PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From May 171/i to May 23d.

Boons.

Excursion through the Slave States, from Washington on the Potomac to the Frontier of Mexico; with Sketches of Popular Manners, and Geo- logical Notices. By G. W. FEATHERSTONHAUGH, F.R.S., In two volumes.

Cartouche, the celebrated French Robber. By R. B. PEAKE. In three volumes.

The Triumphs of Time. By the Author of "Two Old Men's Tales." lb three volumes.

Hildebrand, or the Days of Queen Elizabeth ; an Historical Romance. By the Author of " The King's Son." In three volumes.

Tales of a Lay Brother. First Series. Neville's Cross. In three volumes.

[The writer of this fiction has fallen into the error of servilely imitating a faabion that bas passed nearly. His materials, indeed, are as old as Mi- nerva Press historical romances; but the mould into which he has thrown them is copied, after a fashion, from WALTER SCOTT. There is an introduction to account for the possession of manuscript, answering no purpose whatever, and meteli written because the writer had been reading some introductions of Saterr. The scene is laid on the Border, and we have characters speaking Scotch or a broad Northern dialect ; difficulties have to be conquered, mysteries cleared up, and so we have an exaggerated compound of Meg Merrilies and NOrmi; and, not to speak of monks, barons, and ruffians, with the fields of Cressy and Neville's Cross, the whole manner of the "great magician" is aped as- well as the writer can.

The story, or rather its material, differs little, as we have said, from countless other storks. There is of course a lady who loves the hero, supposed to be no- body, but turning out to be a gentleman ; there is a villain, who is not only a black but a very stupid villain ; and the plot is further thickened by a sister of the hero, as obscure and mysterious as himself till the third -volume. Of the manners of the time the writer has not an idea, and very slender knowledge of itswustoms: but he has announced a discovery that will astonish the anti- quarians—according to one tale of the "Lay Brothers," pistols were in common use circa 1345.] Memoirs of a Muscovite. Edited by Lady BULWER LYTTON. In three volumes.

[Mader the flimsy masquerade of a Russian Prince, Lady BULWER LYTTON narrates her travelling-adventures and satirizes her foes; holding up to odium, aswell as to ridicule, two brothers, who cannot fail to be recognized. The task of reading this bitter outburst of complaints, accusations, and resent- ments, is a painful one to all hut those who relish personalities : and it is sad to see a clever woman, even if injured, forfeiting sympathy and respect by pan- desing to such low tastes.]

The Piechrumtese Envoy.

[Thin is a purely histcnico-didactic tale. The Piedmontese Envoy, a noble Italian converted to the Reformed faith, comes to England to solicit the aid of

Ctomwell for the is Protestants of Piedmont, and to search for ayoung lady to whom he us attached : but both these pursuits are frequently lost sight of, and are constantly kept subordinate to the author's object, which is to ex- hibit hi own conception of the character and opinions of the age. When the Envoy is going to Court, he is stopped, taste the funeral of Archbishop Usher ; when he presents his credentials, ,the real business transacted is an introduc- tbm to Milton and the ladies of Cromwell's family; and belt then carried into different places and companies till near the end of the volume ; the lady-love and the persecuted Piedmontese being pretty well lost sight of, for Waller, Howe, Algernon Sydney, Colonel and Mrs. Hutchinson, and other celebrities of the day. This characteristic being clearly understood, The Pieclawntese Bieogemagbexecomatended as an agreeably-written picture of the times of

the Commonwealth, taking the favourable view for the Liberals, but not in e. narrow or sectarian sense.]

Report to the Trustees of' the Dick Bequest for the Benefit of the Parochial Schoolmasters and Schools in the Counties of Aberdeen, Banff, and Moray. after ten years' experience of its application. With an Ap- pendix, containing papers used in the examination of teachers.

