Completion of BARON BUNSEN's work on 'Egypt's

Place in Universal History,' translated by Mr. C. H. COTTRELL, M.A.- To complete the English Edition of this work, a supplementary VOLUME (the FIFTH) is now advancing at press; no part of which has hitherto appeared in German. This volume will contain an epilogue recapitulating the substance of the whole chronology, with such alterations as have been required by the recent discovery of most important documents at Thebes and Memphis. This will be followed by a translation of the whole of the Book of the Dead,' with an introductory account of it by Mr. Birch, an amended text of Sankhuniathon, and a Dictionary of the Egyptian language, to which an addition of nearly two thousand words has been made since the publication of the first volume. The whole will conclude with a copious chrestomathy, consisting of various unpublished Egyptian texts; and, it is hoped, the most important of all, the remainder of the missing portion of the Tablet of Karnak, and a similar Tablet of the Memphite dynasties, from the times of Menes, both recently disinterred by Mariette on the spot.

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NEW and Cheaper Edition of Dr. GEORGE SMITH'S History of Wesleyan Methodism.'— In course of publication, an entirely New Edition of the History of Wesleyan Methodism, by GEORGE SMITH, LL.D., F.A.S., Member of the Royal Asiatic Society, of the Royal Society of Literature, &c. A Part, containing Seventy-two Pages, will be published on the 16th day of every month, until the whole work is completed, in 31 Parts crown 8vo. price 6d. each, forming Three Volumes. This edition is a reprint of the second and carefully-revised edition without abridgment, including the APPENDICES of Connexional Documents, and the elaborate Indices. It will thus place within the reach of all classes a complete History of the Wesleyan Methodist Connexion during the first century of its existence. The FIRST PART, now ready, is embellished with a Portrait of the Rev. JOHN WESLEY, the Founder of Methodism, from the Original Painting by JOHN JACKSON, R.A. A portrait of an eminent minister will be given in each succeeding part.

New Edition of Dr. ODLING'S Practical

Chemistry.-A New Edition of the 'Course of 'Practical Chemistry, arranged for the Use of Medical 'Students, with express reference to the Three Months' 'Summer Practice,' by WILLIAM ODLING, M.B. F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, Examiner in Forensic Medicine at the University of London, and Professor of Practical Chemistry at Guy's Hospital,-will be ready in April, in 1 vol. with numerous Woodcut Illustrations. This work is well known by name to students of the Medical Profession. It has long been out of print; and second-hand copies, which are constantly in demand, are rarely to be met with. The Author has therefore thoroughly revised his work, and brought the practical information which forms its basis up to the existing state of chemical science. It treats, in separate chapters, of reactions and manipulation, analysis, toxicology, and animal chemistry.

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ew Work by the Author of 'Amy Herbert.' New -A new story by the Author of Amy Herbert, entitled 'A Glimpse of the World,' in 1 vol. fcp. 8vo., will be published at Easter.

The Rev. DR. HOWSON'S Hulsean Lectures, The -Preparing for publication Sermons on the Character of St. Paul, being the Hulsean Lectures for 1862, by the Rev. J. S. Howson, D.D. Principal of the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool; Joint Author of the 'Life and Epistles of St. Paul'; Author of an Essay on Deaconesses.'

