PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boors.

The Mabry of Normand a and of England. By Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H., the Deputy Keeper of her Majesty's Public Records.

Volume L

introduction to the History of the Dare. Prom 1800 to 1815. By Harriet Martineau.

Brune Account of Domestic .Architeeture in England, from the Conquest to the End of the Thirteenth Century. With numerous Illustrations of existing Remains from Original Drawings. By T. Hudson Turner. .Pietures of Sweden. By Hans Christian Andersen, Author of "The Improvisatore," &c.

floral -Egyptians.; or the Chronology of Ancient Egypt discovered from

Astronomical and Hieroglyphic ords upon its Monuments, &c. ; and Illustrations of the History of the First Nineteen Dynasties, showing the Order of their Suecession from the Monuments. By Re- ginald Stuart Poole. With Plates and numerous Cuts.

itedrevised and very extended edition of letters which were originally pub- in the Literary Gazette. The object of the work " is to explain the chronology and history of ancient Egypt. It is divided into two parts. The first part is an examination of the ancient Egyptian division of time, and the dates recorded on the monuments. The second part is an inquiry into the history of the first nineteen dynasties, and an application of the chrono- Iwy obtained in the preceding part to that history." The author is indebted to his uncle, Mr. Lane, for the scheme of arranging the dynasties, although he tested it himself. Mr. Poole has come to the conclusion that the sera of limes, the founder of the monarchy, was 2717 before Christ, or about half a century after the dieperaMn of mankind according to the chronology of the

eptuagint.]

The Crystal Adam ; its Architectural History and Constructive Mar- vels. By Peter Berlyn and Charles Fowler junior. architectural history of the "Crystal Palace," from the first contem- 'on of the exhibition to the completion of Mr. Paxton's design. It is upon public or professional documents, and fully illustrated by plates, showing the construction of the building as well as its appearance. The best designs laid before the Committee, and buildings previously erected for aimi- sr purposes, are also given.] A Treatise on Equivocation, &c. Edited by David Jardine, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law. [The celebrated Jesuit tract on Equivocation, discovered at the time of the Gunpowder Plot in the chambers of Tresham. It is supposed never to have been printed - and it was chiefly, owing to the interest excited and the fa- cilities offered by that useful publication Notes and Queries that the manu- script was discovered in the Bodleian Library, to which it had been given by Laud. Mr. Jardine has prefixed a preface, in which he tells all that is known about the history of the book.] Skeleton Themes, intended to assist in teaching and acquiring the Art of Composition. By Margaret Thornley. [A series of subjects, with hints or outlines which the pupil is expected to ex- pand and fill up : they commence with simple narrative, and gradually pro- ceed to complex and abstract subjects. Whether this mode of teaching composition is the preferable, may be doubted. A writer always handles that beet which he best understands ; and we suspect that matters personal to the pupil—as an account of what he has seen in a walk or during a visit—will form better themes than Alexander's confidence in his physician, with which the book begins. If general topics are to be "set" to pupils, it seems a more advantageous mode to analyze some composition, and when the pupil has clothed the ideas, the master if not the student can compare it with the originaL] Quakerism; or the Story of my Life. By a Lady, who for forty years was a Member of the Society of Friends. volume contains the autobiography of an Irish lady. who was disowned by the society, and persecuted by a Chancery suit, nominally for an occa- sional attendance at church, and similar trifies,—iu reality, as she considers, to satisfy the mortified vanity of a female preacher. The life has evident marks of truth and reality throughout and is so far interesting, though it is of a nature too individual and common to require elaborate notice. The book contains many curious glimpses of Quaker discipline and manners, but it will scarcely answer the object of the writer in shaking Quakerism. Defi- cient logic, discrepancy between theory and practice, moral laxity with solemn externals, are no more than what characterizes all religions, especially with great pretensions.] Jewish Perseverance, or the Jew at Home and Abroad ; an Autobiography. By M. Lisssck. [The autobiography of a Polish Jew, who in consequence of his father's death and straitened means was obliged to give up the study of physic and seek fortune as he could. He came to England in search of property left by a relation, but found it already distributed—at least the chief Rabbi said so ; and he had to turn travelling merchant for a livelihood. He is now established at Bedford as a teacher of German.] The Book of English Songs ; from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Cen- tury. (National Illustrated Library.) [A selection of songs arranged in classes according to their topic, containing specimens of various poets from the writers of the early. Tudors to our day. 19re choice do not seem to be determined on any principles of poetical merit or rigid adherence to the nature of a song; but the volume forms a well-varied collection. Prose introductions are prefixed to each class of songs: the opinions in them are generally sound, but the merit of Captain Morns is underrated; Morris had nature and sometimes felicity, and his best works are really songs, which cannot always be said of the productions of higher names.] The Martyr's Memorial. By Pyraxius.

