PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From March 17th to March 23d.

BOOKS.

Ragland Castle; a Tale of the Great Rebellion. By Mrs. THOMSON, Author of " Widows and Widowers," &c. In three volumes. Tke Life of a Travelling Physician, from his first introduction to prac- tice; including twenty years' Wanderings through the greater part of Europe. In three volumes. Legends, Lyrics, and other Poems. By B. SIMMONS., Melanthe, or the Days of the Medici; a tale of the Fifteenth Century. By Mrs. MABERLT, Author of " Emily," "The Love Match," &c. In three volumes.

[The fall of Constantinople and the conspiracy against the Medici family are the great historical events with which are interwoven the fortunes of Melanthe, the heroine of this fiction. Elaborate descriptions of glittering pageants and san- guinary horrors are alternated with love-scenes; historical facts and characters being attenuated to accord with the filmy texture of the fictitious persona and incidents. Melanthe is the daughter of the friend and counsellor of the Emperor Constantine; and at the taking of Constantinople, her mother is publicly beheaded by Mahomet the Second, for refusing to enter the harem of the conqueror. Melanthe is carried to Italy by a faithful Greek; where she narrowly escapes falling a victim to the machinations of the infamous Cardinal Borgia, and becomes instrumental in saving the life of Lorenzo de Medici. Mrs. MABERLY is not equal to the task of dealing with such materials as these, however she may have succeeded with subjects of present life. There is a want of animation in the scenes, of individuality in the characters, and of progression in the story, which is interrupted, not advanced, by the de- scriptions.] The Man-o'- War's-Man. By BILL TRUCK, Senior Boatswain of the Royal College of Greenwich. [A. reprint of the papers which some twenty years since appeared in Black- wood's Magazine, and gave, as the author thinks, the first impetus to the mo- dern nautical novel. The series was, however, somewhat suddenly brought to a close ; for the writer having painted the officers as they are and not as they ought to be, such a correspondential storm arose about the ears of the pub- lisher, that, " with his usual prudence, he ran the craft ashore." The book is got up to correspond with the BLACKWOOD series of novels, but does not match them.] Memorials of Ernest the Pious, first Duke of Saxe-Gotha, and the lineal ancestor of his Royal Highness the Prince Albert : with Historical Notices of Frederick, John, and John Frederick, Electors of Saxony, the chief promoters of the Reformation in Germany. By the Reverend THOMAS LATIIBURY, M.A., Author of " A History of the Convoca- tion of the Church of England," &r. [This volume contains a brief sketch of the career of LUTHER and the history of the Reformation, so far as they were connected with the Princes of Saxony ; a life of the great gun of the house. ERNEST the Pious; and some short notices of his descendants. The matter is chiefly derived from PHILLIPS'S transla- tion of EYEING'S life : the style of the compilation is neither very concise nor powerful, and is freely sprinkled with sermonizing remarks. The book is dedi- cated to Prince ALBERT, who has supplied certain information ; so that he is not put into print without his own consent : but we doubt whether publications of this kind, constantly bringing up his German pedigree and foreign origin, are discreet, however well meant.]

The Papal and Hierarchical System compared with the Religion of the New Testament.

[The author of this book appears to be an Independent in the widest sense; objecting not only to Popery, Episcopacy, and Presbyterial church-govern- ment, but to the power of the Wesleyan Convention, and even to the authority of the minister of a single conventicle over his congregation. His volume, however, is limited to an assault upon the Pope as the real Antichrist, and Episcopacy as infected with the same taint. The arguments are drawn from Scripture ; but as they are often brought from the more contested texts, we cannot say that this writer succeeds better than his predecessors in carrying conviction to the reader. It is proper to add, that the opinions of the author are not directed against individuals, but systems.] Hydrotherapia ; or the Water-Cure. Being a practical view of the cure in all its bearings, exhibiting the great utility of water as a preservative of health and remedy for disease, founded on observations and experi- ence made at Grafeuberg. To which is added, a description of Grafen- berg, and the system there, as practised by Vincent Priessnitz. Illus- trated with a portrait, several engravings, and many cases ; together with a short sketch of the history of the water care from the remotest antiquity, and remarks on sea-bathing. By THostes SMETHURST, M.D. [This long titlepage pretty well describes the contents of the book ; except that the history of the subject, from the time of Moses, stands first instead of last. The list of diseases that water properly applied will cure is numerous and startling. PRIESSNITZ his cured hydrophobia even in dogs, and in man enlargement of the heart, insanity, and what Dr. THostes SMETHURST firmly believes was cancer of the stomach ; but as the patient got well, be could not verify his opinion by a post mortem examination; and he would have cured the Doctor himself of an affection of the knee, if he could have stopped long enough. Of course Dr. SMETHURST is a disciple.] Animal Magnetism. Being the first part of Animal Magnetism and Ho- mompathy, with Notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body. By Enwnv LEE, Esq., Member of the principal European Me- dical and Cbirurgical Societies; Author of " The Baths of Germany," &c. Third edition, with considerable alterations and additions.

