PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

Front April 213th to May 4th.

BOOKS.

The Revolutions, Insurrections, and Conspiracies of Europe. By W. C. Tavt.on, LL.D., Trinity College, Dublin ; Author of "The Natural History of Society," &c. In two volumes.

The Earl of Essex ; a Romance. By CHARLES WHITEHEAD, Author of " Richard Savage," Sec. In three volumes.

Gabrielle, or Pictures of a Reign ; an Historical Novel. By LOUISA. STUART COSTELLO, Author of "A Summer Among the Bocages and the Vines," &c. in three volumes.

Modern Painters; their Superiority in the art of Landscape-painting to all the Ancient Masters proved by examples of the true, the beautiful, and intellectual, from the works of modern artists, especially from those of J. M. W. Turner, Esq., R.A. By a Graduate of Oxford.

The Maid of the Hallig, or the Unfortunate Islanders ; a Narrative founded on fact. By the Reverend J. C. BIERNATSKL From the German. By SAMUEL JACKSON, Translator of " Elijah the Tishbite," &c.

[The Halligs are small and low islets in the German Ocean, lying near the main land, from which they seem to have been worn away. Their situation exposes them to frequent and sometimes destructive inundations of the sea; and they are inhabited by a pious and primitive race, devotedly attached to their homes in despite of their dangers and disadvantages. The scene of The- Maid of the Hallig is laid upon these isles; and the story originates in the customary betrothal of a young mariner, Godlier, to the heroine, Maria. At the opening of the tale he is returning from a voyage of many years : but the vessel is wrecked upon the isle ; Godber saves a part of the crew ; and among them a city coquette, who detaches him from the humble Maria, and then leaves him. Be is too depressed and self-degraded to renew his addresses ; amid a life of unhappiness seems prepared for both, when a convenient inundation drowns them together.

Connected with the main tale are some subordinate incidents, chiefly re- lating to the conversion of the father and brother of the city lady, partly by the discourse and character of the Hallig clergyman, partly by the dangers the son is exposed to during an excursion, from the dreaded fogs of the region.

The work is peculiar, arid by no means devo d of interest. The remarkable character of the islands and their inhabitants, together with some singular

phsenomena connected with them, are described at large, and furnish topics at once novel tied interesting. Nor is the execution of The Maid of the frailly destitute of ability. The sketches, though minute, are vivid ; the interchanges of description, narrative, and discussion, are managed with sufficient judgment, varying without much impeding the story ; and the manners, characters, and landscapes, or rather the seascapes and fogseapes, are all painted with the power and freshness derived from direct knowledge. In short, many fictions of much greater pretension have less merit. The translation is very good English.] The Ilia& of Homer, Prince of Poets, never before in any language truly translated, with a comment upon some of his chief places. Done ac- cording to the Greek by GEORGE CHAPMAN. A new edition, with In- troduction and Notes, by W. COOKE TAYLOR, Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S., of Trinity College, Dublin. With forty engravings on wood, from the compositions of JOHN PLASMAS, R.A. In two volumes. To notice this work properly, would require more apace than we can devote to it at this season, and, looking at its peculiar character and the collateral points involved in it, perhaps at any season. Lest the fortunate opportunity should be long in coming or never arrive, let us recommend this edition to all readers who would like to possess an excellent sample of our early English, and to have an idea of the homely strength of HOMER, provided they do not care about a lumbering form of verse, which no art can prevent from sometimes degenerating into sing-song. The Alexandrine measure is not well fitted for a long and heroic poem, let CHAPMAN and his admirers say what they please : one of his arguments, that the metre should be long because the poem is long, seems more jocose than cogent.]

A Papa. Lantern for Puseyites. By "Will 0' the Wisp."

LA series of epistles in verse from the Reverend HILLRY ORIEL to the Reverend CLEMENT LOYOLA; giving an SCC01111/ Of Mr. HILARY ORIEL'S

troubles in his parish through his efforts to introduce the Puseyite improve- ments discipline; until, in two epistles, respectively dated Sr. Valentine's

Day and Eve of St. Benedict, it appears that the advocate of celibacy has been beguiled into matrimony with the Squire's youngest daughter. The style of the letters is suggested by that of the Fudge Family; of which the imitation is fair enough : most of the hits, too, are well chosen; but the writer is defi- cient in felicity of expression and vivida via.] Letters written during a Journey to Switzerland, in the Autumn of 1841. By Mrs. ASHTON YATES. In two volumes.

[As some recompense for leaving her younger children behind her during her Swiss tour, Mrs. ASHTON YATES promised to write thtm a particular account of every place she visited. Before her journey was completed, these letters were seen by a friend, who urged their continuance with a view to publication; and here they are.

