PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Fr0111 September 16th to September 30th. BOOB& The Canada, in 1841. By Sir RICHARD H. BoseircesTLE, Lieutenant- Colonel Royal Engineers, and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Militia of Upper Canada. In two volumes. 77ie Naturalist's Library, conducted by Sir WILLIAM JARDINE, Bart., F.R.S.E., F.L.S., &c. Ichthyology, LIL—" Fishes of Guiana." Illy ROBERT H. SCHOMBURGIC, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. By GEORGE CATLIN. In two volumes. Vol. L Eleven Years' Residence in the Family of Murat, King of Naples. By CATHERINE DAVIES.

[CATHERINE DAVIES was with a family, in charge of a little girl, when the

rupture of the peace of Amiens took place; and she as well as her mistress and family was among the detained. Incapable of supporting an establishment with the supplies cut off, her mistress exerted herself to find situations for her people, and CATHERINE DAVIES was taken into the family of .11.711AT ; where she remained till his expulsion from Naples, and the capture of his wife. Haying contracted an affection of the muscles of the neck during the exposure of the last few weeks preceding the downfal of her patrons, CATHERINE DAVIES retired to her native place ; and this little book is now published by some friends for her benefit.

Confined to the nursery, our reminiscent had not many opportunities of observing much either of MURAT or his wife; but what she saw leaves a favour- able impression of their private amiability and domestic affections ; of the chil- dren, too, she speaks in very high terms. NAPOLEON she saw but once, and under characteristic circumstances. He had directed his sister to dismiss her English, lest they might be spies; but she only concealed them. As he walked once in her garden, the children called him from the window : be looked up, and seeing CATHERINE Davies, entered the apartment with his usual quickness, and ended a short questioning by shouting "Bravo" at her "candour."] Ways and Means to afford the People Cheap Provisions and Remune- rative Employment, whilst an increased profit will accrue to the British and Irish Landowners.

[The gentleman who undertakes to do all that this titlepage promises, and who has successively submitted his project to " Chancellors of the Exchequer and men high in office, without practical success," is so well versed in the sub- jects he has undertaken to discuss, as to date the celebrated Sliding Scale from 1816,—though the act of that period imposed no duty at all, but prohibited im- portation till wheat rose to 80s., when it was admitted duty-free: and one of his propositions ie to reduce the duty on butcher's meat by one-half"—butcher's meat being subject to no duty whatever. The importation of meat, or its raw material, cattle, swine, &c. is prohibited. Nor is this a mere blunder only dis- playing ignorance : an elaborate exposition and calculation of results is grounded upon the "half" of which no whole exists.] Child's Book of Facts. Edited by the Rev. T. WILSON. [This little volume contains an immense store of facts relating to natural pro- ductions, arts and manufactures, and social and political institutions; ar- ranged under three generic divisions, and subdivided into chapters. The ques- tion is, whether the subjects, condensed as they are of necessity, do not rise above the capacity of children; and whether they will not, from their abstract nature, fail to interest.] Peter Parley's Wonders of Art, Ancient and Modern. [A concise and popular account of some of the most remarkable works of architecture, sculpture, and mechanism. The principal temples of Egypt, India, Greece, and Rome, (strangely omitting the aqueducts)—the cool-mines, gas-works, steam-engines, and staple manufactures of England—are described, and illustrated by numerous views and diagrams cut in wood.]

Tales of the Moor. By JOSIAS HOMELY. Containing" Reginald Ar- nolf," "Tom Stirlington," &c.

[An intermixture of prose and poetry, introduced by a sort of framework. The verse fluent, and not inharmonious; the prose containing stories, well enough diversified by incident and variety of persons, but not of a very striking or distinctive character.] Waverley Novels. VoL VII.—" The Heart of Mid Lothian."

The Little Bracken-Burners, and Little Mary's Four Saturdays; Tales. By Lady CALLCOTT, Author of "Little Arthur's History of Eng- land."

