PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From July 29th to August 1111a. BOOKS.

Norway, and her Laplanders, in 184!: with a few Hints to the Salmon. fisher. By Jonn MILFORD, St. John's College, Cambridge; Author of " Observations on hely," &c.

Forest Life. By the Author of "A New Home." In two volumes. Excursions in and about Newfoundland, during the years 1839 and 1840.

By J. B. JUKES, M.A., F.G.S., &c., late Geological Surveyor of New-

foundland. In two volumes.

On the Curative Influence of the Climate of Pau, and the Mineral Waters of the Pyrenees, 0/4 Disease; with descriptive notices of the geology, botany, natural history, mountain-sports, local antiquities, and topography of the Pyrenees, and their principal watering-places. By A. TAYLOR, M.D.

Notes of a Tour in the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire ; in a se- ries of Letters to his Grace the Archbishop of Dublin. By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D., Sec., of Trinity College, Dublin; Author of " The Natural History of Society," &c.

Life in the West : Backwood Leaves and Prairie Flowers; Rough Sketches on the borders of the picturesque, the sublime, and the ridiculous. Ex- tracts from the Note-book of Morleigh in Search of an Estate.

History of the Church of Christ until the Revolution A.D. 1688: in a Course of Lectures. By the Reverend CHARLES MACKENZIE, M.A., "Vicar of St. Helen's Bishopsgate, &c.

The Autobiography of Joseph Lister, of Bradford in Yorkshire ; to which is added, a Contemporary Account of the Defence of Bradford and Cap- ture of Leeds by the Parliamentarians in 1649. Edited by THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., &c. [The reprint of a scarce and curious tract, exhibiting literally but naturally the career and feelings of a Nonconformist of the seventeenth century, in humble life. There is not, indeed, much variety of fortune ; for JOSEPH LISTER was only an apprentice, a serving-man, a steward, and a farmer ; the only historical event with which he was connected was the capture of Bradford by the Royal- ists during the Civil 'War; and his mind was of a credulous and somewhat nar- row character. These are the circumstances, however, which really give the work its value, se presenting a reflex of the feelings and opinions of the com- mon people of the time. JOSEPH LISTER was contemporary with the execu- tion of CHARLES the First, the Government of CROMWELL, the Restoration, and the Revolution ; yet he never mentions them. The Irish Rebellion and the massacre of the Protestants, which occurred in his youth, were the public events that made the strongest impression upon him, on account of the panic terror they created, and the frequent fasts they gave rise to among the Pu- ritans; Master JOSEPH, in his youthful and "carnal" days, having a great aversion to fasts.] The Neutral French; or the Exiles of Nova Scotia. By Mrs. WILLIAMS, Author of "Religion at Home," &c. Two volumes in one. Second edition.

[About the middle of the last century it was determined to expel the original French settlers from Nova Scotia, in consequence of alleged apprehensions re- specting their probable junction with the habitans of Canada. Having by equivocal proclamations assembled them in their churches, they were sur- rounded, marched a-ship-board, and distributed throughout the neighbouring American Colonies, now the United States. The commander on this occasion was Colonel WINSLOW of Massachusetts. The transportation was carried into effect with circumstances of needless hardship; the sexes being separated, and of course families ; and as the atrocity was executed in the autumn, many eventually perished from insufficient food, the severity of the weather, and the depressing effects of mental anxiety.

This expulsion, or expatriation, is the subject of the volume before us. Its author is a Yankee Republican, and female politician, " hissing hot," as Fal- staff expresses it ; and she not only allows her prejudices and feminine feelings fall play, but has made the history in her novel predominate over her fiction. She also falls into another error, of sometimes letting the adventures of her heroine wait, to tell the story of the community. In spite of these faults, The Neutral French has a sort of interest : but it arises from the subject, not from the writer, who has rather marred than improved her materials.]

Little Susan; a Tale in easy words, for children under six years of age. By Aunt SOPHY.

[Anecdotes of a little girl and her brother, suitable for first reading lessons i : but even very young children, now, might expect more information n a book than these pages convey.]

77te Sailor's Bride; or Home, its joys and its sorrows; a Domestic Tale. Third edition.

Britain, a Poem ; to which are added Miscellaneous Pieces, some of which were written on occasions of national interest. By James GREEN. [At first we took this poem for a satire ; but it is a mixture of unflinching panegyric with a little measured admonition for past or present backslidings ; gm-shops and prisons being among our existing defaults, as well as the exist- ence of those persons who only keep the laws "because they must." The inflated doggrel of Britain is followed by a series of poems to the Queen, Prince ALBERT, the Queen Dowager, and the Royal children ; which have been received from Mr. GREEN by the Royal personages "with expressions of satisfaction." The private secretaries are sly fellows, we perceive : they will not commit the criticism of their illustrious masters and mistresses, and so are silent as to the reading, and only speak of the receipt.]

The Dirge of Westminster, or Founder's Day ; Rhyme and Rhapsody, with Notes.