A New Work, entitled 'Explorations in La'brador, the Country of the Montagnais and Nasquapee Indians, in the year 1861,' by HENRY YOULE HIND, M.A., F.R.G.S., Professor of Chemistry and Geology in Trinity College, Toronto, Author of the Narrative of the Canadian Red River Exploring Expedition of 1859, and of the Assinniboine and Saskatchewan Exploring Expedition of 1858,' is now in the press, in 2 vols. 8vo. with Maps and numerous Illustrations in Chromo-lithography and Wood Engravings. Having been deputed by the Canadian Government to make a geological survey of the Peninsula of Labrador, the Author has endeavoured in this forthcoming work to furnish a complete description of the physical features and conformation of the country, as well as of the habits and geogra phical range of the animals found within it, and likewise to give from actual observation accurate particulars of the history and present condition of the various Indian tribes inhabiting the Peninsula. Working its way up the Moisie River, the Expedition passed into the Cold Water River, and thence into a chain of lakes,-the furthest point reached being the Dividing Ridge, about 120 miles distant from the mouth of the Moisie. At this point the further prosecution of the journey became impracticable, without endangering the canoes; and the loss of these would have involved the loss of life to the whole Expedition. The Author with his companions then descended the streams, to the Fishing Station in the Moisie Bay. A full account of the fisheries of the Gulf is followed by a narrative of the history and present state of the Roman Catholic Missions in the country. From the Bay of Seven Islands the Author went to the Mingan Islands, at the north-castern extremity of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, of which a minute report is given both as regards its fisheries and the general character of its navigation. Especial care has been devoted to the description of the Island of Anticosti; and the concluding chapters of the work enter largely into the history and geography of the Labrador Peninsula, the missions of the Church of England and other religious bodies on the Gulf and coasts, and the political and commercial importance of the various fisheries of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Labrador, and Newfoundland. The distances on the coasts are throughout carefully and minutely stated, with all essential details which may be of service to those who are disposed on their own account to explore the Labrador Peninsula.

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The New Volume of Messrs. LONGMAN and Co.'s Series of Treasuries, to be entitled the Treasury of Botany, is expected to be ready for publication early in the present year. It is advancing at press, under the editorship of JOHN LINDLEY, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., Emeritus Professor of Botany in University College, London: assisted by Professor BALFOUR, F.R.S.E.; the Rev. J. M. BERKELEY, F.L.S.; JOHN BALL, Esq., F.R.S.; the Rev. C. A. JoHNS, F.L.S.; J. T. SYME, Esq., F.L.S.; MAXWELL MASTERS, Esq., F.L.S.; THOMAS MOORE, Esq., F.L.S.; and other practical Botanists. The Treasury of Botany will form a volume in fep. 8vo. uniform with MAUNDER's well-known Series of Treasuries, and illustrated with 16 Engravings on Steel, and numerous Engravings on Wood, from designs by W. II. FITCH.

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the title of a new work by JOSEPH BROWN, M.D., nearly ready for publication. This volume is the production of a practitioner now advanced in life, who in his youth and early manhood was an actor in stirring scenes. As a medical officer in the Duke of Wellington's Peninsular army, he beheld the establishment and the fall of the first French empire, in 1814. In Paris he witnessed its second fall, in 1815, which so speedily followed the Emperor's escape from Elba. He describes the impoverishment and desolation of some of the finest districts of Spain and France, as he surveyed them half a century ago, and then passes to the main object of his work, viz. to trace the progress of nations in real civilisation, moral as well as intellectual, and to show how closely their destinies, as republics or empires, is interwoven with the reality of their advance in civilisation. Should this civilisation be material only, the Author argues, should it not comprehend likewise the moral, founded on its sole sure basis, religion, the ultimate fate of any given republic or empire may be as surely predicted from its moral condition, which will certainly influence its political proceedings, as may that of an individual from his conduct in the world. This thesis is illustrated by examples drawn from the history of different states, from that of our own country, of France, and of America. An entire chapter is assigned to the condition of civilisation in America, and the Author seeks to prove that the present lamentable condition of that country may be traced to the defects of republican civilisation. In his remarks on England and her civilisation, the writer necessarily includes a consideration of her social position. Among other matters, he bestows considerable attention on the practical working of her penal legislation, as well as on the plea of insanity in cases of murder. The Author's views on this head, which do not accord with those of many members of his own profession, he illustrates by reference to the very instructive trial at Newcastle of CLARK for the murder of FRATER. The closing chapter of the work is devoted to the present condition of England and her future prospects.

