PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

At Mr. Murray's last trade sale nearly 8000 copies were subscribed for of Captain M`Clintock's NARRATIVE OF rain DISCOVERY OF TDB FATE OF SIM ,TORN FRANKLIN AND HIS COMPANIONS, and of these Mr. Mudio took 3000 for his Library. This being so, what more nerd we do at present

than announce the,pnblication of a book so eagerly desired ?

Tdagnificently adorned by the choicest efforts of the tvpographer, the engraver, and the bookbinder, is the book of Memel. 'EMBLEMS, pub-

lished by Messrs. Longman and Co. ; and the text and the designs axe worthy of the skill and, the richness of material which have been sump- tuously expended on their production. The text is from two sources, the principal one being the voluminous collections and writings of D. Jacob Cats, the eminent Dutch jurisconsult, statesman, and poet, whose long life of eighty-three years began nearly with the last quarter of the sixteenth century. From these a copious selection, made with care and taste, has been rendered into English with great spirit by the editor, Mr. Pigot, who has added to it illustrative passages from English and other authors, and the whole of the exceedingly rare and curious poems and emblems of Oats's contemporary, the pious Scot, Robert Farlie, published in London under the title of "Lychnocausia" in 1638. The engravings are copied from Adrian Van de Venne's designs for the illus- tration of the Dutch folio edition of Cats's works—designs of which Sir William Beechy says, in his Life of Reynolds, that they formed Sir Joshua's richest store in his youth, and that he made careful copies of them.

Mr. Kohl, the eminent German traveller, whgse minute and lively pictures of Russian life have obtained such extensive popularity in this country, has published a very successful work in Germany, containing the results of his residence among the Ojibbeway Indians on the Shores of Lake Superior. He designed it as a " Contribution to the Knowledge of Indian Character," and by those who are acquainted with the mode in which Mr. Kohl has worked out a kindred purpose in other lands, it may well be supposed that he has surpassed all preceding writers in ful- ness and closeness of detail respecting the traditions, manners, customs, and general conditions of the tribe be chose as the special subject of his study. To Englishmen the copiousness of the German work might even appear excessive, for it repeats much that is known to them from other sources. For this reason the English translator has thought it advisable to omit portions of the original, while carefully retaining the novel facts and anecdotes collected by its author ; and, as the translation has been executed under the immediate supervision of Mr. Kohl, it may be pre- sumed that the pruning-knife has been discreetly used. The title of the English version is Krrerri-GAmi : WANDERINGS ROUND LAKE Si:rumen ; the two mysterious words in the first clause being the Indian equivalent for the "big water," which is named in the second clause.

Fixty-six EXPOSITORY LECTURES ON ST. PAUL'S EPISTLES TO THE Connirniaics, by the late Incumbent of Trinity Chapel, Brighton, will prove acceptable to all who are capable of appreciating the life and teaching of that most pure-hearted and high-thoughted man. Simple eloquence, a happy power of illustration, and the broad human qualities that led him to discourse in the pulpit of social questions, topics of na- tional policy, and the morals of every day life, are his praiseworthy cha- racteristics. The "Lectures" now before us are a reproduction of those extemporaneously delivered by Mr. Robertson, partly from his own manuscripts, partly from short-hand notes of others. The series "is, therefore, necessarily somewhat fragmentary in its character." Though dealing'

ealing specially with "a great variety of questions in Christian casuis- try," these Lectures are generally expository of the whole range of Christian principles." The closing Lecture of the series, " Finally, bre- thren, farewell," was the last ever heard from this gifted preacher by the congregation of Trinity Chapel.

