PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The Judges of England; with Sketches of their Lives, and Miscellaneous Notices connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the time of the Conquest. By Edward Foss, F.S.A., of the Inner Temple. Volumes L and IL Percy; or the Old Love and the New. By the Author of " The Henpecked Husband." In three volumes.

An Historical and Statistical Accensnt of the Bermudas, from their Discovery to the Present Time. By William Frith Williams. (The Bermudas just now have a little extrinsic attraction, as being the place of banishment for Mr. Mitchel, and possibly for other Irishmen; but this Volume has been compiled with so little reference to any idea of a temporary na- that the particulars of the convict system are very scant. The Sista- and Statistical Account of the Bermudas has been drawn up by a resident; who, in addition to the general sources of information in well-known books, has had access to the public records of the colony, which seem to have been tolerably well preserved. The division of the work is threefold. 1. A sketch of the dis- covery and early visitants; which is interesting from its narrative of hardship and adventure, but is well known. 2. The history of the settlement, first under a com- pany of adventurers, as they were then called, and, after forfeiture, by the Govern- ors of the Crown; which contains incidents of individual courage and conduct, but is chiefly remarkable for the arbitrary rule of the earlier Governors, and the ill- will it naturally gave rise to among the colonists. 3. A general account of the soil, climate, productions, revenue, expenditure, and so forth, of the island; which is neatly and succinctly done. The appendix contains a selection of the most in- teresting documents that relate to the history of the Bermudas, and a variety of statistical returns. There is a map of the group.] Chronology of Prophecy: tracing the various Courses of Divine Provi- dence, from the Flood to the End of Time, in the light as well of National Annals as of Scriptural Predictions. By Adam Thom, Recorder of Rupert's Land.

[Mr. Thom is in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company; and in the dearth of news and other light matters, he employed his leisure time at Red River settlement in extending a former consideration of the chronology of pro- phecy. The subject grew upon him, till, from a few passages in Daniel, he pene- trated the whole of that writer's chronological periods, as well as those in St. John. At first be was almost without books; tut the arrival of some soldiers brought him the use of a larger library, and the sympathy and critical advice of the commandant. Twice have Mr. Thom's views been ready for delivery to the world; and twice have they been withheld in consequence of adverse opinions touching the unsaleable nature of prophetic explanations. But, such is the power of a hobby, each delay was attended with an addition to the work; which at last seems to appear in a tolerably complete form, since it embraces the seventy weeks of Daniel, the seals, vials, and trumpets of Revelations, with the millennium, and a post-millennial period; Mr. Thom marking such predictions as have been, in his opinion, fulfilled, and such as are yet to be accomplished.] The Town, its Memorable Characters and Events. By Leigh Hunt. St.

Paul's to St. James's. With forty-live Illustrations. In two volumes. [These volumes are a reprint of the Monthly Supplements to Leigh Hunt's London Journal, which, under the title of the " Streets of London,' contained so agreeable a mixture of information, anecdote, and indeed research, connected with the mutations o the modern Babylon, and its most distinguished residents. They were conveyed, too, in the author's best style,—that is, the peculiarities sobered down, without any loss of ease, familiarity, or quiet animation. The bulk of The Town is of that pleasant untasking sort which is called gossip; but it is gossip of the best kind—cheerful, brisk, and goodnatured, with a vein of thoughtfulness. With the gossip, too, are intermingled higher things: judgments On distinguished men of all classes who have lived in London, and criticisms on their character or works. The Town, in short, is a book for all places and all persons; for the study when one is tired of labour; for the drawingroom, parlour, carriage, or steam-boat, when inclined for amusement combined with information. All that The Town wants is completion: the present volumes only embrace London from St. Paul's to St. Jame.s's; Mr. Hunt's health, we are sorry to learn, not permitting such continuous exertion as the entire publication would require. The volumes are well illustrated by pictures of places.]

E4Piolani; with other Poems. By the Reverend Robert Grant, B.C.L., Fellow of Winchester College, Vicar of Bradford Abbas, Dorset, Ssc. [The principal poem in this volume is on the exploit of Kapiolani, a female con- vert of Hawaii. The singular volcano in the centre of the island having poured forth a stream of lava, the heathen or the fearful among the Sandwich islanders, attributed the phmnomenon to the anger of the goddess Pele at the introduction of Christianity. In this dilemma, If..spiolani undertook to descend the crater, and stir the burning flood itself. This feat she successfully accomplished; dissipating the fears of superstition, and causing an accession of converts to the new creed. The paucity of action in Mr. Grant's subject is assisted by a rapid resume of the history of discovery in the Pacific, especially by Cook; and varied by a contrast between Heathenism and Christianity. This plan is accomplished with the art of a trained scholar, familiar with good models; and the execution displays a cul- tivated skill. The miscellaneous 130e1114 call for no particular criticism : the best of them is that on witnessing the funeral of a young officer: it is a teaching incident naturally told.] The Poetical Works of Thomas A ird. [This volume contains a tragedy of the middle ages, poems from Scriptural his- tory, and miscellaneous pieces; forming altogether a goodly collection so far as quantity is concerned. The quality is not first-rate. There is fluency, sound, and in the tragedy a sort of dramatic knack in the arrangement and dramatic manner in the style; but the creative power of the poet is wanting.] Poems. By H. W. Freeland. [A variety of miscellaneous poems, exhibiting taste and a turn for verse-writing, but somewhat deficient in originality of thought and style.] Ornamental and Domestic Poultry: their History and Management. By the Reverend Edmund Saul Dixon, M.A., Rector of Intwood-with-Kes- wick. Reprinted from the "Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette," with Additions. [The author, living in a small suburban house with a small garden attached to it, took to keeping fowls for his amusement, and afterwards, having the use of a • hbonr's pond, water-fowl. Being of an inquiring turn, and content with no mg short of fall knowledge, he procured books on the subject of poultry; but found little assistance from them: so be was driven to study nature for himself. The knowledge thus acquired, increased by the communications of friendly cor- respondents, he contributed to the Gardeners' Chronicle, in a series of essays; varying his original facts, or the opinions deduced from them, by speculations on the separate creation of species, (which Mr. Dixon is inclined to maintain,) and by quaint or curious extracts from authors who have written upon the subject. The papers are worth reprinting in a volume; for they contain a good deal of use- ful information, pleasantly presented, interspersed with picturesque sketches, and varied by disquisitions of the naturalist. The most practical of these last are on the probability of taming wild species.]