The perfect nature and propriety of these epistles, considered as regards the end Mrs. YATES had in view, in some sense detracts from their public value, unless to persons similarly circumstanced. Writing to instruct as well as to amuse her young stay-at-homes, she mingles an account of the place with her descriptions of it, as well as of persons and events by which it has been distin- guished, so as to reproduce some of the points if not the cream of Swiss history and topography, with a piece of France. These things, drawn of necessity from accessible sources, and presented in a familiar style, cause much of the work to deal with matter well known to grown-up readers, and, coupled with a style adapted to juvenile readers, prevent it from being of a striking kind, though its variety of topic and easy manner render it very agreeable.] The Life and Times of John Reuchlin, or Capniona the Father of the German Reformation. By FRANCIS BARHAM, Esq., Editor of the Hebrew and English Bible, &c.

[JOHN Rtmcnntre, who was born in 1455 and died in 1522, is celebrated for having been one of the first scholars to introduce Greek into Germany, and to contribute indirectly to the Reformation by the stimulus he gave to the study of Hebrew, and by the controversies into which he was led with the bigoted Romanist' who opposed him. For though REIICHLIN himself was submissive to the Pope, and an advocate of implicit obedience to the authority of the Church, his knowledge of Scripture and his controversies with church- men led him to advance positions respecting them and their dogmas which considerably weakened the reverence hitherto attached to priests, whilst his learning detected blunders in the Vulgate translations, and thus undermined the Romish pretension to infallibility.

The times of such a man belong rather to a history of learning or religions opinion; and his life furnishes no very striking circumstances to render his biography necessary. Still, The Life and Times of John Reuchlin might be rendered an instructive and perhaps a not uninteresting work, in competent bands. But Mr. Bsassat is not competent. His mind is deficient in acu- men, comprehension, and power ; his style, if not positively feeble, is weak and wordy ; and he either has little original knowledge or is unable to profit by it. The book appears to be a compilation, in which modern German writers with here and there a Frenchman have furnished the facts, and Mr. BARHAM the opinions. The compilation, however, is done with so little care or cleverness, that there is no difficulty in detecting where the translation begins and ends : the same thing is repeated in different places; and any literary craftsman, knowing nothing whatever of the subject, might make a much better book from this book, simply by leaving out useless passages and slightly recasting the remainder.] Days at the Factories; or the Manufacturing Industry of Great Britain described, and illustrated by numerous engravings of machines and pro- cesses. Series L—London. By GEORGE DODD. [A series of upwards of twenty articles, illustrated by cuts descriptive of as many manufacturing trades carried on in London; all of which, we be- lieve, have been already published in the Penny Magazine or other works of Mr. KNIGHT. However, new or old, they are exceedingly welcome in their present form, which brings them collectively under the eye of the reader M a compact shape. Without stirring from his easy chair, he may ramble with Mr. DODD for a companion through a brewery, a distillery, or a "vinegar and British wine factory "—too true a type of what British wine turns to in the stomach of the victim who has been seduced to swallow it : does the taste of the inquirer lead him to olfactories, he may be accommodated at a tobacco and snuff factory : is he utilitarian, there is the making of hats, soap, and candles, leather, ships, ropes, and sail-cloths: the man of science may re- fer to the Westminster gas-works, the flint-glass factory, or the manufacture of clocks and bells: for the dandy, there is Day and Martin's; for the musician, Broadwood's pianoforte manufactory; for the lover of letters, the printing- office and the bookbinder's ; and so on, through other curious and interesting operations on a large scale, illustrating at once the extent of the London trade and the results of the division of employments.] The Works of William Shakspere. The text from an entirely new colla- tion of the old editions: with the Various Readings, Notes, a Life of the Poet, sad a History of the Early English Stage. By J. PAY/4E COLLIER, Esq., F.S.A. In eight volumes. Volume VIM erbl„, olume contains "Antony and Cleopatra," " Cymbeline," and " Pe- totherwith all tile Poems; completing the edition so far as SHAKBPERgeE. s Wo rks are concerned: the Life, in the first volume, is yet to come.

The preliminary matter is purely bibliographical, except some short and i nconclosire ressarkson the Sonnets; and the introduction to Pericles, where Mr. Connreo briefly gives it as his opinion that the play was probably a joint production of SUAKSPERE and some other writer, which is the reason why it was omitted from the folio ; and adduces some striking reasons to show the im- perfect state in which the neglect of the double parentage has sent it down to us.] Knight's Cabinet Edition of the Works of William Shakspere. Vo- lume IV.

The Botanist's Manual and Woodland Companion : containing a fami- liar Introduction to the science of Botany and Vegetable Physiology; with the natural history and various uses of British forest-trees. De- signed for the use of young people. [An agreeable and popular compilation, in three divisions : the first containing an account of the structure of plants, and of the orders into which they are divided ; the second devoted to vegetable physiology ; and the third to a description of British forest -trees.] Thoughts on the Mental Functions • being an Attempt to treat Meta- physics as a branch of the Physiology of the Nervous System. Part L SERIALS.

