PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booze.

A _Discourse of Natters pertaining to Religion. By Theodore Parker, Minister of the Second Church in Roxbury, Mass.

Napoleon the Little. By Victor Hugo. (Contemporary French Litera- ture.) Histoire des Crimes du Dna .Dicembre. Par V. Scbceleher, Represent- ant du Peuple.

Annette, a Tale. By William Frederick Deacon. With a Memoir of the Author, by the Honourable Sir T. N. Talfourd, D.C.L. In three volumes.

274e Common Law Procedure Act ; with numerous Notes, Expla- natory of its Practical Effect as to Process, Practice, and Pleading,

&c. By R. Morris, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-law, ; and W. F. Finlason, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister and Special- pleader.

[In mere form, this book does not much differ from the common editions which are now published of almost every new act of Parliament of general interest: there is the text, with explanatory notes, an introduction, and in- dexes. The spirit which has prompted and which pervades the publication is widely different. There is no attempt at popularity; yet the matter is more interesting as i being more apt, and the style is more powerful as being closer and terser, than n the so-called popular editions. The introduction, especially, is a very learned and sensible review of our law of plea • running over its whole history, and showing by continual examples, that the old system was the best—that the oorruptionsbegan with the Tudors if not before them and have continued for three centuries, in spite of popular. complaints and remedial acts of Parliament,—owing, we fear, to the timidity and narrowmindedness of the Judges. Let us hope with the editors, that the new Common Law Procedure Act will accomplish what previous statutes have failed to attain—a return to our ancient principles of /deeding, solemnly af- firmed by Parliament in the reign of Edward the Third—that judgment should be given on the substance, not on the form.] Rhymed Convictions ; in Songs, Hymns, and Recitations, for Social Meetings and Firesides. By Walneerg.

I" There is no reason," said the eccentric and once celebrated Rowland ,

when be had his chapel hymns adapted to popular airs, " why the Devil should monopolize all the pretty tunes." The publisher of the Temperance Societies entertains a similar opinion touching bibbers ; they shall not have all the singing to themselves. Hence this collection of "Songs and Recita- tions," where music married to immortal verse is inlisted in the cause of total abstinence. There is no objection to the idea, on the contrary, it is rather happy: but the execution is too appropriate to the theme, the verse is-too well fitted to accompany thin potations. More boldness, too, in tackling the melodies of the enemy—carrying the war into his camp—might have been displayed. "Theglasses sparkle on the board," "I'm often asked by prosing "Come, thou soul-reviving cup," would fmmish more fitting airs than Scots wha bee," the Marseillaise Hymn, " My love is like the red red rose " : or was the Temperance bard fearful of suggesting new temptation by calling up old associations ?)

The Triumph of Temperance; a Poem in three Cantos. By. John O'Neill.

[The dignity of man in his prime is contrasted with the appearance of the sot; the evils of alcohol are painted in the mass and from history ; the phases and effects of strong drink as shown in London life are described ; 'while Satan ranging his troops, the "moderate" men forming his chief force both for action and reserve, is defeated by the Temperance leaguers with Bilk Buckingham at their head ; and the poem ends with the prospect of a millennium.] The Temperance Offering : consisting of Essays, Tales, and Poetry, furnished gratuitously by eminent Temperance Writers. Edited by James Silk Buckingham, Esq.

[The best things in this collection of short pieces in prose and verse are Mrs. Rail's clever sketch of Irish character and Father Mathew, called "The Backslider," and M. A. Denison's poem of "The Drunkard's 1:laughter.")

Two Historical Dramas or Tragedies. By duvenis.

subjects of Juvenis are drawn from Roman history : one of his trage- dies la founded on the story of the Horatii and Curiatii; the other, on the conspiracies, trial, and condemnation of Manlius.]

An Ode to Louis Napoleon. By G. W. F. [An objurgatory address to the "Prince President," the tone apparently sug- gested by Byron's addresses to the uncle.] Uncle Tom in England; or a Proof that Black's White. An Echo to the American "Uncle Tom."

[A sort of sequel to Uncle Tom ; the freed Negro, after sundry adventures, being brought to England, and some hits made at Chartism.] Green Leaves.

[Brief essays on ordinary subjects, treated in an ordinary way.] Caii Sallustii Crispi Catalina et JUgurtha. An edition for Schools. By Charles Merivale, B.D., late Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, • Cambridge. [A very good edition ; to which the editor has not only brought scholarship, but independent judgment and historical criticism. The text is based on the latest authonties ; and the substance of the English notes is selected from a wide range of commentators. They are chiefly illustrative of gram- afar and style, though history and manners are not altogether overlooked. The life of Sallust and the brief introductory view of Roman parties are distinguished by considerable though quiet merit.] 27,e Hecuba of Euripides; with English Notes. By the Reverend Thomas Kerchever Arnold, M.A., Rector of Lyndon. (Arnold's School Classics.) A Graduated Series of Copy-books. By Walter WLeod, Head Master of the Model School, and Master of Method in the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea. gm:lined lines and marked distances assist the younger pupil in the slope, size, and proportionate heights of the letters. The chief feature of the sys-

tem is that the elementary exercises proceed according to the form of the letters as regards simplicity, ;not ;according to alphabetical importance, a being among the last.] .England's Foreign Policy, or Grey-Whigs and Cotton-Whigs; with Lord Palmerston's pet Belgian Constitution of Catholics and liberals. By Thomas Wilson, Esq., Chevalier de r Ordre du Lion Neerlandais, Author of "Influence of Capital upon Foreign Industry," &e.

