THE first volume of the long-expected work by the | tices of deceased statesmen with whom the author was in intimate private or political relations. Many of these are fine specimens of terse and elegant writing.

Twenty Years in the Philippines. A more tempting volume of travels has rarely been issued from the press than this spicy narrative of a life of strange and romantic adventures in the farthest East. The author is a Frenchman of education and ability, who, thrown upon the shores of the Philippine Islands at an early age, takes up his residence among the natives, becomes a sort of Oriental potentate among the barbarians, devotes himself to the welfare of his unique colonies, and at the close of twenty years sets about recording his marvelous career for the benefit of his contemporaries. In a style of uncommon freshness and naiveté, he relates the thousand-and-one odd incidents of his lifemany of which are droll enough in all consciencethough their truth is attested by the incidental statements of European and American naval officers, who were familiar with the proceedings of the selfinaugurated monarch. His narrative is, moreover, replete with an endless variety of curious and valuable information, and throws much light on a state of society of which in this Western world we usually have but the faintest conception. (Published by Harper and Brothers.)

Hon. THOMAS H. BENTON, illustrative of the political history of this country during his congressional career, is issued by D. Appleton and Co., and furnished by them exclusively to subscribers. It is entitled Thirty Years in the United States Senate, and comprises a sketch of the working of the American Government from 1820 to 1850, with copious extracts from public documents, and biographical notices of eminent deceased contemporaries. In the preparation of the work, besides the ample fund of personal experience of which the author has been enabled to avail himself, he has had access to the unpublished papers of General Jackson, which he has used for his purpose both with liberality and discretion. The volume now published can not fail to be regarded by men of all parties as a valuable commentary on a most important period of the political history of the United States. During the space to which the work is devoted, numerous questions of far-reaching significance were discussed in Congress; momentous principles of legislation were decided; a course of policy involving the interests of every portion of the Union was adopted in regard to many disputed relations; great constitutional provisions received their final adjustment; the most eminent statesmen figured on the scene in mutual collision; and a direction was given to the measures of Government, the influence of which will be D. Appleton and Co. have brought out The Perfelt in remote ages. In all these grand political de-sonal Narrative of Mr. JOHN R. BARTLETT, describvelopments, Colonel Benton was a prominent actor. ing the explorations and incidents connected with Gifted with an extraordinary activity of tempera- his functions as Commissioner on the United States ment-a bold, self-relying, and energetic intellect- and Mexican Boundary, during the years 1850, '51, an iron tenacity of purpose-a remarkable shrewd-'52, and '53. It gives a popular view of the counness and versatility in debate-an insatiable love of try from the shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific, political conflict-sufficient personal ambition to including a journal of the daily routine of the Comgive intensity to his powers, but not so overwrought mission, and an accurate description of the natural as to dim the clearness of his perceptions-he has productions of the regions traversed, with a copious occupied a leading position among the statesmen of variety of information, that makes the work a usehis day, and placed the stamp of his vigorous nature ful guide to emigrants and other travelers. A large on the course of events. We have no doubt that he portion of the territory described by Mr. Bartlett is has aimed at fairness and accuracy in the composi- comparatively unknown. He brings to light numertion of this volume. He has given a sketch of the ous important facts. His narrative is flowing and history of the times in rough, commanding, impress-animated, and can not fail to give pleasure to every ive outlines-often dashing in an excess of coloring intelligent reader. -never attempting the minute and delicate finish of the literary artist; and, whenever occasion requires, indulging in the expressive vocabulary of the frontier, in spite of any suggestions of taste or pre-rate works of fiction. The former is the last procedent to the contrary. In a narrative of this character it would be more than human to preserve a rigid impartiality. To this virtue, beyond the limits of the baldest honesty, Colonel Benton makes no pretension. He would deem it no compliment to ascribe it to him. He was too deeply mixed up in person with the scenes he describes to affect the A posthumous volume of travels by the late Presdignity of the philosophic historian. His style, ac- ident OLIN, entitled Greece and the Golden Horn (J. cordingly, is for the most part warm with party C. Derby, publisher), will be received with friendly heats, but is certainly not the less readable on that greetings by the large circle of readers that venerate account. He gives his own views with equal frank- the memory of that eminent scholar and divine. It ness and ardor, and in reading them we must make consists of extracts from his journal during a tour constant allowance for the position of the writer. in Greece and part of Turkey, and is marked by the But it is no more than just to add that he is not same acuteness of observation, sagacity of comment, guilty, to any singular extent, of the faults which and ease of expression, which characterize his preare almost inevitable in the composition of person-vious writings on the East. A variety of topics are al, contemporaneous history. To say that he has not escaped them altogether, is merely to say that he Among the portions of the work which will command the most general interest, are the no

