PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booxs.

Laddk, Physical, Statistical, and Historical; with Notices of the Sur- rounding Countries. By Alexander Cunningham, Brevet Major, Bengal Engineers.

Behind the Scenes : a Novel. By Lady Bulwer Lytton, Author of " Cheveley," "School for Husbands," &c. In three volumes. History of Latin Christianity; indudiug that of the Popes to the Pon- tificate of Nicolas V. By Henry Hart Milman, D.D., Dean of St. Paul's.

The Boatman of the Bosphorus; a Tale of Turkey. By the Osmanli Abderahman .Effendi. In three volumes.

John Penry, the Pilgrim Martyr, 1559-1593. By John Waddington, Author of "Emmaus," &e.

[John Penry was a Puritan of the sixteenth century, who Buffered in 1593 for his opinions. In his case the idea of resistance to the civil power, and what we should now call physical force, might seem in the minds of his judges to be mixed up with his opposition to the Church of England, that church being in Penry's opinion imperfectly reformed, and in fact a leaven of Antichrist. In his own language, he misliked "1. the false ecclesiastical officers; 2. the manner of calling into her offices; 3. a great part of the work wherein these false officers are employed ; 4. the maintenance, or livings whereby they are maintained in their offices." He further and sum- marily explained the false officers to be archbishops, bishops, archdeacons, deans, &c., down to priests and deacons. In reality, he was what we should now call an Independent and a Voluntary. These opinions were sufficiently offensive to the High Churchmen of Eliza- beth's time ; and-they were not rendered more acceptable by the style in which Penry expressed himself. He was also suspected of being concerned in the celebrated " Mar-Prelate " pamphlets. Imprudent or perverted language seemed to threaten forcible destruction of the Established Church, and an unfinished manuscript appeared to aim at Elizabeth herself. Ac- cording to present opinions, his execution was both cruel and illegal ; it was strained even after every allowance is made for the age. The book contains curious matter connected with Penry's own exami- nations and opinions ; but it is too long and too ambitious for the intrinsic interest of the life, or the figure which Penry fills in religious history.]

The Ministry and Polity of the Christian (Thurch, viewed in their Scriptural and Theological Aspects, and in relation to Principles pro- fessed by the. Weslevan Methodists. By the Reverend Alfred Barrett. The late division or "schism" in the Wesleyan body has given rise to this

able and well-reasoned volume. Its object is to establish from nature the necessity oJ ecclesiastical government over congregated churches—not over one churcW, which is Independency ; and to prove from Scripture that the germ of this mode of government, with mimsters for its spiritual rulers assisted by appointed laymen, was instituted by the Apostles. Of course the arguments go nearly as much for the Episcopal or Presbyterian form of eccle- siastical rule as for pure Wesleyanism ; which Mr. Barrett does not deny, but merely claims for his own community a close semblance to Apostolic and Primitive Church government. The reasoning is moderate in tone, but claims too much for ministerial power to be palatable to the class of persons primarily addressed, and may possibly savour too much of human learning for the same religionists.) Shrines of the Holy Land Contested by the Russian and the Turk.

[A compilation suggested by the Eastern question. It gives a sketch of the natural bouadaries, physical features, history and religious estimation of Palestine, followed by a description of the holy places as well in Jerusalem as elsewhere. This is not very new in substance, but with the topographical descriptions and the pilgrimages made to the shrines are intermingled ac- counts of Russian "generosity" and Russian intrigues. The object of both is to cultivate a connexion with the Christians of the East, and, by aid of the priests and the " spargere voces," to accustom the people at large to the idea that Russia is destined to rescue Jerusalem from the Infidel and possess the Holy Land.] The Law relating to Officers of the Navy. By Harris Prendergast, of Lincoln's Inn, Esq., Barrister-at-law. Parts I. and II. (Parker's Naval Manuals.)

[A timely volume, of a broader and more popular character than law- books generally are, in part, perhaps, from the impossibility of subjecting actions, which must often be conceived and executed on the spur of the mo- ment, to rigid forms. Without losing sight of the gravity of a lawyer, Mr. Prendergast occasionally mixes anecdote and history with his exposition. The treatise is complete in its topics, and should be a vale mecum for the naval officer who wishes to keep out of scrapes, especially on those ticklish subjects, right of search, neutrals, blockade, and capture, as well as to keep himself up to the more attractive matter prize-money.]

A Plain and Easy Account of the British Ferns. Wherein each Spe- cies is particularly described under its respective Genus, and the Characteristics of those Genera given in words of common use. With a Glossary of Technical Terms serving as a key to larger treatises.

[A useful little book for those who wish to begin the study or the cultiva- tion of British ferns.]

The Juvenile Treasury of French Conversation ; with the English be- fore the French. By Mons. Le Page, Professor of the French Lan- guage in London, Author of " L'Echo de Paris," &c. [Vocabularies followed by phrases in French and English on general subjects of conversation. They are intended to be committed to memory, and re- tained in the mind by repetition enforced by frequent examination.] Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing Tracts. Volume IX.

Mr. Murray sends forth the second volume of his new edition of Gibbon in the series of standard authors called "British Classics." Messrs. Parker and Son have published a new and sixth edition of the late Bishop Stanley's "Birds," in a neatly-printed volume of nearly 500 pages, with 118 new wood-cuts, in a high style ot the art— for 38. ad. ! "The London Pulpit" is a reprint from some journal of a series of "sketches" of eminent preachers, as well Noncomformiet as of the Church ; and bears traces of its origin in its offhanded remarks, and frequent disquisitions, oc- cupying space that descriptive criticism would better fill. Messrs. Rout- ledge send forth two cheap novels ; Messrs. Clarke and Beeton the "Miners' Strike," reprinted from the True Briton. Mr. Godwin has collected from the Builder his papers on the state of the homes of the poor in London, with some additions and with cuts to illustrate the text : it forms a timely pub- lication, especially now that the season for cholera is approaching.

