PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED, From September 914 to September 22d.

BOOKS.

The Herberts. By the Author of " Elphinstone." In three volumes. A Narrative of 'Voyages and Commercial Enterprises. By RICHARD J. CLEVELAND.

The Anatomy of Sleep ; or the art of procuring sound and refreshing slumber at will. By EDWARD BINNS, M.D., &c. William Langsh owe, the Cotton Lord, By Mrs. STONE, Authoress of "The Art of Needlework." In two volumes.

Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy : States of Sardinia, Lom-

bardy, and Venice, Parma, and Piacenza, Modena, Lucca, Massa- Carrara, and Tuscany, as far as the Val d'Arno. With a travelling-map.

The Handbook for Life-Assurers. Being a popular Guide to the know-

ledge of the system of Life Assurance ; with an exposition of its advan- tages, and of its useful application to the different classes of the com- munity; toeether with an explanation of the various modes of doing business; also, a General Directory of Insurance Companirs in Great

Britain and Ireland, with their capitals, rites, and other particulars. This is a more popular little book on the subject of life-insurance than several we have bad under notice; it will therefore be found useful to many persons contemplating an insurance on their lives, who may like to know something of the nature of that insurance without being tasked to follow explanations and calculations rather scientifically presented. The Handbook for Life-Assurers contains a precis of the history of the subject, a curious account of the statistics on which the different office-tables of premium have been calculated, an expla- nation of the principles of life-insurance, with copious illustrations ot the arith- metical workings of the different modes in which a man may insure, as well as various practical details connected with the divisions of the profits, and the uses to which life-insurance may he turned. Tables, exhibiting the numbers, ages, characters, and premiums of the different offices, are affixed to the work, and add to its utility, but are common in some shape to most late books on the subject.) Lessons on the Globes, on a plan entirely new, in which they are taken together in illustration of terrestrial and celestial pbsenomena ; with original familiar explanations of the ever-varying circumstances of our planet, and the solar system generally, and extended notices of several departments of natural science, interspersed with numerous corroborative quotations from the best popular authors. Also an appendix, contain-

Mg Memoranda in Verse, Rhymes on the Constellations, &c. By T.

[One peculiarity eetwliarity of this publication is to have the celestial globe accompany the use of the terrestrial globe from the very beginning; another is, to introduce the study of both by an acquaintance with the elements of mathematics and the principles of geogmpby and astronomy ; a third is, to require the pupil to work for himself the questions connected with " the use of the globes," am the principles he has or ought to have already mastered. The topics of the trade-winds, currents, tides, &c., do not strike us as being so new in ele- mentary books as Mr. }Iowa seems to think, though they may be perhaps in publications on the use of the globes ; and a variety of incidental stimuli to study also appear to us as not being novel, though probably useful. The book is clear—that is, as clear as such rather abstruse matters can well be rendered: but whether it will be so to the very young, who have no idea of mathematics, may be questioned ; or whether it is worth while to devote the time necessary to master such a subject, when so many other things of nearer importance ctfi for attention. The use of the globes is one of those studies where much must be left to the teacher ; to whom the book may undoubtedly prove usefuS] Abbot:ford Edition of the Waverley Novels, Volume I. [This massive volume, which contains Waverley and Guy Mannering com- plete, presents a handsome appearance in its crimson cover enriched with war. like and allegorical trophies and SCOTT'S armorial bearings stamped in gold on the back and sides. Its fine typography and paper, the numerous curious wood-cuts, and the beautiful steel engravings, constitute the peculiar attrac- tions of the Abbotsford edition as regards the interior; and exteriorly the binding is not only ornamental but substantial, for though the covering I8 not leather the leaves are held together as firmly as though it were. The separate numbers look well, but the bound volume is far more attractive : the fifteen volumes to come will fill a library shelf superbly.] Secret Associations ; a Novel. In three volumes.

