PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From December llth to December 23d.

BOOKS.

Letters of David Hume, and Extracts from Letters referring to him. Edited by THOMAS MURRAY, LL.D., Author of " The Literary History of Galloway." Notes of a Half-Pay in Search of Health; or Russia, Circaasia, and the Crimea, in 1839-40. By Captain JESSE, Unattached. In two volumes. The History of the Republic of Texas, from the discovery of the country to the present time; and the cause of her separation from the Republic of Mexico. By N. DORAN MAILLARD, Esq., Barrister-at-law, of Texas.

Memorials of the Great Civil War in England, from 1646 to 1652. Edited from Original Letters in the Bodleian Library, by HENRY CARY, M.A. In two volumes.

The Philosophy of Necessity ; or the Law of Consequences, as applicable to mental, moral, and social science. By CHARLES BRAY. In two volumes. Volume IL—Part III. Social Science.

An Historical View of the Law of Maritime Commerce. By JAMES REDDIE, Esq., Advocate, Author of " Inquiries, Elementary and His- torical, into the Science of Law."

A Review of Berkeley's Theory of Vision; • designed to show the unsound- ness of that celebrated speculation. By SAMUEL BAILEY, Author of " Essays on the Formation and Publication a Opinions," &c.

The Blue Belles of England. By FRANCES TROLLOPE, Author of " The Widow Barnaby," &c. In three volumes.

Which is the Wiser, or People Abroad ; a Tale for Youth. By MARY HON-ITT, Author of " Strive and Thrive," &c.

[A very agreeable little tale of German and English manners contrasted. A. rational, simple, but high-minded German family, arc brought into contact with an English mother and daughter, driven by the national necessity. of their po- sition into equivocal conduct ; the visit of some very rich acquaintance, who procure wealth by arts not much above entrapping the unwary into fraudulent speculations, serving to display the ostentation of the richer middle classes. As a picture of manners, a series of clever sketches of character, and a well-continued story, though flagging towards the end, Which is the Wiser sustains MARY HOWITT'S well-earned reputation. But we must demur to her logic. German manners and modes of life may be good, and English bad; but no fair conclusion can be come to by picking out a nonsuch German widow and son of the respectable class, to contrast them with a family of ambitious adven- turers, almost swindlers, and two women placed in a rare and difficult position. This is not a fair comparison, MARY HowrrT : it is opposing the very virtuous to the equivocal or the unfortunate.] Monaldi; a Tale.

[ This story was written so long ago as 1822, for aperiodical which was prematurely extinguished; and it might still have lain in the author's- desk, so far as any peculiar character or merit is concerned. It is well written in the sense of mere composition, and superadds disappointment in authorship to disappointment in love as a motive to revenge : but in the more important points of character, incident, manner, and general treatment, it differs nothing from the innu- merable tales in magazines, &c., that take their subjects from Italian revenge, jealousy, and remorse.]

Lee's Book for all Seasons; a Holyday Offering for Youth of both sexes. [Consists chiefly of abridgments of popular fictions, such as those of Hum- phrey's Clock, interspersed with scraps of information on natural history, poetry, &c.; forming the first volume of " Parley's Penny Library."]

Lays and Lyrics. By CHARLES GRAY, Captain, Royal Marines, F.A.S.E.

[This handsome volume of fugitive verse, chiefly lyrical, owes its publication to the " request of friends." ALLAN CUNNINGHAM and others famous beyond Scotland addressed a round-robin to the author, begging that his songs, which had so often enlivened the festive board, and other effusions scattered through the periodical literature of the Three Kingdoms, might be collected into a volume. So flattering a testimony to the estimation in which both Captain GRAY and his muse are held was not to be resisted; and though, on a critical examination, the Lays and Lyrics will be found wanting in originality of idea, and marked by some verbal defects, the social and kindly. spirit pervading them, and their fluent versification, so well adapted to the airs for which they are written, cannot but render them acceptable to those who may listen to or sing them. A portrait of the author, by Mr. TAIT, and a vignette of his birthplace, Anstruther, beautifully engraved in line and printed from electro- type plates, adorn the title and frontispiece.]

