PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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The stagnation in the political world has not extended to the literary: the publications of the week have been more numerous than of late, with many books of promise, either for the interest of their subject or their pro-. bable merit.

The United States and Cuba : Eight Years of Change and Travel. By John Glanville Taylor.

A Trip to Mexico ; or Recollections of a Ten Months' Ramble in 1849- O. By a Barrister.

Nile Notes. By a Traveller. Memoirs of a Literary Veteran ; including Sketches and Anecdotes of the most distinguished Literary Characters from 1794 to 1849. By R. P. Gillies. In three volumes.

Poems of Early Years, in Nine Chaplets. By a Wrangler, of Trin. Coll. Camb. M.A.

Narratives of Sorcery and Magic, from the most authentic sources. By Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., &c. In two volumes.

Military Memoir of Lieutenant-Colonel James Skinner, C.B., for many years a distinguished Officer commanding a Corps of Irregular Cavalry in the service of the H.E.I.C. By J. Baillie Fraser, Esq., Author of "Travels in Ehorassan, Mesopotamia, and Kourdistan," &c. In two volumes.

In addition to this list, there are five fictions ; to some of which we shall find occasion to return. "Rose Douglas" is a series of sketches and tales of Scottish life, in the form of the autobiography of a minister's daughter. What we have seen of "Fernley Manor" exhr its Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels's wonted feminine grace of manner, with more of substance in the story than has been usual with her. "The Confessor" is an historical romance of the time of the Great Rebellion, "after the manner" of Scott, as critics on art say, but a clever reproduction of his style and mode of treatment. "Speculation" and " Kenneth " are didactic or juvenile talon, which often contain more matter and interest than books ostensibly belowging*rs

higher clam offietion. "Speculation" is a Church-of-England story, show- ing how an old gentleman of the Establishment converted the family of an Independent neighbour, except Mr. Hughes the head, who made away with himself on the failure of scone rash speculations. "Kenneth" is a tale of wider range and higher interest. The picture of the retreat from Russia, in which the hero and his sister are involved, is painted with great skill and sufficient knowledge, and indeed the whole book argues a thorough acquaintance with Continental life. The moral of disobedience, arising from vanity and weakness, is too much affected by circumstances ; but "Ken- neth " as a story outweighs many three-volumed novels.

Rose Douglas, or Sketches of a Country Parish ; being the Autobio- graphy of a Scotch Minister's Daughter. By S. It. W. In two volumes.

Fernley Manor ; a Novel. By Mrs. Mackenzie Daniels, Author of "My Sister Minnie." In three volumes.

The Confessor ; a Novel. In three volumes.

Speculation.

meek; or the Rear-Guard of the Grand Army. By the Author of "Scenes and Characters," &c.

There is a goodly number of new editions, with several of mark. Among the first, is a collected edition of the poems of the late Hartley Coleridge, with a memoir, and a great many posthumous pieces : this collection only forms part of a series which will contain the author's entire works, prose as well as poetry.

The third volume of Napier's great work is yet engaged with the prelimi- nary preparations which led to the British tnumphs in Spain and, the ex- pulsion of the French : Torres Tedras and its immediate consequences are the principal subjects of the volume. "The Manual of Roman Antiquities" is one of the series of reprints from the Encyclopredia Metropolitana, now in course of publication. "The Ca- lendar of the Anglican Church" is a very enlarged edition of a similar work that appeared in 1842 as an appendix to Barr 's "Anglican Church Archi- tecture." It contains biographical notice% of the Saints, with their em- blems, and other information of a mingled religious and archmological kind. The book is full of curious matter, and profuse in illustration.

Poems. By Hartley Coleridge. With a Memoir of his Life, by his Brother. In two volumes.

History of the War on the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the year 1807 to the year 1814. By Major-General Sir W. F. P. Na- pier, K.C.B., &c. New edition, revised by the Author. Volume III. A Manual of Roman Antiquities. By William Raiusay, M.A., &c. With numerous Illustrations.

The Calendar of the Anglican Church Illustrated, &e.

Rudiments of Chemistry ; with Illustrations of the Chemistry of Daily Life. By B. B. Reid, M.D., F.1t.S.E., &c. Fourth edition.

The British Officer; his Position, Duties, Emoluments, and Privileges : being a Digest and Compilation of the Rules, Regulations, Warrants, and Memoranda, relating to the Duties, Promotion, Pay, and Allow- ances of the Officers in her Majesty's Service and in that of the Ho- nourable East India Company. With Notices of the Military Colleges, Hospitals, and Establishments in Great Britain, &c. By J. 11. Stocque- ler, Author of the "Handbook of India," &c.

[This volatile is a handbook of the Land service, useful alike to the soldier or the civilian. It contains a description of the 'different branches of the Army ; an account of the position, powers, duties, and emoluments of all the various officers ; the cost of their commissions when purchaseable, and the pensions allowed to their relations ; besides various miscellaneous in- formation touching all sorts of affairs in which the officer may find himself engaged, from presentation at courts to courts-martial. A second part of the book is devoted to the East India Company's Army, and contains the same kind of information varied according to the nature of the ease.] The Geological Observer. By Sir Henry T. De La Roche, C.B., F.R.S. &c., Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United King- dom.

