PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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More Worlds than One, the Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian. By Sir David Brewster, N.H., D.C.L., F.R.S., V.P.R.S. Edin., and Associate of the Institute of France.

Evenings at Antioch ; with Sketches of Syrian Life. By F. A. Neale, Esq., Author of "Eight Years in Syria," and for some time attached to the Consular Service in that country.

Doiia Blanca of Navarre; an Historical Romance. By Don Francisca Navarro Villoalada. In three volumes.

Ite,colkctions of my Military life. By Colonel Landmann late of the Corps of Royal Engineers, Author of "Adventures and Recollections," &c. In two volumes.

Junius Discovered. By Frederick Griffin. [Mr. Griffin is a resident of Montreal, and the new claimant he brings for- ward to the authorship of Junius is Governor Pownall. The "Governor" was born in 1720, and died in 1805 he is chiefly known, to such as know him, as an antiquary ; but he was in his day an able man of business and an active politician. Besides some official home situations, he filled several posts in the American Colonies ; he was the man, according to his own view, who chiefly contributed to the conquest of Canada by suggesting the plan ; and he acted as Governor of Massachusetts for some years. He returned to England in 1760; was elected a Member of Parliament in 1767; and distinguished himself in the debates on Ame- rican questions, by the extent of his practical knowledge, the reasonable nature of his opinions, and the soundness of his suggestions. In years, knowledge of men and of affairs, position, and general views, as well as in that point which has settled otherwise specious claimants, his whereabouts, there was nothing to prevent Mr. Pommell from being the author of Junius. Indeed, there have been many claims advanced with far less pretensions. The arguments of Mr. Griffin (for proofs we see none) amount to very little, and the question still arises could the Governor have written the Letters ? It would not be difficult to state the case more clearly and more attractively than is done in this American publication. There are some curious minute coincidences.] Cyclopedia of Biography, embracing a series of Original Memoirs o the moat Distinguished Persons of All Times. Written for this Work by Sir Archibald Alison, D.C.L., William Baird, M.D. F.L.S., Sir David Brewster, F.R.S., Tames Bryce, A.M., F.G.S. John, Hill Bur- ton, Professor Creasy, A.M., Professor Eadie, D.D , LL.D., Professor Ferguson, A.M., Professor Gordon, F.R.S.R. James Hedderwick, John A. Heraud, Robert Jan:deem, D.D., Charles Knight, James Manson, James M'Connechy, Professor Nichol, LL.D., Elihu Rich, Professor Spalding, M.A. Professor Thomson, M.D., F.R.S. Ralph N. Wornum. Edited by Elihu Rich. With numerous Illusemtions. (Griffin's Portable Cyclopredis.) [This work differs from all single volumes of biography in several remark- able features ; the great number of subjects which it contains, the variety and indeed celebrity of the writers engaged, and the original character imparted to the larger notices. The first and for purposes of reference the most use- ful feature, is the number of persons noticed : this is managed by very brief accounts of lesser names, in great numbers of cases by little more than lists, with the date of birth and death, and the circumstance, action, or work, which procures the subject a place. The men engaged on the bio- graphies are numerous and celebrated; as may be seen from the enumera- tion in the title, and each writer takes that class of lives with which his studies have made him most familiar : Alison and Creasy, for example, un- dertake naval and military men. This distribution gives a striking and novel peculiarity to the lives of prominent men, however short. It gets rid of mere dry compilation. The writers take a whole view of the life and of their subjects, and present a judgment on both, instead of a bare recital of facts with an echo of opinions so old as to be commonplace. The scale is well preserved.] A Poet's Children. By Patrick Scott. [These "children" of the poet consist of occasional and miscellaneous poems, some of which have already appeared in periodicals. The peculiar genius of Patrick Scott is perhaps best exhibited on a longer subject with a story ; but there is always a distinctive character, as well in subject as in treatment, in anything he undertakes. The commonplaces of poetaeters are not found in this collection ; and, though sometimes obscure or almost crude, which defects militate against success in poetry more than in anything else, there is always power. In the elegy on an Australian boy, "aged eight," there is a tender pathos; in "Lady Audrey Leigh," a finish which our au- thor does not always display.] Points of War. I. II. III. IV. By Franklin Lushington, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. [There is considerable vigour of thought and expression in these effusions on the war, coupled with a plain simplicity, which though derived from Ten- nyson still gives a fresh unborrowed air. The poems, however, are rather individual thoughts about the themes, than those stirring ideas which strilt- ingly express the feeling that lies vaguely in every bosom. Hence their popular effect is not equal to their literary merit.] The Czar and the Turk ; a Lay of the East. By the Author of "Parental Wisdom," &c.

