PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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White, .Red, Black. Sketches of Society in the United States during the Visit of their Guest. By Francis and Theresa Pulazky. In three vo- lumes.

A Critical History of the Language and Literature of Ancient Greece. By William Mere of Caldwell. Volume IV. Poems. By Alexander Smith. Arthur Cltfton ; a Novel. In three volumes. The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration. By Earl Grey. In two volumes.

Spain, her Institutions, Politics, and Public Men. A Sketch. By S. T. Wallis, Author of " Glimpses of Spain." [An account of Madrid, its inhabitants, and their habits, amusements, &c., by an American who was sent thither in a semi-official character, appa- rently because he had already visited Spain. The picture of the capital is accompanied by sketches of the institutions of the country and notices of Spanish public men. The book is written agreeably and vivaciously, but to English readers the subject wants novelty. Sojourners in Madrid, Spanish travellers, "our own correspondent," several biographers, as well as Mr. Ford's Handbook, have made much of the matter of Spain familiar to the British public. In America the case may be different : even to home read- ers, who wish a short cut to Spain and its notabilities, Mr. Wallis's book may be recommended.] The Lord's Day. By E. W. Hengstenberg, Doctor and Professor of Theology at Berlin. Translated by Tames Martin, B.A., of Ly- mington.

[A translation of Hengstenberg's three tracts on the observance of the Sab- bath; in which he examines the question by the Old Testament, the New Testament, the practice of the Churches, and the writings of theologians. He lands in the conclusion that the essence of the command is Christian as well as Mosaic, but that the English and American Churches push the ob- servance too far, and cling too much to legalities and form. In its origin the Sabbath was a day of rest as well as worship, for God should be worshiped every day. Heng,stenberg disapproves of the German mode of passing Sunday ; but he looks fore change through the hearts of the people, not from outward law.] Sermons adapted to Country Congregations and Family .Reading. By the Reverend Geo. Becher, Bloomfield, A.M., Rector of Stevenage, Herta, &e. Third Series.

[One of a series of sermons on texts from the Lessons, arranged according to the seasons. They are adapted to their object ; being brief, practical, plain, and occasionally forcible—as in a sermon on the temporal punishment of sin, even if the sin should be forgiven on repentance.] Herbert Anneslie ; a Reminiscence. By Fulwar Craven Fowle, of the Bengal Civil Service.

[A tale written in the autobiographical form. The subject is the adventures of the hero Herbert Anneslie which involve the loss of his prospects by the loss of the paternal estate, his rejection by the parents of his lady love, and finally his departure for India, whence he returns a prosperous colonel, to be of course accepted. The tale is varied by a variety of subordinate incidents; and it exhibits knowledge of country life and manners, and of country so- ciety, amid which the home story of the scene is laid. The narrative is naturally written, but without force.] Marie Louise, or the Opposite Neighbours. By Emilie Carlen. With numerous Illustrations.

[A. translation of Emilie Carlen's Marie Louise, followed by Paesages in the Life of James Leganger. It is cheap, with a variety of wood-cuts.] The Illustrated Natural History. By the Reverend J. Q. Wood, M.A. With four hundred and fifty Original Designs, by William Harvey, engraved by the Brothers DalzieL [The letterpress of this volume is neat, succinct, and animated; but neces- sarily curt from the number of subjects treated of, though a good deal of information in classification and nomenclature is presented by means of judicious arrangement. The feature of the book is its numerous illustra- tions from lifelike designs by Harvey, engraved on wood in a graphic and finished manner by the Dalziels.] The Harrow Calendar : the School Lists from January 1845 to Septem- ber 1852; with a History of Harrow School, &c.

[In addition to a history of the school, some antiquarian descriptions, notices of eminent persons educated at Harrow., .with lists of masters and scholars since 1845, this book contains curious original documents : Elizabeth's char- ter, the will of the founder John Lyon, &c. Its chief interest, of course, is for Harrovians.]

