PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Eight Years in British Guiana; being a Journal of a Residence in that Province, from 1840 to 1848 inclusive. With Anecdotes and Incidents illustrating the Social Condition of its Inhabitants, &c. By Barton Pre- mium, a Planter of the Province. Edited by his Friend.

inigo Jones. A Life of the Architect, by Peter Cunningham, Esq.; Re- marks on some of his Sketches for Masques and Dramas, by J. R. Planche, Esq.; and Five Court Masques, edited from the Original MSS. of Ben Jonson, John Marston, &c. by J. Payne Collier, Esq. Accompanied by Fac-similes of Drawings by Inigo Jones; and by a Portrait from a Paint- iug by Vandyke. (Shakespeare Society's Publication.)

Practical Hints on Portrait-Painting; illustrated by Examples from the Works of Vandyke and other Masters. By John Burnet, F.R.S., Author of " Letters on Landscape-Painting," &c. The Heiress in her Minority; or the Progress of Character. By the Author of " Bertha's Journal." In two volumes.

King's Cope; a Novel. By the Author of "Mr. Warrenne," &c. In three volumes.

Original Ballads, by Living Authors, MDCCCL. Edited by the Reverend Henry Thompson, M.A.

[This volume has been supplied by the friends of the author, who have con- tributed ballads on all subject; from ancient Greece down to the martyrdom of the Archbishop of Paris daring the outbreak of June 1848. The ballads one and all exhibit acquired scholarship and literary skill; but, notwithstanding the variety of subject, metre, and authors, they have one species of uniformity—the uniformity of manner and style. They are not the spontaneous outgushing of a full mind, that pours forth song because it must deliver itself; but ballads written after other ballads—always very well written, though sometimes rather prolix, but ever echoing some other writer, and that too rather:an imitator himself—as Macau- lay—than the old ballad-writers. The views of several of the contributors are High Church, not to say Tractarian• a matter of no further consequence than as it sometimes affects the dramatically truthful character of the ballad. The volume is very handsomely got up, and is well adapted for a dcawingroom-table book.]

Christmas Shadows; a Tale of the Times.

[This tale is an imitation of the Chimes of Dickens, with less variety and cha- racter than were exhibited in that story. The needlewomen and an outfitter are the dramatis personm of Christmas Shadows. Mr. Cranch, the advertising trades- man, after tyrannizing over his workwomen and clerks, imbibes copious draughts of hot brandy-and-water in his snuggery, falls asleep, and dreams that he is dead. In company with a spirit, his ghost visits the scenes of misery that have arisen from his hardheartedness, and witnesses the death of his youngest daughter, and the contemplated suicide of her sister, who have become needle. women themselves, in consequence of Crunch's failure, brought about by greedy speculation. In his agonizing effort to prevent Kate from swallowing the poison, Mr. Crunch awakes; and sets about an immediate reform of his conduct and es- tablishment]

Taks and Sketches for Fireside Reading. By Charles Fleet.

[A series of tales and essays on various subjects connected with the passing day. In class they resemble the sketches of the magazines, but they are of a superior execution; more real in substance, and closer in style.] The Drama of Life; being a series of Scenes, Fearful; and Fanciful, woven into a book for the Christmas fireside.

[A series of grave and humorous tales, that have no connexion with each other, and have rather a magazinish cast ; but they are well enough for light reading.] Stories for Summer Daya and Winter Nights. Volume First. [Five little stories for youth, in a pretty little volume, for a shilling.] The Bengal Obituary; or a Record to perpetuate the Memory of Departed Worth: being a compilation of Tablets and Monumental Inscriptions from various parts of Bengal, &c. To which are added, Biographical Sketches and Memoirs of such as have preeminently distinguished themselves in the history of British India since the formation of European settlement to the

present thus. By Holmes and Co., 39 Cossitollah, Calcutta.

