PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Thursday morning, January 14. Tits slackness in the publishing world still continues; the only new work of any consideration we have received, is Mrs. BRAT'S Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland, and that arrived at too late a period for notice. All the rest are reprints, or collections, juvenile tales, or statistical works, which, however useful and excellent in their way, have no pretension to an original literary character.

Booms.

7714 Mountains and Lakes of Switzerland, with Descriptive Sketches of other parts of the Continent. By Mrs. BRAY, Author of " Letters from Normandy and Britany," &c. 131 three vols.

Memoir on the Countries about the Caspian and Aral Seas, illustrative of the late Russian expedition against Khiva. Translated from the Ger- man of Lieutenant CARL ZIMMERMAN, of the Prussian Service, by Cap- tain Mosisa, R.N. ; with a Map, by JOHN ARROWSUITH.

[This is an invaluable work to the geographer, the statist, the student of military strategy, who extends his speculations to Asia, and indeed to all who are interested in positive facts. Lieutenant ZIMMERMAN, assisted by VON Eirsinoz.nx and other scientific men of eminence, has brought together all that is known of Khivab, and the districts adjacent to the Caspian and Ural Seas ; and classified and digested the facts he has collected. The positions of places—the height of mountains—the character of the country—the number and names of its productions, both animal and vegetable—and a tabular view of the tribes which inhabit it—will all be found in this small volume. There is also some general information ; the most interesting part con- sisting of observations on the former and present state of Western Central Asia, "ascribed to the Graf VON CANCRI.N." A map by Assows}uTa, after the original, accompanies the volume.] Elegiac Extracts from Tibullus and Ovid; with English Introductions and Notes. By WIT W% RAMSAY, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam- bridge, &c. This is a very excellent book for the student, at school or elsewhere. Mr. RAMSAY has thrown into his remarks, whether annotations on particular pas- sages, general criticism on the author, or a biographical notice of his career, a rational and manly tone, as if the pupil were a reasonable creature, instead of a mere automaton for the acquisition of words and grammar. The fault of the book, if it be one, is traceable to this source. The notes, or at least the proofs and authorities with which they are interspersed, are of too advanced a kind for the general run of pupils who would be likely to use these extracts. We per- fectly agree with Mr. RAMSAY, that it is advantageous to adduce passages from other authors bearing upon the custom or allusion to be illustrated, and that the construing of these passages is an exercise of itself : but we suspect school- boys will rarely give themselves the trouble of studying_ more than they are obliged, passing over what is not in their mother-tongue.]

The Accidence and Principles of English Grammar. By B. H. SMART. [The chief point of this new grammar is a judicious attempt of the author to view grammar less as an isolated and arbitrary art, than as connected with logic, metaphysics, and rhetoric; words, either singly or in conjunction, being considered as the representatives of things or ideas, and not as words only.]

The T' Hakoorine ; a Tale of Maandoo. By Captain JAMES ABBOTT, Bengal Artillery. This is an Indian poem, conceived in the ruins of the ancient capital of Malwa, once the abode of Moslem power, now supposed to be the stronghold of enchantments, &c.; both the earthly and unearthly past forming the theme of Captain ABBOTT. The gallant author's Terse is flowing, and his images are Oriental ; but he looks at the East with the eyes of other men, not with his own. His style, according to the character of his subjects, is a reflection of BYRON, SCOTT, and occasionally of MOORS.] Society Organized ; an Allegory. By WILLIAM Aoeurres GORDON BARE, Esq. [The first part of a poem, intended to be completed in four parts; foreshadow- ing a universal diffusion of science as the means of regenerating society ; and

picturing an Utopia of happiness and enlightenment embracing the whole human race, who are to be governed by an assembly of sages. The author is a. learned and benevolent man, but his poetic inspiration is not equal to his enthusiasm.]

Aldo, the British Captive. By Miss AGNES STRICKLAND, Author of " The Lives of the Queens of England," &c. Stories for Young Persons. By Miss SEDGWICK, Author of "Hope Leslie," &c.

Summer Rambles and Winter Amusements ; embracing Conversations on History and the Productions of Nature in different countries. By a Clergyman's Widow. Stories of the Animal World; arranged so as to form a systematic intro- duction to Zoology. By the Reverend B. H. DRAPER. [These four publications are Juvenile books, of various subjects and cha- racter, but all pleasing. Aide is a tale intended to exhibit Christianity and domestic slavery amongst the Romans, together with the uncertain tenure of life and fortune in all conditions under the empire, finishing with the martyrdom of youth and beauty. Stories for Young. Persons displays Miss SEDOWICK'S well-known power of imparting grace and interest to common subjects ; giving us in the American stories, glimpses of domestic life in the school-room and family parlour on the other side of the Atlantic. Summer Rambles is a series of little didactic conversations on various topics, between a clergyman's widow and her young family,—amiable in feeling, pleasing in style, and not devoid of instruction ; but the inexperience of the writer in authorcraft causes a mixture of the manner of age with the matter of childhood. In Stories of the Animal World, Mr. DRAPER runs lightly through the whole Linnsean arrangement, informing his young reader respecting orders and families, whilst he amuses him by striking facts.] Childhood Illustrated in a Selection from the Poets. By H. M. R. [A volume of beautiful poetry, on a theme calculated to awaken the feelings as well as the fancy of the writer, and to insist the sympathies of the reader; selected by Miss RATHBONE, (herself a contributor,) chiefly from contempo- raries, known and anonymous, with a few strains from elder bards, and some original pieces. The poetesses, as might be expected, pour forth numerous tri- butes of tender and graceful sentiment coming from the heart; and Woanst- WORTH'S profound perception of the innocence and simplicity of childhood often touches the feelings in these pages : strange that SHERIDAN KNOWLES, whose dramatic muse is so devoted to the domestic affections, should not afford one extract.] Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Modern. From the German of FREDERICK SCHLEGEL. New edition.

