PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boors.

The Jesuit in the Family; a Tale. By Andrew Steinmetz, Anther of " The Novitiate, or the Jesuit in Training.

Omindiyestion and certain Bilious Disorders often conjoined with it. To which are added, Shore Notes on Diet. By George Chaplin Child, M.D., Physician to the Westminster General Dispensary.

Favourite Haunts and Rural Scenes; including Visits to Spots of Interest in the vicinity of Windsor and Eton., By Edward Jesse, Esq., Author of " Gleanings in Natural History," &c. With numerous Illustrations. Florentine History, from the Earliest Authentic Records to the Accession of Ferdinand the Third, Grand Duke of Tuscany. By Henry Edward Na- pier, Captain is the Royal Navy, F.R.S. In six volumes. Volume IV.

The London and Provincial Medical Directory. 1847. [The success of the London Medical .Directory, merited by its accuracy and utility, has induced the extension of its plan to the provinces; and in this.volante we have a catalogue of the medical practitioners of England and Wales, exhibited. in a separate part as the Provincial Medical Directory. In addition to the difficulties inseparable from a first undertaking, the compilation of the provin- cial catalogue of medical men had no recognized base to proceed upon beyond the tuirevised lists of the Apothecaries Hall and the College of Surgeons, and the returns to the Ristrar-General. The last, so far as it goes, is the best authority for men actly is practice, but it does not state the nature of their cknalifications. Names consequently appear without the medical status of the prac titioner; and there may be some inaccuracies of omission, which will bo righted in time. We have observed one or two; but, so far as we have the means of testing, the Provincial Directory is creditably accurate. Some general additions have been made to the volume. The obituary is en. Urged; there is an almanack, whose diary relates to the meetings of medical societies and the births or deaths of natural philosophers; there are also papers on professional etiquette, and the German Universities, together with a list of Pro vincial medical institutions, and what may be termed the official proceedings of the bygone. year- The editoss have adhered to their -plan of appending to names -or rather, we snspect,,of allowing every man to append to his own name-titles of the articles he may have got published in medical newspapers or periodicals. The main reason for the practice seems to be, that a brace of secretaries to me- dical institutions have found it useful in saving them the trouble of referring to indexes: tans the seems useless as a test, and only serving to swell the vo- lume•with the selplay of itching vanity. A book, or a series of well-re- puted articles equivalent to a book, mayproperly appear; but for the mob of "Correspondents;" it would certainly be sufficient to say, "Contributes to -."] A Compendium of Domestic Medicine; and Companion to the Medicine- chest, 4.e. By John. Savory, Member of the Society of Apothecaries, and President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Third edition.

[This book consists of two parts. The first is an alphabetical.list of medicines, some of them new, with their properties, usual doses, and advice as to their use. The ;second part, or appendix, contains a brief and popular view of diseases, also alphabetically presented, with directions for the treatment of the more simple class, and hints as to what should. be done in graver cases till medical attendance can be procered. Prescriptions are freely presented throughout. The volume is written in a simple and popular style; as may be inferred from the words " third edition."] Food for the Million: Maize against Potato: a case for the Times; com- prising the History, Uses, and Culture of Indian Corn, and especially showing the practicability and necessity of cultivating the dwarf varieties in England and Ireland. By Amicus Curiae. [The.object of this book is to.urge the cultivation of Indian corn both in England and Ireland. The intentions of the writer are better than his book. He has him- self no practical knowledge of the subject, beyond what he has gained from grow- ing a little maize as an " amateur" gardener. All his facts and information are derived from Cobbett, and occasional communications to botanical or agricul- tural magazines.. These he freely quotes from as to the success of the cultivation, the moat promising species of seed, and the best method of management: he also has recourse to American writers for the various modes of cooking "the corn." These-borrowed, materials are not displayed to much advantage, being overlaid by the theories and exhortations of the compiler. The cultivation of maize in Eng- land and Ireland is a very proper subject for experiment; though, putting latitude aside; as easily as the book before us does, theolimate of Ireland may turn out too wet... But we suspect that few people will be much influenced by Amiens Cerise.] The Parliamentary Vote-Book; containing the Divisions of the House of

Commons in the Session of 1846. Compiled and arranged by Robert O'Byrne junior, Esq.