[The poetry of this publication is inferior to its patriotism.]

The Shipping-Laws of the British Empire : consisting of Park on Ma- rine Insurance and Abbott on Shipping. Edited by George Atkinson, Sergeant-at-law, Author of "International Law," &c. [This volume contains the texts of the two great standard works of Park on Marine Insurance and Abbott on Shipping, in "their original simplicity and design," reprinted from early editions—" small 8vos, sold at a few shillings, and so simple that he who ran could read them." In bringing down the subject to the present time, and incorporating the changes in the law which have arisen by statute or decision, Mr. Sergeant Atkinson has endeavoured to follow the plan of the original works and keep to general principles. Neither in his task of continuation has he overlooked foreign codes and ordinances. The volume conforms to the principles on which the Sergeant has en- deavoured to proceed ; yet, small as it is compared with law treatises in gene- ral, it contains the official documents connected with the present war.] An Easy and Practical Introduction to the Latin Language. By A. H. Monteith, late Principal of the Robertsonian Institution. (Dar- ton's School Library. Edited by the Reverend B. J. Johns, Head Mas- ter of the Grammar School, Dulwich College.)

[Substantially based on Seidenstiicker's "Elementarbuch." It consists of a series of progressive exercises in .Latin for translation into English, and English for translation into Latin. Each class of lessons illustrates some rule of grammar ; familiarity with the meaning of words as well as the rules being impressed by frequent repetition. Unless the pupil has made a certain advance in grammar, he will require viva voce explanations from his teacher.]

Manual of _Method _for the use of Teachers in Elementary Schools. By W. F. Richards, Head Master of the National Society's Central School, Westminster.

[General directions for inexperienced teachers in the National Society's (or of course any other public) schools. The arrangement of the "fittings up," the management of the pupils and assistants, the system and the particular methods of teaching, are the topics.]

Bokinga ; a Novel. By Morton Rae. With Illustrations. [A poor attempt at combining fashionable manners and melodramatic effects in an improbable story. The style of getting-up is pretty; the style of the literature is that of the novel which forms a feature of the cheap journals.] The English Envoy at the Court of Nicholas I. By Miss Julia Corner, Author of "The Historical Library," &c. (The Parlour Library.) [The feature of this fiction is that it is an original novel for a shilling:] Except Dr. Waddington's cheap reprint of his view of the state and pro- spects of the Greek Church, written in 1829, and Mr. Capper's colleotion of his sketches of Ceylon from Household Words and Chambers, under the title of "Pictures from the East," the new editions are rather of a special cast ; Sergeant Atkinson's third edition of Sheriff-Law, Mr. Robert Story's account of the religious life and death of Isabella Campbell, Somerville's Autobiography, and (sign of special merit) the fifteenth edition of Clark's Heraldry, in the eighty-first year of its age.

The Condition and Prospects of the Greek or Oriental Church ; with some Letters written from the Convent of the Strophades. By George Waddington, D.D., Dean of Durham, Author of" A Visit to Greece," &c. New edition, revised.

Pictures from the East. By John Capper, Author of the "Three Presi- dencies of India," &c. (Reading for Travellers.) Sheriff.Law ; or a Practical Treatise on the Office of Sheriff, Under- Sheriff, Bailiffs, &c. : their Duties, &c. By George Atkinson, Ser- geant-at-law Author of "The Shipping-Laws of the British Empire," &c. Third edition.

Peace in Believing : a Memoir of Isabella Campbell, of Fernicarry, Boa- neath, Dumbartonshire. By her Minister. New edition. The Autobiography of a Working Man. By Alexander Somerville, "One who has Whistled at the Plough." An Introduction to Heraldry : containing the Origin and Use of Arms, &c. ; Titles and Duties of the Great Officers of State ; and of the Col- lege of Arms, &e. And a New Chapter on Heraldry as in conjunction with Architecture. Embellished with forty-eight Engravings. By Hugh Clark. The fifteenth edition, improved and enlarged. The eighty-first year of publication.

MAPS.

Collins's Chart of the Black Sea, showing Ports and Harbours. Collins's Chart of the River Danube, showing the Seat of War. Collins's Chart of the Baltic Sea, and important Ports and Harbours. Callint's Hand-Map of Russia and Turkey, showing the various places

of interest connected with the Seat of War.

[Four maps relating to the seats of war; large, bold, and at a shilling each.]