PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

Booxs.

Castile and Andalucia. By Lady Louisa Tenison.

A Summer's-Day Dream, with oilier Poems. By Henry Francis Robinson.

Electra; a Story of Modern Times. By the Author of "Rockingham." With Illustrations by Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. In three volumes. Charles Delmer; a Story of the Day. In two volumes.

The British Catalogue of Books : containing the Date of Publication, Size, Price, Publisher's Name, and Edition. Compiled by Sampson Low. Volume I. General Alphabet.

[The first volume of an elaborate and painstaking work, indispensable to all who are practically concerned with books, or who even occasionally have to refer to their bibliography. Every new work, new edition, and book altered in size or price between 1837 and 1853, finds a place in this volume, with those very important additions, the size, the price, the date, and the pub- lisher. The arrangement in this volume is alphabetical; the next volume, if we understand rightly, will exhibit the same materials classified. The present arrangement, as a general rule, places the work under the first letter of its title, unless the author's namels known, in which case that is generally the reference. These rules, however, are not strictly adhered to, and some- times a book will be found under both heads: for instance, "Alice, or the Mysteries," stands alone, and is also found under the head of "Lytton," to which the searcher is referred from "Bulwer." In a future case, it might be deserving of consideration whether this double exhibition might not be systematically carried out. Besides the more obvious uses of the volume, it impresses the mind, through the eye in various suggestive modes. When we look at the long list of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton's works, the praise of unflagging industry and various effort must be awarded him. If we turn to "Arnold," or to "Hallam," we see by the number of editions, that solid merit is not unre- garded or unrewarded, even in this age of superficial reading. In the case of "Disraeli, B." we also find variety of effort enough, and, by an exception in his favour, trace how early he must have begun to write— 'England and France, post 8vo. 88. 6d. Murray 1820." We also read in the same list, on more than one occasion, the significant omen, "318. 6d reduced to 15s."] Sketches and Characters; or the Natural History of the Human Intel- lects. By James William Whiteoross.

[The object of this book is to trace the influence of circumstances on the formation of mental character in men, or races of men—not overlooking animals, at least as an illustration ; and to sketch the characters when form- ed. The design is not very perfectly adhered to, critically speaking ; and the genius of Mr. Whitecross is hardly equal to the "height of his great argument." He has, however, produced a readable enough book, and not without interest, from the great number of anecdotes and notices of remark- able persons which it contains, as well as from his sketches and illustrations of character, national as well as individual.] Speeches, Parliamentary and Miscellaneous, by the Bight Honourable Thomas Babington Macaulay. In two eolmbee. [A collection of Macaulay's Speeches in Parliament, from Hansard; and his Miscellaneous orations, from, we imagine, the reports of the journals in which they respectively appeared at the timo of their delivery. The col- lection forms two goodly octavo volumes : it does not, however, appear that the orator himself has superintended the edition.] Black 's Picturesque Guide to the Trosachs, _Loch Catrine, Loch .Lonwind, and Central Touring District of Scotland, including the great Highland Route to Glencoe and hart William, Loch Awe and Oban, Taymouth and Aberfeldy. With numerous Illustrations by Birket Foster.

[This is not only a guide to the Trosachs of Scott's "Lady of the Lake," but to all the interesting spots in the vicinity and on the road to them, be- ginning with Stirling. It is a good guide to an interesting country, full, clear, and precise in its directions, and capitally illustrated with spirited cuts. The letterpress, moreover, is a model for the manner in which it deals with anecdotes and historical facts or associations. There is enough done to excite the reader's interest by informing his mind as regards past events, but stopping short of overdoing. The style in which the illustrative matter is told is fresh and spirited ; that of a man communicating what he inti- mately knows, not what he has read up for the occasion.]