[Mr. DICK, a native of Morayshire, was born in 1743, and died in 1828. He bequeathed a sum of money, now amounting to 118,787/. and yielding an in- come of more than 4,000/. a year, for the improvement of the character and income of the parish-schoolmasters in the counties of Moray, Banff, and Aber- deen ; the application of the money and the qualifications entitling to its receipt being to a great extent discretionary with the Trustees. These gentlemen appear to have fulfilled their trust conscientiously, and to the public usefully. By dint of regulations, they have induced some of the more sluggish parishes to increase the salaries and improve the accommodations of their schoolmasters ; by requiring all claimants upon the fund to undergo an examination, and by a vicarious inspection of the schools through their clerk, they have endeavoured to fulfil Mr. Drciee object—" to encourage active schoolmasters, and gradually to elevate the literary character of the parochial schoolmasters and schools." This volume contains s variety of miscellaneous information respecting the statistics of the parochial schools in the three counties, with a full exposition of the course pursued by the Trustees in the examinations of the schoolmasters; together with extracts from the reports of' their clerk, Mr. MENZIES, iipon the different modes of teaching. These remarks are classified according to the subjects taught,—. as Arithmetic, Latin ; and though their basis is the methods of instruction in particular schools, Mr. MENZIES often advances general observations of the nature of educational axioms or rules. The volume will have much interest in the counties to which it particularly relates, and be found useful to all persons friendly to popular education.]

The Gospel before the Age ; or Christ with Nicodemus. Being an Ex- position for the Times. By the Reverend ROBERT MONTGOMERY, M.A., Oxon, Minister of Percy Chapel, London; Author of "La- ther," &c.

[This is an exposition, in prose, of Mr. MONTGOMERY'S views upon the pre- sent state of the religious world ; the meanie.. of his title being, not that the gospel is ever behind the age, but that the tendency of the intellectual and phi- losophizing spirit of the day is to place it there as regards estimation, whereae our real cure must be sought for in elevating the gospel to its proper place. The religions views of Mr. MONTGOMERY himself are not very easy to define: he is opposed to Puseyism, he is opposed to Dissent ; be scents not to like the mere morality of the old High Church, or the way in which the Evangelicals combine with the sectarians. Perhaps his notions would approximate to Mr. GLADSTONE'S, if Mr. GLADSTONE, to whom he dedicates the book, would eschew his leaning towards Puseyism.] Supplementary Annotations on Livy; designed as an Appendix to the editions of Drakenburch and Crevier: with some Prefatory &ileums on the present state of Classical Learning in Great Britain. By JOHN WALKER, formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Euclid's Elements of Plane Geometry; with copious Notes, explanatory,

corrective, and supplementary : to which is subjoined a brief Introduc- tion to Plane Trigonometry. With a Trigonometrical Table. By

Joan WALKER, formerly Fellow and Tutor in the University of Dublin. [Both these publications appear to be reissues; for the Annotations on Livy has the year 1822 upon the titlepage, and the Euclid's Elements dates as far back as 1827. Yet the substance of the works is even older than those dates. The Annotations are drawn from the original matter of an edition of Livr edited by Mr. WALKER, under the auspices of the University of Dublin, the first volume of which appeared in 1797; and the Euclid is an extension of a little book the demand for which induced Mr. WALKER to prepare the Euclid's' Elements of Plane Geometry before us.] Hyperion ; a Romance. By HENRY WADSWORTH Lonnenr.Low, Au- thor of " 'Voices of the Night, and other Poems." (Clarke's Cabinet Series.)

[A neat reprint of a prose fiction by the American poet LONGFELLOW. The scene of the romance is laid on the Continent of Europe ; and the subject consists in carrying the hero, Paul Fleming, through a variety of adventures, ending at last without an end. The word Hyperion has merely an allegorical meaning, if it has any real meaning at all. BULWER, in some of his wilder tales, appears to have been the author's English model as regards manner.]

Mental Hygiene; or an Examination of the Intellect and Passions, de-

signed to illustrate their influence on health and the duration of life. By WILL/AM SWEETSER, M.D., late Professor of the Theory and Practice of Physic, and Fellow of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences.

[A cheap double-column reprint of an American work on a very important subject.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

