PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

The Judges of England; with Sketches of their Lives, and Miscella- neous Notices connected with the Courts at Westminster, from the time of the Conquest. By Edward Foss, F.S.A., of the Inner Temple. Volumes III. and IV.

A Sketch of the History of Erastianiem ; together with Two Sermons on the Reality of Church Ordinances, and on the Principle of Church Authority. Ry Robert Isaac Wilberforce, AM., Archdeacon of the East Riding.

The Spirit and Scope of Education in Promoting the Wellbeing of Society. From the German of the Very Reverend J. A. Stapf, D.D., Professor of Moral Theology, &c. By Robert Gordon.

(An elaborate German work, partaking more of the sermon than the treatise, according to English ideas. The divisions are professorlikc; beginning with the state of innocence and man in God's own image; considering "why does man exist ? " and more dimly, "what is his last end ?" The main educational division is threefold,—the cultivation of the head, of the heart, and of the manners. It is a Romanist book, and will throw light on the Romanist system of education ; in which point of view it will be found in- teresting and instructive. The style is diffuse, the quotations are pedantic, but the book exhibits a good deal of that knowledge of human nature which the Itoinish priests are supposed peculiarly to possess, and of that attention to the youthful among their Bodin which other religionists might do well to imitate judiciously.] Lectures on the German Mineral Waters, and on theirrational Employ- ment for the Cure of certain Chronic Diseases. By Sigismuud Sutro, M.D., &c. [These lectures were originally delivered at the "Hunterian School of Medi- cine," and a portion of them were reported in a medical periodical. In con- sequence of the "indulgence" with which they were received, the whole series is now published, with a careful revision. The main purpose of the lectures is to point out the peculiar characters of the waters of each bath, and the kind of diseases to which they are most ap- plicable. The rationale of mineral waters, the manner in which their medi- cal properties are affected by their ingredients, and the class of springs—hot, cold, mountainous, &c., are treated of, as well as the effect of position with regard to a bathing-place. Dr. Sutro also touches upon the subject of arti- ficial waters, and the best modes of reaching the Spas.] The Laws of Health in relation to Mind and Body; a series of Letters from an Old Practitioner to a Patient. By Lionel John .Beale, M.R.C.S.

[There is nothing very new in these letters on a subject that has been so frequently handled of late years; but it may be true, as Mr. Beale says, that "it cannot be said the influence of the many works addressed to the public, has been sufficient to supersede the necessity of another." Knowledge, however, is not the only thing wanting—we often "know the right and yet the wrong pursue."] The Irish Land Question; with Practical Plans for an improved Land Tenure and a new Land System. By Vincent Scully, Esq., Q.C. [Though in the form of a book, the matter and style of The Irish Land Question rather belong to the pamphlet. A variety of questions are discussed in it, but the leading subject is a proposal for an improved land tenure to be instituted on particular properties, upon the joint application of the land- lord and tenant. So far as regards certainty of title and tenure, and facility of dealing with the property or enforcing agreements respecting it at a cheap rate, the "new land system" should become a general law, irrespective of individual action. The propriety of various advantages or privileges to be given to owners and occupiers upon the improved land tenure may be matter of doubt, and, we conceive, would be more difficult of attainment than any improvement of the law.] An Introduction to Algebra, and to the Solution of Numerical Equa- tions. For the use of Schools and Private Students. By J. It. Young, late Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Academical Institution, Belfast.

Answers to the Examples for Exercise in 1. R. Young's "Introduction to Algebra." [The object of this publication is to serve as an introduction to the author's larger work on algebraical science ; Professor Young having undertaken the book at the suggestion of various professional persons. He still thinks that "assiduous students" may commence with his larger book, but per- haps not schoolboys, for whom this volume has been principally written. It has not, however, been composed on the too frequent scheme in elementary books, of "learning made easy." In a preface, displaying much judgment as to the proper pinciple in teaching mathematics, the author lays it down as a rule, that if schoolboys "cannot be made to understand a logical deduc- tion, mathematics should be kept from schoolboys."] Practical Bookkeeping, Commercial _Reference, and Counting-house and School Assistant. By Thomas Smith, Liverpool, late of the Island of Barbados, Merchant.

[The section on bookkeeping by double entry is the reprint of a former pub- lication. The other portions of the book consist of a description of book- keeping by single entry, and a description of the general routine business of a counting-house, with advice to clerks from " junior " up to "corre- sponding."] The _First of hay; a new version of a celebrated Modern Ballad. By Anna Maria Drury.

[A poetical jeu d'esprit on the history and opening of the Great Exhibition. It is clever, facile, and in its tribute to the Queen felicitous; but there is hardly matter enough for a separate publication.]

Recollections of Scenes and Institutions in Italy and the East. By Joseph Beldam, Esq., F.R.G.S., Barrister-at-law. In two volumes. Home is Home ; a Domestic Tale.

