PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From March 29th to April 4th.

BOOKS.

The Twins; a Domestic Novel, &c. Heart ; a Social Novel, &c. By MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, Author of "Proverbial Philosophy." In two volumes.

Bear and the Pyrenees; a Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre. By LOUISA STUART COSTELLO, Author of "The Bocages and the Vines," &e. With numerous illustrations. in two volumes.

The Man Without a Profession. By CHARLES ROWCROFT, Author of "Tales of the Colonies, or the Adventures of an Emigrant." In three volumes.

King Alfred ; a Poem. By JOI3N FITCHETT. Edited by ROBERT Roscoe. In six volumes.

A Dissertation on the Metre of Homer. By Thomas SHAW BRANDRETH, M.A., Fellow of the Royal Society, &c. 77re Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, with numerous examples and familiar illustrations, designed fur the use of schools and private students. By JAMES CONNELL, Master of the Mathematical Department in the High School of Glasgow.

Mesmerism and its Opponents ; with a Narrative of Cases. By GEORGE SANDBY junior, M.A., Vicar of Flixton, Suffolk. [The Reverend Mr. SANDRY'S book is occupied with a consideration of mes- merism in various phases. First and foremost, he impugns the opinion of the Reverend Mr. M'NEILE and his followers, who ascribe the effects to Satanic agency ; whilst the Vicar of Flixton stoutly maintains that it is lawful for Christians to practise it, or get cured by it. Our author next proceeds to an exposition ot the truth of mesmerism; illustrating the science by facts oh- aereed by himself or collected by other philosophers. In the third place, he examines the objections that have been raised against the dangers of mesmerism, as well physical as moral. The physical he does not deny ; but be says there is danger in all strong medicines—danger from a slip of the physician's pen, or from the carelessness of the chemist in making up the prescription, or from the nurse in administering the dose : but what of that ? we still consult phy- sicians and take medicine. The danger of mesmerism arises from foolish people practising it for pastime,—a thing all sound practitioners abhor : mag- netism is not to be made a joke of. As regards the moral view, Mr. SANDBY denies that there is the slightest evil in regular profe:sional practice. " He will not enter upon the objection" that mesmerism may be made use of to commit an offence "centre lea bonnes maws." Ile philosophically continues— "if parties, in sport or in thoughtlessness, throw themselves into the power of an unprincipled acquaintance, with them lies the fault, and they must take the consequences." Fourthly and lastly, to conclude," Mr. SANDEY examines the objection that the miracles of the Saviour might be resolved into mesmerism, and shows that they could not. Indeed, as our author intimates, the first miracle is conclusive: he seems to doubt about the draught of fishes, but no magnetizer has succeeded in converting water into wine.] Notices of the State of Religion in Geneva and Belgium. By H. Munn, D.D.

Pr. Devon has been sojourning some time in Geneva ; and on his return to his flock in Glasgow, be gave several public lectures on the past and presint elate of religion in the republic, with a notice of Catholicism in Belgium. The object of the author appears to be, to institute a foreign mission for these two states. About the propriety of which, doubts may he entertained, especially in Belgium: for though it is quite true that the law protects all religions, let the spirit of its meaning was, doubtless, home-religion, and not congregations of foreign formation. To the plan of addressing British residents there can be no objection. The lectures, which Dr. HEtion bse now published in a printed form, are to a great extent a compilation ; embracing, in Geneva, the formation of the Pro- testant establishment by CALVIN, the subsequent degeneration of hie system into something very like Unitarianism, and the present modes of religion and education as established by the last Revolution. In Belgium, the lecturer takes a brief view of the persecutions in the Low Countries; but his matter principally relates to the legal state of religion as settled on the accession of LEOPOLD. The description of the present condition of religious practice and feeling in both these countries has more freshness and novelty ; which qualities the com- pilation possesses to some extent through the practical experience of the writer. In point of sentiment, Dr. HEUGII is not altogether devoid of the narrowness of view which belongs to the Scotch Presbyterian, and his lectures occasionally smack of the preacher ; hut his book sufficiently fulfils the expectation of its title, and will convey useful information on a subject that receives little atten- tion from the bulk of writers.] infant Salvation ; or an attempt to prove that all who die in infancy are saved. By Davit) RUSSELL, D.D. Third edition, with additions. [The design of this little book is to " prove from Scripture that all children dying in infancy are saved through Christ." It appears to be in some parts a reproduction from a larger work of Dr. RUSSELL'S, though not perhaps upon the direct question of infant salvation, hut indirectly in reference to Adamant his fall. A subject of this character is scarcely adapted for discussion in a secular journal; and its literary merit is indicated by the success with which the previous editions have been received.]

