PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

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no _History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign 11,4 pendeneies of thel3ritish _Empire. By the Reverraid James S. M. Anderson, DIA.,. Chaplain in Ordinary te the Queen, Preacher of Lincoln's Inn, and Rector of Tormarton; Gloucestershire. Vo- lume .Amberhill: By A. J. Barroweliffe. In two volumes. .

Notes en the.late Expedition against the Russian Settlements in Eastern

Siberia; and of a 'Visit to Japan and to the Shores of Tartary, and of

the Sea of Okhotsk. By Captain Bernaid Whittingham, Royal En- Sevastopol. Our Tent in the Crimea; and Wanderings in Sevastopol. By Two Brothers.

Two IntrtidUctoiy Lectures on the Scienceaf International Law. By Travers Twiss,- D.C.I,., Regius Professor of Civil Law in the Univer- sity of Oxford, and. Advocate inDoeters' Commons.

The week has produced several American importations, which, so far as they have any indigenous 'character, possess more interest for their

place pf birth than for this country. Ten years ago, we had before us Calvin Colton'a "life and Times of Henry Clay ;' and the biographer has new exhibited his zeal for. the memory of befriend by publishing a volume, of Clap Correspondence. A portion of the letters relates -to political events of a. small; or party character, whose interest in Eng- land•is small, ansl not always intelligible to many readers. It ranges, however, Over long period, (1801-18520 and is various alike in

writers and-topics. .. • The prineipal points in-the "Life of Sir William Pepperrell " are two. He was the only American who ever .performed a great exploit at the head of an army before the Revolution began ;' and this he did by the

capture 'of LOuisburg from the French. - He was also' the only native of New 'England who was created a baronet 4-tiring its connexion with the

Mother-country. His life was otherwise . uneventful, and though the Period over which it extended (1696-1759) aerie& opportunities for the display of colonial life and manners, the onpertucity is missed. Mr. 'Thomas Buchanan Read's new poem, ." The House by the Sea," does- not equal some other poems we have aeon. of his;- still lees does it frupport the rather exaggerated opinion which some have formed of his merits as the first poet -of America. There is the wonted sound and music, with the appearance of depth and power rather than the reality. But he seems more imitative on the present occasion—an eeho'of Byron in his. tales.

" The other two volumes are translations from Continental °As whose titles indicate their subjects. The labour bestowed On the "Diversity of

Races" indicates the interest felt on that subject in America; which is more general if not deeper than is entertained in England.- It is not clear to us whether the "Tales"- from Toepffer and Zschokke are en- tirely American translations.

The Private' Cbrrespondence et Henry Clay. Edited by Calvin Colton, LL.D., :Professor of Public Economy, Trinity College. The Life of Sir William Pepperrell, Bare. By Usher Persona. The House by the Sea a Poem. BY Thomas Buchanan Read. The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Baces, with particular refer.; enee to their respective influence in the and Political History of Mankind. , From the French of Count A.. De Gobineau ; with an analytical Introduction and copious 'Historical Notes. By H. Hots. To which is :added an Appendix, coatiiiiiing a summary of the latest Scientific Facts bearing upon the queetion of Unity and Plurality of Species. By J. C. Nett, M.D., of Mobile. . , Julius, and other Tales, from the German. By W. H. Furness.

• Spectator 1846, page 86.

The Fourth Seal; being Short Hotnilies on the Gospel according to St. John. By S. R. Bosanquet—According to Mr. Bosanquet, religious subjects cannot be properly handled by men of the world in a worldly style, or in a diction such as criticism approves' at The feeling of reli- gious love is necessary to him who would treat of love;. and without the experience of faith, how can we discourse rightly concerning the operations and efficacy of faith." Had St Paul and St. John ex- pressed their own thoughts and opinions in language exactly suited to them, they would not have been understood" ; and Mr. Bostuiquet does not expect his own manner of writing to be generally approved of. We have not found the difficulty or depth the author seems to hint at. The conclusions may not always be adopted, but they can be apprehended. In fact, the opinions often seem obvious, if not common. The tone is sober.

Sketches from Our Lord's History. By the Reverend John Hiffernan, A.M., &c.—Some of the striking events in the life of Christ selected for comment. The incidents are mostly of a kind to embrace doctrinal or religious lessons. The aim of the author has been to combine the essay. and the sermon, but the spirit of the sermon predominates. The " Sketehes " were originally published in the Christian Observer.

Hints to Husbands. By One of the Guild.—The object of this publi- cation is to protest against the practice of the obstetric art by males. The

author's arguments and assertions are enforced by copious extracts from medical works, either to back his charges, or to support his views that female assistance is sufficient The tone of the book does not argue so much delicacy as the writer would have it inferred he possesses.

Ocular Spectres and Structures as Mutual Exponents. By James Jago, A.B. Cantab, M.B. Oxon, &c.—The purpose of this treatise is to explain the cause of spectral appearances,. or other non-existent objects which yet appear to exist to the eye. It a an obscure subject, obscurely treated.

First German Book. By the Reverend Albert Wintzer.—Outlines of German grammar, lessons on pronunciation, conversational phrases, a selection of short and easy reading-lessons, with foot-notes, and a voca- bulary of words, are contained in this book "for beginners," by the Ger- man Master of King's College.

Beyond the Catalogues connected with the Museum at Marlborough House, the feature of the reprints is the conclusion of Bulwer's cheap novels by the appearance of Zanoni. The twenty thousand pounds spe- culation seems to have grown to twenty-five thousand ; but, from a sort of circular, it appears to have answered. Some five hundred thousand copies are said to have been told; but as there are **teen Novels, this brings down the sale of each to less than Macaulay's History ; and no ghost is needed to toll which bears the greatest profit, -romance or reality.

Zanotti. By Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, Bart., M.P.

A Catalogue of the Museum of Ornausental Art, at Marlborough House, Pall Mall. (Fart I.) By J. C. Robinson, F.S.A., Curator, Janu- ary 1&56. Third edition.

Catalogue of a allection of Work' of _Decorative Art ; being a Selec- tion from the Museum at Marlborough House, circulated for Exhi- bition in Provincial Schools of Art. By F. C. Robinson, F.S.A., Curator. Fourth edition.

The Parliamentary Companion, for 1856. Twenty-fourth Year. By Robert P. Dod, Esq., Author of the "Peerage, Baronetage, Knight- age," &e.

Hallatn's Constitutional HIstory. By Thomas Babington Macaulay. Reprinted from Mr. Macaulay 's Critical and Historical Essays. (The Traveller's Library.) Rose Clark. By Fanny Fern, Author of "Ruth Hall." Twelfth thou- sand.