[This seems to be a translation of a politico-didactic novel, originally written by some German official mystic who thought his pen, employed in nction, could stem the progress of Revolution, Infidelity, Barricades, Three Days, and " Secret Associations,"—for surely no Englishman could have written such a jumble, without purpose, probability, place, or, according to English notions, the slightest resemblance to life, either literal, fanciful, or fictitious. But if the nation of the author or the place of its production is doubtful, there is no doubt that Secret Associations is utter trash.] Louisa, or the Bride. By the Author of " The Fairy Bower." [A didactic story, essentially of the character of a juvenile book, but some- what raised above it by the nature of the events and the age of the actors. The moral pointed is, that we must not wholly consider ourselves, even in things indifferent or perhaps right, but pay some regard to other persons, though we may not like or not approve of them : and one of the modes in which the theme is developed is, the trouble a young wife brings on herself by a seeming exclusiveness, in a country village. There are other social morals in the volume, and many other persons and incidents • but this is the leading one. The story is well and naturally written ; but the nature is common, the style minute, and the general effect somewhat slow.] The Rioters ; a Tale. By HARRIET MARTINEAU. Second edition.

[A. well-intentioned and apt little book, containing an exposition of the com- mon principles of machinery and obedience to the law, set in the form of an in- teresting little story ; containing, among other things, a graphic picture of scenes from the riots and of family distress.] A i'Vew French Grammar, illustrated by examples referring to the history of Great Britain and Ireland, and containing simplified treatises on the article, the pronoun, the participle, and the verb, which is shown to have only one conjugation; to which is added, a Vocabulary of the Primitive Tenses of the French Verbs. By A. F. GUILLEREZ, Professeur de l'Universite de France, &c.; Auteur de la " Grammaire Francaise," adopt tie dans les ecoles Beiges par ordre du Gouvernement, &c. Trans- lated by E. C. ANDERSON. Lectures Grammaticales et Historigue s ; ou Exercices sur la Langue Francaise, composes de morccaux critiques, descriptifs, litteraires, anecdotiques, &c., ayant rapport a In Grande-Bretagne et a l'Irlande; extraits des meilleurs ecrivains modernes Francais, at arranges d'apres line nouvelle methode adopt& en Belgique. Par A. F. GUILLEREZ. [The feature both of the Reader and the Grammar is the use of examples and selections from British history ; the selections being many of them from mo- dern writers. The Grammar also claims the merit of presenting the inflections in an easier and more compendious form, as well as in expressing the definitions or explanations in more popular phraseology : which may be doubted, for if the expressions are less technical they are sometimes more cumbrous.] The Student's Self-Instructing French Grammar. By D. M. Aran, Teacher of French ; Author of "Sketches in France," &c. Second edition, carefully revised and enlarged. Love's Sacrifice, or the Rival Merchants; a Play, in five acts. By the Author of " The Provost of Bruges," &c. With Remarks by D.—G. (Cumberland's British Theatre.) [This play will scarcely bear reading, so flat and commonplace is the dialogue in the serious parts, and so forced and vapid its jocoseness: the utmost merit which the eloquence attains is fluent propriety • real passion there is none. The author in his brief preface, dated from Breslau, mentions his having de- rived a hint for the conduct of some part of the drama from Mr. JAMES'S novel the Ancien Regime; and claims allowance on the score of inability to correct any faults that rehearsal might make evident. But it is not to little things that the drama's defects belong : they consist in the spirit of the whole, which is lifeless, cold, and artificial. The name of the hero and heroine has been changed from Elmore to Aylmer; and this, though seemingly a trifle, is an improvement.] Gregory the Seventh ; a Tragedy. By R. H. BORNE. [Like most of Mr. ElORNE'S writings, this play exhibits power—the power of words; and it has some striking situations ; but it wants vitality and nature. The history has neither the comprehensive truth of poetry, nor the lesser truth of facts; the characters are, in their essence, dim and shadowy sketches, and in their dramatic embody ment, mere automatons.] Edric the Forester; an Historical Play, in five Acts. By T. CROSS, Author of "The Conflagration of Rome," Sec. P. Virgilii Maronis Bucolica, Georgica, et!iEneis. Virgil; with English Notes, prepared for the use of classical schools and colleges. By FRANCIS BOWER, A.M. [This American school classic contains a handsome and bold text, with expla- natory notes in English, a life of Vinort., and a descriptive introduction to each poem or book. The notes are brief, and expressed in a modern cast of language, which is not always the case with annotations ; but their relegation to the end of the volume involves an inconvenience in their use, which no mere sightliness of typography can atone for.] Bolt on Moral Command. Third edition. The Works of William Jay, collected and revised by himself. Volume IV.—" Morning and Evening Exercises." October to December. SERIALS. The Life of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch. (Lives of the Fathers, Saints, &c. No. I.)