Discourses on the Nature and Extent of the Atonement of Christ. By RALPH WARDLAW, D.D. Thij71 thousand. [The principal feature of this third edition is the third preface, consisting of a reply to reviews of Dr. WARDLAW'S doctrines in some Scotch theological magazines. This reply is also published separately as a pamphlet.]

Memoir of the Reverend William Lindsay, of Let/toot, Forfarshire. Se- cond edition, enlarged. Ilictv.]ery little book, apparently designed for circulation in the preacher's die-- r Institution of Civil Engineers : Minutes of Proceedings. Volume II., Sessions 1842 and 1843.

[To the members of the Institution, or to professional men in general, this volume will be of great use, recalling to the former the meetings and discussions at which they were present, and perhaps presenting to the latter a sufficient epitome of the views put forward upon the subjects discussed to answer any practical purposes. In a more general sense, the volume is not likely to be very attractive, from the number of subjects, their professional character, and the brief manner in which most of them are treated. The volume is really and truly "minutes of proceedings," containing even the names of persons elected at each sitting, besides a variety of other information only attractive to members or their friends. The most interesting passage we have fallen upon is an anecdote of the Duke of WELLIP.GTON, in the annual oration of the Pre- sident, retelling to the election of some honorary members of rank. The anises dote exhibits the habit of constant attention to usetul knowledge which the Duke must have formed from an early period. •• The Duke of Wellington. in being sidle in office mainly instrumental in recom- mending the means for pruceedingiwith the Thames Tunnel, and fur completing the approachesio 'Ameba Bridge. (nue of the greatest Metropolitan improvements.) con- sidered that he only did his duty; but Sir Mark l'arabsed Brunel. and Mr. Jones, (Chairman of the Lonnon Bridge Committee.) consider that to his Grace is mainly due the merit of these great works : and that as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, he has always takeu a live .y interest in the works of Dover Harbour and other improtements upou the coast, I can bear nituess as well as to Ins knowledge of works of civil engineering, which lie has lost no opp.atimity of cultivating. His Grace's reply to a question by me, as to bow he came to know no much of the differeut plans of sluices fur draining, &c., was. that whe,, with the army in Holland and Belgium, he had plenty of time to ride round the country and to examine them') The Guide to Service : The Governess.

