The influx of books has been even more considerable than

it usually is at this season Of the year • but new editions form the chief feature of the week's lit6rature,,:air well in number as in character.

The most valturhleand important new editions, in &marketable sense, are Mr. Bentley's handler:le library edit-lona of Prescott's Histories of Ferdinand and Isabella, Nreintoor and Bertt,.cachi,n ty&xotemeti. making Be•Fenah edition- of Perdinalid'-"talt"ts&lielhi; aha the sixth of the others : yet it

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Romanism in England Exposed. The Redemptorist Fathers of Si: Mary's Convent, Park Road, Clapham: By Charles Hastings Collette. Second edition.

The Correlation of Physical Forces. By W. R. Grove, M.A., F.R.S., .Barrister-at-law. Second edition.

. - The following form partof the series of Cheap and excellent publications that-are appearing under the auspices of Mr, H. G. Bohn. Two of them are not in strictness reprints, but translations,•—the fourth volume of Livy, which completes the work; and Anna Swanwiek's translation of Goethe 's Faust and his other Dramas.

The Fairy Mythology, illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of various Countries. By Thomas Nel,ghtley, Author of "Tlm Mytho- logy of Ancient Greece and Italy," &c. A new edition, revised and greatly enlarged. (Bohn'a Antiquarian Library.) - Generalifistory of the Christian Religion and March,: translated from the German of Dr. Augustus Neruideri by Joseph Torrey, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Vermont. New edition, carefully revised, by the Reverend A. I. W. Morrison, ILA., &c. Yes lume I. (Bohn's Standard Library.)

The History of .Rome. By Titus.Livius. Books Thirty-seven to the End, with the Epitomes and Fragments of the Lost Books. Literally translated by William A. M`Deville, Sen. Class. Mod. Ex. SchoL A.B. T.C.D. (Bohu's Classical Library.) .

Dramatic Woeks of Goethe; comprising Faust, Iphigenia in nudist, Torquato Tease, Egmont, translated by Anna Swanwiek ; and Goetz Yen Berlichingen, translated by Sir Walter Scott, carefully reyised..

(Bohn's Standard Library.) .

These are reprints in some of the various shilling libraries.

History of the United States, from the Discover .of the American Con-

tinent. By George Bancroft. Volume I. (Popular Library.) Letters from _Palmyra. By Lucius Manlius:Piso, to his friend Marcus Curries, at Rome. By the Reverend W. Ware. (Popular Library.) Zenobia, or the Fall of Palmyra; an Historical Romance. By the Au- thor of '."Julian." (Parlour Library.)

A Dissertation on the Rights to the Sea-Shores and to the Soil and Bed of Tidal Harbours and 1V-avigable Rivers; with especial reference to Mr. Sergeant Merewether's published Speech upon the same subjects, By James Jerwood, Esq. of St. John's College, [The subject of this work is the largequestion of whether the property or_ right to the shore of all tidal waters is not vested in the Crown as public dian, unless that right has been by the Crown, expressly granted away. le occasion that gave rise to it is a speech of Mr. Sergeant Merewether a suit, where the point at issue is a claim of the Corporation of Lon- don, as conservators of the Thames, to the shores of the river/ some parts of which they have granted to individuals. Mr. Jerwood s book is an answer to this speech of the Town-Clerk of the City ; and certainly every complete exposure. The pith of the Dissertation is,- that Mr. Sergeant Merewether attempts to make out a case by omitting or perverting all authorities that make against him, and then claiming avictory by a law of his own invention. Unless we assume that Mr. Jerwood oonunits the same unfairness towards Mr. Sergeant Merewether, in the quotation of authorities, of which lie accu- ses that learned gentleman, the licence exhibited far exceeds what is usually shown by counsel. So great, indeed, appears to be the suppression, that it would almost seem the City Town-Clerk was instructed upon the law as well as upon the facts, and spoke from his brief without further knowledge.] The Poetical Work* of Aim Charles Bristow, Esg. In five volumes. [What manner of man is this, that puts forward all at once five thick vo- lumes of poetry ; and that not in the dull season, when some people are glad to snatch at anything.which wears the appearance of novelty, but at a time when the world in its public capacity is busy with the Pope, and is privately looking forward to Christmas and its varied attractions for mind and body. On close examination, however, it appears that the " Poetical Works" of Mr. Bristow have not been reserved for the close of the year 1860. This, in- deed, is the year of their " coming out," as it were ; but they have already gratified their author's friends, and even some critics, in the form of "print, ed for private circulation." One volume has the date of 1847; four are of 1848. Three of the five volumes may be said to consist of descriptive poetry; for although the poems may take the form of tales, sonnets, and a personal narrative of travels, description is substantially the leading theme, mingled ' with story or incident to embody or bring it in. And the scenery is such as has excited the author's admiration during his travels through Eng- land and Scotland or on the Continent. The two remaining volumes con- sist of miscellaneous poems and dramatic sketches. The verse, as might be expected, is fluent, but not very condensed or striking.] Some Account of the Life and Adventures of Sir .Reginakl Mohan, Bart. Done in Verse by George John Cayley. Canto Second.