The Wisdom and Beneficence of the Almighty as displayed in the Sense of Vision. (The Actonian Prize Treatise for 1851.) By T. Wharton Jones, F.R.S., Ophthalmic Surgeon to University College Hospital.

The most important new edition is Dr. Achilli's account of his "Dealings with the Inquisition," or rather of the dealings of the Inquisition with him. This curious picture of Italian scholastic and priestly life and manners has been carefully revised, and several new documents have been added in the appendix.

The two volumes of" Poems, Essays, and Opinions," by Mr. Richards, are reprints from a,periodical : the verse is flowing, the prose generally a spe- cies of "topics" on contemporary subjects. The two fictions in the "Par- tour Library" tell their own story.

Dealings with the Inquisition ; or Papal Rome, her Priests and her Jesuits. With important Disclosures. By the Reverend Giacinto Achilli, D.D., late Prior and Visitor of the Dominican Order, &e. Se- cond edition, enlarged.

Poems, Essays, and Opinions ; being Selections from Writings in the Nirror of the Time, from 7th August 1850 to the end of February 1851. By Alfred Bate Richards, Esq., Barrister-at-law. In two volumes.

Henry Nasterton. By G. P. R. James. (Parlour Library.) Mansfield Park. By Miss Austen. (Parlour Library.)

SERIALS.

Warren Hastings. By Thomas Babington Macimlay. (The Traveller's Library, No. L)

Lord Clive. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. (The Traveller's Li- brary, No. II.) London in 1850-1851. From the Geographical Dictionary of J. It. M'Culloch, Esq. (The Traveller's Library, No. III)

Sir Roger de Coverleg. By "The Spectator." With Notes and Illus- trations, by W. Henry Wills. (The Traveller's Library, No. IV.) ["The Traveller's library' is a speculation by Messrs. Longman, to pro- vide a new class yr' reading for a new class of readers, whom the conquests of mimice over time and spate have called into being. "He who runs may read " is the animating purpose of the typographical part of this aerial; the size handy, the type handsome and legible,- the books brief—the very thing for what they are intended, for "reading while travelling" whether by water or rail.

They have a larger feature than this competition with Punch, newspaper; periodicals, "shilling libraries," or whatever else people buy to while away the time as they whisk along. "The Traveller's Library" a not only copy.. right of works of high class, but often copyright not otherwise procurable except by a large outlay. The only book attainable by itself in the series before us is the last number—" Sir Roger de Coverley, by the Spec- tator"—a 'shilling's-worth, let us say, that is better worth studying as a picture of manners, and a model of style, than almost anything people can buy for the money, "got up" in the same way ; while Mr. Viills's notes are really illustrative of the text and the times. The other three are sui genesis. A couple of shillings procures Macaulay's Lives of the great Founder and the great Consolidator of our Indian Empire, only otherwise procurable by purchasing the collected "Essays" of the euthor at a considerable expense. "London in 1850-1851," a curious collection of varied statistics, illustrating the growth of London and the changes that have accompanied its growth, till the reader has the modern Babylon before him, with all its various material wonders, can only be otherwise had by buying Ill'Oulloch's "Geographical Dictionary." And there is prosp et as well as performance : in addition to Macaulay, the public are premised the cream of Sydney Smith, Mackintosh, and Jeffrey.]

ALMANACR.

The Mining _Manual and Almanack, for 1851. Compiled and arnanged by Henry English, Mining Engineer, Editor of the "Mining Jour- nal," &c. [Besides a calendar with the usual information, this publication contains four other sections : an amount of various scientific institutions; original

papers, chiefly on mining subjects; statistical matter, priueipally relating the produce and sales of mines; and a general "directory," in which

mining information conspicuously figures. The lateness of the appearance is explained by the difficulty of getting information from parties to whom application was made. The "Introduction" is chiefly devoted to this topic.]

PAMPHLETS.

Truth against Truth ; or the Battle of the Covenants. A Sermon de- livered in St. Mary's Church, Penzance. By the Reverend R. Aitken, Incumbent of Pendeen, Cornwall, &c.

A Brief Statement on the Subject of Assumed Foreign Copyright ; addressed to British Authors, Publishers, Stationers, Printers, and others interested in British Literature. By Henry Sheard, Solicitor. Letters on Church Natters. By D. C. L Reprinted from the Morning Chronicle. No. V.

Thc Case of England and Brazil and the Slave-trade Stated. By a Brazilian Merchant.

Report of the Provisional Committee of the Baroda and Tankaria Rail- way Oompany.

Report by the Government Commission on the Chemical Quality of the Supply of Water to the Metropolis. Catalogue Leda de la Grande Exposition de Produite de Industrie des l'outes les Nations. 18,51.

The Crystal Palace ; The _London Season : two Satires for 1.851. By E. M. G.

Shall we Keep the Crystal Palace, and have Riding and Walling in all lVcathers among Flowers, Fountains, and Sealpture? By Denarius. What is to become of' the Crystal Palace? By Joseph Paxton.