is a man.

Among the novels on Harper and Brothers' catalogue, the recent issues of Aubrey, and The Quiet Heart, will attract the notice of the lovers of first

duction of Mrs. MARSH, and in its deeply-exciting plot, and its fine delineation of character, is not inferior to any of her previous admirable creations. The other work is known to the readers of Blackwood as one of the most fascinating novels of the season.

discussed in this volume which possess a peculiar interest in the present controversy with regard to the Ottoman Empire. The Rev. Dr. M'CLINTOCK has furnished an appropriate introduction, in which

he states that the avails of the work will accrue to the Wesleyan University, to whose trustees the copyright has been assigned.

With the general interest now felt in the institutions of the Great Salt Lake City, a new work entitled Utah and the Mormons, by BENJAMIN G. FERRIS, late Secretary of the Territory, is seasonable, and has also many attractive features. The author resided in the Valley of the Great Salt Lake for about six months, including the severe winter of 1852-3, and from his official position enjoyed unusual facilities for learning the character of the remarkable people whose fortunes occupy a prominent place in the current history of the times. His impressions of the Mormons are to the last degree unfavorable. The influence of polygamy, which is now the open and acknowledged rule of the domestic relations, is discussed freely--and abundance of startling facts are adduced to illustrate its degrading effects and a view of the social condition generally of the professed "Latter Day Saints" presents a curious commentary on the weakness and extravagance of human nature. The historical details in this volume, with regard to the origin and progress of the Mormons, are of great value. The writer has diligently collected all the authentic materials on the subject within his reach-many of them not familiar to the public-and has presented his conclusions in a readable and satisfactory narrative. (Published by Harper and Brothers.)

made by Haye and Zell, Philadelphia. This edition has been for some time out of the market, and its reappearance will gratify the numerous admirers of Wordsworth in this country who wish to possess the writings of their favorite in a convenient, substantial, and elegant form.

Phillips, Sampson, and Co. have issued The Recreations of Christopher North, in one compact volume, including "Christopher in his Sporting Jacket," "Christopher in his Aviary," "Christmas Dreams," "The Moors," and several tales, sketches, and criticisms, overflowing with the combined pathos, enthusiasm, and fun, which have given the unique author such a strong hold on the popular mind.

A second series of Fern Leaves from Fanny's PortFolio, is published by Miller, Orton, and Mulligan, which in many respects is superior to the former quaint and merry productions which have procured such a sudden access of fame to the lively authoress. Usually, we have little faith in these rapid growths of popularity. The temple of fame is not to be taken by storm, but must be approached by steep and winding ways. A desperate rush is apt to defeat itself. But FANNY FERN doubtless forms an exception to this rule. The favor with which her writings have been received-almost unprecedented both in this country and in England-has a legitimate cause. She dips her pen in her heart, and writes out her own feelings and fancies. She is no A quaint story of domestic life in a New England imitator, no dealer in second-hand wares. Her invillage, entitled Wensley (published by Ticknor and spiration comes from nature, not from books. She Fields), has a certain dry humor which blends ad- dares to be original. She has no fear of critics or mirably with the puritanic simplicity of narrative, of the public before her eyes. She conquers a that reminds the reader of Galt's "Annals of the peace with them by sheer force of audacity. Parish," and other productions of the same class. Often verging on the bounds of wholesome conIt relates no exciting adventures-deals in no prod-ventionalities, she still shows a true and kindly igies that make the blood run cold-nor does it mur-nature-she has always the sympathy with sufder the English language for the sake of melodramatic effect. The charm of the work is in its natural character-drawing, in which the writer shows not only facility but remarkable skill. Its quiet pictures make an agreeable and soothing impression on the mind, and pleasantly linger in the memory after the first effect has passed away. The name of the author is not mentioned, but whoever he may be, he leads us to infer from his writing that he is a man of scholar-like accomplishments, familiar with the pen, and combining a love of the olden time with a good deal of Yankee 'cuteness.

