PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.
BOOKS.
Memoirs of the Bight Honourable Henry Lord Langdale. By Thomas Duffus Hardy. In two volumes.
Magnetieal Investigations. By the Reverend William Scoresby, D.D., Fellow of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, &c. Volume n. With Illustrations.
.Earkwood ; or Lights and Shadows of the Anglican Church. A Tale for the Times, and all Time. By Charlotte Anley, Author of "Mi- riam," &c.
The Blithedale Romance. By Nathaniel Hawthorne, Author of "The Scarlet Letter," " The House with the Seven Gables," &e. In two volumes.
Poetical Illustrations of the Achievements of the Duke of Wellington and his Companions is Arms. Edited by Major George Webb De Renzy, formerly of her Majesty's Eighty-second Begiment, presently Barrack-master, Dundee. [This volume, like the exploits it celebrates, is the product of combined zeal under the guidance of a ruling mind. As the Trojan war had its Homer, why should not a longer and severer conflict have its poetical commemora- tion too? But as the Homer is wanting, Major De Renzy thought to make many a substitute for one. He selected published poems that had comme- morated any deed of Wellington ; he applied to writers of verse to assist in his national undertaking, himself suggesting the subject he wanted done; he also advertised for patriotic poets, and offered rewards of five and but pounds respectively for the best poems "on the Great Bronze Statue of the Duke, recently erected by H. C. Wyatt, Esq.," and on the battle of Water- loo. The poems thus selected and,colletted are contained in the volume be- fore us, accompanied by prose illustrations and notes when needed. The subjects of the poems are events connected with the career of Welling- ton, from the taking of Seringapatam to the Queen's visit to Strathfieldsaye ; the leading theme being varied by the achievements of the hero's lieutenants or the exploits of individuals. In eulogistic verse, eulogy of course forms the prevailing mode, but there is such a thing as the " ne quid nimis" : as regards poetical merit there is more of patriotism than poetry in the volume.] The Past and Future of Hungary : being Facts, Figures, and Dates, illustrative of its Past Struggles and Future Prospects. By C. F. Henningsen, Esq., Secretary to Governor Louis Kossuth, Author of "Twelve Months Campaign with Zumalacarregui," &o. [The objects of Governor Koesuth's Secretary are—l. to charge Giirgey with planned treachery from an early period of the war ; without a reliance upon which treason, Russia would not have invaded the country : 2. to depreciate the conduct, temper, or faith of every general who was not successful, or rather who did not always succeed on the side of the Hungarians : 3. to im- press the world with thesidea of the future emancipation of Italy and Hungary under the rule of Mazzini and Kossuth ; a word or two being added in a sort of postscript on the security of the Hungarian loan. The volume runs rapidly and clearly over the events of the war ; but it is of 000rse a repetition of what had already been told ins variety of farms,] Falconry in the Valley of the Indus. By Richard F. Burton, Lieu- tenant Bombay Army, Author of " Goa and the Blue Mountains," &c. [This publication is an omitted chapter of Mr. Burton's &rinds; adding to the sketches of persons and incidents, which predominated in that work, an account of the Indian falcons, and the Beloochee mode of training them. It is an agreeable book in itself, with of course an additional interest for those who take delight either in the theory or practice of falconry. An autobio- graphical postscript is added, giving an account of Mr. Burton's studies as a linguist, and them asquerading manner in which he acquired his know- ledge of the Seindians.] Brittany and the Bible; with Remarks on the French People and their Affairs. By I. Hope. (Traveller's Library.) [The author of this publication seems to have resided in Brittany on some business connected with the Bible Society. His book oonsists of a descrip tion of the people of the province, of the official and priestly opposition to which Protestantism is exposed in France, and an estimate of the French character somewhat in the spirit of old John-Bullism. There is a good deal of plain homely sense about Mr. Hope, and his remarks are written with a sort of rough vigour. Part of the work had already appeared in the Church of .England Magazine.] The Natural History of Creation. By T. Lindley Kemp, M.D. (Tra- veller's Library.)
[A. brief resume of the geological history oftbsjiefie, and of the laws of organic
and inorganic life ; followed by so=-'-' observations on health, disease, life, and death, as regardA-44ifiv..klrame. There is nothing new in the matter, but it is well? ""'" anlp,.."End tersely expounded.] The Illustratcrans •-•!..,e and Magazine of Art. Volume I. [The oolleeti volume of the parts of a periodical publication which aims FLor.iiig the mind by useful information, and attracting the eye by,tide .....,aer and variety of its wood-cuts. These, indeed, are the chief ads ;•g;,,i-.6f the volume, whether illustrating the text descriptive of some ny=11,1tirrre, or reproducing some work of old or contemporary art.] the moat amusing of the following books is, undoubtedly, the Art of Dining," rewritten for Murray's Railway Reading, from the two well-known articles in the Quarterly Review ; which, though published sixteen or seven- teen years ago, appear as fresh as eves, from the combination of anecdote, knowledge of the subject, good sense, and quiet humour. " Walks after Wild Flowers" is an agreeable description of the locality and characteristics of Irish indigenous plants : the work has already appeared in the Cork Ma- gazine and the Advocate of Dublin. The Art of Dining ; or Gastronomy and Gastronomers. (Murray's Railway Beading.)) Walks after Wild Flowers ; or the Botany of the Bohereens. By Richard Dowden (Richard.) Waverley Novels. (Library Edition.) Volume ILL The Antiquary. .Events to be Remembered us the History of England, its Sovereigns and its People; from the Earliest Time to the Present, &c. By Charles Selby. Fourth edition. Broad Grins from China. (Bentley's Shilling Series.) Chambers's Pocket Miscellany. Volume VIL
NEW SER1.4.L.
The Dial of Love. By Mary Hewitt. No. I. [A juvenile monthly magaeine, with poems, papers on moral themes, and tales illustrative of some moral purpose, all unmated by a kindly purpose and a genial spirit.]
Pannanra.
The British Colonies. Shall we have a Colonial Baronage? or shall the Colonial Empire of Great Britain be resolved into Republics? By a Member of Parliament.
Suggestions on the Present Condition of Ireland, and on Government Aid for carrying out an efficient Railway System. By C. Locock Webb, Esq.
_Remarks on the Monopoly of Guano, addressed to the Agriculturists and Shipowners of Great Britain. By Thomas Wentworth Buller. The Artificial Production of Fish. By Piscarius.
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