PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Traditions of l'uocaag, in Verse. By Mrs. D. Ogilvy. _. Time the _le:urger. By the Author of "Emilia Wyndham," Sc. In three volumes. Social Statisties. ; or the Conditions essential to Huinan Happiness spe- cified, and the first of them Developed. By IlerbertSpencer. Narrciti re of the Second S'eikh War, in l84}3-494 Witlirtidetailed Account of the Battles of Ramniigger; the Passage of tlid-Chentb, Chillian- wallah, Goojtant, &c. BS Edward JosephTliackwell, Esq., late Aide- de-camp to General Thaeloycll.

The .R0' Mall Mill ; an Historical, Topographical, 'and Deseriptive.Ae- count of the Barrier of the Lower Isthmus extending from the Tyne to the Solisay, deduced from numerous Personal Surveys. By the •• • Reverend John CollingwoOd Bruce M.A.

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gliellontax■Witel.it axery:.elaborate tuld_Lpainstaking work on one of the most interesting of British antiquities. Me.- Bruce is a man of learning, whether as regards &man history in connexion with Britain, or the works Of archaeologists upon our Roman remains, espeCialls; those which relate to IIIS immediate subject. He has also a knowledgeef' 'the Wall"' as it now appears ; having carefully traced it; and as earefiilly eXaminetreyery part of if;:from sea'to'sea,.besides :studying the principal remains that have been dog Bp in its vieinitty.. The reader. ho wishes to follow the. others; in a nF *, of the fortification itself, orwho is content with a closet, exatuinatien the Subject, .will find Mt. Bruce's volume a very usefuibook. His ifr- rairg&iient is good; commencing with a conp-dceil of Roman history inBri- thin; and preeeeding to a general; deeeripticiu of the Wall, intermingled -with judithousanmarks.. This is followed bye detailed_ account:of its parts from ' endte enil,", and a sketch of, the ,principal antiquities that have bpen, dis- covered. The volinne,.i.sillastrated hypiaps and plans, various views,-and many cuts. The titifitsnent of the 'anther is less forMally cumbrous, and his. style has more ViVadifetlitnis generidlY the case with antiquarian4 The Filiit Angst, tr.Nosel. In three volumes. [This tale displays considerable and veriedsability. The style is good,- and frequently smart ; the-mithor luiskaawledge of-life andpower of rellection, acid he writes with a moral purpose in, view. - As a fictionist, be has his trade to learn. The incidents are commonplace in kind, but outré in character; the storyle•derived chiefly from the old circulating library materials ;'and the writer wants the great art of interesting the reader in his dramatis per-' seam and theif fortunes. Hifis probably fitter -for. an easayitt or a than a novelist]: .. ......., . . .. Poome- arid 2klee .; with an: Autobiographical Sketehof hit Early Life. .,, .,;: fly theateverend W. Wickenclen.„ BA., the Bard of the Poreet. With ; a Preface by the Reverend Henry Stebbing,.D.D.; &e. [This volume seems to be in a great measure a reprint of publieationa'that have already appeared, accompanied' by _an autobiographical notice of the Writer. 'The literary character of the book is not, however,. the main point : the volume is published for the benefit of a man whose love of literature has induced hint to struggle through many obstacles, and to brave. many difficul- ties, till age finds him with undiminished will but failing health and broken energies.] • . Adnbrose .11-aclandrcth, or the Religious Enthusiast; a _Tale. By .a- Clergyman of the Church of _England., ' [A wild and improbable story of a Young man who was brought up for the array; hit declined the service on conscientious motives; and in due lime, and after sufficient crosses, is rewarded with a wife:] Ergenie, 'the Young Laundress of the Bastile: • By Maria La Voye. In three: volumes. , ' . . - The Einigrant Ship, and other Poems. By James Lister Smith, Esq. [The ..Einigrant Ship consists of several tales, told by intending settlers on their voyage. The, author has a '" fatal facility" in 'imitative -verse; his chief model being,'Byron. - The matter of the tales is poor and common; their treatment wild, and unfitted to the subject.] . ' ' -75.4. Taskof the Age; 'an Inquiry into the Condition of the Working ''Clatses, and the Means of their Moral' and Social Elevation. By D. G. Paine.

