PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Domesticated Animals, Popularly Considered, in their structure, habits, localities' distribution, natural relations, and influence upon the pro- gress of human society. By ROBERT Mentz, Author of 44 The Bri- tish Naturalist," &e.

The Governess. By the Countess of DLESSINGTON. In two vols.

The Rock. Illustrated with various Legends and Original Songs, and Music, descriptive of Gibraltar. By Major Hoar, Eighty -first Re- ghnent. With Drawings, taken on the spot, by WILLIAM LACEY, Esq., Lieutenant, Forty-sixth Regiment.

The Buried Bride, Rte.

[The subject of this "poetical drama"—as it is the fashion to call such poems as are not likely to be acted—is the old fact of the burial of a lady alive, who reviving in the tomb, and returning to her husband, was refused admittance by him, and in despair took refuge with a formes lover. The story is so far treated with judgment, that the lady is made to die on her wedding-day, and to

Apply to her kinsmen, as well as her husband, before she goes to her distracted swain, who has also a mamma to protect his future wife against scandal. But the subject seems too peculiar, and its incidents too physically shocking, for a drama, or indeed for art of any kind. It is not "pity or terror," but horror or disgust which is raised by seeing people entombed alive, or walking about in graveclothes. The mental distress, too, is exhausted at the outset, closing wills the forced marriage and the bride's death. What distress afterwards ensues, is from cold or sickness—the province of the doctor, not the dramatist. The poem has this favourable characteristic—the speeches have purpose. The actors discourse like persons with business in hand, and not as if talking for talking's sake or because they have nothing else to do. But we suspect the author is deficient in nature and passion; and that he could not "rise to the height of a great argument."

There are miscellaneous pieces in the volume, of respectable merit, but rarely equal throughout.] The Poetical Works V Thomas Cianpbell.

[Another new edition from the indefatigable Mr. Moxos. "Time Pleasures of Bop," 44 Gertrude of Wyoming," " Theodorie," (not much,) and all the Lyrics and smaller Poems of CAMPBELL, for half a crown! There is certainly something in all this. Mr. Moxos must be bent upon showing that perpetual copyright would now be ccmsonant to the nature of things, and only add to the price of standard publications an additional sixpence or so, for the author ; which no mortal would grudge—unless, perhaps, Mr. Hums]

The Post-Office London Directory, fur 1840. Comprising, amongst other information, an Alphabetical Directory, Law Directory, Trades Di- rectory, Parliamentary Directory, Conveyance Directory, Banking Di- rectory, &c. The forty-fifth annual edition.

[We have always thought the plain old Directory, under thus title, one of the most useful of the tribe. Like Entick's Dictionary, or Johnson's Abridg- ment, you were pretty certain of meeting what you wanted in a plain way, without being encumbered with what you did not want, or meeting almost every thing save what you did. But competition and titsbion have turned the squat, sheep-bound, connnon-looking duodecimo, into a goodly royal octavo, clothed in cloth, and amply decorated with the Royal arms. This extension has been caused by additions and improvements, though perhaps at some expense of its ancient handiness. In addition to the old alphabetical list of names, there is a ccmpUte Directory of Law and Lawyers, from the Chancellor to the attorney, including the various legal offices. There is also a classified Directory of Trades, with Parliamentary, Banking, and Public Conveyance Directories, including Steam-boats and Railways, Which at the first appearance of this publication woe neither born nor expected. The Post-office informa- tion is of course very. tail, including the new regulations; that of the great public derartments might be fuller, with advantage. There is the promise of a Street Directory in the next edition ; which will be very useful, for the name of a person may he forgotten though the street he lives in be remembered. The classification of traders and lawyers, already con- tained in the alphabetical list, though it has occasionally its minute or curious uses, always struck us as not being worth the additional cost. To look over all the tailors, for instance, on the chance of finding a name and address, both of which are forgotten, seems like embarking in a wild-goose chase. Unless our memory is at fault, these additions, however, have added but little to the cost of time volume ; which we fancy is only some few shillinos dearer than it was, and Sousa, fifty per ceut, cheaper than other Directories k a similar size.] The British Almanack and Companion of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the year of our Lord 1840.

