PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booxs.

There are still no books of very striking mark. In fact, it is said that publication of the higher kind is overshadowed by the approach of Mac- aulay's History. Rumour carries the number already " subscribed" for by the trade to something little short of 30,000, and muoh more is expected. The "vireo aequirit eundo " further says that the day of publication must be postponed, to print the required number of copies, so that bibliopoles and readers may start fair. Will the types stand all this friction ?

Meanwhile, we have to chronicle the arrival of a History of Piedmont., and a sort of classiest romance—the travels of theFather of History, not only to the places whither he did go, but to places that be never went to, in order to exhibit a geographical view of the ancient civilized world as it was in his time. It is a bold attempt ; but the mind of the author, Mr. Wheeler, is thoroughly saturated with Herodotus.

Mr. Oliphant's "Far West" is a reprint from Blackwood. "The Lec- tures to Ladies" embrace papers on practical subjects, delivered by some of the highest minds of the day, and the most active in the advancement of their fellow creatures,—as Maurice, Kingsley, Trench, Tom Taylor. We cannot quite make out the two volumes of Cambridge University Sta- tutes: the " Collection " has 1840 upon its titlepage.; the "Early Statutes" has a titlepage of the present year, with a preface and index of fresh ap- pearance, but the body of the book has an aduat look. At all events, the in- terest is of a special kind.

.71istory of Piedmont. By Antonio Gallenga. In three volumes.

The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the fifth century before Christ : an imaginary Biography founded on fact, illustrative of the history, manners, religion, literature, arts, and-social condition of the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, and other ancient nations, in the days of Peri- cles and Nehemiah. By J. Talboys Wheeler, F.R.G.S. ; Author of "Geography of Herodotus," &c. in two volumes.

:Minnesota and the Far West. By Laurence Oliphant, Esq., late Civil

Secretary and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs in Canada ; Author of "The Russian Shores of the Black Sea," &c. :Lectures to Ladies en Practical Subjects.

Collection of Statutes for the University and the Colleges of Cambridge; including various early Documents and the Letters Patent for the Election of two Members of Parliament for the University and Col- leges.

Early Cambridge University and College Statutes, in the English Ian- ; guege. Collected by James Heywood, M.P., F.A.S.

The Encyclopedia Britannica, or Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature. Eighth edition. With extensive Improvements and Additions ; and numerous Engravings. Volume IX.

The Art of Perfumery ; and the methods of obtaining the Odours of Plants, with instructions for the manufacture of perfumes for the handkerchief, scented powders, -pomatums, cosmetiques, perfumed soap, &o. &c. By G. W. Septim.us Flew, Antilytical.Chemist, Author • of "The Odours of Flowers," &R.

The Autobiography of a Beggar-Boy : in which-will be found narrated the numerous trials, hard struggles, and vicissitudes of a strangely chequered life ; with Glimpses of Social and .Political -History over a period of fifty years. The aspects of life depicted in this " autobiography " are three. In the first, the longest, and the beat, the hero figures as a hand-to-mouth tramp and adventurer, in childhood with his mother and father-in-law, in youth upon his own hands. In the next stage he appears as a hatter's apprentice, a Journeyman hatter, and a politician. In the third, he is a tradesman and politician. The distinguishing feature of the book is a hard, literal reality, combined, especially in the latter part, with some self-opinion. As a true story, it is not devoid of variety or interest. As a fiction, it is not of much account, from its narrowness and want of purpose.] Adventures of My Cousin Smooth ; or .the Little Quibbles of Great Go- vernments. i By Timothy Templeton. th

[Mr. Solomon Smooth representative of "'Young America," who makes his way to Washington in search of a place. The one he-obtains from Mr. Pierce is a sort of roving commission as envoy in general, which takes him to England and Ostend among other places, to see how the diplomatists and employ& of "Uncle Sam" do their duty. The plan is not a bad one for exhibiting American place-hunters at home and diplomatic agents abroad ; though the idea seems derived from "Sam Slick" as an attaché. The exe- cution is not wanting in acidity, but is tomewhat-defieient in the spirit of true burlesque.]

