• PUBINATIONS: IECELVED.

Boons.

The Defenceless 'State of Great Britain.., By-Sir Francis B. Head; Bart. History of the War of the Sicilian Vespers. -By'lliehele: Amari. Edited, with-IntrodUction and Notes; by the Earl of 'Ellesmere: In

three volumes.

Personal Adventures during.the late War of Independence in Hungary. Comprising an Account of her Missions under the ordera of Kossuth to the different posts of the Hungarian Army during the-contest. By the Baroness Von Beck. In two volumes.

The Life-and Correspondence of Robert Southey. Edited by his Son, the Reverend:Charles Cuthbert Southey, M.A., Curate of Plumbland, Cumberland. In six volumes. - Volume VI.

Sir Roger de Corerley. By theSpectator. The Notes and Illustrations by W. Henry Wills ; the Engravings by Thompson, from Designs by Fred. Tayler. [The literary feature of this publication consists in its- selection of all the papers in the Spectator that relate to Sir Roger de Coverley. The publica-

tion itself belongs to that class in which novelty is ,sought to be given to old works by a new dress. The typography,. both in the form of the letters and the literal indications—as the use of capitals to all substantives—is of the age of Queen Anne, with a modern-style ; and the binding represents an old- fashioned silk. . The incidents and adventures alluded to in the- text are illustrated by wood;cuis, in a-very high style of art so far as the engraving

is in question, but of •slender merit in design beyond the technicalities' of costume and furniture,—though these, indeed, impart an old-fashioned air. The editor,. Mr. Willy, has added a:variety of illustrative notes, deseriptive of the manners of the S., me, or relating to persons who are assumed-to be the originals of the -characters in the Spectator.

In thus collecting together the whole of the papers relating to a character; Mr. Wills has not onle-produced a volume that, besides itsmerits as a tablo-book, .has revived, ins-brin likely to attract attention, the refined humour and-de-

lightful English of. Addison : he has really opened up'a'new, literary idea. Selections from the essayists of the lasteentury have frequently been.made ; but as• authorship -was the 'scheme on the selection, the republication only facilitated a- reference to a•-partieular writer's work, without imparting -ens^ new attraction to his pages. By adopting the principle of the volume -before us, it might be -possible to -create a more general'-interest in -the

-half-forgotten papers that delighted our-anteaters, while they painted their manners, improved their tastes; and corrected their morals. Such a • continued series of connected.: sketches" as are- presented in the' life

and death of Sir Roger de Coverley, . would not, indeed, be possible ; -but -classification might do something loward$}forming a whole. -We -might have all, the best tales in one -division,. the critical pieces in another, the satire upon absurdities in ,manners or conventional mo- rals in a third. In- point of interest, these could uot rival the -nicely- drawn' character, the small, though- appropriate occurrences, ,the -de- lightful picture of country manners under 'the last 'Stuart; with -the sly satire that pervades it; and the substitute for a story, if not the story itself, of Sir .Roger de Covorley. -But the cream of the forty-five volumes of 'the British Essayists might be presented in the most attractive shape for the public at large, and certainly in the most convenient mode for those• who wish to study them.] Ancient Art and its Remains ; or a Manual of the Archicology of Art. By C. 0. Miller, Author of "" The History and Antiquities of .the Doric _Race." New.edition, with numerous Additions by F. G. Weleker. Translated from the German by John. Leitch.

is is a new and greatly enlarged edition of Mr. Leitch's excellent trans- ation of Miiller's guide to the history and remains 'of 'the fine arts of anti-

quity; which was fully noticed in the Spectator three years ago. -The

present edition is increased one fourth, by several thousand additions made to the last 'German edition, . partly derived from the author's manuscripts, and partly contributed by Professor Welcker of Bonn, the editor; who also

transmitted to the translator numerous 'additions while the present volume was passing through the press: The only point in which. this -learned

end 'elaborate work can be considered• at all incomplete, is in -re-

spect to the Nineveh marbles ; the German edition having been printed before Dr. Layard's book appeared, and their importance -having induced