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. By Ed-

ward Gibbon, Esg. With Notes by Dean Milman and M. Guizot. Edited, with additional Notes, by William Smith, LL.D. In eight volumes. Volume II. With Portrait and Maps. (Murray's British Classics.)

A Familiar History of Birds. By the late Edward Stanley, D.D., F.R.S., Lord Bishop of Norwich.

The London Pulpit. By James Ewing Ritchie.

Sir Roland Ashton : a Tale of the Times. By Lady Catherine Long. The Midshipman ; or Twelve Years at Sea. By the Reverend F. W. Mant, late Royal Navy.

Jane Rutherford, or the Miners' Strike. By a Friend of the People. With fourteen Engravings.

London Shadows ; a Glance at the "Homes" of the Thousands. By George Godwin, F.R.S., Editor of "The Builder," &c. With numer- ous Illustrations by John Brown.

MAPS.

An Account of the Progress of the Expedition to Central Africa, performed by order of her Majesty's Foreign Office under Messrs. Richardson, Barth, Overweg, and Vogel, in the years 1850, 1851, 1852, and 1853. Consisting of Maps and Illustrations, with descriptive Notes, constructed and compiled from Official and Private Materials, by Augustus Petermann, F.R.G.S. ; Honorary or Corresponding Member of the Geographical Societies of Berlin, Buie, and Frank- fort ; Physical Geographer to the Queen.

[A portfolio volume, on handsome paper, containing three maps, showing the progress of Messieurs Richardson, Barth, Overweg, and Vogel, in the years 1850-'53, in exploring a considerable part of the interior of Africa. The maps are executed by Mr. Petermann, from the materials furnished to him, in a style worthy of his repute. He explains that additional particulars and minuter accuracy might be given to certain portions; but he has very properly considered that it would be better to lay the information before the public at once, rather than to detain it, for years, perhaps, in order to secure minor corrections; and Lord Clarendon has sanctioned that view. For the expedition, it will be remembered, went out under the authority of our Foreign Office. The maps are accompanied by letterpress relating the progress of the expedition, and various separate i journies made by the travellers; whose movementa. extended from Tripoli in the North towards the Bight of Biafra and Lake Taad, with many ramifications over a wide extent of the interior. Regions wholly unknown are thus brought into the range of our knowledge, and it is probable that important commercial results may follow. Two of the ex-

ition—Mr. Richardson and Dr. Overweg—have sunk under their exertions. The volume is accompanied by a pamphlet--" A Letter addressed to the- President and Council of the Royal Geographical Society of London, by Auaustus Petermann," explaining a grievance under which Mr. Petermann believes himself to lie. At the meeting of the Geographical Society on the 9th of January, we gather from this pamphlet, a statement was made by Mr. T. Saunders, upon data that must have been in the hands of Dr. Shaw,

the Secretary of the Society. This statement was, in substance, that a com- munication by Mr. Petermann relating the progress of the expedition had already appeared elsewhere ; that the expedition had added nothing ma- terial to our previous knowledge; and that the information respecting its movements hail been reserved; the speaker adding some disparaging objec- tions to the employment of "Germans." Mr. Petermann is indignant at this last reflection and justly advances the names of Burckhardt, Hornemann, Schomburgk, and Leichhardt, as travellers of whom no country can be ashamed, and whose services England must acknowledge. That informa- tion respecting the expedition has been reserved, Mr. Petermann denies ; and he refers to reports sent from time to time to the newspapers. One reason for his sending reports to the newspapers is, that since the Transac- tions of the Society have been under the editorship of Dr. Shaw as Secretary, papers laid before the Society have not been published for two or even three years afterwards. That the report read at the last meeting had previously appeared, Mr. Petermann also denies. Some other charges of inaccuracy he disposes of in detail. We have only to observe, that it is scarcely necessary for Mr. Petermann to vindicate his character for ability, or for the frankness with which he communicates the results of his scientific pursuits to the public ; and that England has ceased to regard science as belonging to any country. Humboldt, Ilerschell, Adams, Lever- Tier, are regarded with equal respect wherever the language of science is heard.]

1817: with an Examination of certain Passages in Mr. Disraeli's " Life of Lord George Bentinck."

Statistical Tables of Population, Mor- tality, Food and Clothing : Politics, Finance Taxation, and Currency : Crime and Punishment : Mineral Pro- duce, Commerce, Shipping, Emi- gration, &c., 1801 to 1851. Compiled from Parliamentary and other Au- thentic Documents, by T. G. Darton. (Extracted from the Fourth Edition of Mr. M'Culloch's Descriptive and Sta- tistical Account of the British Em- pire.) The Potato Disease ; its Origin, Nature, and Cure. By the Honourable Grant- ley F. Berkeley.

A Proposition to constitute a People's So- ciety of Nobles and all Classes as a Mediation in the matter of Strikes and Lock-outs, &c.

PAMPHLETS.

"In the midst of Life we are in Death." A Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of Salisbury, by the Reverend Walter Kerr Hamilton, M.A., Chaplain of the late Bishop of Salisbury, on March 12, 1854, being the first Sunday after the death of the Right Reverend Edward Denison, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury.

A Guide to the Apocalypse; including a Refutation of all extant schemes of In- terpretation, and a demonstrated out- line of the true.

A Voice from the Pulpit on the coming War : being a Lecture delivered in Tonbridge Chapel, New Road, London, by the Reverend T. G. Horton.

Observations on the Abuse and Reform of the Monitorial System of Harrow School; with Letters and Remarks. By the Earl of Galloway.

The Bank Charter Act, in the Crisis of