PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boom Siluria. The History.of the Oldest Known Rocks containing Organic Remains, with a brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold over the Earth. By Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, G.C.St.S., D.C.L., de.

Charles the Second in the Channel Islands. A Contribution to his Bio- graphy and the History of his Age. By S. Elliott Hoskins, M.Di, F.R.S. In two volumes.

Memoirs of Celebrated Characters. By Alphonse de Lamartine, Author of "History of the Girondists." In two volumes.

Three Years' Cruise in the Australasian Colonies. By It. Edmond Malone.

Constantinople of Today. By Theophile Gautier. Translated from the French, by Robert Howe Gould, Esq., M.A. Illustrated with Engrav- ings from Photographic Pictures.

The Principles and Practice of the Water Cure, and Household Medicor Science: in Conversations on Physiology, on Pathology, or the Na- ture of Disease, and on Digestion, Nutrition, Regimen, and Diet. BY James Wilson, M.D., M.R.C.S., &c.

The Iliad of Homer. With Notes, by W. G. T. Barter.

Hide and Seek. By W. Wilkie Collins, Author of " Antonina," 8cc. In three volumes.

Sir Gervase Grey; a Novel. By Mrs. Gordon, Author of " Kingscon- nell," dc. In three volumes.

The Russians in Bulgaria and Rumelia in 1828 and 1829, during the Campaigns of the Danube, the Sieges of Brailow, Varna, Silistria, Shumla, and the Passage of the Balkan by Marshal Diebitsch. From. the German of Baron You Moltke, Major in the Prussian Service.

.Metnorials of the Life of Amelia (pie, selected and arranged from her Letters, Diaries, and other Manuscripts. By Cecilia Lucy Brightwell.

The World Encompassed by Sir Francis Drake; being his next Voyage to that to Nombre de Dios. Collated with an unpublished Manuscript of Francis Fletcher, Chaplain to the Expedition. With Appendices illustrative of the same Voyage, and Introduction, by W. S. W. Van; Esq., M.A. [This new volume of the Hakluyt Society is beyond all comparison the edi- tion of Drake's great voyage round the world. The text is that of the nar- rative compiled by his nephew, and first published in 1628 under the title of The World Encompassed. The additional matter, however, is equal to a new work. The nephew avowedly drew up his book from the notes of Flet- cher, his uncle's chaplain for the voyage. This manuscript, preserved in the British Museum, has been collated by Mr. Vaux with the printed text ; and wherever there is a substantial difference, which is frequently the case, especially in reference to Doughty's execution, the variations are given at the foot. Besides this known manuscript. Mr. Yaux has dis- • Memoirs of Celebrated Characters. By Alphonse de Lamartine, Author of are evidently authentic ; and apparently written by no lovers of the great

v ed several other manuscn ts in the handwntin of the tam which co er

and queries" which lawyers write down in getting up a case. The narra- tive of one John Cooke is very depreciatory of Drake, especially as regards Doughty. The hostile animus is too plain, however, to attach great weight to these statements; perhaps Mr. Vaux, in his painstaking and pleasant in- troduction, gives them fully as much as they are entitled to. That Drake brooked no interference with his authority, and was prompt at punishing what he called "mutiny," is well established. If Doughty really "at- tempted to bribe one Thomas Catty' with 1001., and promised a better ship andligher rank to such friends who would work with him," it seems dif- ficult to avoid a conclusion of attempt to mutiny and supersede his comman- der.] Reports relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London. By John Simon, F.R.S., Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and Officer of Health to the City. [La this volume Mr. Simon has republished the reports which for five years peat he has officially addressed to the City on its sanitary condition. In the text he has made no considerable alteration, but marked changes, or made corrections,. in foot-notes. An elaborate prefaoe, however, goes over the sub- jects of sanitary reform, as well in relation to the present state of the medical profession as to the health-of-towns question properly so called. A selection of facts glaringly exhibits the want of common police control over free trade in 1,ife and health; and a variety of suggestions are offered as to the organiza- tion of a plan for thoroughly working a system of sanitary reform of the largest kind. Some of these suggestions—as the creation of a Minister of Health—merely require courage and resolution on the part of Government ; courage to bring forward the plans ; resolution to disregard "the furious foe, the timid friend," the ridicule which attends upon a novelty, and the clamour which assailed " interests " invariably create. Some proposals it would pro- bably be more difficult to carry out, opposition to them being founded in the nature of the people or their habits of life.] The Microscope : its History, Construction, and Applications. Being a

familiar Introduction to the use of the instrument, and the study of Microscopical Science. By Jabez Hogg, Fellow of the Medical Society of London, &c. ; Author of "Elements of Natural Philosophy," &c. Illustrated with upwards of five hundred En- gravings.

