PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Front February rim m February 19th. BOOKS. The

Oregon Question Examined in respect to Facts and the Law of 'Na- tions. By Travers Twiss, D.C.L., F.R..S., Professor of Political Economy in the University of Orford, and Advocate in Doctors' Commons.

Antonio Perez and Philip IL By M. blignet, Member -of the Institute of France, Perpetual Secretary of the Academy of Moral and Political. Sciences, &c. Translated, with the approbation of the Author, by C. Cocks, B.L., Professor of the Living Languages in the Royal College& of France; Translator of Michelet's "Priests, Women, and Families," Sre. of

A Summary the Savings Banks in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ire- land; with the period of the establishment of each institution, the plasm where it is held the days and hours when open, the rate of interest pay- able to depositors, the number of open accounts, and amount of deposits,, &c. According to the latest Official Returns. By John Tidd Pratt, Esq., the Barrister-at-law appointed to Certify the Rules of Savings Banks- and of Friendly Societies' &c. Trade and Travel in the Far East; or Recollections of Twenty-one YOST passed in Java, Singapore, Australia, and China. By G. F. Davidson. Long Engagements ; a Tale of the Affghan Rebellion. Court Intrigues; a Novel. By William Peake, Esq. In three volumes. Peers and Parvenus; a Novel. By Mrs. Gore, Author of "Mothers and Daughters," 8re. In three volumes.

2'he Laws alike Customs. Compiled by direction of the Lords Commission- ers of her Majesty's Treasury, and published under the sanction of the, Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs; with Notes, and a General Index.. Edited by J. G. Walford, Esq., Solicitor for the Customs. [Amongst his other labours, the late Mr. Deacon Hume undertook a revision of the Customs Laws whose number was 443, and an abridgement of which occupied, ;375 large quarto pages. The essential matter of this nada moles Mr. Hume digested under ten distinct subjects, each of which formed a separate Act of Parliament; and the whole received the Royal assent in 1825. During the time which has since elapsed, various amendments and some changes have been made; and though several of these alterations had been consolidated with the existing statutes, others could only be found by referring to the particular Acts. This additional matter has now been embodied in Mr. Deacon Hume's ten laws; which have nominally been repealed, and the revised consolidations passed in their stead.' These Acts are all embraced in the volume before us; Mr. Walford having pre- pared their publication, by direction of the Lords of the Treasury, adding expla- natory notes where necessary, either his own or Mr. flume's.

This more direct information is followed by various excerpta, or entire Acts,re- lating to matters in -which the Customs are entitled to meddle. For example,. we have a Foreign Enlistment Act; and as men cannot go abroad but in shipse the regulations of the law are intrusted to the Customhouse-officer: in eases 0! copyright, he decides what is admissible and what not; we taxed cards and dice at home for the sake of morals; but these articles might be sent to parts beyond the sea without paying any duty' for the benefit of trade; and so on in various other matters. The referential parts of the volume, as index and tables are dear, and appear to be sufficient; and the publication would seem to be indispen- sable to all connected with the Customs.] English Synonyms Classified and Explained; with Practical Exercises. By G. F. Graham, Anther of" English, or the Art of Composition," Sac. [The subject of synonymes is one of considerable difficulty; as their proper use— the selection of the right synonymes—not only implies a dictionary knowledge of the word, but a mastery .of the general idea and a perception of the precise shades of our own meaning, which, simple as it seems, is not always possessed by writers. Mr. Graham's book is a useful contribution towards the attainment of this accuracy, by directing attention to the leading differences of synonymes, and furnishing a good many practical exercises, the filling up of whose blanks, in con- nexion with the rides the examples are designed to illustrate, will impress many nice distinctions upon the mind, BB well as the importance of habitually con- sidering them. At the same time, too implicitly rigid an attention to someof Mr. Graham's definitions might give an air of pantry to diction; and he oeca density, we think, puts his own interpretation upon a word. The leading feature of his book is to classify synonymes. Thus, "generic and specific" are the fintt treated of ; an example of which may be indicated by Answer and Reply—" An answer is given to a question ( generic '); a milady is made to an accusation, or an objection (` specific '). The former simply laterals, the latter confutes or dis- proves:'] The Pupil's Guide to English Etymology; containing the principal Roota from the Latin, Greek, and other Languages, with their Derivatives; to.. ðer with copious Exercises on Prefixes and Affixes. By George Manson; Head Master of the General Assembly's Normal School, Edinburgh. [A very able series of short lessons and exercises on prefixes and affixes; followed. by copious lists of Latin and Greek roots which have given words to the English language; the last of which the, pupil is to analyze,—as " arra, sharp, bitter; acr-id, -itude, -imony,-imonious: We should think it would be found a very use- ful little book.] The Wigwam end the Cabin. By W. Gilmore Simms, Author of "The Yeinassee,' &c. Second Series.

