PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Revelations of Austria. By M. Koubrakiewiez, Ex-Austrian Functionary. Edited by the Author of The Revelations of Russia," 8m. In two vo- lumes.

Ravensnest; or the Redskins. By the Author of the " Pilot," &e. In three volumes.

The Gastronomic Regenerator; a simplifiei and entirely new System of Cookery, with nearly two thousand Practical Receipts suited to the in- come of all classes. Illustrated with numerous Engravings, and correct and minute plans bow kitchens of every size, from the kitchen of a royal palace to the humble cottage,are to be constructed and furnished. By Monsieur A. Soyer, of the Reform Club. [It is not only the privilege of great wits to jump, but to cover an immensity of ground in their leap. When Mrs. Glasse, with the brevity of an oracle, directed the cook first to catch his hare, she announced, under a seeming truism, a univer- sal and very practical truth. Before you can have your dinner you must get the wherewithal; and if you wish a good dinner secundum artem, day by day, you should have the fortune of Apicius, and perhaps, like him, you may eat it up at last This "great fact" always rises to our mind when we peruse a book on cookery, with all its requisitions for ample implements, good materials and plenty of them, an artist of cultivated skill, and what the ancients understood by the term " m- ains " if we translate it as free from all cares but cookery. This opinion becomes a confirmed conclusion when we examine the illustrative plates of M. Soyer'a Gastronomic Regenerator, ponder over his various recipes, and revel in idea over that "Diner Lucullusian a Is Sampayo pour 10 personnes," given on the 9th May 1846—" the most recherche dinner he ever dressed." What the total cost was, M. Sampayo, who gave the dinner named after him, doubtless knows, but one dish came to seven guineas. At the same time, M. Soyer professes to give a practical guide to cookery for moderate incomes, under the title of " Kitchen at Home," illustrated, like the royal, noble, and public cookery, by plans for kitchens with all their parapher- nalia: and this portion of the work will be by far the most useful to the bulk of mankind, and perhaps might have been separately published, with the directions for carving, by the new implements our author has invented. An elaborate de- scription of the kitchen at the Reform Club, arranged by M. Soyer, is included in the volume; which we suppose forms the ne plus ultra of modern cookery, though it might have been still better had there been less of writing about it.] Voices from the Crowd, and other Poems. By Charles Mackay, LL.D., Author of " The Salamandrine," &c.

[A part of this pretty little volume is reprinted from the Daily News; and some—as " The Song of the Reveller "—may be familiar to the world from having been married to music. With such exceptions and an attack upon the critics, the character of the whole is the same. Leaguism and Liberalism at a high pitch characterize Voices from the Crowd. The hack poet in Don Juan.

"Praised the present, and abused the past, Reversing the good custom of old days";

but Dr. Mackay goes beyond him. Old times are bad times; the present are, or at least when he wrote, were not much better; but the future, when Corn-law Repeal is carried and various other things are done, shall be a millennium. The philosophy, in short, is that of the modern perfectionists, who expect from free trade and itine- rant lectures the same results that similar enthusiasts looked for fifty or sixty years ago from the liberty and equality of the French Revolution. " Thus runs the world away"; and advances nevertheless, though not at the rate or in the manner looked for by pseudo-philosophers, rhetoricians in verse, or men with one idea.

The verse is, like that of Dr. Mackay's former poems, fluent, with harmony rather than melody, and pleasing the ear rather than impressing the mind. The brevity of the pieces, however, gives Voices from the Crowd an advantage over some of the writer's longer poetry; the rather superficial character of his mind not adapting him to sustain the interest throughout a long work. Perhaps one of the most telling, though not the best, is the "Remonstrance to Quincy Adams," which had a ran at the time it was written.] The Strathmore Melodist; being a Collection of original Poems and Songs. By John Niven. [This volume is a collection of poems written by a journeyman baker, often under the unfavourable circumstances incident to ill health and the struggles of poverty. Looked at, with this consideration, there is something extraordinary in the humour 'visible in some of the subjects, and-in the ease and-harmony of the versification. John Niven cannotpretend to the depth and originality of Barns; but his poems are equal to most of the productions of the humbler classes that have been rife of late years, quite as good as some of the educated, and better than many.] The Biliad, or How to Criticize; a Satire: with the Dirge of Repeal, and other jeux d'esprit. By T. M. Hughes, Author of " Revelations of Spain," &c. [An attack in poetry supported by prose notes, and illustrated by wood-cuts of persons, or at least figures, on a literary journal with whose criticisms upon Mr. Kingston's Lusitanian Sketches Mr. Hughes is not satisfied, and perhaps slightly stimulated by some remarks upon his own Ocean Flower. There is no lack of bitterness, or of personality probably, for those who can pierce the veil; but the terseness and spirit of satire are wanting.] The Conquerors of Lahore, an Ode; with other Odes and Sonnets. By the Author of " The Christian Pilgrim." [The Conquerors of Lahore is an ode, somewhat after the style of Gray's Bard," but with more irregularity of mare. There are besides some sonnets, and several other odes, of which " Borodino" and " The Fountains of the Nile are the most conspicuous for subject. Collins and Gray are the writer's models; and as far as a mere echo of sound goes, he is not unsuccessful; but the sense and spirit of the living voice are wanting.] Moral and Religious Tales for the Young of the Hebrew Faith. Adapted. from the French of "Les Matinees da Samedi" of G. Ben Levi, by A. Abraham.

