PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

On Thursday, the centenary anniversary of Schiller's birthday, Messrs. Longman and Co. paid their appropriate tribute towards the celebration of the poet's memory, by issuing Lady Wallace's translation of Pal- leske's much-admired LIFE OF SCHILLER. The original has had a bril- liant success in Germany.

Mr. Bisset's volume on THE STRENGTH OF NATIONS appears oppor- tunely at a moment when the question of our national defences so much occupies public attention. It is right that a question of such paramount importance should be discussed in all its aspects and relations—historical, theoretical, speculative, and practical. Mr. Bisset tells us that the sub- ject of his volume has long engaged his thoughts, and that the present critical aspect of affairs in Europe has prompted him to put the result of his studies before his countrymen, in order that the lessons of the past may be received by them as warnings, and be used to correct present evils, and avert possible and perhaps imminent dangers.

Tavoy and the Tenasserim provinces form the subject of the first third of HEATHEN AND HOLY LANDS by Captain Briggs. His readers will probably like best the heathenish portion of his volume, for it has a fresh- ness of interest which cannot easily be restored to so worn a theme as Egypt or the Holy Land. On the other hand we suspect that many will be indebted to Captain Briggs's volume for their first knowledge of the fact—unless they have been cramming for a competitive examination —that Tavoy is one of the most beautiful little provinces of our Indian empire, and that it lies between Siam and the Indian Ocean.

We are glad to see the name of the author of " Orion " once more on the title page of a new book published in London, and still more rejoiced to learn that personally Mr. R. H. Home has no reason to complain of AnsraemeN FACTS AND Paosrzers. He has been Commander of the Gold Escort, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Territorial Magistrate ; is now Commissioner of the Yen Yean Water Supply, and has made investments in town lots, to the extent of one fourth of the township of Murchison, with which he is well satisfied.

THE KELLYS AND THE O'Kurzys is a new edition in one volume of a novel by Mr. Anthony Trollope, originally published in 1848.

C.Ecrtu. METELLA is an historical romance, the action of which begins in Rome on the eve of the assassination of Julius Caesar. We are afraid that the author has not very well succeeded in making her characters talk and act like real Romans, for in describing a sacrifice offered by Caesar, she says that "some of the women (and Metella was one of the number) turned away their eyes from a sight to which even custom had failed to reconcile them."

Messrs. Low and Son have published, with the omission of a few lines to qualify it as a giftbook for families, a superb illustrated edition of the MERCHANT or VENICE.

The performance of surgical operations on the dead body having be- come a part of the regular course of study in most of our medical schools,

both teachers and students will find their mutual labour much facilitated by the MANUAL OF OPERATIVE SURGERY, written expressly for their use in that department by Mr. Thomas Smith. The text is a model of clearness and conciseness ; the illustrations are admirably distinct, and their accuracy is insured by the fact that with one or two exceptions they have been traced from photographs taken during the actual perform- ance of the operations which they represent.

Boons.

&hiller's Life and Works. By Emil Palleske. Translated by Lady Wallace. In two volumes.

On the Strength of Nations. By Andrew Bisset, of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, M.A., and of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.

Heathen and Holy Lands ; or, Sunny Days on the Salween, Nile, and Jordan.

By Captain J. P. Briggs.

Australian Facts and Prospects ; to which is prefixed the Author's Australian Autobiography. By R. EL Home, Author of "Orion," 8tc. Mr. and Mrs. Ashaton. By the Author of " Margaret and Her Bridesmaids," Stc. In three volumes.

Caverns ifetella, or Rome Enslared. By .Emilia Julia.

The Most Excellent Historic of the Merchant of Venice. Written by Wil- liam Sbakspeare.

The Gospel according to Matthew, faithfully rendered into English from a Revised Greek Text : with Notes, by Lancelot Shadwell, Esq., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Magdalene : a Poem.

Leo line and Lyrics of Life. By S. H. Bradbury," Quallon," Author of " Yew- dale," /Fe.

A Class Book of English Prose, comprehending Specimens of the most distin- guished Prose Writers from Chaucer to the Present Time, with Biographical Notices, Explanatory Notes, and Introductory Sketches of the History of English Literature. By Robert Demons. M.A.

The Family Doctor ; a complete Encycloptedia of Domestic Medicine and Sur- gery especially adapted for popular use. By a Dispensary Surgeon, with Il- lustrations of all the Medicinal Plants.

The Adrentures of Mr. It spin on his Journey through Life. By An-

drew Halliday. Illustrated by William M'Co,mell.

Funny Fables for Little Folk. By Frances Freeing Broderip, With Il- lustrations by her Brother Thomas Hood.

The Nine Lires of a Cat : a Tale of Wonder. By Charles Bennett. Author of " Shadows."

The White Elephant ; or, the Hunters of Ara and the King of the Golden Foot. By William Dalton. With Illustrations by Harrison Weir.

Nzw EDITIONS.

The Kenya and the O'Kellys. By Anthony Trollope. A new edition.

The Headsman ; or, the Abbayc des Fignerons. A Tale. By J. Fenimore Cooper. Illustrated from Drawings by F. 0. C. Harley.

ALMANACS.

The Nautical Almanack and Astronomical Ephemeris for the year 1563. Pub- lished by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.