PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

B00103.

Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of George the Third. From Origi- nal Family Documents. By the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Volumes III. and IV.

History of Europe from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louse Napoleon in 1852. By Sir Archibald Alison, Bart., D.C.L., Author of " The History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Battle of Waterloo," &c. Volume IV. The Monarchs of the Main ; or Adventures of the Buccaneers. By George W. Thornbury, Esq. In three volumes.

Narrative of a Campaign in the Crimea; including an Account of the Battles of Alma, Balakrava, and Inkerman. By Lieutenant George Shuldhsm Peard, 20th Regiment.

Travels and Adventures in the Province of Assam, during a residence of. fourteen years. By Major John Butler, 55th Regt. Bengal Native Infantry, Principal Assist.-Agent to the Governor-Gen. N.B. Frontier of Assam; and Author of "A Sketch of Assam." With Illustrations.

Ancient Jerusalem. A new Investigation into the History, Topography, and Plan of the City, Environs, and Temple: designed principally to illustrate the Records and Prophecies of Scripture. With Map, Plans, and other Illustrations. By Joseph Francis Thrupp, M.A., Vicar of Barrington, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

The Philosophy of the Beautiful. By John G. Macvicar, D.D., Author of "An Inquiry into Human Nature," &c. With Illustrations. Fairy Tales, by the Countess D'Aulnoy. Translated by J. R. Plana& With Illustrations by John Gilbert.

Selections from the Papers of Lord Metcalfe, late Governor-General of India, Governor of Jamaica, and Governor-General of Canada.

Edited by John William Kaye, Author of "Life of Lord Metcalfe " &c. [This volume is a species of supplement to the editor's Lift Rf Lord Met. calfe ; and when the great extent of that work and the small quantity of strictly biographical matter that it contained are considered, a auflicient.por- tion of the present volume might have found a place in the Life, by the omission of matter that was merely an encumbrance. The present selections relate to India, Jamaica, and Canada. They possess an interest only for those who from circumstances already feel a strong interest in Met- calfe, or the questions to which the papers relate. They are clearly writ- ten ; are just and sensible in the opinions they pass upon events, or the ad- vice they offer : but their practical aim at the time when and the subjects about which they were written detract from their general interest now. Particular passages of an opposite character might be picked out, but as a whole they are deficient. in. breadth, and universality. Like the career of Metcalfelumself, they. are provincial, not imperial.] Wine, its Use and Taxation.; an Inquiry into the Operation of the Wine-duties on Consumption and. Revenue.. By Sir. James Emerson Tennent, K.C.S., LL.D., &c. [This is rather a pamphlet in the form of a volume than a book properly so called. It is based upon the evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons in 1852 to consider the expediency of reducing the duty on wine, with additional matter from other sources, and the author's own reasonings. It is a very workmanlike affair ; clearly arranged, well digested, and.cleverly handled; but it leads to nothing. Sir James thinks the reduction at present impracticable. The facts and opinions he adduces show that it is very questionable whether the consumption would be greatly extended by any fall in price. He admits that the revenue mould for some time suffer from the desired reduction from 5s. 9d. to ls. He considers that the change would have a beneficial operation on commerce; although he allows that in case of a large demand the wine growing countries could not at pre- sent furnish a proportionate supply ; while a very extensive reduction would necessitate an entire revision of our fiscal system on strong drinks, from which we now raise not far short of twenty millions a year. Sir James, however, calls for a distinct announcement on the intention, yes or no, injustice to the trade. But surely, when the trade add war to the facts and reasonings of the book, they can draw the conclusion for themselves ; independently of which, one Chancellor of the Exchequer cannot bind another.]

Meditations and Moral Sketches. By M. Guizot. Translated from the French by John Marquis of Ormonde, K.P.

[This volume, translated by the late Marquis of Ormonde, consists of three papers, written in 1838, on religion and morals as they then appeared in France to the mind of Guizot. They are accompanied by a preface of pre,. sent date, which may be rated as another article, for it discusses a similar topic. The object of the whole would seem to be to establish a sort of unity between Roman Catholics and Protestants, not in form, which M. Guizot knows is impracticable, but in spirit and feeling, which under certain dr. cumstancea might be accomplished among the people but scarcely among.the clergy. The politician is more conspicuous than the theologian in Medita- tions and Moral Sketches. The views are rather misty and doctrinaire, without very definite results : they often exhibit the author's philosophical breadth, and his keen appreciation of men and sotual opinions, which the experience of the practical politician added to the theories of the professor ; but they are not to be classed among the author's best works.]

Brittany and La Vendee : Tales and Sketches. With a notice of the Life and Literary Character of Emile Souvestre.