[Forty stanzas on the character of Popery in general, followed by the story of a martyr supposed to have been burnt under the Marian persecution. The i

style is an imitation of Childs Harold.] Hanson and Catar or the Two Races ; a Tale.

An Antediluvian tale. The two races are the descendants of Cain and Abel : the scene is laid in a very early stage of the primaeval world, Cain himself being the narrator.]

Sermons. By the Reverend Steuart Adolphus Pears, B.D. [A series of sermons on the elementary truths of Christianity according to the views of what may be called the more Evangelical part of the Church of England,—that is? alike removed from thesuperstitions of Romanism and the rationalism of Unitarianism or Infidelity. The discourses are characterized by plain strength, and handle their topics in the manner of the day.] Homanism Unknown to Primitive Christianity. The substance of Lec- tures delivered in the Parish-Church of Gainsborough. By the Re- verend C. S. Bird, ALA., F.L.S., Canon of Lincoln. ere is nothing new in the matter of these sermons, intended to. prove in history the usurpations of Rome - nor anything very striking in the style. The notes and illustrations contain some curious particulars.] Leaves of the Tree of Life ; a Manual for the Intervals between the hours of Divine Service on each Sabbath of the Year. By the Reve- rend Robert W. Frazer, M.A. ZerOfthe year.] remarks in prose, followed by appropriate verses for the different Sun- The Book of Alinanaeks ; with an Index of Reference, by which the Al- =meek may be found for every year, whether in old style or newt from any epoch, ancient or modern, up to A.D. 2000, &c. Cairn:riled by Augustus De Morgan, Sec. R.A.d., &c. [A method, by lists and tables of references, " to enable any one without calculation to place before himself the almanack for any year of old style or any year of new style from A. D. 1582 to A. D. 2000 ; with its Roman and modern European month-days, its week-days, feasts fixed and moveable, law and university terms "; and to find the times of now and fall moon, as well as some other information of a similar kind.] Tables of Sterling Exchange ; in which are shown the Value of a Ster- ling till, in Federal Money, for any amount, from 1/. to 10,0001., at every rate of premium, for one-eighth of one per cent to twelve and a half per cent, by eighths, &O. By George Oates, Author of "Five per Cent Interest Tables," &c.

[Calculated for persons who deal in American securities, or have anything to do with dollars and cents.]

Materialsfor Translating from English into German. By A. Heimann, Ph. D.

[A book in two parts: the first contains sentences to be translated into Ger- man, illustrating particular rules of grammar ; the second part consists of short connected pieces: iu both the student is ossisted by copious notes.] An Explanatory English Grammar for Beginners. By Walter M`Leod, Head Master of the Model School, Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. (Gleig's School Series.)

[A brief and plain outline of English grammar, with some useful modifica- tions of the usual order of teaching, and well-planned exercises.]

A Word to the Wise ; or Hints on the current Improprieties of Ex- pression in Writing and Speaking. By Parry Gwynne. Second edition. The Convict Ship and England's Exiles. By Colin Arrott Browning, M.D., B.N. Fifth edition.

Matter and Force; an Analytical and Synthetical Essay on Physical Causation, in which the principal Pluenomena and Laws of Chemistry, Electricity, and Heat, are derived mathematically from an That= Volition, &c. By Richard Laming.

ILLUSTRATED Worms AND Perrers.

Cambridge Customs and Costumes ; containing upwards of one hundred and fifty Vignettes. By the Author of "Familiar Illustrations of the Language of Mathematics."

[Nine plates of scrap-sketches of University life at Cambridge, printed by the anastatic process. There is not much in them as sketches of life, or in point of art, to distinguish them from other works of similar kind; but many of the hits, characters, and allusions, will probably be relished by Cambridge men.] The Right Reverend Daniel Bishop of Calcutta and Metropolitan in

[A portrait of Dr. Wilson, by Mr. Colesworthey Grant, of Calcutta, which shows that art is exercised in our Indian possessions with considerable pro- ficiency. The head is well drawn, and characteristic ; but the artist appears to have been rather too anxious to crowd his space with objects—books, shelves, &c., and the carpet-pattern. We are given to understand that Mr.

i Grant is self-taught ; and haveno doubt that a gentleman who has educated himself so soundly into the essentials of portraiture will educate himself out of so minor a cause for objection. The portrait is engraved in London, by Mr. J. Brown, and dedicated to the East India Company.]

PAMPHLETS.

" What have they seen in thine House?" or Reflections on the Opening of the Great Exhibition. A Sermon preached on Sunday Morning, April 27th 1851. By Daniel Moore, M.A., Camberwell.

The Catholic Hierarchy Vindicated by the Law of England. By Wil- liam Francis Finlasen, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Pleader.

Church Leases ; or the Subject of Church Leasehold Property considered, with a view to place it on a firmer basis. By W. H. Grey.

A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, as well under Glass as in the Open Air. By John Sandars.