PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED From November 8th to November 14th.

Booxs.

Algeria, Past and Present; containing a Description of the Country, the Moors, Kabyles, Arabs, Turks, Jews, Negroes, Cologlies, and other inhabitants, their habits, manners, customs, &c.; together with notices of the animal and vegetable productions, minerals, climate, &c. With a Review of its History from the earliest periods to the present time. By J. H. BLOFELD, Esq. Agincourt; a Romance. By G. P. R. JAMES, Esq., Author of "Darn- ley," &c. In three volumes.

On Landed Property, and the Economy of Estates ; comprehending the relation of landlord and tenant, and the principles and forms of leases- farm-buildings enclosures, drains, embankments, roads, and other rural works—minerals—and woods. By DAVID Low, Esq., F.R.S.E., Pro- fessor of Agriculture in the University of Edinburgh, &c.

Essays : Second Series. By 11. W. EMERSON.

On Diet, with its Influence on Man; being an Address to Parents, &c., or how to obtain health, strength, sweetness, beauty, development of intellect, and long life. By THOMAS PARRY.

Practical Observations on the Efficacy of Medicated Inhalations in the treatment of Pulmonary Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis, Chronic Cough, and other Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, and also Affec- tions of the Heart. By ALFRED BEAUMONT MADDOCK, M.D., Sur- geon, &c. Illustrated with Cases and Explanatory Plates.

Note on the Historical Results deducible from Recent Discoveries in Af- ghanistan. By H. T. PRINSEP, Esq. [This volume is a disquisition on the Graeco•Bactrian kingdom ; chiefly ori- ginating in the coins that have of late years been discovered in Afghanistan, and which, by the liberality of Anglo-huropeans, found their way into the collection of the late Mr. JAMES Painser, the Secretary of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta, and Editor of the Society's Journal. On the death of their pos- sessor, they were placed, along with his note-book, in the hands of his brother;. who has brought together the principal results deducible from the coins them- selves, and the facts relating to the kings who struck them, collected from other sources. The subject is curious, from the paucity of information we have hitherto possessed, as well as from the possibility of light being thrown, upon a singular phase of history; but we have not been able to give the volume that attention which it seems to deserve. We are therefore not yet in a position to speak of the " Historical Results" that have been deduced from. the recent discoveries in Afghanistan.] Recent Improvements in Arts, Manufactures, and Mines; being a Supple- ment to his Dictionary. By ANDREW UBE, M.D., &c.

[This Supplement contains a notice of the additional lights which Dr. UBE has acquired, since the publication of his celebrated Dictionary, on many of the subjects therein treated, as well as notices of new arts introduced since its appearance—as the "Daguerreotype." Much of the new matter is of a highly important and useful kind, connected with the arts of living. The bulk of Britons will be surprised to learn that our beer is nought ; the Bavarians beat us out and out : and here, at a pinch, is a "grievauce for Dublin, or at least for GUINNESS. Even "London particular ', is characterized by the Doctor as "heavy wet," whilst he says the Bavarian beer "is more akin to that of fer- mented grape-juice." We are poisoned, too, or next to it, by our bread : the Doctor would seem to desiderate the destruction of all existing bakers, and the establishment of bread-factories, combined with the abolition of the Corn-laws. " Guano " is handled at considerable length ; so are "Illumination," and " Gas Light," by a friend ; " Ventilation ' is on a plan differing from Dr. REID'S, and, the inventor says, a better. In short, this Supplement is in- dispensable to all possessors of the Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines; and will be useful to those who have it not. The book, however, would not at all have suffered had Dr. URE displayed less of well•contented. egotism ; less of the fee-fa-fum style in attacking les aristocrats; and somewhat more of measure, if not of courtesy, in speaking of his brother philosophers.]