Fallacies of the Faculty ; with the Principles of the Chrono- thermal Sys- tem of Medicine. In a series of Lectures, originally delivered in 1840 at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. Now enlarged and improved. By SAMUEL DICKSON, M.D., late a Medical Officer of the Staff. (People's Edition.) A History of the Molluscous Animals of the Counties of Aberdeen, Kin- cardine, and Banff; to which is appended an Account of the Cirripedal Animals of the same district. By WILLIAM DIACGILLIVRAY, A.M, Professor of Natural History in the University of Marischal College, Aberdeen, &c.

[This volume is rather a descriptive list or catalogue raisonnd of the mollus- cous animals found by Mr. MACGILLIVRAY and his coadjutors in the district mentioned, than what is generally understood by the history of a branch of the natural kingdom : and it is better fitted for what it is designed for, a hand- book for the student, than a volume for popular reading.] The Friend of Youth; or a series of papers addressed to the Young on the duties of life. By WILLIAM MACKENZIE. [A series of essays on about fifty different subjects, a few literary, but the ma- jority moral—as gratitude, prudence, hypocrisy. The matter is unexception- able, the manner plain, and the object excellent; but there is not much of novelty in the thoughts or of force in the diction.] Poems. By VIATOR.

[A small batch of verses on different subjects, of a standard of merit far from elevated.]

The Works of William Jay, collected and revised by Himself. Volume VI. " The Christian Contemplated," in a Course of Lectures. The Ladies' Hand-book of Millinery, Dress-making, and Tatting. Second

thousand.

PERIODICALS.

Cambridge University Magazine, No. XIII.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Sketches and Extracts from a Travelling Journal. By Madame Is Vi- constesse DE SATGE ST. JEAN.

[This volume indicates various accomplishments in its fair authoress ; for we have travelling-sketches, prose fiction, poetry, and pictorial illustrations, all supplied by one hand. The poetry is occasional ; the fiction such tales as may be denominated local, and whose prototypes most probably were real occur- rences in the districts mentioned, though Madame DE SATGE ST. JEAN seems to have thrown in some melodramatic touches to deepen the interest; the travelling-sketches, in which an incident is often involved, embrace the South of France, Switzerland, and Italy. As the productions of an amateur of rank, these miscellanies are entitled to high praise, and they may be praised absolutely for their graceful spirit and the elegance of their style ; but their substance is somewhat of the gossamer kind, and as a whole they partake of the commonplace character which belongs to amateur productions.] Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels, Part XXIV.

PAMPHLETS.

The Scotch Church Question; the Law and the Facts: with an Appeal to the Nonintrusionists and Sir Robert Peel. By PACIFICATOR.

The Repeal of the Colonial Produce Duties the only effectual Measure for the Removal of the present Commercial Distress in Great Britain and her Colonies. By LYCURGUS. Remarks on Medical Reform ; in a Second Letter addressed to the Right Honourable Sir James Graham, Bart., one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, &c. By Sir JAMES CLARK, Bart., M.D., F.ft.S., Physician in Ordinary to the Queen and to the Prince Albert. Murder the Distinctive Work of Satan ; a Sermon. By the Reverend JOHN TRAVERS ROBINSON, ALA., Rector of St. Andrew, Holborn. How will Free Trade in Corn affect the Farmers? Being an Examination of the Effects of Corn-laws upon British Agriculture. By RICHARD GRIFFITHS WELFORD, Esq., Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

Music.

Wessel and Company's Complete Collection of the Compositions of Fre- deric Chopin for the Pianoforte, No. XX.