PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

Front November 18th to Decemter 1st.

Booxs.

Correspondence of John fourth Duke of Bedford; selected from the ori- ginals at Woburn Abbey. With an Introduction, by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Volume L The Rural and Domestic Life of Germany ; with Characteristic Sketches of its Cities and Scenery, collected in a general Tour, and during a Re- sidence in the Country in the years 1840, '41, and '42. By WILLIAM Howirr, Author of " The Rural Life of England," 8:c. With above fifty illustrations by G. F. SARGENT. The History of Rome. By B. G. Niznunw. Translated by WILLIAM SMITH, Ph.D., and LEONHARD SCHMITZ, Ph.D. Third volume. Phineas Quiddy ; or Sheer Industry. By JOHN POOLE, Esq., Author of

" Paul Pry," &c. In three volumes.

The Pope and the Actor ; an Historical Novel. By Madame WOLFENS- BERGER, (late Miss BURDON,) Author of" Seymour of Sudley," &c. In three volumes.

The Suburban Horticulturist; or an Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the Culture and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Forcing Garden, to those who have had no previous knowledge or prac- tice in these departments of gardening. By J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S., Author of " The Suburban (Architect and Landscape) Gardener," &c. Illustrated with numerous engravings on wood.

amtributions towards the Exposition of the Book of Genesis. By Ro-

BERT S. CANDLISH, D.D., Minister of St. George's, E duburgh. GtaGrel7a ; a Poem. By RICHARD CHEYENIX TRENCH.

Memoirs of the Literary Ladies of England, from the commencement of the last century. By Mrs. ELWOOD, Authoress of " An Overland Journey to India." In two volumes. [These volumes contain biographical notices of some nine-and-twenty "literary ladies" of Great Britain, who flourished during the last and the present cen- tury; commencing uitlt Lady MARY WORTLEY MoNTAau, and coming down to Mrs. HEMANS, L. E. L., and Miss ROBERTS. Such a publication is ex- ceedingly useful, because it furnishes information respecting its subjects which cannot with certainty be got elsewhere when wanted ; whilst many of the per- sons have sufficient attraction in their literary celebrity to stimulate curiosity to inquire into their lives. The number of notices contained in two volumes forbids any thing like elaborate biographies, and Mrs. ELWOOD has not the genius and study requisite to impart the completeness of life to a reduced copy. The book, however, is readable : and if the plan of the lives, and the perspicuity of the style in its chronological facts, might be improved without much diffi- culty, the interesting points or anecdotes connected with the heroines are agreeably presented. The choice of the subjects might have been advan- tageously extended. Miss JEwsnottv of the present day, Mrs. CENTLIVRE and Mrs. COWLEY of the last century, are more of literary ladies than Ladz MURRAY, the Dutchess of SOMERSET, (Lady HERTFORD,) Or Mrs. DELANY..1 An Essay on Punctuation ; with incidental Remarks on Composition. By F. FRANCILLON, solititor. [This little treatise originated, like many other specimens of scholastic medi- ocrity, in a lecture delivered at a Mechanics Institution. Its principle point is not new, but it is newly impressed: the period, colon, semicolon, and comma, are not stops, but parts of the sentence. The period-point, colon point, &c., though useful to facilitate the quick comprehension of a sentence, by distribut- ing it into its members, can do no more than facilitate: they save the reader trouble, but they are not necessary to the comprehension of the sentence, which, properly constructed, would almost point itself. As for the punctua- tion giving perspicuity, that is out of the question. By pointing in a particu- lar manner, the author may show what he means to say ; but if the sentence will hear a double meaning by removing the stops, it is faulty, and should be reconstructed. The utility of the book consists in this general view; for the manner in which it is enforced, both as regards the principles of composition and of punctuation, may be open to question ; and the style of treatment is minute, lawyerlike, and overlaboured. The history of punctuation, prefixed to the treatise, is better done—brief, and curious.] Philosophical Conversations : in which are familiarly explained the causes of numerous daily-occurring natural plimnomena. By FREDERICK C. BAKEWELL. Author of "Natural Evidence of a Future Life," flt.a. Second edition.