[This is an adapted rather than a translated volume; Mr. Abraham having con- densed the florid style of the original. " Les Matinees du Samedi " was designed as a class or text book for the moral and religious reading of young Jews; and consists of general remarks on a particular virtue, followed by tales, or more pro- perly anecdotes, illustrative of its exercise. Some of these are denved from the Talmud, others from modern as well as ancient history; and they are interesting as illustrations of the manners and opinions of the Hebrews.] Letters to a Clergyman on Institutions for Ameliorating the Condition of the People, chiefly from Paris, in the Autumn of 1845: By John Minter Morgan. [Mr. John Minter Morgan is the philanthropic projector of an improvement upon. the systems of Owen and Fourier. By the Morgan plan, not only should religion be engrafted upon the joint stock labour system and a dividend paid upon the capital of the undertaking, but the whole should be under a system of strict supervision; which, indeed, seems necessary to give any of these plans even a temporary success. The project of Mr. Morgan is not,-however, fully developed in this volume; which is merely an account of his efforts to propagate his system in France. And a curious enough book it is, were it only to see the enthusiasm of the projector, undismayed by coldness or rebuff, and even unconscious of them. The only persons who really attended to him were men with analogous ideas: but they had plans of their own, and would of course render a rival no real assistance. All others either politely listened till they could bow him out, or recommended bins to apply to some one else, or practised the method of Festus, " At a more convenient season I will hear thee. Yet Mr. Morgan, though con- stantly disappointed, was never in a disappointed frame of mind.] Mesmerism in India and its Practical Application in Surgery and Medi- cine. By James isdaile, M.D., Civil Astastant Surgeon, H.C.S. Bengal. [The author of this volume professes by means of mesmerism to have performed seventy-three painless surgical operations, and cured eighteen cases of severe dis- ease during the last eight months; and his book gives a detail of some of these cases, with a variety of observations on mesmerism, which do not greatly impress the reader with cenfldenee in Dr. James Esdaile's sense. These mesmeric mira- cles the Doctor worked at Hooghly in Bengal: he has now departed for the banks of the Sutiej, surgeons being wanted in the Army, as may be supposed; and there he intends to work more. But will they be permitted'by the milita7 and higher medical authorities? If private or hospital patients choose to submit themselves to experiments, they are free agents: but soldier patients are under martial law, must obey the surgeon's order's, and should not be submitted' to the irregular experiments of anybody who chooses to practice' upon them at his own will and pleasure.]

The Sanative Influence of Climate. By Er James Clark, Bart., M.D., F.RS., Physician in Ordinary to the Queen and to the Prince Albert. Fourth edition.

EThe fourth edition of the well-known work of Sir James Clark on Climate differs ftom its predecessors chiefly by additions and expansions. Through information re- ceived from Dr. Combo and other medical Mends, he has added considerably to the subjects of Madeira and Florence. Sir James has also given a short notice of the climate of Egypt, and put Bournemouth into the list of English climatic places. The whole work has been revised.] Practical Observations on Mineral Waters and Baths; with Notices of some Continental Climates, and a reprint (the third) of the Cold Water. Cure. By Edwin Lee, Esq., Fellow of the Royal Medico-Chirurgical So- ciety, &c.

[Another of Mr. Edwin Lee's medical publications, partly a reprint from a former book, and partly, we think, a reproduction, with, it may be, some new matter.] Commentaries on the Prisacipiaof Sir Isaac Newton, respecting his Theory that the forces of the Gravitation of the Planets are inversely as the squares of their mean distances from the Sun: which theory is called in question in these Commentaries. By the Author of "A New Theory of Gravi- tation," &o. [The sequel of a work published in 1844, designed to overthrow the theory of gravitation.]

