Translations of the Oxford Latin Prize Poems. First Series. 12mo. These pieces are published by subscription, and are ten in number. As poems they do not boast other merit than that of being faithful translations into smooth rhyme, from Latin verses which made some noise at the time of their recital within the pale of the university. They do not, of course, rank with the productions of the same university, penned by the authors in the English language; yet, as far as the translator is concerned, he has executed his task respectably. A Bird's-Eye View of Foreign Parts, and a Look at Home. HAWK'S-EYE. 12mo. E. Wilson. .. By HARRY A clever little volume; light, satirical, playful, and yet neither ill-natured nor unjust in its censures. The story of the Atlas newspaper not noticing a book sent to it for criticism, yet using part of the preface in reviewing another work, was new to us. We are conducted through Europe to Italy at a canter, and get many shrewd remarks on the journey. We have slaps at our own follies, and contrasts drawn between ourselves and foreigners, sometimes pro, at others con our amour-propre. There is a pretty correct view of certain continental political transactions, and something of justice to the late Emperor of France. The author, be he whom he may, is a shrewd merry fellow to our seeming-one more inclined to laugh than cry, and blessed with the gift of discerning things in the right aspect; in this his hawk's-eye, perhaps, may aid him a little. We recommend his work to such of our readers as seek an hour's amusement in reading, not unmingled with information-who are fond of a jest upon folly. 66 Knowledge for the People; or the plain Why" and "Because." By JOHN TIMBS. 24mo. Low. A useful little work, conveying much instruction in the way of question and answer in the science of zoology. It is printed closely, and we scarcely know where to look for more information of a similar character in a work of three hundred pages. To those for whom it is more especially designed-namely, the bulk of the people, it is highly valuable, imparting a good deal of desultory knowledge in the easiest manner. An Intellectual Grammar of the English Language, or Elements of English Grammar on Intellectual Principles. By W. M'INTYRE. Maclure, Glasgow. This is a simple and lucid exposition of the grammar of our mother tongue, in a very small compass, adapted for the use of schools. It appears well calculated to answer the end for which it was compiled, being divested of all heterogeneous matter, and the form of printing rendering it more than commonly portable. Catechisms in Zoology, English Grammar, History of Scotland, Works of Creation, Grammar, Drawing, &c. &c. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; Simpkin and Co., London. These are useful little works, not merely for the rising generation, but for grown up persons who have not received instruction in the subjects of which they treat. They are published in ninepenny numbers, and are thus accessible to all classes. There is a good deal of practical knowledge in some of them, in that of drawing and perspective, for example; and we have not the smallest doubt they will most materially accelerate the progress of information among the people, than which we cannot give them higher recommendation. Literary and Graphical Illustrations of Shakespeare and the British Drama, &c. Embellished with more than 200 Wood-Engravings. Hurst, Chance, and Co., and E. Wilson. This is a very pretty work, calculated to familiarize Shakespeare to every class of readers, and not Shakespeare alone, but many other dramatic writers. There is an historical view of the origin and improvement of the English stage preceding the body of the work, neatly condensing the information sufficient to our general comprehension of the subject. The wood-cuts are many of them exceedingly well executed, and the costume is very accurately conveyed by them to the reader's eye. The Sailor's Bride: a Tale of Home. By the Author of "The Months of the Year." 24mo. Tilt. A pleasant little tale for youth, which may be read for amusement and instruction. The language is simple and elegant, and the story attractive. The Watering Places of Great Britain, and Fashionable Directory. Nos. 4 and 5. 4to. Hinton. This work improves, and will form a most excellent companion to the tourist and resident in our watering places. The numbers before us contain Torquay, one of the most charming spots in England, with the climate of Nice; Dover, which but for its chalk would be truly romantic, and the little secluded retreat of Rottingdean, near Brighton and very accurate and pleasing engravings they are. The latest number 5 contains Swanage, Dorset, Penzance, Cornwall, with its Italian climate; and the Tor, Devonshire. This undertaking, at its present moderate price, deserves to succeed; and has no doubt already met its merited encouragement. Palestine; or, the Holy Land; from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. By the REV. MICHAEL RUSSELL, LL.D. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh; Simpkin and Co., London. This is a publication in the same size and type as "Egypt," which we noticed some time ago, and belongs to the Edinburgh Cabinet Library, including a series of similar works. This volume is interesting, in a high degree, from the country to which it relates being connected with our earliest infancy, and the romantic age of childhood, independently of its religious associations. From the east came the day-star of science as well as of religion: there were planted the first of the human species, and from thence rolled the tide of nations. Over its sandy deserts and jagged rocks there depends a hallowed charm, which goes with us to where the weary rest. We cover its sterile surface with immortal bloom in our imaginations, and almost feel that we shall carry into another state of being a recollection of the land where the path to it was pointed out to us here. The history of Palestine of the Jews is indeed a singular one. The Jews appear to have been by no means an amiable or virtuous race. The denunciations of their Prophets, and their history, prove this. Yet how singular a people are they at this day! Their religion a theism, when idolaters were in every other part of the then known world (we say "the then," because many, indeed most of the tribes of North American Indians are at the present hour pure theists);-a small people, for we believe the population of Judea, or rather of Palestine, has been much exaggerated, in the inferences drawn from sacred and profane history of its numbers; yet from thence sprung a religion professed by the most civilized nations of the world. From their small territory, besides the revealed faith, the professors of Mahometism believe in their father Abraham; thus the country which neither art nor science nor arms adorned, has given its creed to half the globe. But we are digressing-Dr. Russell has made a most interesting volume. If we are inclined to censure him, it is for intruding into his work too much of romance in quotations from Chateaubriand that eloquent, but unsound rhapsodist. We have perused the Palestine with great pleasure, and can safely say that it confers credit on a series, which the spirited publishers have hitherto rendered fully equal to what the public expected from it. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. MEDICINE, SURGERY, &c. Heurteloup's Principles of Lithotrity. 8vo. 1. History of the Epidemic Spasmodic Cholera of Russia, &c. By Bisset Hawkins, M.D. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Winkworth's Treatise on the Teeth and Gums. 4to. 10s. Bright's Medical Reports. Vol. II. 71. 7s. Johnson's Sportsman's Dictionary. 8vo. 1l. 11s. 6d. MISCELLANEOUS. Polynesian Researches, &c. By William Ellis. Vol. IV. 6 Major Rickett's Narrative of the Ashantee War. 8vo. 10s. 6d. Dibdin's Sunday Library. Vol. V. 5s. Dodsley's Annual Register for 1830. 8vo. 10s. Young's Integral Calculus. 8vo. 9s. Bernay's Key to the German Exercises. 12mo. 4s. 3s. 6d. Wilson's Ornithology. Vol. IV. 18mo. Encyclopædia Metropolitana. Fourth Division. Vol. III. 4to. 1l. 18s. The Music of the Eye; or, Essays on the Vitruvian Analysis of Architecture and The German Muse; the Worth of Woman; and the Song of the Bell of Schiller; The Eastern Origin of the Celtic Nations, &c. By J. C. Prichard, M. D. 8vo. 7s. An Historical Enquiry into the Production and Consumption of the Precious Metals. The Consecration Service of the Anglo-Saxon Kings, &c. By the Rev. Thomas Silver, D.C.L. 8vo. 5s. The Commercial Vade Mecum. 2s. 6d. NOVELS, TALES, &C. Alice Seymour, a Tale. 12mo. 4s. 6d. Bayley's Tales of the late Revolutions. 8s. Smollett's Peregrine Pickle.-Roscoe's Novelist's Library, Vol. III. With etchings by Cruikshank. 5s. Millman's Tales of the Stanley Family. 12mo. 5s. 6d. The Miser: a Poem. 8vo. 5s. POETRY. Chant Guerrier des Polonais; ou Sckrynecki devant Varsovie; poeme lyrique. Par Alexandre D'Arblay. 12mo. 1s. Corn-Law Rhymes. 12mo. 4s. THEOLOGY. Watson's Biblical Dictionary. Part I. 8vo. 3s. The Works of the Rev. Robert Hall. Vol. III. 8vo. 12s. The Preacher. Vol. II. 7s. 6d. The History of the Christian Religion and Church, during the first three Centuries. The Confessions of Faith, &c. &c. By the Rev. Edward Irving. 1 vol. 8vo. 8s. Ireland Illustrated. 1 vol. 4to. with 81 views. 1l. 18. Lancashire Illustrated. 1 vol. 4to. 1l. 7s. Devon and Cornwall Illustrated. In Parts, price 4s. Fowler's Tour in New York in 1830. 