[An Anglo-Indian's lament, in rhyme, over the declining glories of Westmin- ter School ; the foulness of the Thames water, and the new buildings in the neighbourhood, being two main topics. Some notes are added, which differ nothing from the verse except by being in prose. Both abound have been kept in the writer's desk, if he found it necessary to relieve his mind on payer. Torrent of Portugal; an English Metrical Romance. Now first h. lished from an unique manuscript of the fifteenth century, preserved in the Chetham Library at Manchester. Edited by JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S., [ A poem of uncertain age and originality. To the antiquary it will probably have some interest, but none for the general reader—indeed, the language would hardly

be intelligible ; and the story being rambling—a series of adventures without much plot—and the whole poem a species of imitation, if not the imitation of an imitation—does not convey the impress of any particular time, or reflect the opinions of any particular age.] Attempts at Verse.

[By a" votary " of WORDSWORTH, to whom these "attempts "are dedicated. They are the effusions of a melancholy fancy, mostly in a religious strain, and

imitative of poets of the Lake school: but they have neither depth nor ori- ginality of thought, and are often disfigured by affected phraseology, for which the idea conveyed forms no excuse.]

Erreurs des Medecins ; on Systeme Chrono-thermaL Traduit de l'An- glais du Dr. DICKSON, par MALvins, A.D.C. [ Some years since, we noticed Dr. DICKSON'S publication called the Fallacy of the Art of Physic,—meaning the "fallacy of other people's physic." Ac- cording to Dr. DICKSON, there was only one disorder, fever ; and all disorders were curable that had intermissions—as the suspension of pain in gout, the alternations of ague; the cure consisting in keeping up the favourable stage, or, to carry out the argument ad absurdum, the cure consisted in the cure.

Though deficient as a scientific exposition, the book had some points about it : it was written in a popular style; and it reached, if we may trust our me-

mory, a second edition. The attention it excited induced Dr. DICKSON to ex- tend his views, and he published one or more works, with other titles, but of which the basis was similar to his Fallacy of the Art of Physic. The expan- sion, however, was not always an improvement ; what was originally peculiar or paradoxical, verging upon the empirical. It is from some of these later ex- positions that the Erreurs des Medecins has been translated.] The Popular Scottish Biography : being Lives of Eminent Natives of Scotland. Brought down to the present time, from the most authentic sources. By WILLIAM ANDERSON, Esq., Author of "Landscape Lyrics," Stc.

[A well-compiled and useful work, in which many of the articles may be read as well as referred to ; Mr. ANDERSON exercising some original judgment on his subjects. The scale of the work, however, like most books of this kind, is not always so measured by the intrinsic merit or qualities of its subjects as by some accidental circumstances. The bookseller CONSTABLE fills a larger space than the historian and philosopher Hume.] A Description of the Mineral Springs of Aix-la-Chapelle and Borcette ; with some account of the Curiosities of both places and the environs. By L. WETZLAR, M.D., Physician at Aix-la-Chapelle.

[The number of Sow; of various kinds that have attracted the visits of tourists, since Sir FRANCIS HEAD'S publication of the Bubbles, have per- haps diminished the detnand for the waters of Aix-la-Chapelle; so Dr. WETZLAR has published a refresher upon the subject. The topics he handles are various, and methodically arranged ; the medical effects of the waters natu- rally occupying the largest space. They are so efficacious that it will be shorter to say what diseases they will not remedy,—which are, plethora, acute inflam- mations, most fevers, tuberculous consumption, diseases of the heart, and he- morrhages; nor are they adapted to females who are "as ladies wish to be who love their lords."]

A Synopsis of the Various Administrations for the Government of Eng. land from the year 1756 to 1842.

[A tabular list of the members of twenty-five successive Administrations ; beginning with the Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S, in which the great WIL- LIAM PITT was for a short time a Secretary of State, and embracing the present. The various offices, thirty in number, including those not forming part of the Cabinet—which should be distinguished, by the way— are enumerated in one column, and against each office are put the names of the persons who filled them, with the dates of their appointments and re- si,gnations, when either differ from those of the formation and dissolution of the Ministry to which they belonged ; a separate column being devoted to each Administration. An alphabetical index of names is added ; and also tables of Peerages created during each reign from HENRY the Thud to Vicronra, showing the number and rank of creations made during successive Ministries from the accession of GEORGE the Third to the present time. From this it appears, that from HENRY the Third to the end Of ELIZABETH'S reign, only twenty-five Peers had been made; while no fewer than two hundred and eighty- nine creations have been the reward of political influence during the last four reigns.] Pounds, Shillings, and Pence; or a series of money calculations on a novel system ; illustrated with examples showing the method of performing them in the mind, with less than one-fourth of the usual labour. Adapted to general use. By T. MARTIN, Accountant.