[Simple and picturesque sketches of rural life and scenery, calculated to interest young readers in the occupations of country.people and the produc- tions of nature. The tone of the narratives is amiable, and a good deal of bota- nical and other information is given in an engaging manner : the Bracken or Fern-burning in Sherwood Forest is quite an English pastoral.] A School History of England; with a copious Chronology, Tables of contemporary Sovereigns, and Questions for examination. Abridged from "The Family History of England." [An abridgment of the Reverend Mr. GLEIG'S popular history, brought down to the passing of the Reform Bill; and adapted as a class-book for schools. The volume is nicely printed, and handsomely bound.] Animal Magnetism; its History to the present time, with a brief Account of the Life of Mesmer. By a Surgeon. [A well-compiled and tolerably impartial sketch of the history of the theory of animal magnetism, from the time of the alchemists, whence MESSIER derived his doctrines and disguised them, down to the contemporary exhibitions of Le FONTAINE. The narrative also contains occasional notices of the lives of the inagnetists, as well as a view of the dogmas held in each successive sera, and the modes of practice to which the faithful have resorted. The views of the author incline towards the existence of a power akin to magnetism, though he repudi- ates the grosser absurdities of the professors.] Treatise on the Pronunciation of the German Language. By GUSTAVUS NAGEL, Professor.

[We always question the possibility of acquiring the pronunciation of a foreign Language without oral instruction ; and in the case of German pronunciation we are quite certain that Mr. NAGEL'S Treatise is not a sufficient substitute. There is throughout a want of precision in his attempt to express sounds ac- curately, and occasionally his rules inculcate positive error.] What is Truth? a Lecture, in words of one syllable. By EDWARD atexon, Secretary of the Protestant Association. No Peace with Rome ; a Lecture, in words of one syllable. By EDWARD MacToe, Secretary of the Protestant Association. [Two lectures delivered at Protestant Operative Associations, and now pub- lished at a cheap rate. In style they resemble a sectarian discourse ; but they are chiefly remarkable as showing what hard names can be called in words of one syllable.] Pathology, founded on the Natural System of Anatomy and Physiology. By A. WALKER.

SERIALS.

Curiosities of Literature. By J. D'Isaacia, Esq., D.C.L., Twelfth edition. Part L The Dramatic Works of Messinger and Ford. With an Introduction by HARTLEY COLERIDGE. Part I.

The Dramatic Works of Wycherley, C0710jleve, Yanbrugh, and Farquhar. With Biographical Notices by LEIGH HUNT. Part L The Life and Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero. The Life by Dr. MID.. DLETON ; the Letters translated by W. MELMOTH and Dr. HEBER.. DEN. Part I.

The Letters of Charles Lamb; with a Sketch of his Life, by T. N. TAD.. FOURD. Part L [Reissues, in the convenient form of Parts, of Mr. MOXON'S editions of stan- dard authors. Besides the pecuniary convenience of paying by instalments, periodical publication has this further advantage, that it does not daunt the reader by the extent of the task before him.] Waterston's Cyclopedia of Commerce, Mercantile Law, Finance, and Commercial Geography. Part II. A Cyclopedia of Domestic Medicine and Surgery ; being an alphabetical account of the various diseases incident to the human frame; with directions for their treatment, and for performing the more simple ope- rations of surgery. By THOMAS ANDREW, M.D. Parts I. to VI11. Lectures on Chemistry, including it Application in the Arts. By HENRY M. WOAD, Lecturer on Chemistry, Author of " Lectures on Electri- city," &c. Parts I. and II.

Waverley Novels Vol. IL Part II.—" The Heart of Mid Lothian." Scott's Prose Works. Volume II. Part IIL—" Life of Napoleon Bo- naparte."

D'Aubigne's History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century. Translated from the French by WALTER K. KELLY, Esq., B.A. Part IIL (Popular Library of Modern Authors.) Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall's Ireland, Part XII.

Charles Dibdin's Songs, Part II. Master Humphrey's Clock, Part XVIIL London, Part VII. The Steam-Boat; a Tale of the Thames and the Times. By G. W. M. REYNOLDS. Author of " Pickwick Abroad," Scc. With steel engravings and other embellishments, by ALFRED CROWQUILL. Part I. Charles O'Malley, No. XIX. New Statistical Account of Scotland, No. XXXIIL Merle's Domestic Dictionary, Part III.