Professor Welcker to postpone his supplementary account of the- results of

the recent discoveries of Dr. Layard. On this subject, however, Dr. lanard'e own work affords the fullest- information ; 4nd we mention the omission only to guard ageinst any erroneous,inforence -that ,Miiller's work is not brought down to a late period,—as the exeunt of vthe Lydon marbles dis- covered by Sir. Charles Fellowes will show that it is. In short, the present work is unique in the fulness, conciseness, and exactness of its information, as an index to all that is known of ancient art.] Three Days in the East. By John-Macgregor, M.A. [A narrative of a journey from Egypt to the Jordan and the Dead Sea, by a traveller not merely well read in Scripture but with Scripture at his fingers' ends. Every feature of the landscape, 'every incident of the journey, 'fur- nishes him with a text, either to illustrate Scripture, -to show the unchanged state of Eastern customs, or to establish some passage in tho prophets. The book is'remarkable, too, for its brevity. It ianot,often that-a traveller into the East compresses his story into a little book that might go into the waist- -coat-pocket, or publishes itnith wood-cuts for a shilling.] The Appendix to Volumes I. and II of the Moral System, or Lau of Human Nature. By George.Giles Irmeent. [A continuation or supplement to two volumes we do not remember to have seen. The main object of the - author seems to be to inculcate the principle that "reason is alwayea right direction," and that this law, or at least the nature of man, is in _conformity with Christianity. Knotty subjectathese ; the student of which, we• fear, will derive little assistance in eluaid. ating them from Mi. Vincent's style.] Hymns translated from the Welsh. By Mni. Penderel Llewellyn, Llangynwyd Vicarage. [A selection -from the second edition of a book of Welsh Hymns, published by the Reverend Dr. Rees, P.C. of Aberystwith. With one exception, the hymns - here translated were originally composed by the Reverend W. Williams, of Pant-y-celyn. Sol far as a judgment can. be .formed from a translation, the hymns have some of-the familiarity of the sectarian or the mystic, not well carried off by the spirit of the poetry.] The Missionof Sympathy; Poem, in four rantos. By William S. Villiers fiankey, M.A. [A species of didactic poem, at least if the Pleasures of Hope may be called one: The Mission of Sympathy somewhat resembles that work in general plan, and still more in style and treatment.] Handbook for the Parish of Saint James, Westminster. By the Reverend Mackenzie E. C. Walcot, M.A. [Saint James, whose church stands in Piccadilly, and whose pariah bounda- -ries extend in nearly equal distances round it from about the Park to Broad Street-and from Windmill-Street to Bond Street, has no antiquities and few old associations to boast of. Mr. Mackenzie Walcot, by his. original facts, consisting of a notice of its rectors, extracts from the parish register, a list of its streets wad • remarkable houses, with a history of the formation of the _parish by act of Parliament, has produced a useful little book for the re- sidents, or for those who .feel an interest in the London parishes.] Brighton and its Sanative Resources ; comprising a special reference to the German Spa, Observations on Artificial Mineral Waters, Bathing - and Sea-Baths. By Edwin Lee, Author of the " Baths of Germany,' &c.

[A compilation, partly from other guidebooks, partly from Mr. Lee's former publications on Brighton and mineral waters, with some additional matter relating to the present time.]

- _Flora Mortimer ; or 'Six Months in the Country. By Mrs. Edmonds. (Green's Juvenile Library.)

. [A pretty little child's book.]

_ Ohambere's Papers for the People. :Volume V.

The Romance of War ; or the Highlanders in Spain. By James Grant, Esq., late -Exty-second Regiment. In. two volumes. (Railway - • Library.) The Berber, or the Mountaineer of the Atlas ; a Tale of Morocco. By William Starbuck Mayo, M.D., Author of " Kaloolah," &e. (Popu- ' lar Library.) The Englieh Sketch-Book. By the late W. Pitt Scargill, Author of

"The Usurer's Daughter," c. (Churtou's Library for the-Million.) The appearance of these useful annuals indicates the approach of winter,

• as much as long .nights, • damp days, and falling leaves. The Farmers'

ALMANACKS. Brame,

Almanack, under the editorship of idessra. Johnson and Shaw, exhibits an enterprise that might as safely be imitated by the farmers as the book may be studied—for the seders are first afield. They do not,. indeed, :appear to have any new feature their work ; but the advertisements, almost as long as the alraanack, are a fez. are in themselves. -Punch, besides the necessary and ' -business information, relieved by jocose cuts, displays- his usual variety of fun and genial jocularity in prose and verse, on events, past, passing, and to home, with his satirical hits at manners andcustoms. The Comic maintains itirreputation. The plates of Cruikshank are as capital as ever, nor has fre- quent repetition exhausted Mayhew.