[An improved edition of a very striking and instructive book, which explains in a lucid and familiar manner, yet with scientific precision, various natural i phmnomena that are exemplified n daily life,—such as those of heat and cold, air and vapour, light and colours, weight and motion. The experiments may be performed without a philosophical apparatus, and all the illustrations are drawn from commonly-observed appearances. The author addresses himself more especially to the young, whom these conversations are calculated to in- terest; the seemingly paradoxical shape in which some of the facts of science are put tending to stimulate their curiosity,—as for instance, that snow is hot, darkness light, wind not cold, and white not white.]

Grammar for Beginners : being an Introduction to Allen and Cornwell's English School Grammar. By the same Authors.

[If grammar should be taught to very young children—which we more than doubt—this simple introduction to that abstruse science is as good a book as can be used for the purpose: the leading points are presented distinctly, and in proper order, to the little learner's attention, and instanced by familiar exam- ples, which are explained; whilst his understanding of the explanation is tested by exercises and questions suited to a child's capacity as far as they can be.] Crosby Place, described in a Lecture on its Antiquities and Reminis- cences, delivered in the Great Hall, on the evening of Friday 5th August 1842. By the Reverend CHARLES MACKENZIE, A.M., Vicar of St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, &c.

[A diffuse and not very distinct account of the old mansion in Bishopsgate Street, of which Crosby Hall, recently restored and now used as a music-hall and literary institution, is all that remains. The particulars of its successive occupants, from Alderman CROSBY, who completed the building in 1470, to the present time, including King RICHARD the Third, and a second wealthy Alderman, Sir Jorisi SPENCER, the ancestor of the Northampton family, are curious and interesting; but these would have been more generally acceptable in a popular form and illustrated with wood-cuts.]

A Full and Complete Guide, Historical and Descriptive, to the Temple Church., (From Mr. Addison's History of the Temple Church.)

[This is simply a reprint, in a separate form, of the chapter in Mr. ADDISON'S History which describes the restoration and past and present state of the Temple Church. A few wood-cuts, in addition to the view of the round nave which forms the frontispiece, would have been a welcome addition: the Su- perbly ornamented chancel is not represented at all.]

The Covenant; or the Conflict of the Church. With other Poems, chiefly connected with the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland.

[Apparently an endeavour to aid the Nonintrusionists of the Scottish Kirk by verse; but the theological Tyrtmus is not very spirit-stirring. Part of this defect is, no doubt, to be attributed to his own deficiencies in the poetical line, part perhaps to the allegorical or allusive way in which be advocates ihe cause of " Zion." The Covenant is a species of historical poem, beginning with the first foundation of the Kirk's agreement in 1596, and ending with the final expulsion of the STUARTS ; the only direct bearing upon present matters being the conclusion. As that assumes the shape of prophecy, it necessarily partakes of predictive obscurity, though there is clearly something threatening impending over the Court of Session and the House of Peers. Queen Vic- TORIA. and the Prince of WALES might as well look to it whilst them is yet time. Listen-

" Ere the spirit-stirring theme we close, One word to Zion's hydra-headed foes: Oh ye, who in God's holy temple rise, And would its glories turn to merchandise, And ye who have the solemn pledges riven,

The Union oaths disowned in face of Heaven, Tremble and be ashamed! for, as of old,

God shall appear and free his chosen fold; While the fierce wolves, that ravening sought their prey, Shall crouch before the thunders of his away!"]