J. C. Derby has issued a new volume of poetry, called Lyrics, by THE LETTER H., which gives a very favorable idea of the rhyming gifts of the anonymous writer. Several of them are imitations and parodies-a species of composition to which we are by no means partial-but the success of the execution almost entices us to forgive the enormity of the offense. Of the more original pieces, a large number are of a gay, sparkling, and humorous character, often trespassing on the bounds of prudish decorum, but always animated with a true poetic fire. The writer shows great satirical power, a quick, glancing wit, and an uncommon grace and facility of versification. His more earnest efforts betray noble humanitarian sympathies, and indicate a generous and impulsive nature. The contents of this volume prove that he possesses genius worthy of the severest culture; and if he is not seduced by the perilous ease with which he apparently produces his best things, we shall look for riper and still more delicious fruits from its maturity.

A new issue of Professor REED's edition of Wordsworth's Complete Poetical Works has been

fering which marks the genuine woman-and her most petulant and frolicsome moods are softened by a perennial vein of tender humaneness. Fanny Fern is poetess, though she avoids the use of rhyme. With all her sense of the ludicrous, she knows how to seize the poetical aspects of life, and these are rendered in picturesque and melodious phrase, which lacks nothing but rhythm to be true poetry. Her rapid transitions from fun to pathos are very effective. Her pictures of domestic life, in its multiform relations, are so faithful to nature, as to excite alternate smiles and tears. We regard her extraordinary success as a good omen. She has won her way unmistakably to the hearts of the people; and this we interpret as a triumph of natural feeling. It shows that the day for stilted rhetoric, scholastic refinements, and big dictionary words, the parade, pomp, and pageantry of literature, is declining; and that the writer who is brave enough to build on universal human sympathies, is sure of the most grateful reward in unaffected popular appreciation.

This, That, and the Other, by ELLEN LOUISE CHANDLER, belongs to the same new school of literature, of which Fanny Fern must be regarded as the founder. The sketches in this volume are more elaborate, more ambitious, but are marked by true feeling and considerable power of expression. There are too many attempts at fine writing, which we trust the author will outgrow, as she evidently possesses sufficient power to rely on simplicity of expression and unvarnished portraitures of nature. (Published by Phillips, Sampson, and Co.)

The Myrtle Wreath, by MINNIE MYRTLE (published by Charles Scribner), letting alone its excru

ciatingly alliterative title page, claims a place among | With the exception of two or three small volumes the better order of American sketches, both on ac-published in England, the subject has been treated count of its fluency of style and its pure and healthy tone of sentiment. Minnie is essentially amiable and mild-addicted to looking at the bright side of things -with a trifle too much rose-color on her palletand not intended by nature for a censor or critic. When she diverges into this line, she does not appear to advantage. She sometimes dashes the milk of human kindness with a few drops of aqua-fortis -but this is not a congenial business; and she seems far more at home in depicting the scenery of her native valleys, or recounting the virtues of the many excellent souls she has met with in her travels. In her descriptions of nature, she holds a firm and faithful pen; her sketches of character are often pointed; and a fine moral tone pervades every thing which she has written. The kind of literature in which she delights is of all others the best adapted to the pen of woman; and if she fulfills the promise of the blooms and early fruits in this volume, she will be rewarded with a liberal harvest.