Poems of the Lady Flora Hastings. Edited by her Sister. Second edition.

[The chief feature of this new edition is the more compact size, and the por- trait—calm, pensive, and lady-looking, but with traces of great firmness and resolution under that quiet air. Strange to say, it is posthumous; painted by Mr. 3PLEAY from several portraits, uhder the direction of Lady FLORA'S sister; her dissatisfaction with all the likenesses painted during life being the reason why no portrait was affixed to the first edition.] Fugitive Verses. By JOANNA BAILLIE, Author of "Dramas of the Poe sions," &c. A new edition. Letters om Abroad to Kindred at Home. By MISS SEDGWICK, Author of " Hope Leslie," &c. A new edition. [Two reprints by Mr. MoxoN, only remarkable as showing the principle he seems to be following out, of supplying cheap copyright literature. The works were noticed in the Spectator when they first appeared.]

Medical Guide for Mothers, in Pregnancy, itccouchensent, &Wing,

Weaning, 6-c., and in some of the more important diseases of infancy. With an appendix on the successful cure of Consumption by a new remedy, suggested by Dr. Ulric Palmedo, of Berlin. By J. R. Hen- CORN, M.R.C.S., &c.

[A plain and popular compendium of directions for the mother's general man- agement of her infant and herself. The appendix contains a notice of the new mode of treating consumption by Dr. Penneno of Berlin, with a brief ac- count of Mr. Ilenconte's attempt to introduce it into English practice. The principle seems to be homoymathic, though the practice does not resemble that of homceopathy: oleum animale .fcetidum, a. preparation from burnt bones, is rubbed on the chest, which produces an inflammation, that relieves the patient if it does not effect a cure. The only case which Mr. HANCORN narrates is yet in progress, the improvement being considerable, but the termination un- certain ; and he candidly states his doubts as to the virtue of the medicine in extreme cases,—though the instances he quotes from Dr. PALMEDO exhibit no reason for this scepticism : they seem to have worked wonders on four patients in a very advanced stage, and would appear miraculous, if true. However, so far as we can judge from the data before us, there can be no reason for objecting to the trial of the animal oil, except its foetid smell : but even if occasionally successful, it will be a matter of question whether its operation is only analogous to that of other medicines, or whether it really possesses some specific virtue.]

Researches tending to Prove the Non-Vascularity and the peculiar uniform

mode of Organization and Nutrition °pertain Animal Tissues,viz. arti- cular cartilage, and the cartilage of the different classes of fibro-car- tilage ; the cornea, the crystalline lens, and the vitreous humour and the epidermoid appendages. By JOSEPH TOTEBEE, Esq., M.R.'C.S., &c. From the " Philosophical Transactions," Part IL for 1841.

Outline of a Metlwd of Model-Mapping; with a view to append, by tin application of the art of levelling to that of area-surveying, the advan- tage ea section of elevations and depressions to the uses of a map of superficial contents: with some Introductory Remarks, addressed to Agriculturists, Landed Proprietors and persons interested in the effec- tual drainage of towns. By J. BATLEY DENTON, Surveyor. Second edition. With Notes and Appendix. [The uses of model-imps, or plans in relief, of estates especially with refer- eneo-tc. draining and irrigation, and the profitable advantage resulting from ap- plying the drainage of some portion of the land to the irrigation of others, are set forth in this intelligent pamphlet ; which also describes the method of con- structing models, and the instruments for ascertaining levels by means of %may 4- appendix contains the leading points of Parliamentary extensive

e, - well as the outline of a suggested measure for an extensive systetn of drainage, by meal's of vftirenthe sewerage of towns may be made available to the manuring of adjacent fands.]

Outlines of a New Plan far Tilling an Fertilizing Land. By THOMAS VAUX.