[Half-a-dozen tales descriptive of American life and. manners, chiefly in the

Sonthein fades. Two refer to the times of the Revolutionary war, and convey an indifferent picture of "primitive' manners; " Caloya, or the Loves of the Driver," is the story of a Nigro Lothario's endeavours to debaug,h an Indian's wife, and the luckless termination towards himself; "Lucas de Ayllon" is an ex- panded tale of the Spanish captain who entrapped a number of Carolina Indians, sold them as slaves in the Spanish settlements, and, returning for another cargo, was wrecked upon the shore and miserably perished; two incidents rather than stories complete the series. The book possesses this peculiarity, that its matter is American; and, if de- rived from other books, they are not those of Europe. The tales, however, are not equal to some others we have read of a similar kind. The subjects are not pleas- ing; the treatment, though vigorous, is coarse; and the author leaps too much to the physical and the extravagant.]

A Fragineuttay .Chapter from the Histost of Robert the Fox.

[A rather flat and pointless parody upon the European fable of Reynard the Fox; the_Robert in this ease being the British Premier. The general plan of the original is pretty closely followed, except that the Bull (type of the agriculturists) goes to fetch Robert the Fox to Court; in return for which kindness, the Fox inveigles the BOB into the hands of a rabble, who bait him. The idea is not a bad one, but in the execution it is only a subject spoiled.] Tales from the German of Heinrich Zschokke. By Parke Godwin. Se- cond Series.

[A second selection from Zsehokke's miscellaneous tales; of less variety and purpose than the first series. The most singular is "Leaves from the Journal of a Poor Vicar in Wiltshire "• of which the Vicar of Wakefield evidently sug- gested the idea: but Zsohlke does not well succeed on English ground. His simplicity Os too German, as well as the Vicar's poverty.]

'The Poetical Works of Tames Beattie, LL.D., and William Collins. With Memoirs of their Lives and Writings, by Thomas Miller; and Engravings by Samuel Williams, &c., from Drawings by John Absolon. [A continuation of Mr. Rogue's illustrated editions of the posts. As a specimen of typography and binding, the book is entitled to high praise: the illustrations are not quite so good; their style is conventional, and not reaching a very high de- gree of excellence in its line.] The Manual of Natural Philosophy; with recapitulatory Questions on each Chapter, and a Dictionary of Philosophical Terms. By John L. Com- stock, 'MD.; anti-Richard D. Hoblyn, A.M. Oxon, Author of a "Dictionary of Terms ased in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences," and of Manuals of Chemistry and of the Steam-engine. One steal plate.and two hundred and eighty-one cuts. [Dr. Oomstocks elementary work on natural philosophy has long been a text- book in the United States; and nearly eight years ago a revised edition of his System was published in this country. We believe the Manual of Natural Phi- losophy before =is the same work, but with alterations and additions by Dr. Corn- stock's able coadjutor Mr. Hoblyn, who has given an entirely new chapter on Heat, and added a eeetion on the Steam-engine. The new matter consists of about a hundred pages; distinguished by typographical indications from the ori- ginal text.