12mo. 6s. VOYAGES, TRAVELS, &c. WORKS IN PROGRESS. Friendship's Offering, for 1832, will appear on the first of November, with highly finished engravings after Paintings by Lawrence, Stothard, Richter, Wood, Purser, Westall, and other eminent Artists. Its carefully selected Literature will also comprise contributions from the most popular Writers. Mr. A. A. Watts's Literary Souvenir, for 1832, will contain, as usual, Twelve highly finished line-engravings from several of the most celebrated pictures in modern art; three of which are from the pencils of the most distinguished French Artists, finished expressly for the work. The Forget Me Not, the oldest of the Annuals, will this year commence a new series, printed on paper of larger size than heretofore. Engravings by W. and C. Finden, Graves, Carter, C. Rolls, Engleheart, Davenport, and from Drawings or Paintings by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Martin, Prout, Richter, Holmes, Corbould, &c. will illustrate it. The Comic Offering, edited by Miss Sheridan, will be published on the first of November. The New Year's Gift, and Juvenile Souvenir, for 1832; containing a variety of highly finished line-engravings. The Humourist, an Annual, is said to be entirely from the pen of Mr. W. H. The Literary Guardian will appear this month, in weekly numbers, intended to D furnish, in a form attainable to all classes of the reading community, a faithful and agreeable commentary upon every topic of interest connected with the passing novelties in Literature and the Arts. Closely printed upon a fine sheet of double quarto. It is under the editorship of three gentlemen instead of one; and if in the multitude of counsellors there be wisdom-an opinion, for the correctness of which we do not vouch, it must be triply excellent. Ackerman's Juvenile Forget Me Not will again make its appearance; and its conductors are said to have renewed their efforts to produce a volume highly adapted to the instruction and entertainment of youth. A very cheap entertaining little paper, called "The Tatler," edited by Mr. L. Hunt, is now issued weekly, as well as daily, in a neat cover. The best information respecting the Theatres, as well as interesting articles by the Editor, are found in its columns. A new Annual, illustrated from Drawings by Prout, is to appear on the first of November, under the Title of "The Continental Annual." The literary department, under the superintendence of Mr. William Kennedy, will embrace a series of Romantic Tales. There is nearly ready for publication, a volume of Original Miscellanies, in prose and verse, comprising essays, tales, songs, &c. from one hand; to be called, "The Chameleon." Mr. Atkinson, the publisher, is the Author. Memoirs and Correspondence of the late Sir James Edward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., President of the Linnean Society, &c. &c. is nearly ready. Heath's Picturesque Annual for 1832; containing twenty-six beautifully finished Plates, executed by the First Engravers, under the exclusive direction of Mr. Charles Heath; from Drawings by C. Stanfield, Esq., with Letter-press Description by L. Ritchie, Esq. A Volume of Poetry, under the title of "Pictures of the Past," will shortly appear by Mr. Brydson. A Novel, entitled "Norman Abbey," by a Lady, is in the press. The History, Topography, and Antiquities of Framlingham, compiled from the best authorities, by R. Green, is nearly ready. Inquisitiones post Mortem, from the Reign of Hen. III. to 18 Hen. VI. 1440. Mr. Nicholas Harris Nicolas has announced his intention of publishing, as soon as a sufficient number of Subscribers shall be obtained, Hæredum Calendárium, containing the Escheator's Returns of the Names and Ages of the Heirs, which, in the printed calendars, are entirely omitted. Mr. John Britton is preparing for publication, the History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Worcester; illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Views, Elevations, Plans, and Details of that Edifice including an Architectural Description of the Church, Biographical Anecdotes of the Bishops, and of other eminent persons connected with the Cathedral. Nearly ready, A Familiar Compendium of the Law of Husband and Wife; together with the Laws relative to Breach of Promise of Marriage, Seduction, and Abduction of Women. The whole deduced from the most authentic sources, illustrated with some of the most prominent modern cases, and brought down to the present time. By a Solicitor. A Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation; by J. R. McCulloch, Esq. Professor of Political Economy in the University of London; in one large volume, 8vo. with Maps, &c. &c., is in the Press. The Adventures of a Dramatist, in Two Volumes, by Benjamin Ererf, Esq., will appear this month. A Dictionary of Quotations from various Authors in Ancient and Modern Languages, with English Translations, and illustrated by Remarks and Explanations; by Hugh Moore, Esq. is preparing. The Sacred Songster, consisting of Original Hymns for Sunday-School Anniversaries, &c., by J. Taylor, is nearly ready. The Rev. Richard Burgess announces, the Topography and Antiquity of Rome (including the recent Discoveries made about the Forum and the Via Sacra,) to be illustrated with numerous Plates, &c. A New and Enlarged Edition of the Rev. George Croly's Beauties of the British Poets, 12mo. will soon appear. Mrs. Edward Bury is preparing for publication, by Subscription, a Selection of Hexandrian Plants, belonging to the natural Orders Amaryllida and Liliacæ; consisting of coloured Figures from Living Specimens, in the Botanic Garden at Liverpool, and other Conservatories in that neighbourhood. The whole to be engraved in Mr. Havell's best Aquatinta style, and carefully coloured after the Drawings. The Winter's Wreath, for 1832; an Annual of Poetry and Prose, by the most esteemed Writers. Illustrated by Twelve beautiful line-engravings on Steel, by E. Goodall, H. Robinson, R. Brandard, W. Miller, A. R. Freebairn, F. Engleheart, and E. Smith. Will be published this month. Robert of Paris, a Romance of the Lower Empire. By the Author of Waverley. 