PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

From January met to February 6$12.

BOOK8.

Look to the End; or the Bennets Abroad. By Mrs. Ellis, Author of 'The Women of England." In two volumes.

The Eccentric Lover; a NoveL By Boyle St. John. In three volumes.

Egypt and Mehemet Ali. By Prince Puckler Muskau. Volume L Egypt under Mehemet Ali. By Prince Puckler Muskau. Volume I. Both these publications are translations of the same work by Prince Puckler Mtiakau; and such is the competition to put forth his revelations, that each book ispnblished piecemeal, or at least by a volume at a time. Of the two sets before US, 'Egypt and Mehemet All " emanates from Mr. Newby, and is bound in blue; "Egypt under Mehemet All" reaches us from Mr. Colburn, in a scarlet cover. The latter, however, has one very important advantage—by means of a skilful ograplifeal arrangement it will be embraced in two volumes instead of three. 'Egypt Erupt under " contains the whole of "Egypt and" by the 234th page, though both volumes pass considerably beyond three hundred pages.] Caledonia Romano; a Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland; preceded by an introductory view of the aspect of the country and the state of its inhabit-sots in the first century of the Christian a3ra, and by a summary of the historical transactions connected with the Roman occupation of North Britain. [The object of this goodly quarto is to bring together an account of the Roman antiquities in Scotland that have been described by former archiedogists; to which the compiler' Mr. Robert Stuart, has added the discoveries of later years. The book gonsiMs of three divisions,—the first embracing an attempt to present a conk' Adil of the natural features of Scotland- before the Romans; the second con- tammg a brief sketch of the probable extent, duration and character of their con- quest; the third, and by far the largest division, consists of an elaborate descrip- tion of the Roman remains. This aectinais subdivide(i into four parts. The first, in conjunction with well-executed maps, proceeds along the great 'ttanks and branches of the Roman roads, to mark the position of their towns and stations; describing their present or past condition when preserved by an antiquarian,. with the relics that have been discovered near them. The minor forts and tem- porary or summer camps are next described in a similar manner; the military ways are then' traced out; and, lastly, there is an elaborate account of the wall of Antoninus' which extended from the Frith of Forth to the Clyde. The author, as may be divined, is gifted with zeal and enthusiasm' which sometimes break forth in a little diffusiveness of general description: but he is always dear, fre quently informing, and as attractive as the native of his subject permits. In the mechanical portion of the work no expense seems to have been spared; the skill of the engraver and the geographer equally contributing to illustrate the text. The Caledonia Ronurna is a work that should find a place in every Scottish library, not only as a minute account of the former state of the country, but as the memorial of remains that, having defied the touch of Time for seventeen hun- dred years, are now rapidly vanishing under the touch of Improvement.] The Scale of Medicines with which Merchant-Vessels are to be Furnithed, in pursuance of Act 7 and 8 Vie. cap. 112. With Directions for their Use; Observations on some of the Accidents and Diseases to which Seamen are more peculiarly liable ' • and Directions for Preserving the Health and Promoting the Comfort of Merchant-Seamen. By Charles M'Arthar, M.D., Surgeon, Royal Navy. Second edition. [A complete medicine-chest of pills, powders, and genuine drugs, with which it behoves the masters of all merchant-vessels to be prepared pursuant to not ef Parliament, the section of which is further printed for their use and satisfaction. Dr. M'Arthur's little book is rather an official than a private publication; since it has been drawn up under the eye of Sir William Burnett, Director-General of the Medical Department of the Navy. In one sense however, it differs from official documents in general; the explanation of the character of the medicines—the di- rections for their use—the observations on accidents and diseases, together with the advice for preserving health during a voyage, being simple and intelligible. We are glad to see that Dr. ItArthur has made up his medicines, as much as may be; for, with nice quantities in potent drugs, we had almost rather trust to nature, than to the dispensing powers of some skippers, although entitled to physic us by Act 7 and 8 'Tic. cap. 112.] The Shipmaster's Guide; containing ample Directions for making the BI- turns, and otherwise complying with the provisions of the Merchant-Sea- men's Act, 7 and 8 Vic. c. 112. With a copy of the Act, and description of the Mariner's Register Ticket. By the Registrar of Seamen. Second edition.

