PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The United Irishmen, their Lives and Times. By R. R. Madden, M.D., M.R.LA. With numerous Original Portraits. Third Series. In three volumes.

Life in the Wilderness; or Wanderings in South Africa. By Henry H. Me- thuen Original Letters illustrative of English History; including numerous Royal Letters: from Autographs in the British Museum, the State Paper Office, and one or two other collections. With Notes and Illustrations, by Sir Henry Ellis LK, F.R.S., Sec. S.A., Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Third Series. Volumes HI. and IV.

Life of the Amir Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul; with his Political Pro- ceedings towards the English, Russian, and Persian Governments, in- cluding the victory and disasters of the British Army in Afghanistan. By Mohan Lal, Esq., Knight of the Persian Order of the Lion and Sun; lately attached to the Missionin Kabul. In two volumes.

The Conquest of Scinde; a Commentary. By Lieutenant-Colonel Oatram C.B., Resident at Sattarah.

The three volumes.

Algiers the Warlike, and other Poems. By John Homy Pringle. [The principal poem in this handsome little volume is founded on a fact. During a tour in Algeria, Mr. Pringle rested one night at a French encampment, and witnessed a skirmish or affair of outposts; and upon that hint he speaks, some- what in the style of Childe Harold, though in a different verse. The re- mainder of the poems are on miscellaneous subjects, many of them wearing an

Annual-like character. Algiers the Warlike, and several pieces founded on Scrip- tural themes or solemn topics, are rather rhetorical than poetical: the images, when natural, are literal, though not seeming so, from a well-chosen diction and high-sounding verse; or they are commonplaces swollen by a forceful style, or vagueness disguised as grandeur by a similar artifice. A few of the smaller poems have a largeness of comprehension proportioned to the subject; but, though often, pretty, they have little of originality or felicity.]

Mossesfrom an Old Manse. By Nathaniel Hawthorne. In two parts.

[An American collection of tales or articles; the "old manse " serving as an introduction, rather than a framework; since, though the description of the house, grounds, and neighbourhood, is most elaborate, the manse is merely the domicile where the author writes his papers. The prototype of Nathaniel Hawthorne is Washington Irving, both in the elaborate minuteness of his descriptions and the frequent choice of subjects for his tales, that have the physical impossibilities of German diablerie, but stripped of German horrors. Like most imitators, how- ever, Nathaniel Hawthorne exaggerates the characteristics of his original. The style of Irving is minute, but it never runs into the tediousness of over-detail, which is often the case with Hawthorne; and a spirit of genial fun or satire lurks under Geoffrey Crayon's goblin tales, which are for the most slyly explained at the close—as in the case of the Headless Horseman. In this geniality, and in the nice probability of managing the machinery, the writer of Mosses from an Old Manse falls greatly behind the author of The Sketch-Book. It is, how- ever, a well enough publication for a hot day, when the mind is disposed to leisurely reading.]

AirotcaXink Le • or the Revelations of Jesus Christ, minutely interpreted; and considered in relation to the Church's expectation of the nearness to the Lord's appearing and kingdom. By the Reverend John Hooper, Rector of Albury, Surrey, Author of " Catholicize Doctrines," Sec.

H BauXua ; or the Kingdom of God in its Present State and Future Manifestation. By the Reverend John Hooper, Rector of Albury. [Neither of these publications is fitted for discussion in a lay journal, since they both refer to Scriptural prophecies. The Apocalypse, or the Revelation of Jesus Christ, is an attempt to interpret the book of Revelations, preceded by some remarks on Darnel. The Kingdom of God is a visitation sermon, on the text Thy kingdom come "; which Mr. Hooper interprets into the millennium. From the signs of the times, he believes this is rapidly approaching. Indeed, if we rightly in- terpret a "prophetic chart" prefixed to Ins view of the Apocalypse, he looks for its commencement in 1848; or at least that the day of wrath which is to usher it in will then begin.] Londres et le,s Anglais des Temps Modernes. Par le Dr. Bareand-Riofrey, de la Faculte de Medicine de Paris, &c.

[An omniumgatherum, in which the changes and events of Londonl since the Revolution, are mixed up with general history, and Dr. Bureaud-Riofrey's reflections and remarks on all subjects, from Garrick and the characters of Shakspere he represented, to wars and government The book is readable enough, and cleverly written, but not without those blunders into which Frenchmen so frequently fall about England. Thus, Dr. Riofrey makes Wilkes " Lord-Maire de Londres, et Roi de la Cite"; and then enters into disquisitions on the commercial causes of the election, and the antiquity, power, and so forth, of the City King.]

Life of Cardinal Wolsey. By John Galt. Third edition, with additional Illustrations from Cavendish's Life of Wolsey, and other sources. (Bogue% European Library.) [Mr. Hazlitt has enriched this edition of Galt with copious extracts from Caven- dish's Life of Wolsey; adding, in an appendix, the entire account of the downfal and death of the great Minister, which Cavendish tells with such life-like touches and dramatic effect. The editor has also given a collection of Wolsey's despatches, modernized the spelling, translated the documents, and added notes.] C. Julii Cessaris de Bello Galileo at Civili Commentarii. Aceedunt libel de Bello Alexandrine, African, et Hispaniensi. Editio nova, enrante Guliehno Duncan, E.C.P. Cal nuns adjicitur Index Anglice locuples, a Joanne Christison.

