PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boons.

The Fur-Hunters of the Far West : a Narrative of Adventures in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains. By Alexander Ross, Author of " Ad- ventures of the First Settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River." In two volumes.

Beaten Paths from Boulogne to Babelmandeb. By Edward Sullivan, Esq., Author of " Rambles and Scrambles in North and South Ame- rica."

The Tribes of the Caucasus. With an Account of Scbamyl and the Murids. By Baron August Von Haxthausen, Author of ' Transcau- casia," &c.

Intellect, the Emotions, and the Moral Nature. By Reverend William Lyall, Free College, Ashlar, Nova Scotia.

My Exile in Siberia. By Alexander Herzen. In two volumes.

The Man Christ Jesus. By the Reverend Robert Craig, A.M. Rothesay. [Tho object of these sermons is to remove the feeling of despondency fronz

the minds of Christians when Christ is proposed to them as an exemplar for their conduct, by considering the human or man part of his character. As a metaphysical perception, it is no doubt practicable to separate

the divine and human nature of Christ ; it is not so easy when considering his actions. In fact, this is not only felt but exhibited by the preacher ; who is obliged in explanation to dwell upon the perfect qualities of Christ, and to touch upon the impossibility of reaching his perfections. The subject is rather overdone : four-and-twenty sermons upon one question give rise to undue expansion. The style and treatment are good, but not remarkable, belonging to a class rather than an individual.] The Lances of Lynwood. By the Author of "The Little Duke," " Heartsease, &e. With Illustrations by J. B. [The Lances of Lynwood is a tale of Edward the Third's time ; involving in its history the Spanish campaign of the Black Prince to restore Pedro the Cruel ; and in its romance a story of grasping cupidity in a wicked nobleman to get possession of a neighbour's estate by means of treachery, villany, and the laws of wardship. The story is cleverly contrived, and well told ; but the author of Heartsease succeeds better in pictures of modern life than in medireval tales. She has not sufficient knowledge of the past, or, what amounts to the same thing, she cannot vivify her knowledge. The in- cidents, persons, and ideas are all conventional, no more like the fourteenth century than the knight at a masquerade is like a knight of chivalry.] Unconscious Influence; or Horace and May. By Catherine D. Bell, Author of " Cousin Kate's Story, or Set about it at Once,' &o. [A didactic story, intended primarily to illustrate the importance of the word "must" in domestic training. The mother of May and Horace during her:life, and their father subsequently, accustomed theehildren..to uniformly and ungrudgingly obey. By this means a consistent resolution of character wasformed, so far as was practicable with a somewhat: indolent and selfish nature on the part of Horace and an affectionate yieldingness on that of May. In particular incidents this idea is well enough illustrated. The en- tire story, which is carried on through time and change till the persons grow up and marry, rather exhibits the "unconscious influence" of a gentle, loving, judicious feminine character. The success if not the virtues of May are somewhat exaggerated. The scene is laid in Scotland ; the story and its persons are naturally conceived and represented, leaving a strong impression of the real.] Specimens of Greek Anthology. Translated by Major Robert Guthrie Macgregor, Author of " Indian Leisure." [These "specimens" consist of translations from the minor Greek poets, and from the pamphlet form of publication seem really intended as-a sample. They are sometimes lame, but .mostly. neat, and not devoid of spirit.] 1!L ltdlii Ciceronis Orations*. With a Commentary- by George Long. Volume IL ['Imperfect or difficult orations on subjects involving legal questions predo- minate in this second volume of Cicero's Orations edited by Mr. Long. It is scarcely necessary to say that on such subjects the editor's introductions and commentaries are far beyond all others. His knowledge of English as well as of Roman law, gives-him a power of 'discerning the true points-of a difficulty which a mere civilian might not perceive, and which a pedant would cer- tainly overlook. In addition to this rare combination of acquirements, the editor displays his sound common sense, his large and rational judgments of ancient life, and his robust naturalness of feeling.] The Hand-Place-Book of the United,Eingdom : containing References of daily use to upwards of fifteen thousand Localities in Great Britain and Ireland, and. general Statistical Tables.

[A useful little book compiled from the last census. It contains a list, in alphabetical order, of all the parishes of the Three Kingdoms, with such townships, villages, &o. as have above five hundred inhabitants. The name of the place is followed by the county, the. population, and the acre- age, except in Scotland, where the area is not given. There are some other statistics connected with population, chiefly educational or ecclesiastical.]

.Familiar Words, as affecting. the Conduct of England in 1855. By

David Urquhart. Second series.

ree-and-twenty political. topics by Mr. Urquhart, written stio more, for a 3.3 The great reprint of the week is the first volume of Mr. Murray's new edition of " Byron"s Poetical Works," forming part of the "British Classics." This will form the real library edition of the poet. Its well-proportioned form, its typographical excellence, and the sufficient illustration of this first volume—a portrait of the poet after Phillips—entitle it to a place in any collection;. while its moderate price will bring it within the means of nearly everyone whose taste desires such a. book. This is the true kind of cheapness,—" Childe Harold," and all the early poems of the first mans nor, from " Hours of Idleness " to ""The Waltz," with notes and introduc- tions, for seven-and-sixpence. Mr. Nichol of Edinburgh has included, Churchill in his edition of the Poets, with a biographical preface by Dr. Gilfillarn This preface takes "a. fair view both of the personal.and the poetical character of Churchill; there are short and useful notes, though not remarkable for research.

