PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The Life of Edward Gibbon, .Esy., with Seleethms pun his Correspon- dence, and Illustrations. By tbe Rev. MB. 3.1irsiAN, Prebendary of St. Peter's, &c.

Historical Sketches of Statesmen aim flourished in the time of George the Third; to which is added, Remarks 'on Party, and an Appendix. First Series. By HENRY Lord RROUCIIAM

The Literary Character ; or the History of Men of Genius, drawn from their own Feelings and Confessions. By J. D'Isum:Li, D.C.L., F.S.A., &c. &c. Fifth edition, revised.

A,Mentoir of Edward Foster Brady, late Superintendent of Croydon School. Consisting chiefly of Extracts from his Letters and Journals. Odious Comparisons; or the Cosmopolite in England. By J. RICHARD BEST, Esq. Author of " Transalpine Memoirs," &e. In two vols. The Laws of the Hebrews relating to the Poor and the Stranger. Writ- ten in Hebrew, in the twelfth century, by the celebrated Rabbi, M. Maisioresnrs.

The Claims of Christian Philanthropy ; or the Duty of a Christian Government with respect to Moral and Religions Education, and the manner in which its beneficial effects arc counteracted by inordinate Competition in Trade, leading to Inhumanity and Intemperance. By

ROBERT WHYTEHEAD, B.A., late Incumbent of St. Peters, Ipswich. [This was the successful essay for a prize of seventy pounds, offered by the Philanthropic Society ' • the subjects being, National Education, Compulsory Sabbath-observance, Cruelty to Animals, and Intemperance, with a general deduction from the " tottle " of these not very congruous subjects. The copy- right of the chosen essay was to remain with the Society ; and we must confess that in the present instance they have paid a handsome price. Well-turned periods of generalities so trite as almost to be proverbs if they had pith, are strung together; lint tile subject is not grasped in its extent, and the few facts are ofn common and barren kind. The prize essay is four long sermons.] The Sunyassee, an Eastern Tale; and Other Poems. BY JAMES HUTCHINSON, Esq., Surgeon on the Bengal Establishment, Secretary

to the 'Medical Board of that Presidency, and Private Secretary to the Honourable the President of the Council of India.

[The subject of this tale is the love, adventures, and misery of a Hindoo of the warrior caste ; whose mistress, a Brahmin's daughter, was sacrificed to her father's pride and religion. In its sentiments and its style, the poem re- sembles BYRON'S Giaour ; but the nature of the scenes and the knowledge of the author have given something of novelty to the incidents and imagery. Without displaying any particular power beyond a knack at versifying, the Sunyassee is a readable poetic tale ; but, from some substance used, in the manufacture of the paper, or from contact with some odorous both- on its voyage from Calcutta, the volume requires to undergo a quarantine before it is presentable to delicate olfactory nerves.] *Tribal ; a Poem, in six cantos. By M. E. M. J. Author of " Walden- burg." [An adventurous, chivalrous' and roman '

tic tale • including, amongst other in- cidents, a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and an attack by Arabs, with plenty of hair- breadth escapes. The octosyllabic verse is flowing and sounding; the Spen- acclaim stanza rather limps at times.]

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Edited by Mrs. SHELLEY. In four vols. 'Vol. III.

[The Third Volume of this collection consists of shorter and miscellaneoug poems; the " Lines written among the Euganean Hills" being the best known, if not the best. The notes by the editor are pleasant, and affectionate to her husband's memory ; but contain few facts, and call for no particular remark.] The Bivouac, or Storks of flee Peninsular War. By the Author of " Stories of Waterloo." (13Eserr.ev's Standard Novels, No. LXXIII.)

[The Seventy-third Volume of the Standard Novels, the majority of them the copyright of one publisher! With rare exceptions, the work is now, however, taking the character of a cheap reprint of successful fictions, after the library demand for three volumes, for three half-guineas, is exhausted. The Bivouac, though a readable and in parts a powerful novel enough, cannot be called a standard work. Of this change, too, the publisher himself seems to have an inkling, for he has ceased to number the outside of his volumes.]

Holkhant, the Scenes of my Childhood, and Other Poems. By SARAII BILLER.

Illittlern Art and Living Artists.

