PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Front November 7th to November 13th.

BOOKS.

The Maxims of Francis Guicciardini. Translated by Emma Martin. With Parallel Passages from the Works of Machiavelli, Lord Bacon, Pascal, Rochefoncault, Montesquieu, Mr. Burke, Prince Talleyrand, Id. Guizot, and others.

The Rose Garden of Persia, By Louisa Stuart Costello, Author of " Spe- cimens of the Early Poetry of France."

The Gospel Narrative, according to the authorized Text of the Evangelists, without repetition or omission. With a continuous Exposition, marginal Proofs in full, and Notes, briefly collected from the best critics and com- mentators. By the Reverend John Forster, MA., her Majesty's Chaplain of the Savoy.

Struggles for Fame. By Eliza Meteyard. A Novel, in three volumes. New Zealand; in a series of Letters, containing an account of the country, both before and since its occupation by the British Government; with his- torical remarks on the conduct of the Government, the New Zealand and the Manakau Companies; also a description of the various settlements, the character of the Aborigines, and the natural productions of the country. By S. Id. D. Martin, M.D., lately a Member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand.

On the Domesticated Animals of the British. Islands: comprehending the natural and economical history of species and varieties; the description of the properties of external form; and observations on the principles and practice of breeding. By David Low, Esq., F.R.S.E., Professor of Agricul- ture in the University of Edinburgh &c. [This volume forms one of those separate Encyclopreclias, devoted to a particular range of subjects, that Messrs. Longgmm have undertaken, of which Ures Manu- factures, kfCtilloch's Commercial T}icBchury, and Webster's Domestic Economy are the most popular instances. The present volume, by Professor Low, is founded 011 a larger work of his with coloured plates. But he has added the dog to the animals described in the former book—viz. the horse, the ox, the sheep, the goat, and the hog; and the work has been entirely rewritten, with such additional mat- ter as seemed appropriate.

The primary object of Mr. Low is to improve the breed of animals, and the breeders: for, though it often requires much skill and experience to decide upon the questions, whether is it better to improve the actual race, or to cross it, or to introduce a new one altogether? and what are the means? yet a great many faults of a palpable kind are committed throughout the kingdom.

" Thus, over the greater part of Wales, there are races of wild diminutive sheep, wider], in economical value, can bear no comparison with those which could be supplied from other places. In Kerry, and other mountainous districts stretching along the Western coast of Ireland, in place of such sheep as the country could maintain, are to be Seen assemblages of animals of the size of dogs, and as wild as antelopes, neither hiving wool fitted to the manufactures of the country, nor being capable of fattening to any size. Even in the heart of Yorkshire, as we shall see in the sequel, a breed of Sheep is preserved, covering a considerable tract of country, which, from its coarseness of form and inaptitude to fatten, ranks in the lowest class of cultivated sheep in Eng- land ; and in every part of the kingdom we may see examples of the vast p.blic and private loss which results from nnacquaintance with the relative value and economical MK of the different breeds of our domesticated animals."

To show how this evil may be remedied, is the first object of the Professor,— by general physiological instruction, as well as by particular description of each

c of animals and their varieties. The book, however, contains much more than the general principles of breeding and directions as to their application. There is a somewhat encyclopedic history of each animal, and very often a good deal of miscellaneous anecdote, not to say story, in connexion with particular animals,— for instance, a long, gossipy, and interesting account of the turf, under the head of Race-horse. This treatment admirably adapts the book for the library of the country gentleman or gentleman farmer; but for the bad breeders of Kerry, Wales, and remote parts of England, a smaller edition, with only the strictly practical parts, might be desirable.]

First Steps to Anatomy. By James L. Drummond, M.D., Professor of Ana- tomy and Physiology in the Royal Belfast Institution.

[This is a very able publication; the work of a master throwing off the results of his own knowledge, not the compilation of a man sitting down to teach that he May learn. The book has originated M a habit peculiar to the Belfast or Irish Medical schools, whither pupils seem to come more irregularly and in a more un- prepared state than in Great Britain. Dr. Drummond's first lectures for the first year's" classes are therefore introductory; containing an account of the dif- ferences between organic and inorganic substances, and of vegetable and animal life, with a description of the leading substances of the body—as the cellular membrane, fat, the veins, the circulation, bone; in which the nature and uses of the substances of the body are generally explained, without any attempt at teach- ing anatomy, though particular parts may be alluded to. It seems, however, that many Belfast pupils are late in arriving; and as "some of them have never read a line on the subject of anatomy," and the rest "are scarcely better-informed," they

are not well fitted to profit by the more special lectures. Hence, Dr. Drummond determined to revise and publish his preliminary course, to enable the late comers to make up their lost time, if they choose. The little Look, however, will be an acquisition to any one, as containing an account, at once clear, popular, and scien- tific, of the general principles of vegetable and animal life, as well as of the sub- stances by which amend life is set up" and sustained.] The Light of Mental Science; being an Essay on Moral Training. By Mrs. London, Authoress of " First Love," &c.