[Two more cantos of a story that seems merely a vehicle for presenting the writer's ideas of society, exactly after the manner of the latter part of Do* Juan.] The Mother's Recompense; a Sequel to Home Influence. By Grace Aguilar Author of "The Vale of Cedars." [This tale by the late Grace Aguilar points the moral of two different sys- tems of home education or training, with the respective "recompense" which is reaped by indolent, neglectful, or weakly indulgent parents, and those who adopt a rational, affectionate, and confidential system. The story was originally written in 1836 ; and is now published without the t writer's corrections, which would doubtless have strengthened and condensed the narrative portions.]

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[Half-a-dozen well-written juvenile storiesonouleating.soree practical:put- pose without obtruding it : for a shilliPe..1

The Illustrated Tear-BooA. Seeond Series, • The Wonders, Evente,

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(This volume contains an account of the most remarkable incidents-of the year, which combine adventure and popular •attraction with' moreeot lets reference-tascienee. There is a histoti, ef -the ea ture and corretitifieto this country of atir-Hippopotamus of the 'Zoological dens,With. a descrip- tion of the animal in his new abode, and a general o t of his natural . There are psetichlars of the neWgigaritic& IPS the Aden 'c afoe'fhle,Asio, with the suittmary of their yoy 'as notices ir other steam events of the year, and a recta of the history of .steambinna4iben. Among matter's more .pinelyscien o, ie account of •the-sti • graph, and of the Great Exhibition, that infto •be... The Nepaukee seder, Miss Burdett Gonads, Chlwell, -and the. Panoramas of the Overland dioutZend the Nile$ are noticed, with se:Vexed other subjects of. ii-`kindred nature.] . . _ Turning' and Mechanical Manipulation. Intended as -a work of general reference and practical instruction on the Lathe, and the various me- chemical pursuits followed by amateurs. By the late Charles Holt- zapffel, Associate of. the Institution. of Civil Engineers, London, &c. Volume III.

[Since the publication of the former volumes of this elaborate and practical exposition of the art of turning, of Which we. gave some account on their appearance, the author,. Mr. Charles lloltaapffel, is dead. This third volume has been continued in compliance ,with.the plan of the original author, and with the assistance of his notes. The remainderof the work will be con- tinued in the same way, till its completion in six volumes, as was originally intended.] The Elementary Catechisms. History of -England. Geography, First Lessons. Gardening.

The Family Economist. Volume Third.

The Working-Man's Housekeeping-Book. for Fifty-two Weeks, &c. By the Editor of the "Family Economist.'

Of these three sets of books, the " Elementary Catechisms" are designed for general primary instruction. The "Family Economist" is the collec- tion into a volume of the numbers- of a. periodical chiefly addressed to the classes below the rich. The "Housekeeping-Book" is well arranged for humble economists who wish to keep an accurate account of their expendi- ture. They are all low-priced.]

