PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From Ante 3d to June 17th.

Boors.

The Natural History of Horses. The Equidae, or genus Equns of Au- thors. By Lieutenant-Colonel CHARLES HAMILTON SMITH, K.H., and K.W., F.R. and L S., &c. Illustrated by thirty-five coloured Plates, with Portrait and Memoir of Gesner. (Naturalist's Library.) Hours with the Muses. By JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE.

Sketches in Erris and Tyrawly. By the Author of " Sketches in Ire- land," &c. With a Map and other Illustrations.

The Little Wife ; and the Baronet's Daughters. By Mrs. Gas; Author of " The Young Prima Donna," &c. In three volumes.

England's Trust, and other Poems. By Lord JOHN Mammas.

The Modern Judea, Ammon, Moab, and Edom, compared with Ancient Prophecy. With Notes and Engravings illustrative of Biblical sub- jects. By the Reverend JAMES AITKEN WYLIE, Dollar. [This volume contains a full description of Palestine, and some of the adjacent places, derived from the authority of the best travellers of different ages, their own language being generally employed. The main object of the compiler, however, is to illustrate the prophecies: the cities and places whose destruction was expressly foretold are therefore most elaborately treated, the modern appear- ance being contrasted with the prophetic denunciation. By this means, greater vividness and interest are given to the subject, than mere description could im- part, as the mind is employed in detecting resemblances ; although Mr. WYLIE Is not altogether free from that disposition to turn every thing into a coinci- dence which distinguishes most commentators. In an additional chapter the author examines the present condition of the East, and suggests the erection of Turkey into " a Christian kingdom," with a marvellous disregard of the prin- ciple of meum and foam. If this cannot be accomplished, he holds that we should seize upon Palestine, in order that the Jews may again occupy Judea, and prophecy be fulfilled. The volume contains a good many cuts; rough, but sufficient as illustrations.] Traditions of Western Germany. The Black Forest, the Neckar, the Odenwald, the 'Faunas, the Rhine, the Moselle. By Captain CHARLES Knox. In three volumes.

[The romantic legends and quaint superstitions of Germany, with most of which the public are familiar, are here arranged in the order of the places with which they are associated, and narrated in a facetious and paraphrastic manner, after the fashion of the " Ingoldaby Legends," but iu prose. The jumble of modern slang and antique tradition, like all incongruities, is comical at first, but its frequent repetition, by making the source of the ludicrous sensations obvious, deadens the drollery ; and there is nothing so wearisome as flat flip- pancy. Moreover, Captain Knox's smartness of style is often forced, and his jokes incline to coarseness, while he is too fond of exaggeration and fine writin; defects fatal to the artificial mode of producing fun without natural humoar.j

The Last King of Ulster. In three volumes. [A novel, in the form of an autobiographical narrative by a Romish priest, of the troubles of Ireland during the reign of Queen Elizabeth ; the assumption of the nominal sovereignty of Ulster by the last of the O'Neil, being the prin- cipal incident of the story. The style is rambling and diffuse, the descriptions of scenery and manners are too vague, and there is no attempt to preserve in- dividuality of character in the dialogue : yet, though deficient in art, the matter itself is not without interest to those who doat on the wrongs of Ireland.]

Pride, or the Heir of Craven ' • a Tale of the fifteenth century. In six cantos. By HENRY COOK, Author of " Adrian," &c. [This poetical tale is based upon the more regular tales of BYRON : and so far as versification and sentiments go, it is not perhaps inferior to the writer's former work ; bat it scarcely upholds its promise. Pride is too melodramatic, both in plan and conduct. It is a mere invention of the fancy ; not the cor- rect representation of any mode of life, or a true picture of the operation of the passions.]

The Three Groats. Translated from the Italian (Li Tra Giuli) of G. B. CASTL With a Memoir of the Author, and some account of his other Works. A new edition. With Numismatic Notes. By M. MON- TAGUE.

