PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BoUND Booms.

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs. SAELLET. In 4 vols. Vol. L The Deluge. A Drama, in twelve scenes. By Joust EDMUND READE, Author of " Italy," " Cain the Wanderer," &e.

The Lady and the Saints. In three cantos. With ten vignettes, de- signed by R. CRUIKSIIANK. [A silly and incredible story, which in the hands of a humorist might have furnished matter for two or three hundred lines, but is spun out into upwaids of four thousand. In style, the author imitates I fudibras and Broad Grins; his mimicry of BUTLER reaching no further than to his careless versification and his long dialormes ; whilst of COLMAN he copies the (conveniently) unequal lines and the 'broadness.] Fairy Tales, in "Verse. New edition, with additions. To which is added, The Chase, a Talc of Fancy. By the Author of "Old Friends in a New Dress," &c. With numerous Illustrations.

[The wood-cuts are a more attractive feature than the versification, which is too doggrcl-like even for children.]

illistle-Binkie, or the Piper of the Party. Beim,' a Collection of Songs for the social circle, chiefly original. Edited by ALEXANDER RODGER. First and Second Series.

[A varied collection of songs by the lesser lyric bards of' SCOI13.14—MOTIIEK. wELL, RonnEn, CARRICK, and others, with an occasional contribution on a Southmn subject, if not by Southmn hands,—upon many of which a convivial popularity has been already stamped, whilst many are original. The volume is neatly printed, and can be put in the waistcoat-pocket of a portly bon-vivant.] Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life. By the Author of " The Trials of Margaret Lindsay." A new edition.

The Life of Hansie iVa Tailor in Dalkeith. Written by Himself. A. new edition, revised and greatly enlarged. With eight Illustrations by

GEORGE CRUIKSIIANK.

[Two single-volume reprints of two popular and interesting works,—the Lights and Shadows, a collection of tales, which, in addition to their interest as stories and their merits as compositions, possess a generic character as pre- senting a picture of "Scottish Life ; " Mansie ouch, a work with the humour and homogeneity of true genius, and of very remarkable popularity abroad and at home. Let us note too, in passing, Low much literature has been indebted to Blackwood's Maga:ine: Tam Cringle's Log, the Tales of a Physician, :Minsk Waiteh, the Lights and Shadows, and other popular works too numerous to name, all first appeared in that periodical, and were perhaps indebted to it thr existence.] The Last of the Plantayeads. An Historical Narrative, illustrating some of the public events and domestic and ecclesiastical manners, of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Third edition.

[The booksellers evince a strong tendency towards a convenient size and a moderate price, in works of any kind of merit. Here is another single-volume reprint of a book which quaintly but pleasantly sets a vast quantity of anti- quarian knowledge in the shape of a tale ; the subject being the adventures of the reported son of Richard the Third.]

Commentaries on the Law if Bailments, with illustrations from the Civil

and the Foreign Law. By JOSEPH &roue, LL.D., Dane Professor of Law in Harvard Univereity.. [A reprint of the celebrated American Commentaries of Dr. STORY; in which the subject of Bailments is exhausted by a reference to the decisions and prac-

tice of the English courts, as well as to the principles of the ancient and Continental jurists. As the professional nature of the subject of Contracts, ex- press or implied, (for such arc Bailments,). may prevent our recurring to the

subject, let us take this opportunity; of recommending Mr. CHARNOCK'S edition of an elegant, elaborate, and learned treatise, more comprehensively and philo- sophically handled than is usual in England with legal works. 1% e may say, too, that the original publication is so scarce in this country—to the shame of English practitioners be it spoken—that none of our public libraries possess a copy ; and the only one Mr. QUARNOCK could procure was from the library of a curiously learned Templar, and that was supposed to have belonged to the late Lord Srower.r..] The Universal Calculator's Pocket Guide. A Companion to every set of Mathematical Tables, showing their construction and application to Arithmetic, Mensuration, Trigonometry, Surveying, Navigation, Astro- nomy, &c. By ROBERT WALLACE, A.M., Blythswoodhill Mathemati- cal Academy. [A mailman in parvo of practical mathematics.] The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Containing Orieinal Essays, Historical Narratives, Biographical Memoirs, Manners

and Customs, Topographical Descriptions, Sketches and Tales, Anec- dotes, Select Extracts from new and expensive Works, Poetry, &e. Vol. XXXII.

