PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED,

From November 3d to November 9th.

Boom.

History of Rome. By Thomas ARNOLD, D.D., late Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Oxford, Head Master of Rugby School, and Member of the Archwological Society of Rome. Volume 111. From the end of the First to the end of the Second Panic War. A Summer at Port Phillip. By the Honourable ROBERT DONDAS MURRAY.

Ned Myers • or a Life before the Mast. Edited by J. FENIMORE COOPER. In two volumes.

The Life and Literary Remains of Charles Rues Pemberton; with Re- marks on his Character and Genius, by W. J. Fox. Edited by JOHN FOWLER, Secretary of the Sheffield Mechanics Institution.

History of St. Andrews, Episcopal, Monastic, Academic, and Civil; comprising the principal part of the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland, from the earliest age till the present time. By the Reverend J. C. LYON, M.A., formerly of Trinity College, Cambridge, and now Presbyter of the Episcopal Church, St. Andrews. In two volumes. [More time than we have had is requisite to examine these two large volumes of Scottish local history; but they scarcely seem to imply so much of promise as the Curious publications of the Spalding Club. It is possible that the cloth predominates too much in their treatment Nearly the whole of the first volume and a good part of the second, excluding the appendices, is devoted to the lives of the Bishops of St. Andrews, and to theological disquisitions connected with their times. The work may, however, turn oat better than all this looks.] The Young Student; or Ralph and Victor. By Madame Guirox. From the French, by SAMUEL JACKSON.

[The original of this work has attained celebrity in France, as the pro- duction of the wife of the present Premier, and crowned by the recom- mendation of the French Academy for its moral tendency. The moral purpose of the work is to inculcate the evils of self-will and disobedience in the young, and of too exacting a disposition on the part of parents. The hero of the tale is Ralph de Foligny ; and the main adventures consist of his running away, and the dilemmas he encounters during his elopement. The sketches of French life are very good, and impart a character of novelty to the substance of the book : its execution is graceful and vivacious. As a didactic juvenile book, however, it is rather too long, for English tastes. The nation generally requires a more rapid progress in the action of a tale than is exhi- bited in The Young Student, and juvenile England more especially, which can- not so well apprehend pictures of manners and minute development of character. The incidents, too, are sometimes of a more worldly or advanced kind than is usual with us: that, for example, where the pedlar who has picked up Ralph imposes upon the devout Marchioness by representing him as a converted heretic eloping to avoid family persecution. The translation is very readable; and, long as the book seems, it has been abridged, and shortened by omitting episodical matter.] A Plea for Woman ; being a Vindication of the importance and extent of her natural sphere of action ; with Remarks on recent works on the subject. By Mrs. Efucct REID.

[An argument in favour of woman's equality with man, not only as respects the means of education and legal rights—on which point a good deal may be said—but the privilege of voting: the privilege of representing, as well as being represented, is not pursued, though it is a legitimate conclusion from Mrs. HUGO REID'S premises. None of these projects can be practically settled by argument : when the state of opinion is willing to admit women to the equalities sought, it is possible they may be exercised without mischief, or even beneficially ; in the mean time, those who feel a vocation this way are quite right to exercise their powers,—though they must possess more of cool judg- ment than Mrs. /Rao REID, to make many converts. The most cogent argu- ment seems to be drawn from existing practice. One can scarcely conceive any voters of the same social status voting upon looser principles, or making a worse choice, than the present electors; and as for ladies in the Senate—it is impossible to have more loquacity with less purpose in debate, unless we im- ported the Dublin Corn Exchange.] Ancient Egypt; her Monuments, Hieroglyphics, History, and Archwology, and other subjects connected with hieroglyphical literature. By GEORGE R. GLIDDON, late U. S. Consul at Cairo.