[The Tre Giuli of CAST[ is a series of several hundred sonnets, which he wrote upon a creditor who dunned him for tie giuli. There is much ingenuity shown in varying the theme, both in the topics and manner ; and the Italian language is better adapted than ours to this laborious trifling. There seems, however, to be a sufficient though a slow demand in England for this most extraordinary exhibition of fertile ingenuity ; as the first edition of Mr. Moly- TAGUE'S work was published in 1826, and he has now sent forth the present.] The Moral Influence, Dangers, and Duties connected with Great Cities. By JOHN TODD. [A reprint of a series of American lectures, in which the various moral and religious evils resulting from great cities are dwelt upon, and suggestions offered to avoid their temptations. The aim is good, but the execution is too secta- rian; the book is rather a series of sermons, confined to one communion, than a succession of broad and rational discourses addressed to men of all persua- sions.] A Course of Lectures to Young Men. By Ministers of various Denomina- tions in Glasgow and neighbourhood. [This volume originated in a well-meant endeavour on the part of some per- sons at Glasgow to plan some " general and extensive scheme of usefulness for the benefit of the young men of the city." The result of their consideration was the delivery of a series of lectures by different ministers, amonu whom Dr. WARDLAW is perhaps the most popularly known. Each divine selected a distinct subject for his address; the lectures were eleven in number, and they attracted sufficient attention to give rise to their publication.

In variety and choice of topics, as well as in breadth of treatment, the Lec- tures to Young Men are much superior to the Moral Influence of Great Cities; but they partake to some degree of the same defect—they are too narrow. For example, in the lecture on the amusements of youth, family dancing, or, as it is termed, "promiscuous dancing "—meaning the presence of both sexes— is denounced. This opinion we are not blaming : every one has a right to hold it, and holding it to act upon it. We only doubt whether the persons who are prepared to fall in with it stood in need of any discourses beyond what they heard in their own congregation.1

The Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke chemically and prac- tically considered. By C. W. Wu-watts. Part the first. Second edition, illustrated with coloured diagrams. [The second edition of a work on the subject of introducing some regular principle into the construction of furnaces, and economizing the consumption of fuel in working steam-engines, especially in vessels. An important subject, but of too recondite a nature for a journal not professedly scientific to engage in.] An Attempt to Develop the Law of Storms, by means of facts, arranged according to place and time ; and hence to point out a cause for the variable winds, with a view to practical use in navigation. Illustrated by charts and wood-cuts. Second edition, with additions. By Lieu- tenant-Colonel W. REID, C.B., F.R.S., of the Royal Engineers.

[This in an improved edition of a work we noticed at length on its first pub- lication; and the fact of its reappearance is a proof that labour and judgment generally meet with success. Treating of a recondite subject with a limited interest, unfolding :a speculative opinion scarcely capable of proof, at least with our present lights, and of necessity a high-priced book, the collection of facts and the patient induction from them have yet commanded a greater sale than many works of mere amusement.]

Prize Essays of the National now the British Swimming Society, on the Art of Swimming. For 1839, by JAMES MASON. For 1840, by A. M. PAYNE.

[This being the bathing-season, when persons unable to swim cast longing looks on the clear stream into which they dare not venture, envying the swim- mer the refreshing plunge and the exhilirating glow that succeeds the cooling immersion, the subject of this timely tract is likely to engage public attention. The utility of swimming, both as a means of healthful enjoyment and of safety from accident, has not been sufficiently regarded ; and we are glad to find that the British Swimming Society are about to appoint masters of the art to attend at the various baths, and on the banks of the Serpentine, for the gratuitous in- struction of all classes; subscribers being privileged to introduce an unlimited number of pupils.

These Essays, especially Mr. MASON'S, set forth the advantages of being able to swim ; and give some anecdotes of lives saved and feats performed by swim- mers, with a few general directions. A popular treatise on the subject, incor- porating the substance of these and other essays, would be serviceable, and moreover repay the expense of publication.] Arithmetic for Schools and Families; exemplifying the mode in which Children may be led to discover the main principles of figurate and mental arithmetic, and enabled to understand thoroughly the practical application of them. By the Author of " Arithmetic for Young Children."

