PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From December 225 to December nth.

BOOKS.

Journals kept by Mr. Gully and Captain Denham during a Captivity in China in the year 1842. Edited by a Barrister. The Highlands of lEthiopia. By Major W. CORNWALLIS HARRIS, of the Ron. E. 1. Company's Engineers, Author of " Wild Sports in Southern Africa," &c. In three volumes.

History of Scotland. By PATRICK FRASER Trrtzst, Esq. Volume IX. Memoirs of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland. By L. STANIIOPE F. BUCKINGHAM. In two volumes.

The Adventures of Mr. Lcdbury and his Friend Jack Johnson. By AL- BERT SMITH, Esq., Author of "The Wassail Bowl," &c. In three vAumes.

[The reprint of a tale originally published in Bentley's Miscellany, but revised, to better adapt it for continuous perusal in three volumes. Mr. Ledbury is a commonplace young man, who is taken to Paris and up the Rhine by his friend Jack Johnson; and the two, in "seeing life," pass through a variety of scenes both abroad and at home. The style is after the manner of Boz ; and parts of the book bear a resemblance to some of the low London scenes in Oliver Twist.] Proverbs for Acting. By the late Miss ELLEN PICKERING, Author of "Charades for Acting," Ste. CA variety of stories or rather of pointed anecdotes, thrown into the dramatic term ; just long enough to satisfy the drawingroom performer with the import- ance of the part, without overtasking the memory or exhausting the patience of the audience. These Proverbs for Acting were never designed for criticism, perhaps not for publication; but the execution is good, and the dialogue rather pointed, though its smartness is somewhat forced.] bnpressions and Observations of a Young Person during a Residence in Paris.

[These observations, by a young pirl of sixteen, brought up in France, taken to England on a visit, and noting down the things that struck her on her return to Paris, are very creditable for her age. They are, indeed, something more than creditable—they are interesting: not that her impressions are very vivid, or her observations very striking, but they have an interest in their freshness and transparency.] Comic Arithmetic.

[The rules of arithmetic burlesqued in a series of satirical jells d'esprit, both prose and verse, with a good many illustrative cuts, well calculated to amuse an idle hour.]

The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know- ledge. New Series. 1843.

[This work still continues to present its usual variety of amusing instruction, introducing new features as the novelties of the time admit—for example, E.ambles from Railways, embracing the seat of the Sjdneys, Penshurst ; now readily accessible several times a day by the Dover line. The illustrations, however, still continue the principal feature; 507 wood-cuts in a single volume. whose letterpress alone would, not many years since, have been a miracle of cheapness! ]

The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knight age of Great Britain and Ireland, including all the titled classes. Fourth year. By CHARLES R. DODD, Esq., Author of " The Parliamentary Companion," &c.

[Honours and titles of various kinds have so multiplied, that a new " Peerage, Baronetage, and ' Knightage '" becomes as necessary as a Directory, from the changes made in a year by deaths, births, marriages, promotions, and so forth. Mr. DODD states, that no fewer than "421 deaths, 156 marriages, and 203 DOW creations, have taken place among the titled classes since the last publi- cation," all involving a change, and rendering this volume a necessity to those who wish to keep up with the march of titles.] A Treatise on the Culture of the Pine-Apple. By TocialAs TORBRON. [This tiny brochure seems an article written in continuation of some other articles which the author has published in horticultural periodicals ; and with- out which the present treatise is not practically of much avail, except for per- sons who are already possessed of all the information preliminary to the mere act of growing.] Punch, or the London Charirari. Volume the fifth.

[Another volume of Mr. Punch's ludicrous extravaganzas; well adapted to create mirth and laughter in the merrymaking time. This volume is probably the richest of the series in the products both of pen and pencil.]

The Knitting Book. By Miss LAMBERT, Authoress of the " Handbook of Needlework." Second edition.

SRRIALS.

History of Ten Years : 1330-1840. By Lours BLANC. Part I. (Fo- reign Library.) [This volume embraces the History of France, or rather of the French Go- vernment, during the ten years following the Revolution of July ; and is pre- faced by an introduction expounding the theory of its author—that the bour- geoisie was the moving power which produced the first French Revolution, continued to influence the subsequent course of events, and is still the govern- ing force. This book has been highly praised; but we must confess it does not square with our notions of history. The author's egotistical manner makes his own opinions as prominent and important as the events he describes; end his mode of composition and style of diction are in the worst style of the "intense " school. Some of his passages are not greatly dissimilar to Box's burlesque or American eloquence. These qualities, however, prevent the book from being heavy or dull. M. BLANC has all the vivacity of a Frenchman.] Murray's Colonial and Home Library. No. IV.—Bishop Heber's Indian

Journal, Part II.

The Miller of Deanhaugh, Part X.

PERIODICALS.

Quarterly Review, No. CXLV.

Edinburgh Review, No. CL1X.

Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, Vol. IV. Part II. Journal of Agriculture, New Series, No. III.

Foreign Quarterly Review, No. LX IV.

Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review, No. V.

The Precursor of Unity, No. I. Magazines for January—Blackwood's, Dublin University, Tait', Fraser's,

Hesperus. ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Tesselated Pastime. With a Chapter on some Uses of the Toy, and on Taste in Ornamental Patterns. By FELIX SUMMERLY.

[A simple, pretty, and durable toy ; calculated not only to amuse children, but also to cultivate their perceptions of colour and form, and to exercise their taste and ingenuity. It consists of a small, fiat, square box, containing a num- ber of triangular-shaped tesserie, of various hues, such as are used for tease- lated pavements, but smaller; and the pastime consists of forming them into patterns such as are represented in the book : it resembles somewhat the once popular toy known as the "Chinese Puzzle"; though utility and beauty are superadded in this case. The tesserw are made by Mr. BLASHFIELD'S patent process of compressing dry porcelain powder in moulds; and they are so hard as not to be liable either to chip or break, while they may be cleaned with soap and water. The tesserie, however, are not sufficiently numerous to form all

the patterns complete.]

ALMANACKS.

The Anglo-lndian- Chinese Almanack, for 1844.

[At first we thought this title was a ruse, and that some humorist bad chosen the almanack-makers and the Celestials as means of making fun. The Anglo- Indian Chinese Almanack, however, is a bona fide almanack, containing the usual kind of miscellaneous information, but chiefly upon Indian and Chinese subjects. For example, the notes to the calendar relate to the anniversaries of Anglo-Indian events, and contrive to give in this shape a good memento of the history in small; the tables refer to the Indian Presidencies, with their establishment; the text matter gives an exposition of the present constitu- tion of the Company, with accounts of the different Colleges, regulations for candidates for the service, &c.; and there is of course the Chinese Tariff. Altogether, the almanack will be found useful to persons connected with the East, whether residing in India, China, or Britain.] Oliver and Boyd's New Edinburgh Almanack and National Repository, for the year 1844. [The most distinguishing feature in this Scottish annual is connected with the Kirk ; the late Secession having imposed the labour of an entire revisal of the Ecclesiastical statisties, so as to present the particulars of both Churches.] Tuck's Roller Calendar, for 1844.

[A neat and serviceable article for the countinghouse or office of business; consisting of an almanack revolving on two rollers enclosed in a box, the front of which being open, exhibits the day of the month in large characters, with other useful information-fist the passing day.]