. Bentley's Hand-books of Science, Literature, and Art.—The Hand-book of Chemistry. By W. RALEIGH BAXTER, LL.D. [This a condensed epitome of the elementary facts in the science of chemistry, useful not an much as a popular introduction to its study, as a manual for the student who has become acquainted with the rudiments, and desires to refresh his memory or extend his knowledge: it contains as much solid information on the subject as could well be compressed into a small compass, conveyed in clear and precise terms.]

Biographical Illustrations of St. Paul's Cathedral. By GEORGE LEWIS SMYTH. (Popular Library of Modern Authors. Copyright editions.). The Works of Burns ; with Notes and Illustrations. Parts IV. to VI The Book of Scottish Song. Nos. V. to X.

Stephens's Book of the Farm, Part XIIL London, Part XXVI.

Boz's Martin Chuzzlewit, NO. V.

The Miller of Deanhaugh, Part II.

Harry Mowbray, Part V.

Our Mess, No. XVII.

Lover's L. S. D., Part V.

Chronicles of the Careworn, Part IV.

The Steam-Packet, Part II.

Novel Newspaper, Part LX ILL

Klauer's German Amaranths, No. IV.

Popular Flowers.—" The Rose" and" The Dahlia."

The Smugglers, Part III. PERIODICALS.

The Illuminated Magazine. Edited by D000nas JERROLD. No. L [The object of this new magazine is to combine wood-cuts and letter.

press, art and literature, in a monthly periodical. The principal article is a notice of the Reports of the Children's Employment Commission; in which cuts are appropriate if not necessary to illustrate the subject, especially in mines : the chief book notice is a sentence or two on Lady SALE'S Journal, with copious extracts : the rest consists of "articles," in which the light and humorous predominate but all are slight and destitute of any strik- ing character, but with a fair alLire of the commonplace and word-spinning that distinguish magazine-writing.)

The Old Sailor's Jolly-Boat. Illustrated by ROBERT CRUIESHANK. Part L The Old Oak Chest. Edited by PIERCE Ecale the Younger. Parts L and II.

Westminster Review, No. LXXVIL Law Magazine, No LX.

New York Democratic Review for April.

Magazines for May—Blackwood's, Dublin University, Tait's, Fraser.", Ainsworth's, Monthly, Artist and Amateur's, Church, Asiatic Journal, North of England, Story-Teller, Polytechnic Journal, Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal, London Review, Mirror, Phreno-Magnet.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Pictorial Edition of Shakspere. Part LIII. "William Shakspere, a Biography." Part VIL Pictorial History of England, Part LXXIV.

Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, Part IV.

Abbotsfizrd Edition of the Waverley Novels, Part XXVII. Miss Corner's History of China Part IV. Gailhabaud's Ancient and Modern Architecture, Part VIII.

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part XXIV. British Moths and their Transformations, No. XIX.

Mr. Henry Betty, Son of W. H. W. Betty, the English Roscius. Painted by J. W. CHILDE; lithographed by F. ONWEITN.

PAMPHLETS.

Postscript to a Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart., 6-e., on the Condition of England, and on the Means of Removing the Causes of Distress. By R. TORRENS, Esq., P.R.& Manufacturing Districts. Replies of Sir CHARLES SHAW to Lord Ash- ley, M.P., regarding the Education and Moral and Physical Condition of the Labouring Classes. The Revenue in Jeopardy from Spurious Chemistry; demonstrated in re- searches upon wood-spirit and vinous-spirit. By ANDREW LIRE, M.D., F.R.S., &e., Analytical Chemist to the Board of Customs.

Light and Life for the People. An Appeal to the Lord Ashley, M.P., against the Educational Clauses of the new Factory Bill; with a sub- stitute. By JELINGER C. Symons, Esq., of the Middle Temple, &c. Puseyism, or Anglo. Catholicism, briefly considered in connexion with the Doctrine of the Church of Rome. By a Member of the Protestant Re- formed Church of England. immortality; its real and alleged evidences : being an endeavour to ascer- tain how far the future existence of the human soul is discoverable by reason. By J. T. GRAY, Ph. D.

A Crack Abbot the Kirk for Matra Folk. Third edition.

An Exposerre, from Personal Observation, of Female Prostitution in Lon, don, Leeds, and Rochdale, and especially in the City of alasgow ; with remarks on the cause, extent, results, and remedy of the evil. By WILLIAM LOGAN, City Missionary. Third edition, enlarged,

Music.

The Child's Own Slaying-Book; or Old Songs for Young Singers: con- taining popular melodies and favourite rounds, arranged with an easy accompaniment for the Pianoforte. Edited and selected by Mears and WILLIAM HUTCHINS CALLCOTT.;