PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOUND Boors.

Dissertations on Suldects of Science connected with Natural Theology : being the concluding Volumes of the new edition of Paley's Work. By HENRI- Lord BROUGHAM, F.R.S., and Member of the National Lush.. tute of France. In two vols.

Memoirs ql John Bannister, amediun. By JOBN ADOLPHUS, Esq. In two vols.

Domestic Scenes in Russia : in a series of Letters describing a Year's Re- sidence in that Country, chiefly in the Interior. By the Rev. R. LISTER VENABLES, M.A.

The Prince and the Pedlar; or the Siege of Bristol. By the Author of " The Heiress," &c. In three vols.

The Comic Annual. By THOMAS HOOD, Esq. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Boman Empire. By EDWARD GIDEON, Esq. With Notes by the Rev. H. IL MiLuas, Prebendary of St. Peter's, and Vicar of St. Margaret's, Westminster. In twelve vols. Vol. XI. [This volume indicates the approaching close of the work, not more by its numerical order than by its subjects. The Crusades, the conquests of ZINGIS KIIAN, and the entrance of the Turks into Europe, lmel the mind of the reader to modern topics ; whilst the digression on the Family of' COURTENAY con- nects us at once with a living contemporary. The map shows the tracks of the Crusaders on their seven expeditions.] A Treatise on Geolow. BY JOBN Pumurs, F.R.S., G.S., Professor of G.,:ology in King's College, London. Vol. II. (Cabinet Cyclopedia,. No. C XL) [This Second. Volume completes Mr. Pintrars's learned treatise upon the subject. The work closes IV liii a view of the present theory of Geology, and the uses ()I' the science hi application—as in agriculture.] Gortke's Correspond; nee with a Child. In three cob. Vol. Ult.—Diary, r The rhapsodies of a Platonic affection for 0 OET idE cherished bv a romantic voung and encouraged by the venerable ol■ject of her adoration. The • Gernienistus of the translation are in keeping with the bigh-tiown sentiment, which would be intolerable but for the mire sincerity ot the writer. The ob- ject of the publication is to add to the subscriptions to GoETIIE'S 111011UBICIA.3 The Elemtnts of Latin familiathed ; with its Roots and Derivatives familiarly developed. Being a most simple introduction to the know-. ledge of that important language. With numerous Exerci.a.,. Dv W. U. Prsso.ls, Asttbor of "Tire Elementary English Grammar,'; Sfe. Titird edition. [Front the numberless books on grammar, one would suppose writers fancy that titer., is some mystery in the subject, which CAI best be solvet by a 'Huhn ode of counsellors; whereas the contrary is the case. For common actin Wen cut, the highest and best thing to be done is, to strip the grammar of every thing it me, ssaad to be lotrovo r; to present this elementary matter in the plainest u ay ; anti to armige it so ortterly that the pupil learns what he wants, at the time he wants it, and immediately proceeds to apply it. Mr. PENNOCK has made an approach to this excellence, but lie has not reached it. Some of his matter is superfluous. some nor very plainly stated ; and we think he delays his pupil too long ;Lniont the exercises on the eases. However essential, grammar is not language. auy more than legs are walking : a person might have the while Latin grammar at his tinger-ends yet be unable to construe a sentence : finality of readlog, like every other practical accomplishment, can only hate ydred by practiee. WI MI, 110WCV,I., one remolds-no the InonstroUS tubs utilities e.ith which children were afflicted some years ago, these Elements must be hailed as a vast improvement ; and sic' do not wonder at their success. Let any one who leis toiled through the drudgery of' " Propria qua, marilms," turn to pages 2 anti 20, where they will find its pith compressed into less than a page. We envy the urchins of the present day.] The Little Book T. Knowledge. [A first reading-book for children ; in which a few strange and familiar scenes and ohjeccs are picturesquely described and explained in simple phraseology, and illustrated by beautiful wood-cuts. The " getting-up "is in a very superior style, suitable for a present.] Hades, or the Transit : and the Progress of Mind. Two Poems. By W. R. ScoTT. [The subject is the state of the dead according to the belief of the ancients— that the manes retained the wishes of the living, without the power to effect them. The style somewhat resembles that of BYRON'S Siege of' Corinth, but is probably derived front the Christabel of' COLERMGE. The preffiee shows the author to possess some judgment ; but it' he has any hie, poetical power or artistical skill, he has nut displayed it in this little volume.]

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Greece, Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical. By CHRISTOPHER WORDS- WORTH, D.D., late Fellow of Trinity College, and Public Orator in the University of Cambridge, &c. and Author of " A Journal of a Residence in Athens and Attica."

[This is a very able, valuable, and striking work. Able, from the knowledge and talents of the author ; valuable, from the matter both literary and picto- rial which it contains ; striking, from the beauty and artistical skill displayed in the engravings. Its object is, iii the words of the prospectus, 44 to render topographical description of Greece the medium for illustrations derived from the history, mythology, antiquities, and art of that people." The first part is introductory, anti treats of the geography of the country : it sketches the general features of Northern Greece, and describes the site, and, by

the aid of the cuts, the appearance, of the Vale of Tempts Mount Parnassus, Delphi, Helicon, the Groves of Academe and other spots famous in classic story. The illustrations of each part widconsist of three engravings on steel and about thirty on wood : the principal portion of the latter in the part be- fore us are by ORRIN SMMI, who produces a force of effect and elaboration of detail alnesa equalling copper. The lowness of the price is extraordinary even in these days of cheapness. The work is almost indispensable to the scholar and man of taste; and when completed, its plates will form a handsomer vo- lume for the boudoir-table than any of the ephemeral picture-books whose sole merit consists in their trettiness. It is highly probable that we shall have to take a more enlarged view of the work on its conclusion.]