Poetry for the Million. Poems by a Member of Parliament. Edited by PETER PRIGGINS. [A skit upon Mr. WAKLEY, intended as a hit at his Coronership and his Copyright notions, but not very happily done either as regards design or execution. The subjects are common; if not low ; and treated in the form of parodies after the fashion of The Rejected Addresses, but at a fearful remove. Here and there a happy and accidental bit may be found; but the whole is deficient in the spirit and neatness, which can alone redeem such things from a heavy vulgarity.] The Nursery Rhymes of England, obtained principally from oral tradition. Collected and edited by JAMES ORCHARD IIALLIwELL, Esq. Second edition, with alterations and additions. [This is a second edition (the first being printed for the Percy Society) of the ncenia or nursery rhymes of England, arranged under fifteen heads or classes; and it furnishes a curious and in a critical sense a very interesting collection of primitive popular literature. The word primitive, however, should rather be understood of the mind than of the age; for many new books partake largely of one characteristic of these Rhymes—au end disproportioned to the begin- ning, or a style to the matter; and that without the quiet humour which we may suppose lurked about the mouths and eyes of the old ladies who first put forward the Nursery Rhymes.] The Gift-Book of Poetry ; selected chiefly from Modern Authors. [One characterivic of this neat little volume is to take entire pieces instead of extracts ; another is to make the selections chiefly from modern poets ; ano- nymous and American writers predominating more than usuaL There is an agreeable variety of poems, though scarcely ot 80 high a merit as we expected from the judicious preface of the compiler.] Love and Literature ; being the Reminiscences, Literary Opinions, and Fugitive Pieces of a Poet in humble life. By ROBERT STORY, AUIhOr Of " Songs and Lyrical Poems," &c. [A medley of prose and verse, in a variety of forms, set in a commonplace framework.] An Introduction to Entomology; or Elements of the Natural History uf Insects comprising an account of noxious and useful insects, of their metamorphoses, food, stratagems, habitations, societies, motion., noises, hybernation, instinct, &c. With plates. By WILLIAM KIRBY, M.A0 F.R.S., and L.S., Rector of Barham; and WILLIAM SPENCE, Es, F.R.S. and L.S. Sixth edition, corrected and considerably enlarged. In two volumes. [What can be said of a work which has stood the test of nearly thirty years-- and which, though relating to a scientific subject and at first undervalued as minute, has reached the sixth edition—beyond an account of its improve- ments!' In the work before us this improvement is radical: the new edition of the Introduction to Entomology exhibits the account of the manners and economy of insects in a separate shape, from the more technical information on their anatomy, physiology, &c., which will also be published in separate volumes at a future period. By this means, the student, or even the reader who merely wishes to pursue the more popular, and what is now as tempting, the easier parts of entomology, not only satisfies his wishes at a cheaper rate, but, by dis- encumbering himself from books which he does not want, may feel induced to undertake a pursuit he would not otherwise have thought of.] An Introduction to the Mammalia, chiefly with reference to the principal families not described at length in the former volumes. By Lieutenant- Colonel CHARLES HAMILTON SMITH, K.H. and K.W., F.R. and L.S., &c. Illustrated by thirty-one coloured plates, with Portrait and Me- moir of Pro Drury. (The Naturalist's Library.)

The Post-Office London Directory, 1843.

[This storehouse of business information continues to enlarge. Among its "additions and improvements" are a very considerable extension of the "Court Directory," so as to include other points of the compass besides the West. The North and South of London are now of the Court courtly," as well as the Western suburbs from Notting Hill to Camberwell. The East is still status in quo, to parody the diplomatists; but then, the names of the White- chapel, Bethnal Green, and Mile-End "gentry," are mentioned in the "Street Directory." All this is said to be peculiar to the Post-Office Directory ; other professed " Court Guides" are " exclusives," confining themselves to the 'West-End.