[The Thirty-second Volume of this popular periodical, almost the parent of e-Ileap literature, contains its usual display of capital wood-cuts and readable

varieties, judiciously selected with an equal eye to permanent and temporary

interest. For example, amongst the engravings, we have the new statues of JOHNSON at Lichfield and Lan GREY at Newcastle; whilst the literature gives two entire numbers devoted to Queen Vierouta's Coranetion, a précis of the meeting of the British Association at Newcastle, said a whole supple- went of the cream of the Annuals and Ahnanacks.] The ..Vaturalist's Library. Conducted by Sir William Jardine, Burt., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. Mammalia—Vol. VIII.—Amphibious Carni- vore, including the Walrus and Seals, also of the Herbivorous Cetacca, &c. By ROBERT HAMILTON, Esq., M.D., F.E.S.E., &e. [This volume contains thirty plates ; a life of FRANCIS PERON; a general view of the structure, habits, and disposition of the Walrus, Seals, and herbivorous Cetacea ; it brief account of the trade to which they give rise; and, after de- scribing each species in detail, concludes with a Weis of the evidence which has been adduced respecting the existence of the Sea Serpent, and the great Norwegian monster the Kraken.]

SERIALS.

The Dramatic /Vorks of Shakspere, from the Original Text ; accompa- nied with a complete 'Glossary, oecaeional Annotations, and a Life of the Author. Part I.—" Hamlet." Part II.—" Tempest."

[Another and very cheap edition, in monthly numbers ; neatly printed in double columns, the glossariul and explanatory notes being put at the foot of the page.]

PAMPHLETS.

A Plain Letter to the Lord Chancellor ou time Infants Custody Bill. By PEARCE STEVENSON, Esq. IAn eloquent and argumentative defence of the broad principles of Sergeant ALFOCRD'S Bill ; iii wide!' the leading objections of the opponents of the measure are ably answered, and the wrong inflicted on the mother, and the in- sufficient protection affordee to the children by the present law, are feelingly and forcibly urged. The utter defencelessnees of an innocent women egainst tyranny of a profligate husband is strikingly exemplified hi several cases. Of the recent case of Mrs. Nouros: some new and extraordinary particulars are given : if true, they prove the lady more deeply injured than has been sup- posed.]

A Letter to the. Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Meter on the Cus- tody of Infants.

[A sentimental appeal to " HENRY EXETER" and the Bench of Bishops to support Sergeant TALFOTAID'S Bill, on religious grounds. We fear the pleader will take nothing by his motion.] Spain, its Government and Policy, its Loans and Resources, considered with reference to the Claims of its Foreign Creditors. By M. D.

A Brief Account of Ancient and Modern Westminster. With Observa- tions on former Plans of Improvement, and on the Objects and Prospects of the Westminster improvement Company ; including a Statement of the Measures now intended to be pursued. By One of the Architects of the Westminster Improvement Company. [A. lively and popular sketch, antiquarian, topographical, and architectural, of the past, present, and contemplated future state of Westminster, by Mr. BARDWELL, who has devoted much time and attention to the subject of the Westminster Improvements. With sonic grains of allowance for colouring, &c. the picture of the present state of things is in the main correct, and the remedies suggested are teasible.] Babylon; or the Conservative System in Church and State. Abridged from the second edition of Sanderson's Essays on the Apocalypse.

Plain Tracts for Critical Times, on the Important Sulgects of Baptism and Regeneration, &c. With an especial reference to the Oxford Tracts, &c. No. VI.—The Christian Fathers, Ignatius, Irenams, Tertullian, &e. By a Union of Clergymen.

Two Lectures, in reply to the Speeches of Dr. Chalmers, on Church Er- tension. Delivered in Greyfriars Church, 18th and 23d October 1838. By DAVID KING, Minister of Greyfriars Church, Glasgow.

Facts, established by Authentic Documents, bearing upon Agriculture, as influenced by Incautious Legislation; particularly applicable to seasons of actual or apprehended Scarcity. By WILLIAM DIXON.

An Authentic Report of the late important Discussions in the Mitnehester Chamber (f Commerce on the Destructive Effects of the Corn-laws upon the Trade and .31anupmetures qf the Country.

[In a preface it is stated, that evident:, e of the alarming facts disclosed at this meeting were submitted to Governineet, by the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce, nearly three years ago : the grievances complained of are no new discovery of the Manchester manufacturers, though they have only made them public now, despairing of redress without the necessary preliminary to all reform—agitation.] An Address to the People, occasioned by "A Letter to the Queen" from " A Friend to the People." By one of Themselves. [A preachment about the divine institution of Royalty, by an Ultra-Tory of the old " Church and State " school ; who repudiates the modern Conservative party, as" a band which use the power and name of the Sovereign for their own selfish ends.") A Letter to the Earl of Durham, on Reform in Parliament, by Payiny the Elected. By MARVELL REDIVIVES.

[Ill-timed and misdirected: a strong case weakened by a flippant advocate.]