An Epitome of Part of Ceesar's Commentaries; with an Etymological Vocabulary, a Geographical Outline, and a Map of Cassar's Gaul. For the use of Beginners in the study of Latin. By Edward Woodford, Eta, Classical Master, Madras College, St. Andrews; Author of " ElementaN7f the Latin Language." Second edition.

[An improved edition of a first. Latin Reader, which excited the attention of Pro- fessor Pillans in his "Discourse on the Latin Authors Read, and the Order of Reading them, in the Earlier Stages of Classical Discipline." It is part of the story of Cmsar's wars in Gaul and Britain omitting what may be called parenthetical matter, but retaining the exact word; as well as the order of the writer. The vo- cabulary is arranged upon a peculiar principle; each lesson or section having its own words in a division in the dictionary, the root with the intermediate dam vations being given, where the word is not a primitive. A very good map of ancient Gaul is prefixed to the volume, with a descriptive survey.] The First Book of Lessons in Chemistry, in its Application to Agricul- ture. For the use of Farmers and Teachers. By John F. Hodges, M.D., Honorary Member of the Pharmaceutic Institute of North Germany, &c. [Therein of course no novelty in this little book; but it will well accomplish its useful purpose, which is to infuse a knowledge of the elements of agri- cultural chemistry into the farmers and teachers of Ireland.] An Essay on the Teeth. By Augustus Cook. [A popular not to say superficial set of papers, telling nothing and advising no- thing on the subject, but what is already known.] The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848; together with an Analysis of the Act, the Order in Council, Circular of the Poor- law Commissioners, and Sanatory Regulations of the General Board of Health. By Thomas William Saunders, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Bar- rister-at-law.

[A timely volume, containing a popular explanation of the act, together with the act itself and the official documents connected with it.] A Brief History and Description of the Cathedral Church of St. Peter Exeter. With Illustrations and an Appendix. By J. W. Hewett, Trinity College, Cambridge, Honorary Secretary to the Cambridge Architectural Society.

SERIALS.

The Cloclanaker; or the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville. New edition. Second and Third Series. (Bentley's Cabinet Library.) Chinese Legends; or the Porcelain Tower. By "T. T. T." (Bentley's Ca- binet Library.) [Of the continuation of The Clockmaker, in its new shape, we need only note, that the Third Series leaves Mr. Slick on the eve of his departure for England as attache. The Chinese Legends, by the late J. H. Sealy, form an amusing col- lection of pieces in prose and verse, half parody half satire, on the Chinese and their manners, institutions, 8r.c., or upon the descriptions of them.] ALMANACKS.

The Solicitors' Diary, Almanack, Legal Digest, and Directory, for 1849. [A goodly volume, containing a large quantity of matter generally useful to the man of business, or special to the profession. The last appears to us exceedingly well selected for its object; and well done. The abstract of the Attorney and Solicitor's Act, with the cases decided upon it, is a very good feature, holding up as it were a rule of professional life to attorneys'-at-law; the enormous Table of Fees (eighteen closely-printed pages) is quite a tariff, and suggests the idea that taxes proper are not all that the luckless Englishman pays : the index to the Public General Acts llth and 12th Victoria, is at once useful and frightful: ten closely printed pages of the names of new laws!] The Reformer's Almanack and Political Year-Book, 1849.

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Portrait of George Hudson, Esq., M.P. Painted by Francis Grant, A.R.A.; engraved by George Raphael Ward.

Portrait of W. Astell, Esq., M.P. Painted by Frederick R. Say; engraved by George Raphael Ward. [These portraits are engraved by Mr. Raphael Ward in his effective manner: the one of Mr. Astell after a half-length by Say; the other after the fall-length by Francis Grant, that was exhibited in the collection of the Royal Academy last season.] Roberts's Sketches in Egypt and Nubia. With Historical Descriptions by William Brockedon, F.R.S. Lithographed by Louis Haghe. Parts MIL and XIV.

[This splendid work has now reached its feurteenth_part, without the slightest decline in the interest or execution of the prints. The view of "the Statues of Memnon at Thebes, during the inundation, is as fine as any in the series for form and grandeur of effect.] The Song of Songs. Illuminated by Owen Jones.

[One of the most beautiful of Mr. Owen Jones's illuminated volumes. The initial letters and flowered borders are conceived in his most fanciful style- the colour is as richly harmonious as in any of his productions; and it strikes us ;hat the print- ing is more perfect than ever, especially in the gold. The stamped cover in imi- tation of carved wood is of a walnut colour, and is free from objectionable scent]