[This volume, though larger than Me Kmorer's previous Guides to Service, is not equal to them in a practical point of yew, because it is something better. It contains materials for "The Governess, a Tale," as well as for an Essay on Female Education. The matter of the novel consists of a series of dramatic scenes and sketches, professing to be from the experience of a real governess, and exhibiting the troubles, tempers, and trials that unfortunate class of ladies are exposed to. The substance of the treatise is contained in a number of chapters or essays on educating girls, from the first rudiments of the nursery up to finishing-lessons; exhibiting much soundness of general judgment. From all this, no doubt, a useful fund of living knowledge may be deduced : but it may require more ripeness than a very young mind can well possess to deduce it; and there is not that every-day working kind of details that the best of the previous Guides possessed. The book smacks more of writing than of practice.] The Print- Collector; an introduction to the knowledge necessary for forming a collection of ancient prints. Containing suggestions as to the mode of commencing collector, the selection of specimens, the prices and care of prints. Also, notices of the marks of proprietorship used by collectors, remarks on the ancient and modern practice of the art, and a catalogue raisonne of books on engraving and prints. [A. very useful book to those who have a fancy for collecting old prints; and one that is likely to increase rather than diminish the number of persone who ride this hobby. The author, a collector of twenty years' experience—acquired, apparently, at some cost—gives tire benefit of his knowledge to the world ; not to deter others front the pursuit, but to poiut out the right course of proceed- ing. He enumerates the inducements which render print-collecting preferable to other dilettante amusements, and gives hints for the selection, scrutiny, purchase, conservation, and classification of prints : specify ing not only the old engravers and the qualities of their works, but the principal collectors anit their marks efownership; describing the different " states " in which prints are found, and their influence on the value of specimens; exposing the " tricks of trade," and the effect of fashion on prices ; and contrasting the aucient and modern systems of print-producing. The amount of information contained in this volume is considerable ; and though it cannot whelly supply the want of judgment and experience, it teaches caution and guards against imposition. The notices of the leading engravers of the different schools evince a discrimi- nating taste, and exact knowledge of their works. The work is written in a congenial spirit, and enlivened with characteristic anecdotes.] Agathonia ; a Romance. [The scene of this tale is laid in the Isle of Rhodes, on its capture by the Sa- racens in the seventh century ; its principal subject is the affection of the son of the Mussulmau commander for Agathonia, the daughter of a Greek phy- sician. Through a false report of the Jews, it is imagined at Rhodes that the commander's absent son is put to death by the Christians of Constantinople ; and he in revenge impales Agathonia, her lover returning just too late. The style of the romance is a mixture of OSSIAN and CHATEAURRIAND; and the Story possesses but slenderinterest, until the catastrophe approaches.) Uncle Sam's Peculiarities. By Uncle Sam. In two volumes. [The reprint of a series of papers that have appeared in Bentley's Aliscellanii and Ainsworth's Magazine. Their subject i3 the peculiarities of the Amen- cans; their form, that of a voyage to the States, and a tour through them ; the mode, rather literal, yet verging upon caricature.] The National Bankruptcy, and other Poems. By T. B. Baownr, (of Mellington,) Author of" Thoughts of the Times."

[A. little volume of poetry, which appears to merit more consideration than we can just now give to it.]

Sir Whystieton Muggs ; a Metrical Romaunt, in three fyttes. Not pub- lished by the Percy Society. With Notes by various hands, and Illus- trations by Magma. The Young Composer; or Progressive Exercises in English Composition. Part I. By JAMES CORNWELL, Joint-Author of "Allen and Corn- well's School Grammar," &c.

[An ingenious set of exercises to supply the juvenile tyro with the raw mate- rial of composition, in the shape of skeleton sentences, which he is to fill up by supplying the terms of quality and relation, and finding the grammar. Yet even here, when the pupil is left alone, the great want in composition, the want of ideas, is often perceptible. A " suitable" verb suggests itself to "dogs," inasmuch as they bark or bite; but the ( ) flower-pot is not so obviously supplied-the blank may relate to form, colour, material, or what sot. However, under judicious guidance, the attention of the pupil will no doubt be continually directed to some quality in things, and a habit of observa- tion encouraged. Without this superintendence on the teacher's part, he will be.apt to degenerate into a mere wordmonger.] Hints for Pedestrians. By MEDICOS. With illustrations.

[A small volume on exercise, diet, and so forth.]

Fifth Annual Report of the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths, and lefarriages, in England. Second edition, revised and corrected.

SERLLLS.

Travels in Ireland. By J. G. Komi.. Translated from the German. Part I.

[A cheap and readable edition of the German traveller's account of the present state of Ireland.] Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Part VI.

Our Mess, No. XXIX.

Maxwell's History of the Rebellion in Ireland, Part IV. Chaniberres Cyclopedia of English Literature, Parts XVI. and XVII. Chronicles of the Bastile, Part IV.

PERIODICALS.

The Nouveau Beau Monde, or Magazine of Fashion ; containing five quarto plates of the most fashionable Parisian and London Costumes, engraved by Mr. and the Misses ALArs. [A new magazine of fashions, illustrated with a profusion of ladies' dresses, in tantalizing variety. The editors, in a sentimental strain, to which a verse of WORDSWORTH'S poetry is the key-note, thus touchingly express their devo- tion to the cause of costume. "Thirteen years the late Beau Monde was a being of our earth: it was the child of our fancy. * • • Yet the Beau Monde has failed! True; it has failed : but it had ceased to be ours. It was no longer the expression of our mind." No wonder "it languished and died" when bereft of such spirits : and who can doubt but that the young beau will

animate as many belles as did the old beau when in his prime ? Such a show of caps and bonnets, indeed, is alone enough to turn the heads of the fair, to say nothing of the eloquence of Mr. and the Misses Arms.]

