PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From June 16th to June 23d.

Booxs.

History of Europe, from the Commencement of the French Revolution in • 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. By ARCHIBALD Arasos, F.R.S.E., Advocate. Volume the Tenth and last.

Belgium Since the Revolution of 1830: comprising a topographical and antiquarian description of the country, and a review of its political, com• mercial, literary, religious, and social relations, as affecting its present condition and future prospects. By the Reverend W. TROLLOPE, M.A. Edwin the Fair; an Historical Drama. By Unsay TAYLOR, Author of " Philip Van Artevelde." lifg. Last Tour and First Work; or a Visit to the Baths of Wildbad and Rippoldsau. By Lady VAYASOUR. Tire United Irishmen; their Lives and Times. By R. R. MADDEN, M.D., Author of " Travels in the East," &c. In two volumes.

A Manual of Dignities, Privilege, and Precedence ; including lists of the great public functionaries, from the Revolution to the present time. By CHARLES It. DODD, Esq., Author of " The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage," &c. This volume is intended as a co-epanion or supplement to Mr. Doon's excel- lent Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage; to which book it is an indispensable accompaniment, though quite capable of being useful alone, to those who take more interest in principles than about persons—in the rules which govern and regulate the rank and privileges of individuals. The immense number of sub- jects and quantity of matter contained in the Manual of Dignities, Privilege, and Precedence, would render it difficult to convey a specific idea of its contents otherwise than by printing its tables. The leading divisions of the work, however, are six. In the first, the principles that regulate precedence, and the authorities in right of which one person takes ceremonial pas of another are unfolded ; the next considers hereditary dignities, from the Sovereign, his Family, and all his Household-officers, through the various Peers, English, Scotch, and Irish, to Baronets; the third section embraces personal distinctions, that is members of the different orders of Knighthood, Knights Bachelor, (such as Mayors are made,) Esquires, and Gentlemen ; the fourth investigates the nature and relative dignity of official and professional persons, from the Premier and Arch- bishop to the Curate ; the fifth section is devoted to ceremonies and costumes; the sixth contains statistics and official lists—and if the book bad no other value, this part alone would render it extensively useful. Few persons have been engaged in any kind of political or historical inquiry, no matter with what object, without being constantly impeded, or altogether baffled, by the questions, in what year did such a person hold such an office ? or by whom was such an office held at such a time ? These questions are doubly resolved by Mr. DODD; first by a chronological, next by an alphabetical list, which also answers the purpose of an index. The Officers of State and Legal digni- taries commence with the Revolution ; the Bishops with the Reformation.

It is not, however, as a mere collection of titles and privilege', attached to

them that Mr. DODD'S book possesses value: the Manual of Dignities, Pri- vilege, and Precedence, unfolds the principles on which they are based—or if that be too broad a word applied to matters not grounded in the nature of things, their rationale ; showing that they do not rest upon arbitrary will, even that of the Sovereign, but obey laws and rules of their own,—that, for example, the grant of precedency to Prince ALBERT, being merely by patent, could not obtain against act of Parliament and prescription, or prevail over any person indisposed to waive his right. The volume has also a practical use. Few persons, and even very educated persons not connected with particular professions, but are constantly falling into gross blunders respecting them : after consulting Mr. DODD'S section on professional ranks, this will scarcely be possible—unless in regard to practitioners of medicine ; an omission that could be supplied in a new edition, and might prevent the vulgar habit in people not otherwise vulgar of doctoring men who have no pretensions to the title, and are often not flattered by it.) Botany for Ladies; or a Popular Introduction to the Natural System of Plants, according to the classification of De Candolle. By Mrs. Lou- DON, Author of " Instructions in Gardening for Ladies," &c.

[Neither as a youthful pupil nor a wife could Mrs. LOUDON learn botany, with its dry Linuean arrangement, and its hard names suggestive of no ideas ; al-

though she made more than one attempt, feeling ashamed at being often ap-

pealed to by persons who considered " that Mr. LOUDON'S wife must know every thiug about plants." At last she was attracted at the Horticultural Society's garden by a mass of the beautiful crimson flowers of the Malope grandiftera. " I had never" she says "seen the plant before, and I eagerly asked the name. ' It is some Malvaceous plant,' answered Mr. Loudon, care- lessly ; and immediately afterwards he left me to look at some trees which he was about to have drawn for his Arboretum Britannicum. ' Some Malvaceous plant,' thought I, as I continued looking at the splendid bed before me; and then I remembered how much the form of these beautiful flowers resembled that of the flowers of the crimson Mallow, the botanical name of which I recol- lected was Melva. I wish I could find out some other Malvaceous plant, I thought to myself; and when we soon afterwards walked through the hot houses, I continued to ask if the Chinese Hibiscus, Is Lich 1 saw in flower there, did not belong to Malvacese. I was answered in the affirmative ; and I was so pleased with my newly-acquired knowledge, that I was not satisfied till I had discovered every Malvaceous plant that was in flower in the garden. I next learned to know the Cruciferous and Umbelliferous plants; and thus f acquired a general knowledge of three extensive orders with very little trouble to myself."

Upon this Mitt she learned; and in the elegant little volume before us she proceeds to teach others upon the same principle,—confining herself in the first part to a pretty full description of those plants which are most generally found in gardens, and in the second giving a general view of De CANDOLLE'S na- tural system of botany. To ladies for whom it is written, or to any one who wishes to acquire a sufficient knowledge of botany to comprehend the names and nature of the plants they are likely to meet with, this charming volume can be safely recommended. But it has one drawback—perhaps inseparable from its small size and inexpensive illustrations—that it is requisite to consult other works fully to profit by Mrs. LOUDON'S instructions.]