only in scholastic folios and in foreign languages, and has never been fully and distinctly brought to the notice of our religious public. In compiling this work, Dr. Kip has made use of all the materials within his reach, besides the facts obtained from his own personal observations. It has been his endeavor to exhibit a picture of the early Church in Rome in the manliness and purity of its faith as distinguished from the modern Papal Church, subsequent to the Council of Trent. The Catacombs every where show traces of their occupancy by the primitive Christians. Tombs and chapels, paintings and inscriptions, constantly meet the eye of the visitor. For three hundred years the entire Christian population of Rome found sepulture in these recesses. They were, moreover, not only the burial-place of the martyrs, but the scene of their last sufferings. The light which they shed on the doctrines and usages of the primitive Roman Church is well set forth by the author in a series of interMorning Stars of the New World, by H. F. PAR-esting discussions. He writes in a spirit of deep KER. (Published by James C. Derby.) In this religious earnestness, which is adapted to impart volume, several of the worthies of American history his own enthusiasm to the reader. No one can are commemorated with feeling and gracefulness.peruse his volume without a fresh impression of The narrative is true to history, but is set forth with the devotedness and zeal of the "noble army of the appropriate embellishments of a chaste and martyrs" who have transmitted their religious faith lively descriptive style. Columbus, Sir Walter as the patrimony of ages. Raleigh, Henry Hudson, Miles Standish, Lady Arabella Johnson, William Penn, and others, form the subjects of these agreeable sketches.

Tempest and Sunshine is the title of a recent novel, by Mrs. MARY J. J. HOLMES, illustrative of life in Kentucky. The plot, which is of an exciting character, is sustained with considerable skill, though it betrays frequent marks of haste and want of finish in the composition. It abounds in isolated passages of great power, and the outlines of the leading personages are admirably given, demanding only a more thorough elaboration to make a superior work. (Published by D. Appleton and Co.)

Melbourne and the Chincha Islands, by GEORGE W. PECK. (Published by Charles Scribner.) Well known as a piquant and effective writer, in connection with the periodical press of the city, Mr. Peck has here thrown off a series of descriptive sketches, which do no discredit to his reputation in this branch of literary effort. Sailing from Boston in February, 1853, he arrived at Melbourne in the very height of the effervescence which followed the discovery of Australian gold, and is at once introduced into a novel and very curious state of society. Materials in abundance were presented to his graphic pen, of which he has not failed to make excellent use. His account of matters and things in Melbourne is natural as life, though not without a spice of the author's genial fancy. Every page of his volume opens a fund of amusement, as well as of information. It is bound to receive an extensive perusal. In addition to his glowing pictures of Melbourne, Mr. Peck has also given a variety of sketches of Peruvian life, together with the best description of the Guano Islands on the Pacific coast that has yet been furnished to the public.

The Catacombs of Rome, by the Right Rev. Bishop KIP (published by Redfield), contains many orig. inal and suggestive illustrations of Christian antiquity. The argument derived from the Roman Catacombs in defense of the Evangelical history, according to the author of this volume, is but little known in this country, and to most readers will present a new chapter in the annals of the Church.

The First-Class Standard Reader, by EPES SARGENT. (Published by J. C. Derby.) We can cordially recommend this new manual of elocution for the excellence of its arrangement, the good taste of its selections, and the copious index of explanations, which is a peculiar and admirable feature of the work. The literary reputation of the compiler is a sufficient guarantee of its character; but our judgment of its value is founded on a careful examination of its contents.

Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America, by GABRIEL FRANCHERE, translated and edited by J. V. HUNTINGTON. The author of this work was one of the pioneers engaged in the settlement of the Oregon Territory. He was present at the founding of Astoria, at its sale to the Northwest Company, saw the place seized as a British conquest, and continued there after its seizure. He relates the story of his adventures with remarkable freshness, and fills up a vacuity which, in the opinion of the translator, is not supplied by the classical work of Washington Irving. (Published by Redfield.)

