PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

BOOKS.

Our list of reserved books is more numerous than promising; for the whole consists of but two classes—novels, and accounts of the siege of Lucknow. On this latter subject the publishers seem to have been run- ning a race, and made something like a neck-and-neck affair of it. They were wise to lose no time, for probably the great interest passed away -with the relief and the official despatches. The attraction now must de- pend upon the opportunities possessed by the writers and their power of using them.

Oulita the Serf: a Tragedy.

Personal Narrative of the Siege of Lucknow, from its Commencement to its Belief by Sir Colin Campbell. By L. E. Runts Rees. one of the surviving Defenders. With a Plan of Lucknow and the Residency, and a Portrait of Sir Henry Lawrence.

A Personal Journal of the Siege of Lucknow. By Captain R. P. Anderson, 25th Regiment, N. I., commanding an Outpost ; Author of the "Translation of the Gool-i-Bakawli," &c. Edited with a Preface and Introduction, by T. Carnegy Anderson, Lieutenant, 12th Regiment, N. I.

The Defence of Lucknow : a Diary, recording the daily events during the Siege of the European Residency from 31st May to 25th September 1157, By a Staff-Officer. With a Plan of the Residency.

The Galley-Slave and his Daughter : a Tale founded on French Protestant History. By Mrs. D. P. Thompson, Author of "The Reformation in Din- gle," Sm.

Charles Oliphant: a Novel. By W. James, Esq. In three volumes.

The Moors and the Fens. By F. G. Trafford. In three volumes. What you Will : an Irregular Romance.

The Statute-Book for England. Edited by James Bigg.—In itself this volume is a useful publication ; in its scope, its future promises, and its apparent aim, it is heroic--almost upon a par with the Augean labour of Hercules. The volume before us contains the statutes relating to the general law of England passed in 1857, excluding Scotland and Ireland, and local or private acts. These statutes are illustrated by a good index of matters, and followed by a list of all the statutes passed during the

• session, with letters indicative of the class to which they belong—as local, and private. There is also a register of "statutes amended, conti aaed, recited, repealed, revived, or otherwise affected." It is this

feature whose expansion constitutes the future promise. "At the close of the ensuing session, some statutes or parts of statutes will have been repealed, and other statutes will have been amended or extended"; and these will be included by typographical contrivances, so as to keep the Annual up to the state of 'the law from 1857. There is also some- thing about the consolidation of the English Statutes at large, which Mr. Bige conceives possible upon his plan ; but we do not quite clearly understand whether he is about to attempt that task in this publication, or in some other form,- or whether, as the nation has already spent 65,547/. upon the job without anything having been accomplished, he is ready to try his hand at the work upon a reduced scale of charges.

The Commerce of India. By B. A. Irving, M.A., Vice-Principal of Windermere College; Author of the Norrisian Prize Essay for 1851, &e. —This essay gained the Le Bas prize of the Cambridge University in 1852. It is now published apparently in consequence of the interest at- tached to India, with four additional chapters. One of these contains a survey of the history and commerce of ancient Tyre' another the an- cie: discovery of and navigation by the monsoons, athird the Spanish trade to the Philippines, and a fourth concluding remarks. The work- ma.nship is extremely good; the matter is well digested and clearly pre- sented, with a current of commentary that relieves it from mere compi- lation. The larger part of the information is well known to the his- torical reader in standard works, whether of a general kind like Robert- son, or special like Vincent and Anderson; and much of it may be found in popular compilations. What The Commerce of India does, is to bring scattered information together, so as to furnish a ready compendium for consultation, or of study to those who want it.