[A guide to the practice of mental arithmetic, especially adapted to the ordi- nary purposes of business, and the ready-reckoning of the shop and counting- house. j

A Glossary of Provincial Words and Phrases in use in Wiltshire. By JOHN YONGE AKERMAN, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Lon- don, &e. [A useful little book for the philologist, the student of language, or the readers of our older poetry. Some of the words, however, are in general WC as homely terms or vulgarisms,—such as " afeard " for afraid, " gumption " for ability, rather than "ingenuity or common sense" as Mr. AKERMAN render' it. A few words are commonly used in their secondary sense, but not in their primitive,—as "guzzle, a filthy drain "; whence the application to sensual gluttons and drinkers. There is a short and sensible preface, showing that what we now call provincialisms are in reality Anglo-Saxon, both in meaning and pronunciation.] Popular Objections to the Premillennial Advent, and to the Study of the Prophetic Scriptures, Considered. By GEORGE OGILVY, Esq., of Cove. Published under the auspices of the Edinburgh Association for Pro- moting the Study of Prophecy.

[Another emanation from the Edinburgh Society for promoting the study of prophecy by a series of lectures.] SERIALS.

The Novel Newspaper, Part LVI.—" Self-Control," by Mrs. BRUNTON, Author of "Discipline," &c. To which is added, "The Solitary," • Romance of the Indian Border. [The commencement of the thirteenth octavo volume of a cheap collection of modern novels, including COOPER'S among others ; printed in readable type on decent paper ; and, according to the advertisement, an improvement on the first twelve volumes, none of which we have seen.] Murray's Environs of London, Part IV.

Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hairs Ireland, Part XXIL England ix the Nineteenth Century. Northern Division, Part VIII.— " Lancashire."

77tornton's History of the British Empire in India, Vol. IIL Part IV.

Combe Abbey, NO. W.

Our Mess, No. VIIL 7'he New Statistical Account of Scotland, No. %XXVIII.

Sweet Elements of Electro-Metallurgy, Part IV.

Handy Andy, Part VIIL The Gaberlunzie's Wallet, Part VIIL .Knight's London, Part XVII.

Thomas Miller's Godfrey Malvern, Parts IV. and V.

Doyk's Cyclopedia of Practical Husbandry, Part IV.

PERIODICALS.

Law Magazine, No. LVII.

North American Review, No. CXVL Magazines for A ngust--Dublin University, Ainsworth's, Monthly, London University, Asiatic Journal, Union, Polytechnic Journal, Great West- ern, Musical Athenieum, Mirror.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Part XXVL Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part XV. Le Keur's Memorials of 'Cambridge, No. XXXII.

Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part XLVL "William Shakspere; a Biography." No. IL Pictorial History of England, Part LXVL S. C. Hall's Book of British Ballads, Part III. Abbotsford Edition of the rfraverley Novels, Part VIII.

PAMPHLETS.

Remarks on the War in Afghanistan. By the Honourable WILLIAM LESLIE MELVILLE, of the Bengal Civil Service.

Nine Letters on the Corn-Laws. Originally published in the "Morning Chronicle," the "Sun," the "Manchester Guardian," and the " Man- chester Times." Corrected and revised by the Author.

Suggestions offered and Data given in proof that a sufficient supply of .i3read-Corn for the inhabitants of Great Britain, the growth of their own soil and produce of their own industry, may be obtained In the year 1843, and/or an indefinite period to come. By a Tourist from the North.

The Dress of the Clergy. By a Clergyman.

Twenty-second Annual Report of the Directors of the Dundee Royal Asylum for Lunatics; submitted in terms of their charter to a general meeting of the Directors, 20th June 1842.

The Duty of the Free States. Second Part. By WILLIAM E. CHAR- RING, D.D.

An Etpetimental Inquiry into the Advantages attending the use of Cylin- drical Wheels on Railways; with an explanation of the theory of adapting curves for those wheels, and its application to practice ; and an

account of experiments showing the easy draught and the safety of car- riages with cylindrical wheels. By W. J. MACQVORN RANKINE, Civil Engineer.

America and England Contrasted: or the Emigrant's Hand-book and Guide to the United States. Comprising information respecting their constitution, best fields for agricultural and manufacturing employment, wages, climate, shipping, letters from emigrants, &c. Second edition. The New Zealand Portfolio. Conducted by H. S. CHAPMAN, (of the Middle Temple,) Barrister-at-Law. No. I.—A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for the Colonial Depart- ment, on the Administration of Justice in New Zealand.

Music.

Part Music. Edited by Jowls HaLLAu. No. III. (In Score, and in separate books for the Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass.)

[This number is a considerable improvement on the first; for the editor has bestowed upon it, as we recommended, more research, snore care, and more discretion ; and its contents are not otherwise easily attainable. It would add to the usefulness of the publication if the pieces selected contained a greater variety of combination—some three, five, and six voices, and not all for the same four.]

Friendship; a Ballad. Composed by T. H. SEVERN. [Mr. SEVERN always arranges his work like a musician; but his melody is one which lays but little hold of the memory.]