[This volume maintains its high supremacy for the quantity, use, and value of its information. The ninety-six pages of the Almanack and its addenda are literally crammed with tables of various matter, a reference to which is hourly

necessary in the affairs of life. The Companion is also full of knowledge, equally bearing a stamp of utility, though of a larger nature. Amount the

papers connected with the calendar or with natural pluenomena, is an elaborate mathematical treatise on calculating single life contingencies; another on medical and vital statistics ; and a curious paper on old almanacks. Amongst

the more general topics, there is a history of the Post-office ; a good continua- tion of the annual account of Railways ; besides much statistical and legis- latorial information.]

The Weather Almanack, for the year 1840. By P. Muurnis, Esq. Se- cond edition.

The Comic ..-11manach, for 1840; an Ephemeris in jest and earnest, con- taining " all things fitting for such a work." By_RIGLIUSI FENNIDOS, Gent. Adorned with a dozen of " right merrie " Cuts pertaiuing to the Months, and an Hieroglyphic, by Goucr. Cu CIESIIANK. [CRIMKSHANR'S etchings of the months illustrate the diverting distresses of a " decorator of heads," Who becoming the blockhead representative of the heir

of a nabob, exchanges his " saloon of fashion " for fashionable salons where

" cutting " heirs is the last thing thought of; but proving to be Hot the real heir, he returns rejoicing to his stock of wigs. The story is amusingly carried

through both in picture and description. The alternating pages have some smart allusions to current topics ; and the jokes, if not of the choicest, are plenty, and provocative of laughter—the graphic puus especially.]

The English Bijou Almon:ell, for 1840; poetically illustrated by Sasutszt, LOVER, Esq. [This tiny toy calenda. ,r with its miniatures in u miniature, has fond a succes- sor to L. E. L. in Mr. Loa-no—who might also be its miniature painter as well as pact; but the artist's name is not mentioned to whom Mr. 11 ACREADY " kindly condescended" to sit, and who has given us a portrait of Prince Ar.nnwr, that the Queen's loyal subjects might have engraved on their shirt- studs.]

Memoirs V the Life of Sir Walter Scott. Volume the ninth. Second edition.

[This volume contains the journey to France in search of materials for the Life of Xapoleon, and two trips to London, as well as, inter ado, Sir Was.- TER'S.frarful regrets at the break-up of the old Tory party on CANNING'S ac- cession. The principal illustration is the hall at Abbotsford—splendid enough to ruin a real feudal chief, much less an imitative one.] Letter s front Palestine ' • written during a residence there the years 1836, 7, and 8. By the Rev. J. I). PAXTON.

An Inquiry into the Morbid Erects of a DOciency of fluid; chiefly with reference to their occurrence amongst the Destitute Poor. Also, Prac- tical Observations on the Treatment of such Cases. By lticuAtto BARON Howaoo, M.D., Physician to the Aidwick and Ancoats Dis- pensary ; formerly resident 'Medical Officer at the Poorhouse, Man- chester.

Dranut; a Treatise on Poetry and Verse, Dramatic Composition, Dramatic Authors, and the Acts of Dramatic Amusements. To which is annexed, " The Poet's Death," a ballad. By GEORGE N.isn, Author of "The Outcast."

SERIALS.

