PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons,

Paul Ferroll ; a Tale. By the Author of "IX. Poems by V."

Maud, and other Poems. By Alfred Tennyson, D.C.L., Poet Laureate.

Poetical Works of Samuel Butler. Edited by Robert Bell. Volume I. (The Annotated Edition of the English Poets.) [The poems of Butler in Messrs. Parker and Son's Annotated Edition of the English Poets" contains a new life by Mr. Bell; a critical introduction to Itudibras, and copious notes. Mr. Bell's researches have added little or no- thing to our knowledge of Butler's career ; but he has brought together some antiquarian facts unknown to Johnioon, aud discusses some particulars un- noticed or summarily dismissed by him. The introduction contains a just estimate of the author's merits, butts a shade too favourable to Hudibras- the want of story or incident militates against unflagging interest. The la- borious research that has been bestowed on the illustration of Butler has ac- cumulated a great amount of singular information, which Mr. Bell has pre- sented in a readable manner, and to which he has frequently added. In point of utility and cheapness this will be by far the best edition of Butler.] England Looking Eastward : Impressions of a Year of War. [A. series of poems on the principal topics of the war,—as the French al- liance, the battle of Alma, the privations of the army. There is poetical temperament rather than poetry in England Looking Eastward. The thoughts want depth and originality, the execution fire. In some of the pieces the writer appears as a follower of Tennyson.] Fugitive Poems. By Tristram.

[A collection of occasional verses of a commonplace character.]

Practical Geometry. The Course of Construction of. Plane Geometrical Figures, used as a part of the course of instruction in the Training School, Marlborough House, and in the Schools of Art in connexion With the Department of Science and Art. By R. Burchett, Head Master of the Training and Normal School. [This volume, emanating from the Training School at Marlborough House, has a similar object to the Elements of Plane and Practical Geometry, which we noted last week, as used in the Scottish Schools of Design. The volume before us ts purely practical, involving directions for- the construction of Aguresisinglb and in combination but it has been preceded by an Introduc- tion. The directions are very plain.] Stanford's New Guide to Paris, and the Paris Erhaition. With two Maps, and a View of the Exhibition and Champs.Elyedes. [A. useful pocket book for the visitor to Paris. The New Guide plainly points out the necessary preliminaries, states the pros and cons of the various routes, and describes the principal sights to be seen in Paris. A pretty full account of the Exhibition is added.] Pignadar ; or Three Days' Wanderings in the Landes. By Alethert E. [A young lady's account of a three-days Journey on ponyback through the -Landes in the neighbourhood of Bayonne.] The Gardening Book of Annuals : comprising concise but accurate Descriptions of nearly 300 Species; with full Instructions for their Cultivation, and a Glossary of Botanical Terms. By William Thomp- son.

[A useful publication of a practical kind for that very large class of horti- culturists whose garden-ground and pocket are both somewhat limited. It contains general directions for the growth and cultivation of hardy annuals, and of those rarer kinds called halt-hardy, which must be raised by artificial heat. There are copious lists of the best plants of both classes, with hints as to their particular treatment.]

The baton of History. The Substance of an Essay read before a Society for Mutual Instruction. By T. G. Barton. [A species of commentary on the earlier Bible narrative with an occasional digression to profane history. It is by no means remarkable.] A Catechism on Equitation. For the use of the Gentlemen Cadets in the Riding Department of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. By J. H. Turner Warde, Captain, late 4th Light Dragoons.

[The topics treated in this little broehure are mounting and dismounting, the seat, and the actions which guide the horse.]

The great reprint of the week is Messrs. Blackwood's edition of Professor Wilson's Collected Works, beginning with the celebrated " Noctes" ; to which we may probably return when the series is completed. Meanwhile., it may be said that the text has been carefully prepared by Professor Ferrier, and illustrated by notes, whenever lapse of time, or allusions designedly obscure, render notes necessary to the reader. Mr. Ruskin's "Seven Lamps of Architecture" has reached a second edi- tion; the Letters on the War by Mr. Russell, the correspondent of the Times, have been reprinted by Messrs. Routledge in a neat volume ; and Messrs. Longman have included in their Traveller's Library Mr. Forrester's valuable "Rambles in Norway," originally published in 1850.• Nodes Ambrossane. By Professor Wilson. In four volumes. Volume I. (The Works of Professor Wilson, of the University of Edinburgh, edited by his son-inslaw, Professor Ferrier. Volume L) The Seven Lamps of Architecture. By John Ruskin, A.M., Author of "Modern Painters," &c. With Illustrations drawn by the Author. Second edition.

The War: from the Landing at Gallipoli to the Death of laird Raglan. By W. H. Russell, Correspondent of the Timed.

Rambles in Norway among the .F.Yelde and Fjords of the Central and

Western : with Remarks on its l'olitical, Military, Eccle- siastical, and Social Organization. By Thomas Forrester, Esq. With Extracts from the Journals of Lieutenant M. S. Biddulph, ILA., now Captain and Brevet-Major. In two parts. (Traveller's Library.) • Spectator 1830, page SU. A Review and Compendium of the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Com- mittee of the Howe of Lords appointed on the 17th of February 1854 to inquire into the practical Working of the System of National Education in Ireland; con- taining an impartial Summary of the whole, classed under eighteen heads : with Prefatory Remarks, Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. Edited by an Advocate of Lord Stanley's Plan. The Errors and Evils of the Bank Charter Act of 1844, as divulged by Lord Overstone, (late Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.,) in his Lordship's Evidence before the Select Committee of the Houses of Parliament appointed to in- quire into the Causes of the Commer- cial Distress in the Year 1847. By Lieut.-Colonel J. II. Macdonald.

Rationale of our Present Subdivision of the Pound Sterling; with Strictures on a Decimal Coinage. PAMPHLETS Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law. The Twelfth Anunal Report of the Council. To which is added, a Report of the Interview between the President and Vice-President of the Board of Trade and lieputation of the Society.

2brture in Madras.

Additional Notes to the Correspondence of Gray and Mason.

The Case of Luigi Buranelli Medico-Le- gally Considered. By Forbes Winslow, M.D., D.C.L., late President of the Medical Society of London, Re.

Case of Dr. Peithman, LL.D. The Petition of Dr. Peithman, LLD., Pro- fessor of the University of Bonn, Re., as presented to her Majesty, in 1854, Re. By John Perceval, Esq.

Observations on the Plan and .Progress of the Catalogue of the Library of the Bri- tish Museum. By a Bookseller.