This book, which has travelled from Calcutta, contains the epitaph of the Europeans who have been buried in the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra, provided they have got a monument or tombstone—a something, in short, to preserve their name. The arrangement is geographical, according to churchyards or burial- places, but there is an index of names. There is no respect for persons in the book: the corporal is admitted as freely as his colonel; and the space he occupies depends upon himself or his executors—it is measured by the length of his sepul- chral eloquence. The biographical sketches relate to distinguished or remarkable persons who have been in India, though they may not have been buried there,— always provided they have a monumental inscription in the Presidencies, if only a tablet. Among these sketches are Hastings, W ellesley, and Coots; but we have not found Clive—a singular omission. The lives of the larger men are not of much account, but those of the more purely hidian celebrities are useful; and the book is curious altogether.] Webster's Royal Red Book; or Court and Fashionable Register, &c., for 1866. [This bi-annual is essential to the "genteel " family, the man of fashion, or the fashionable tradesman, as the Directory is to the man of business or the Law List to the profession. Webster's Royal Red Book bas an advantage over the annuals in its double publication at Christmas and in May, with all the changes up to those periods. Another advantage is its cheapness: at first we could not credit our eyes, but as "three shillings" still continues to figure on the binding we suppose there is "no mistake.")

Railway and Commercial Information. By Samuel Salt.

[A great number of facts relating to railway cost, receipts, passengers, goods, Sec.; many presented in the tabular form, others consisting rather of opinions Of particular occurrences. It will be founds curious and amusing book to persona who take an interest in railways; but it deals more in general knowledge of a theoretical cast than in information of a directly practical kind.] Eastern Churches. Containing Sketches of the Nestorian, Armenian, Jacob.- its, Coptic, and Abyssinian Communities. By the Author of "Propo- sals for Christian Union."

[A series of essays on the history, tenets, and practices of the Nestorians, Arme- nians, Jacobites, Abyssinians, and Copts; the author taking the favourable side of those Eastern Churches. The book is cheap; but it contains a good deal of matter, and appears a labour of duty.] Lectures on the Religious History of the Sclavonic Nations. By Count Valerian Krasinski, Author of The History of the Reformation in Po, land," &c. [The third and fourth lectures in this volume on the religions history of Poland are derived from the author's History of the Reformation in Poland, published a good many years ago. The lectures on the Sclavonians and the Bohemians have been drawn from the best sources, animated by the actual knowledge and original political views of the author. The volume is a revised and extended edition of a course of lectures which M. Krasinski has been giving in several towns.] Puerorurn Opera. Excerpts e Poetis Anglicanis Shakspere, Dryden, Pope,

Shenstone, Crabbe, et mt. Latine reddita, Sec.

[The production of schoolboys from nine to fifteen, who have made the transla- tions, set up the types, and printed the book, using a little parlour-press. It is a curious and creditable effort: the rendering the vernacular of "Little Jack Homer," "Jack and Jill," &c. are especially remarkable. The shortest ac- quaintance of this kind—" Who comes -here? A Grenadier "—will do for a spe- cimen.

" Quis vet* hue? Miles. Quid posels ? Pocula zylhi. JEs ubi? Icon memini. ! logo, pots, domum."]

Etching Described and Simplified; with Progressive Illustrations. By a Practical Engraver. [A brief direction to the practice of an art well suited to the amateur, with three illustrative specimens. The description of the process is tolerably clear so far as it goes ; but not sufficiently fall or distinct to be understood with certainty by a person previously untaught. There may be a reason for this reserve; as the author, Mr. Castle, offers to supply fuller information personally, and to that end he gives his address. However, a shrewd learner, with the apparatus before him, might probably find out the process by the help of the volume.]

The Family Economist. Volume IL

[A neat little volume of more than two hundred pages, formed of twelve numbers of a penny monthly magazine. The improvement of the people, morally, men- tally, and physically, may be said to be the object of the work. One method of accomplishing this is by original papers of a practical kind, on domestic economy, cottage gardening, &c.; another is by sketches, tales, &c.] Cottage Cookery. By Esther Copley, Author of "Cottage Comforts," &c. Reprinted from "The Family Economist." [The papers and hints on various kinds of cookery, reprinted from the preceding book.] Readings for Railways; • or Anecdotes and other Short Stories, &c. To- gether with Points of Information on Matters of General Interest. Col- lected in the course of his own reading, by Leigh Hunt. [A selection of curious and useful facts and thoughts, mingled with original re- marks in Leigh Hunt's happier vein; forming pleasant reading for railways, or any other place.] The Streets of London; with Anecdotes of their more Celebrated Residents, By John Thomas Smith, late Keeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.

[The late Mr. Smith's agreeably gossiping work on the antiquities, facts, and anecdotes connected with the streets and squares of London, compressed into a single well-looking volume.]

PRINTS.

The Huntsman and Hounds. Drawn by Edwin Landseer, Esq., KA.; en graved by IL T. Ryall, Esq.