[This is an attempt by Mr. GLIDDON, formerly the 'United States Consul at Cairo, where he paid much attention to Egyptian antiquities, to popularize the discoveries of CHAMPOLLION, ROSELLINL and others, so as to give a précis of their learned and elaborate volumes on the inscriptions of ancient Egypt, and the history they contain ; with additional information derived from the writer's practical acquaintance with Egyptian geography, and his researches among its monuments. The volume consists of preliminary chapters, to be followed by oral lectures delivered in the United States. Though tainted a little with " King Cambyses' vein," the purpose is accomplished with much clearness, and the necessary cuts reproduced, though coarsely, in wood. But the price is the wonder. Regardless, we assume, of profit, and only wishing to spread the study of Egyptian antiquities, Mr. GLIDDON has selected for his vehicle of publication a sort of periodical called The New World— one of those that make a trade of reprinting European books as soon as they arrive in America. Thus, Blackwood's Magazine, we learn from the wrapper, is reprinted monthly, at a charge of two dollars a year. Bcornow'e Gypsies in Spain is in like manner reprinted for 25 cents—a shade beyond a shilling; and twenty-five cents is the American cost of Mr. GLID- DON'S work, containing upwards of sixty folio pages of small type in double columns.] The Principles of Language, exemplified in a Practical English Gram- mar. With copious exercises. Designed as an introduction to the study of languages generally, for the use of schools and self-instruction. By GEORGE CRANE. [Mr. CRANE was a Professor of English at a German establishment : when youths came abroad to study the Continental tongues, they soon found them- selves in "a fix," as the Yankees say; foreign teachers always assuming as an axiom that the pupils know the grammar of their own language,—which very often was not the case. They were therefore, to their great discontent, handed over to Mr. CRANE; who attempted to teach them upon a more philosophical principle; and hence the germ of the present volume. The plan of the book is as much logical as grammatical; and though, no doubt, grammar will be taught by it, The Principles of Language would seem to us equally or more adapted to the teaching of composition; the book be- ginning with sentences of the simplest form as exercises, and gradually pro- ceeding to those more complex ; new parts of speech, with government and construction, being introduced and illustrated with each new class of exercise.] Sekcta e Poetis Lot into Ordine Temporwri .Disposita. In usum Aca- demim Edinensis.

[The authors in this selection consist of some not usually read in schools, and are pretty numerous; PLAUTUS, TERENCE, LUCRETIUS, CATEILLUS, PER- SICS, LUCAN, MARTIAL, and JUVENAL, furnishing specimens of the greater poets ; VALERIUS FLACCCS, SILIUS ITALIC us, STATICS, and even CLAUDIAN, composing the lesser examples. The selection has been made with judgment, and care has been taken to give as complete specimens of the writers as prac- ticable: an entire play of PLauvus—the Aulularia, one of TERENCE—the Andria ; but in LUCRETIUS and the epic poets, any approach to this entirety was obviously impossible. To those who approve of piecemeal perusal, this Selecta will be found useful, so far as the mere text is concerned ; but we think such a volume needs the help of explanatory notes, more than a complete book.] A Manual of Fresco and Encaustic Painting ; containing ample instruc-

tions for executing works of these descriptions. With an Historical

Memoir of these Arts, from the earliest periods. By W. B. SARSFIELD TAYLOR, Curator of the Living Model Academy, &c. [A clumsy compilation from the oral evidence and written communications given in the Appendices of the two Reports of the Royal Commission of Fine Arts; with the addition of a few particulars gleaned from other equally ac- cessible sources, and a superabundance of twaddle supplied by the compiler. The information contained in the Parliamentary papers is very imperfectly abridged : instead of extracting the pith and producing a complete digest • of the subject in a condensed form, the compiler has culled a number of scat- tered passages, and arranged them under several beads; scarcely connecting them together by the sorry stuff on which they are strung. Mr. SARSFIELD TAYLOR writes such arrant slipslop, that be had better have stuck to paste and scissors and left the pen alone: his own contributions only tend to dis- credit the valuable matter he quotes.] Fish : HOW to Choose and How to Dress. By PISCATOR, Author of " The Practical Angler," &c.