Tun Drvnex LIFE IN MAN is an informal series of discourses, four- teen in number, by Mr. James Baldwin Brown, apparently a noncon- formist minister. The first sermon is entitled " The Paradise Lost of the Bible ;" the last has for its subject that Paradise Regained. The inter- mediate sermons treat of the Redemption, Education, Discipline, and Duty of the Christian, and are intended to cast some little light " on the orderly development of God's great purpose in man and in mankind." Mr. Brown has adopted a somewhat free and unconventional method of exposition. He has, at least, the ordinary culture of the day, and sym- pathizes with what is true, or fair, or great, in life, in science, and in art. Occasionally we would prune away some of the exuberances of his rhe- toric • but we cannot deny that he has often a sober eloquence very un- mind in a pulpit orator. His appreciation of excellence is subtile, and his range of thought expansive and uncommon. Speaking of the heroes and gods of Greek and Roman paganism, he says " Their most com- plete myths record cycles of Divine toil. Hercules is the toiling, suffer- ing, conquering god incarnate ; while Prometheus ventures into the inner heavenly sanctuaries to bring forth fire—the symbol of vital spirit- ual force—for the quickening of man. And if he won at the cost of his own agony, we recognize with reverence how in the heathen mind God was shaping some prophetic image of the true redemption."

BOOKS.

The Voyage of the "Fox "in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions. By Captain M'Clintock, 11.N., LL.D. With Maps and Illustrations.

_Moral Emblems; with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of all Ages and Na- tions, from Jacob Cats and Robert Faille. With Illustrations freely rani dered from Designs found in their Works, by John:Leighton, F.S.A. The whole translated and edited, with additions, by Richard Pigot. litchi-Conti. Wanderings round Lake Superior. By J. G. Kohl. Rural Life in Bengal ; IlluStrative of Anglo-Saxon Suburban Life ; more partic,ularly in connexion with the Planter and Peasantry, Re. Letters from aeAhist in India to his Sisters in England. By the Author of " Anglo- Indian Domestic Life," Re. Illustrated with one hundred and sixty-stx Engravings.

The Old Jewry; a Tragedy in Five Acts. By John Henry Keane. Liberty Hall, Oxon. By W. Winwood Beade. In three volumes. The Gordian Knot ; a Story of Good and Evil. By Shirley Brooks. With Il- lustrations by John Tenniel.

Pictures of Sporting Life and Character. By Lord William Lennox. In two volumes.

Travellers' Tales Retold. By Theta.

A New Sentimental Journey. By Charles Allston Collins. With a Frontispiece on Steel by the Author.

Three Month's Rest at Pau, in the Winter and Spring of 1859. By John Altrayd Wittitterly.

Slavery and Freedom 'in the British West Indies. By Charles Buxton, M.A., M.P.

Little Estella ; and other Fairy Tales. For the Young.

David, King of Israel. Readings fur the Young. By Josiah Wright, M.A. With Six Illustrations.

The Christmas Week; a Christmas Story by the Rev. Henry Christmas, M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A.

The Old Coalpit ; or the Adventures of Richard Beothby in search of his own way. A Story for Boys. By E. J. May.

Round the World : a Tale for Boys. By W. H. G. Kingston.

The Instructive Picture Bask : Lessons from the Geographical Distribution of Animals ; or the natural History of the Quadrupeds which characterize the principal divisions of the Globe. By M.H.H.I.

Riddles and Jokes: a complete collection of Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, Re- buses, Words Transposed, Acting Charades, Acting Proverbs, Puzzles, and Jokes. By Edmund Russell. Illustrated by M'Connell and Harvey. Thesaurus of English and Hindustani Technical Terms used in Building and other Useful Arts; and Scientific Manual of Words and Phrases in the Higher Branches of Knowledge ; containing upwards of live thousand words not generally to be found in the English and Urdu Dictionaries. By Captain H. G. Raverty, 3d Regiment Bombay N.I.

An Elementary Praxis of Greek Composition. Adapted to the Use of Begin- ners. By the Rev. J. R. Major, D.D., Head Master of King's College School, London.

Graceful Riding ; a Pocket Manual for Equestrians. By S. C. Waite, Esq.

A Century of Fables in Verse ; for the most part Paraphrased or Imitated from various Languages. By W. R. Evans.

A Life Struggle. By Miss Pardoe. In two volumes.

Columbus; or, the New World. A Poem. By Britannicus.

Harbour of Refuge; not " Dangerous Decoys," " Ship Traps," nor " Wrecking Pools." By Fred. R. A. Glover, M.A.

NEW EDITIONS.

The Prairie ; a Tale. By J. Fenimore Cooper. Illustrated from Drawings by F. 0. C. Harley.