PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Boors.

Lectures on the History of Moral Philosophy in England. By William Whewell, D.D., Master of Trinity College, and Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.

The _History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France. By Alphonse de Lsmartine, Author of the History of the Girondists." 'Volume IL (Contemporary French Literature.) Robert Blake, Admiral and General at Sea. Based on Family and State Papers. By Hepworth Dixon.

The Lily of St. Paid's ; a Romance of Old London. By the Author of " Trevethlan." In three volumes.

Adrian, or the Clouds of the Muni; a Romance. By G. P. R. James, Esq., and Maunsell B. Field, Esq. In two volumes.

Observations in Surgery. By Benjamin Travers junior, F.RC.S., lately Resident Assistant-Surgeon at St. Thomas's Hospital, &c.

The Treyetation of Europe, its Conditions and Causes. By Arthur Hen- frey, F.L.S., &c. (Outlines of the Natural History of Europe.) [Although very different in its subject and style of treatment Mr. Henfrey's volume beam a general resemblance to some of the astronomical works of Dr. Nichol. The Vegetation of Europe, like the Architecture of the Hea- vens, popularizes the broad and striking results of modern science, which though they may be familiar to the professor have hitherto been an unknown book to the public; and this is done by the botanist in a style which, if wanting some of the glowing warmth of the astronomer, has greater weight and closeness.

The distribution of vegetation is the real subject of the book, general as regards the world at large, particular in respect to Europe. The volume opens with an exposition of the general and special influences which have governed the distribution of plants over the surface of the earth, in- volving obvious and probable natural causes—as climate and the effects of floods and winds, artificial causes—as cultivation by man. These chapters are followed by a detailed and classified survey of vegetation in Europe, in which the different plants of different countries are graphically described, and the causes referred to which govern their distribution. Botany, however, is not the only matter which Mr. Henfrey handles ; geology, the physical features of various countries, and several points in the history of their re- clamation and cultivation, are incidentally noticed. The book will be found useful as a work of particular information, and interesting for the compre heesive knowledge it conveys and the new views of nature it will open up to the generality.] Hydropathy as Applied to Acute Disease. Illustrated by Cases. By T. B. Armitage, M.B. Lend., M.R.C.S. (This volume contains the conclusions of the author on the effects result- ing from the use of hydropathy in several acute diseases—typhus fever, bron- chitis, pleurisy, delirium tremens, Asiatic cholera, and certain inflammations, which were observed by him on a series of cases in the Charite Hospital at Berlin. The treatment was adopted by Dr. Traube, the assistant physician, on Mr. Armitage's suggestion ; and, proper discrimination being used as to the selection and management of the cases, with such beneficial effects as to induce the author to publish his opinion on hydropathy, illustrated by mi- nute reports on the most remarkable instances. This he has done with mo- deration and judgment, without any undue puffing, of the plan,—which in reality is an extension of Currie's celebrated cold effusion : the object of Mr. Armitage is to call attention to the treatment, to render it the subject of more varied experiment in this country.] The School for Fathers • an Old English Story. By T. Gwynne. [The real feature of The School for Fathers is the contrast between an elderly fine gentleman of the last century, considerably exaggerated, and his country-bred son, a good-hearted, well-principled, young fox-hunter, of the Squire Western school, also drawn in the extreme. There is a love-story between Jack Warren and a clergyman's daughter, opposed by the ambitious views of his father, Sir Thomas, who wishes him to make a good match ; and an intended lesson to fathers not to thwart the natural bias of their sons: but the interest of the book consists in the delineation of the two dis- tinct schools of manners, and the farcical situations which occur when Sir Thomas, on his return from the Continent, removes Jack from his uncle's to London, to turn 'him into a fine gentleman. The book exhibits a knowledge of the time in which the scene is laid, but is written without art, or even a conventional imitation of art.] The Great Cities of the Ancient World, in their Glory and their Deso- lation. By Theodore Alois Buckley, B.A., of Christ Church. With Illustrations.

[An historical description of the most remarkable ancient cities in Asia, Egypt; and Europe, as well as an account of the ruins of American civiliza- tion : Carthage and the cities of Sicily are omitted. The book is a compila- tion so far as regards the topographical facts, and indeed professes to be no more : in the historical portions there is too much of comment and " dis- cour9e."]

A Manual of Geography, Physical, Industrial, and Political. By William Hughes, F.R.G.S., &c., Author of "A Manual of British Geography,' &c.

[This Manual is an application to the world at large of two previous geo- graphical books of Mr. William Hughes, one on the British Isles, the other on Europe. The principle, as we noted before, is to render geography more readable and interesting by connecting names with circumstances, social, political, and natural, whether relating to physical features or to productions.] A New Latin Delectus, adapted to the Arrangement of the Latin Gram- mar. With a Lexicon and Notes. By the Reverend H. C. Adams, M.A.

[A series of exercises, in two divisions : the first division is designed to ex- ercise the pupil in the parts of speech, their inflections, and parsing; the second, in the rules of syntax. The Delectus is adapted to the Eton (tram- mar, but may be used with any other : there are notes supplying omissions or correcting errors of the Eton Grammar—as the statement that "lire" is an article.]

The new editions are of a solid character. Dr. Holland's " Chapters on Mental Physiology" is indeed of the nature of a new work, and as such may invite a further notice ; for although based upon some chapters in his interesting Medical Notes, those chapters have been rewritten, with new facts, new subjects have been added, and a purpose given to the whole by connecting the different topics together. The fourth edition of Sir Charles Bell's celebrated Bridgewater Treatise has been increased by nearly one-fifth ; Mr. Shaw, the editor, having added the author's notes from the " Illustrations to Paley's Natural Theology," and extracts from " Animal Mechanics." Mr. biartineau's Miscellanies consist of a reprint of various periodicalpapers, which has been forced upon him rather against his own wish, by the friendly .nacity of an Amencan publishing-house. The new edition of " Ro-

's Travels,' a popular attempt to impart a knowledge of geography and natural history in the form of fictitious travels and adventures, contains the latest information in the shape of notes contributed by the editor.

Chapters on Mental Physiology. By Henry Holland, M.D. F.B.S., &c. Founded chiefly on Chapters contained in " Medical Notes and Reflections," by the same Author.

2240 Brand; its Mechanism and Vital Endowments, as evincing Design.

By Sir Charles Bell, K.G.H., &o. Fourth edition, revised, with Wood-cuts.

Miscellanies. By James Martineau. Travels of Rolando ; or a Tour Round the World. Translated by Mimi' Aikin. Newly corrected and revised by Cecil Hartley, A.M., Author " The Circle of the Sciences," &e. Illustrated by William Harvey.

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Witnesses to the Truth ; a Sermon occasioned by the Death of the lie. verend Henry Koury, ILA., Assistant-Master of Harrow School, &c., preached in the Chapel of Harrow School. By Charles John Vaughan, D.D., Head Master.

"All the Shallows." A Letter to John Bull, Esquire, about Adminis- trations in general, and the Earl of Derby's Administration iu parti- cular. By Charles Morris.

Memoirs, Political and Personal, of the New Ministry; with a corrected List of all the New Appointments. By a Parliamentary Reporter.