Wright's Supplement to the Peerage of 1845; forming a Continuation to all Genealogical and Heraldic Records of the United Kingdom. [Aapecies &Abe, Marriages, and Deaths, of the Aristocracy, for the last year; with the new creations that have taken place within the period. The subject is pursued into its ramifications: and let us mark the courtliness of the compiler. The word " death "is never mentioned in the presence of the Emperor of Morocco, and it doesnot seem to be applied to a Peer in Wright's Supplement. It is bull- cated by the date of his euccessor. Thus, the present Lord Wharncliffe "suc- ceeded his father, James Archibald, 1st Baron, 9 Dec. 1815."] Ilistory of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century. By J. H. Merle D'Aubigne, DD. A new Translation, by Henry Beveridge, Esq., Advocate.. Volume Second.

of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century. Volume the Fourth. fr41373. IL Merle D'Atibigni, DD., President of the Theological School of Geneva, and Vice-President of the Societe Evangelique; assisted in the preparation of the English original by H. White, B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, MA. and Ph. Dr. Heidelberg. [The first of these titles contains the second volume of a cheap translation in a neat and compact size. Mr. White's is a library edition forming a handsome volume in octavo. This edition also claims not to be a translation at all, but an original work, in which Mr. White only assists D'Aubigne: the French version of this fourth volume, it is said, is not yet finished.] The Lift and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth. By William Roscoe. Fifth edition. Revised by his Son, Thomas Rose,oe. In two volumes. Volume IL (Bolin's Standard library.) The Beauties of Isaac Barrow, D.D. Selected from all his Sermons and Devotional Writings; with a Biographical Notice of the Author, by B. S., Req., Barrister-at-law.

[The favourable reception givento a volume of selections from JeremyTaylor has induced the publication of this companion; which ought to be more favourably re- ceived than its predecessor, as the works of Barrow are less known than those of Jeremy Taylor, andif not so poetically eloquent are more characteristic.]

Priests, Women, and Families. By J. Michelet, Professor of History in the College de France. A new Translation from the French; with addi- tional Notes, and the Author's celebrated Third Preface, in reply to the Attacks of the Jesuits. Edited by Joseph Crookes.

[An edition in double columns, and apparently designed for popular circulation.] Mew.

Wyld's Theatre of War in the Puniaub.

Sketch Map of the .Punjaub and the Sikh Territory. [Of these two maps, -the second, published by Messrs. Allen, is the larger and handsnmer, and the easier of reference; but Mr. Wyld's is fuller of names, and cemprehends nearly as extensive a geographical space.] PRINTS.

'The Installation on the Muanud of his Highness the Nabob of the Carnatie, at Madras, 1842. Painted by F. C. Lewis, at Madras; engraved by F. C. Lewis Senior Engraver to the Queen, and C. G. Lewis. [A.Oarge and imposing plate of a ceremonial that is striking from the mixture of Oriental and European characters and costumes. The scene is magnificent: the immense columns and horse-shoe arches that support the lofty hall give grandeur to the place; and the profound obeisances of turbaned heads before the youthful Nabob, who is squatted on a sort of tray raised table-high under a canopy upheld by lances, while the English conquerors look on at the empty pageant symbolical of despotic power, suggest reflections of the altered state of things in India. The print is one of the most effective of its class—portrait-pictures; though the chiaroscuro is more Rembrandtish than suits an Eastern scene. The merits of the likenesses, seventyin number, of English officials civil and military, and Native chiefs, must be judged of ey the friends of the parties: we can only say that they are smartly drawn; though the faces are so often characterized by nn elevation of the eyebrows and a pinching-up of the mouth, as to excite a suspicion that these peculiarities belong to the painter's mannerism rather than to the several physiognonaies. The mezzotint is executed with freedom and feeling; and the arrangement of light and dark is cleverly managed so as to give bril- liancy to the details and keep the masses broad and subservient to the effect of

the whole. In short, the ornamental has not been neglected in a print that is likely, to have a large circulation among wealthy Indians; who have rarely been complimented by European artists with a pictorial representation flattering to their pride.]