PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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The publications of the week have been relieved from commonplace chiefly by Mr. limey, and Messrs. Parker. Albeiaarle Street has sent forth Mr. Seymour's timely and informing volume on Russia, of which a notice ap- pears in this number ; Messrs. Parker, a book of considerable promise, though the subject is not of such instant interest, the Hon. H. A. Mur- ray's travels in Cuba and North America. Mr. Murray also publishes five volumes of a less attractive kind, at least for lay critics. Mr. Mosley of Magdalen College obliges the religious world with a treatise on the Augustinian doctrine of "Predestination," in a single volume with some rather elaborate notes. Mr. Jewett, Tutor as well as Fellow of Balliol, publishes annotations and dissertations on Paul's Epistles to the Thessa- lonians, Galatians, and Romans, in two volumes. Mr. Arthur Penrhyn Stan- ley, of wider popular fame from his Life of Arnold and other works,. has taken the Epistles to the Corinthians for similar comment and critical treatment ; though the last volumes are not strictly of the week, but ac- cidentally dropped out of sight on their first arrival. A goodly array of di- vinity, of a scholastic if not a technical kind! and therefore we fear not very tractable for our columns. The annotations on Corinthians may pos- sibly be the most so, from the practical nature of several of the topics which the Apostle handles.

Lands of the Slave and the Free; or Cuba, the United States, and Ca- nada. By the Honourable Henry A. Murray. In two volumes. A Treatise on the Augustinian Doctrine of Predestination. By I. B. Morley, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford.

The Epistles of St. Paul to the Thessalonians, Galatians, Romans: with Critical Notes and Dissertations. By Benjamin Jewett, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford. In two volumes. The Epistles of St. Paul to the Corinthians ; with Critical Notes and Dissertations. By Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, M.A., Canon of Canter- bury, late Fellow and Tutor of University College, Oxford; and Author of the "Life of Dr. Arnold," &c. In two volumes.

The Jealous Wife. By Miss Pardoe, Author of "The Life Marie De Medicis," &c. In three volumes.

The Rival Roses : a Romance of English History. By the tither of "Royalists and Roundheads," &c. In three volumes. Russia on the Black Sea and Sea of Azof : being a Narrative of Travels in the Crimea and bordering Provinces ; with Notices of the Naval, Military, and Commercial Resources of those Countries. By H. D. Seymour, M.P. With Map, &c.

Iphigenia at Delphi; a Tragedy. By the Reverend Archer Gurney, Author of "King Charles the First."

[The subject of this drama is derived from the view that Euripides takes of the story of Iphigenia. The scene is laid at Delphi ; whither Electra has gone to lay upon the altar of Apollo the fatal axe with which Orestes at her instigation slew their mother. To Delphi also come Orestes, his friend Py- lades, and Iphigenia herself, having succeeded in carrying off the statue of Diana from the temple in Tauris, to lodge the goddess in her brother's temple. After five acts of suspense, situation, and narrative rather than action and discourse, Orestes is purified ; and Pylades marries Iphigenia, instead of Electra as some authorities intimate.

There is a long-established opinion that the heroic events of classical story are not fit for a modern tragedy ; and, the subjects being equal, a fable from our own modes of thought and conduct is doubtless to be pre- ferred. The cause of so many failures, however, is less in the subject than in the writer. To rise to the height of those great arguments in which heroes and sometimes gods appear on the scene, would require Marlow's genius to be refined, or Milton's to be qualified for the drama. Gigantic lofti- ness must predominate throughout—in thought, in sentiment, in manners, and in passion, combined with a certain statuesque severity, which yet must pass from stone into life. Without these qualifications, a writer might as well attempt another Divine Comedy or Paradise Lost as a Greek tragedy with any hope of success. Mr. Archer Gurney exhibits a poetical nund, trained in a good school ; but be is far from being equal to Iphigenia at Delphi. There are occasionally weighty lines, but the verse in general does not rise much above dramatic mediocnty, still less maintain the vivid grandeur necessary to such a theme. There are some striking situations : as where

Myron, a follower of Orestes, who has escaped from the slaughter, as he fancies, of his master and friend at Tauris, first encounters Iphigenia; or when Electra, on first meeting Iphigenia, feels instinctively drawn towards her ; or when she again meets the priestess of Tauris, after she has learned Myron's suspicions. They are not, however, well developed dramatically ; nor is the conduct of the whole tragedy learnedly managed.]