ILLUSTRATED Woulta AND PRINTS.

The Story of lack and the Giants. Illustrated with thirty-five Draw- ings by Richard Doyle. Engraved by G. and E. Dalziel.

The Peacock at Home. By Hrs. Dorset, (Sister of the late 'Mrs. C. Smith.) A Treasury of Pleasure. Books for ,and Old. With thirty-six Illustrations by Edward- Wehnert andrison Weir. New Series. 27w Pleasures of the Country: Simple Stories for Youne. People. By

-Mrs.. Harriet Myrtle. With eight Illustrations by John Gilbert.

. Portrait of the We-Sir Bobert Peel, Bart.

'N2w PERIODICAL.

Leigh Hunt's Journal; a Miscellany for the Cultivation of the Memorable, the Progressive, and the Beautiful. No. I. Saturday, December 7, 1850. [A. three-halfpenny miscellany of sixteen pages ; whose leading distinction, as compared with Chambers, -Dickens, and publications -of similar style and price, is a predominance of the belles lettres, not merely in- form' but in .spirit. Information may be 'conveyed by Leigh Hunt's Journal, but it will be of a different kind from that in Chambers's Journal for inetance, and con- veyed in a different -way. The number before us has variety and. 'interest, as well as' future promise. Carlyle contributes a first paper,- of whatseems to be a curious series-of old family- incidents, animated-by the writer's wonted vigour, with less• of his wonted -peculiarities. Walter Savage Lander, has furnished some verses. Leigh Hunt. himself writes two' papers on London. One, "The Town," is an agreeable continuation of his previous work on the same subject, designed• to treat of those-places formerly left untouched, and beginning with the Treasury, Downing-Street, &c. The other is a paper on the Literary Club; full of anecdote, and with discriminating sketches of per- sons;—tolerably well known, however. Mr. Hunt furnishes besides a Span- ieh story somewhat in the manner of The Indicator. There is also a series of observations on current subjects called "Talk of the. Week " ;. as well as a:variety of extracts, fragments, and so forth.]

PAMPHLETS.

The Present .Trials of the Church. A Sermon, preached at Thorns Church, Wakefield. By Hugh.B. Smyth, B.A.

.Notes on the Cardinal's Manifesto, in a Lotter to Lord John: Russell, her Majesty's Prime Minister. By the-Reverend John- Cumming; D.D. .Religious Deceptions of the Church of Borne Exposed. By B. T. Hemp-

son.

Ecclesiastical Pretensions, Bosnia and English; with the Antidote which a Catholic Protestantism supplies. A Tract for the Times. By John Hamilton Thom.

'Remarks on Dr. Wiseman's Sermon on the :Gorham Case. 13 Henry Drummond. Second edition.

Popish Infallibility. Letters to Viscount Feilding on his Secession from the Church of England. By Charles. Hastings Collette.

.TFhat shall be Done with Cardinal Wiseman ? An Inquiry by an English Journalist.

.The.Puscyad; a Poem. By Q in the Corner.

Pax lirobisman ; or Verse Aspirations for Unity of 'Spirit and the Bond of Peace amongst Protestant Worshipers of Christ. By Clericus.

A Plea for Toleration, in Answer to the No-Popery Cry. Being the substance of a Speech' delivered to the-. Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Worcester, in' the Chapterhouse, 15th' November 1850. By the Re- verend John EelderMackarness, Vicar of Tardebigge, in the Diocese of Worcester.

Observations on the Oaths now. administered to Protestant. Members of Parliament. By the Earl of.Clancarty.

An Essay on the Science of *Pronunciation. By an Advocate of Con- sistency.

The Great .Exhilritiostof 1851,.&c. By Philoponos.

Proposal for a. Provisional.Begistry of Inventions, with:a view, to ob- taining I.,etters.Patent fen thesame. By D. S..Brown. and Discoveries of 1850: .Editaby JOIm-Timbe.