PUBLICATION'S RECEIVED.

Six ESSAYS, Murmur Awn POLITICAL, written in India by the late Sir Henry Lawrence, have been extracted from the Calcutta Review, in which they originally appeared, and republished in one volume. They are of great historical interest, as authenticating the services rendered by their illustrious author to the cause of Military Reform, and as giving increased force and poignancy to the lessons taught by our late disasters in India, by showing how clearly Sir Henry had foreseen the* and how deplorable was the infatuation that refused to hear his warning voice. That voice still cries to us from the grave, and happily not too late for our guidance in the solution of the great question on which our tenure of India is now dependent—how to keep up an efficient army there at a certain cost not to be exceeded. " Doubtless," says the editor of the volume, "the cost of an efficient army might be brought within the amount which the revenues of India can bear without exhaustion, and the State can furnish without bankruptcy. But to do this we must look very gravely at the matter, and heed the pregnant utterances of such experienced, honest, plain-spoken instructors as Sir Henry Lawrence."

The republication of Sir Howard Douglas's Onsmtvarross orc Mo-

DERN SYSTEMS or Fonrivicriois comes at a fitting moment. The volume, however, is far more than a mere reprint, It is a new edition brought up to a level with the latest facts, and should be in the hands of all young engineers. There are appended to the volume retiettiens of great value on intrenched positions, and a tract on the naval, littoral, and internal defence of England, which we cordially commend to the at- tention of Regulars and Volunteers.

THE BAMPTON LecruaEs for the year 1859 were delivered by the

Rev. George Rawlinson, author of the new translation of Herodotus, and brother of the Assyrian archaeologist. The purpose of the Lectures is to refute the latest phase of modern unbelief, by vindicating the historical character of tho Biblical narrative, which German Neology has im- pugned with so much vigour and apparent success.

Mr. David Rowland has well employed the leisure afforded him by a retirement of three years from the profession of the law in composing a MANUAL OF THE ENGLISH CoxsrrrurioN, a concise and comprehensive treatise, partly historical and partly expository. It traces the growth of our political institutions from their origin to the period of their maturity —the Revolution ; it then describes and explains the rights, duties, and mutual action of those institutions as they now exist, modified by changes in the laws, and by Parliamentary Government and procedure since the Revolution. The book was certainly wanted, and we doubt not that its utility will be extensively recognized. Candidates for public employ- ment, who are preparing tor the prescribed examinations, will find it par- ticularly serviceable.

The contents of the 19th volume of the new edition of the ENCYCLO PJEDIA Barrer:Nice range alphabetically from Rei to Scy. Among the articles which are wholly, or in great part, new, are " Sanitary Science," by Drs. Lankester and Letheby ; " Savings Banks," by Mr. Edwards ; and "Romance," by the late George Moir, with a continuation by Pro- fessor Aytoun, bringing down the history of novels to the present day. We notice with regret some marks of careless editing in the volume, such as the loose grammar left uncorrected in the life of Savage, and sundry misprints, among them Henri II. for Henri 1V. in the article on Richelieu ; postea for postea in that on Schiller, &c.

AT HOME AND ABROAD, by Bayard Taylor, is a C01100ti01.1 of forty pleasant papers, containing sketches of men and things, records of short excursions, or episodes of travel, for which there was no appropriate place in the author's narrative already published. They range through a great variety of subjects, many of them possessing no little intrinsic in- terest, and all of them made interesting by the author's lively and grace- ful style of narration.

Mr. Lover's METRICAL TALES is a beautifully got-up book. The printer, paper-maker, and bookbinder, have done their best for it, and the artists have done pretty well ; but the author !—His verses are neither too good nor too bad for the columns of a provincial newspaper.

Boors.

Essays, Military and Political, written in India. By the late Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence, K.C.B.

Thoughts on the Government and Legislation. By Lord Wrottesley, F.E.8. Observations on Modern Systems of Fortification ; to which are added some Re- flections on Intrenched Positions, and a tract on the Naval, Littoral, EA Internal Defence of England. By General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart. With numerous Illustrations. The Historical Evidence of the Truth of Scripture Records, stated anew, wish special reference to the Dodds and .Discoveries of Modern Thrtes ; in Eight

Lectures, delivered in the Oxford University Pulpit at the Bampton Lecture for 1819. By George Bawlinson, M.A.

A Manual of the English -Constitution ; with a review of Its Rise, Growth, and Present State. By David Rowland.

On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. By Charles Darwin, M.A. A Critical Examination of the Text of Shakespeare, with Remarks on his Language and that of his Contemporaries, together with Notes on his Plays and Poems. By William Sidney Walker, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Three volumes.

rhe Aroheology of Berkshire. By the Earl of Carnarvon.

Contributions to Mental Philosophy. By Immanuel Hermann Fichte. Trans- lated and edited by J. D. Morell, A.M.

At Home and Abroad : a Sketch-Book of Life, Scenery, and Men. By Bayard Taylor.

*Exercises on a Selection of English Synonyms. Edited by.Archbishop Whately. By Charles Rains Gunn.

. Times of Labour and Gold. By William Barnes, B.G.

-An Inquiry into the Particulars connected with the Death of Amy Bobsart (Lady Dudley) at Calmar Place, Berks, September 8, 1560, Refutation of the Calumnies charged against Sir Robert Dudley, K.Q.„ Anthony Forster, and others. By T. 3. Pettigrew, I.R.S., F.S.A.

The Way of the World. A Novel. By Alison Reid. In three volumes. .Pearlsof Shakespeare : a Collection of the most brilliant passages found in his Plays. Illustrated by Kenny Meadows.

The Graduated Series of Reading-Lesson Books for all Classes of English Schools. In five books. Book the Fourth.

Melly Carew. By Marguerite A. Power. In two volumes.

Alperqu de In Littbrature Fransaise, suivi de Tables Alphabfitiques divisees par .Sieeles et donnant IRS Noun des Auteurs at les Titres de lean Ouvrages. Par P. F. Merlet.

`Theltecreations of a Country Parson.

St. Katherine of Alexandria. A Dramatic Legend. By Noel Radecliffe. Ernest Bracebridge '• or, Schoolboy Days. By William II. G. Kingston. Il- lustrated with sixteen' ngravings from Drawings by George H. Thomas. Garman Ballads and Poems. With an English Translation. By A. Boyd.

NEW EDITIONS.

The Backwoods Preacher ; an Autobiography Of Peter Cartwright. The Birth, Fortunes, and General Experiences of the Oldest American Methodist Travelling Preacher.

Guesses at Truth. By Two Brothers. Fifth edition.

The Encyclopedia Britannica. Eighth Edition. With extensive Improve- ments and Additions ; and numerous Engravings. Volume XIX. The Pathology and Treatment of Pulmonary Consumption ; and the Local Medication of Pharyngeal, Laryngeal, Bronchial, and Nasal Diseases mis- taken for or associated with Phthisis. By John Hughes Bennett, M.D. Second edition, with Illustrations on Wood.

,Bunyari's Pilgrim's Progress. With Illustrations by Charles Bennett, and a Pre- face by the Rev. Charles Kingsley.

ALSIANACK.

The Weather Alusanack for 1860. By Orlando Whistleeraft.