[A new and very neat edition, fit for the pocket, the table, or the bookcase, of a work by a man of European reputation, which takes a complete survey of the intellect of the human mind, from the early poetry of the Greeks, and the literature of the Asiatics, to the period of SCHILLER and GOETHE.] The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, VoL XXXVL [The thirty-sixth volume of this popular miscellany seems as fresh, varied, and "wide awake " as ever ; with a portrait of the gallant Commodore—the "fighting old Commodore" NAPIER, and his biography ; by far the beat part of It being his own autobiography, in reply to an electioneering question at Plymouth, "who is Captain NAPIER? "] Every Family's Book of Health and Domestic Economy; showing how to preserve health and keep house with cheerfulness, frugality, and com- fort; comprising a number of valuable receipts. [A sensible and judicious compilation, containing much valuable and useful information in. a small compass, at a cheap price.] The Hand-book for Married Women ; being an Essay upon Human Par- turition: showing the influence of diet upon the foetus, and developing the means whereby pain and suffering may be almost entirely avoided. By S. ROWBOTHAM. [Contains suggestions deserving the consideration of mothers and the faculty.] Ten Minutes' Advice on Corns, Bunions, Chilblains, and other Diseases of the Feet.

[Intelligent and practically useful hints, by a sufferer from these annoyances.] A Guide to the Recovery of Small Debts in and within ten miles of the City of London ; In which the practice, powers, jurisdiction, and fees of the various Courts of Request, Sheriffs', Lord Mayor's, Palace, Mar- shalsea, Middlesex, and Kingston Courts, are fully explained. [A serviceable manual for the tradesman ; well arranged and digested, and containing complete and authentic information on minor money-matters, drawn up by a lawyer in a popular manner.] Poetical Gleanings. By the Compiler of " Maxims, Morals, and Golden Rules."

The Hand-Book of Stenography ; being a complete Guide to the art and practice of Short-hand. By WILLIAM CARPENTER.

SERIALS.

Life of Arthur Duke of Wellington. By W. H. MAXWELL. Part X. [The most striking point in this number is the capture of St. Sebastian and the subsequent atrocities—atrocities never perhaps surpassed, and which, whilst they reflect some disgrace on the national character, throw still more on the officers present at the siege.] PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Engravings after the Best Pictures of the Great Masters. Part II. [The subjects of the three plates forming this part are " Thamyris with the Head of Cyrus," after RURENS; " Christ Restoring to Life the Daughter of Jairus," after REMBRANDT; and a " Landscape, with Roman Ruins," after CLAUDE. The last plate, engraved by WILLIAM MILLER, is a most beautiful copy of the original print; representing a romantic landscape adorned with ruined temples and arches, having an umbrageous nook beside a stream in the foreground, seen under an effect of watery sunset. The other two later are the work of tyros, and unworthy of a publication of high pretension.]

PAMPHLETS.

Medical Reform. A Letter to the Right Hon. Viscount Melbourne, with the outlines of a Bill for Regulating the Practice of Surgeon-Apothe- caries and Chemists and Druggists, throughout the United Kingdom ; and a Plan for Suppressing Uneducated Practitioners, in a summary manner, before a Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. By MARTIN Sincrada, M.D., &c.

Emancipation. By W. E. CHARRING. [Friend GURNEY'S visit to America, and the description of his subset-pent tour in the West Indies, have produced this tract ; the first part of which is devoted to a brief examination of the Winter in the West Indies, with copious extracts, and a triumphal account of the workings of Emancipation in a moral sense, making light of "the diminution of exports." The second section con- tains an address to the Americans on the Slave system of their own States, and Only proves the difficulty of dealing with the subject. The single practical point Dr. Cu/mimic can suggest, is for the Free States to refuse to render up to the owners such slaves as have escaped into their territories.] A Catalogue of London Periodicals, Law Reports, Newspapers, and Transactions of various Societies, for 1841. The Deposit Enigma Unravelled. With detached Remarks on the Evi- dence of Messrs. Page, Tooke, Norman, and Loyd, before the Banking Committee ; concluding with a brief notice of Mr. Joseph Hume's. in- terrogatories. By Samuel. SPUBBELL.

On a Proposal to withhold Out-door Relief from Widows with families, contained in the last Annual Report of the Poor-Law Commissioners for England and Wales. Read at a meeting of the Manchester Statistical Society, 8th. December 1840.

PERIODICALS.

Edinburgh Review, No. CXLVL .British and Foreign Review, No XXII. Magazines fur January—Churchman's, Monthly Review, Asiatic Journal. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, No. XCITIIL