Ohl English Ports : Edmund Spenser's Winits. No. I.

[A most welcome addition to the cheap mid popular reprints of standard authors; printed in octavo size, with double columns, to correspond with MOXON'S Shakspere and Ben Anson.]

Splendid Library Edition of Illustrated Fables, by the most eminent Bri- tish, French, German, an'il Spanish Authors ; illustrated with numerous

Emsravings, after original Designs by J. J. GRANDVILLE. Part III. [The felicitous way in which human character, look, manner, and costume, are blended with the forms and pbvsiognomies of' the different animals in the cuts, expresses the humour and *the moral of the fabulous incidents with singular point and appropriately ludicrous effect.]

Ball's Graphic Library fin. Domestic Instruction. Part I.—The Life of Christ Illustrated.

[The principal events in the life of Christ are separately narrated in the words of Scripture, and classified under different heads, with comments of the most eminent divines aucient and modern appended : highly finished wood engrav-

ings, from pictures by the greatest painters of all countries, illustrate each chapter ; and the beautiful typography is enriched with head and tail pieces. The Rhine: Legends, Traditions, History. By JOSEPH SNOWE, Esq. No. X.

[This fruitful source of wild, picturesque, and romantic stories, is here tho- roughly explored ; and the narratives are illustrated by wood-cuts of old. de- signs and modern views, by German artists.] Nicholas ...Vickleby. No. XI.

Pickwick Abroad. Part XIII.

Dearden's 3Iiscellany. No. II. [A provincial magazine, containing some papers of graver interest than ordi- nary. The second number is devoted to Homan, and gives a popular account of the "Iliad," with some passages rendered in hexameter verse.]

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines: containing a clear Ex- position of their Principles rind Practice. By ANDREW- URE, M.D., F.R.S., &e. &c. Part VI.

[The leading subjects of the current number of this able work are " Gun- powder," " Hat Manufacture," and " Iron."] The Aldine Magazine. No. VI. [A weekly publication to be henceforth turned into a monthly. We only begin with the Sixth Number; but, judging from what we have, the staple of the work is anecdotes and reviews. It has jog-trot merit, but not enough to require further remark.] PAMPHLETS.

The Quarantine Laws, their Abuses and Inconsistencies. A Letter, addressed to the Right Honourable Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart., M.P., President of the Board of Control, &c. By Attruen. T. HoL- morn, Esq.

[Mr. BOLBOYD appears to have been travelling in the Levant, and was de- layed, annoyed, or inconvenienced by the quarantine regulations at Beyrout, Alexandria, and Malta. At the last two places he dubbed himself a Commis- sioner of Inquiry, and catechized the medical men (at least suck medical mei' as were in &your of his views) upon the subjects of quarantine and contagion. Their answers, together with his correspondence with the authorities, such lints as he could pick up, and his commentary on the whole, he has published in the shape of a letter to Sir JOHN CAM HOIIIIOESE. The substance is this. Plague is never absent from Egypt ; but prevails most during the time when vegetable exhalations are rife. In the opinion of his infbrmants, the pestilence is not contagious, but infections—that is, mere contact will not cause it, but miasma or the effluvia from the infected vil1; and the seeds of disease may remain dormant from seven to fifteen days. The quarantine-regulations, if not altogether useless, are very often absurd, needlessly vexatious and partially enforced. English Lords and Turkish Ef- fendis being allowed to evade them, whilst humbler people must submit to the letter of the law. And as a remedy for the whole grievance, Mr. Houma.° reechoes ])r. BOWRING'S suggestion to appoint a Commission of Inquiry: Having already expressed our opinion upon this question* when reviewing the Doctor's pamplifets, we have nothing more to say upon the subject, Hum that Mr. Hommel> has not changed our opinion. We still think, that a Commis- sion could effect no change in the regulations cd. foreign countries, and that we can alter our own without the aid of itinerant Commissioners.]

Vaccination and Revaccination. The Results of Five Years' Experience in the Kingdom of Wirtemberg. Reprinted from No. MAL of the " British and Foreign Medical Review." [The reprint of an article than the British and lbreign Medical Review, which the prevalence of smallpox renders Dimly.] liqv Introductory Hints towards Rendering the Science of Meteorology q'tlic greatest ?magical Utility. [Useful and practicid suggestions towards prognosticating the changes of the weather from the fluctuations of the barometer and the vane ; the result of thirty years' observation. The :Luther's style, however, is occasionally, like the atmosphere, somewhat hazy.]

The Law and Practice of Election Committees, in a Letter to the Electors of Flail. By WILIAAM WILDER roscE, Esq.

Observations in Reply to a Pamphlet by the Ree. Richard Jones, one (gethe 7'ithe Commismoners for England and Wales, on the Assessment of

Tithes to the Poor's Bate. By WIbLIASI BLAKE, Esq., F.R.S.

Remarks on a Letter to the Qum/ on the State of the Monarchy. By One of the People.

• Spectatur, Nu. 47. December 22.

Should Lord Melbourne Resign? A Short Letter to the Earl of Durham, on the Ministerial Policy. By Observator. .

[The point in this pamphlet respects the celebrated Letter to Mr. BOWLBY. Holding Lord DURHAM'S Letter as a "guarantee for the future conduct of the MELBOURNE Administration," and that the Ministry proving insolvent 44 their securities were estreated," the pamphlet suggests, that Lord DURHAM has " paid the penalty in silence,"—which led many Reformers td think that he " had, covertly anticipated or approved of the Ministeriul backsliding;', whereas, " had the expression of his Loulship's disappointment been published to the world, as the Letter was, the tuition would. have hailed its author as a fellow sufferer—one who had been deceived in a still greater measure, and who consequently deserved au increased share of commiseration instead of blame.]