PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From August 4th to August 10th.

BOOKS.

Strafford; a Tragedy. By JOHN STERLING.

The nferno of Dante Alighieri. Translated in the terra rima of the original, with Notes and Appendix. By JOHN DAYMAN, Rector of Skelton, Cumberland, and late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.

The Philosopher's Stone, and other Poems. By MANLEY HOPKINS. [This volume contains a variety of poems, personal, occasional, and mis- cellaneous, including a few imitations of the old ballads. It has some fluent versification, as well as some happy thoughts; but Mr. HOPKINS is altogether deficient in originality, or even iu self-dependence of mind.. Both his theme and his treatment appear to depend upon the author he last read: now he imitates the politer writers of the metaphysical school, of whom DONNE was about the harshest and HERRICK and HERBERT the most popular; then we have touches of Bvaoa, and anon a copy of MOORE. Some of these are very clever—real echoes of the original voice ; but those which are not mere reflections of a model are poor.] Summer Offerings. By WILLIAM GASPEY, Author of "Poor-Law Melo- dies," &c.

[A small brochure of nine occasional poems, on common themes.] The Rector's Note-Book. By Mrs. JANE R. STANFORD, Author of "The Stoic," &c.

The story of a young orphan Jewess, of high Spanish caste, great beauty, and large fortune, who is converted by the "Rector," and subsequently marries his son. The tale is agreeably told, and is made a vehicle for some pleasant scenes and some lady-like arguments in favour of the conversion of the Jews. But the case of Anah De Sylveira is altogether too peculiar to furnish any general view respecting the prospects of the Millenarians; and in an endeavour to be very natural, there is something like meanness on the part of the Rector and his wife ; and son Arthur, the lover, is not particularly prepossessing.] Black's Picturesque Tourist and Road-Book of England and Wales; with a general travelling-map, charts of roads, railroads, and inte- resting localities ; and engraved views of the scenery.

[A general guide to England and Wales, after the plan of the same pub- lisher's well-known Tourist of Scotland. The kingdom is mapped out into routes, which are described on the plan of the old road-books; the different objects being noted in the order of their successive appearance, the compara- tively trivial by name only, whilst remarks are appended to those of a more noticeable character. In cases of attraction to the tourist an elaborate de- scription is given; and a variety of maps illustrate the volume. The prin- ciple of the book is not new as applied to England: the characteristics of Black's Picturesque Tourist of England and Wales are a more compact and handy form, a more modern style of letterpress, getting-up, and illustration, with a very moderate price.]

Practical Directions for the Preparation of Aerated Waters, and the various Compounds of Carbonic Acid Gas, by Bakewell's Patent Appa- ratus : with Observations upon the Pharmaceutical and Therapeutical Agencies, and their efficacy in the cure of some of the most important diseases of the human body, viz. indigestion, phthisis, nervous stony or mental depression, diseases of the genito-urinary organs, &c.; with cases in illustration. By ROBERT VENABLE% A.M., M.B., &c.

IA description of a new patent apparatus for making aerated waters, and impregnating them with a variety of medicable or other substances; and an account of the different diseases which these patent medicated waters will

benefit, according to Mr. VENABLES.] Thoughts on Moral and Spiritual Culture. By R. C. WATERSTON. [The reprint of several addresses on education, delivered in America; to which some new ones have been added in the present volume, with a few interspersed poetical pieces.] The French School. Part I. L'Echo 'de Paris : a selection of familiar phrases, which a person would daily hear said around him if he were living among French people; with a vocabulary of all the words and idioms used in the work. By M. LEPAGE, Professor of the French Language in London. Sixth edition.

Black's Economical Guide through Edinburgh; including a description of the environs. Third edition.

Black's Economical Guide through Glasgow. Second edition.

[These three books speak for themselves, by the words sixth, third, and second edition.]

SERIALS. The Steam - Packet, Part V.

The Smugglers, Part VI.

Captain Knox's Harry Mowbray, Part VIII.

PERIODICALS.

New York Democratic Review for July. Hunt's New York Merchants' Magazine for July. Magazines for August—North of England, Le Journal Scolastique.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

L'Uaivers Pittoresque; Histoire et Description de tons lea Peoples, he leers Religions, Mceurs, Coutumes, Industrie, &c.—Amdrique. Tome IV. Mexique et Gautemala, par M. DE LARENAUDIERE. Penal, par M. LACROIX.

[This volume, the first we have seen, is a portion of a series designed to em- brace a complete historical, geographical, and statistical account of the globe, illustrated by maps and numerous engravings, and emanating from the cele- brated press of DIDOT.

The volume before us is devoted to Mexico, Guatemala, and Peru. It con- tains a description of the geographical features of each country, as well as of its natural productions, and the character of its climate, soil, and people. A history, or rather the striking epochs of its history, follow, exhibiting the story of the country rather than of the colony. That of Mexico, for instance, com-

MAPS.

Black's Road and Railway Travelling-Illap of Scotland.

[A handsome-looking map, of large dimensions, yet so well mounted that it folds up into the size of a pocket-book, and admits at the same time of a partial examination. The different elevations are marked by lines of varying depth : but, coupled with the numerous places laid down, they, in a country so moun- tainous as Scotland, rather perplex the general effect.]

PAMPHLETS.

The Right Way to Decide ; or the Church of England her own Expositor : a Letter from a Member of the Church of England to his Fellow Churchmen.

Friendly Epistle to that learned body of Dissenting Ministers who call themselves the London Congregational Board. By a Dissenting Minister. Un Mot sur les Variations du Protestantisme. Troisibme edition, revue et augmentee d'une preface annoncant un fait tees-important qui vient de s'accomplir k Londrcs, et que constate que Punite dans la variete est le caracare essential des &verses communautes Protestantes. The Errors of Emigrants: pointing out many popular errors hitherto unnoticed; with a Sketch of the Extent and Resources of the New States of the North American Union, and a Description of the pro- gress and present aspect of the English Settlement in Illinois, founded by Morris Birkbeck and George Flower, in the year 1817. By GEORGE Jtaowaa, of Albion, Edward's County, Illinois.

MOM.

Viva! Victoria; a National Air, for three voices. Composed by Signor

ROSSINI.

mences with a view of the condition of the Mexicans and the character of the government previous to the arrival of CORTES, together with such an ac- count of its history as inference and the scattered notices preserved, or rather not destroyed, by the Spaniards, enable us to form. The Spanish conquest is next narrated, with a view of the government de jure and de facto then esta- blished,—for the law and the practice were somewhat different; after which, the writer passes on to the revolt against the Mother-country, bringing down his history of Mexico to the present time.

The volume, of course, is of the character of a compilation ; but it appears

painstaking and agreeable compilation, by authors of character, who were previously acquainted with the subjects. Leading writers—as ROBERTSON and RUNBOLDT—have no doubt been the principal guides, but other authors seem to have been consulted, from the contemporaries and companions of CORTES down to STEPHENS. The execution is also attractive,—clear, rapid, and ani- mated. The plates, nearly eighty in number, may also be mentioned : if not remarkable as examples of the graver, they are generally useful to the reader as illustrating the descriptive text, especially those relating to the antiquities of America.]