PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
BOOKS.
The Galkry of Nature; a Pictorial and Descriptive Tour through Creation, illustrative of the Wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography, and Gaol logy. By the Reverend Thomas Milner, M. A. Author of "Astronomy and Scripture," &c. The Annals of Ireland, translated from the Original Irish of the Four Mas- ters. By Owen Connellan, Esq., Irish Historiographer to their late Ma- jesties George the Fourth and I% illiain the Fourth; Author of a "Grammar of the Irish Language," &c. With Annotations by Philip M'Dermott, Esq., M.D., and the Translator. A Lytell Caste of Robin Hode; with other Ancient and Modem Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated yeoman. To which is prefixed, his Wa- tery and Character, grounded upon other documents than those made use of by his former biographer, "Mister Ititson." Edited by John Mathew Butch, F.S A.; and adorned with Cuts by F. W. Fairholt, }'.S.A. In two volumes. A Memorial of Jt”,..11 John Gurney. By Bernard Barton. [An elegiac tribute, by the Quaker poet, to one of the most distinguished Quakers ; whose untimely death was mourned by his city as a public loss, and whose vir- tues called forth a funeral sermon, not from his Bishop, but from the Bishop of ale diocese in which he lived. The Christian virtues of Joseph John Gurney are 1)
dwelt upon with fondness, feeling, and loquent elegance, but somewhat too gene-
rally. The funeral poem would have n more effective had more individualTar Waits of J. J. Gurney, and more partial facts in his career, been exhibited, instead of virtues and objects so extensive that they cease to be distinct. He is, for the most part, lamented as a magnate unknown to the poet would be lamented.] De Clifford, the PhilosTher. With Notes and Illustrations, and Personal Observations in the Kingdom of Nature. By John Godfrey A. ngley, M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin, and Cambridge; Author of "Faith, Hope, and
- Charity," &c.
[De Clifford is a species of Childe Harold in a philosophic way; who goes on his travels with "his eyes and heart open to peruse the volume of living nature spread around him for his instruction and benefit." The results of this stuvey are told by Mr. John Godfrey Angley, in four books in heroic couplets; which ereuld not pass for poetry in any court of criticism, in this or any other world.] The Practice of the Mendicity Society. By "One who knows it well." [A species of unauthorized report of the condition and action of the Mendicity Society by an individual member of the Committee, so as not to commit the body. It contains some curious facts in reference to distress and meudicity, which half the time does not seem to be distress, or at least distress worthy of relief. In one twelvemonth one subscriber sent 1,500 begging letters for the Society to inquire about, and a little time since another sent 65 in twenty-four hours. Petitions can be drawn up for fourpence, and letters as low as twopence. The object of the publication is to ask the public to subscribe more largely: but in one branch of the Society's proceedings, that of street begging, the facts scarcely warrant the Call. Professional vagabonds—" sturdy beggars "—seem to have elbowed out the really unfortunate from the Mendicity Society's relief.] Remarks on Education in 1847. By the Honourable Amelia Murray. [Some judicious observations on the education of the poor, illustrated by facts and evidence connected with the Hackney Wick School, and the Children's Friend Society, overthrown by an outcry in 1842. The view of the fair writer is, that the formation of principles, habits, and tastes, is more to be looked to in education than mere acquirements; and that the practice of industry should accompany reading, writing, and arithmetic.] Chronological Tables; or the Antiquary and Genealogist's Companion, &c. Collected from the best Authorities, by William Downing Bruce, Esq., K.C.J. , F.S.A. [A useful little brochure, though an enormously long titlepage would induce one fie suppose there is more of it than there is. The "civil, military, and religious fastitutions," contain, in two pages, the date when certain offices, titles, orders of knighthood, &c. were first established. There are also regnal tables, showing. the chronological date answering to every year of every reign; and a list of saints' days, useful, since a certain class of genii of the crab kind have adopted the fashion of going backward and reviving an obsolete and inconvenient fashion of dating.] The Drawingroom Dances. By Cellarius. EA description by the celebrated Cellarius of the characteristics and proper style of executing modern dances, the various waltzes, the polka, maznrks, and cotillon. The advice appears judicious; and it is illustrated by figures, which have a very Oenteel air.] The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art. By John Timbs, Editor of "Arcane of Science and Art." Illustrated with Engravings. [Twenty years have stamped the seal of approbation upon this annual of scien- tific discovery, natural phrenomena, and productions or attempts in art, and its predecessor the Arcane of Science. What is there to be said of such an "old stager," but that he seems as young as ever, having got nothing from years but experience and tact.] Wright's Supplement to the Peerage of 1846. Second year. [This brochure, intended for "all and every" Peerage, contains the alterations which births, deaths, marriages, and creations, have effected during the past year among the titled of the land.] The Articles of the Church of England, in English and Latin; with a short Historical Notice, and Scripture proofs. To which are added, the Articles and passages of the original %LIZ. omitted in the xxxix. [The Scripture proofs are exhibited in the form of foot-notes : they contain text, ihapter, and verse.] The Existing Remains of the Ancient Britons within a small district lying
between Lincoln and Sleaford, described and illustrated in a Letter to Sir Edward Ffrench Bronthead, Baronet. By the Reverend G. Oliver, D.D., &c. [There is little description here; antiquarian theories and discussion almost super- seding it.]
SERIALS.
The National Cyclopedia of Useful Knowledge. Part I. [This is a new speculation by Charles Knight, in which cheapness utility, and public security, are all combined to tempt the world. The National Cyclopedia is a condensed reproduction of the Penny Cyclopedia; embracing all the addi- tional knowledge that has since come to light, put into the smallest compass possible, 30 as to meet the means of those who cannot purchase the larger work. The mass of information in the part before us is wonderful,—a great deal more than the type of a volume, at the cost of a shilling: and should the whole work exceed the length stipulated in the prospectus, the addition is to be given gratuitously, we believe. The part before us extends from great A to Africa; and contains a vast variety of articles on all classes of subjects—biography, natural history, science, geography—everything, in short, that a cyclopedia should contain. As far as we have examined, the papers are exceedingly well done, presenting the pith of the subjects.] The Geraldines, Earls of Desmond, and the Persecution of the Irish Catho- lics. Translated from the original Latin, with Notes and Illustrations. By the Reverend C. P. Meehan. (Duffy's Library of Ireland.) [A translation from the Latin, of a very monkish account of the family of the Owaldines, which came from Troy divine, and of the Earls of Desmond in bio- graphical succession, until their extinction. This is followed by a story of the persecutions of the Romanists under Elizabeth, the Stuarts, and Cromwell; but poor and incomplete. These productions of Father O'Daly were scarcely worth translation.]
The Illustrated Juvenile Library.
[Little tales, biographies natural history, miscellaneous subjects illustrated with senling wood-cuts, and Cheapness, are the features of this periodical.]
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