[This is the first part of a work which proposes to apply the light of mere. tal science "to all the subjects most important to the mutual relations of the whole family of man, till, in the last essay of the second series, International Parliaments and International Laws, framed in the light, are suggested for the pacification and civilization of the whole WORLD." At present, Mrs. Loudon gets no further than the necessity of laws to enforce moral order, and that an honest man however poor is entitled to his own respect and that of others; having first laid down rules for infant training, advocated the necessity of a system for public instruction on the basis of the moral training described by the authoress, and se forth. In the domestic rules there is some sense and judgment, if they were ab- stracted from their pompous philosophy and put into English; but then, they might not seem very new.] The Wandering Jew ; a Tale of the Jesuits. By Eugene Sue, Author of " The Mysteries of Paris," " The Salamander," &c. Translated by D. M. Aird, Author of " The Student's French Grammar," " Sketches in France," &c.

[This translation purports to have appeared in the Novel Newspaper. The English reader must not accept it as enabling him to form a judgment of the original work. Where we have looked into it, here and there, we find that it is not a full translation, but that the text is clipped in the process; passages being curtailed i

or omitted in page after page. We will describe an instance. A veteran soldier who bears the nickname of Dagobert has brought two young orphan girls, of illus- trious birth but fallen fortunes, from the depths of Siberia to his own humble home in Paris: they are inveigled away in his absence by the Jesuits, who hold Dagobert's wife, Franeoise, in thrall, by means of her confessor: Dagobert, re- turning home, finds them gone: a deformed girl called La Mayeux has gone out to pawn a few articles of silver belonging to Francoise, to raise money for the use of the family: she has been arrested on suspicion of stealing; a Commissary of Police brings her to Dagobert's house, and the charge falls to the ground. That affair disposed of, Dagobert suddenly determines to invoke the aid of the Police for the recovery of the orphans; and he at once charges the confessor with having inveigled them. In the original, he begins by claiming the attention of the Com- missary, saying that;he has a deposition to make, and so forth; which leads to a conversation, broken by the earnest impatience of the soldier and the hesitating doubts of the Magistrate; who consents, however, to hear the tale, and arrests Franeoise, as the immediate instrument of the crime. In the translation, as soon as the charge of robbery is disposed of and the Commissary is about to retire, Dagobert says, " in a firm voice, Two days ago, Sir, I arrived here with two young girls' "—and he launches at once, without preface, into his wild tale; to which the Commissary listens with a scarcely questioning alacrity, not proper either to the original or to nature. Nor is the translation of the passages that are taken verbally exact; the deviations being made without apparent motive. For instan. " Son embonpoint est si imposante qu'un de see rubes ponrrait servir de tente l'honorable society," [this honourable company,] is translated, "Her embonpoint is so definite and imposing, that one of her gowns would make an admirable tent for this our society of bon rivants." The result is, that Eugene Sue's poi:redid and dramatic dialogue is converted into a style like respectable letter-writing ; and his narrative, constructed so as to mingle startling surprises with minute elaboration, is hurried over with a slippery haste that leaves the extravagant action of ds tale without a trace of verisimilitude. The incidents of the romance may thus be stuffed into a volume portable and cheap; but the deluded reader is not pat in possession of the genuine work. It is the more necessary to point out this distinction, as M. Sue's writings are matters of literary controversy here; and the English reader might well be misled as to their merits by the volume be- fore us.]

The Wigwam and the Cabin. By the Author of " The Yemassee," &e. First series.

[A collection of tales by the author of " The Yemassee," which have appeared in the American Annuals. The object of the writer has been to delineate the man- ners and daily border life of the Southern provinces, where the Negro, the Red Indian, the small planter, the squatter, and the pioneer of colonization, with ad- venturers of all kinds, meet together. The tales, some seven in number, well accomplish the object for which they were written, and bear evident marks of being drawn from life, not only in the pictures of scenery, but in the characters, superstition; and manners—we see more than we are told. There are occasional touches of forceful melodrama, though without fustian or extravagance; but the writer's legal studies seem to have kept him within the bounds of general probability, and prevented him from falling into the lachrymose vein. The author of The Yemassee" has not, we suspect, the strength, comprehension, and flexibility, n for a romance; but he is a capital hand at that kind of sketching which ces for a tale.1

Winter; a Poem. By Henry-Williams.