3 vols. post 8vo. In the press. Sir William Jardine, Bart. F.L.S.E., F.L.S., &c. author of "Illustrations of Ornithology," has in the press an edition of "Wilson's American Ornithology," with the Continuation by Charles Lucien Bonaparte; the former published in Philadelphia in 1802, the latter in 1825 and 1826. The whole will be contained in three volumes, demy 8vo. The Usurer's Daughter, by one of the Contributors to Blackwood's Magazine, will be published this month. The entire Works of the Rev. Dan Taylor, late Pastor of the General Baptist Church, Whitechapel, London; under the superintendence of his nephew Adam Taylor; by whom an Introduction will be prefixed; are in the press. In 2 vols. 8vo. Mr. Alaric A. Watts is preparing for publication a Volume of his Poems, to be entitled "Lyrics of the Heart, The Glass of Agrippa, and other Poems." The Work will be illustrated with several Line-Engravings, from Paintings and Drawings by the first eminent Artists. Cruikshank's Comic Album is in the press; being a Collection of Humorous Tales, with numerous engravings on wood. The Editor of the "Anniversary Calendar and Universal Mirror" covered from his late long indisposition, the concluding part will shortly be ready. Mr. S. Robinson has in the Press, A New Annual, for 1832; royal 18mo. with having reSeventeen or Eighteen Embellishments on Steel. Italy's Romantic Annals are to form the subject of the New Series of "The Romance of History," written by C. M'Farlane, Esq. The Geographical Annual, for 1832, is announced for publication on the first of November. To contain one hundred engravings on Steel, of all the States, Kingdoms, and Empires throughout the world. The False Step, a Novel, will be published this month. The Biblical Cabinet Atlas is to be completed on the first of November; containing finely executed Engravings on Steel, of all the tribes and countries mentioned in Sacred History. The Author of Gertrude will shortly publish a Novel, entitled "The Affianced One." A cheap Edition, in French, of the Memoirs of Count Lavalette, has just appeared. FINE ARTS. WINTER'S WREATH.-The first Annual for 1832, or rather the first plates of an Annual which have reached us, are those of the "Winter's Wreath," which has silently, but successfully, risen in public favour to rival the first of its competitors. The engravings this year are very beautiful. Independently of a vignette wreath, in which the mechanical process of engraving is exhibited in astonishing perfection in the curved lines which surround the garland; we have eleven very charming plates viz. The Highland Fortress of Lessing Cray, by Martin, engraved by R. Brandard-The Cotter's Saturday Night, from Stothard, R. A., by E. Smith-The Wreck, from J. Williamson, by R. Miller-Allon, the Piper of Mull, from E. Goodall, by H. Robinson-Portrait; the Visionary, from H. Liversege, by F. Engleheart-Lago di Nemi, from A. Aglio, by R. Brandard-The Reply of the Fountain, from H. Liversege, by E. Smith-Vintage Feast at a Villa of Rione, Trastevere, by H. Robinson-Naples, from W. Linton, by E. Goodall-Abbeville, from D. Roberts, by A. Freebairn-Sunset (Bavarian Alps), from G. Barret, by R. Wallis. Lessing Cray is a charming engraving, and makes good a favourite idea of ours respecting Martin, that if he would paint landscape of a similar character to the present, or of the wild Salvator cast, he would greatly excel in it. The engraving does Brandard great credit. The Visionary is a very sweet and expressive figure. The Lago di Nemi-Roma, by Aglio, is a most charming landscape, full of beauty. The Wreck, from Miller, is fearfully grand, and is an excellent piece of engraving; the clouds and water are uncommonly well managed. The Vintage Feast, and Allon the Piper, with the scene from the Bavarian Alps, and indeed each plate, without exception, well sustain the character of this beautiful and popular annual. RETREAT OF A BAGGAGE-WAGGON AT THE BATTLE OF NASEBY.-We have just had put into our hands a highly-spirited etching from a painting by H. Melling, etched by the artist himself on the above subject. It is a very spirited performance, full of vigour and animation, and does high credit to the abilities of Mr. Melling. The costume is in good keeping, and there is great freedom in the workmanship. The managing of the shadows is effective, and tells well in connexion with the scene. |