PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

An Excursion to California over the Prairie, .Rocky.Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada. With a Stroll through the Diggings and Ranches of that 'country. By William Kelly, J.P. In two volumes. The Life of the Honourable Henry' Cavendish ; including Abstracts -dr his more important Scientific Papers, and a Critical Inquiry -bite the Claims of all the -alleged Discoveries of the Composition of Water. ByGeorge Wilson, ILD., F.R.S., Lecturer on-Chenustry, Edinburgh. Caleb Field; a Tale of the Puritans. Ey the Author of " Passages in .:the Life of Mrs._ Margaret Maitland," &c.

-The Soldiers of the Cross; or Scenes and Eventafrom the Times of the Crusades.

[A small but able and interesting book, though on a subject so well-Warren the Crusades. This character of The Soldiers of the Cross is produced by the author going at once to the fountain-head, and not only drawing his stogy direct from the original chroniclers, who were mostly eye witnesses-of the scenes they described, but telling it in their own words. There is also a purpose in the book which gives it a unity of plan. The object of the writer is to render the personal predominant over the general ; to tell the story ci the Crusades, from the advance of the first regular army under Godfrey, till the final departure of Richard the Lion-hearted fromPalestine, and to tell At by means of anecdotes and sketches of the leaders and principal men, without losing sight of the succession of events in which they were engaged. The Soldiers of the Cross will-give a better, a truer, and a more lifelike idea Of these famous expeditions, than many books of greaterpretension.] Pleasures, Objects,-and Advantages of Literature. A Discourse by the Reverend Robert Aria Willmott, Incumbent of Bear Wood, Berks. TAn elegantly-written and agreeable book, especially well adapted to read- ing by snatches, when leisure and fine weather dispose the mind to seek for diversion rather than to engage in study. The " Pleasures " consist of _many short essays on a number of literary subjects,—as-the Drama, Comedy and Farce, Satire excluded from poetry ; or questions connected with literary -studies,—as Taste, its nature and delights, Unity of Purpose Necessaryto Success. The composition teems with short illustrative-anecdotes, and with critical observations, brief and pregnant, though not always unchallengeable as regards soundness. The structure of the sentences is terse and balanced, as in Mr. Willmott's former publications : perhaps-this artificial style is now too conspicuous, fixing the attention too much upon the manner.]

The Fairy Godmothers, and other' Tales. By Mrs. Alfred Getty.

[Four tales, each pointing a moral by means of a story in which the ".good people" -form the machinery. " The Fairy Godmothers " illustrates the .mutility of beauty or wealth in promoting happiness, which the story shows is to be sought for in employment. In "Joachim the Mimic " the hero is in- volved in a series of troubles from his propensity to abuse the power of imi- tation granted him by a genius. "Darkness and Light" is a pleasing tale of family affection ; the little hero being rendered blind bye fairy, and sub- sequently restored to sight after affliction has done its work of amendment. "The Love of God" is designed to prove that our weaknesses and sins need not remove us beyond God's lore, by a human illustration. The tales are agreeably but somewhat diffusely written.]

A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Ord Subject. With the Story of the Poet-Lover. By William Wilson, Author of "A House for Shale- spere," &c. Illustrated by Alfred Crowquill.

[A series of essays passing into rhapsody, on poetry, the poetical character, -and individual poets, followed by a story of love and madness. The book is prettily illustrated by wood-cuts.] The Young Officer's Companion ; or Essays on Military Duties'and Qua- lities ; with Examples and Illustrationsfrom History. A new edition. Edited, -with numerous corrections and additions, by Colonel Lord deRos. [This work originally appeared in 1809, and was to some extent a transla- • tion from a :French book. The English " Military Mentor " has now been revised by the'present editor, the style improved, and new anecdotes added -from wars of a later date than those originally used for illustration. It is a series of essays -enforced by examples on -the -moral or social qualities be- coming an officer, and the acquirements connected with his military duties)) The Handbook to the County Courts ; in which the various Proceedings tolie-adopted by Plaintiffs and Defendants are familiarly Explained. -y David Elwin Colombine, Solicitor. [A succinct, well-arranged, and popularly-written guide to the County Courts ; chiefly intended for the young practitioner, or the person conducting his own cause,—though this last coursers not recommended by Mr. Colombine unless in very simple cases. Even then, it may be well for a litigant to es- timate the value of his-time.]