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,[The object of this little book is to advocate the iniprovement of the poor, eepecially the very poor. The means indicated ' are education, abstinence from exciting drinks, the avoidance of "Sunday newspapers," and a skilful Use' of the press to counteract 'the the aorrupting cheap literature.] .

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The present week, like the last, has :been distinguished for the number of its new editions or translations. Foremost among them, is the new edition of GeneralNepier's standard History of the Peninsular War, revised through- out,, and published. inn closer and cheaper form. , Among the new matter in the "Notices," is a reply to Thiess's, statementsin his "Consulate and Em- pire,"-,mingled, mingled, as is the General's wont, with some tart remarks, and an interesting account Of the manner in which Lady Napier assisted her Ins- -bird in his great work. ."-Tholiestrs. 'Chambers have commenced a new edition of the 'Works of' Burns, witha..Liferrons:_thelien of Robert Chambers. The &penciled acqnired Atilia2g,,. . researches for hformer edition published by.the brothers .Cham- lhirthe dditiond inforniation that Robert has dollected expressly for this un- 14.1r ttepif,-. not only be brought .to the illustration Of the works' of the poet, dertaking ; during the voluntary labours of some years.' Thopoems will be shade te:a greater degreeAtinn iatintal.Or.perhapethan. hi desirable) in biography, illustratite of 'the life,. as the life inAtstnininar be Made to throw a dolour upon,. the poems irorii:the eireninstalices:: under which they were written. Though riltogetheralabour oflove,,thithusiness.habits of the, great popular publishes are visibitinIthe:!gettingsup..nk.it-will,be,at ,onee sightly and cheass.v,7 TaLtill 9DII.J.i.diflO, : : . . :LfILP !WIT t1,111;,i'..'' ',:' , 7- Theratigicrat Rifoilentint:af the.fiates414algyi:hasinduted Mr.. Bohn to send forth two books on ecclesiastical subjects,—a new translation of Buse- bins, for his "Ecclesiastical Library " ; a reprint of an American translation, as We Lately) 4,14eatuier!:a well-known "life of ,Chris,4" for the " Standtird, Mr Piney has extracted from Lord.Mahon's . History of England • the storyofilie 'Forty-five, withscone illustrative extracts from the Stuart Ea and printed them in a tracthIce form. Mr. Washbourne has published no fewer than four new editions of popular works : of which Bishop " logy " is neatly appropriate in its appearance' DoddsBeautiet of pere," and that old favourite "Sandford and Merton;" look better in their outward garb than their under vestments ; the "Book of Mottos" is a useful publication, though the translations might be improved.

" The Compendium of English Literature" is thn reprint of an American compilation, whose object is expressed by its title. The.authors from whom specimens are taken are very numerous, and the specimens are well enough adapted to convey an idea of manner and diction, but they are of necessity brief. The last remark applies to the biographicid notes.

the Medical • , Which now ranks among the established public, ;

Various • ents and additions have taken place in that useful work of the kind.

History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1867 -to the Year 1814. By Mrior-General Sir W. F. P. Napier, K.C.B., Colonel Twenty-seventh Regiment, &c. New edi- tion, revised by the Author.. Volume I.

Life and Works of Robert Burns. Edited by Robert Chambers. In four volumes. Volume I.

The Eecksicistical History of Ensebius Pamphilus, Bishop of Casarea in!Palestine. Tin:milted from. the Greek, by the Reverend C. F. Crime, A.M., &c.: With` Notes selected from the edition of Valesius. 1B lni's Ectilesiaitieal Library.) The Li e jestalChrist,i in its Ifistorical Connexion and Historical

Deve upn1ent, Augpstus Meander. Translated from the 'fourth Gagman eidition,.by John lii`Clintoek and Charles E. Blumenthal, Pro- feesors intDickinion College. (Bohn's Standard Library.) " The Forty-five." By Lord Mahon. Being the Narrative of the In- surrection of 1745, extracted from Lord Mahon's Dietary of England. To whkh. are added Letters from Prince Charles Stuart, from the Stuart Papers, copied by Lord Mahon from the Original MSS. at Windsor.