The SECOND and concluding VOLUME of the FAIRBAIRN, C.E. LL.D. F.R.S. F.G.S., &c. will be published in the present Season. The object of this work is to furnish a complete treatise on the machinery, arrangement, and construction of mills. In the forthcoming volume transmissive machinery will be first treated of, including the teeth of wheels, shafting, couplings, and disengaging gear; and then examples of various descriptions of mills will be given, showing the details of their arrangement, including corn mills, cotton mills, flax mills, and woollen mills; all of which important subjects will be carefully analysed for the guidance of the Engineer and Millwright,

A New Work, entitled the Treasury of Bible

Knowledge, is preparing for publication, by the Rev. JOHN AYRE, M.A., of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. It will comprise a Summary of the Evidences of Christianity; the Principles of Biblical Criticism; the History, Chronology, and Geography of the Scriptures; an Account of the Formation of the Canon; separate Introductions to the several Books of the Bible, &c.; presenting at one view, and in a convenient form for reference, a complete body of information most necessary for the thorough understanding of the Sacred Volume. The Treasury of Bible Knowledge will form a volume in fep. 8vo. accompanied by several Maps, a series of Engravings on Steel, and numerous strictly illustrative Woodcuts; uniform with MAUNDER'S well-known Series of Treasuries.

A New Version of the Holy Gospels, as trans

'lated from the Original Greek; the Spurious Passages Expunged; the Doubtful Bracketed; and the whole Revised according to the Texts of Griesbach, 'Lachmann, Tischendorf, Alford, and Tregelles: With Notes and a Critical Appendix ;' by G. WILLIAM BRAMELD, M. A. of Lincoln College, Oxford, and Vicar of East Markham, Notts, forming One Volume, superroyal octavo, is now in the press, and is expected to be ready in March. The object of this work is to set before the Biblical student in a plain and simple form the conclusions at which the great Editors have arrived with reference to the Text of the Gospels. The Notes are explanatory only: all questions of doctrine have been strictly avoided. The writer has consulted the most recent works on the subject; as, ex. gr. those of Lange and Van Oosterzee on the Synoptic Gospels, and the Commentary of the Rev. S. C. Malan on St. John. In his attempt to revise the text of the common version he has availed himself of the critical labours of Winer and other eminent scholars.

'he SECOND and concluding PART of Dr. The KALISCH'S Hebrew Grammar is nearly ready, and will be published early in April. It embraces the anomalous forms and constructions found in the Hebrew Scriptures; discusses the questions connected with the historical development of the language; and is preceded by an Essay on the History of Hebrew Grammar.

Mr. B. B. WOODWARD, B.A., F.S.A.,

M. Phil. Soc., Librarian to the Queen, is engaged in preparing for publication a new Historical and Chronological Encylopædia. This work, which is now nearly ready for the press, is intended to form a copious and trustworthy book of reference for both students and general readers, and to present in a brief and convenient form, but with the most scrupulous accuracy as to dates, CHRONOLOGICAL NOTICES of all the great events of universal history, including treaties, alliances, wars, battles, &c.; of the incidents in lives of great and distinguished men, and of their works; of scientific and geographical discoveries; of mechanical inventions; and social, domestic, and economical improvements. Matters of merely local interest, prolix details, with mathematical and technical chronology, are not admitted. The general arrangement will be alphabetical; but wherever connected series of events can be grouped under familiar titles, this expedient will be adopted, both to facilitate reference and to prevent needless repetitions. Historical events and occurrences happening in or relating to England will invariably receive the largest share of attention. In all cases the most exact date which can be ascertained will be given; and wherever it appears desirable, the original or national dates will be added. Where different dates have been assigned to the same event by scholars of reputation, those which can assist the enquiries of the student will be inserted; but the convenience of the general reader will be consulted by placing the best-established first. References to the authorities will be frequently given with a view to establish the value of particular dates, as well as to direct students to the sources of further information respecting them.