[A sensible and judicious view of the past and present state of painting, with an inquiry into the progress of the art and of public taste in this country' and an account of the principal English painters, by one who both understands and feels what he writes about. In a slight and rapid glance at it comprehensive subject we do not look for completeness in the details ; but the salient points are seized with tact, aml the whole is presented with clearness. We may add, that with one or two unimportant exceptions, involving differences in degree only, the opinions of the author coincide entirely with our own.] Pencillings by the Way. By A. P. WILLIS, Esq., Author of "Melanie," &c. A new edition.

[ As we believe ours was the first English periodical to call attention to this work whilst yet scattered in the pages of the New York Mirror, and to suggest its republication, we are not displeased to note this further proof of its popularity— a neat reprint, by which the three volumes are compressed into one volume.]

A Course of Eight Lectures on Electricity, Galeanism, 3.Lagnetism, and Elect lit-Magnetism. By HENRY M. NOAD, Member of the London Electrical Society. [A popular compendium of the history, principles, and facts of the science, brought down to the latest discoveries.] The History toe England, Continued from the late Sr James Mackintosh. By WILLIAM WALLACE, Esq. Vol. IX. (LARDNEWS Cyclopedia, Vol. CXIII.) [The 'Ninth Volume commences with the year 1690 and closes with 1713; embracing the greater part of WILLIAM'S reign and the whole of ANNE'S. When, by the by, is this entertaining memoirs of English history to close ? It is already longer, we flon•y, than any history extant ; and if the house of Brunswick is to be treated at the stone length as the house of Stuart, it is yet many volumes from completion.] Description. of South Australia; with Sketches of New South Wales, Port Lincoln, Port Philip, and New Zealand. By THEODORE SCOTT, Esq.

An Inquiry whether the Sentence of Death pronounced at the Fall of Man

included the whole Animal Creation, or was restricted to the Human Race. A Sermon, preached in the Cathedral of Christ Church, before the University of Oxford, January 27' 1839. By flue Rev. N. llt-cx- LAND, 1).]),,, 'F.R.S., Canon of Christ Church, and Reader in Geology mid Mineralogy in the University of Oxford.

The illenkrn School Grammar of the French Language ; or Lexicology and Syntax made easy from Classical Demonstration. By LUCIEN DE RunELLE, .M.A., formerly a Professor at the Royal College of Louis he Grand, Author of the ‘1" French Conjugating Dictionary, •. &c. New edition.

Ernest ; or Political Regeneration. In twelve books.

Men and Miusetres, or the Political Panorama. A Satire.

PAMPHLETS.

Metropolitan Pollee. Case of the City considered, by a Citizen of the Metropolis.

Memoir of the Life and Character of John Gray, hate a member of the Society of Friends. By THEODORE COMPTON.

An Improved and greatly enlarged Supplement to Mr. .11PCulloch's Die-

tionary ; containing many new and important articles, and bringing down the information in the work to 1839.

The Eccaleobion ; a Treatise on Artificial Incubation. In two parts._ By WILLIAM EUCKNALL.

The Speech of Sir Robert Peel in the House of Commons, on Mr. Villiers' motion on the Corn-laws. .

An Essay upon National 'Debts; showing the evil tendencies, moral, physical, and political, and pointing out the only means for their re- moval.

Speech of the Marquis of Normanby in the House of Lords, on Lord .Roden 's motion for a Committee to .Inquire into the State of Crime in Ireland since 1835.

SERIALS.

Nichokts Nickkby. No. XIII.

Pkhwich Abroad. Part XV.

The Churches of London. Nos. XXVII. and XXVIII.

Lectures on Preaching. By EBENEZER PORTER, President of the Theological Seminary, Andover. Reprinted from the American edition .of 1834. (Waimea Library of Standard Divinity.) 7%e Rhine : Legends, Traditions, History. By JosErn SNOW, ESQ. Nos. XUI and XIV.

, John Eroissart's Chronicle of England, France, Spain, 6w. The Imperial Classies—Part X to XIV. History of Napoleon. Part II.

T. 'Heeds of the People. No. VI.

• .Arabian Nights' Entertainments; a now Translation by EDWARD WILLIAM LANE. Part XI.

, The Pictorial History of England. Part XXVI.

The Life and Adventures of Valentine Fox, the Ventriloquist. By SHERRY. With illustrations by ONWHYN. No. L