Little Stories from the Parlour Printing-press.

[A series of easy reading lessons, for the most part if not entirely in words of two syllables. The subjects are incidents in family life within the compre- hension of children, from the first characteristics of a little infant to stories of pet animals, &c. But the object of the work, we fancy, is to advertise the Par- lour Printing-press, an account of which is attached to the book ; whence we learn that it prints "a page 6 inches by 7 inches, and works so easily that a child may use it, on the parlour-table." Here is an opening for geniuses re- jected by editors and publishers : they may print and publish for themselves, and oblige their friends with works which arc their own production in every sense. For colonial back-settlements or remote country-places, the invention may often have a real use ; and on ship-board it might serve to while away the tedium of a voyage, by getting up a daily journal—if compliments to the writers were not expected.] A New Guide to Ipswich ; containing notices of its ancient and modern history, antiquities, buildinge, institutions, social and commercial con- dition. By J. WODDERSPOON. [This is rather a topographical or local history than a guide-book; dealing more with the origin and antiquities of Ipswich than with existing sights and points of attraction either in the town or its neighbourhood, if many such there be. The practical information about inns, routes, and conveyances, which strangers consider as the first essentials, are unnoticed. The New Guide to Ipswich, in short, is rather too antiquarian and learned a book for the bulk of watering-place visitants; though it will not be without its uses to those who may feel inclined to take a short trip by steam to the city of corruption as a change. It is handsomely got up, and reflects credit on Ipswich typography.] The Theory and Desirableness of Revivals; being six Sermons, by the Reverend ALBERT BARNES of New York. With a Preface, by the Honourable and Reverend BAPTIST WRIOTHESLEY NOEL, M.A.

[A reprint of a series of sermons in vindication and recommendation of re- ligious revivals, by an American clergyman ; who does not, however, seem to have much practical knowledge of what the revivals in his own country are. The Reverend B. W. NOEL'S preface is powerfully written, and effectively describes the religious condition of great numbers in the British Metropolis; but it contains no practical suggestions by which that condition may be im- proved,—for to call upon the congregation to assist the clergymen in minister- ing to the inhabitants of a district, is a vain call. The necessities of modern life forbid it, even if many clergymen would tolerate such assistance, or, as they would term it, interference.] Ireland, and the Irish Church ; its past and present state and future prospects. By the Right Honourable Lord Viscount LIFFOBD. (An argument in favour of maintaining the Irish Church Establishment intact, and not paying the Roman Catholic priesthood by the State ; partly conducted on general reasons, partly on the ground, discovered by Lord LIFFORD, that the Reformation was not effected by HENRY the Eighth, his successors, and Parliament, but by the Prelates of the Church. The book, a preface informs us, was written several years ago ; which explains a frequent course of remark upon a state of things in the Government which no longer exists.] The London Saturday Journal. New and Pictorial Series. Conducted by JOHN TsMns, thirteen years Editor of " The Mirror" and "Literary World." Volume IIL From January to June 1842. [The collection into a halt-yearly volume of a weekly periodical conducted by the editor of The Mirror, and somewhat after the fashion of that well-known publication. The London Saturday Journal is freely illusorated by wood- cuts ; and its literature consists of original tales, notices of books, extracts from new publications of all descriptions, with original poetry, facts connected with the natural sciences, anecdotes, and varieties.] Systematic Zoology. Grammar and Synopsis of Natural History ; con- taining tables of vertebrated, molluscuous, articulated, and radiated animals ; also tables enumerating fossil organic remains, fossil-shells, and conchology in general, with much useful and valuable informa- tion : the whole scientifically arranged according to the best autho- rities, including many new genera, and additional species of existing genera. By JAMES WADE. [A faseteulus of tables of the matters set forth in the title; distinctly arranged and printed in about 16 leaves of large folio.] The Huguenots ; a grand Opera, in five acts, by M. SCRIBE; a German version, with an English translation. The music by G. MLYERBEER. With a Biographical Sketch of the Composer, and critical remarks on the opera. [One of Mr. SCHLOSS'S neat and convenient books for the frequenters of th German Opera.] An Introductory Lecture on Pictorial Anatomy, delivered to the Stu- dents of the School of Design of the Honourable the Commissioners of the Board of Trustees for the Encouragement of Scottish Manufac- tures. By JAMES MILLER, F.R.S.E., F.R.C.S K, &c. Guide to Speaking German. By GEORGE EGESTORFF, native of Hanover, Professor of the German Language.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Machinery for Theatres, designed and constructed by ROWLAND MAC- DONALDTEPHENSON, Esq., Associate Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. In ten folio plates, elucidated with descriptive letter- press. Engraved by F. MANSELL. A Tabular View of the Classification of Organized Bodies, after Cuvier and De Condone. Arranged by W. B. TEGETHEIER. Shaw's Encyclopedia of Ornament, No. XIX.

PAMPHLETS.

Vindieice Medics; an Appeal to Public Opinion, against certain proceed- ings of the Right Honourable Sir Edward B. Sugden, Lord High Chan- cellor of Ireland, in the matter of Mrs. Margaretta Diana Jones, a supposed lunatic. With an appendix of illustrative documents. By WILLIAM HARTY, M.D., Physician to the King's Hospital, and to the Prisons of Dublin.

The New Tall'. By the Reverend CHRISTOPHER NEVILL. The Constitutional Right to a Revision of the Land-Tax ; being the argument on a case submitted to counsel on behalf of the National Anti-Corn-Law League.