A Manual of Greek Prose Composition' for the Use of Schools and Col- leges. By the Rev. Henry Musgrave Wilkins, MA., Author of "A Manual of Latin Prose Composition."—Another exercise-book, intended for the more advanced student, who is required to attain a higher style of classical composition than was formerly the fashion. It consists of three sections. The first contains passages literally translated from Greek authors of the golden age, with idioms and phrases in the form of foot-notes, and references to the most approved Greek grammars when any important principle is involved. The second part is a selection from English prose writers, with an English version adapted to a literal trans- lation into Greek; any peculiarities of idiom, &c. being noted and aided as in the first part. The third section consists of passages from Greek classics of the purest epochs, translated into idiomatic English for re- translation. The exercises are prefaced by an essay on the characteristic differences of English and Greek composition, written in a higher tone of criticism than generally pervades tractates of this nature.

Ifistoire des Principaux Ecrivains loratwaW' depuis Origine de la Litterature jusqu'a nos Jours. Par Antonin Roche.—The object of this book is to furnish a summary account of the formation of the French language and of the progress of its literature, since the seventeenth cen- tury in the shape of literary biographies of twenty principal writers. The first volume before us includes Corneille, Pascal, and the Port Royal writers, Moliere Be Sevigne, La Fontaine, Bossuet, and Boileau. It is a very workmanlike affair ; the information extensive, the opinions sound, the matter interesting, and well presented. The account of the formation of the French language by the triumph of the Langue d'Oyl over the Langue d'Oe, the notices of the earlier writers, with the brief specimens of the old language, and the somewhat fuller criticism on the authors between Joinville the Chronicler and Moliere, are exceedingly well done.

The Gloaming of Life : a Memoir of James Stirling. By Rev. Alex- ander Wallace, Author of "The Bible and the Working Classes."— James Stirling was a Scotabrnan of the humbler sort, who took to tippling, and nearly ruined himself in mind, body, and estate; but becoming a re- formed character, he became an active agent in the reformation of others. The book is interesting from its pictures of Scottish life, but is somewhat dashed by the over-much writing of the platform school. In a sense it is a reprint, the substance having appeared in the Commonwealth.

_Lectures and Essays on Various Subjects, Historical, Topographical, and Artistic. By William Sidney Gibson, Esq., F.S.A., &c., Barrister-at- law.—A collection of some twenty-five papers, original, lectures to insti- tutions, or articles reprinted from various periodicals. The subjects are of a popular antiquarian End, and treated in a pleasant gossipy man- ner, though with a shade too much of an effort after lively writing.

L/ Doubled by the Economy of Time. By the Author of" Rows Penny became a Thousand Pounds."—Chiefly extracts from works on the importance of time, or an abridged view of them, with illustrative no- tices of eminent men who have made the best use of their time—as Franklin, Wellington: To us it seems a very jogtrot affair, not en- livened by some flat attempts at humour, and by no means likely to " double ' that part of "life" which might be spent in reading it.

A Catechism of the Physiology and Philosophy of Body, Sense, and Mind. By T. Wharton Jones, F.R.S., &c. &c.—The topics of this book are life in general, the nutritive processes of the human body, the ner- vous and muscular systems, the senses, and the mind as connected with the body. The matter is of course not new, but it is plainly though shortly brought before the reader.

Jamie's Questions. By Emma Davenport, Authoress of "Weak and Wilful."—A series of questions put to his mamma by Little Jamie, on subjects of history and natural history, which lead to expositions adapted to his capacity.

The only reprints of the week worth mentioning are-1. William Hewitt's new edition of "Land, Labour, and Gold." It has been exten- sively revised; "matter which has lost its value from the progress events" being put out, and new information put in. 2. "Gertrude,' by the author of "Amy Herbert," forming the second volume of the cheap and uniform edition of the writer's tales.

Land, Lt;bour, and Gold ; or Two Years in Victoria. With Visits to Sydney and Van Diemen's Land. By William Hovritt. Second edition, containing the most recent Information regarding the Colony. In two volumes. Gertrude. By the Author of "Amy Herbert." New edition. The Arts of Life. 1. Of providing Food. 2. Of providing Clothing. 3. Of providing Shelter. Described in a series of Letters for the Instruction of Young Persons. By the Authoro f "Evenings at Home." A new edition, • with Additions and Alterations by Lucy Aikin.