Tarquin arid the Consulate; a Tragedy, in five acts. By Richard Newton Greaves.

PERIODICALS.

Monthly Prize Essays. No. L

This periodical is one to which the world at large are invited to contribute. It is to be published monthly; to contain six essays, or rather articles in prose, and' as many in verse; the best prose production will have a prize of twenty pounds, the second of fifteen, the third of ten, and to the other three five pounds each will be paid. Poetry will not fare so well: there are to be but three prizes, of five, three, and two pounds. The decision is not to be made by the "founders and director, who have determined to maintain the strictest incognito," but by the public press and the readers of the periodical. Supposing this scheme to be bona fide, it argues but a slender knowledge and crude notions of periodical literature. A journal should aim at supplying some public want, and represent some definite class of opinion, or at least have some definite purposes. But what unity can be given, or character acquired and main- tained, by an indefinite number of amateur or ready writers choosing subjects which seem good in their own eyes, without communication with their chief or with each other, and without even that general idea which a publication with any defined object can impress? An army could as well be formed out of amateur volunteers with fall liberty to come and go, as a periodical on stub conditions as the Monthly Prize Essays. An inspection of the contents-of the number bears out this a priori reasoning. The' subjects are either commonplaces of colleges and debating societies,—as "Intellictual Cultivation, its Desirableness, and the Importance to be attached to it," or questions with such a very limited interest (unless when handled by origi- nal knowledge andattractive ability) as renders it difficult for the authors to find a channel ofpublication save at their own exmise and with the certainty of loss, —as " Mythology Explained by History"; " Reasons for a New Edition of Shak- spere." "Modem Superstition" is the only living subject; but it is drily handled, and-far too wide of the mark. Such of the poetry as we have read is respect- able. Verse is not so available in the literary market as prose.] Nouvelle Revue Encyclopedique. No. I. Mai 1846. A new French monthly review, whose object is to give an account of "tons" (which may be rendered screw) exsaks published in France or other countries, a nivert, of the proceedings of scientific bodies (" des travaux des corps savants,") the literary and scientific news of the month, and a " bulletin bibliographique," or in plain English, a classified list of works published both in France and abroad. The mode of presenting the works is exceedingly good Every book is ar ranged under a distinct head, from Sciences Exacter " to " Histoire"; poetry, an&n, and miscellaneous literature, preceding History, under the head of " rature Moderne." The execution seems artistical and painstaking, with a good deal of the skill in cooking .up, but is rather analytical than comprehensive; which, from the limited space that can be given to each work, may sometimes fail in giving an entire view, or, as in the case of Dr. Wigan's Duality of the Brain, may substitute a partial show-up of the weak point for a fair exposition of the whole.]'

Knight's Penny Magazine. Volume IL

[In a graceful and circumspicient as well as reminiscent address, Mr. Knight takes farewell of his readers. The Penny Magazine has departed this life, and will be seen no more in weekly numbers. The sale of the new series has not hithertcrdeclined; it is rather increasing: but it' is scarcely remunerating; and, like the experienced pilot who sees the weather indications which escape the less skilled; Mr. Knight infers that the sale may decline rather than increase. " This,' hecontinues, "is a hint that cannot be mistaken. It shall not be said of his humble efforts to continue, upon an equality with the best of his contemporaries, a publication which ones had a decided preeminence, that ' Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage.'

He leaves this portion of the field of popular literature to be cultivated by those whose new energy may be worth more than his old experience." Mr. Knight attributes the present condition of things to the success of his own plans. The example of his efforts to create a popular taste for reading has raised up a host of competitors, who are now, worse than Actreon's dogs, devouring their own" t.] The People's Yournal. Edited by John Saunders. Volume L [The half-yearly numbers of this varied and amusing journal form a handsome volume of agreeable reading; though some of the papers or reports are too much tinged with the cant of humanity men—a cant which, while preaching peace on earth, has never any scruple about inculcating towards men who may differ.from the professors.]

PAMPHLET.

AtLetter to the Lord Bishop of St. David's on the Maams'of Rendering more Efficimit the Education of ths.Peopk, By Walter Farquhar Hook, DZ.,. Wear of Leeds.

1114r-Danger of Divisions within ths Church, considered in a Charge deli- oared at the Visitation in St. Patrick's C athedral, . June 1846. By Richard Whataly, D.D., Archbishop of Dublin.