PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Journal of a Voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851, performed by H. M. Ships Lady Franklin and Sophia, under the command of Mr. William Penny, in search of the Missing Crews of H. M. Ships Erebus and Terror, &c. By Peter C. Sutherland, M.D., &c., Surgeon to the Expedition. In two volumes. With Maps, Plates, and Wood-Engravings.

Western Himalaya and Tibet ; a Narrative of a Journey through the Mountains of Northern India, during the years 1847-8. By Thomas Thomson, M.D., F.L.S., &c.

The Advocate, his Training, Practice, Rights, and Duties. By Edward W. Cox, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Volume I. [The topics of a large portion of this volume are the natural qualifications, the pecuniary resources, the legal and general studies necessary to fit a man for an advocate, that is a pleader in the courts. The remainder consists of hints for self-training, with descriptions of practical business, and ad- vice thereupon. As is usual in works of this kind, the necessary physical and mental qualifications are rated pretty high, as well as the general ac- complishments and professional attainments ; though the course of reading chalked out may not be quite so full as is sometimes the case. The most in- teresting.parts of the book are the practical, which introduce the reader to legal business, and carry him as it were behind the scenes. The style is diffuse, perhaps verbose, and the subject made the most of.] dn Analysis of Church Principles. By the Reverend Christopher Neville.

[An able treatise, and more readable than polemical discussions commonly are. The object of Mr. Neville is to recommend a revision of the Prayer- book. His arguments as to its expediency really rest upon the legal maxim touching precedent, " What has once been done may be done again : the Prayer-book has been frequently revised, and under circumstances less fa- vourable than atpresent • there can therefore be no valid objection to its

being done now The 'topics Mr. Neville himself discusses are the Atha- nasian Creed, the Absolution in the " Visitation of the Sick," a passage in the Ordination Service, and Baptismal Regeneration ' • he himself holding that the baptism of infants has no Scripture warrant. He exposes very closely the unseemliness of the arguments to which the Moderate school are driven by "latitude of interpretation."] Paganism in Education. From the French of " Le Ver Rongeur des &cietes Modernes," by the Abbe Gaume, Vicar-General of Nevers, &c. Translated by Robert Hill.

[A translation of a work which has been making some noise in France, as embodying the attempt of the Romish Church to supersede the Classics in the education of youth. The argument of the Abbe Gaume is, that up to the fifteenth century, or the rem of the revival of learning, education was in the hands of the Church ; the people were docile, dutiful, obedient to their rulers, and so forth. At that time, the studies of the Classical or Pagan writers began, and was shortly followed by heresy and philosophy. For three centuries the world has been going backward in religious, social, moral, and

domestic duties. The main hope for a "change of system "—a return to the middle ages—is to abolish the study of the Pagans. The arrangement i logical, the Abbe announcing his different propositions in successive order ; his manner is clever, animated, and French ; the facts and reasonings are those of a plausible and unscrupulous priest.] Autobiography of William Jerdan. With his Literary, Political, and Social Reminiscences and Correspondence during the last Fifty Years. Volume II.

(phis second volume exhibits a considerable falling off in comparison with the first ; which is mainly attributable to excessive stuffing. The real bio- graphical events of the volume are Mr. Jerdan's quarrel with Mr. Taylor, his partner in the Sun newspaper, Mr. Jerdan's consequent withdrawal, and his subsequently undertaking the editorship of the Literary Gazette. With these incidents are combined social recollections of no great value, and anec- dotes rarely remarkable in themselves or in the telling. All this, however, only forms a portion of the volume ; the rest is eked out by tedious discussions on literature as a profession, or by reprints of fugitive pieces, whose attraction has for the most part long since ceased, if the bulk of them ever had any.] Annals and Legends of Calais; with Sketches of Emigre Notabilities,