Scripture History designed for the Improvement of Youth. By the Rev. ALEXANDER FLETCHER, Author of " The Family Devotions," &cs With 242 Engravings on steel. Improved edition. *Parts I., 11., 1H. [Little pictures of Scripture subjects, taken from a variety of originals, with a brief and plain description of each, and appropriate exhortations. The plates are sufficiently well engraved to answer their purpose of attracting the atten- tion of children; mid the cheapness is surprising, eighteen being given in a shilling monthly part.] Heads of the People, or Portraits of the English. Drawn by KENNY MEADOWS. Engraved by ORRIN SMITH. New series. No. I. [Mrs. GORE is added to the list of contributors ; and her sketch of the "D. butante " and her " Chaperon," in this number, are just the light, clever, plea- sant, satirical picture of society, proper to this kind of publication. Jennotn's portrait of the " Money-Lender " is overdrawn, though with a forcible pencil; while WILLIAM IIOWITT'S " Old Squire" is true, kindly, and. agreeable. The "heads," by KENNY MEADOWS, have more of mechanical manuer than charac- teristic sprit.] The Svc Statistical Account of Scotland, No, XXIV. Containing part of the Countv of Edinburgh, and conclusion of the County of -Rox- burgh, with Slap of the Orkney Islands.

An Encychpallia of Rural Sports. By D. P. BLAINE. Part ILL

PAMPHLETS.

Philojohannes rnmashed, and the Truth told relative to the East India Company's Manaeement of Steam communication with India. By Captain JAMES JABBER, Agent to the Bengal Steam Com- mittee.

Rylections on the Operation of the Present Scale of Duty for regulating the Importation of Foreign'Corn, addressed to the Boiders of Kent and

Sussex Agricultural Association, By DAVID SALOMONS, Esq. A Letter to the Postmaster- General, showing the Practiegbility of the Penny Postage Plan, without having recourse to Stamped Covers, or abolishing the Optional Payment of Postage ; to which is added, an. Appendix, wherem objections are answered, and the question " Whether the postage on letters ought to be doubled and trebled according to weight or enclosures " examined. By WILLIAM COOPER. Second *edition.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Outlines to Illustrate a Mitred Allegory entitled "The ighte of freewille." By ilicilAseD WESTMACOTT jRnior, A.R.A., F.R.S. Standard Edition of Gulliver's Travels. Illustrated by GRANDVILLE ; with Notes by 1%. C. TAYLOR, LL.D. Part 111. [Gulliver does not support the dignity of manhood where he comes in contact antis the Brobdingnags : instead of preserving his absolute size, he dwindles into a pigmy ; except where we see but a small part of one of the molesters, and that is represented with extreme minuteness—as where Gulliver is peeping into the huge eye-hall of Glunidalclitch, the iris of her pupil being as big as his head; or swimming for his life in the cream-bowl, defending himself against the frog and the wasps, and Hying in terror from a hogshead of a hazel-nut. In these in- stances the exaggeration of the objects prevents the hero's size from seeming less than natural; but where we see the farmer at full length holding him be- tween his finger ansi thumb, or the Queen's hand only but slightly indicated, he looks a Lilliputian. The reason is obvious : our eye could not take in at a close view the whole dimensions of a figure as tall as a church-steeple; we should see only a small part and that minutely as through a powerful lens, the coarseness being also palpably evident—for absolute coarseness of texture is as essential to the representation of preternaturally huge objects as relative pro- portion of size. c have thought it worth while to remind our artists of these plain principles, as some of them may probably essay the subject, and the French designer has not borne them in mind.]

Views in the Vicinity of the City of Kingston, Jamaica. Drawn on Stone by J. B. PYNE and P. GAUCI, from Sketches by Captain J. S. Ntinrrrv. [ Six large views of' the wild and striking scenery of St. Andrew's Mountains, Sketched with boldness and spirit, and lithographed in the tinted style, in a finished manner, preserving, apparently, the characteristic freedom of the originals.] The Land of Canaan, at the period of its Division among the Tribes of Israel. Irons a Drawing bv Iluonns. [A specimen of Mr. KNIGHT'S i'atent Illuminated Maps, on a large scale for schools. The boundaries and rivers are strongly marked in black, the mountains left white on the coloured ground, and the water represented by close blue lines ; the names of places being distinctly printed in bold types, and the colours printed from Ivooden blocks. The utility of such a publication i9 obvious : it will supply, at little cost, a want that teachers have long felt. The neatness of the execution and the cheapness of the price are extraordinary.]