[This little tract is the first number of a series intended to contain the lives of

the primitive Saints and Fathers. A publication of this kind, conducted with the requisite learning and judgment, would fill up a blank in our literature ; but it may he doubted whether the serial before us will supply this want. The selection of the opening subject was not judicious ; for if Ictuerros has written all that is attributed to him, be had very priestly ideas of the priesthood, or, as MILTON expresses it, "then was Ignatius not Ignatius, nor a martyr, but most adulterate and corrupt himself"; and if he did all that it is said he did- denouncing himself, braving the Roman authorities, and resisting all attempts to procure a mitigation of his sentence-the example of PAUL, and of a far greater than Pant, were placed before him to very little purpose. From in- ternal evidence, we should say that this publication was compiled from ready sources: at all events, it is not distinguished by acumen or power. The com- mon stories about St. Imiaztus are expressly or by implication adopted, and the indiscriminate panegyric of a High Churchman lavished upon the favourite saint. J

• PERIODICALS.

Quarterly Review, No. CXL. ALMANACKS.

Tegg's New South Wales Pocket Almanac and Remembrancer for 1842.

Calculated from the meridian of Sydney. Seventh year of publication. [This volume has reached us from Botany Bay, and forms a very creditable specimen of Sydney topography. Its matter, however, gives indirect evidence of a young society ; there is such a quantity and such a variety, saying as plainly as types can say when not composed in direct terms, that people in New South Wales are not yet sufficiently numerous for each class to have a Re- membrancer and Pocket-book of its own. Hence, information that in England would be spread over half a dozen Annuals is here compressed into one. In Tegg's Pocket Almanac and Remembrancer for 1842, the agriculturist and hor- ticulturist receive directions for the management of garden and farm, and the seaman for the management of signals ; the merchant is informed of the dis- count-days of the banks, and other commercial information ; the lawyer, of' term-times, and so forth; the real or speculative importer of immigrants is furnished with all the regulations' British and Colonial, that must be complied with before he can touch the liberal bounty offered for the importation of that English drug population; settlers or land-jobbers have all the last rules respecting purchases; the last year's acts and proclamations are printed for those whom they concern. There is also what we should call an official direc- tory, or court-guide-lists of functionaries, public establishments of all kinds, and the principal commercial firms, as well as a copious itinerary forming a book of roads, and a long list of mail-arrivals and departures, (the mail, we should conceive, in many places consisting only of the bag and its bearer.) The thick little volume is calculated to convey upon the whole a favourable idea of the advance of New South Wales, if any judgment may be drawn from its religious, educational, charitable, literary, and scientific societies.]

PAMPHLETS.

Letter to Ms Grace the Duke of Wellington, on the Present State of Af- fairs in India. By MONTAGU GORE. A Friendly Address to the Operatives of the Manufacturing Districts.

A Sermon for the Times. By a Layman.

National Warnings; a Sermon, preached on behalf of the Distressed Manufacturers, at Claremont Chapel, Pentonville, on Lord's Day morning, 28th August 1842. By the Reverend J. BLACKBURN, Mi- nister of the Chapel.

The Devil,

Christian Sympathy ; a Sermon, preached at Horbling, Lincolnshire, in obedience to the Queen's Letter an behalf of the Distressed Manufac- turers, on Sunday 24th July 1842. With an Appendix, containing a Sketch of the Industrial System of Fourier. By EDMUND ROBERTS LARKEN, M.A., Curate of Horbling.

The Defence cf the Nation best Intrusted to the Working Classes. By P. J. PHILLIPS.

New Zealand Nelson, the latest Settlement of the New Zealand Com- pany. By KAPPA.

Music.

Farewell, dear Scenes! Ballad; 'Tis not the sparkling Diadem, Ballad; and Wherefore Maiden art thou Straying? Rondo, sung in the Opera of "Little Red Riding-hood." Written by G. A. BECKETT, Esq.; composed by Mrs. G. A. I BECKETT. " When Jove from his Throne" ; Bacchanalian Song and Chorus. Written by LAWRENCE REYNOLDS, Esq.; the music by G. H. Cansizze.

The Banks of the Wye; Ballad. Written by LAURENCE REYNOLDS ; the music by 0.11. CAUNTER.