and Memoir of Lady Hamilton. By Robert Bell Calton, Author of " Rambles in Sweden and Gottland," &c. [A book of various and instructive gossip, as well modern as antiquarian, from the well-known siege of Calais under Edward the Third, to the burial in a timber-yard, with "maimed rites," of the celebrated Lady Hamilton. The historical events are of course easily got at ; but Mr. Calton has had re- course to the British Museum and the publications of the Camden Society for minuter antiquarian matter; he has also been greatly assisted by the col- lection of M. De Rheims, a Calais archreologist, especially for the localities of the town and district during its possession by the English. The most curious parts are the antiquarian particulars of the olden time ; the most attractive, the anecdotes touching the different English emigres who have made Calais a refuge before Boulogne became the fashion.]

Canadian Crusoes ; a Tale of the Rice Lake Plains. By Catharine Parr Trail, Authoress of " The Back-Woods of Canada," &c. Edited by Agnes Strickland. Illustrated by Harvey. [The Canadian Crusoes is the story of some children of two earlier settlers, who are lost in the woods of Canada, and support themselves for several years, at first hardly, but as they become more experienced with com- parative luxury. The various expedients to which they have recourse to procure food, shelter, and finally comforts, of course form a large portion of the story. There are further adventures in the rescue of an Indian girl, the abduction of Catherine Maxwell, one of the Crusoes, life in an Indian vil- lage, and the final restoration of the party to their parents. The story is told with a thorough knowledge of the country, and the Indian incidents have considerable interest. A back-wood settler, however, is not the sort of man to let his children remain within a few miles of him for several years without his finding them out.] Links in the Chain of Destiny ; a Poem in various verse. By Ronald Campbell. [The versification of this poem is after the manner of Shelley's Queen Mao, though without servile imitation. The piece contains poetical thoughts, striking descriptions of scenery, and a considerable facility of diction ; but its story, if story it can be called, is disjointed and objectless.] Tables for ascertaining the English Prices of French Goods. By I. E. Shelton.

[A series of tables exhibiting the corresponding price in francs and shillings, and the same prices with percentages added or deducted. These are fol- lowed by a comparative exhibition of metres and yards, with their propor- tional parts.]

The Elements of Mensuration. By the Reverend W. N. Griffin, Vicar of Ospringe, 'Kent. Examples of Mensuration. By the Reverend W. N. Griffin, Vicar of Ospringe, Kent.

[Published by the National Society at a cheap rate, and intended to give boys a practical knowledge of mensuration, without more of mathematical knOwledge than a familiarity with arithmetic. The Elements contain the rules or principles; the Examples the questions or " sums " to be worked.]

The Militia Acts, with Notes and Index. By Thomas William Saun-

ders, Esq., Barrister-at-law. [The text of all the Militia Acts now in force, with explanatory notes ; chiefly pointing out where parts of the former acts have been repealed or modified by the law of last session.]

Sermons, Doctrinal and Practical. By the Reverend William Archer Butler, ALA., late Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Dublin. Edited, with a Memoir of the Author's Life, by the Reverend Thomas Woodward, M.A. Second edition. Nile Notes of a " Howadji"; or the American in E4 .t. By G. W. Curtis. Illustrated with twenty-nine Engravings on " ood. (Readable Books.)

PAMPHLETS.

A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Norwich, by Samuel Hinds, D.D., Bishop of Norwich, at his Primary Visitation in June and July 1852.

The Second Spring. A Sermon preached in the Synod of Oscott, by John Henry Newman, D.D., &c. The Ministry and the Session ; a Review of the Legislation of 1852. Qdest-ce que is Bonapartismet Le Salut de Is France. Par M. Edwd. M. Warmington.

The Facts of the Case as to the pretended " Baronees Von Beck" Stated,

and Illustrated with Doeumentary Evidence. By Toulmin Smith, Esq. Ostentation, or Critical Remarks on "Quakerism, or the Story of My

Life," by Mrs. Greer, &c. By Sandham Elly. No. I.

Notes on the Distribution of Gold throughout the World, including Australia, California, and ftuissia. With five Maps. Second edition.