[The week has produced several Education books of a higher class than usual. The Baital Pachisi ; or Twenty-five Tales of a Demon : a new edition of the Hindf Text, each word expressed in the Hindustani character under the corresponding word in the Nagari ; and with a perfectly literal English Interlinear Translation, accompanied by a Free Trans- lation in English at the foot of each page, and Explanatory Notes. By W. Burkhardt Barker, M.R.A.S., Oriental Interpreter, and Profes- sor of the Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Hindlistinf Languages at Eton. Edited by E. B. Eastwick, F.R.S., Professor of Oriental Lan- guages, and Librarian in the East India College.

Blackstone's Commentaries systematically Abridged, and adapted to the Existing State of the Law and Constitution, with great Additions. By Samuel Warren, of the Inner Temple, Esq., D.C.L., F.It.S., Re- corder of Hull, and one of her Majesty's Counsel.

A Smaller Latin-English Dictionary. Abridged from the larger Dic- tionary by William Smith, LL.D., Editor of the Dictionaries of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Biography, Mythology, and Geography.

Quintus Boratius Fleeces.

The Baital Pachisi is a Hindi translation from the Sanscrit through an intervening medium ; and is useful in the study of Hindf from the brevity and character of the tales themselves, and the number of colloquial expres- sions they contain. The work having been selected as one of the text-books- upon which to examine military candidates for the Company's service, this edition has been published to assist tho student. It contains an interlinear translation on the Hamiltonian principle,—that is, a literal translation, word for word, of the original text in its natural order, and a free version at the foot. The Hamiltonian system, as it is called, may plead the high prao- tical authority of Sydney Smith in its favour ; but notwithstanding his re- commendation, we have little faith in it as a means of general tuition of youth. All which it can really do is to furnish a vocabulary ; and that is more directly attainable, and to much better purpose, by a well-chosen list of words. if grammar, as seems to be designed, is to be taught, it will be taught more readily and easily by progressively-chosen lessons, than by plunging a tyro into an author and calling upon him to parse indiscri- minately without a knowledge of either accidence or syntax. For adult or semi-adult tuition the method is useful ; enabling the pupil to advance more quickly by himself into the heart of a language, and with assistance to ap- ply the rules of grammar and construction more readily than be could do in the common mode. This is the advantage of the book before us; and a great one it is for candidates such as this volume is chiefly designed for.

Dr. Warren's abridgment of Blackstone, with the corrective and additional matter rendered necessary by the changes in the law since the great com- mentator wrote, more especially the extensive alterations since the Reform Bill, is a valuable book. The author's friend the late John William Smith had published a species of selections from Blackstone in 1836, for the " use of students and young persons," which became so popular that a mere re- print was last year exhausted in three months. This edition was superin- tended by Smith's old friend and biographer, Samuel Warren, who had him- self for nearly twenty years contemplated and at last abandoned the idea of a new edition of Blackstone. In scrutinizing the extracts, the editor found the wonderful changes eighteen years had effected in the law ; and hence the idea of the present volume, which may be said to contain the pith of Smith's and Warren's studies on the broader and more popular features of the present law. How needful it is, either to the juvenile law student or the upper classes in schools, is indicated by the fact that two-thirds of the volume are new matter.

Dr. Smith's Smaller Latin-English Dictionary is an abridgment of his. larger work, of which we lately gave an account ; and is designed for the use of the younger classes in schools. Its two great features are the order of exhibiting the meaning of words, which shows first the primitive.ar4 then the figurative sense, sufficiently illustrated by comment and quofation• of authorities ; and the manner in which the pupil's attention is directed to the use of etymology. In form it is like the common Entick's; in system,, completeness, and all the comprehensiveness and refinements of modern scholarship, it far surpasses that very useful book.