Gilbert's Visitor's Guide to London, &o.' With a Map.

[A ;.publication prompted by the approach Of the Great Exhibition. It ire _plain and businesslike ,affinr, giving a.good deal of information iiponvari- ous subjects connected with the comfort of visitors, as well as directions for sight-seeing. This last, however, is an art that cannot be extemporized even with the aid of a book. The assistance of living intelligence is necessary to see London, or to learn how to see it t mere sight-visiting is manageable by a classified list.]

The Great Exhibition; its Palace, and its principal Contents. With Notices of the Public Buildings of the. Metropolis, Places of Amuse- . ment, &c. By Roberts Stephenson. With Illustrations. [The most novel feature of this shilling's-worth is the general account of the classes of articles, sent in to the exhibition,both from Great Britain and foreign countries, with descriptions of the most striking particular productions. The book contains in addition an historical notice of the previous exhibitions of industry, and a condensed guide to the sights of London.] The Heir of Tirast-Wayland ; a Tale. By Mary Hewitt. (Parlour Library.)

EA bold speculation by the enterprising public caterers of the " Parlour Library." An original tale by Mary Hewitt on her strong ground—country life in the North of England, with its usual variety of character; all for a shilling.]

The Cricketer's .Manual; containing a brief Review of the Character, History, and Elements of Cricket, with. the Laws, as revised by the Marylebone Club, up to the present time. By " Bat." [An extended edition of a former brochure on the noble game of cricket, which acquired considerable popularity among the followers of the game.] Letters to a Candid Inquirer, on Animal Magnetism. By William Gregory, M.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Chemistry in the University of Edinburgh.

Life and Death ; or the Theology _of the Bible in relation to Human Immortality. Three Lectures by J. Panton Ham, Minister, formerly of Lodge Street Chapel, now of Coopers' Hall Congregational Church, Bristol. Second edition, revised, with additions.

EAMmarms.

The Real. Causes of " The Papal Aggression" Considered; in a State- ment respectfully presented to thelord Bishop of Gloucester and Bris- tol, by certain of his Clergy, in Lent 1851.

A Letter to the Eight Honourable Lord Ashley, M.P.; being Re- flections, at the expiration of .fifty years spent in the Anglican Ministry, on the Pastoral Officeand Character, &c. By John Riland, MA., one of the Honorary Chaplains of the Birmingham Magdalen Asylum.

The Roman Civil Law. Introductory Lecture on the Study of the Ro- man Civil Law, delivered in the theatre of Trinity College, Dublin, in Michaelmas Term 1850. By John Anster, LL.D., &c. The Present Condition of the Working Classes, Generally Considered ; in two. Lectures delivered before the members of the Bradford Church Institution. By Robert Baker.

The " Times" on Sanitary Misrule, Corporate and Parochial, on the London Water Monopoly. Reprinted from the Times of September 26, October 11, and December 25,.26, 27, and 28, 1849; and of January 14 and 15, 1850.

Parties Witnesses. 'Speech of Lord Brougham in the House of Lords, Friday, 11th April 1851, on Law of Evidence Bill.

_Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Excellency the Governor of _British Guiana to inquire into the State and Prospects of the Colony.

The Mesmeric Mania of 1851 ; a Lecture. By John Hughes Bennet, M.D. Letters to John Bull, Esq., on Affairs connected with his Landed Property, and the Persons who live thereon. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Batt Fourth edition, revised.

A Key to the Colonies ; or Advice to the Million upon Emigration. For _the use of All Classes. By S. C. Brea, C.E.