[A clear and rational explanation of the nature and value of the various me- thods of computation, from simple Addition to Practice. This little book is the only treatise we have met with which enables the child to comprehend fully the use of figures, and the operation of the several rules, so as to identify the forms of figurate arithmetic with the mental process by which lie calcu- lates the number of marbles or the price of cakes and apples. For instance, the meaning and properties of fractional arithmetic and roots of numbers are made perfectly intelligible ; and the young learner who is taught by means of this book will not echo the schoolboy's ditty- " Multiplication is vexation,

Addition is as bad, The Rule of Three does puzzle me, And Practice makes me mad.") On Stammering and Squinting, and on the Methods for their Removal. By EDWIN LEE, M.R.C.S., &c., Author of "The Baths of Ger- many," &c. .Review of the Proceedings of the Committee of the House of Commons on Banks of Issue, 1840; and an Inquiry into the Effects of the Bank Restriction and the changes in the value of money ; with an Examina- tion of the leading Principles in the Work on Political Economy of the late David Ricardo. By Wmarest LECKIE.

The Red Book, or a Peep at the Peers. Showing the salaries, sinecures, pensions, and emoluments derived by the Peers and their families out of the public taxes; the offices they likewise hold in the Army, Navy, Law, Court, Church, and State, and Local Departments ; their patron- age and influence in the House of Commons : it is also a complete Peerage for the People up to the present date. By R. J. Ricnitanson, Compiler of " The Black Book."

French and English Phraseology; being a collection of all the idioms and remarkable forms of speech contained in Le Sage's History of Gil Blas, with the corresponding phrases in English. By J. ADOLPHE LOFFET, Author of a " Treatise on the Affinities of the German and English Languages," and Professor in the Royal College of Henry the Fourth.

SERIALS.

Knight's Store of Knowledge for all Readers, Nos. I. and IL—Shakspere and his Writings. No. 11L—Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. By CHARLES KNIGHT.

Johnson's Philosophic Nuts, No VL History of Napoleon, Parts XXIX. and XXX.

Romancist and Novelist's Library, Part VII.—Memoirs of Andrew Winpenny. PERIODICALS.

Magazines for June—Asiatic Journal, Floricultural, Chemist.

PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

Views in Afghanistan, &c. From Sketches taken during the Campaign of the Army of the Indus, by Sir KEITH JACKSON, Bart.

[A handsome volume of twenty-four views of the scenery and buildings along the route of the army of the Indus, drawn in tinted lithography, and accom-

panied by a map and descriptive notices. Cahill, the capital of SHAH Sowell, embedded in mountains that form natural defences on its three sides; the seemingly impregnable fortress of Ghuznee ; Kwettah and Kelat, each with its acropolis crowned with a citadel ; the walled city of Kandahar, standing in a plain surrounded by hills of singular formation ; the gloomy defiles of the Bolan Pass, with their curiously stratified cliffs ; the ancient fortress of Sehwaun, where the works of nature and of man are so blended in their ope- rations that it is difficult to distinguish the hand of each in the crumbling ruins; these, with other forts of less note, consitute the most attractive features of the work. Perhaps the most interesting plate of any is that of some ele- gant tombs in a burying-ground at Workee on the river Ghoorba : the place is not indicated on the map; nor, strange to say, is there any mention of these remarkable sepultures in the text.

The drawings are evidently the work of several artists, though the only name that appears is Mr. AsLora's to his effective scene of the storming of Ghuznee : his neat and free style is also perceptible in some few of the best among the others. JUBBUR Knaat's house, with a groupe of camels and at- tendants in the court, and dark poplars throwing their shadows on the sunny wall, is a characteristic scene, admirably sketched with a bright effect ; some of the rest are dark and heavy, while others are clear and glowing. The coloured far-simile of a native drawing, a portrait of an Afghan gallant, is a curiosity in its way ; as also is the great gun of Ghuznee—a trophy too ponderous to be transported to England.] Fluctuations of Corn, Currency, and Consols, Exports and Imports, Re- venue and Expenditure. [The exhibition on a single sheet, in an ingenious mode for easy reference, of the yearly average prices of Corn and Consols from 1790 to 1840, together with the annual extent of the Bank circulation during the sameperiod, and the amount of our exports and imports, revenue and expenditure, for each of the years.] Landscape, Historical Landscape, and Architectural Illustrations to the Works of Shakspere; a series of line-engravings from original designs by G. F. SARGENT. Executed under the superintendence of JOHN WOODS. Parts I., H., and III.