The Horace is from the text of Mr. Macleane's larger edition of the social and courtly bard in the " Bibliotheca Classics." It is a neat volume, with a well-printed Latin text ; but the chief feature is the numerous wood-cuts from the best authorities, illustrative of the poems among which they are inserted. If they do not exactly "throw light upon the text," they please the eye, inform the mind, and furnish "suggestive " matter.]

[The three following books of Sermons differ in their nature and objects, though each possesses a certain degree of scholastic and theological merit. They are all rather deficient, in the faculty which, combining acquired know- ledge of Christian doctrine and ethics with original perception of actual lifer applies theology to practice with effect—that is, in a literary sense.

The Lord's Prayer, and other Sermons. By Charles Parsons Reichel, B.D., Professor of Latin in the Queen's University, Chaplain to his Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, &c.

Seven Sermons, chiefly connected with Public Events of the year 1854. Preached in the Chapel of Marlborough College. By George Edward Lynch Cotton, ILA., Master of Marlborough College, and late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Practical Sermons. By G. William Brameld, M.A., of Lincoln Col- lege, Oxford, Vicar of East Markham. Second series.

The selection of "The Lord's Prayer " by Mr. Reichel for a series of ser- mons, gives unity of subject ; but this is marred by a discursive habit, as well as by breaking down the prayer into too many separate texts. The miscellaneous sermons that follow the series on the Prayer seem more at- tractive, though they are still too discursive. "Stick to the text" is a good motto for a preacher. Mr. Reichel's volume is composed in an able and scholarly manner.

Mr. Cotton's "Seven Sermons" on public events in 1854 were preached to the students at Marlborough College ; and their very fitness for the place of delivery somewhat militates against their general effect. The line of argument and appeal which is proper to youth or young men about to em- bark in life does not tell with the same force on those who are actually en- gaged in the warfare of the world. The preface requires a line of remark in reference to the topics of the sermons. It is to the effect that the examina- tion required for the Army should be revised and more clearly defined ; and that our public schools should 'combine a practical with their classical course of study.

The volume of Mr. Brameld is what it professes to be—practical sermons

on the duties of religion addressed to the general class of minds, and well adapted for family reading.] The Music-Master, a Love Story; and two Series of Day and Night Songs. By William Allingham. With nine Wood-cuts ; seven de- signed by Arthur Hughes, one by D. G. Rossetti, and one by John E. Millais, A.R.A. .Pencillings. By Thomas Wilson. The Cottage Hero ; a Tale of the Crimean War. By George William S wanston.

The Only Real Ode to Cologne : a Legend concerning the Invention of Eau de Cologne. [Of these books of verse The Husic-bfaster is the best ; but it is compiled from books, periodicals, or ballads already published, with some new additions : the pictures are attractive and graceful. .Pencillings is a collection of miscel- laneous verses, not rising above second-rate or third-rate magazine poetry. The Cottage Hero is really a description of the battle of Alma, though pro- fessing to trace the career of a private soldier promoted to be corporal. A very poor attempt at the grotesque fun of Ingoldsby is The only Real Ode to Cologne.] On Loral Treatment of the Mucous Membrane of the Throat for Cough and Bronchitis. By J. E. Riadore, F.R.G.S., &c.

[The peculiarity of the treatment which Dr. Riadore recommends for cough arising from irritation of the mucous membrane, not consumptive cough, consists in dissolving alum in the mouth and swallowing the saliva. He also recommends the direct application of nitrate of silver : but this is not alto- gether new, as indeed he intimates. There is a good deal more in the book than this, but scarcely possessing the novelty the author seems to suppose. Surely most medical practitioners consider the temperament and constitu- tions of their patients in prescribing, and endeavour to trace irritation of the mucous membrane to its remoter causes.]