[This ample volume is based upon a former work of the author, called "How to Observe in Geology " ; which has long been out of print, but in its day gave rise to several other directions for observing. The alteration of the title is something more than a nominal change ; it extends the book from the individual to the general observer, showing what has been scientifically seen in the globe, instead of what an individual might see. It is a survey of geological facts throughout the world, classified according to their nature.]

The .Book of Nature; an Elementary Introduction to the Se'enaes of

Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Geology, Botany, Zo- ology, and Physiology. By Fnedrich Schoedler, Ph. D. Edited from the fifth German edition, by Henry Medlock, F.C.S. First Division. Physics, Astronomy, and Chemistry. [The subjects of this translation have been often enough presented to the public in various forms. The present compilation has received the praise of Liebig, for the author's knowledge in the sciences of which it treats, so that he is able to separate "the unimportant facts and illustrations from the essential," and give unity to the whole.]

A Week in the Isles of Scilly. By I. W. North, M.A., Chaplain. [A guidebook to the Scylla and Charybdis of England, for those who are ad- venturous enough to go thither. If the wind be fair, the water pretty smooth, the tourist vigorous, accustomed to exertion, and capable of resist- ing the movement of the ocean, he may pass a week well enough in making a toil of a pleasure. Unless he is qualified for the exertion, and can com- mand the weather, he had better follow Mr. North at home ; for he will be blocked about, and may be becalmed on the sea, or weather-bound at Scilly.] The Rise of the Papal Power Traced, in Three Lectures. By Robert

Hussey, 13.D., Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History.

[A.revised edition of lectures read to the Professor's class, and now published in consequence of the present state of affairs, for their bearing upon the keystone of the Romish system, the supremacy of the Pope. The character of the lectures is that of minute unimpassioned historical inquiry.] A First Series of Practical Sermons. By the Reverend Frederick Jack- son, Incumbent of Parson Drove, Isle of Ely.

[Discourses addressed to a village congregation. The chief aim of the preacher has been to enforce practical conclusions for the guidance of the humblest, from some of the most striking events or sentiments of Scripture. The style is plain and forcible.]

Commercial Law, its Principles and Administration, &e. By Leone Levi, Member of the Society for Promoting the Amendment of the Law, &c. Volume I. Part II.

[The continuation of a work whose principal and striking feature is the dis- play in juxtaposition of the mercantile law of different nations.]

An Introduction to Neo-Hellenie or Modern Greek; containing a Guide to its Pronunciation and an Epitome of its Grammar. By Henry Carper Member of the College of Preceptors. [Besides the purpose indicated in the title, due volume will be useful toth so

who wish to pronounce ancient Greek as nearly as possibie like the ancient's- The author states that the scholars of the Continent are adopting the modern pronunciation as the nearest approximation to the classical.]

The Dialect and Folk-Lore of Nerthamplonshitv. By Thomas Sternberg. [A glossary of words peculiar to Northamptonshire, . with an essay on the popular superstitions of the country, preceded by a judi,ious essay on the :Northaniptonshire dialect] The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines. Tale IV. Desdemona, the Magnifico's Child. By Mary Cowden Clarke.

PAMPHLETS.

A Practical Address upon Recent and Coming Events within the Church. By George Sandby, M.A.

Was St. Peter ever at Rome? The substance of two Lectures delivered in St. John's Catholic Church, Perth, on Sundays 2d and 9th Fe- bruary 185l. By Reverend J. S. ht‘Corry, M.A.P.

Is Papal Supremacy Recognized by the Law of England or is the Papal Hierarchy Legal By a Member of the Middle Temple. The Question with Rome. By the Author of "Ireland's Hour." Remarks on the Iniluenre of Tractarianism' or Church Principles, es called, in promoting Secessions to the Church of Rome. By the Hen-

rend Theyre T. Smith, ILA., Vital: of Wymondham, &c

Party Spirit. A Serious Expostulation with the Reverend the Vicar WE St. Peter's, Sheffield. By George Trevor, M.A., Canon of York, ate. Third edition.

Hints for a New Budget, at the service of any Ministry, New or Old. By a Member of the Free Trade Majority.

A Letter to the Right Honourable the President of the Board of Trade, Bre., on Tea and Corn, tke. By James Goddard, Contributor to the Public Journals of Papers on Free Trade with the East, ttc. The Army .Reform II-anted—Maximum of Defence, with Minimum af Expense.

Considerations on the Law of Settlement and Rating, and the Relief of the .Poor. By Lord Walsingham. The Hunterian Oration that would have been delivered by a Member e the College of Surgeons, February 18.51.

The Life of Moses First Lawgiver of Oriental and Occidental Man- kind, &c. By Di.. John Lotsky.