Commentary on the Eton Latin Grammar. By RICHARD Harem ohm Alum. T.C.D. Orthography and Etymology. [This a quarto commentary on the Accidence of the Eton Latin Grammar, very much larger than the original Accidence itself. The avowed purpose of the author is to explain the principles on which the rules are founded, so that the learner shall know "the nature and use of what he is required to imprint on his memory." Well and good; but better accomplished, we opine, by brief motes to the Accidence, or an improvement of its definitions, than by a big book whose looks would deter a schoolboy. Nor, south to say, can " principles" very often be given beyond a definition, or even a dogmatical assertion. What more can be said of the declension of nouns than to state the fact that the end- ing of the genitive case determines their class, and to point out by notes or lists any irregularities in their other cases? Why the genitive determines the class—why the terminations of the other cases should end as they do—we do not know : it may be accidental, or it may be arbitrary, or the reason may be lost in the lapse of time. Much curious knowledge might, doubtless, be dis- played upon the theme ; but it would be disquisition, not grammar, much less grammar for children.

Curious knowledge, however, Mr. Havues does not furnish. Beyond some occasional criticisms on obvious points that have been noted before, and might as well be remedied, though not such evils as our author would make out, and some suggestions for the advanced grammarian to consider, the Commentary on the Eton Latin Grammar consists of questionable opinions, grammatical re- finements scarcely intelligible to children, and quite useless or mere encumber- ing pedantry ; such as "The word grammar is formed from the Greek word yp1i45m—scribo— to write; whose perfect tense passive is yiypaisitat ; from which is derived the noun, -mei/Apo—Nero—a letter," etc. etc.]

Elements of Logic, together with an Introductory View of Philosophy in general, and a Preliminary View of the Reason. By HENRY P. TAPPAN.

[This is an American compilation, professing to aim at enabling the student to discover the truth of the major proposition, as well as to detect an erro- neous conclusion drawn from it, which is what the mere art of logic consists in. This is a very useful and proper purpose, though it is not now attempted for the first time. Mr. TAPPAN, however, goes far beyond general rules and sug- gestions for this avowed purpose; running round the whole circle of mental philosophy,—metaphysics, with its subordinate or cognate studies; " nomology, comprehending the morale, wstheties, somatology, logic "; besides geometry, "sciences of discrete quantity," "conditional and unconditional science," and so on, with a good deal of pomp and parade out of place before we come to logic proper. This is often handled in a manner equally ambitious,—borrowed, we suspect, from profound and elaborate works, and not always judiciously borrowed.]

Post-Office London Directory, 1845. The forty-sixth annual publication. [Although this immense volume is now, we believe literally unrivalled, the absence of a competitor does not seem to have relaxed exertion or to hare stopped extension. On the contrary, the hook has grown with the growth of London, and we have the most complete exhibition of a great city that per- haps ever was made ; in its three grand phases of Street Directory, where you are ignorant of the name but know it when you see it—Commercial, Law, or Official Directory, where, street unknown and name not remembered, you may hunt out a man by his vocation—or in the regular alphabetical list of persons, it gives at once a reference to an individual whose name is present. Court, Parliamentary, Banking, Conveyance, Assurance, Postal, and other Directo- ries for distinct grades of society or important branches in the business of life, render the exhibition still more complete. The Postal guide is, as might be expected, very full, and furnishes the most elaborate exposition of the depart- ment we have met with; whilst throughout the whole of the work elaboration does not conduce to complexity. A wonderful work is the Post-office London Directory ; and, so far as we have taken steps to test it, wonderfully correct.]

Promessi Sposi—The Betrothed. By ALESSANDRO MANZONL A new translation. In two volumes.

[This is a full translation of Matizosa's celebrated novel, whereas the prede- cessor of the present publication is incomplete ; the omissions and alterations having been made upon the principle of reducing the "high moral and religious tone of the original to the level of common tastes." The contrary purpose has been aimed at in this translation, without meaning to recommend the (Roman Catholic) religions practices or views of the novel ; and this object has im. parted something like a con amore feeling to the task. The translation is executed with much of the simple elegance that distinguishes a particular branch of the Anglican Church; and the exterior of the book has the attractive neatness that their publications generally present.]