Thornton's History of the British Empire in India, Part VL Parley's Penny Library, Part L PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND PRINTS.

The Imperial Family Bible. With many thousand critical, explanatory, and practical Notes. Illustrated by a superb series of Engravings, from the Old Masters. and from Original Designs by TORN MARTIN, ILL. Parts VII. and VIIL Classes of the Capital; a Sketch-book of London Life, from tinted Studies by WILLIAM LEE. Part L

[To picture the characteristic traits of the various groups which make op the people of Loudon, in such a lively, manner as to convey to foreigners a correct and complete idea of their habits and pursuits as well as their respective cos- tumes, might task the skill of a HOGARTH Or a GAINSBOROUGH such a work would present the English character, as seen in the Metropolis, in its true aspect, under which it is viewed by all who visit London though under- stood by comparatively few. Pictorial representations, especially if arranged in groups as in this publication, would recall distinctly those individual features of which only a vague and general idea had been formed, and make intelligible those minute traits of peculiarity that indicate the differences in the various species of the genus Londoner. The Classes of the Capital, though it does not completely satisfy the demands of the subject in our estimation, is a very creditable attempt to supply the want of such a work ; and so far as the de- lineation of costume is concerned, the studies of London carmen are generally faithful. The figures are whole-length; and as each one seems to be standing for his portrait, they are probably drawn from the life. The artist's style Is easy and unpretending, though rather too loose and indefinite : those trivial but distinctive points of dress and manner that to the observant eye mark the difference of occupation, are not discriminated with sufficient nicety by Mr. LEE. We could have wished the waggons and horses had been introduced in the background, to denote the scene and nature of their occupation. The group of carmen consists of the warehouse-carter, the coal-heaver, the dray- man' and the dustman ; each generally like ; bat who ever saw a "coally ' with blue waistcoat lined with red, or a " riglar dustman "with a brown fan- tail, or without short gaiters ? Nor are their beavers correctly shaped ; and that is certainly not a quart-pot that the dustman holds in his hand. HUNT would have paid attention to these minuthe : he should do a work of Rustic and Provincial Characters.

The imitation of the free handling of the pencil, and the washes of neutral tint enlivened by white lights and touches of colour, are very successful in the prints : they resemble rather aquatint than wood-engravings, which we take them to be ; and their effect is broad and harmonious, though the prevailing tone is cold. Mr. KNIGHT'S patent process, which has been much improved by Messrs. SLY and Co., the proprietors, seems well adapted for producing at a cheap rate artistical copies of original sketches in colours.

The letterpress descriptions are written in a forced facetious manner, rather too affected to be spontaneous or felicitous : some exact information on the habits of the different classes, simply conveyed, would be more acceptable and amusing.] London Interiors ; with their Costumes and Ceremonies. Part L [ Since the publication of the "Microcosm of London," a work nigh forgotten, there has been none which depicted the interiors of public buildings in the Metropolis : the present is an attempt to supply the deficiency ; and being neatly executed and cheap in price, it is likely to be acceptable to the pur- chasers of popular views of the Exteriors of London edifices. The plates in this part represent the scene in Guildhall at the Inauguration of the Lord Mayor, and the Great Jewish Synagogue at the celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles ; the titlepage being ornamented with a vignette of the entrance to the National Gallery. The views, by T. IL SHEPHERD, are faithful, though somewhat deficient in spirit and animation ; and the engravings are neatly executed by H. MELVILLE.] William Wordsworth. Painted by Min MARGARET GILLIES ; engraved by EDWARD WINNES.

[This likeness conveys the idea of a venerable and benevolent man, with a complacent expression of serenity, verging on fondness. The execution of the engraving is finished; but its smoothness contributes to increase a certain feel* ness of style in the original, that has the effect of softening down the vigorous characteristics of the poet's physiognomy.]