The Pilgrim's Progress from this World to That which is to Conte, de. livered under the similitude of a dream, wherein are discovered Chris- tian's manner of setting-out' -his dangerous journey. and his safe arrival at the desired country. By JOHN BUNYAN. Edited by GEORGE GOD. WIN, Esq., I.R.S., F.S.A., and LEWIS POCOCK, Esq„ F.S.A., Hono- rary Secretaries of the Art-Union of London ; with a Memoir of the Author, and a Bibliographical Notice. Illustrated by engravings its- outline and wood-cuts, tram drawings by HENRY C. SELOUS, Esq. [This is an entirely new set of twenty designs to outline, by Mr. SELOUS, illus- trative of the Pilgrim's Progress, and published together with the text of BUNYAN'13 beautiful allegory, which is printed in double columns on an oblong, page, embellished with wood-cuts, also designed by the same artist. This publication corresponds with another set of outlines from the Pilgrim's Pro- gress, previously distributed by the Art' Union of London to its subscribers, but is independent of that series ; to which, however, it may serve as a supple. ment. The characteristics of the new designs are similar to the first, of which we have spoken more than once; but Mr. SELOUS has taken pains to throw more character and emotion into the faces and tigures,—a great improvement. The most salient points of the narrative having been illustrated in the former set of designs, the present are of themselves less expressive of the story : the text supplies this deficiency in part, but the one is hardly complete without the- other. The images that the homely and vigorous fancy and religious inaction. of JOHN BUNYAN suggest to the reader of his book are of a very different kind from those conceived and delineated by Mr. &wee: the difference between them is incidentally exemplified by a comparison of the fac-simile of a quaint old wood-cut in the text, representing the author asleep, dreaming his extreme dinary dream, and the modern artist's fanciful but effeminate version of the same idea. The artificial elegance and theatrical air of Mr. &Loos's figures. and costumes are much at variance with the spirit of the anchor's conception and the style of his descriptions: the characters are not such as BUNYAN had . in his mind, and those who relish the book most will like these illustrations least. The drawing and grouping are admirable, l the artist's facility and cleverness deserve praise; though we cannot but obiba to the Anglo-German manner of the outlines, and the high German style of the vignettes on wood: &- book so truly Euglisb, so original, sod so dramatic as the Pdgrint's Progeny • regnnWsillustrationeof corresponding.character4 Compositions from Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound." By JOSEPH NOEL PATON.

[The ethereal and dreamy imaginings of SHELLEY in this sublime dramatic poem are scarcely susceptible of pictorial representation, sq vague and visionary are they ; or if at all, it must be by means of effects of colour not merely by form and expression. As well might the artist attempt to delineate a the-wisp or a shower of meteors, as to convey in outline an adequate ides of the wild beauty and grandeur of the poet's conceptions. Mr. PATON has pro- duced twelve graceful designs, displaying forms of classic beauty drawn in a masterly manner, and etched with great skill and freedom of line ; but neither the action of the figures nor their expression is informed with that intense feeling and fiery impulse which characterize the movements and emotions of the persons of the drama. The shapes are cast in the antique mould ; the manly figures noble, the feminine forms ample yet chaste, and the sprites delicate and aerial; but they are soulless as well as passionless, and have neither the winning charms of mortality nor the awful grandeur of celestial beings.] Bible Events. Second series. Illustrated with Pictures copied from RAP- FAELLE'S Loggie. (The Home Treasury.) Puck's Reports to Oberon, King of the Fairies, of some new Exploits of the Pen and Pencil of Fancy. (The Home Treasury.) [A brace of beautiful books for children, embellished in that unique style of excellence which distinguishes the contents of "The Home Treasury." Puck's Reports are as lively reading as any of Mother Bunch's chronicles of Fairy-land; and they show that there are some living who can use "the pen and pencil of Fancy" in the same way as those did who captivated the hearts and excited the imaginations of children in ante-Utilitarian times. Of the four legends, we like "The Sisters" and "Grumble and Cheery" best, for their homely simplicity and moral purpose: the other two, however, suggest ideas of regal state and chivalrous deeds, that are always dazzling to the young fancy.

The pictures in both volumes have the glow and richness of paintings; they are not like the common coloured prints : besides being attractive to the eye, they convey ideas to the mind, and cannot but influence youthful tastes beneficially. There is more of the spirit of BAFFAELLE in these little prints than in some large and elaborate engravings; and the tone of colouring pic- torially accords with the design.) The Whole Book of Psalms, with the Canticles and Hymns of the Church, for Morning and Evening Service; set to appropriate Chants, for Four Voices. Edited by JOHN HULLAII, Professor of Vocal Music in King's College, London.

The Psalter, or Psalms of David in Metre, from the authorized Version of BRA.DY and TATE; with appropriate Tunes, set in Four Parts. Edited by JOHN HULLAH.

The Psalter, or Psalms of David in Metre. Edited by J aim Howat. Soprano Voice Part.

The Psalter, or Psalms of David in Metre. Edited by JOHN HOLLAH. Bass Voice Part.