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n entirely New Edition of Mr. ARTHUR YOUNG'S Nautical Dictionary, thoroughly revised and improved by the Author, assisted by Mr. JAMES BRISBANE, Surveyor for American Lloyds' Classification Register, and Surveyor to the New York Board of Underwriters, Liverpool, is now in the press, to form One Volume 8vo., illustrated with numerous Woodcuts and Plates. The object of this work is to define the technical language relative to the building and equipment of sailing-vessels and steamers, seamanship, navigation, nautical astronomy, naval gunnery, maritime laws and commerce, average and marine insurance, and other terms relating to the sea, to the merchant shipping and the Royal Navy.

The first edition of this work has long been out of print, and it is believed that no other modern dictionary of our maritime technology and terminology exists. Dr. Burney's edition of Falconer's Dictionary of the

Marine was published at a time when it was supposed that steam-vessels might perhaps be used with advantage in our own navigable rivers and canals.

In the first edition of Mr. YOUNG's work the subject was treated mainly with reference to merchant vessels. The forthcoming New Edition has been rendered more extensively applicable to ships of war, and in the general definitions effect has been given to the various changes in the Royal Navy recorded in the Queen's Regulations.' A vocabulary of French Nautical Terms has been introduced with a view to assist in giving a more accurate groundwork for the practical study of the French language, so far as relates to the subject of navigation, than the ordinary French and English Dictionaries afford.

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New Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages is preparing for publication by the Rev. W. L. BLACKLEY, M.A., and Dr. CARL MARTIN FRIEDLÄNDER, Member of the Order of Leopold, Corresponding Member of the French Historical Institute, &c.

In announcing a New Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages, the Authors consider it advisable in a few words to point out its general purpose and its peculiar features. The object they have proposed to themselves has been the production, in a convenient form, of a work calculated especially for the use and assistance of English students of the German language, and thus to supply a real want of the present day, the existence of which may be asserted without disparagement to the learned labours of many predecessors in the same field of knowledge, who, addressing themselves, for the most part, to a different object, have generally achieved a different result.

The projected Dictionary by no means aims at being an "Index Verborum," and will neither seek nor merit approbation for containing multitudes of archaic or merely pedantic words, unknown to the living literature, almost to the living language, they profess to illustrate. Its general purpose will be to present every word at all likely to be needed in interpreting or in speaking the German tongue, and its peculiar additional objects will be as follows:—

I. By simplicity of arrangement to enable the student, at the least expense of time and trouble, to discover the exact sense of the words he seeks, with reference to their context in his reading, or their fitness for his speech; and,

II. To supply him copiously with the best equivalents in either language for the abundant and characteristic idioms of the other.

The association in the work of an actual representative of each language may justify the expectation of a useful accuracy being obtained, at least in this latter department.

On the two points, of practical facility and idiomatic phraseology, the compilers expend especial care and pains, in the sincere hope that their treatment of such important features in the undertaking may render it of more than usual value and service to the public.

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The OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS, 1863. In the Regulations just issued respecting the Oxford Local Examinations for 1863, it is stated that Junior Candidates will be required to satisfy the Examiners in the Analysis and Parsing of a passage taken from Spring, in THOMSON'S Seasons. With a view to provide pupils who may be qualifying for these Examinations with a suitable Text-Book, a School Edition of THOMSON's Spring, with Exer'cises in Parsing, Specimens of Analysis, numerous • Illustrative Notes, and a Life of the Poet,' is now in preparation by Mr. WALTER M'LEOD, of the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea, and will be ready in the course of March. The Notes will contain, in addition to brief descriptions of the birds, plants, &c., named in the poem, such notices of the phenomena of nature as may be deemed necessary to a comprehension of the text. In order to render the book specially useful to Candidates, a few Exercises in Parsing, on the Foreign Derivatives and words of unusual occurrence, also Specimens of Analysis of some of the more difficult passages, will be occasionally introduced. The volume will be similar in all respects to the Editor's edition of GOLDSMITH'S Deserted Village (now in its seventh edition), which has been very favourably received by Teachers.