The Chaff

L.- a manual of brief Commercial Arithmetic. Arranged Lena Scinfeensno.

[A simple and explicit introduction to the practice of a short, exact, and effec- tual mode of calculation for intricate problems; called " the Chain Rule"; which is not so generally known as its utility deserves.]

A New English Grammar; with very copious exercises, and a systematic view of the formation and derivation of words, comprising Anglo-Saxon, Latin, and Greek lists, which explain the etymology of above Sven thousand English words. By ALEXANDER ALLEN, Ph.D., sod CORNWELL, Tutor of the Normal School of the British and Foreign School Society. Second edition. [This is the most complete and best-arranged English Grammar that we have seen for a long time. It is divided into two parts, the first devoted to Etymo- logy, the second to Syntax : the etymology is suhiivided into two sections, the one explaining the inflection or declension of words, including an admirable classification of the verbs; ani the other exemplifying the formation or deriva- tion of words; thiselivision might be made still more complete by the addition of words derived from Norman-French. The rules of syntax are also arranged in proper order; a form of parsing is given applicable throughout the book ; and the exercises in all cases follow the rule or precept they are severally intended to illustrate.] A Grammar of the German Language. By G. M. HEILNER. [This is an excellent practical introduction to the German language. The author is perfectly master of his own language, (we presume from the name that Mr. HEILNER lit a German,) and of the English in which he writes. His account of the inflections of words, the pronunciation—as far as an idea of sounds can be coin-eyed by written characters, and of the structure of sen- tences, proves that he has both a critical knowledge of the structure of the German language and a taste for its elegancies. Taken as a whole, his work gives a complete view of its subject: taken piecemeal, in the manner recom- mended in the preface and rendered easy by the arrangement of the para- graphs, it will enable the student to read or talk himself into a practical mastery of the language. The preface shows that the author has a right conception of the best manner of teaching; and the body of the work, that his knowledge of details is sufficient to enable him to carry it into effect. Mr. Demme, in a note to the preface, acknowledges in part his obligations to the writings of Gamin : when he was about it, he might as well have noticed how much he has been indebted to BECKER, whose grammar Mr. HEILNER'S publisher gave to the world some years ago. He would have lost nothing by his candour ; for the popular style of his book is so much more level to the comprehension of average readers than the logical phraseology of BECKER, that there is no hazard of the works coming into competition.] Musical Education. By E. M. GEAR. [With the exception of a " model of a scale of practice," consisting of a pro- gramme of exercises and studies, with pieces d discrition during the ten years from seven to sixteen, this slender volume is rather an indication of the styles and method Miss GEAR would recommend, than practical directions for their attainment. Tone, time, expression, the use of the pedals, and the ad- vantage of studying the rudiments of harmony or thorough-bass, are the points she touches upon.] The Works of William Jay, collected by himself. Volume I.—" Morning and Evening Exercises," January to Maich. [A publication intended to embrace the entire series of the works of this eminen't minister. The speculation, Mr. JAY says, is not of his own seeking, but " has been the result of much importunity." It will contain prefatory and explana- tory notes, with considerable insertions and additions: a volume will appear

quarterly ; bow many will be requisite to complete the series, the venerable author cannot at present determine, but each work will be complete in itself. As hie advanced age, however, may render it doubtful whether he may be spared to superintend the whole, be will take care to leave his materials in such a state that they may be completed by others.

The present volume is plainly but handsomely got up, and contains the Morning and Evening Exercises from January to March ; the morning and evening being now placed in juxtaposition, whereas in former editions they were published in separate volumes.] The Christian Diary; with Moral and Religious Reflections, deduced from a text of Scripture, for every day in the year.

[A series of short reflections for every day upon texts taken from Scripture, sometimes general, sometimes having a relation to the particular season. They are intended for all denominations of Christians without relation to sects; and this has given a broadly general cast of opinion, but taken something, we think, from their unction. The book, we should imagine, is not by a clergy- man.]

