PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

October brings us a larger supply. of booby., without a corresponding in- crease in their character. The two most promising are two Serious : " The Double Oath,"-a melodramatic title with a modern subject of fashionable life, by the Baroness De Calabrella ; and "Anscher,"-a story descriptiveof Sweden and its social state in the early part of the ninth century: The Double Oath; or the Rendezvous. By the Baroness De Calabrella, Anther of The Tempter and the Tempted," &c. In three volume's. Ansehar; a-Story of the Nerd'.

The Life of James Davies, a Village Schoolmaster. Written' by Sir Thomas Phillips.

[James Davies-was a humble Welshman, who refused to be arrettomev, and ap- prenticed himself to a weaver; subsequently he turned pedlar; and when he had reached the period of advancing age, fixed by the learned at five.and-forty, devoted himself to the instruction of poor Welsh children, and the extension of religious worship through the wilder parts of his district, as a lay asaist+ ant of the Church:. His life-is an,example of how-much may be done with little means where there is an earnest determination to do it, and upon how little a man may live; though it is probable that there was more in the cha- racter of James Davies than can be put into a biography, to account for the local influence and celebrity he attained. Partial notices of his life and ex. ertiens have appeared in various forms during the last -thirty yearn. Sir Thomas Phillips has digested these with judgment, added what was wanted tacornplete the life, and illustrated the book. with a variety of plates, repre- senting scenes and buildings connected with the career of his humble coma- trY111219-]

New Elements of Geometry, By Seta

Seba Smith is an American, who learned a little geometry in youth but forgot it in manhood. A friend of his, "John A. Parker, F-sq., of New Ybrit," conceived that he had squared the circle ; and being unable to get mathematicians to listen to him, he pounced upon Seba Smith. Mr. Smith, very goodneturedly, not only-read-the Parker Papers on the quadm- ture but resumed• the study of mathematics to test' he truth of his friend's discovery. This he not only established, but, as we understand him, the principle on which the-discovery rests. Mathematical lines; ho has found, have breadth and thickness as well as length: " Parker on the Quadrature of the Circle" is in, the press; meanwhile, Mr. Seba Smith has brought oat his New Elements of Geometry. It is probably the counterpart of an American edition.] The Doctrine of the Cherubim : being an Inquiry, Critical, Exegetical, and Practim into the Symbolical Character and Design of the Cheru- bic Figures of Holly Scripture. By George Smith, F.A.S., &c.

[According to lair. Smith's view of the subject, the "Cherubim" of Scrip- ture are not the Divine persons or attributes, as some suppose, or the Angelic nature, as is held brothers but they symbolized the whole body of the faithful or redeemed. The discussion is not adapted to our columns ; but we may remark, that the presence of the cherubim in Eden, as the guard of the tree of life after Adam was expelled, seems an argument against the na- tural interpretation of Mr. Smith's theory ; for at that time there were no faithful to represent. If it be said that the cherubim might symbolize the redeemed -that were to be, a-difficulty-still presents itself : the cherubim there.-were evidently trot allegorical, bat personal, and the question would still arise, " what were the cherubim ? ") Remarks on. the Architecture of Llanday Cathedral; with an .Essay towards the History of the Fabric. By. Edward A. Freeman, MA., late.Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, Author of the "History -of Architecture."

[0. monograph of a remarkable building. Mr. Freeman does not profess to give a complete history of Lltuidaff Cathedral, partly because the local mate- rials are very scanty, partly because such a work may be expected from other hands. But Sir. Freeman cannot touch the subject without aiding the historical student. He is so thoroughly imbued with the spirit of ar- chitecture, thathis observation never fails to throw light on the history of architectural works ; and his careful critical analysis of the building, its aslditions and alterations, contributes to the same end. To the technical student of the art this anatomy of a line building will be not less useful.)

