PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boom.

A Memoir of the Reverend Tames Crabb, late of Southampton. By John Bedell, of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-law. Elements of Jurisprudence. By Charles James Foster, M.A., LL.D., Barrister-at-law, Professor of Jurisprudence at University College, London.

Caetellamonte ; an Autobiographical Sketch, illustrative of Italian.Life during the Insurrection of 1831. In two volumes.

Hester and Elinor, or the Discipline of Suffering; a Tale.

The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ire- land, for 1854; including all the Titled Classes. Fourteenth year. By Charles R. Dod, Esq., Author of "The Parliamentary Companion," &c.

[A. work like this is really what Falstaff disliked to hear about, a "memento mori." From the conspicuous position of the persons, an annual book of honours exhibits the effects of mutability and death more impressively than bills of mortality or other registers. Since the previous edition of .Dod's Peerage, a new Ministry has assumed office ; Bishops and Judges have de- parted, to allow the promotion of their successors ; the Caffres and the Bur- mese have been the means of heroes receiving orders and honours ; lords have died, and been succeeded by other lords—"le roi est wort, vire le roi" ; and time has made many changes either in the position or the life of other people of quality—baronets, knights, squires, and widows.

Improvements, too, have been made in Dod. The attempt begun in 1852 to record the birthplace of " every person who is the possessor or the next heir of any title of honour" is nearly completed. Particulars have been ob- tained respecting many individuals who have hitherto been more briefly. noticed ; further progress has been made in recording the widows of knights, "a class unnoticed in any other work, though they are all entitled to the prefix of Lady " ; besides many particulars minute but essential.]

Elements of Physical and Classical Geography. By James Pillana, Professor of Humanity in the University of Edinburgh.

[The first attempt, we believe, to combine classical geography in its older sense of the names and position of places,. with a view of the solar system and the geology of our globe. The book is designed for the upper classes of school pupils,. and it deals with the broad principles of the subjects rather than with minter details. For instance, the sea-coast of a country, its mountable, leading rivers, and their basins, with their tributaries and 'milieu, are presented. When the pupil has mastered these natural features, he proceeds to the prin- cipal towns ; the dryness of mere names being not only relieved by the idea, of general structure, but by references to great events or poetical allusions of which the place has been the subject. In a certain sense the book is an out- line of a system of teaching, which the master should fill up with his class, though it may be used individually by those who will take the trouble.] The Little Duke; or Richard the Fearless. By the Author of "The.

Heir of Redclyffe," .8re. With Illustrations drawn and lithographed by J. B.

[The story of the earlier life of Richard Duke of Normandy, great grand- father of William the Conqueror, who when only eight years old succeeded to the dukedom on the murder of his father. The narrative is dramatic and picturesque ; that is, dialogues. are given and scenes described from the ima- gination of the writer. A. main object is to inculcate the mild. virtues of Christianity, in opposition to the Northman's or rather the worldling's ideas of honour, revenge, and the like. Another object is to paint the manners and costumes as well as the history of the times. The story is written gracefully ; but probably the accidents of dress and manners are made too conspicuous, especially as the book is addressed to juvenile readers. It may from its manner of getting up be ranked under the class of.gift-books.]

Revelations of School-Life. By Cantab. In two volumes.

[An attempt to expose the bad management of private schools and the in- competency of those who conduct them, in the.form of an assistant's-auto- biography. The writerfeels deeply upon the subject, and has probably. had' Beneexperienee of, the life he uadertakea-to deeetibe; betide-story-amp*

welloontrived, and his persona and incidents are exaggerated, if not indeed caricatured.] The Phrenologist's Daughter; a Tale. r" A tale," the humorous feature of which is the mania of the heroine's father for phrenology, mesmerism, and similar "sciences." The Phrenolo- gist's Daughter is fortunately in a single volume.] The Last Mammoth ; a Romance, in five cantos.

[A cumbrous and but for the prose explanations an unintelligible kind of allegory in verse, and often very lame verse. The subject is the struggle of Liberty with Mammon and Despotism ; in which, after various doings, Liberty is victorious.]

Illustrations of Scripture from Botanical Science. By David Gorrie. this book the part of the publisher has been better fulfilled than that of e author. The volume is prettily got up, and the plates are characteristic. There is a good deal of botanical knowledge, with some striking facts and re- markable illustrations, in the literature ; but on the whole it is disquiaitional and overlaid.]

Word-Pictures from the Bible ; or Scenes from Scripture History de- picted, and their Practical and Doctrinal Teaching asserted and en-

forced. By G. H. Taylor, Mathematical Master of Huddersfield Col- lege, &c.; Author of "Notes and Sketches of Gallery or Collective Bible Lessons," &c.