The Banker's Magazine, and Journal of the Money Market. No. I. [This new periodical does not advocate the views of any particular class of writers on the vexed questions of Banking and Currency, but is a sort of pamphleteer, in which all the conflicting opinions may in turn find expression. Thus, the present number gives a brief sketch of the alterations in the circu- lating medium proposed by half-a dozen different currency-doctors, and quotes Mr. COBDEN'S evidence and Sir ROBERT PEEL'S speeches on the subject ; articles on banking and commercial law ; reports of joint-stock banks; notes on the occurrences of the month; lists of prices of Stocks and of the course of ex- change; with other information to render the publication useful to bankers and other capitalists-a class who ought to be able to support a magazine.] The London Polytechnic Magazine, and Journal of Science, Literature, and the Fine Arts. Edited by THOMAS STONE, M.D. No. IV.

[A. well-conducted scientific periodical; containing able papers on subjects of interest-such as mining, lightning, shipwrecks, electricity, earthquakes, rail- ways, hydraulics, craniology, &c.]

Quarterly Review, No. CXLVL Edinburgh Review, No. CLX. Foreign and Colonial Quarterly Review, No. VI. British Farmer's Magazine, No. XXIX. Magazines for .4/aril-Dublin University, Hood's, Church, Portfolio,

Fisher's Colonial, Simmonds's Colonial, Illuminated, Christian's Monthly, Chemist, Herald of Peace, Precursor of Unity.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Zoology of the Voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, No. V. Ichthyology, Part I. The Bony of the Voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, No. II. [Upwards of a hundred different species of fish were brought to England by Sir 'EDWARD BELCHER ; the most interesting specimens obtained from the American shores of the Pacific and the China Seas. These districts had been but little explored by ichthyologists, and they have proved fertile in new forms. The plates in this portion of the Zoology of the Sulphur present some as extraordinary monsters of the ocean as have ever been figured. They are drawn on stone, with the most minute accuracy of detail, by Mr. W. MITCHELL; who has delineated the character of these singular creatures with spirit as well as exactness, producing drawings equally admirable for delicate execution and fidelity.

MIDI BRAKE'S lithographic drawings of the plants in the Botany show some improvement in executive skill : their exactness could scarcely be in- creased.) The Progresses of her Majesty Queen Victoria and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in France, Belgium, and England. With one hundred engravings.

[A collection of newspaper-accounts of the Royal rambles last autumn, illus- trated with cuts, often clever and effective. if the reiteration of triumphal arches and military cavalcades is wearisome to the eye in glancing through these pages, what must be the continual fuss and noise of crowds and cere- monials to the objects of such fatiguing homage?]

.Abbatsford Edition of the Waverley Novels. Volume V. [The present volume of this handsome and richly-illustrated edition of the Waverley Novels contains The Monastery and The Abbot. The scenes, per- sons, and incidents, connected with the history of the ill-fated Mary Stuart, make the illustrations of the latter story very interesting. The wood-engrav- ings are mostly excellent ; though the different degrees of talent in the de- signers render them unequal in beauty of effect : the variety of the subjects and styles is in itself a recommendation, but sometimes the artists are not equal to their subjects, and the simplest objects are beat delineated. The views by STANFIELD, engraved on steel, rank among the very best efforts of this true and dexterous artist.) The Illustrated Bible History. Edited by CHARLES EDWARDS, Esq

Part I.

[A series of engravings from Scripture subjects, by foreign artists; of which cheapness is the principal recommendation.]

Reads of the People, or Portraits of the English. Drawn by Kamm MEADOWS. No. L [A reissue of these popular sketches of class character and physiognomy.] Bell's Compositions from the Liturgy, No. VI. Pictorial History of England, Part and a half, LXXXIV. Pictorial Sunday Book, Part IV.

Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part XVL Payne's Universum, or Pictorial World. No. IV.