A new edition of PYCROFT'S Course of English Reading, edited by J. A. SPENCER, D.D., is published by C. S. Francis and Co. Though a work of moderate pretensions on the score of completeness, it contains many useful suggestions which may be of service to the young reader.

Uncle Sam's Farm Fence, by A. D. MILNE, is the title of a popular Temperance story, published by C. Shepard and Co.

Harper and Brothers have issued the Fourth Volume of Miss STRICKLAND's Queens of Scotland, giving the continuation of "Mary Stuart," and bringing the narrative down to the birth of the Prince of Scotland in Edinburgh Castle.

Home Scenes and Home Sounds, by H. MARION STEPHENS (published by Fettridge and Co.) is a series of spirited domestic sketches and stories, several of which have already gained the verdict of public favor in the different periodicals in which they first made their appearance. They seem to have been struck off, on the spur of the moment,

without any premeditated plan, and exhibit all the | which he had been endowed. His last composition facility and boldness of successful extemporaneous was a hymn prepared for the Sheffield Sundayspeaking. The writer draws her vocabulary from school Union, to be sung at the anniversary meetall manner of sources, and adds piquancy to her ing on the 5th of June. Two or three years since, style by the dexterity with which she uses the fa- Mr. Montgomery paid a visit to his native country, vorite colloquialisms of every-day life. Many of after more than sixty years' absence, and at the the scenes which she describes have a pathetic in- public entertainments given to him on that occasion, terest; but the prevailing tone of the volume is a both at Edinburgh and Glasgow, he narrated many good-humored gayety, which is always charming to interesting particulars as to his life and career. the majority of readers. His fame as a poet will chiefly rest on his minor poems. The longer works have admirable passages, but their subjects are not of a kind to command universal popularity. The circle of admirers is further limited by the religious character of the poetry, which is more directly prominent than ordinary readers may find congenial. But those who admire this element in his poems, find in it their highest excellence and attractiveness. Certainly, as a Christian poet, James Montgomery was unrivaled in his time. On him had fallen the mantle of William Cowper, and he bore it well and gracefully.

Natural Goodness, by the Rev. T. F. RANDOLPH MERCEIN (published by Carlton and Phillips), is the title of an able religious treatise, devoted to the philosophy of the present system of morality, and the relation of natural virtue to religion. It abounds in original and striking views, which are presented with the eloquence of earnest conviction.

Fashion and Famine, by Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS (published by Bunce and Brother), is a story of genuine power, founded on the hideous contrasts of social life in an overgrown city. The staple of the work, of course, is the misery, desperation, and crime which are always festering at the heart of a great metropolis; but the skill of the writer has wrought up even these hackneyed themes into a tale of intense interest.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

PROFESSOR JAMESON OF EDINBURGH. Another of the great names of the University of Edinburgh has disappeared. Robert Jameson, the veteran Professor of Natural History and Keeper of the University Museum, died in April. He had attained the age of eighty-one years, and the 50th year of his professorship. Latterly he was confined to his home by continued illness and infirmity, but, to the last, retained his enthusiastic devotion to science.

He was educated for the medical profession, which he appears to have abandoned at an early period for the study of Mineralogy. So ardently was this science pursued by him, that finding himself unable, in Scotland, to obtain all the knowledge of a pursuit which was then assuming much importance under the directing mind of Werner, he placed himself as a student at Freyburg, in Saxony, where he remained for two years. Werner had here

guidance, and in companionship with Humboldt, became thoroughly imbued with the Wernerian philosophy, which he clung to amidst the conflicts among the disciples of the new hypothesis with much zeal, constantly devoting his pen to the defense of his master.