[This is not a mere attempt to tickle the taste, though the pleasures of the palate are not forgotten by Piscator; who omits no opportunity of laying down directions for gratifying the appetite, and indeed makes it a foundation for a greater superstructure—the extension of a nation's food, and the exten-

sion of a new branch of commerce. There are, says he, "upwards of one hundred and seventy distinct species of good and wholesome fishes with which markets are supplied; yet scarcely one-fourth are mentioned by name," in cookery-books. Hence much unfounded prejudice against capital food, on the part both of rich and poor. To remove this is the object of Piscator ; who first enumerates the names of these fishes, then investigates their qualities, next points out the tests of their freshness and goodness. Having thus pre- pared the way, he directs the reader how to clean, and finally how to cook them in multifarious ways—boiled, broiled, baked, stewed, and so forth. There may be errors of enthusiasm in Piscator touching cookery ; or perhaps, what inland critics may deem such, really arise from the author's resi- dence in a fishy country and his excellent skill in choosing his subjects. We can also observe an economical error originating in enthusiasm : before the fish-trade can be ramified throughout England, we must be more certain of a regular supply. But these are trifling drawbacks : Fish, how to Choose and how to Dress, is a good book, because the author has derived his knowledge from experience, and is zealous in his subject.] The Oeulist's Iade-211-ecum ; a complete practical system of Ophthalmic Surgery. With numerous wood-cuts and coloured engravings of the diseases and operations on the eye. By JOIIN WALKER, Surgeon to the Manchester Eye Hospital, &c.

[A clear, well-arranged, and practical account of the diseases of the eye, with. their method of treatment, and a sufficient but not too numerous illustration by cases. The aim of Mr. WALKER has been to combine the essential in- formation in the elaborate works of the great oculists, infusing into it his own experience : and he appears to have succeeded in his object.] Matrimony ; or Phrenology and Physiology applied to the Selection of Companions for Life, with Directions to the Married for living together affectionately and happily. By 0. S. FOWLER, A.B.

[An American lecture on the subject, of which the popularity appears to have been greater than the literary merit.]

Flowers and Fruits, or Poetry, Philosophy, and Science. By JADLE$

ELMSLIE DUNCAN.

[Some short poems, and some short prose articles; both classes very so-so.]

SERIALS.

Sylvester Sound, the Somnambulist. By HENRY COCKTON. Illustrated by ONWHYN. Part I. Martin's Ireland Before and After the Union with Great Britain, Part IIL The Phrenological Library, Part IL—" Gall on the Functions of the

Brain."

Captain Knox's Harry Mowbray, Part XL The Miller of Deanhaugh, Part VIII.

PERIODICALS.

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. CXXXII. and CXXXIIL Magazines for November—Portfolio, Botanic Garden, Gardener's Edition of the Botanic Garden.

ALMANACKS.

The Literary and Scientific Register and Almanack, for 1844. By J. W. G. Goren, M.R.C.S.E.

[This almanack and pocket-book is quite a walking encyclopmdia of scientific facts. On the very cover we encounter a scale of inches and line of chords. Those who want to observe the weather, have facts and general conclusions upon meteorology. Does a man wish to "know himself," there are anatomy, pathology, physiology, phrenology, and therapeutics, or in other words, prescriptions both for self and horse. The would-be architect may pull out this pocket-book, and he has the orders and styles, with the measured ex- amples of their most celebrated specimens before him. The gardeuer—the housewife—is equally provided for ; and the geographer or astronomer may carry the features both of earth and heaven in his pocket. Bea des all this, there are mensuration, mathematics, and mechanics, chemistry, painting, optics, and a great number of miscellaneous matters ; and, as if even this were not enough, there is a system of menwria technica, for those to whom Mr. GUTCH'S efforts to assist or supersede memory are not sufficient. The Literary and Scientific Register and Almanac!: is a wonder in its way.]

PAMPHLETS.

Overland Mails to India, China, 4-c. The Acceleration of Mails (once a fortnight) between England and the East Indies, and vice versa. By Lieutenant Want:ions, R.N., General Agent for Steam intercourse via Egypt and the Red Sea, between England, India, Ceylon. China, &T. Report of the Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual General Meeting of the London Literary Association of the Friends of Poland, held at their Rooms, No. 10 Duke Street, St. James's, 3d May 1843.

One Word Before you Go! containing twenty reasons why you should not reside in France. By JOHN W. HENGISTOIN, Esq., Author of va- rious Works nobody has ever read, &c.

Music.

God Save the Queen; Waltz, arranged for the Pianoforte, by E. EDOkR,