionicaLS.

Law Magazine, No. LXIIL Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. CXXXVIL and CX.XXVIII.

Magazines for February—Church, Artisan, Bradshaw's Railway Guide. ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Forfarshire Illustrated; being Views of Gentlemen's Seats, Antiquities, and Scenery in Forfarshire, with Descriptive and Historical Notices. The characteristics of this pictorial account of Forfarshire—a county rich in picturesque beauty and antiquarian interest—are local fidelity in the views and copious information in the descriptive notices ; and to those who prefer facts unadorned, whether in a verbal or graphic shape, these homely and faith- ful illustrations will be acceptable.

The plates, fifty in number, embrace some of the most striking features of the scenery, both coast and inland; including ruins and residences, ancient castles and modern structures. They are all engraved by GERSHOM COMBING, who has also drawn some of them very neatly : the best, however, are sketched D. MCKENZIE, who with exactness of form and minuteness of detail unites a daylight clearness of atmosphere that is well preserved in several plates. The mode of engraving is different in various instances, and the execution is unequal ; but as the work of one artist, they are very creditable.]

Pictorial Sunday Book, Part H.

Payne's Universum, or Pictorial World, No. II. Leaves from the Book of Nature, Part H. Pictorial History of England, Part LXXXIII. Old England, Part III.

Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part XIV.

A Morning and Evening Cathedral Service; consisting of Te Deurn, Jubi- late, Sanctus, Kyrie Eleison, Credo, Magnificat, and Nunc Dimittis, with an accompaniment for the Organ. By SAMUEL SEBASTIAN WESLEY.

A Slow Movement and Rondo for the Pianoforte. Composed by Wins LIAR JACKSON, Masham.

Fisher ! fear not on the Ocean—Song. Written by W. EDWARD &rams, Esq. ; the Music composed by JOSEPH PHILIP KNIGHT.

Kathleen's Lament—Irish Ballad. Composed by JOSEPH PHILIP Kneur.