[The object of this volume is to popularize the use of the microscope, by ex- plaining the mode of its manipulation, and showing its wonders and uses ; as well as by bringing out the book at a price which is not beyond the means of numbers, as most good works on the microscope are. Mr. Hogg has brought together the latest scattered discoveries, and he illustrates his text by a great number of diagrams and cuts.]

Songs of the Present.

jflie idea of this volume of verse is good, the writer having drawn his themes from the stirring questions of the day. War Lyrics form the first division of his book ; the condition of the poor in various aspects comes next, tinder the title of "Warning Voices " ; Voices of Hope,' which follows, combines topics of improvement with existing features of hopefulness among the poor ; "Voices of Cheer," which forma the last part, perhaps too closely resembles the third section to warrant a distinction between them. The great advantage of real contemporary subjects for poetry is well illustrated in these Songs of the Present. Many of the pieces, especially the tales, have an interest about them which the poetical power of the writer could not attain by itself, Indeed, he rather writes prose condensed and versified than actual poetry. The War Lyrics, which are more general, are the poorest of the four divisions.] Clytia ; a Tale of the Southern States; with other Poems. By G. Gerard.

[The pieces in this volume excel Songs of the Present in the mechanics of poetry, and probably in poetical spirit ; but they want subjects. The occa- sional pieces are the best; but their themes are either too common or too personal to excite general interest.] Poems. By Melanter. [Subject ! subject! subject! as Demosthenes exclaimed " action !" or Den- ton • audacity !" There are clever versification and even ideas in the drama which opens this volume, as well as in a poem on St. Paul preaching at Athens; but the only two things that stand out from the mass of well- written verses that the press pours forth daily, are some stanzas, half-satiri- cal half-indignant, on the "poor Englishman ! " of some German-news- paper, and lines on the fleet at Spithead.] The Domdaniel Bank; being the Experiences of a Clerk therein. Edited by Ishmael Batteigh.

EA satire on banking, or rather on the directors and establishment of some particular bank, whose portraits are painted at length. The verse is clever, but the persons are too individual for public attention.]

The Old Minor Canon; or a Life of Struggle, and a Life of Song. By

the Reverend Erskine Neale, M.A., Rector of Kirton, and Chaplain

to Earls Huntingdon and Spencer ; Author of "The Closing Scene," &c. [This is the autobiography of a clergyman without interest or connexion, introduced by a sketch of the Minor Canon who is supposed to leave the papers behind him, from which the narrative is put together. There is something trite in this idea; and the old clergyman, as drawn in the intro- duction, does not dramatically correspond with the writer of the narrative, who is unmistakeably Mr. Erskine Neale. The story is given with his usual telling manner; displaying likewise his general knowledge of the world, of the church, and of churchmen.] Die Life and Adventures of Dick .Diminy. By C. G. Collins. [A. tale of adventure designed to expose the frauds connected with the turf; the hero' Dick Diminy, being a jockey. There is a good deal of bustle and business in the book, which carries the reader along through much carica- ture and much that is improbable. The incidents are often of a low kind, and the style is not very refined.] A Practical Grammar of the Turkish language. With Dialogues and Vocabulary. By W. Burckhardt Barker, M.R.A.S., Oriental Inter- preter and Professor of the Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Hindustani at Eton College ; Author of " Lares and Penates," &c. [Full in trea&Persactical part—such as the form and sound of the letters, phrases, and a vocabulary ; and sufficient in the theoretical or grammatical. It is intended for those who wish to read the Turkish language in the Turk- ish character ; a feat which cannot be performed, we fancy, until they can write it. To master the alphabet is the first task.] Black's Picturesque Tourist of Ireland. Illustrated by a Map of Ire- land, numerous Charts of the more interesting Localities, and Plans of the principal Cities. (Black's Guide-Books for Tourists.) [A nest handy pocket volume, well illustrated with maps ; not overdone with historical or legendary allusion, though there is enough of it to call up associations. It combines in point of form the utilities of the old road-book and the beet modern guide-books. The matter is always tested, often new, and of very practical kind, especially in all that relates to comforts and the cost of them.] A Practical Dictionary of English Synonyms, alphabetically arranged. [A useful book for the unready writer who wishes to substitute one word for another in order to avoid repetition or more aptly express his meaning. le- yond this practical utility the book does not go, neither does the writer aim.] Tables showing the Value of Gold at 31. 17s. W. pores. Standard, from two carats worseness to pure gold. By Robert Shaer junior.

