Mr. MONTGOMERY MARTIN'S British Colonial Library,—a leaf, as it were,
out of Mr. COLBURN'S reissue-hook,--is, externally, the most attractive and imposing publication of the week. Its size is similar to that of the new editions of Scars and BYRON; its binding, neither crimson nor scarlet, may be termed a rich Indian red, and is perhaps intended to be typical of the Colonies ; there is a quantity of gold lettering on the back, and the interior is adorned with maps, cuts, and Colonial seals. Its contents appear to consist of a selection from the most popular and useful matter in the History of the British Colonies (or a reprint of the whole),—thoroughly and carefully revised, it is said, although we could still point out passages winch had better have been scored out. Of the two volumes already published, one con- tains Upper and Lower Canada, the other Australasia.
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