Pretty views, nicely engraved, of the various places mentioned by SHAH- SPREE. So far as they represent actual scenes, the designs are commend- able ; but in attempting to introduce groupes of figures to give dramatic life and character to the illustrations, Mr. SARGENT is not successful ; neither is his art as a landscape-painter of the finest kind.]

Illustrated Shakspere, Part XXV.

Sibson's Illustrations to Master Humphrey's Clock, No. XIIL PAMPHLETS.

The Early Life and Conversion of William Hone, born at Homewood Farm, Ripley, Surrey ; afterwards of the Old Lime-kilns, Hammer- smith ; and latterly of Clerkenwell, where he died, aged 76. A Narra- tive written by Himself. Edited by his Son, WiLmeat HONE, Author of the " Every-day Book," &c.

The Preference Interests, or the miscalled Protective Duties shown to be Public Oppression. Addressed to all classes and parties.

A Letter from Lord Western to Lord John Russell, on his proposed Alteration of the Corn-laws, and on the Causes of Commercial Distress.

Reflections upon the Corn-laws, and upon their effects on the trade, manu- factures, and agriculture of the country, and on the condition of the working-classes. By JAMES H. KENNY.

The Many Sacrificed to the Few; proved by the effects of the Food Mo- nopoly.

A Letter to the Agriculturists of the County of Salop. By W. W. WHIT- MORE, Esq.

Commercial and Financial Situation of the Country considered with reference to the present Crisis.

Corn-Laws; a Letter addressed to the plain understanding of the People, on the operation of the proposed reduction of duty upon imported wheat to eight shillings per quarter, in lien of the present graduated scale. By CANDIDUS.

Will Cheap Bread produce Low Wages? An Inquiry for Working Men. The Factor, the Miller, and the Baker get more than the Farmer, and ten times more than the Landlord, out of the Loaf. A few facts on the Corn-laws, defending the agricultural interest. By ARTHUR ASH. PITEL. Second edition, with a Postscript.

A Letter to George Grote, Esq., MP., on Fiscal Reform. By JONATHAN DUNCAN, Esq., B.A.

A Letter to the Electors of the United Kingdom on the subject of the Corn-Laws as affecting the Question of Emigration. Notes addressed to Mr. Pennington, on his Pamphlet on the Importation of Foreign Corn. By the Right Honourable HOLT MACKENZIE.

Repeal of the Union between Monopoly and the Bastile. By the Author of " Thoughts on National Education," &c. tThia long list of pamphlets-a baker's dozen-on the prevalent topics of agitation, show that the pamphleteers are taking advantage of the " steam ": whether they will profit by it time will show.] Railways for Ireland. (From the " Railroad Monthly Journal" for June 1841.) Colonial Policy of 1840 and 1841, as illustrated by the Governor's Despatches, and Proceedings of the Legislative Council of New South Wales. By Major MACAETII UR.

Facts connected with the Treatment of Insanity in St. Luke's Hospital; with Letters on the subject to Lord Brougham, the Committee of St. Luke's Hospital, Drs. Birkbeck, Elliotson, and others, and an Intro- ductory Letter to the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby. By a Lady. Eramni Roterodami ad Gregorium DeClmunt Sextum Pontificem epistola singularis.

Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Bexley, on the Collision between the Civil and the Church Courts in Scotland; from ALEXANDER KEITH, D.D., Author of " The Evidence of Prophecy," &c. Results of the New Postage Arrangements. By HOWLAND HILL, Esq.