• PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, performed in the years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under Command of Com- modore M. C. Perry, United States Navy, by order of the Government of the United States. Compiled from the Original Notes and Journals of Commo- dore Perry and his Officers, at his Bequest and under his Supervision, by Francis L. Hawks, 1).D., LL.D. With numerous Illustrations.

First Footsteps in East Africa; or an Exploration of Harar. By Richard F. Burton, Bombay Army, Author of" Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El- Medinah and Meccah."

Sight-Seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the Autumn of 1855. By Sir John Forbes, Author of "A Physician's Holiday," &c. With a Map showing the Author's Route.

The Man of the World; or Vanities of the Day. By S. W. Fullom, Author of "The Great Highway," &c. In three vohunes.

Compensation : a Story of Real Life thirty years ago. In two volumes.

The Subalpine Kingdom ; or Experiences and Studies in Savoy. Piedmont, and Genoa. By Bayle St. John, Author of" Purple Tints of Paris," &c. In two volumes.

The Espousals.—This poem is a second book of "The Angel in the House," published nearly two years since ;* and so far as general charac- teristics go, is much the same as its precursor. The incidents are those of elegant social life' mostly raised above the common by the elegance of the sentiments or the poetical simplicity of the expression. The literary merit is inferior to that of "The Angel in the House"' the faults are more frequent and mere prominent. The great drawback to the piece is that it is the repetition of a subject that does not bear repeating. The ,liist volume was the story of the writer's love, courtship, and acceptance, varied by sketches of domestic pictures in the family of a Cathedral dig- nitary. The greater part of The Espousals is a succession of the same -things, with the story and the freshness removed.

Old _Danish _Ballads, translated from Grimm's Collection. By an Ama- teur.—Of the thirty-seven ballads that the amateur translates, fifteen, he says, have been already published ; three by Monk Lewis, with additions of his own five by Jamieson, five by the Howitts in their "Literature of Northern Europe," and two in a periodical. These are all included in this collection, for the sake of completeness.

The translation being made from a German version, and not from the original language, the poetical or literary character of the ballads has doubtless escaped. The incidents, and to some extent the manners and sentiments, are retained, though the writers seem occasionally to have substituted their own notions for the reality of which they were ignorant. It is in the exhibition of ancient Northern manners and ideas that the interest of these Danish Ballads consists : the verse is easy and readable, but not stalling.

Eleanore and other Poems. By Hamilton .Alde.—The principal piece of Mr. tilde is exceptional in its subject; being a passion between a cagot and a lady of provincial France. The Revolution, breaking up old prejudices, permits its success, and serves to introduce a good many incidents and descriptions connected with that fierce national fe- ver. Ekonore and the miscellaneous poems display a knowledge of foreign scenery and customs, and exhibit what is called power. The execution is careless and the style pushes the now fashionable simplicity to an extreme ; so ;hat the verse is sometimes nearly prose, and the manner verges on affectation. The author may possibly have stuff in him to write a poem, but he has got a good deal to do first.

• The Emigrant's Reverie and _Dream: England and America.—The story of a wild younger son, who marries against his friends' wishes, emigrates, and dreams a dream in which the history of the United States and of England down to the present differences passes before him. It is a fiat and foolish affair.

Salad for the Social. By the Author of "Salad for the Solitary."—A volume of facts and anecdotes on nearly a dozen subjects ; among which are to be found bookcraft, money the modern Moloch, the mysteries of medicine, the humours of the law, the larcenies of literature. It con- tains a good many "funny things," curious anecdotes, and occasionally some interesting matter. In point of merit or value it is poor ; careless in reading, uncritical in testing, and put together after the scissors-and- paste fashion. From certain parts it would seem to be an American re- print ; but it is possible that the passages which seem to indicate origin have been cut out bodily. These facts respecting printing in America are curious if. correct.