Wood's Royal Southern Kalendar, Tasmanian Register, and General Australian and East Indian 011icial _Directory, for 1850. [An offioial guide or public directory from the other side of the world. It con- tains a calendar with notes for Van Diemen's Land, lists of the public offices, varions.statisties, commercial intelligence, and miscellaneous matter. In- formation of a similar kind, if not quite so full, is given for the other Aus- tralian settlements, New Zealand, and the various colonies that lie between St. Helena and Hongkong, including Ceylon. It is creditably got up for Tasmania, and argues spirit.] A Terminational Dietiontery of Latin Substantives, in which the Words are arranged according to their Endings. By Benjamin Dawson, BA., and William Rushton, M.A., &c.

[In this dictionary, or vocabulary, the substantives are classed according to the declensions, and then according to their terminations, with an alpha- betical arrangement in the latter case. It seems a more useful book for the independent persevering student than for common school teaching.]

A New Practical and Easy Method of Learning the German Lan- guage, By F. Ahn, Doctor of Philosophy and Professor at the College of Neuss. First Course.

[Properly speaking, Professor method cannot be called a new one. lie tells us it is "the way that Nature herself follows"-the way in which a mother teaches her child to speak. This is a method that has been in use ever since Eve taught Cain his first words-five thousand years at the least. Nor can the Professor allege that he has been the first schoolmaster to take ceded out of the book of the nursery ; many of his craft have done so within the last half-century. But if Professor Ahn's is not a new method, it is a true method, and that is of much more consequence. His little book is well

adapted to initiate the young into the mystery of speaking and understanding an.] An Examination of the Century Question. To which is added, a Letter to the Anther of "Outlines of Astronomy," respecting n certain pecu- liarity of the Gregorian System of Bissextile Compensation. [Adreader's of sot a sohotnrs argument in favour of not reckoning the first yeau‘of ■theeeentury till ita.00neltision, or, as the author-calls it, the Zero wears}: .,• . I

:Brennvots.of-Vaehatialsktbeephyl or.Theery of the NaturetSvstem of

the Human mina.) . 111 1.013011 .sc1.1 .

[A new scheme of metaphysics based on _phrenology. Perhaps it would be more correct to say that Catholic l'hilueophy is (in the author's opinion es improvid):Seareaugernent rand extension of the phrenologicalleyeunu.]

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cueil destin6 a l'enseign dela' vie Francaise. Par Dr. . Dubuc. •

[A,seleetion from. De -Lamartine and feet other moderh French authors; the number being limited in order to avoid short pieces or ram fragmente.] Ike Lase relatina to Master and Soreant. By C. J. B. Hertslet, Ebq., of the Middle 'Temple, Barrister-at-law. [A compilation or digest of the law relating to the subjects embraced in the title. It forms another of the series of law books emanating from the law Times:]

The reprints are not numerous : the most remarkable era Mr. Bentley's edition of a selection of Prescott's articles from the North American &rule,

with an additional paper on Spanish literature, printed in a style to corre- spond with the Histories and anew edition of Charmer's " Life of a Sailor,"- a. cheap three-and-sixpence worth. Critical and Historical Essays. By William- H. Prescott, Author-of "The History a Ferdinand and Isabella, &c. Second edition. The Life of e Sailor. By Captain Frederick Chamier, R.N. (Bentley's Standard Novele.)

Holy Living and Lying; together with Prayers containing the Whole Duty of a Christian, &e. By Jeremy Taylor, D.D.; Chaplain in Or• dinary to King Charles the First. New edition, carefully revised., (Bohn's Standard Library) A Compendium of Modern Geography. By the Reverend Alevroraer Stewart. Ninth edition, carefully revised and enlarged. Iutwrnaven Woes:

Characters, COSttifflett and Modes of Life, in the Trolley of the Nile. Illustrated from Designs taken on the spot, by E. Prime. With Descriptive Letterpress, by James Augustus St. John; Author of "Egypt and Malionuned Ali." Parts V. VI. and VII.

Paummurs.

Discourses on Colonization and Education, viewed in their bearing on the Increasing Population of this Kingdom. By James Cecil Wyntra, MA, Rector of Gatton, &c. Observations on Spinal and Chest Deformities ; also a few Remarks,on■ the Modes of Treatment generally pursued. By 1'. G. Ileum, DLO. • The Philosopher's. Mite to the Great _Exhibition of 185L Chancery Reform; a Lecture. By William Carpenter.