[A neat edition of the text of Cmsar; with a dictionary in the form of an index. of names, • places, and so forth, in English. The old picture of the bridge over the 'R • • e, and some maps from Clavenns, are added.] Bordeaux, its Wines, and the Claret Country. By C. Cocks, B.L., .Pre-c fessor of the Living Languages in the Royal Colleges of France, &o. [The active translator Mr. Cocks is now in the field with a species of guide to Bordeaux; giving a description of its neighbourhood, an account of its history, antiquities, and agremens, with a minute exposition of the wine-districts and thew produce. The book is Partly compilation, partly derived from the author's own observation; compilation, however, predominating greatly, even touching the' wines.]

The Handbook to Paris-' or Traveller's Guide to the French Capital, Bou- logne, Calais, Havre, Dieppe, Rouen, Amiens, Versailles, &c., for 1846. Tenth edition, enlarged.

We think we formerly spoke of this little handbook as useful for its particular information and general advice. The words "tenth edition" show, at least, that. some qualities recommend it to the public.] A Treatise on the Motive Powers which produce the Circulation of the Blood. By Emma Willard.

[The authoress of this work appears to be connected with the celebrated semi- nary of Troy in New York. Her theory is that "respiration, operating by animal heat, produces an expansive power at the lungs"; and that this heat—caloric—is the cause of the circulation of the blood. She seems to look upon her theory as a revelation.]

Outlines of Mental and Moral Science: intended as Introductory to the. • Logic, Metaphysics, and Ethics of the University Course, as well as for the use of the higher classes of those whose education terminates at school,. and for the purposes of general instruction; with a Teohnieological Lexb. con, and a brief View of Metaphysical Writers.

[The objects of this little book are stated in the titlepage: it is executed with care; but the attempt to pack up much in a short compass gives a curt character to the brevity, and probably adds to the inevitable dryness of the subject.] Domestic Fowl, their Natural History, Breeding, Rearing, and general Ma moment. By IL D. Richardson, Anther of an Essay on the "Natural History of the Irish Fossil Deer," fee.

[A cheap brochure, illustrated by a number of wood-cuts, and containing a good deal of information respecting the choice and treatment of domestic fowls, with view both to pleasure and profit]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Gothic Ornaments. Drawn from Existing Authorities, by James R. Colling, Architect. Na I.

[The first of a series of examples of Gothic carvings in wood and stone, with spe- cimens of painted and gilded ornaments; selected as being at once simple and characteristic of the style, and accompanied with plan or section when required. The architectural character is preserved in the drawings, and the tool-marks are indicated in the wood-carving of poppy-heads and spandrils. They are neatly lithographed, and the gold and colour printing is well executed.] Royal Gems from the Galleries of Europe, Part IV.

[This number contains "The Cut Finger," by Wilkie • "The Snake in the Grass," by Reynolds; and " The Baggage-Waggon," by Luke 'Clennell The last is one of OS very few pictures painted by an artist who promised to do great things, but whose career was prematurely terminated: his mind was not strong enough to con- tend against the difficulties of his profession, and he lost his reason before he could complete a commission given by the Earl of Bridgwater to paint the " Visit of the Awed Sovereigns to London." His picture of " The Last Charge at the Battle of Waterloo," and this of " The Baggage-Waggon," show a power of depicting scenes of action and excitement, that would have made him popular had he preserved his faculties : he had already become eminent.] Thames and Metropolis Improvement Plan. First Division. By John Martin, RI. [Mr. Martin has republished that portion of his scheme of Metropolitan improve- meet which relates to the collection and distribution of the sewage; illustrating its details in three large plates. His proposed method obviates the necessity for reservoirs, by a system of pipes, through which the liquid manure is to be pumped by hydraulic pressure; so that it can be used to fertilize the fields and gardens by means of hose, or flexible pipes. The plan is ingenious: engineers must judge of its practicability.] Major-General Sir Henry Gem ye 1Vakelyn Smith, Bart., G.C.B., of Aliwal on the Sutlej. L. lithographic portrait of the hero of Aliwal ; whose handsome features are re- presented faithfully, but in a somewhat hard manner.] We have received from Edinburgh a long letter under the signature of J.

C. C. in reference to our brief note on Dr. Esdaile's Mesmerism in India, in the rainaber for the 11th July. The letter contains some fulsome praise of the Spectator in general, with much virulent abuse of the writer of the note in question: there are also puffs of Dr. Esdaile, Dr. Esdaile's book, and Mes- merism: but there are only two points involving either criticism or argument. The criticism substantially amounts to this-that the writer of the note conveys an "erroneous impression" of Dr. Esdaile's book, in the opinion of J. C. C.; a result that might have been predicated It priori of any work. The argument charges the writer of the note with " recklessness and inha- IPallity," for expressing a doubt whether the authorities would permit Dr. Esdaile to practise his mesmeric arts in the hospitals of the Sutlej. Upon the soundness of the view formerly expressed we do not entertain a doubt. No military surgeon should be permitted to subject soldiers to a practice re- pudiated by the bulk of the profession, whether mesmerism or anything else-for the sufficient reason we stated.

There is, however, something worse than partisanship, bad taste, and 'defective reasoning, in this letter; for it exhibits haphazard mendacity. -Sometimes by insinuation, sometimes more directly, it charges the writer of the note on Mesmerism in India with being a " brother" practitioner, animated by fears for professional interests, and " traducing " Dr. Esdaile behind his back. For the fact this J. C. C. could have no evidence ; his imputation of motives is clearly incapable of proof; and we have one shprt answer for it all-Every charge which he insinuates is untrue. Had there been any disposition to attack, much more any animus, the preface would have furnished means of "killing two birds with one stone."