By the death of James Montgomery, at Sheffield, in his eighty-second year, another of the great poets of the last generation has passed away. Rogers alone now remains of the brilliant constellation of genius which rendered the poetical literature of England conspicuous in the early years of the present century. Crabbe, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Scott, Byron, Campbell, and last, Moore, successively disappeared, some of them after attaining a good old age, and long surviving the fame gained in early life. James Montgomery was born Nov. 4, 1771, at Irvine, in Ayrshire. His parents being Moravians, he was educated at the Brethren's School at Fulneck, near Leeds. His first literary labors were connected with a news-established his school, and Jameson, under his paper, the "Sheffield Register," the liberal spirit of which in those days subjected Mr. Gales, its proprietor, to persecution; and on his having to fly the country, to avoid imprisonment, Mr. Montgomery boldly continued the Journal as the "Sheffield Iris," in which he advocated the principles of civil and religious liberty in times of danger and difficulty. More than once he was imprisoned for his unflinching statement of principles which are now universally recognized and honored. By occasional contributions to magazines, the young author became more widely known, and in 1805 his poem, "The Ocean," secured his reputation as a poet of no common stamp. In 1806 appeared "The Wanderer in Switzerland," in 1809 "The West Indies," and in 1812 "The World before the Flood." 'Greenland," and "The Pelican Island, and other Poems," appeared some years later. In 1851 editions of his whole works appeared. Last year a collection of "Original Hymns, for Public, Private, and Social Devotion," appeared; but many of Montgomery's sacred pieces have long been familiar as household words among Christians of every denomination, few lyrists since Dr. Watts having so sweetly and successfully adapted their strains to the requirements of devotional psalmody. Up to his latest hours he took delight in this department of poetical labor above all others, believing that by these bequests of "songs of praise" he was most usefully turning to account the gifts with

On his return from Freyburg in 1804, Robert Jameson was appointed Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh, Lecturer on Mineralogy, and Keeper of the Museum. To the duties connected with these important appointments, Professor Jameson devoted himself with all the zealous energy of an active mind, until the infirmities of age compelled him to a comparative repose.

We find him publishing, in 1798, "An Outline of the Mineralogy of the Shetland Islands and of the Island of Arran, with an Appendix containing Observations on Peat, Kelp and Coal; and again in 1800, appended to his “Outlines of the Mineralogy of the Scottish Isles," we find a long account of the national value of these products. In 1808, Jameson published his "System of Mineralogy, comprehending Oryctognosy, Geognosy, Mineralogical Chemistry, Mineralogical Geography, and Economical Mineralogy."

In 1819, Professor Jameson, in connection with Dr. (now Sir David) Brewster, commenced the publication of The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal ; which has been regularly published quarterly since

only published work of any importance, his literary pursuits, and his taste in the fine arts, have been long known beyond the local circles in which he moved. His name will also be honorably remem. bered as one of the associates of Jeffrey, Horner, Brougham, Sidney Smith, and the rest of the little band of youthful writers who, at the time of the first starting of the "Edinburgh Review," gave so great an impulse to the politics and literature of his country.

that time. At the end of the tenth volume Jameson | beloved. Although the "Life of Jeffrey" is his became the sole editor; and he conducted it to the day of his death with great ability. As one of the organs of communication between the scientific world and the public, Jameson's Edinburgh Journal has always commanded a most important position; the practical and popular character of his mind giving to this periodical a tone and coloring which was more agreeable to the multitude than that which ordinarily distinguishes our scientific literature. Professor Jameson was the author of several other works on mineralogy and geology; and numerous papers written by him will be found in the Wernerian Transactions and in Nicholson's Journal. He was a member of nearly all the scientific societies of Europe, and of several in America. He owed these honors-the only ones in his country to which a man of science can aspire to his earnest and practical character.

Professor Jameson was unmarried. In private life he was the kindest of relatives, and beloved by a large circle of friends. His house was the resort of every person of merit and distinction who came to or passed through Edinburgh. In person he was slender and wiry, with a countenance strongly expressive of vivid intellectual power.

WILLIAM PICKERING.