The shilling volumes are numerous this week, mostly with a bearing on actual affairs. Messrs. Routledge send out a neat book about the Crystal Palace ; and a sketch of the war in Cireassia, with a biography of Schamy1, compiled from the German. Mr. Shaw includes in his "Family Library" a life of the present Sultan, and a view of the Turks, their army and navy, preceded by a notice of the late Sultan Mahmoud.

Boutledye's Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park at Sydenham ; with Descriptions of the principal Works of Science and Art, and of the Terraces, Fountains, Geological Formations, and Restoration of Ex- tinct Animals therein Rsbibited. With Illustrations of the Courts, and Ground Plans.

&horny/ and Cireassia. Chiefly from Materials collected by Dr. Fried- rich Wagner. Edited, with Notes, by Kenneth )3. H. Mackenzie, F.S.A., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain. The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Medjid Khan: a brief Memoir of his Life and Reign ; with Notices of the Country, its Army, Navy, and present Prospects. By the Reverend Henry Christmas, 31.A., F.R.S., Author of "Nicholas I.; a brief Memoir of his Life and Reign." To Mont Blanc and Beek Again. By Walter White.

Popular _Lectures on Astronomy. By the late M. Arago, Member of the Institute of France, &c. Translated, with Notes, by Walter K. Kelly, Esq., B.A., of Trinity College, Dublin. Fourth edition, revised to the present time, by the Reverend L. Tomlinson, M.A.

The subjects of the following books are of a kind which unfits them for our handling at any time, much more in the height of a war and the London season. For example, Mr. Edward Strachey's " Miracles and Science" would lead into a discussion on the truth of Scriptural miracles tried by the same test as any question in natural science—at least so the author says, though we doubt his analogy ; but such a topic is obviously unadapted to a newspaper. Mr. Pretyman's "Church of England and Erastianism," though less unfit for lay handling, would involve two questions of policy rather than criticism: the first, indeed, whether the Church of England is not subordinate to the Civil Government, might not take long in determining as a matter of fact; but the question of its independence, its powers, its temporalities, its privileges, and the State patronage it receives as an established church, all which must be looked at together, would involve much discussion. The "First Seal—Homilies," and "The Light which Lighteth every Man—Sermons," are a class of books that more readily admit of notice, when a striking literary character is displayed, either by a novel application or illustration of admitted truths or by unity of design, distinct

purpose, or great force of style. These qualities are not sufficiently pos- sessed in the two collections before us, though there is something of Arch-

deacon Hale's plain strength in "the Light which Lighteth." A Help to the Psalms" is merely a marginal commentary in a Christian not a Jewish spirit, with more of exhortation than explanation.

Miracles and Science. By Edward Strachey, Author of "Hebrew Po- litics in the Times of Sargon and Sennacherib."

The Church of England and Erastianism since the Reformation. By J. R. Pretyman, M.A., late Vicar of Aylesbury, Bucks.

The First &a/: being short Homilies on the Gospel according to St. Matthew.

The Light which Lighteth every Man. Sermons, by Alexander R. Rus- sell, late Curate of Herstmonceux.

A Help to the Profitable Beading of the Psalms for Christian People. By Edward Walter, B.A., Rector of Langton, Lincolnshire.

The third edition of Dr. Brown's History of Protestant Missions, in three volumes octavo, from Messrs. Blackwood, has been to a considerable extent rewritten, the narrative being brought down to the present time. Mr. Mur- ray completes the first work of his British Classics, by the last volume of the edition of Goldsmith. A twelvemonth's demand has given rise to anew edi- tion of "The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon." Mr. Nichol continues the publication of Cowper in his subscription series of standard authors : and Messrs. Longman have sent forth the Sermon on the Mount, in a waistcoat- pocket volume, sedately got up.

History of the Propagation of Christianity among the Heathen since the Reformation. By the Reverend William Brown, M.D. Third edition, brought down to the Present Time. In three volumes. The Works of Oliver Goklsmith. Edited by Peter Cunningham, F.S.A. In four volumes. Volume IV. (Murray's British Classics.) The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon. By Habeeb Risk Allah Effendi, 3f.R.C.S., and Associate of King's College. Second edition. The Poetical Works of William Cowper. With Life, Critical Disser- tation, and Explanatory Notes, by the Reverend George Gilfillan. Volume II.

The Sermon on the Mount, Matthew, ch. 6, 6, 7. The _Rubber of Life. By Dalton Ingoldsby. (Bentley's Railway Li- brary.) Sunday Services at Home for Young Children. By different Authors. Edited by the Countess of Ducie. A new edition.

Issurrasersis Worm.

The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Water-Colours.