A new map of London is another addition. It is elaborate, and brought down to the present time ; but somewhat indistinct from its very fulness. A person even pretty well acquainted with town cannot at once "put his finger" upon what he wants, or follow its leading lines readily. People who inhabit London, and ride along the omnibus-routes, (which are of necessity th e great lines of traffic,) get to look upon these as the arteries of the town; but on this map they must search to find them. The great leading routes from West to East, or from North to South, might be made clearer to the eye by shadowed edge- lines; and perhaps colour might be used with advantage to map out the dis- tricts.] Russia and the Russians, in 1842. By J. G. Konr., Esq. Volume II. [This volume appears to complete Mr. COLBURN'S publication of KOHL'S account of Russia ; the first volume of which, devoted to St. Petersburg, we noticed a short time ago. The topics in this volume are general, with little apparent restriction to place—as Education, Servants, Easter, Hothouses. Croustadt, indeed, looks like a local picture ; but it refers as much to the Rus- sian navy as to the place itself.] Montgomery's Sacred Gift; a series of Meditations upon Scripture sub- jects, with twenty highly-finished Engravings after celebrated Paintings by the Great Masters. By the Author of " The Omnipresence of the Deity," &c.

Fisher's Drawingroom Scrap-Book ; 1843. By the Author of "The Women of England," &c. The Juvenile Scrap-Book, 1843. By Mrs. Er.Lis, Author of "The Women of England," &c. Waverley Novels, Volume XXI.—" Woodstock."

SERIALS.

Bells and Pomegranates. No. III.—" Dramatic Lyrics." By ROBERT

BROWNING, Author of' " Paracelsus."

Novel Newspaper, Part LVI1L—"Beanchampe; or the Kentucky Tra- gedy." By the Author of " Richard Hurdis, ' &c. Waverley Novels, Vol. V. Part L—" Woodstock, or the Cavalier."

Our Ness, Nos. XII. and X.111.

Combe Abbey, No. VIII. New Statistical Account of Scotland, No. XL Stephens's Book of the Farm, Part IX.

PERIODICALS.

British and Foreign Review, No. XXVII. Dublin Review, NO. XXVI.

Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, No. LIX. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, NOS. CXX. and CXXI. -Magazines for December—Thackwood's, Dublin University, Tait's, Ains- worth's, Fraser's, North of England, Church of England, Bradshaw's Journal, City of London, Farmer's, Sportsman, New Monthly Belle Assemblee, Mirror.

Law Clerks Magazine, October and November.

ALMANACKS.

The British Almanack and Companion, for the year of Our Lord 1843. The Companion to the Almanack, or Year-Book of General Information, for the year of Our Lord 1843.

The American Almanack and Repository of Useful Knowledge, for the year 1843.

The Sporting Almanack and Oracle of Rural Life, 1843. [rbe whole of these Almanacks being established, and some of them old- established publications, require little to be said, as they exhibit no Particular alteration. The British Almanack and Companion contain the usual amount of practical information, both on large and small matters, with some papers of a more scientific or general kind. There is, inter alto, the old and new Tariff, neatly exhibited; a capital paper by Professor DE MORGAN, "References for the History of the Mathematical Sciences "; and a sort of review of the Sanitary Inquiry, which is little more than a servile echo of the Report, excepting where it puffs the reporter. The American ,Almanack is less of an Almanack than a statistical annual, astronomical, financial, commercial, educational, and all the other als, including the biographical in an obituary. It is an extraordinary mass of information. The contents of The Sporting Almanack of course relate to the subject of the work : but they do it popularly and pleasantly, and for the most part in a way to be relished by those who are not practical sportsmen. The plates are the beat of the Almanack-illustratioes we have met with.]

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS,

His Royal Highness Albert Prince of Wales, and her Royal Highness Victoria Princess Royal. Drawn by Sir W. C. Ross, A.R.A.; en- graved by HENRY ROBINSON.

[A pleasing group of the two Royal infants, gracefully sketched and delicately engraved: the head of the little Princess has most character, and a resemblance to the Queen may be traced in her look. Sir W. C. Ross's name is as good a guarantee for the likeness as could be desired; for he can produce an agreeable Portrait without gross flattery.]

