PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.[ THE current September has been the dullest publishing:month

we have known for many years. Scarcely any single week within our experience has exhibited such paucity of arrivals as the first two weeks of the month:. the third was not much better: but the approach of October, the frequent practice of issuing books with the Magazines and the regular serials at the month's close, have given an appearance of awakening to the last week. The whole receipts of September, however, [to the evening of the 27th,] are not greater than those of some sing Ieweeks in the season. Nor does quality make up for quantity. The only books 'Of suflicient character to challenge notice are from Messrs. Longman, Murray, 'and Bentley; and the only works from those publishers of any great mark ere Mrs. 'Sabine's translation of Humboldt's Aspects qf ' Nature, • and -Miss Pardoe's Court and Reign of Francis the First: these, with John O'Connell's Recollections and Experiences, Mr. Chadwick's Report, and Mr. Coehrane's Ernest Vane, arrived this week. The following list, however, does not contain every one of the arrivals.. Several publications have been advisedly omitted. The leisure of the slack month has convinced us of a fact which has sometimes struck us, but passed unexamined in the busy season—that certain clever publishers find it con- venient to use our columns and our arrangements for a gratuitous display of the titles and topics of their books. In the case of works of any interest there is no objection to this dexterity; but it is-scarcely to be expected that we should turn ourselves into advertising-clerks to display publications that have very slender interest to the public or none at all.

Boors.

Aspects of Nature, in Different Lands and Different Climates; with Scien- tific Elucidations. By Alexander Von Humboldt Translated by Mrs. Sabine. In two volumes.

The Court and Reign of Francis the First, King of France. By Miss Pardoe, Author of " Louis XIV.," Sec. In two volumes.

Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain. A Supplementary Report of the Results of a Special Inquiry into the Practice of Interment in Towns. Made at the Request of her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, by Ed- win Chadwick, Esq., Barrister-at-law.

Ernest Vane. By Alexander Baillie Cochrane, M.P. In two volumes. Recollections and Experiences during a Parliamentary Career, from 1833 to 1848. By John O'Connell, Esq., M.P. In two volumes.

Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing of the United States, and British Pro- vinces of North America. By Henry William Herbert, Author of " The Field Sports of the United States and British North America," &c.

Rocks and Rivers; or Highland Wanderings over Crag and Correi, " Flood and Fell." By John Colquhoun, Esq., Author of " The Moor and the Loch."

Stories, Traditionary and Romantic, of the Two Rebellions in Scotland, in 1715 and 1745. By A. D. Fitton, M.A.

The Desert Isle, and other Poems. By Henry Thomas Braithwaite. [The subject of the principal poem in this volume is the shipwreck of a mariner upon a desert island, his struggles against the temptation to suicide consequent upon want, and his death from exhaustion. Such a subject is not very easily treated, but Mr. Braithwaite has rendered it still more difficult by an imitation of the "wildness " and the varying metre of Christabel. The story is told to the poet by a spirit; the wrecked man is assailed by good spirits and evil spirits acting by suggestion; and after his death he is carried up to heaven. To rise to the heights of such a theme, requires more imagination and power than Mr. Braithwaite possesses; and though not devoid of poetical spirit, he mars it by con- founding strangeness with novelty. Most of his lesser pieces are in some degree vitiated by the same error as prevails in The Desert Isle: they are singular in their subject, or their treatment, or both.] The Empire of Music, and other Poems. By Alfred Lee. [The Empire of Music is a creditable production of the school of Campbell, Rogers, and those poets who wrote on the pleasures of something or other,—for the " Empire " might as readily have been turned into " Pleasures." Mr. Lee takes a survey of the extensive range of music in nature and society; varying his poem, according to rale, with pictures of domestic life, and the reminiscences of public vocalists. The execution is creditable, at times something more; but the manner is out of fashion, unless it had more vigour and point than the bard reaches, except now and then.] Maternal Love; a NoveL By Margratia Loudon, Author of "First Love," &c. In three volumes.