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ESSRS. LONGMAN and Co.'s Wall Maps.The Third of this Series, being England and Wales, No. III. coloured Geologically, drawn and engraved by E. WELLER, F.R.G.S. and edited by W. M'LEOD, F.R.G.S. Royal Military Asylum,

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graphy, in the widest acceptation of the term, will be treated, so that the volume will be found to embody a concise description of the Armies, Antiquities, Canals, Chronology, Climate, Commerce, Customs, Etymology, Exports, Government, History, Imports, Inland and Coast Communication, Languages, Manners, Manufactures, Minerals, Mountains, Native Names, Navies, Population, Physical Characteristics, Railways, Reli gions, Rivers, Roads, Superficial Contents, Telegraphy, Zoology, &c. of India.

The Oxford Local Examinations, 1863.

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Annotated Summary of Bacon's Advancement of Learning, accompanied by Examination Questions, and adapted for the use of Candidates for the Oxford Local Examinations in the present year,-compiled by Rev. J. HUNTER, M.A. formerly Vice-Principal of the National Society's Training College, Battersea,will be published in the course of the month of March. Work, by Mr. ROBERT WILSON, on the Registration of Title to Land, shewing What it is, Why 'it is needed, and How it may be effected,' will be published in March, in 1 vol. 8vo. illustrated with Maps and Forms. The CONTENTS comprise chapters on the Means of Alienation, the Defectiveness of the Means of Alienation remediable by Registration of Title, the Registration of the Land itself, the Registration of the Freehold or Possession, the Registration of Charges and Notices, the Registration of Title by Succession on Death, a Land Currency, and the Functions, Capabilities, and Benefits of Registration.

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A Popular Manual of the Geography of India,

designed for the use of Candidates for the India Civil Service Examinations, and as a general textbook of reference for persons engaged in the Indian service in general, civil or military, is in course of preparation by Professor LOTT, B.A. formerly of King's College, London, late Head Master of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy's Parsee Institution of Bombay; and Author of 'Bradshaw's Overland Guide to India, and Handbooks to Bengal, Bombay, and Madras:' assisted by Mr. WILLIAM HUGHES, Author of A Manual of Geography,' &c. In this volume the writer designs to give a complete, though concise, account of the Physical, Historical, Civil, and Political Geography of British India, both within and beyond the Ganges; of the islands of India, including the various members of the East Indian Archipelago, as well as those adjacent to the Indian mainland; the Native Kingdoms, both independent and protected; together with the Indian possessions of France and other European na tions. The want of such a work has long been generally felt. The compiler seeks to accomplish his purpose by means of a strictly methodical arrangement, in the course of which the various Boundaries, chief Divisions, Districts, Collectorates, Natural Divisions, Talooks, Pergunnahs, Presidencies, and Provinces will be sucessively described. The various topics which are connected either incidentally or directly with geo

Continuous Latin Prose- Writing, by the Rev. W. WINDHAM BRADLEY, M. A., late Demy of Magdalen College, Oxford; Author of 'Latin Prose Exercises, 'consisting of English Sentences translated from Cæsar, Cicero, and Livy, to be retranslated into the 'original Latin,' is preparing for publication. Each lesson of this work will consist of a rule in syntax or explanation of some important point with reference to tense, mood, &c., accompanied, when necessary, by further helps, and followed by an English exercise to be translated into Latin, the more difficult Latin words and phrases being given. These exercises will constitute the most valuable part of the work. Some of them will be formed by a compilation of short sentences; but the larger number will consist of paragraphs, some translated from Cicero, Casar, and Livy, others being English versions of passages from the same writers, simplified and adapted for the purpose in view, and others again the original composition of the author. The book will be divided into four parts, progressive as to difficulty. From the first the use of the subjunctive mood will be studiously excluded. And both the first and in some degree the second part will be of an easy character, and adapted for the use of boys not sufficiently advanced to do with tolerable facility and correctness the exercises in any published work on continuous Latin prosewriting known to the author. Simplicity will be throughout a distinguishing feature of the book.—A KEY to this work will be published for the sole use of persons engaged in tuition.