PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED From January 12th to January 181h.

Booas.

Modern Egypt and Thebes; being a Description of Egypt, including the information required for travellers in that country. By Sir GARDNER Witatirrsox, F.R.S., &c., Author of "Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians." With wood-cuts and a map. In two volumes. Antigua and the Antiguans ; a full Account of the Colony and its Inhabitants, from the time of the Caribs to the present day. Inter- spersed with Anecdotes and Legends. In two volumes.

Diseases of the Lungs from Mechanical Causes; and Inquiries into the Condition of the Artisans, exposed to the inhalation of dust. By G. CAL-VERY HOLLAND, Esq., M.D., Physician Extraordinary to the Sheffield General Infirmary, &c.

Allanston, or the Infidel; a Novel. In three volumes. Edited by Lady CHATTERTON, Author of" Rambles in the South of Ireland," &.c. Simcoe's Military Journal; a History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps called the Queen's Rangers, commanded by Lieutenant-Co- lonel J. G. SIMCOE, during the War of the American Revolution ; illus- trated by ten engraved plans of actions, &c. Now first published, with a Memoir of the Author, and other additions.

Ambrose Ward, or the Dissenter Reclaimed ; a Tale for the Times.

[The story of a respectable young rustic, who, being seduced into Dissent and Liberal politics, is persuaded to go out with poachers after a convivial Radical meeting. The party meet the keepers; a brawl ensues; a gamekeeper is wounded, and Ambrose Ward, the hero, seriously injured : but his long confinement con- tributes to his safety, by a reconversion to the Anglican Church, through the instrumentality of the surgeon, the surgeon's wife, and the minister of the parish.

There is much elegance of description and not a little of good feeling dis- played in the book ; nor are its incidental sketches and episodes devoid of in- terest. But as a didactic novel it is poor. The controversial matter is artifi- cially introduced; and the writer, though a well-meaning and amiable person, full of Puseyite and other prejudices. This is shown in the very groundwork of the story ; but the author carries his views in this way still further, by making Ambrose a convert to the Brianites, a sect whose "religious tenets are chiefly the some as those held by the modern Wesleyans," but "who overlook gross immoralities in their followers, which they attribute to destiny."] The Ayrshire Wreath, 1844; a Collection of Original Pieces, in Prose and Verse, chiefly by native authors, on subjects relating to Ayrshire. [A species of Scottish provincial annual; containing a miscellaneous collection of prose tales and legendary or traditional stories, with the usual intermixture of verses. The greater part of the prose relates not only to Scottish subjects but to Ayrshire; and the poetry is often what is termed Scotch. There is some- thing of a diffuse style and a provincial character in the pieces; but really we think it as pleasant a book as many of the annuals, though appearing in a humbler guise.] Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main-deck; being the ex- perience of AAMUEL LEECH. Embellished with engravings. [This is an American publication, probably suggested by the works of DANA, ULEAVELAND, and COOPER'S Ned Myers; but falling very much below them in the interest of the story, the power of the narrative, and the per- sonal character of the writer. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH is an Anglo-Yankee, with some touches of the failings of each nation. His mother was servant to one of the Marlborough family ; and through her means he was sent to sea, as " boy," in the Macedonian frigate. He remained in the Macedonian till she was captured by the United States, and then entered the American service ; after which he was captured by the British, but not being recognized, and peace being proclaimed, he escaped the halter. After some years' service as a mariner, he got tired of the sea, took to civil life, and rose to the dignity of a- storekeeper ; where the narrative breaks off, after having carried the reader to England on a visit Mr. LEECH paid to his mother, and described his own conversion to religion. There is nothing striking in the incidents of the writer's career, or in his mode of telling them ; and his personal character, as displayed in his book, is not of a kind which excites much interest or attracts any regard.] The United States of America ; their history from the earliest period, their industry, commerce, banking transactions, and national works, their institutions and character, political, social, and literary ; with a survey of the territory, and remarks on the prospects and plans of emigrants. By }icon MURRAY, F.R.S.E. With illustrations of the Natural History, by JAMES NICOL ; Portraits and other engravings, by JACKSON. 1/1 three volumes. Volume I. (Edinburgh Cabinet Library, No. XXXV.) [Another compilation, forming a species of cyclop@edia on a single momentum-

sive subject, as useful as the previous publications of the Edinburgh Cabinet Library. The present work is to be completed in three volumes; dealing with the United States in a similar manner to the former exhibition of Canada. The first volume, before us, is historical; containing an account of the early dis- covery of the country, the foundation of the different colonies, and the history of the Revolutionary troubles down to the declaration of Independence. This last chapter is of necessity brief; but it may be praised as a clear, calm, and critical account of the origin and earlier conduct of the war.]