[The model of this writer seems to have been Cowper in the Task; and his topics are anything that may occur during a winter's day or night, with the re- flections to which they may lead. The theme is not bad, though so °Mime as to be common; but Mr. Williams has mistaken his vocation, which is dearly not for poetry.] The Recreation; a Gift-book for Young Readers. The sixth of the series. [This useful and interesting annual miscellany for the young contains the usual variety of hairbreadth escapes, singular adventures, and strange scenery. The '45, however, appears not to have been so rich as usual in this kind of material, since the editor has been driven to fall back upon works now comparatively old, such as Venablea's "Travels in Russia," and "The Life of Colonel Crockett." The "Adventure of a British Soldier in the American War of 1759" is more hack- nied—a regular Joe in adventure.]

Facisculus Primus Historic Britannicte: the First Chapter of the History of England, selected from the Writings of Cesar and 'refine.; to which are added explanatory Notes for the use of Schools. By William Drake, MA., late Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Second Master of Coventry Free School. [A useful little book either for schools or self-tuition. It contains all the nar- ratives in Cesar or Tacitus which relate to the history of Britain; explanatory, notes, and occasional questions designed to stimulate the inquiry of the scholar, being added to each section.] School Chronology; or the great Dates of History, drawn up for the use of the Collegiate Schools, Liverpool Second edition.

[A chronological exhibition of the principal events of history beginning with Abraham, designed to be committed to memory; to which are added some tables of genealogy relating to English history and the families of Herod and Augustus. The chronological exhibition is on the left-hand side of the page, and is accom- panied on the right by doggrel couplets, intended to imprint the leading epochs more firmly an the mind; thus-

' Two thousand [years] Abraham, teen hundred Moses,— One thousand Solomon, the triad closes."j

The Lord of Burghley; a Play, in five acts.

Imusimamen Wonat.

The Illuminated Calendar for 1846. ileme" Hours" of the First Duke of Anjon—a rich and curious missal of the th century, preserved in the Bibliotheque da Roi at Paris—has furnished the designs for the exquisite and delicate enrichments of the Illuminated Ca- kndar and Diary for next year. The subjects of the quaint miniature pictures, the style of the Arabesque borders, and the character of the floriated letters, are totally different from those in the volume for 1845, which was copied from the a Hours" of Anne of Brittany; and the present exhibits a very rare and elegant description of illuminated ornament, requiring attentive examination of its mi- nute details to appreciate its beauties. Each page of the " Calendar" is an exact facsimile of that in the original; the ornaments in the margin of the " Diary " and the capital letters being copied with equal fidelity from other portions of the volume. The subjects of the minia- ture pictures in the Calendar are ecclesiastical. The series at the top of the page represents St. Paul delivering his epistles to the various persons or churches to whom they were addressed; the Virgin, on the top of a church-tower, holding over him a banner with a device emblematical of the subject of the epistle. The signs of the zodiac are introduced, and the altitude of the sun in the fir- mament is indicated. Below is depicted, in a series of singolar designs, the transition of the Mosaic Law to the Gospel of Christ: January exhibits the prophet Jeremiah taking two bricks out of the Jewish Temple (albeit the charac- ter of the structure is Gothic) and delivering them to St. Peter; each succeeding month other of the Prophets take out more bricks, which they hand over to other of the Apostles; and the old edifice of the Law totters and falls, tower by tower, until by Christmas the whole is in ruins. The Christian Church, it is to be supposed, is shown in perfect repair at top; though neither it nor the dilapidated one below preserves its identity, the fashion of the structures varying in every instance. The Arabesque borderings are of peculiar character; angular foliage enlivened with painted birds and butterflies. And though at first sight the various pages seem to resemble each other, the difference between each is soon perceived, and the ingenuity of the artists in varying them so as to preserve the general similarity becomes remarkable. The letters with their fanciful tendril ornaments—the origin of the German Arabesque scrolls—are very curious; and the whole effect is light and elegant. The ancient character is preserved in the binding; the splendours of the cover, with its inlayings of red and blue, being taken from the frame of a miniature in the " Hours"; and the rich scroll-work in gold also copied from the diaper background of these miniatures. In short, the medimval character of the orna- ments is preserved throughout; and the press, by means of chromalithography, has reproduced the painted embellishments of the gorgeous illuminated rms.a.]