The Farmers' Almassack and . Calendar, for. .1851... By Cuthbert W.

Johnson, ; and William Shaw, Esq.

Punch's Pocket-Book, for 1851.

The Comic Atmanack and Diary, for 1851.' Edited by Henry Mayhew, , . and illustrated by George Cruikabank and H. G. Bane.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND Pmmvs.

Building for the Great Exhibition in _London, 1851. Designed by Joseph Paxton, Esq.; .lithographed by George Hawkins. .[A.masterly and effective view of. the "Crystal Palace," now rapidly rising an Hyde Park : and. the lithographic print being copied from a drawing-made for the contractors, Messrs. Fox and Henderson, the accuracy of this repre- sentation, as regards form, magnitude, and proportions, is unquestionable. The brilliant effect of the immense surface of glass, of which this monster conservatory of arts and manufactures will be chiefly composed, is-not. ren- ; dered in the print ; indeed it can hardly be imagined, even if it were capable of delineation in a print. In. other respects the: drawing is most.satisfactory and the groups of figures, in the costumes of all nations, cleverly introduced ' into the foreground, give character and animation to the scene.] Plan of the Building in Hyde Park for the Exhibition of 1861. .[A very well executed ground-plan of the building ; showing the manner • in 'which the interior will be arranged, and also indicating the site of the structure in relation to the approaches to it. A nicely-etched perspective view of the exterior is added, and a penny will purchase the whole.] View of the Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. . [A small and slight aquatint, apparently reduced from a larger print, but . not strictly accurate.in its details.]

Characters; Costumes, and Modes Life, in the Valley of the Nile. Illustrated from Designs taken on-the spot, by E. Prime.' With De- scriptive Letterpress, by James Augustus St. John, Author of "Egypt and Mohammed Ali," &c. Parts VIII, IX, and X.

SERIALS.

The indefatigable Mr. Charles Knight has already begun his preparations . for the Great F-xbibition of the Industry of All Nations, and the influx of

■ strangers it may be expected to produce, by two new and cheap. serials. The first -number of the -Cyclopedia of the -Industry of All Nations is intro- ' ductory ; containing a summary account of the national exhibitions con- nected with manufactures, that have appeared since the French Directory, or rather the Marquis d'Avirze, originated the idea in 1797. The Cyclopedia af.London will be a condensed, revised,- and Corrected edition of Mr. Knight's Imm-volume work on London. It will be compressed into a single volume, containing upwards of six hundred pages of text, with numerous engravings ; and will be sold,- bound, for seven shillings. The first number is devoted to the Parks of London, and the three within easy distance—Greenwich,

• Richmond, and Bushy.

lInight's Cyclopedia of the Industry of All Nations. No. L Knight's Cyeloptedia of -London.--No. L Parks.

NEW MAGAZINE.

Duffy's Fireside Magazine. No. L [There la no leek of. variety in. Mr. Duffy's new speculation. Poetry, tales of-fancy and of life,' travels in the shape of an account of California triticism in an estimate of Mr. James the novelist, a reminiscence ef..Iriei popular oratory five-and-twenty years ago in a sketch of a visit to-the Ca- tholic Association' with two or three other papers of a miscellaneous cast, .r.:farm the contents of the first number. ' The thing to be desired in _Deiye Fireside Magazine is distinctive character. It is a Food and very cheap periodical ; but it is rather an abbreviated' edition, as it were, of magazines already existing, than a new appeal to the friends of the poor or middle - classes of Ireland, and of Great Britain as well.]

PAMPHLETS.

The .Rosal Supremacy Defended, in .regard of • the Declaration put

forth 'fiy the Venerable Archdeacons Manning and 'Wilberforce and the

Reverend-Professor Mill. By the Reverend George .Heaton, M.A. Observations on the Cambridge System. By. A. 11:: Wratisluef; M.A.

• Second edition.

Upon Party. By the.Right Honourable Edmund Burke and Loidlohn Russell. Edited by-Charles Parton Cooper, Esq. Second edition. Draft Report proposed to the Sdect Committee of the House of. Com- .4180118 on the Kitrush Union; by. the :Chairman, G. Poulett. Swope,

M.P., 25th July. 1850 ; with Prefatory Remarks. On the Principles and Tendency of the County 'Courts Ad.