Guide for Writing Latin; consisting of rules and examples for practice. By Joins PHILIP KREBS, Doctor of Philosophy and Principal School Director in the Dutchy of Nassau. From the German, by SAMUEL H. TAYLOR, Principal of Phillips Academy. [The Guide for Writing Latin is an American translation of KREBS'S German work ; or, as the original remarks upon the analogies and differences of German and Latin require to be changed in the translation to apply to Latin and English, and some other alterations have been made, the book may be con- sidered a species of reproduction. The Guide begins with examples of simple sentences on the agreement of the substantive and adjective ; proceeding gra- dually to more difficult examples and more complex forms. The meat of the book, it Seems 90 IN, is its fulness; its defect, which has been hinted at in Germany, an elaboration in regard to niceties of idiom and grammatical structure, without a corresponding attention to composition. The sentences are often independent ; and when there are several sentences together, they do not form a whole of any thing. To this KREBS has replied, that pupils should acquire the power of composing sentences before they proceed to full com- positions : which is true; but the objection to his work is, we conceive, that he keeps the tyro too long at the elements of difficulties, which, if they are to be conquered at all, should be attacked at a more advanced stage, when the student has acquired a knowledge of the beauties of the language. It may be observed, too, that this plan of giving translations of sentences from various authors, mixed up with inventions of the compiler, is not very likely to con- duce to purity of style. He who would write any language with facility and elegance, had better adopt the plan of FRANKLIN and Grissom As soon as be has acquired a capia verborum and a knowledge of the grammar, let him select some easy author distinguished for purity of style ; translate a portion into English ; put aside the translation for a day or so, and, after retranslating it into the original language, compare his version with the author's text. Of course, the assistance of a master to explain peculiarities will be desirable in this course, as it is in every other.] First Slips in Latin Writing ; intended as a practical illustration of the Latin Accidence : to which are added, Examples on the principal rules in Syntax, adapted to the Eton Latin Grammar. By G. F. GRAHAM, Author of "English, or the Art of Composition." Second edition, considerably enlarged and improved. [First Steps to Latin Writing is chiefly intended for those who are so situated as to he unable to procure a master, or who prefer teaching themselves ; though it is quite as useful for school-instruction. Its true character is that of a com- panion to the Eton Accidence and Syntax ; commencing with the first de- clension of substantives, the exercises on which can be begun as soon as the termination of the cases is learned by heart. Mr. GRAHAM then proceeds to the agreement of the substantive and adjective, and so on through the succes- sive stages of the accidence, till the pupil is thoroughly grounded in the declen- sions and conjugations, and acquainted with the use of the particles ; after which he proceeds to syntax. The utility of the book consists in the sim- plicity and ease with which it reiterates the forms of grammar : its direct ad- vantage will consist in the grammatical knowledge it must impart, its indirect in furnishing the pupil with an ample vocabulary.] The Position of the Church of England in the Catholic World; suggested by a perusal of No. XC. of the " Tracts for the Times." By the Re- verend JAMES R. PAGE, M.A., Queen's College, Cambridge, Editor of " Burnet's Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles," &c.

[A. reply to the celebrated No. 90 Tract for the Times; showing clearly enough the impossibility of a union with the Romish Church, in opposition to the Puseyite arguments; though, in matters not directly Romish, the writer seems to have a Puseyite leaning hiniselE]

Anatomical Manipulation; or the Methods of Pursuing Practical Investi- gations in Comparative Anatomy and Physiology. Also an Introduction to the Use of the Microscope, &c., and an Appendix. By ALFRED TULK, M.R.C.S., M.E.S.; and ARTHUR HENFREY, A.L.S., M.Mic.S. With illustrative diagrams.

SERIALS.

Mrs. Frederick Lover's Lives of Eminent Females, Part I.

[The purpose of this series of biographies is to illustrate the excellences of the female character, as exemplified in the lives of women distinguished for their virtues and talents as well as their social position. "Lady Rachel Russell" is the first subject ; and a good portrait of the lady accompanies the Part. The memoir is not complete; but, from what appears, there seems too much of his- torical circumstance and too little of individual character.] PERIODICALS.

The Artisan; a Monthly Journal of the Operative Arts. Edited by the Artisan Club. Volume the First.

[The first volume of a monthly periodical devoted to the operative arts, and conducted with ability. Engineering is naturally the predominant subject, in these days of steam-locomotion, but other subjects are not neglected. The volume is illustrated by numerous plates of engines, &c.] The North American Review, No. CXXII.