[Expanded narratives of Scripture incidents, accompanied by the religious or moral lessons which the stories, in the opinion of the writer, contain.] Memoir of the late Reverend Alexander B088, A.M., Rector of Ba- nagher, in the Diocese of Derry. And a Selection of his Sermons. With a Preface by the Venerable John-Hayden, M.A., Archdeacon of Derry.

The Beatitudes of the Mount. In seventeen Sermons. By the Vener- able J. Garbett, M.A., Archdeacon of Chichester.

Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Homeopathy. Delivered at the Hahnemaim Hospital School of Homoeopathy, by R. E. Dudgeon, M.D.

Perhaps-the foremost book in the following list is the twentieth and last volume of the Library Edition of the Waverley Novels ; containing several tales, the last indeed which " the mighty master " lived to accomplish. Among the variety of forms in which these first of modern fictions have ap- peared, the present is undoubtedly the best ; sufficiently handsome to take a place in any library, yet not so expensive as to preclude the series from book-shelves of moderate means.

Mr. Bentley sends forth in a compact form a new edition of Mr. Shoberl's translation of the "History of the French Revolution" by Thiers. The ninth edition of the original " Medical Directory " speaks its own merits. St. Mark, in Dr. Cumming's " Sabbath Evening Readings," though not a reprint, is a continuation of whose plan we gave a note on the appear- ance of St. Matthew.

Library Edition of the Waverley North. Volume XX. "The Talis- man." "The Two Drovers." "My Aunt Margaret's Mirror." " The Tapestried Chamber." "The Laird's Jock." The History of the French Revolution. By M. A. Thiers. Translated, with Notes and Illustrations, from the most authentic Sources, by Frederick Shoberl. New edition. In five volumes. Volume I. The London and .Provincial Medical Directory, 1864. Sabbath Evening Headings. On the New Testament. St. Mark. By the Reverend John Cumming, D.D., F.R.S.E., Minister of the Scottish National Church, Crown Court, Covent Garden ; Author of "Sabbath Evening Readings on St. Matthew," &c.

The Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East; an Historical Summary. Third edition, continued down to the present time. With a Map by John Arrowsmith.

NEW PERIODICAL.

The Rambler. A Catholic Journal and Review. Published monthly. No. I. New Series.

[A Romanist magazine of literary merit. It deals principally in reviews and short notices of books both English and foreign ; the reviews being of such works as more or less admit of treatment for the religious objects of the conductors. It is stanch to Romanism, but not fierce or truculent ; and though, of course, addressed to Romanist readers, has little that will be un- pleasant to Protestant readers, beyond the expression of its religious views in season and out of season.]

ALMANACKS.

Oliver and Boyd' s New Edinburgh Almanack and National Repository, for the year 1854.

Altnanach des Femmes, pour 1864.

PAMPHLETS.

Municipal Institutions the Cradle of English Liberty. A few Hints to Sir John Shelley, Bart., M.P. By Donald Nicoll, Justice of the Peace for Middlesex and Westminster, late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, &c.

The Cross versus the Crescent ; or the Religious and Political View of the Eastern Question. Second edition.

What is the Use? or a Question about the Bible.

Contentment in Hard Times; or the Learner and the Lesson. An Account for the Year 1852 of St. Mary's Home for Penitents, at Wantage, Berkshire; and an Appeal for assistance towards its support and enlargement. By the Chaplain. Some Account of St. Mary's Home for Penitents, at Wantage, Berk- shire; with an Appeal to the Faithful, and especially to Penitents, for help towards its speedy enlargement. By the Chaplain. Second edi- tion.

Which was First? a brief History of the Great Egg Controversy, or Science in Sport made. Christian Evidence in Earnest. By Anti- Sceptic. Business : as it Is, and as it Might Be. By Joseph Lyndon. (Young Men's Christian Association Prize Essay.) A Rational Theory as to the Cause of the Varieties of Temperature in the different Latitudes of the Earth's Surface, and according to the Scriptural Account of the Creation. By Samuel.Parlby, Retired Ma- jor, Bengal Artillery. On the Measures to be taken in order to secure a good National Educa- tion. A Letter addressed to the Committee and Members of the Na- tional Club. By John Campbell Colquhoun, Esq. The Testers Tested; or Table Moving, Turning, and Talking, not Dia- bolical : a Review of the Publications of the Reverend Messrs. God- frey, Gillson, Vincent, and Dibdin. By Reverend F..Close, A.M., In- cumbent of Cheltenham.

Nom ON NICHOL'S BRITISH POLTS.—L1 our list of Publications Re- ceived, on the 10th December, it was said in noting the arrival of Young's "Night Thoughts," that the annual subscription issue of the British Poets closed with the year. A letter from Mr. Nichol informs us that such is not the ease : "The sixth and last volume of the first year's issue of my, edition of the.Poets will be published. on the let February..