Love's Martyrdom: a Play, in five acts. By John Saunders, late Editor of the " People's Journal."

The call for a new edition of such a large and expensive work as Mr. Johnston's " Dictionary of Geography" confirms the opinion we passed upon it on its first appearance—that it was " likely to form the most complete and useful gazetteer ever published." The present edition has been com- pletely revised, and in great part rewritten, to bring down the information to the latest date. In the articles we have consulted some reference has been made to facts connected with the war; but the scale of the articles does not seem to have been changed on account of temporary circumstances. The fourth edition of Dr. Rush's work on the " Human Voice" has reached us from America. The demand for a fourth edition at the end of nearly thirty years scarcely warrants the author's complaint of neglect; especially when the book is bulky, and on a subject whose interest is so limited as the rhetorical " inflexions" and pitch of the voice,—though the Doctor treats the subject more au fond than common teachers of elocu- tion.

_Dictionary of Geography, Descriptive,' Physical, Statistical, and His- torical; forming a complete General Gazetteer of the World. By Alex. Keith Johnston, F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., &c. • Author of "The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena," &c. Second edition, thorough- ly revised and corrected.

The Philosophy of the Human Voice: embracing its Physiological His-. tory ; together with a system of Principles, by which Criticism in the Art of Elocution may be rendered intelligible and instruction definite and comprehensive. To which is added, a brief Analysis of Song and Recitative. By James Rush, M.D. Fourth edition, enlarged.

The National French Grammar, arranged on a new plan, with suitable Conversational Exercises in English and French, &c. To which is added, a Dialogue of Louis Napoleon's Visit to England, and a Guide to Paris. By G. J. Bertinchamp, A.B. Fourth edition.

MAP.

Stanford's Map of the Sea of Azov. Compiled from the Russian, Eng- lish, and French Documents, 1855. [A very distinct outline of the shores of the Sea of Azoff, the Peninsula of Kertch, and the Circassian coast as far as Anapa. It marks the position of net which we have not seen in other popular maps ; and includes plans of d Anapa.]

PAMPHLETS.

Speech of Ea ey, in the House of

Lords, on F the 25th of May, on

the Negotiatio Vienna.

Plan of a Female We for the Help of the Bich and of the or: the substance of a Lecture delivered at the Working Men's College, to a L'Ass of Ladies. By F. D. Maurice, Chaplain of Lin- coln's Inn.

Thoughts on National Education. By Lord Lyttelton.

The Signs of the Times: a Lecture deli- vered to the Members of the Moffat Mechanics' Institute. By B.. IL A. Hunter, Esq.

On National Education as bearing on Crime. Being an Appendix to a recent Pamphlet on the Mark System of Pri- son Discipline. By Captain Macono- chie, H.H.

Tables showing the Income-tax of Sixteen Pence in the Pound, or 01.13,. 4d. per cent, on sums varying from Is. 3d. to 1,000,0001.; with additional tables ap- plicable to the rates of llbd. and 8d. in the pound. By George and Joseph R. Aston, Accountants.

A Suggestion for Supplying the Literary, Scientific, and ,Ilichanics' Institutes of Great Britain and Ireland with Lec- turers from the Universities. By Lord Arthur Hervey, MA., Rector of Ick- worth-with-Horringer, President of the Bury St. Edmund's Athenteum.

Language a Heaven-born Gift. By Dr. IC P. Ter Reehorst, Member of the Royal College of Preceptors, Author of "The Mariner's Friend," in ten lan- guages.

Moral Theology of the Church of Bane. No. I. S. Alfonso D5 Liguori's Theory of Truthfulness. An Article reprinted from "The Christian Remembrancer."

Fall of the Car! " Mene, acne, tekel upharsin." The Lament of Peters- burg ; a Poem, written on the occa- sion of the Death of the late Emperor of Russia, Nicholas!. By a Clergyman.

A brief Exposure of the Reverend John J. S. l'erowne. By the Editor of J ashar.