Sketches in Ultra-Marine. By James Hannay' late of her Majesty's Navy, Author of "Singleton Fontenoy„" &c. In two volumes. [These volumes contain a complete collection of Mr. Ilannay's nautical tales and sketches, originally published in several forms. They do not ex- hibit high art, and are occasionally somewhat literal ; but they are real, and amusing. They are perhaps the best sea-sketches we have after Marryat's, and they come down to a later date—present life in the Navy.]

The Angel and Truinpet. By John Bennett. ["The Angel and Trumpet" is the sign of a public-house, where a foolish lawyer's clerk gets robbed of thirty pounds belonging to his master, by a young jeweller who is equally foolish in his way. By the assistance of a Mend, the clerk is saved and married, while the jeweller hangs himself. A preface intimates that the stery is founded in fact : it is very literal,—for the most part a narrative of low debauchery, not redeemed by the breadth of the better characters.] The Camp of 1853; with Hints on Military Matters for Civilians. By Charles Mac Farlane, Author of "The Great Battles of the British Army," &c. With a coloured Plan, and Map of the Surrounding Country.

[A timely and interesting little book on the great home sight of the day, the Camp at Chobham. In addition to the official documents, and a description of some of the most striking incidents of Chobham Common, selected from newspapers or supplied by himself, Mr. Macfarlane furnishes some military hints for the profit of civil visitors, and a good account of Chobham and its vicinity, the result of long acquaintance ; for he hunted the country "in his hot youth, when George the Third was King."] Mona's Isle, and other Poems. By T. J. Ouseley.

[A poem descriptive of the beauties of the Isle of Man ; varied by historical allusions, legendary tales or anecdotes, and some digressions of an Individual kind. This piece is followed by a good number of miscellaneous poems.] -Readings for a Month Preparatory to Confirmation. Compiled from the Works of Writers of the Early and a the English Church. By the Author of "Amy Herbert," &c.

[The compilations from various divines are classed under heads appropriate to the subject of confirmation, and accompanied by hints for self-examma- thm after readirg. These hints are often of a really practical and useful chafacton]

The British Jews. By the Reverend John Mills. FA curious book, giving an account of the religious customs and practices of Dm "strict enlightened" Jew in Great Britain ; for to the "irreligious Jew many of the facts recorded are as strange as to the Christian reader." Most of the observances are ceremonial, with frequent touches of supersti- tion, some Oriental, and occasionally primitive.] Social and .Political Morality. By William Lovett. [Beyond an exposition of general morality, which is based a good deal on economical grounds, the book is less a system of morals than a series of plain and sensible essays on conduct in the various relations of life: It seems chiefly, though not formally, addressed to the working classes.] Twenty Years in the Philippines. By Paul De la Gironiere, Knight of the Legion of Honour. Abridged from the Original French, by Frederick Hardman. (Traveller's Library.) Library Edition of the lYaverley Novels. Volume XVI. "Quentin Durward."

Phases of Tradarianinn. A series of Letters originally published in the Church and State Gazette. Now revised and carefully extended : with an Appendix, Authentic Documents, &e. By Anglicanus.

PAMPHLETS.

_Russia and Turkey. Armed Intervention on the ground of Religion, considered as a Question of International Law ; with an Appendix of Documents. By Hobert Phillimore, M.P. for Tavistock. Wallachia and Moldavia : Correspondence of D. Bratiano with Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P., on the Danubian Principalities in 1853. Southern Daly as it now Is. By a Constitutionalist.

India in Relation to Great Britain : Considerations on its Future Administration. By Major Thomas Best Jervis, F.ILS., late of the Corps of Engineers, E.I.S. Notes on Madras Judicial Administration. By William Holloway, Esq., Madras Civil Service. A Letter to the Right Honourable _Lord John Russell on the Transfer of Landed Property. By Robert Wilson.

Remarks on the law of Partnership liability. By Lord Hobart. The Homeric Dialect; its leading Forms and Peculiarities. By James Skerritt Baird, T.C.D., Author of "A Catalogue of Greek Verbs," tke.