Bwrky : a Tale. [There is no essential novelty :in the tale of .Everley. A young lady of amiable disposition and strong religious principles brings about the improve- ment or conversion of her worldly and selfish family. An effect of freshness is imparted 'by the air of provincial fashion which pervades the tale, the introduction of several provincial families and--persons with manners well- depicted, and the more worldly character of the incidents. The religion is of a Tractarian east ; the story -is elegantly written, but slightly prosy at times.] Mrs. BoseeNtive. By the Author of " Stories on Proverbs."

[A child's story, illustrative of the evil effects of -temper, and of aspirations above one's condition. The tale is well written, but the matter is too slight for the elaborate way in which it is developed.]

The Crayon : a Journal devoted to the Graphic Arts and the Literature -related to them. Volume I. January—June 1855. [An American weekly and collected into a volume : it is of quarto size well printed, and -devoted to the fine arts. The materials consist of homie news and criticism, foreign correspondence and.a free selection from European periodicals or books, but so far as we observe always with acknow- ledgment. There is also poetry, and that -miscellaneous matter which goes under the head of-gossip or • varietiee."]

TheMedical Notes which Sir Henry Holland published some sixteen years ago, containing the results of a practical life's observations and reflections on the nature and treatment of disease and of the patient, have now reached a third edition. Their author has recast them-so as to remove the psychologi- cal chapters of the previous editions, and added several-new Notes and Re- flections besides infusing into the work the results of the further experience which tilue has brought.

In the second edition of " Palissythe Potter," Mr. Morley has much im- proved the Life, by expunging the imaginary dialogues and fictitious inci- dents that disfigured the first impression. The book has also been awfully revised, and is now embraced in a single volume. The fourth edition of Mr. Valles "Nineveh and Persepolis" brings down the account of the discoveries to the present time, and describes the menu.- mewls in the British Museum according to their actual arrangement. Medical Notes and Reflections. By Sir Henry Holland, Bait., iM.D., F.R.S., &c. &c., Physician in Ordinary to the Queen and Prince Albert. Third edition.

Palissy the Potter. The Life of Bernard Palissy, of Saintes. Byllenry Morley. Second edition.

Nineveh and Persepolis: an Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and Persia, with an Account of the Recent Researches in those countries. By W. S. W. Vaux, M.A., Assistant in the Department of Antiqui- ties, British Museum. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Le Censeur ; or English Errors in Speaking French. By Mlle. E.-D.11 Second edition. First Series.

Mars.

Map and Chart of the Coast between Otcbakov, Nicolaiev, Taman, and Southern Russia. By Jamie Wyld, Geographer to the .Queen and ILR.H. Prince Albert.

[This is one of Mr. Wyld's publications illustrative of the seat of war. It is of course only a section of country. It shows the relative positions of Kin- burn and Oczakoff, and Kherson and Nieolaief; it gives soundings in the estuary of the Dnieper and the Boug, marks batteries and redoubts that line the shores of the rivers, and the direction of the roads. A smaller map in a canton displays the relative distances and positions of Kinburn, Odessa, Ni- colaief, Kberson, and Perekop. All these places have a new interest in the mind of the student of the war, and ho will _find in this map some help in his difficulties.]

PAMPHLETS.

The People's Sunday: a Letter to the Right Honourable Lord Robert -Gros- venor, M.P., Er.c., on his late Sunday Trading Bill. By an Oxford M.A.

An Examination of the Reverend R. I. Wilberforce's Charges against the Church of England, contained in his "Inquiry into the Principles of Church Authority." An Article reprinted from "The Christian Remembrancer " ; with a Reply to his "Seven Letters."

A Complete Decimal System of Money

and Measures. By 'William H. B. Jessop, B.A., Scholar of St. John's College, Cambridge.

A Help towards an Education Bill for Scotland. By a Layman.

On Money, Morals, and Progress. (Ad- dressed to Lord John Russell.) By Anglo-Americana, Author of "Sug- gestions for a Philosophic Currency." New Theories of Light and Heat. By- George Fellows Harrington. From the Mechanic's Magazine.