"The first printing-press set up in America was 'worked' at Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1639. • • * "Pennsylvania was the second State to encourage printing. William ' i

Bradford went to Pennsylvania with William Penn n 1682, and in 1686 established a printing-press in Philadelphia : its first issue was an Alma- nack for 1687; it was but a sheet. The first book printed by Bradford was a collection of Essays by Francis Bacon : it appeared in 1688, and was called The Temple o Wisdom. "In 1692, Bradford was induced to establish a printing-press in New York. He received 40/. per annum, and the privilege of printing on his own account.' Previous to this time there had been no printing done in the province of New York. His first issue in New York was a proclama-

' tion bearing date of 1692.

"During the latter part of the seventeenth century, Boston contained about forty printers and publishers."

The last " fact " requires some better authority than this book, to be received. Forty printers and publishers in Boston when New York has just issued its first printed document! Perhaps the compiler has mistaken the century.

• Spectator 1854, page 1133. Exposition of the Types and Antitypes of the Old and A-ezo Testament. By the Hon. Lady Scott.—The object of this work is- trace a con- nexion between the prophetic types of the Old Testamen., beginning with "It shall bruise thy head," to their realization in Christ. The purpose of the author is to furnish a book for "family reading, and for young persons," who from various causes have not sufficiently studied the ques- tion for themselves in the Scriptures. It is well adapted for this purpose, but there is no peculiar novelty in the theological views or force in the exposition.

A Handbook of the Greek Drama. By Edward Walford, M.A.—This handbook contains a disquisition on the origin and progress of the Greek drama, with short biographical notices of the principal dramatists, a cri- tical account of their surviving works, and some episodical Matter, as a description of the festival of BaSehuis. An analysis of Aristotle's Poetry follows with a variety of topics bearing upon the Grecian It is a useful publication, bringing together a quantity of information in a small compass. The historical part we think Superior to the disquisitiorial.

Summer Tours in Central Europe, 1853-'4. [Part II.] By John Bar- row Esq.—Jottings of a second. tour, in which Mr. Barrow notes the things most worthy to be seen, the besi course to be taken, and the best inns to stop at, or at least the things he saw, the ways he Went, and the hotels he used. It is too curt for descriptive travel ; the actual in- formation might be put into leis compass.

"The Songs of Scotland" is a. reprint, of the larger work in three volumes, published by the Messrs. Wood of Edinburgh ; the airs being retained, but the pianoforteaccompaniments omitted. Some slight

changes have been made in.the pianoforte- which give the history and cha- racter of each air and song; but they are substantially the same as in the larger edition. A few songs have been added.

The seventh volume of Mr. Singer's " Shakapere " closes the English Historical plays with "Henry the Eighth," and commences what may be called the Classical with "Troilus and Crelsida " and " Coriolanus.' There is some nice criticism in Mr. Watkis' s Lloyd's essays. Mr. Bohn still continues adding to his store of valuable works at a mo- derate price. He is including Thieriy's great work the History, of the Norman Conquest, in his Standard Library, translated by, Mr. Hazlitt, with notes and additional documents. In his Foreign Library he con- tinues the Memoirs of Sully. . • "The Green Hand" is the cheap reprint c't imitibal novel origbialljr published in a magazine.

The Songs of Scotland adapted to their appropriate Melodlei. Illustrated ' with Historical, Biographical, and. Critical Notices, by GeOrge Fai-quhar Graham, Author of the Article " Music " in the seventh edition of the Ency- clopiodia Britannica, &e.

The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. The Text carefully revised, with Notes, by Samuel Weller Singer, F.S.A. The Life of the Poet, and Cri- tical Essays on the Plays, by William Watkins Lloyd, M.R.S.L., Svc. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans; its Causes and its Con- sequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, and on the Continent. By Augustin Thierry, Member of the Institute. Translated from the seventh Fans edi- tion, by William Ilazlitt, Esq. In two volumes. Volume I.

Memoirs of the Duke of Sully, Prime Minister to Henry the Great. Translated from the French. A new edition revised and corrected ; with Additions and an Historical Introduction atiributed to Sir Walter Scott. In four vo- lumes. With a general Index. Volume II. 77w Green Hand : a Sea Story.

Being the Adventures of a Naval Lieutenant.

By George Cupples.

Apparitions : a New Theory. And Hartsore Hall : a Ghostly Adventure. By Newton Crosland. Second edition, revised and enlarged.