PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Bowie.

Essays on Indian Antiquities, Historic, Numismatic, and Pakeographic, of the late James Prinsep, I.R.S., Secretary to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Edited with Notes and additional matter, by Edward Thomas, Member of the Asiatic Societies of Calcutta, London, and Paris. In two volumes, with nu- merous Illustrations.

Country Life in Piedmont. By Antonio Gallenga.

French Finance and Financiers under Louis X V. By James Murray. National Airs and other Songs, now first collected. By Thomas Moore.

Oxford Essays, contributed by Members of the University. 1858.

Hygiene, or Health as depending upon the conditions of the Atmosphere, Foods and Drinks, Motion and Rest. Sleep and Wakefulness, Secretions, Excretions, and Retentions, Mental Emotions, 4c. By James H. Pick- ford, M.D.

Heckington : a Novel. By Mrs. Gore. In three volumes.

Harold Leicester; or the Latter Bays:of Henry VII. An Historical Romance. In two volumes.

Urging. A Novel. In three volumes.

Intellectual Education and its Influence an the Character and Happiness of Women. By Emily Shirreff, one of the Authors of "Thoughts on Self-culture."—A good book on an important subject, written with an excellent intention, often containing valuable thoughts, the result of ex- perience and meditation, but somewhat elongated and verging in point of treatment a little too much upon the old-fashioned serious essay. As regards the length, it may be said, however, that the subjects are nume- rous ; first, we have the general principles of education as interpreted by the writer, next their application to female education, then the influence of moral training and physical health upon character. These chapters are followed by the author's exposition of methods of management from early childhood to eighteen, the whole being wound up by a general essay on some of the peculiarities of women's present social condition.

England under the Norman Occupation. By James F. Morgan, M.A. —A painstaking attempt to depict the appearance of England under the earlier Norman kings. Taking up Domesday Book and other contempo- rary or almost contemporary records, Mr. Morgan deduces the status and condition of the agricultural population and the inhabitants of towns, endeavours to determine the measurement of land, the value of money, rents, &c., and to show us something of the manner of living among the various classes of society. The picture is of a hard, dry, business-like kind, but curious withal.

A Manual of British Archeeology. By Charles Boutell, M.A., Author of" Monumental Brasses and Slabs," &c.—Here we have the whole sub- ject of British antiquities doubled up into one of Mr. Lovell Reeve's well-known and popular Hand-books. Not only are there architecture audits accessories, sepulchral monuments and heraldry, seals, coins, and inscriptions, arms and armour, costumes and personal ornaments, with various miscellanies, for leading subjects, but each of these is pursued into its subdivisions—architectural accessories, for example, having 110 less than twelve. The treatment of upwards of a hundred heads of course involves brevity, if not curtness; but the information is broadly presented, and the book is only designed as an introduction. There are twenty illustrative plates, and some information is thrown into the form of glossary and indexes. A list of treatises recommended by the author on particular subjects of archeology would be a useful future addition.

A Popular History of British Birds' Eggs. By Richard Laishley.— Another of Mr. Lovell Reeve's Hand-books, and on his specialte, natural history. The not very striking subject of birds' eggs, except to "fancier," is extended to birdenests, which gives much additional in- terest The volume, as a matter of course, is fully illustrated.

The Street Preacher, being the Autobiography of Robert Flockhart. Edited by Thomas Guthrie, D.D.—The hero of this biography was a Scotch soldier who believed there was "not a sin in the Bible," which he had "not been actually guilty of except murder." In India he was eon,. verted, and subsequently became an open-air preacher. He' appears to have written this account of his life at intervals, and on his deathbed got a promise from Dr. Guthrie to see to its publication, which that emi- nent Scottish clergyman has fulfilled, making as little alteration in the manuscript as might be. The story is a fiat affair, exhibiting the graceless life of the uncon- verted state, with the usual exaggeration, but without the racy richness that distinguishes some ultra-religious autobiographies; while the more privileged condition is indicated with a bard fanaticism characteristic perhaps of the old Scotch soldier, but by no means attractive to the reader.

.et Trip to Sebastopol. By John Gadsby, Author of "My Wanderings in the East," Sic.—An account of a journey to Odessa, and a trip from there to Sebastopol. Vienna was reached by railway ; the remainder of the passage down the Danube and across the Black Sea was made by steamer, Mr. Gadsby returning by way of Constantinople. The nar- rative of the journeying is curt, but the observations have a kind of plain common sense. The remarks on Russia are chiefly drawn from other writers.

The Greek Testament Boots. By G. K. Gillespie.—A selection of nearly aix hundred verses, containing the roots of all the words used in the Greek Testament. These texts are accompanied by explanatory foot-notes, and followed by a "parsing" vocabulary, "in which all words that present any difficulty are carefully parsed," or more properly subjected to an etymological treatment. There is also an introductory essay to as- sist the pupil in tracing derivations and affinities in connexion with the interchange of letters.

The new edition of Mr. Wills' "Wanderings among the High Alps" is a welcome book, not only for its agreeable home reading as a descrip- tion of scenery, and a narrative of adventures bravely undertaken and well sustained ; but for its use as a stimulator to healthy exertion in a somewhat languid age, and as a companion-guide to those who may follow in the writer's footsteps albeit only for a moderate distance. -Under the auspices of Mr. Bentley it comes forth "better than new,"

• the form being handy and more fitted for a pocket-companion than the original edition, with sketch maps that save, at all events, the trouble of reference. There is also additional matter, including a new chapter on the ascent of Mont Blanc, which Mr. Wills recommends to every tra- veller who has a tarn for mountain work, and is " up " to it.

Wanderings among the High Alps. By Alfred Wills, of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law. Second edition, revised, with additions.

Sermons in Stones; or Scripture Confirmed by Geology. By Dominick McCausland, Esq., Banister-at-law, the Author of "The Times of the Gen- tiles," Ez.t. Fourth edition.

Chronology for Schools. Being a revised Abridgment of the Compendium of Chronology. By F. H. Jaquemet. Edited by the Rev. John Alcorn, M.A.