George Cruikshank's Omnibus, No. VL Le Aeux's Memorials of Cambridge, No. XIX. Pictorial History of England, Part LVI. Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Part XXXVIL—" Poems." Part I.

PERIODICALS.

Facts and Figures ; a Periodical Record of Statistics applied to Current Questions. No, I.

Quarterly Review, No. CXXXVL Westminster Review, No. LXXI.

Magazines for October-Blackwood's, Dublin University, Tait's, Eclectic Review, Polytechnic Journal, King's College, British Miscellany and Chess-player's Manual, Mirror, Florist's Journal, Surveyor, Engineer, and Architect.

PAMPHLETS.

An Appeal on behalf of the British West Indies, as affected by the late proposed Reduction of Duty on Foreign Sugar. By PETER J. QOESTEL.

A Review of the late proposed Measure for the Reduction of the Duties on Sugar, so far as it relates to Slavery and the Slave-trade. Addressed to Sir T. F. Buxton, Bart. By JOSEPH BELDAM, Esq., a Member of the late Committee of the London Anti-Slavery Society.

{The Whig Budget, if not very productive of results in finance, produced a schism among the Anti-Slavery folks. In some the ties of party were stronger than philanthropy ; it was sufficient that the Liberals had spoken. Some, in the grain way, snuffing a profit in a more extended corn-trade, adopted the proverb "charity begins at home," and postponed the "wrongs of Africa" to their own benefit. A few treated the matter more philosophically, and among these is Mr. BELDAM. The object of this lengthy pamphlet is to show that a reduction of the duty on foreign sugar is "in accordance with Anti-Slavery principles " : the princi- pal argument adduced in favour of the view is this, that the only mode of de- stroying slavery is to show that free labour is cheaper than forced, which can only be done by allowing free competition. That "competition" would com- pel the planter to adopt a better and cheaper mode of cultivation, is very pro- bable; but there is one important element of production which Mr. BELDAM overlooks, fertility of soil. When it is said that free labour is more productive than slave labour, it is meant under something like equal conditions. Skill in angling is more productive than ignorance, but the merest tyro will catch fish in a well-preserved pond, whilst the most accomplished brother of the gentle craft will labour in vain where the waters are exhausted.

One striking point in the brochure, and, if true, showing the futility of all the direct achievements of the Anti-Slavery body, is the alleged extent to which British capital is engaged in the slave-trade. It is pretty generally known that the articles which purchase the slave and the manacles that fetter him are manufactured in Great Britain. Mr. BELDAM argues, and with some reason, that it is only by means of British advances in some form or other that the poor states of Brazil and Cuba have been able to extend their purchases and cultivation in the way they have done; though his estimate of three hundred millions sterling (pages 61, 62) for the mere purchase of slaves in Cuba alone, seems obviously exaggerated.]

An Address to the Clergy of the Church of England, on the Effects of a Scarcity of Food; showing the tendency of starvation to engender epi- demic disease. By a Physician.

The Misvaluing of Gold and Silver, in respect to Foreign Trade, Consi- dered ; with a Plan for an improved Banking Currency. A Second Letter to Ambrose Lisle Phillipps, Esq., from the Earl of SHREWSBURY, on the Present Posture of Affairs.

A Letter to the Queen in behalf of her Suffering People. By the Poor Man's Friend.

Six Letters to Sir Robert Peel, Bart., ort the Reaction in favour of a Tory Government. By a Friend to the Monarchy.

Observations on the Corn-law. By Colonel W. F. P. NAPIER. Addressed to Lord Ashley.

Borne Colonization ; a Plea for the small farmer, the moderate capitalist, the man of limited income, and the industrious poor of all classes, show- ing bow the sale of the Waste Crown Lands would be productive of lasting benefit to the country, by affording a new channel for national

industry.

The Obligation of a City to Care for and Watch over the Moral Health of its Members ; with Remarks on the Life and Character of the Reverend Dr. Tuckerman, Founder of the Ministry at Large. A Discourse, de- livered at the Warren Street Chapel, Boston, 31st January 1341, by WILLIAM E. CHARRING, D.D.