[An object of this fiction is to show the influence of maternal training either for good or evil: but the examples are so extreme, not to say unlikely, that the book ' cannot be received as a picture of life, or as " pointing a moraL"l Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Service in New Zealand as a Midship- man, during the late Disturbances in that Colony. By Lieutenant H. F. M'Killop, R.N. [Mr. DPKillop, when a Midshipman in the Castor, arrived off the Bay of Islands just in time (January 1846) to take part in the operations which led to the sub- mission of Kawiti and Heki. He was subsequently employed in the South-west- ern part of the Northern Island against our open enemy Rangihaeta and our treacherous ally Rauparaha; Mr. M`Killop capturing (or arresting) the last- named worthy in his pah, and cleverly carrying him off. Of his warlike expe- riences, and more peaceful observations, the author gives a plain, lively, reeferlike account, intermingled with remarks on the state of the colonists, and introduced by a narrative of the circumstances that led to the confusion in the island; the last of which topics has no novelty for readers of the Spectator.] On the Management of Infancy; with Remarks on the Influence of Diet and Regimen, &c. By Charles Hogg, M.RC.S., &c.

[Ma title is somewhat of a misnomer; for the adult is considered nearly if not quite as much as the infant. The principal topics handled by Mr. Hogg are scrofula and the best hygienic modes of preventing or curing it, with some ac- count of his medical treatment and its success; disorders of the liver, illustrated by oases, in which his main reliance is upon extract of taraxicum; a sensible enough chapter on bathing; and various directions touching diet and regimen for adults and children, with directions for the nursing and management of infants.] - Practice in German, adapted for Self-Instruction. Containing the First three Chapters of "Undine," a Tale by De la Motte Fonqu4 ; with a Lite- ral Interlinear Translation, and copious Notes. By Feick Lebahn. [Another of Mr. Lebahn's useful aids for self-instruction. The chief difference between this work and " German in One Volume" is, that this contains only the first three chapters of Undine, with an interlinear translation; to which are added very full notes, that explain all difficult words and phrases, idiomatic ex- pressions, and the rules for the formation of sentences; examples being taken from Undine and various authors.]

The following list (mostly of new editions) tells its own story, without the necessity of note or comment.

The History of Rome. By Titus Livius. Books Nine to Twenty-six. Li- terally translated, with Notes and Illustrations, by D. Spillan and Cyrus Edmonds.(Bohn's Classical Library)

The History of Germany, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By Wolfgang MenzeL Translated from the fourth German edition, by Mrs. George Horrocks. In three volumes. Volume ILL (Bohn's Standard Library.) National Cyclopendia of Useful Knowledge. Volume VIII. " Lilac "— " North-west Passage." A Short Course of History. First Series. I. Greece. IL Rome. III. England. By IL Le M. Chepmell, M.A. Second edition.

The Poetical Primer, consisting of short Extracts from Ancient and Mo- dern Authors, selected and arranged for the use of children. By Mrs. Law rouse. Fifth edition, revised. Pictures Scriptural and Historical; or the Cabinet of History: with Poetical Selections, Religious and Moral, for the use of Young Persons, the conclu- ding sequel to the Poetical Pruner. By.Mrs. Lawrence. Second edition, revised.

Cameos from the Antique; or the Cabinet of Mythology: selections illustra- tive of the Mythology of Greece and Italy,for the use of young persons, and intended as a Sequel to the Poetical Primer. By Mrs. Lawrence. Second edition, revised.

SERIALS.

Collections concerning the Early History of the Founders of New Plymouth, the First Colonists of New England. By Joseph Hunter, F.S.A., 8cc.Cri- tical and Historical Tracts. No. IL The Mabin.ogion, from the Llyfr Coch o Hergest, and other Ancient Welsh Manuscripts: with an English Translation and Notes, by Lady Charlotte Guest. Part VII.

[After the labour and researches of eleven years, Lady Charlotte Guest has con. pleted her munificent contribution to the Society for the Publication of Welsh Manuscripts ;* and the most curious collection of prose tales illustrative of Celtic, and perhaps it is not too much to say of early European literature, in existence, is now accessible to the English reader in an entire form.] Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart. Edited by his Son, Charles Buxton, Esq., B.A. Third edition. In three parts. (Murray's Home and Colonial Library.) [The publication of the first edition of this interesting and instructive biography induced the communication to the editor of "many anecdotes and letters" that were incorporated in the second. The entire work is now to be had for three half- crowns, in three parts of Mr. Murray's Colonial Library.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS.