Wills; a Digest of the whole Law relating to their Construction : with Forms, adapted to every situation in life. By R. ALLEN, Esq., A.M.; F.S.A., Barrister-at-law, Author of " Town and Country Practice for Relief of Insolvent Debtors," &c.

[This is a useful pocket volume, containing a general view of the law of Wills, with directions for drawing them up, and a great variety of forms to meet par- ticular objects. For non-professional persons, it is possible that the compact legal science of Mr ALLEN'S book, though much more trustworthy, may be rather more puzzling than the common compendiums of easy will-making. To those fur whom it is chiefly designed, the clerks of legal practitioners, the book will be highly useful. They can carry about with them in their side- pocket a digest of the law and practice of 'Wills to study at their leisure or consult at their need.] The House of Commons, as elected to the fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom, being the second of Victoria. By WILLIAM ATKIN.. SON WARWICK.

[The two features of this Companion to the House of Commons are, its in- troduction, which contains a précis of the history of Parliaments, and a list of the successive 'louses of Commons with their Speakers from RICHARD the Second, and biographical notices of the Members ; the latter, however, not pe- culiar to Mr. ATKINSON WARWICK'S publication. The order of the list is alphabetical as regards the place, but an index of names gives a ready reference to the persons.] Our Grandinoznin a's Clock. By ROBERT MUSH.

SERIALS.

Coloured Railway Horographs, or Time-tables, No. I.

[A cheap and useful vade-mecum for railway-travellers; showing the time when trains arrive and depart at each station on all the lines from London, with indexes of neighbouring places.]

Waterston's Cyclopmdia of Commerce, Part III. The Letters of Peter Platitude on Cambridge and the Cantabs, Part L Cumming's Fox's Book of Martyrs, Part IX.

ALMANACKS.

The Epicure's Almanack, for 1842: containing a calendar of the months,

adorned with cuts : tables of the various dishes in season ; with a col-

lection of original and choice recipes. By BENSON E. HILL, Esq. [Mr. BENSON HILL Has been excited to this attempt by the success of his Epicure's Almanack for 1841, a book which contained a receipt for every day in the year. In the present jeu d'esprit he has had his eye upon GEORGE CRUIKSHANK'S Comic Abnanack, as well as his own epicurean volume, and combines the two. The calendar is adorned with cuts, and enriched with re- marks bearing upon gastronomy ; appended to each month is a list of articles in season, any one of which is enough to horrify an anchorite, much more the twelve together; a series of miscellaneous remarks follows, of a very made and magazinish character ; after which comes a variety of receipts—a cookery- book in miniature.]

The Poor Man's Companion.

[A Chartist Almanack. in which much use is made of the now readily acces- sible Parliamentary Returns; whose totals are presented and cernmented upon in the style to be expected from a shrewd and vigorous mind but of limited views. The figures appear to be correctly given, except the cost of the Church, which is made out to be about double its actual amount.] The Comic Almanack, for 1842. With twelve illustrations of the months, by GEORGE CRUIESHANK. [In this calendar of fun, Momus marks the lapse of time with merriment for each month ; GEORGE CRIPIKSHANK'S Zodiac of etchings forming a portion of the constellations of comicalities that enliven the year.] The Anti-Bread-Tax Almanack, for 1842.

[Gives tables of prices of corn, and the amount of duties on it and other articles of food.] ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

Meteorography, or the Perpetual Weather Almanack : containing nearly fifty of, the sighs which occur before every change of weather, engraved and coloured from nature.

