PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From June 13th to June 19th. BOOKS.

Scripture and the Authorised Version of Scripture : being the substance of two Ordination Sermons; with an Appendix, containing Notes, and a Glossary. of Words which have become obsolete in the sense which they bear in the Translation of the New Testament. By Samuel Hinds, D.D. Prebendary of Castleknock, and Chaplain to his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin.

Satanstoe; or the Family of Littlepage. A Tale of the Colony. By J. Fenimore Cooper, Esq., Author of " The Spy," &c. In three volumes.

Remains of the Most Reverend Charles Dickinson, AD., Lord Bishop of Meath; being a Selection from his Sermons and Tracts. With a Biogra- phical Sketch by the Reverend John West, DD., Vicar of St. Anne's, Dublin, and domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Dublin. The Irish Watering-Places, their Climate, Scenery, and Accommodations ,• including Analyses of the principal Mineral Springs, by Dr. R. Kane, and remarks on the various forms of disease to which they are adapted; toge- ther with Directions for the Regimen of Invalids, and Observations on In- digestion, Gout, Pulmonary Consumption, and other Diseases of the Chest, Stomach, and Nervous System. By Alexander Knox, M.D., &e. [Ill health having compelled Dr. Knox to withdraw from practice for a time, he employed that interval in collecting information touching the Irish mineral springs, and in the more agreeable occupation of visiting her spas or watering. places. The knowledge thus collected he has combined with a general view of the curative use of water an account of the principal mineral waters, Continental, British, American, and frith; together with an analysis of their component parts by Dr. R. Kane, and some observations on the diseases they are best fitted to cure. He has also intermingled in his work many general hygienic remarks, that show the practical and sensible physician, and give a good deal of information as to the attractions and accommodations to be found at the Irish watering-places, which are arranged and described in succession. The sea-bathing of Ireland is perhaps unrivalled; the reputation of her spas has yet to be established. Whether the accommodations for visiters would altogether meet the English taste, we cannot undertake to say: but we suspect that in the present " agitated" state of the country, few British invalids would like to set themselves down in a district where monster processions, and what not, were liable to be the order of the day.] The Miscellasaeous Works of Thomas Arnold, D.D., late Head Master of Rugby School, and Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford. Collected and Republished. [This volume contains a selection from Dr. Arnold's contributions to periodical or fugitive literature, and some political essays from his edition of Thucydides. The principle adopted in forming theselection has been that of taking such subjects only as rossessed a permanent interest, or illustrated the writer's general views, espe- cially on education and the social and political state of the country. These latter topics predominate in the volume; and his papers on school discipline and the use of the classics may be pointed to as combining depth of philosophy with worldly sense. In like manner, his letters to the Hertford Reformer from 1837 to 1841 may be noted for their earnest liberality and their humanity unalloyed by sickly sentiment. In our notice of Dr. Arnold's Life, we remarked, that he pro- bably might claim the merit of originating the better part of Young Englandism; and his Letters on the State of the Manufacturing Population, and the poor generally, exhibit all the sympathy of that party, with much broader and deeper views, devoid of projects for running backward to get forward.]

The Wisdom and Genius of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, illus- trated in a series of Extracts from his Writings and Speeches ; with a Summary of his Life. By Peter Burke, Esq., of the Inner Temple, Bar- rister-at-law.

[This publication consists of a selection from the principal political works of Burke, arranged under various distinct heads—as America and the American War, India and Warren Hastings, France and the French Revolution. By thus bring-

ing together the most ,g passages of the great political philosopher, without the encumbrance of temporary matter, heavy details, or cumulative proof, Mr. Peter Burke has been able to produce a very readable and interesting volume, We are not sure, however, that the compiler's intention in supplying a enemas- neum for the orator's own works, will be altogether fulfilled. It may be true that "the works of Burke are not generally read," but he who wishes to profit by them must nevertheless read them. A selection from any author will do little more than furnish a recueil of eloquent but rather disjointed passages, that may refresh the memory, or amuse the mind with the appearance of study.]

The Desborough Family. By Mrs. Ponsonby. In three volumes.

[The Desborough Family is the story of one young gentleman and four young ladies, the son, daughter, and nieces of Sir Edward and Lady Desborough. Each of the parties having a love affair, and Lady Desborough being a Blue, there is no lack of characters; and Mrs. Ponsonby writes well, and in a lively manner; though she seems to have drawn her matter from the social novel of a quarter of a century ago, and to have endeavoured toimitate the manner of The Two Old Men's Tales. The fiction, moreover, is rather flimsy, and not very artistically treated. Mrs, Pon- sonby.does not seem to be aware that mere nature, or rather that mere matter-of- fact, is not sufficient for fiction: nor has she the art of inspiring interest in her characters—excepting perhaps for a divorce on her deathbed, the victim of circumstances.]