[This number contains its usual variety of articles; including a good review of PRESCOTT'S Conquest of Mexico, (though a shade too panegyrical,) a severe but just enough criticism on Sam Slick in England, and a sharply-contemptuous notice of Change for the American Notes. The paper, however, which will first attract attention here, in that on "Debts of the States." The writer does what he can for the American character without committing his own; but Iris general principles are unexceptionable, and his exhortations vigorous, his ac- count ot the circumstances of each particular State informing, and fair, sup- posing his facts and views to bs correct. The preliminary excuse for or exposi- tion of the contracting of the debts is clever, but impudent. Speculation, he says, was rife in the country, which induced people to borrow imprudently,— a fact which the foreign lenders have found out; and these foreign lenders were too incautious in advancing their money,—an error they will not fall into again in a hurry.] Dublin Review, No. XXX.

Hunt's New York Merchants' Magazine for January.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

The Botany of the Voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur. Edited and superin- tended by RICHARD BRINSLEY HINDS, Esq., Surgeon R.N., attached to the expedition. The Botanical Descriptions by GEORGE BENTHAM, Esq. No. I. [This publication is rather of a techuico-scientific character than adapted for popular attraction ; containing a description of the principal plants collected by the botanists of the Expedition to the North-west coast of America, commanded by Captain BELCHER. The descriptions of the specimens are, of course, only interesting for the botanist ; and neither abridgment nor general account can supersede his necessity for consulting the book. The preliminary sketches, by Mr. limns, of the character of the country surveyed, are graphic, and induce one to suppose that his botanizing reminiscences on the coast of North-west America might possess a pleasant interest, unless they are superseded by the narrative of the voyage. The curious plants in this Part are drawn from nature and on the stone by Miss DRAKE, with botanical accuracy, and sufficient neatness to indicate their characteristics : the drawings, however, are little more than outlines, the lady's skill in lithographic drawing not being equal to the delicate shading requisite to give them pictorial effect. Colour seems requisite to complete the delineations satisfactorily.] Evening Ride of II. H. the _Maharajah Shere Singh, at Omritsar, in the Punjab, near Lahore, March 1842. Drawn by Prince A. SoLTritOrP ; lithographed by LOWES DICKINSON. [A scene of Oriental splendour and barbaric pomp, presenting a striking plc- tore of the character and habits of the rulers of the Punjab and their subjects. Shere Singh, his perfidious Minister Dliiau Singh, and the Minister's son Heerah Singh, are seated in the howdahs of elephants ; the standard-bearer, in armour, rides by his master's side on a charger covered with a superb shawl ; and the cavalcade is swelled by attendants on horses and camels, and Akalees (warlike fanatics); while a group of Fakeers gaze on the glittering pageant. The whole party are armed to the teeth with guns and bows, swords and spears. The dresses of all hues, spotted and striped with gold and colours, the embla- zoned banners, the sumptuous trappings of the animals—the elephants painted red and green and the horses' tails dyed—and the half-naked forms of the fol- lowers—make up a spectacle as gorgeously picturesque as eye could look upon. For animation and character, the sketch of Prince SOLTYKOFF i9 remarkable : the wild ferocity of a sensibarbarous people is expressed in the faces, attitudes,. and air of the whole group ; and there is movement throughout. These character- istics are well preserved in the lithograph by Mr. LOWES DICKINSON, which has much of the spirit of the original ; though the impressions in neutral tint have not, of course, the richness of the coloured prints.] Harper's Illuminated and New Pictorial Bible, No. I. [Noticeable as a good specimen of the embellished typography of New York, and the talent of an American designer. This pictorial edition of the Bible gives the text only, printed from a bold, clear type, in double columns, with the mammal references in the centre. The pages are profusely ornamented with highly-wrought wood-engravings, consisting of "historical designs" and initial letters. The designs will number sixteen hundred when the work is complete ; fourteen hundred being furnished by Mr. J. G. CHAPMAN, of New York ; the rest taken from European artists, Mr. MARTIN in particular. Mr. CHAPMAN'S designs are reproductions of the art of" the old country," without its attractiveness ; the odd admixture of styles and of good and bad qualities presenting to our eyes a very bizarre appearance : in the borders to some of the pictures the arabesques of the Vatican are jumbled with German fancies and the patterns of calico-printers. The execution of the wood-cuts is hard and monotonous, but elaborate, sharp, and clear.]

Music.

Quatre Morceaux de Salon, sue des Melodies de Francois Schubert pour le Piano. Composes par STEPHEN HELLER.

Miserere, for several Voices, with Choruses. Composed by DONNIZETTI. Le Carnaval de Venice, pour le Vision. Par H. W. Entice..