[A pocket Pictorial Weather-glass, depicting in a series of forty-six circular Elates the various aspects of the heavens which denote the state of the weather (Turing the same day, or on the following day ; beyond which time the author, repudiating the notion of planetary influences and the predictions of weather- prophets, considers that no certain calculations can be made. This graphic barometer is a guide to the study of meteorology by means of meteorography, or the science of atmospheric phenomena as indicated by a clouds ; the pecu- liar appearances of which are classified and their nomenclature explained. In short, it is a pictured exemplification of the experience of an intelligent ob- server; and affords more certain and rational though limited data for prog- nosticating atmospheric changes, than the Weather Almanacks.] Sketches of Irish Character. By Mrs. S. C. HALL. Illustrated edition. [This handsome volume is a third edition of the first and freshest work of Mrs. HALL ; oho describes the scenery and characters of her native place, Banuow, as happily as Miss Mrrroob does those of Three-Mile Cross. The charm of early associations gives a kindly tone to these pictures of Irish life ;.Juad the prosperous condition of the'peasantry of this district of the county of Wexford furnishes less painful incidents than other parts of Ireland. The illustrations consist of a few fine engravings of M'Cntse's forcible and characteristic studies of Irish beauties, that have appeared either in some of the Annuals or in Mr. and Mrs. BALL'S Ireland, and a number of wood-cut; designed by several artists ; each story having a vignette for head and tail- piece, either a group of figures or a sketch of some picturesque ruin.] Mount Egmont, from the North Shore of Cook's Strait, New Zealand. Natives burning off wood for their potato-grounds. Lithographed by T. Anton, from a drawing by CHARLES HEAPHY. [There is something sublime in the aspect of this stupendous peak, crowned with perpetual allow, rising in solitary grandeur far above the clouds, to the height of some 10,000 feet, from a widely-extended base, and dominating a vast level tract of thickly-wooded country : its conical shape, the regularity of its outline, its sides sweeping down with an inward curve, and the blunted apex of its summit, are all indications of its volcanic origin ; which was probably of no very remote date. In the foreground, on one side, a group of natives in their picturesque costume, are seated at the door of a but under the shelter of a tuft of trees, beside a rapid stream ; and on the other side, parties of natives are burning the trees to clear the ground for the potato-crops. This wild ex- panse of forest now perhaps resounds with the echoes of the sportsman's ;gun and the settler's axe; and some English angler may be throwing his fly on the surface of the water.

The view is characteristic ; and, independent of its interest as the site of new colony, it is an attractive print, on account both of the striking scene and its free and effective execution m tinted lithography.]

Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland Illustrated, Part X. Canadian Scenery Illustrated, Part XXI. King Charles the First in the Guard-room. Painted by PAUL DELA- ROCHE ; engraved by GEORGE SANDERS.

MAPS.

Bartlett's Index Geologicus. [A chart of geology, giving at one view all the leading facts of the science, and tracing the successive stages of creation as exhibited in the strata of our globe. The vast quantity of information contained in this tabular epitome is arranged in such order as to convey, at a glance, the characteristic indications and pro- ducts of each stratum, and the places where the appearances may be observed. To geologists this index-chart will be valuable for reference, and to others for the purposes of study and information.]

A New Map of the Routes in India, with Tables of Distances, &c. [A large map of India, very clearly engraved, and folded in a case; but the novelty of the publication is its complete table of distances, and its lines of routes, the latter distinguished into post and bangy-roads, post-roads and routes, and bangy-roads. In India, we believe, the best roads are not quite so durable as the Appian Way, or quite so passable as an English Macadamized—partly on account of the nature of the soil in many places, and the devastations of the rainy season : it is impossible, however, to glance the eye along the nume- rously-ramified lines of communication throughout the country, without feeling that those safe and regular means of locomotion are a great boon to India, compared with its former state.]

PAMPHLETS.

Wood-Paring in London; a practical treatise. By J. LEE STEVENS. Suggestions for Amending the Practice and Proceedings in the Court of Chancery, with a view to remedy expense and delay, and particularly

that of the Six Clerks' and Masters' Offices.

The Church ; a Discourse delivered in the First Congregational Church, Philadelphia, Sunday, May 30, 1841. By W. E. Cosigxma, D.D. Observations on the Infantry Mai:mitres of the British Army, with a view to materially simplifying and shortening the same. By Captain W. J. B. MOUNSTEVEN.

The Exchequer Bills Fraud.