A Manual for the Study of the Sepulchral Slabs and Crosses of the Middle Ages. By the Reverend Edward L. Cutts, B.A.

[An octavo volume, containing ninety-three pages of letterpress and eighty-three plates. The author very rapidly describes the several modes of interment used in the period under review, especially in regard to the outward monumental aim explains the chronology of the various methods, the meaning of symbols, and other points elucidating the historical bearing of the monuments; and concludes with copious notes describing the illustrations. The plates represent specimens, clearly engraved in wood; beginning with an Irish gravestone of theyear 822, and ending with a specimen from Lichfield of the year 1670.]

Description of the Baronet Range and its Neighbourhood, in South Aus- tralia. By "Agricola." Illustrated with Maps and Coloured Plates, from Original Drawings made on the spot, by George French Angas.

[A clear and concise account of an interesting district, which is made visible to the eye in the lifelike drawings of Mr. French Angus, one of the keenest among travelling artists to seize the characteristics of people or country. He has exe- cuted the six drawings on stone with his own hand ; and they are coloured with a very fair approach to his own effective and truthful style.]

MAP.

London and its Environs. Levels taken by the Order of the Commissioners of Sewers.

KA large topographical map, embracing an oblong that extends at the corners to ingsbury, Snaresbrook, Lewisham, and Kingston; showing not only the streets of the Metropolis, but the roads, lanes, and footpaths of the neighbourhood, the hamlets, and even separate residences. The levels, taken by order of the Com- missioners of Sewers, are printed over the whole in red letters, showing the in- equalities of surface. " The altitudes are given in feet above the approximate mean-water at Liverpool, being 12 feet below Trinity high-water mark." The map is printed on four sheets, to be mounted on canvass.]

PAMPHLETS.

A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Dioceses of Dublin and Claude- lagh, and Kildare, at the Visitations in July and August 1849. By Rich- ard Whately, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. Popery and Scotch Episcopacy Compared; or an Inquiry into the Anti- Protestant Doctrines and Tendencies of the Episcopal Church in Scotland. By John Cunningham, Minister of Crieff. Christian Loyalty; a Sermon, preached on the Lord's Day after her Majesty's Visit to the City of Glasgow. By the Reverend John G. Lorimer, D.D.

Jewish Dogmas; a Correspondence between Dr. Raphall, M.A., Preacher at the Synagogue, and Head Master of the Hebrew National School at Bir- mingham, and C. N. Newdegate, M.P.

The Moral Statistics of Glasgow. By William Logan, Commissioner of the Scottish Temperance- League.

Treatment of Cholera in the Royal Hospital Haslar, during the Months of July and August 1849: with Remarks on the Name and Origin of the Disease. By John Wilson, M.D., F.R.S., &c. On the Mode of Communication of Cholera. By John Snow, M.D.

The Cholera considered Psychologically. By Forbes Winslow, M.D. Cholera • an Analysis of its Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Charac- ter, ge. By Henry Stephens, M.R.C.S.L., Ste. Direct Taxation. Prise Essay, to which has been awarded the Premium offered by the National Confederation, for the best Essay on the Equitable Adjustment of National Taxation.

A Remedy for Monetary Panics and Free Trade in Currency, suggested in a brief View of the Currency Question. By Hamer Stansfeld, Merchant, Leeds.

A Statistical View of the Principal Public Libraries of Europe and Ame- rica. By Edward Edwards, Esq., of the British Museum. Third edition, corrected; with additional Tables, and illustrative Plans.

On the Ventilation of Coal Mines. By William Brunton, M. Inst. C.E. Emigration to the Australian Settlements, &c. By Arthur Hodgson, Esq. Second edition.

Some Remarks upon the French Tenure of "Franc alms roturier," and on its relation to the Feudal and other Tenures. By Robert Abraham. Sir Hugh of Lincoln; or an Examination of a curious Tradition respecting the Jews, with a Notice of the Popular Poetry connected with it. By the Reverend Abraham Hume, LL.D., &c.

• The Hist number was noticed at large in the Spectator for 1838.