The Apology of the Church of _England, and an Epistle to Seignior. Ecipso on the Council of Pratt. By the Right Reverend Father in God John Jewel, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury.

The Beauties of Shakspere ; with a general Index. By the Reverend William DoM, LL.D. Anew edition.

The History of Sandford and Merton. By Mr. Thomas Day. Illus- trated with twenty-two Engravings.

The Book of Mottos, borne by Nobility and Gentry, Public Companies, Cities,&c. Selected from the Book of Family Crests and other Sources. New edition, with additions.

▪ Compendium of English Literature, chronologically arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper. Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and directing to the best Editions, &c. By Charles D. Cleveland.

-.London and Provincial MedIcal-Directory. 1851.

Fritz Airrs.

'flue Museum of Classical Antiquities ; a Quarterly Journal of Archi- tecture and the Sister Branches of Classic Art. No. L—Ianuary 1851. [Specially devoted to the elucidation of the principles and remains of ancient architecture, and to classic art in general, this new quarterlv.claims to occu- pyground yet. untrod in English periodical literature. A preface and a paper on the study of antiquity (somewhat sweeping, perhaps, in its classifications) are followed by-contributions from Professor Donaldson, Professor Sehonborn of , Posen, and Mx..Watkiss Lloyd—who gives a redistribution, on fully considered and explained grounds, of Riepenbausen's hypothetic groups for the first paint- ing by Polygnotus in the Delphian TARA.. Further discoveries at Nhn- rood are briefly communicated fyMr. Lynch, in a letter of the 17th Novem- ber ; and the lumber closes with some remarks on the proposed.polyclno- made decoration of the Hyde Park building, from Mr. Falkener—who seems to overlook the intended separation of any two colours by a line-of white. The journal may do some service, if it finds a public,—which must be a very private one, at all events.]

Peatiinizrs.

▪ Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury on the Statements of Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., M-.P., with regard to the Collegiate Church .of Brecon. From-C*10p Thirlwall, D.D., Bishop of St David's.

An Examination of the Claim of the Papal Supremacy an the Faith of Christians, by Iteason and by the Principles of the Church of Christ, Sce.

Catholicism the Religion of Fear. By George Jacob Holyoake.

The Signs of the Times; or the Popery of Protestantism.

The Recent Lettere Apostolical of the,Pope a Direct Infringement of the Queen's Prerogative, as far as the new Roman Catholic Sees of Shrewsbury and Nottingham arc concerned. By H. P. Roche, of Lin- coln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-law. . . .

The Anomalous Condition e English Jurisprudence _considered with especial reference to a Proposed Fusion of Law and Equity. By Vharles Francis Trower, &c.

Historic Certainties respecting the Early History of America ; deve- loped in a Critical Examination of the Book of the Chronicles of the- Land of &mart By The Reverend Aristarohus Newlight, Phil. Dr.- of the University of Giessen.

The Royal Pardon Vindicated, in a :Review of the Case between Mr.- W. H. Barber and the Incorporated Law Society. By Sir George Stephen, Barrister-at-law.

Catalogue of the Museum of Medieeval Art; collected by the late L N. Cottangham, F.S.A., Architect, at No. 43 Waterloo Bridge Bond - Theory and Practice of Just Intonation, with a View to the Abolition iyadaxnsperainent; as illustrated by the Description and Use of the one Organ, Ste.- And an Appendix, tracing the Identity of Design with the Enharmonic of the Ancients.

The Improvement in. Farming : What ought landlords and Farmers to _Do? By Ph. Piney, M.P. Being the reprint of an article " On the Progress ,of Agricultural Knowledge during the last Eight Years," from the Journal of the Royal Agricultural "-,ciety, No. 26.

Notes of a Recent Visit to several Provincial Asylums for the Insane in Fallow. By John Webster, M.D., F.R.S., &o. Reprinted from ,No. MI. of the Journal of Physiological. Medicine and Mental Patbo- loadfor- October 1850.