Dramatic Sketches, and other Poems. By the Reverend James Wills, A.M., Author of " The Disembodied," &c.

[This volume contains three dramatic sketches, and a variety. of miscellaneous poems that have been selected from different periodicals wherein they have ap- peared. The style of the P.everend James Wills is fluent, and possesses rhetorical force, nor is he without considerable mastery of versification; but he wants the vtoida via, and that perception of the true qualities of things which is necessary to constitute the poet.]

The Works of Edmund Spenser. With a Selection of Notes from various Commentators, and a Glossarial Index. To which is prefixed some Ac- count of the Life of Spenser. By the Reverend Henry John Todd, M.A., Archdeacon of Cleveland.

[A volume from Mr. Moron, differing but little from another edition of the same poet which we lately had before us: each contains the poems, and the prose- State of Ireland, with a glossary and a memoir. This last is more elaborate is the present edition, as may be guessed from the name of Todd.] The Philosophical and .Esthetic Letters and Essays of &hiller. Trans- lated, with an Introduction, by J. Weiss. A translation of the philosophical and critical essays of Schiller, which, from their non and transcendental character, some readers may think 'scarcely worthy of his high reputation. The critical essays on Pathos' the Sublime, the Common and Low, and the Tragic Art, are the best, though not always free from mystic touches.]

Manual of Agricultural Analysis. By John Mitchell, Analytical Chemist, Member of the Chemical Society of London, &c. [The object of this publication is to enable the farmer to analyze soils, manure, and so forth, sufficiently to answer agricultural purposes, although he should pos- sess but a slender knowledge of chemistry; which Mr. Mitchell's book also at- tempts to supply. The directions are plain and simple, but their efficacy must be proved by actual practice.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS.

The Principles and Practice of -Art. By J. D. Harding. With Illustra- tions, drawn and engraved by the Author.

[Such "principles of art" as Mr. Harding adopts in his practice as a landscape- painter, and inculcates in his teaching, are explained at considerable length, though in a somewhat verbose manner, in the text of this large and handsome volume. It is profusely illustrated by the author's own sketches from nature, exemplifying these principles; and by fac-similes of slight engravings after the

i Old Masters, intended to show their ignorance of the rules of composition ob- served by Mr. Harding; the superiority of his mode of treating the same sub-

Rets being inferred from his improved versions of the studies of Titian, Claude, mbrandt, and other great painters. The author's confidence in the soundness of his theory would seem to have made him utterly unconscious of any im- modesty in thus putting forward his own performances as models of style. Regarded as an exposition of "the principles and practice of art" even as applied to landscape only, this treatise is very far from being complete or satis- factory. It contains some -rueful hints of a practical kind, derived from the author's experience; but these are mixed up with a quantity. of rambling talk about "Imitation," "Beauty.," and the aesthetics of art, in which nothing new is advanced, and familiar truths are expressed in a confused and sometimes unintel- ligible manner: indeed, the book opens with an unmeaning sentence. "Compo- sition" is moat fully treated of, though in a loose and desultory way; "Light and Shade," and "Colour," are superficially touched upon; and "Drawing from Nature" is despatched in four pages, while "Manipulation and Materials" are adverted to in an appendix, as if they had been all but forgotten. There are some inconsistencies and fallacies which we have not space to point out; but Mr. Harding's analogy between the contours of the human form, a range of hills, and the stem of a tree, is too ludicrous to be passed over: is one of the crude notions that he sometimes mistakes for " principles.' In short, for a work having pretensions to authority, and emanating from an artist of high reputation, this volume is very disappointing: it is deficient in comprehensiveness of view, fulness of information, and clearness of statement. The landscape-illustrations are the most attractive features: they are so forcible in effect and so beautifully engraved, that as a picture-book merely it will be very acceptable to the admirers of Mr; Harding's productions. He teaches better by example than precept; though his style is not characterized by the " variety " that he insists upon so strongly; and he often sacrifices character to the conventions of picture-making.] Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland. Fourth edition.

Black's Picturesque Guide to the English Lakes. Second edition. Black's Economical Guide through Edinburgh. Fourth edition.

LNew editions of Black's Guide-books, revised up to the latest time. The popu- larity of these serviceable manuals for the tourist, attested by the successive edi- tions called for, shows that the plan on which they are all compiled is approved of. The various objects and scenes are indicated by their leading characteristics, and all needful information as to the topography and natural features of the country—the historhantiquities, and poetical associations of each place—is given in the-most concise form; the routes of the several tours being minutely indi- cated by maps and itineraries, and the scenery and buildings illustrated by views.]