Illustrated by a series of twenty-four Designs, Coloured Diagrams,

and numerous Wood-cuts. By George Barnard, Professor of Drawing at Rugby School, Author of "Handbook of Foliage and Foreground

Drawing," &c. Printed by the Chromatic Process. Part I. [We distrust art and nature cut-and-dry, as in the class of books to which this belongs. It is a respectable production of its kind, quite as well-written and intelligent as most others, and not more conventional. Sometimes, how- ever, it assumes, purposely or inadvertently, a knowledge on the reader's part, which may possibly not exist; as where "complementary colours" are spoken of before they are explained. This should never be done in an ele- mentary work. The publication, which is nicely got up, is to be completed in six half-crown numbers.]

MAPS.

Military Sketch of the Country between the Danube and Constantinopk. Compiled by the King of Prussia's General Staff.

Newest Chart of the Baltic. Compiled from the Admiralty Charts, showing the places of rendezvous of the Allied Fleets, the 'Fortifica- tions, Lighthouses, and all the Places, even those of minor import- ance, to which the attention of the public has recently been attracted. Newest Chart of the Gulf of Finland. Compiled from Admiralty and Russian Surveys and Mariners' Charts : containing also separate en- larged Plans of Riga, Revel, Port Baltic, Helsingfors, Sveaborg, Cron- stadt, and St. Petersburg.

[The military sketch from Mr. Wyld is a large two-sheet map embracing the seat of war in Eastern Europe. The extreme main points contained in it au-e G-abitz and Kilia on the North, Gallipoli on the South, Rustschuk on the West, Constantinople and the Mouths of the Danube on the East. The style of execution is rough, but this with the scale gives great clearness, especially to the lines of communication.

The "newest" charts of the Baltic and the Gulf of Finland are from Blew& Black. They are large, clear, and full, without being confused ; plans of the principal ports on an enlarged scale occupy the margins of each chart. The eye is directed to important places in relation to the war by coloured marks.]

PAMPHLETS.

The National Debt, and How to Pay it: or the Financial Condition of the Na- tion considered ; with Remarks on its hopes, fears, and prospects.

Memorandum on the Merchant Shipping yam Consolidation Bill; pointing out and explaining the points in which tl.e existing Acts are altered. By Henry Thring, Barrister-at-law, and Thomas Henry Ferrer. Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trade.

Words on the War. A Sermon preached in the Parish Churches of Bedworth, and of St. John Baptist, Coventry, on Wednesday, 26th April, being the day appointed by her Majesty for a General Fast. Also, a Sermon preached on Sunday, 16th April, in Christ Church. Coventry, before a portion of H. M. 13th Regiment of Dragoons, on the eve of their departure for the East. By William Drake, M.A., Lecturer of Si. John's, Coventry.

The Duty of Trusting in God. Two Ser- mons preached in St. Mary's Church, Plaistow, on Wednesday, 26th April, being the day of National Humiliation. That in the morning by the Reverend R. W. B. Marsh, 11.A., Incumbent ; that in the evening by the Reverend Alfred .1. Perry, B.A., Curate.

The Corinthian and Galatian Sins against the Spirit of Christ : and a Review of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Two Ser- mons, preached in the Catholic Apos- tolic Church in Gordon Square, on the 26th March and 2d April 1854. By the Reverend Nicholas Armstrong.

The Great Wine-Press, popularly called Armageddon, Re. By the Author of " Trinology," &c.

A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell on University Reform. By the Reverend J. A. Emerton, D.D., Oxon., Principal of Hanwell College, Middlesex.

On the Influence of the History of Science upon Intellectual Education : a Lec- ture delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, before H. It. H. Prince Albert. By William Whewell, D.D., F.R.S., Master of Trinity College, Cam- bridge.

Observations on Mental Education : a Lecture delivered at the Royal Institu- tion of Great Britain, before H. R. ff. Prince Albert. By Professor Faraday, F.R.S.

The Ground we Tread. An Elementary Lecture on Geology, delivered before the Droitwich Literary and Scientific Institute, by John Stoney Pakington, Esq., at the Royal Hotel, Droitwich, on Friday, 22d April.

Ithaca in 1850. By George Ferguson Bowen, M.A., PEGS., Fellow of Bra- senose College, Oxford. Third edition, revised.

Debate in the House of Lords, 11th June 1852, on the Notion of Lord Lyndhurst, " That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the allegations of the Pe- tition of the Baron de Bode." Together with the Report of the Select Committee.

Opinions of the Press on the Case of the Baron de Bode.

An Historical Sketch of the Bristol Asy- luns for the Blind. By the Honorary Secretary.

A Few Words about Rome and Naples, and of Roman Catholicism as exempli- fied in those Governments. By G. T. Lowth. Second edition.