[A good impression of Mr. RyalPs line-engraving copy of Edwin Landseer's pen- and-ink sketch, which we noticed in the Spectator for November 24. A second view does not stall diminish the admiration for Landseer's masterly command of hand and perception of character, or for the tact with which the engraver has caught the freedom and verve of the artist's manner.] Coming Events. Drawn by Edwin Landseer, Esq., RA.; engraved by IL T. Ryall, Esq.

Cover's General and Elementary Physical Atlas. Comprising eight maps, engraved on steel, and coloured; with Descriptive Letterpress. By the Editor of "The University Atlas of the Middle Ages," &c. [The stimulus which Humboldt many years since gave to the principles of studying geography seems likely ere long to effect a revolution in the method of teaching the science. Berghaus, at his suggestion if not under his direction, em- bodied in the Physical Atlas the conclusions which half a century had produced respecting the structure and phsenomena of the globe. Mr. Johnston in a more ex-

tensive and magnificent publication completed the subject, so far as existing know- ledge admits of its completion; and he lately republished the more general maps in a smaller form and at a very much cheaper price. Another work of an analo- gous character is in the course of publication by Mr. Orr; ;only a fortnight since we noted the appearance of popular lectures on physical geography; and here is a little booklwinch presents on the common school map the more striking fea- tures of the botany and meteorology of the globe, as well as the more remarkable points of its structure.

Gover's General and Elementary Physical Atlas contains the world, the four continents, and the British Isles. The map of the world is projected on the hori- zon of London. Instead of the poles occupying the top and bottom of the map, they are placed about one third within it; the world's features being as it were turned round, so as to exhibit the great masses of land in one hemisphere and the great masses of water in the other. The remaining maps are of the usual character, and just as useful for general purposes; the difference being in the additional in- dicative marks, which are so managed as not to interfere with purposes of re- ference. Explanatory letterpress accompanies the maps, and describes the principal features and phsenomena respectively illustrated by the plates, in a style at once clear and close. The little book is designed as an introduction to more elaborate works on physical geography.] A First or Elementary Atlas, for the use of Schools: containing Ten Maps, engraved by S. Hall.

[Besides the globe, and the continents, including Australasia, this atlas contains the British Isles, Palestine, and Canaan as divided among the Ten Tribes. The engraving is neat, but the maps are small.] ALMANACKS.

Fine Arts Almatiack, or Artist's Remembrancer, for 1850. [Except in its stamp and postal information, this almanack is entirely devoted to ark. The days of the calendar are considered memorable as they relate to meet- ings of societies, the opening or closing of exhibitions, and the births or deaths of artists. The notes on the months contain biographies of painters, sculptors, and architects; or notices of facts and incidents connected with art; and there is a great deal of miscellaneous information concerning exhibitions, institutions for the encouragement of art, and charitable bodies connected with artists. The Fine Arts Almanack is one of the best special publications of the kind we have seen.] Art-Union -of London Allnanack, for 1850. EThis almanack is issued both as a sheet and as a small pocket book. The calendar chiefly records the meetings of societies, and there is information relating to exhibitions with a table of the births and deaths of artists; from which Hol- bein and Antonio More are left out, while inferior persons are put in. Much of the information, however, regards the Art-Union.]

Punch's Almanack.

[Twelve pages full of capital cuts and funny observations, with often a deep meaning under the joke. The "Grand Pas des Patineurs" is capital: twenty years ago it would have cost ten times the price of the whole almanack.]

PAMPHLETS.

Solvency Guaranteed. An Address to the Bankers, Merchants, Landlords, &c. of Great Britain, &c. By C. S. Cansdell. The Tithe-Owner's Tale; or a Bleat from the Pastures. Bye Black Sheep. Capital Punishments Unsanctioned by the Gospel, and Unnecessary in a Christian State. A Letter to the Reverend Sir John Page Wood, Bart.

By the Reverend Henry Christmas, MA.

Practical Suggestions for the Establishment of National Cemeteries. By George Alfred Walker, Surgeon, &c.

ifusguito, Nicaragua, and Costa-Rica.

French Intervention in Rome. A Letter to Messrs. De Toequeville and De Fallon', Ministers of France. By Joseph blazzini. England's Gratitude and England's Duty. A Sermon delivered in the Eng- lish Church Boulogne-stir-51er, on Thursday 15th November 1849, being the day appointed by Royal Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving. By the Reverend Thomas Harvey, MA., Minister of the Church.