[This handy publication contains a list of all the questions on which divisions took place during the last session, given in the words of the Votes, and numbered from 1-to 1,05. . This resume of divisions is followed by an alphabetical list of the Members who voted; the numbers affixed to each question being added to their nameg.so that the inquirer is able with the least possible trouble to follow them through all their votes.. The so-called Conservatives are distinguished by an asterisk; but, in-the present state- of parties, this rather misleads than directs. Sir Robert Peel andLord George Bentinck wear the same star.] teacher's Parliamentary Compassion for the Session 1847. Corrected to the latest period. [Mr. Vacherie pocket muster of the. chief. Officers of State, Peers, M. P.'s, and business information connectedwith Parliament, revised and republished monthly during the session.] Ellisian Exercises • adapted to the First Part of the Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition.. By Thomas Kerchever Arnold, MA., Rector of Lyndon, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.. [Ellisian Exercises takes its name from being based on the principle of "Ellis's Exercises," but adapted to Mr. Arnold's , Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition "; the student being referred, by numerals in the margin, to the roles of that book. The Latin words are supplied, and notes point to any pecu- liarity-of construction. The object appears to be to introduce the pupil to nice- ties of expression, as well as to famiharize him with grammatical rules.] Dogs; their Origin and Varieties, Directions as to their General Manage- ment, andsimple Instructions as to their Treatment under Disease. By H. D. Richardson, Author of " The Natural History of the Irish Fossil Deer," &c. [One of the many cheap and prettily:illustrated class of compilations that are now so rife. Character, however, is imparted to this little treatise by the hide- rndence, of Mr. Richardson's views and his independent mode of stating them. He is a dog-fancier as well as a book-writer; which gives freshness to facts and novelty to argument.] Fables de Florian, suivies des Poemes de Rath et de Tobie, et autrea Poesies;

de Geist& et I)'Estelle • des Iddes sur nos Autenrs Comiques; des Lettres

et do Theatre; de Myrtil et Chloe, at d'un Choix de Fables de Lamotte. One of Firmin Didot's handsome and serviceable series of the " chefs-d'reuvre de Litteratnre Francaise]

A Railway Seale.

[A large diagram to show how railways might be disposed over England and the South. of. Scotland in such manner as to combine the greatest practicable amount of equal distribution with the nearest approximation to the directest and shortest routes. The plan includes actual lines, with suggested improvements.]

Feudal- Times, or the Court of James the Third; a Scottish Historical Play. By the Author of " The Earl of Gowrie," &c.

Pumas.

The Venerable Archdeacon Thorp, Warden of Durham University, &c. En- graved by G. R. 'Ward, after a painting by J. R. Swinton. William, Mackenzie. Painted by George Henry Midge; engraved by George. Raphael Ward. Baboo Dwarkanauth Tagore. Engraved from the. Original Picture by de- sire of his Fellow Citizens of Calcutta. Painted by F. It. Say; engraved by. G. R. Ward.

[Three forcible and effective mezzotint engravings; the first a half-length portrait, the other two fall-lengths, and executed on plates of considerable size. Mr. Swin- ton:a.portrait represents a churchman of benign, scholarly, and gentlemanly as- pect. Mr: Mackenzie; we believe, in spite of the French dread of " __::..:e Al- bionf is permitted to be the great railway engineer of France: his appearance is characterratic of his.native country.-more English, however, than Scotch; full of John Bull jollity, with- much good-humoured energy. In picturesque attributes the Baboo bears off tho.palm: his Indian face and Oriental costume afford mate- rials for a.really striking picture.]