[This publication partly consists of general advice, partly of an exposition of the new state of things induced from the let January last by the 7th and 8th Vic. c. 112; which, besides ordaining skippers to physic their crews, snakes very ex- tensive changes in the relation of owners, masters, seamen, and apprentices. The object is good—to regulate the engagements and elevate the morale of the seamen, by registering every man and giving masters the means of testing character if they choose it. These necessary regulations, a species of passport-system, will be novel and rather troublesome to Jack, we fancy. If he lose his ticket he cannot get a ship till he procure another; which involves proof of accidental loss, and Heaven knows what. There are various other rules and regulations, whose tendency seems to us to give increased power to masters against the crew, and to consuls against owners. The publication is well-timed and well-executed; and appears necessary to every man connected with the mercantile marine, who can read it. The act of Parliament is reprinted in the publication.] The Roman Matron, or Vittoria Accorombona; a Novel. Translated from the German of Ludwig Tieck. In three volumes. [The subject of this romance is one of the mysterious crimes that took place in Italy during the sixteenth century. But fleck wants the imagination and power to endow his characters with life' and the invention necessary to frame his story so that what is fictitious shall harmonize with what is fact. The cha- racters and crimes of Italian society of that period look at once little and ex- eggerated—they are as mean as mock weapons or stuffed snakes. The story too is devoid of action and purpose, in spite of some elements of effect, in a proud mother, a ruined house oppressed by poverty, a daughter marrying to escape worse degradation then accused of the murder of her husband, and finally slain herself; together with some of the strange and startling events of the period. It is rarely indeed that German novels are adapted for English transla- tion: their pauses to exhibit character, art, and metaphysics, ill accord with our love of movement; whilst their simplicity looks like British childishness.) Narratives of a Parent; or Birthday Tales. By Mrs. Everest. [The principal object of these tales is to illustrate the importance of the Com- mandments; love of money, of wife, of children for example, being made in- stances of worshipping other gods. The principal stories are set in a family, framework, which serves to introduce lesser tales and moral reflections. These last rather predominate throughout the work, injuring the effect of thestories: but the stories themselves are not without interest; their style is elegant, and their oh- jects are unexceptionable.] Elementa Liturgica; or the Churchman's Primer, for the scholastic study of the Book of Common Prayer. By G. A. Walker, A.M., of Christ Cot- legs, Cambridge. [This publication is devoted to an• analytical account of our Church 'Services, chiefly historical, but in part critical and expository. It commences with I curious precis of our early Bibles and Prayer-Books, and the directions of the Church respecting the order of the service; after which it proceeds to expound the ecclesiastical and religious character of each section of the Prayer-Book. Mr. Walker professes to have no party objects; but occasionally his exposition seem' slightly to tend towards Tractarian practice. His little book, however, will be found very able, and not devoid of interest.] The German Manual for the Young, and for Self-Tuition. In two vokunek By W. F3auer-Klattowski, of Schwerin in Mecklenburg, Teacher of German in London, &a. [Our good opinion of this work has been expressed oftener than once as it came out in successive numbers; and we do not retract that opinion now that the whole is before us. Prefixed to the book is a list of subscribers; at the head of which we find the Prince of Wales and his royal brothers and sisters. These fair hopes of Britain can scarcely be supposed to have exercised their patronage spontaneously; and there is as little likelihood that their names have been ap- pended without parental sanction. Has this honour, and the still greater honour of being allowed to dedicate the book to Royalty, been conferred on the author for his accomplishments as a teacher, or for the neat and not sparing jokes at Lord Palmerston's war policy, woven into two of his fairy tales?] The Year-Book of Facts in Science and Art; exhibiting the most important Discoveries and Improvements of the Past Year. Illustrated with engrav- ings. By the Editor of "The Arcana of Science." [A work like this, which appears year after year, carrying out the same useful objects in the same judicious way, arrives at a stage when remark or recom mendation is alike useless. It is sufficient to notify the appearanceof The Year- Book of Facts.] The Ayrshire Wreath, 1845; a Collection of Original Pieces in Prose and Verse, chiefly by Native Authors, on subjects relating to Aishire. [The third series ofat Whalen-of talee„1-64 "articles,7 and posery,lewotett to the illustration of Ayrshire.] Original Poems on Various Subjects. By Mrs. E. J. Lean.

[A small volume of verses on various occasional subjects, chiefly of a loyal and serious character.]

A Statistical Summary of all the Nations and States comprised in Europe; with Historical Notices, compiled from the latest returns and most authen- tic sources. By G. C. Pemberton, Esq.

The Gambler's Wi f e; a Novel. By the Author of "The Young Prima Donna," &e. In three volumes. Second edition.

Cain and Abel, a Dramatic Poem; and Minor Pieces. By William Harper, Author of "The Genius, and other Poems."

NEW SERIALS.

Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts. Volume I. [A wonder, not for the New Year, but for all years, so far as we can measure the future; since cheapness cannot well go further. Here we have fourteen tracts or stories, well-printed, illustrated with cuts, and bound up in a pretty-looking volume, for a shilling. What is much better than formal matters, the literature is good and various; biography, tales of real life, information, and selected poetry. Time has been when the Life of Louis Philippe, or the graphic sketch of the Con- vict Mutiny at Norfolk Island, with its notices of the career and fate of the chief mutineers, or the Lady Settler's account of her Life in the Bush, at Australia Felix, (which did not seem very happy for her,) would alone have cost the price of the whole.] The Edinburgh Tales. Conducted by Mrs. Johnstone, Author of " Clan- Albyn," &c. Part L ["Why, this is a more exquisite song than the other !"-sixty-four octavo double- columned pages for sevenpence; containing tales, original or selected, and strung together by means of a framework which will give place even to the selected stories, and unity and character to those which are original The First Part of The Edir!burgh Tales consists of three stories, "the Experiences of Richard Taylor, Esq." an elderly hrunorist, whose personal prototype might perhaps have been seen about town some years since, and whom leisure, a cool -head, and a benevolent heart, make acquainted with the historyof many families. During an enforced confinement to the house, he notes some of his "experiences" in a book, and is so pleased as to be eventually led to continue his employment; these stories forming The Edinburgh Tales. The remaining histories are "Young Mrs. Roberts' Three Christmas Dinners," and "Mary Anne's Hair." The first is a clever and rational inculcation of the moral, Live according to your station and within your means; in the course of which, middle-class life and character are admirably depicted. The second is a story of woman's devoted love; which is quite as able in point of writing, but is not so true, we suspect, in some of its pictures of life; and its object, so far as it can be said to have any, is to uphold the notion of a blind love existing independently of time and prudence.] The Naval and Military Sketch-Book, and History of Adventure by Flood and Field, No. I. , The Supplement to the Penny Cyclopadia of the Societyfor the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Part I.

NEW PERIODICAL.

The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. Edited by the Vice- Secretary of the Geological Society. No. I.

[This publication has originated in the number of papers addressed to the Geolo- gical Society, and read at their meetings, with the delay and expense attending the annual publication in the quarto form. The Council have therefore arrangeci for the appearance of the present work, which will be edited by their Vice- Secretary.

The work is divided into two parts. One contains the papers sent to the Society, and sufficiently approved of to -be read. Among those included in the present number, are several with high scientific names-as Sedgewick, Henslow, Mur- chison, and Bell; but for the facts stated and views advanced the Society do not hold themselves responsible. The second part of the work will consist of abstracts or translations of foreign geological memoirs, and notices of books. These notices will be analytical accounts, and will not express any "opinion on their general merits," though any deficiency or inaccuracy will be indicated in "courteous terms." It strikes us however, that a general idea of the merit of the book noticed may be gathered from the statement, although no direct criticism perhaps is pronounced.]

ILLUSTRATED WORKS AND PRINTS.

His Royal Highness Albert Prince of Wales. Painted by Winterhalter; lithographed by Leon Noel.

LA beautiful full-length portrait of the little Prince of Wales; who is represented as a child of precocious mtelligence, with a mouth indicative of will, as the eyes are of thought. The merit of the likeness we must leave the courtiers to discuss; and rest satisfied with M. Winterhalter's high reputation as a limner. It is a delicate lithograph, and forms a pendant to the same artist's portrait of the Count De „Paris. What a reproach to British art, that the first portrait of the heir- apparent to the Throne of England should be the work of foreigners!] The Pictorial Gallery of Arts, Part I. [Another of Mr. Knight's cheap and popular collections of cuts culled from his various publications, and accompanied with explanatory descriptions. It will in- clude all the arts of life, under two grand divisions-the Useful and the Fine Arts. It commences with those employed in the preparation of food; and the First Part includes Bread, Beer, Tea, Sugar, &c..] The Pencil of Nature. By H. Fox Talbot, F.R.S. Part II. cThis is the second part of a selection of photographic pictures limned by the pencil of Nature," and multiplied by the action of light, without the aid of artist, engraver' or printer. These curious and beautiful specimens of the efficacy of Mr. Fox Talbot's calotype process represent mostly simple objects seen close--such as a hay-stack, a stable-door, shelves of books, a print, the leaf of a plant, a page of black-letter. They are all perfect delineations, combining minute accuracy of detail with broad effects of light and shade in an extraordi- nary manner; and showing the utility of the calotype in procuring exact delinea- tions of things, and in reducing prints or drawings. The only distant view, the Bridge of Orleans, is imperfect.]