Engravings after the Best Pictures of the Great Masters, Part V. [The subjects of the plates are a Virgin and Child after Mt:aux°, the Core- lion of Mary de Medicis after RUBENS, and the Farrier's Family aftar WOUVERMANS. The engravings, though far from perfection, are very much better than some in previous parts : that after Runera, by WILLIAM Don- cLaar is very meritorious. Being copied from prints, these plates exhibit the defects of two engravers ; the second one in most cases heightening those of the first, without being able to emulate the executive skill of his prototype.] Shaw's Encyclopeedia of Ornament, No XX.

[Completes this curious, comprehensive, and beautiful repertory of the deco- rative fancy of the middle ages, as shown in the architectural ornaments, stained glass, arabesques, and painted tiles of Gothic cathedrals—the iron- work, wood-carving, hangings, book-bindings, jewellery-, embroidery, and other rich and costly articles of furniture and attire. The specimens are selected from the periods when each class of ornament was at its highest point of per- fection, and arranged chronologically; and the execution of the coloured plates is finished and elaborate.]

Ancient and Modern Architecture, Part III.

[The illustrations in this part are the Carthusian Church near Pavia—a mag- nificent specimen of the Lombard style ; and the Cathedral of Bonn—a noble example of the severest style of Norman ecclesiastical architecture.]

Abbotsford Edition of the Waverley Novels, Part XVI.

La Belle Chocolatiere. LIOTARD pinxit ; POSSELWHITE sculpsit. [A remarkable print, engraved with singular purity and clearness in the mixed manner. The subject is homely, and not very interesting, representing only a prim damsel in the costume of the last century, banding a cup of cho- colate; but there is a Dutch simplicity and precision in the pictorial treatment that pleases by the absence of mannerism.] Roberts's Sketches in the Holy Laud, Part VI. [The wonders of Petra furnish a vast theme for the pencil of Mr. ROBERTS, and one which Le has treated with impressive fidelity in this and the preceding part : the theatre, temples, and triumphal arch of the rock-built city form the subjects of the large plates; and its bridge, and Mount Hor with the tomb of Aaron, those of the vignettes. The stupendous cliffs, perforated tier abive tier with caves, and sculptured with superb monuments carved out of the rock, their façades rent as if by some convulsion of the earth, present a scene of desolation and grandeur almost sublime.]

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part XIX.

Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Part XXX.

PAMPHLETS.

Railways; their uses and management.

Medical Reflections on the Water Cure, By JAMES Pittman, M.D., Physician to the Cheltenham Hydropathic Institution. The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; a Ser- mon, in behalf of its funds, preached at Chelwood Church, Somerset, on Sunday the 9th October 1842. By the Reverend RICHARD WAR- NER, the Rector.

A Letter to Feargvs O'Connor, Esq., against his Plan of Dividing the Land, end in favour of the Association of Property, Skill, and Labour. By SAMUEL WELLWOOD, a Hand-loom Weaver.

Observations on the Admission of Meaical Pupils to the Wards of _Rea- lm Hospital, for the purpose of Studying Mental Diseases. Third edition, revised. By Jour.: WEBSTER, M.D., &c., one of the- Governors.

Account 0/a Case of Successful Amputation of the Thigh, during the Mes- meric State, without the knowledge of the Patient. Read to the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London, on Tuesday the 224 No- vember 1842. By W. TOPHAM, Esq., and W. &mac WARD, Esq., 11.R.C.S., &c.

Farts and Arguments in favour of a more Frequent Delivery of the Gaols. By Lord WESTERN.

Critical Letters on Scribbleomania. By R. F. BRAECASSINE. Letter first.

Letter on Emigration and Colonization, addressed to the Honourable Lord Kelburne, M.P. By JOHN CRAWFORD, Esq. A Report of the Royal Dispensary for JIiseases of the Ear; with Re- marks on the objects and utility of the institution. By JOHN HARRI- SON CURTIS, Esq., Aurist to their late Majesties George the Fourth and William the Fourth, &c.

Music.

Lanza's Guide to his System of Singing in Class.

Fireside Harmony; or Domestic Recreation in Part-singing. By Hums S. lizascHELL.