The other books require no particular comment. " Jane Itouverie " and "'The Hidden Path "'are cheap editions.

The Poetical Works, of Lord Byron. A new edition. In six volumes. Volume L (Murray's British Classics.) The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill. With Memoir, Critieal Dis- sertation, and:Explanatory Notes, by the Reverend George Gallen.

The Apocalypse Pulfilleel in. the.Consummation of, the Mosaic Economy and the Coming of the Son of Man an Answer to the " Apocaljsptio Sketches" and "The Endby Dr. Cumming. By the Reveread.P.

S. Dm E prez, B.D., late Evening Lecturer of the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton. Second edition.

.11`ary Elliot ; or Be -ye Kind one to another. By Cousin Kate, Author of "Hope Campbell, or Know Thyself," &o. Second edition.

Jane Bouverie ; and how she became an Old Maid : detailing the hopes, loves, sorrows, and anxieties of one of that hitherto neglected class, the "-Single Ladies" of England. By Catharine Sinclair, Author of "Modern Accomplishments," &c. (Run and Read Library.) The Hidden Path. By Marion Harland, Author of " Alone."

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Examples of Ornament : selected chiefly: from Works of Art in the Bri-

tish Museum, the Museum of Economic Geology, the Museum of Or- namental Art in Marlborough House, and the New Crystal Palace. Drawn from Original Sources, by Francis Bedford, Thomas Scott, Thomas Macquoid, and Henry O'Neill; and edited by Joseph Cundall.

As the title indicates, this is a volume almost entirely of pictured represent- ation, not of literary description. The examples, arranged in chronological order, and selected professedly with a view- either to beauty or- to comparative novelty, are Egyptian, Assynan, Greek, Etreocan, Sammy, Roman, Pom- peian, Byzantine, Irish, Alhambresque, German and English Gothic, Renais- sance, Cinque Cento, Elizabethan, Indian, and Persian. The least approv- able selections are perhaps those from Greece. For the rest, the judicious observer may learn to reverence Egypt and Ass ris, take pleasure in chaste Etruria, and ingeniously delightful Pompeii, 3iooriah. Granada, and India, admire and love the invention. and human heart of the Byzantine and Go- thic, and.reject the Renaissance and Elizabethan.. The book is very taste- fully got up ;. and the examples, engraved on wood and stone, with the addi- tion of colour where most essential to the expression of the style, are generally well executed—the lithographs more especially. A few words of assistance in the letterpressmight be desirable, beyond the bare mention, to which it is almost wholly restricted, of the object or source whence each engraved example is derived.] Behtaorr's Bible Pictures : English Edition. Printed from the Original Wood-blocks. Part L [The work here begun promises to be identical, or nearly so, with the " Pic- ture Bible " published in England about a Tear and a half ago, except that the-tinting is now dispensed with. The edition will be a supremely cheap one ; each part consisting of six well-printed and well-presented engravings for one shilling. For the lovers of German art it is a prize indeed ; and even for such as demur to yielding that art their unqualified admiration, Sehnorr possesses positive excellences which cannot go unappreciated—style, knowledge, dignity, great judgment, and a comprehensive consideration of his subjects, which only misses reaching invention. All the plates of the German edition are to be reproduced in this series, except "some few which it has been thought desirable to exclude as not being altogether consonant with the religious feeling and taste of the present age in England "; the whole being announced for completion in about thirty numbers. The fact of the designs being printed from the original wood-blocks warrants their high excellence as engravings ; and the least Germanized among men of taste must admit that the work, when finished, will be one of the best as it as- suredly is One of the cheapest attainable books of Bible illustration.]

PAMPHLETS.

Inverse _Elementary Tactics of Cavalry : James Itallingall, Surveyor of Shipping, comprising simple, compound, and par- and Honorary Secretary to the Pori

tial Inversions, with the Application of- Phillip Immigration and. A.riti-Ship. them to Regimental, Extensive, and wreck Society.

Auxiliary Lines, also the Conversion of Report on the Cholera Outbreak in the Pa- the Squadron. By A. B. C. risk of St. James, Westminster, during the Autumn of 1854. Tracia-før the Treamt N".A Father's Plea for the Love of his

XIX. who was. illegally carried, off and con-

Unsafe Ship-building, a NationaZ Sin. called from him four years since. By

A Treatise in reply to a Despatch of .his Dr. K. P. Ter Reehorst. Profeasor of Grace the Duke of Newcastle, upon the ten Modern Languages, Author. of

Safe Transmission of Emigrants. By. " The Mariner's Friend, " Sec.