The week has been rather fertile in translations, continuations, or
new editions. Mr. Sewell's "Odes and Epodes of Horace" is an attempt to combine literal accuracy with metre and rhy-me, without of course any aim at the felicity or spirit of the original; a main purpose being to assist in a new mode of construing, which the author explains in his preface. Mx. Cyrus E. Edmunds's translation of the moral writings of Cicero is also literal, though easier and at the same time more correct than the old metapkrase. He has added numerous notes, chiefly illustrating the opinions of modern divines or philosophers on the ethical topics of Cicero, whether they agree or differ. The "Introduction to the Study of Universal History," by Sir John Stoddart, 4riginglly published in t he.Eneyelopaclia Metropolitana, formsone of the serial republications from that work, and has been rewritten. The fourth edition of Mr. Yates's "Defence of Unitarianism" has received various corrections and incorporations from works published during the controversy into which its firstappearance led the author.
The Odes and Epodes of Horace. Translated literally and rhythmically, by W. Sewell, BD., Fellow and Sub-Rector of Exeter College, Oxford. Cicero's 27rree Books of Offices, or Moral Duties, ere. Literally Translated. By Cyrus R. Edmonds. (Bohn'a Classical Library.) The Works of Plato. A new and literal Translation chiefly from the text of Stallbanm. Volume HI. Bv. George Binges, MA., Trinity College, Cambridge. (Bohn's Classical Library.) An Introduction to the Study of Universal History. By Sir John Shedder% Knt., LLD. Second edition, rewritten. (Encydopaadia Metropolitans.) A Vindication of Unitarianism, in Reply to the Reverend Ralph Wardlaw, RD. By James Yates, M.A., &c. Fourth edition.
ALMANAOKS.
Of the three almanacks before us, " Raphael's Prophetic" presses beyond even Francis Moore in the race of prediction. "the Financial Reform Almanack" has improved : it is more sober in its tone; nd its statistics, especially in relation to finance, render it useful as a tie:et for reference,— though there is still gm eat room for advancement under this head. With a Bftle more space, judiciously devoted to the subject, it might be made a useful vade-mecum of public income and expenditure ; but perhaps its present price of threepence would have to be increased.
_Raphael '8 Prophetic Almanac/c, for 1851. The Financial Reform Almanack and .Freeholders' Manual, for 1851. The Protestant _Dissenters' Almanac/c, for 1851.
SERIAL.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare; revised from the Original Editions, with Historical Introductions and Notes Explanatory and Critical, &e. By J. 0. Barnwell, Esq., F.R.S., &e. Illustrated with Engravings.
s on Steel, from Original Designs by H. Warren, E. Corbould,
[A double-columned edition in small folio, to be edited by Mr. Barnwell, with a life, introductions to each play, notes explanatory and critical, and an essay on Shakspere's phraseology and metre. The poems will be included in this edition. as well as the plays of doubtful authenticity, or in the composition of which Shakspere is supposed to have taken a part. As yet Mr. Barnwell has only contributed a sensible introduction to The Tempest, displaying his extensive reading in the English literature of the seventeenth century; and with him, it appears, the chief value of the edition must rest. The plates in this part are from designs by artists unequal to the illustration of Shakspere, and which do not receive much assistance frem the engraver.]
PAMPHLETS.
Practical Bernarks upon the Injurious Operation of the Willa Act, in respect to the Execution of Wills ; with Suggestions for its Amendment. By an Advocate in Doctors' Commons.
The Encumbered Estates of Ireland.
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