[The manners and superstitions of the people in the wilder districts of Brit- tany and La Vendee are more the subject of these tales than story. This last, indeed, is not neglected ; and it deserves the praise of great appro.. priatenees to the scenery and people among whom the story is laid, as well as of a skilful avoidance of attempts to produce interest by exaggerating, for the sake of effect, in a way disproportioned to the subject matter. The at- traetion.of the book, however, is in its pictures of the landscapes and life of provincial France, modified by the influenceof occupation, as in the boat- men. of the Loire. In this point of view, Brittany and La Vende'e is. a remarkable book ; real, truthful, informing, and mingling with the present sonic glimpses of the convulsions of the past, in the persons of surviving Terrorists or Loyalists. It is a good addition to "Constable's Miscellany. of Foreign Literature," in which series it appears. The translation is preceded by a pleasing biographical notice of Emile Sonvestrei], Passing Thoughts. By James Douglas of °avers. Part first. [Half-a-dozen papers, which would resemble the modern high-class " article," but that they are seldom very large in purpose or complete- in treatment. " Passing. Thoughts" well enough indicates their nature ; for they seem to have been thrown off rather from material the mind could readily call up, than to have been the. result of continuous work. The completest paper is a sketch of the life, character, and influence of Rousseau.]

Leonora : a Poem.

[Leonora is the object of the versifier's attachment, and he has written a poem eulogistic of the lady's beauties, and descriptive of his own hopes, fears, &c. There is a digression to the present war, induced by the moon shining upon it ; and another about Italy, to which country the lover hopes to make a wedding tour.] Rational Godliness. After the Mind of Christ and the written Voices of His Church. By Rowland Williams, B.D., Fellow and formerly Tutor of King's College, Cambridge, and Professor of Hebrew at Lam- peter.

model of Mr. Williams in these sermons seems to have been our elder

vmem, The study which this implies has given strength and closeness to his style and weight to his thoughts; but his treatment is not so thorough, it strikes us, as that of his prototypes. Parts of his discourse& are often i complete in their pictures of a subject, as well as in the conclusion, but not so often in the sermon as a whole.] Treatise on the Administration of Trust Funds under the Trustee Relief Act; with an Appendix, containing the Trustee Relief Act, the Act for the further Relief of Trustees, the General Orders and Forms of Proceedings. By John Darling, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law.

[The object of the Trustee Relief. Act was to enable trustees to relieve themselves more cheaply and promptly than heretofore of a trusteeship ; and to facilitate under circumstances of doubt the payment of money, or Government or Parliamentary securities actually in their possession. This volume contains the'Aet itself, and other formal matter indicated in the titlepage. The Act is preceded by a clear exposition of its meaning, and modes of procedure ; the interpretation being illustrated by the cases that have occurred under it.]

A New Geography for Children. By Harriet Beecher Stowe, Author of "'uncle Tom's Cabin," &e. Revised by an English Lady, by di- rection of the. Author. With numerous Illustrations and Maps.

[Less some. revision designed to make the British Isles as conspicuous as were the United States in the original edition, this Geography for Children is by Mrs. Stowe. The plan is on the principle of progression. The lessen begms with. the scholar's own neighbourhood, and goes on to his county ; from-one county to groups of counties; and so on till the world is encom- passed. Toe more striking features in each case are first presented, particu- lars following in due,succeseion. The book opens with directions for pitting children through a course of practical measuring ; and indeed a good part of the book consists of hints on teaching, which the master is to expand for his classes by means of-maps _books, and his own illustrations, rather than a "geography" as usually understood. The advantage of such a book must depend greatly upon the teacher.] Sermons by nom* Chalmers, D.D., LL.D. Volume II. (Select Works of Ttionms Chalmers, D.D., LL.D. Edited by his Son-in-law, the Reverend William Hanna, LL.D. Volume IV.)

Manual of Arithmetic. By the Reverend Joseph A. Galbraith, M.A., Fellow and. Tutor of Trinity College, Dublin, &c. ; and the Reverend

Samuel .A., Fellow and Tutor of Trinity College, Dub- lin, &c. Second edition, enlarged and improved:

PAMPHLETS.

Lecture vo the Organization of the French F.R.G.S., Corresponding Secretary of the Association.

Does not the Just Man represent the endof Cosmos? A few Thoughts on the Cos- mos : a paper read to the Literary and Philosophy Society at Loughborough, on 6th February 1835. By the Re- verend T. Drake, M.A.

A few more Words on the Plurality- of Worlds. By W. S. Jacob, F.R.A.S., tronomer to the Honourable East India Company. Army. Delivered at the United Service Institution. By Montague Gore, Esq

The Army of the Future at once Military and Industrial.

The Tenants' Improvements Compensation (Ireland) Bill.

Lecture on the Methodof Teaching Gram- mar. Delivered before the United As- sociation of Schoolmasters, at the first Annual' Meeting. By James Tilleard,