The London Atheneum says:

"A paragraph has gone the round of our contemporaries to the effect that Mr. Rogers, our bard of dear Memory,' is alarmingly unwell, and not expected to recover. Even if the case were as is represented, the feeling and the taste which could make it a subject of newspaper gossip would be, in our opinion, very questionable. We know that in the recess, or during a dearth of news, editors are eager for the smallest scraps of domestic intelligence. But why, if space must be filled, news or no news, not fall back on monster turnips, the aurora borealis, and the sea-serpent? These waste paragraphs have at least this negative virtue-they wound no one's feelings, they shake no one's nerves, they bring tears into no loving eyes, they excite no resentful indignation in the hearts which they deceive. The sick room should, we think, be sacred from the prying eyes of the penny-a-liner. The statement about Mr. Rogers is a pure invention. For his age, the poet of Memory is in good health, and enjoys his usual cheerfulness of spirits."

The celebrated authoress, Mrs. CATHARINE CROWE, whose insanity by reason of the "spirit rappings" has lately been reported, contradicts the statement in a letter addressed to one of the Lon don journals. She says:

The well-known publisher, Mr. William Pickerring, died at Turnham Green, on the 27th of April, aged fifty-eight. His death was preceded by a long and painful illness, produced originally by mental anxiety arising from a tedious litigation, which ended in his ruin, and from severe affliction in his family. In early youth, Mr. Pickering was apprenticed to John and Arthur Arch, the Quaker publishers and booksellers, of Cornhill, in 1810; and commenced business for himself in a small shop in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields in 1820, where he published the first of a series of miniature Latin and Italian classics, so beautiful and correct as fairly to entitle him to adopt the Aldine device on the titles of his fu- "I am very sorry to trouble the public about my ture publications; which, as all readers and col- private maladies and misfortunes; but since the lectors know, included the carefully edited British press has made my late illness the subject of a par. Poets, Bacon's Works by Montague, the Bridge- agraph, stating that I have gone mad about the water Treatises, Walton's Angler, illustrated by spirit-rapping, I must beg leave to contradict the Inskipp and Stothard, the works of Herbert, Tay- assertion. I have been some time suffering from lor, Milton, and many others. The application of chronic gastric inflammation; and after a journey dyed cotton cloth instead of paper for boarding new to Edinburgh, and a week of fatigue and anxiety, books, was first made by him in 1825. The exper- I was taken ill on the 26th of February, and was iment was continued in the issue of the Oxford for five or six days-certainly not more-in a state Classics-as also in the reprints of Hume and Smol- of unconsciousness. During this aberration I talklett, Gibbon, Robertson, and Johnson. Mr. Pick- ed of spirit-rapping, and fancied I was under the ering's taste and judgment in printing and book-direction of spirits, because the phenomena so callbinding were only exceeded by his extensive knowl-ed had been engaging my attention, and I was writedge of rare and curious books. This knowledge, rarer in booksellers than it was formerly, united to the most perfect integrity, gained for him, through life, the friendship and esteem of all classes of bookloving people. It may be said of William Pickering-as William Pickering remarked when his friend Thomas Rodd died-that he took much knowledge of old books out of the world.

LORD COCKBURN, one of the Scottish judges, the friend and biographer of Jeffrey, died at Edinburgh on the 26th of April. As an advocate, Henry Cockburn distinguished himself in early life, and he had long been one of the leading men at the bar before he was advanced in 1834 to the bench, where his ability as a judge was equally conspicuous. As a citizen, Lord Cockburn was much respected and

ing on the subject; but I was not, and I am not, mad, about spirits or any thing else, thank God! though very much out of health, and greatly debilitated. I have been residing in London the last five weeks; and am now at Malvern, to try what hydropathy will do for me."

M. de LAMARTINE has a new work in the press, a "History of Turkey," of which a notice has appeared in the Constitutionnel. In a leading article, signed by M. de Cesena, the poet's mighty genius, indefatigable activity, rich imagination, brilliant style, elevated sentiments, &c., are the theme of a florid article, at the end of which his special aptitude to form a right judgment of Eastern affairs, in consequence of his long residence in the East, is brought out in strong relief.