The most important publication in the following list is the third edition of Sir Howard Douglas's "Military Bridges and the Passage of Rivers?' Its first conception dates backward for nearly half a century, the work having originally been drawn up for the senior students at the Royal Military Col- lege. The foreign service of the author suspended its actual publication till 1816, when, besides home approbation, it was translated into French. A second edition was called for about 1829, but the engagements of the author prevented its appearance till 1832. The exhaustion, of that induces the ap- pearance of the third edition ; which is in some measure a new book, owing to the changes that twenty years have worked respecting the forms

and construction of- pontoons, improved modes of crossing rivers, as exempli- fied in India, the experiments that have been made on the Continent, in America, and at home, in military engineering, as well aeon the strength of materials.

The new edition of Young's "Night Thoughts" is prefaced by a clever and fair _enough life' which not only embraces the incidental information respecting the poet that the modern zest for printing has turned up, but presents it in a modern spirit, except in the critical estimate, vthich is more favourable than the age will allow. Pope's "Odyssey," with Flaxman's designs, is the completion of the edition undertaken by Mr. Alms Buckley. An Essay on the Principles and Construction of Military Bridges, and the Passage of Rivers in Military Operations. By General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., G.C.B., &a. Third edition, containing much additional matter.

Night Thoughts on Life, Death, and Immortality ; and a Paraphrase on Part of the Book of Job. By the late Edward Young, LL.D., sometime Rector of Welwyn, Herts. With a Life of the Author, by Dr. Doran.

The Odyssey of Bonier, translated by Alexander Pope. With Notes by the Reverend Theodore Alois Buckley, M.A. With Flaxman's De- signs, and other Engravings. History of England, from the Peace of Utrecht to the Peace of Ver- sailles. 1713-1783. By Lord Mahon. In seven volumes. Volume IL Third edition, revised. On Near Sight, Aged Sight, Impaired Vision, and the Means of As- sisting Sight. By William White Cooper, F.R.C.S.E., &o. Second edition.

The Circle of Human Life. Translated from the German of Dr. Fred, Aug. Gottgetren Tholuck, Professor of Theology in the Royal Univer- sity of Halle, &c. By the Reverend Robert Menzies, Minister of Hoddam. Second edition.

The Universal Library. " Uncle Tom's Cabin." " Kcempfer's Japan." " Sedg wick's Home ; Paul and Virginia; and Elizabeth." The Village Doctor. By the Countess D'Arbouville. Translated by Lady Duff Gordon. (Reading for Travellers.) Music.

The Pianist's Practical Guide. By F. Weber, Organist of the Royal German Chapel, St. James's Palace.

[This work has a special object, which entitles it to favourable notice. E aims at combining the practice of the pianoforte with the acquisition of that knowledge of the fundamental rules of harmony and modula- tion which every performer ought to possess, but in Which our ama- teur performers—young ladies, especially, who go through the usual rou- tine of teaching—are extremely deficient. Mr. Weber's exercises in all the • different major and minor keys are so constructed, that, in practising them with the assistance of a master, the pupil will not only become acquainted with the principal chords of each key—the tonic, dominant, and subdomi- nant—in their various inversions and positions, and with the relative keys into which it is usual to modulate but also with the manner in which me- lodious phrases are formed out of progressions of harmony. The exercises are purely written, and in perfectly good taste.]

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Map of the Burman Empire.

[A. good-sized map of the Burman empire, and of the regions between it and Calcutta. It is plain, and gives a clear idea of the seat of war upon the Irra- waddi; but its utility would_ have been increased by marginal indications.] Pelreniarrs.

Speech of Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P., in the House of Com- mons, on Friday, the 4th of March 1853, for the Second Reading of the Clergy Reserves of Canada Bill. The Income and Property Tax. By William Farr, Esq., M.D., F.S.S. [From the Journal of the Statistical Society for March.] A Vindication of his Character and Proceedings, &c. By Sir James Brooke, K.C.B., Rajah of Sarawak.

A Letter of the Right Honourable Charles James Fox to the Electors of Westminster, dated 23d January 1793. With an Application of its Principles to Subsequent Events, by Robert Adair, Esq.' XI': for Appleby, published in 1802; and now republished, with anIntrodue- lion, by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Adair, G.C.B.