[A pamphlet in the form of a book. The text of Mr. Wilson is the alleged disrespect into which England has fallen on the Continent; and the moral of his discourse, that we must mend our manners—id est, change our late Whig policy.] The Chemistry of Gold; with Modes of Mining, Washing, and Assay- ing Gold Ores, &c. By J. Scoffern, M.B., &c. With numerous En- gravings. A History of Gold, as a Commodity and as a Measure of Value : its Fluctuations, both in ancient and modern times ; with an Estimate of

the probable Supplies from California and Australia. By James Ward, Author of "The World in its Workshops," &c. With a coloured Geological Map.

Gleanings from the Gold-Fields; a Guide for the Emigrant in Aus- tralia. By an Australian Journalist. With Illustrations, from Draw- ings taken on the spot by J. S. Prout, Esq., and four Maps.

The Australian Gold-Fields, and the best .Means of Discriminating Gold from all other Metals and Minerals. A Lecture delivered at the Royal Polytechnic Institution. By J. H. Pepper, Esq., Professor of Chemistry, &c.

[All these brochures, three of which are shilling publications and the fourth a sixpenny affair, have been prompted by the present rage about "the Dig- gings"; and are for the most part direct compilation, in substance, if not always in form. Mr. Scoffern's Chemistry of Gold is the best-digested pub- lication: the matter is of course not new, but the book contains chemical science applied to a specific purpose. The economical speculations of Mr. Ward form but a small portion of his brochure, and are not very striking.] The new edition of " Coleridge's Dramatic Works," printed uniformly with the late edition of his Poems, and" Old Mortality," forming the fifth volume of the Library edition of the Waverley Novels, are entitled to the first place in the following list, for literary ment. The second edition of the " Com- diens History of the Smallpox," first published in 1833, seems to have n prompted by a dispute as to the original suggester of calamine as a local remedy ; which Mr. George claims for himself, and of the merit of which discovery he seems to think he has been deprived. The fourth edition of Dubourg's pleasant and gossipy book on "The Violin" embraces the latest matter touching the instrument and its performers.

" Waverley Novels. Volume V. Old Mortality. (Library Edition.) The Dramatic Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Edited by Derwent Coleridge. A new edition.

A Compendious History of the Smallpox; with an Account of a Mode of Treatment, Constitutional and Local, &c. By Henry George, Sur- geon, Author of an "Essay on the Cholera lforbus.'

The Violin : some Account of that leading instrument and its most eminent Professors, from its earliest date to the present tune; with Hints to Amateurs, Anecdotes, &c. By George Dubourg. Fourth edition, revised and considerably enlarged.

The Soul, its Sorrows and its Aspirations : an Essay towards the Na- tural History of the Soull as the true basis of Theology. By Francis William Newman. Third edition. (Chapman's Library for the People.)

Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, principally among the Dens of London. By R. W. Vanderkiste, late London City Mission- ary. becond edition. Louisa School Days; a Story for Boys. By E. J. May. Second edition.

NEW PERIODICAL.

The Christian Student; an Educational Magazine. Nos. I. and II. [This periodical is primarily addressed to the upper classes of schools ; "the subject matter of education being too much confined to classics and mathe- matics," in the opinion of the conductors. Religion is the chief additional topic sought to be supplied ; but rather, it would seem in a general spirit

than in direct form. 'f he articles are numerous and varied; ; but there is too much of "to be continued," and the treatment is somewhat curt.]

ILLUSTRATED WORK.

The History of the Painters of All Nations. By M. Charles Blanc, late " Directeur des Beaux Arts" of France. With their Portraits, Illus- trations of their most celebrated Works, Fac-similes of their Hand- writing, &c. The Illustrations executed under the artistic direction of M. Armengaud, of Paris. The entire work Edited by M. Digby Wyatt, Architect, &c. First Quarterly Section. •

[This work, of which we spoke on the appearance of its first monthly part, comes before us again at the end of the quarter. As an accessible and popu- larizing introduction to an acquaintance with the eminent masters, it de- serves considerate welcome ; but we cannot accept it as a contribution of high importance to the study and knowledge of art, through the medium either of its letterpress or of its illustrations. The illustrations are copious, selected with competent judgment, and in many cases artistically executed ; yet it may be more than doubted whether two careful line-engravings. to each life—a portrait of the painter and a. print from one of his principal works—would not be of truer value than eight or nine wood-cuts.

Murillo, David Teniers the younger, and Rembrandt, are the painters treated of in the,present section. The first is illustrated with most vigour of hand, the second with most nicety. The style of the master's etchings has been attempted in some of the engravings to the third, with but partial success.] Parmturrs.

Thoughts on the Admission of Jews to Parliament, and on the Sepa- ration of the Church from the State; suggested by the late Election of Representatives for the University of Oxford. By the Reverend W. G. Cookesley, M.A.

Convocation. A Letter to the Right Honourable S. H. Walpole, Secre- tary of State for the Home Department. By E. Harold Browne, ILA., &c.

Sir Lectures on the Christian Evidences ; addressed to Students attend- ing the United College of St. Salvator's and Bt. Leonard's, St. An- drews. By John Cook, D.D.

Report and Suggestions addressed to the Mercantile Community of the United Kingdom. By the London Committee of Merchants and others Associated for the Improvement of the Commercial and Bank- ruptcy Laws of Scotland, and the Assimilation of those Laws in Eng- land and Scotland.

The Sixth. Report of the Associate Institution for Improving and En- forcing the Laws for the Protection of Women.

The Fall of the Great Factions. By Vindes. (Political Tracts for the Times. lie. L) Preliminaries of . Peace between Protection and Free-Trade ; or Cheap Bread compatible with both. By F. C.

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Jerusalem • a Sacred Oratorio. Performed for the first time at the Norwich' Festival 1852. The Words selected 'from the Holy Scrip- tures, by the late W. Sancrcift Holmes, Esq. Set to Muria by Henry Hugh Pierson.