Ballads and Lays from Scottish History. By NORVAL CLYNE, A.M. [A series of ballads on some of the most striking subjects in Scottish story, from the defeat of the invasion by the Norwegians under Haco to the execu- tion of Mary Queen of Scots. The choice ot subjects and the plan of treat- ing them is better than the execution, which is devoid both of force and fire. The sentiments are often appropriate enough, but they are feeble, and feebly expressed.] Nursery Rhymes, Tales, and Jingles.

[A right royal book of nursery nonsense-verses, dedicated to "their Royal Highnesses tbe Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice"; its ample pages lavishly embellished with beautiful wood-engravings of fanciful design, and clad in a rich binding of scarlet and gold. The collection includes most of the old doggrel rhymes and ditties that nurses are accustomed to amuse infants with; and incorporates with the senseless jingles some of the rational thymes of the Miss TAYLORS and other modern writers. But the attractive features of this handsome publication are the arabesque designs of flowers and fruit, birds and insects, with figures of children at play, that adorn every page where the short lines of the verses leave room for them. They are in the German style, but appear to be original fancies by various English artists : the names are not given, but we think we can detect Messrs. DYCE and HERBERT among the contributors. The figures of girls and boys are gracefully composed, awl drawn in the best style of art; the faces being characterized by an in- genuous innocence of expression at once appropriate and charming; and the comic illustrations of "Old King Cole," "Mother Hubbard," Ste. are in the quaint old-fashioned style proper to the subjects. Rustic borderings surround each page, and the very numbers are decked with sprigs.]

The Joint Stock Companies Acts of the 7th and 8th Victoria. With In- . troduction Notes, and copious Index. By Wita.Lost PATERSON, Esq., of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-law. Second edition. [The orders, regulations, and forme relating to Joint Stock Companies, framed by the Board of Trade in pursuance of the statute, seems to be the chief fea- ture in this new edition.] ALMANACKS.

The Literary and Scientific Register and Almanack, for 1845. By J. W. G. GUTCH, M.R.C.S.L.

[This is the little pocket-book whose immense mass of facts upon almost all subjects connected with man, or nature, or man's art, so excited our astonish- ment last year. In his dedication to Prince ALBERT, Mr. Guxca observes that he has "corrected many errors that previously existed, expunged any eitraneous matter, and added much that has not appeared in either of the preceding years." Among these additions, it strikes us is the tabular analy- tical view of the Life Insurance Offices—perhaps one of most truly uoetul things in the hook.]

Illustrated London Alinanack, 1845.

[A cheap year-book of astronomical phienomena and natural history, country sports and town amusements, chronology and legislation. Of the nu- azrous engravings, those representing the telescopic appearances of the planets as they will be visible in the ensuing year are the most interesting, and are peculiar to this almanack.] The Regal Pocket-Book, for 1845. [An almanack and diary printed in colours, with ornamental letters and bor- ders, and embellished with miniature whole-length portraits of the Queen and- Prince Albert, a view of Windsor Castle, and some other pretty pictures, printed in chromo-lithography, with gold frames. A smart pocket-book for a. present.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Roberts's Holy Land Parts XVI. and XVII. [The subjects of the views in this double part are Cana in Galilee, with its fountain; the sea and town of Tiberias; Nablous, the ancient Shechem, with Jacob's well and Joseph's tomb ; Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, with the ruins of Recoil's palace and the tomb of St. John. The scenery possesses few charms for the painter ; the rounded rocky hills crowned with ruined towns being scantily dotted with stunted trees, and presenting little appearance of vegeta- tion to relieve the general bareness. But the skilful introduction of charac- teristic groups of figures enlivens the foregrounds ; and the vast expanse of country in the larger drawings gives a dreary kind of grandeur to the desolate scenes. The atmospheric effects occasionally invest the barren wastes with a tinge of beauty : the burst of sunlight in the view of Cana is positively lumi- nous; and the cool gray tints of the lithography are chaste in tone.]