PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOBS.

A Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor, and the Vessville Precincts; or the Topographical Survey of the Antiquities and Scenery; with Notices of the Natural History, Climate, and Agricultural Capabilities; and a valuable Collection of Ancient Documents. By Samuel Row, A.M., Vicar of Crediton, Devon. Illustrated from Drawings by C. F. Williams, Exeter.

The Progress of the Development of the Law of Storms and of the Vari- able Winds; with the Practical Application of the subject to Navigation. Illnstrated by Charts and Wood-cats. By Lieutenant-Colonel William Reid, C.B., F.R.S., of the Corps of Royal Engineers.

Friends in Council; a Series of Readings, and Discourse thereon. Book the Second.

Rumble Sorrows, Arno and Francisco, and other Poems. By Mrs. Robert Poring.

A Short Inquiry into the History of Agriculture in Ancient, Medians], and Modern Times. By Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Fag.

A Handbook of Modern European Literature. For the use of schools and private families. By Mrs. Foster.

[When the reader is told that Mrs. Foster takes a literary survey of all the nations of modern Europe, embracing Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and French literature, German, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, and British, not forgetting Hungarian, Polish, and Russian,—and when he learns that in addition to this variety of tongues, the authors mentioned are very numerous, descending in fact to names of small distinction,—he may be satisfied that the book is a compila- tion in the sense of deriving the opinions as well as the facts from other writers; and that the treatment is of a very compendious kind, often in the case of lesser stars going no further than the author's name and the kind of literature which he composed. Both these things, however, are inseparable from the character of the book. A dozen languages, with several dialects, would be necessary to peruse the different literatures, life would fail for the study of all the writers, and some single authors have received as much of criticism and commentary as would fill Mrs. F'oster's volume. A Handbook of Modern European Literature will be found useful as furnishing a coup d'ceil of the subject to which it is devoted, but its most useful feature is as a repertory of authors and their works. This would have been the characteristic of the text had it stood alone; but it is ac- companied by a classified and chronological index of authors, extending to up- wards of eighty pages, and brining one of the most complete biographical lists we have met with.] Lucy's Half-Crown: how she Earned it, and how she Spent it. With some flints on the art of making people happy without money. A Tale, in two By Catharine M. A. Cooper, Author of "Visits to Beechwood rarrt," See. [This tale is divided into two parts. The first tells of little Lucy's childhood; how she was smitten with the love of a new frock, and worked in play-time to raise money to buy one; then found that riches were a source of trouble and anxiety. The second part describes her in service with two rackety, fashionable, goodnatured, but inconsiderate and worldly young ladies; whom she quits fore pious invalid; and there the story leaves her comfortable. The incidents an natural, and well adapted to point morals in humble and genteel life: in feet, Lucy's Half-Crown is a nice little story for young or old.]

The Pastor of Wrellbourrs and Ms Fkck.

[A series of dialogues arising out of the common events in a village. John Huntley, a shepherd, i3 the principal interlocutor with Mr. Hope, the.pastori sheep, and the incidents connected with them, or with rural life, forming the themes that are improved. The book is of a uniform and grave character.] A First Book of Geography; being an Abridgment of Dr. Reid's Rudiments of Modern Geography; with an Outline of the Geography of Palestine. [The facts, or rather perhaps the names and the terms of geography, with the usnies and relative situations of the places of the world. Ds use depends upon the teacher. In conjunction with maps and an expanded explanation, the little book may almost suffice to teach physical geography; or, on the other band, it may merely load the memory with words.] Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit, and some Miscellaneous Pieces, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Edited from the Author's MS. by Henry Nel- son Coleridge, Esq., M.A. Fyhe Confessions, with Mr. Green's introduction defending Coleridge from the idea of a plagiarism from Leasing, do not occupy half the volume. The re- mainder consists of papers and notes on a variety of subjects, some too brief and slight for publication.] A Few Words of Family Instruction introductory to Prayers for a Chris- tian Household. By the Reverend T. Bowdler, M.A.

[A set of morning and evening prayers for every day in the week, prefaced by a short essay on family prayer.]

Thoughts on a Pebble; or a First Lesson in Geology. By the Author of "The Wonders of Geology." Eighth edition, with thirty-two Illustra- tions.

Cherville's First Step to French. By F. M. Be Cherville. New and im- proved edition. The French Master for the Nursery; or Easy Lessons in French, for young beginners. By Monsieur Lepage, Professor of the French Language, &c. Second edition.

[It is only necessary to look at the editions these three books have passed through, to see that they have respectively been "stamped with public approbation." Dr. Mantell's is a very handsome and copiously illustrated little volume. The two French books are simple, useful, and cheap.] PRINTS AND MAPS.

The Mansions of England its the Olden Time. By Joseph Nash. Fourth series.

[To the feeling and power of an artist Mr. Nash joins the acute observation of an antiquary, and the matter-of-fact exactness of an upholsterer: he gives you a room with all the precision of the detestable "architectural drawing," but it is clothed with furniture: a builder would take his measurements from it, but the artist has let the true light of day into it. Thus he reproduces the old mansions of the great and wealthy, from Windsor Castle to the decayed seat which has degenerated into the farm-house. The present volume is the fourth of its series, and equal to any that we have seen for the artist's qualities. Many of the views are taken from the interior of Levees, seat of the Honourable Mrs. Howard in Westmoreland, and from Spoke Hall, residence of Mr. Joseph Breretont in Lan- cashire: but there are many from other houses; twenty-fire in all, including some exterior views. The getting-up of the volume-the plates printed on large, thick, and rich paper-is up to the standard of its predecessors.]

The Tourist's Map of the Northern and Eastern Parts of Scotland. [Near the centre of the peninsula bounded on the North-west by the Moray Frith and on the South-east by the Frith of Tay, lies Queen Victoria's Scottish residence, Balmoral: the whole region is becoming attractive to those who seek for health and ideas in summer expeditions; and in anticipation of a consequent want, out comes this map. It is small but clear, neatly folded in a cover for the pocket; exhibiting the principal places, the roads, and the railways down to 1848, -some of them existing only on the map and the plans of the projectors.]

PAMPHLETS.

2'he Australian Colonies Government Bill Discussed. By C. B. Adderley, M.P.

Des Garanties donnees au Danemark a regard the Schleswig par la France,

r Angleterre, et la Russia, et de celles dont il eat question aujourd'hui. The Art of Agriculture Established on True Principles. By James

Drummond, Newington, Edinburgh.

Benzoic; its Nature and Utility. By Charles Blachford Mansfield, M.A Cantab.

Large Uniform Maps of the Land, the Sea, and the Heavens, with Pic- torial Illustrations, &c. By S. Bannister, formerly Attorney-General of New South Wales.