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, which illustrates the condition of the Indians on the coast as contrasted with their state in the interior, and serves to show the extent of their capability for receiving Christianity and European civilisation generally. From the Bay of Seven Islands the Author went to the Mingan Islands, at the north-eastern 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 coast 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.

The History of Newfoundland from the Earliest Times to the year 1860. By the Rev. CHARLES PEDLEY, of St. John's, Newfoundland. Pp. 552, with a large Map of Newfoundland. 8vo. price 15s. cloth. [Sept. 19, 1863.

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good history of the oldest British settlement

has long been inquired for by general readers and by political as well as simply historical students. The want was especially felt in Newfoundland itself; though even there it was scarcely expressed with sufficient urgency until the visit of the PRINCE of WALES was in contemplation, when the DUKE of NEWCASTLE applied to Sir ALEXANDER BANNERMAN, the Governor, for any works relating to the colony which might interest His Royal Highness on his outward voyage. The works of Chief Justice REEVES, of ANSPACH, Sir R. BONNYCASTLE, and some others less known, are interesting and, in some respects, copious sketches of the history of the great fisheries; but without access to the colonial records a methodical history was impracticable, and it would appear that Sir ALEXANDER'S predecessors were either ignorant of the existence of such annals, or desirous of concealing from the world the misdeeds of earlier

administrations. The present Governor, however, has not only discovered for himself the value of these records, but has in every way encouraged and facilitated the Author's researches with a view to the present work.

In this volume will be found everything of importance that can throw light upon the growth of the summer fishing-station into a thriving colony. It discloses the machinations of interested English merchants, who for centuries laboured to prevent their rights of adventure from passing into the hands of a settled population,-a selfish design which, in the opinion of the Author, accorded with the policy of the Home Government, who, until late years, regarded the fisheries mainly as a nursery for the Royal Navy. While the Author has endeavoured to relate impartially the long struggle between vested interests and what may be called the natural law of settlements, the peculiar nature of the sources from which Newfoundland derives wealth and importance, is shown to have given rise to international rivalry and exciting disputes, not yet by any means settled. The volume is completed by several APPENDICES, embodying antiquarian details and the most recent commercial and social statistics of the Island of Newfoundland.

Letters of FELIX MENDELSSOHN Bartholdy, from 1833 to 1847. Edited by PAUL MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, of Berlin; and by Dr. CARL MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY, of Heidelberg with a Catalogue of all his Musical Compositions compiled by Dr. JULIUS RIETZ. Translated from the German by LADY WALLACE. Pp. 476; with Portrait. Post 8vo. price 10s. 6d. cloth. [December 7, 1863. THIS is a second series of MENDELSSOHN'S

private and familiar letters, commencing where the former volume left off and terminating with his death. It includes two visits to England, the period of his residence at Dusseldorf, the production of the oratorios of St. Paul and Elijah, and of the tragedies of Antigone and Edipus, and the establishment of the Conservatorium at Leipsic. The Letters are pervaded by the same charm, both of spirit and expression, to which the immediate popularity of the collection from Italy and Switzerland was due; but the present selection includes many of greater interest to the general and non-technical reader, while there are several which appeal to the professional musician. The letters describing MENDELSSOHN's visits to England, his triumphs at Birmingham and Exeter Hall, the details of his interviews with the QUEEN and PRINCE CONSORT, are full of interest to the English reader, and will be read with especial

pleasure by all who can recollect the composer when he was yet among us. Of an entirely different description is the correspondence on the subject of MENDELSSOHN'S connexion with the Court of Berlin, which places the dignified integrity of his personal character, and his unselfish devotion to the musical art, in the strongest and most pleasing light. The omission of the more technical letters so prominent in the first volume is here supplied by a catalogue of MENDELSSOHN'S works published and unpublished, drawn up by Dr. JULIUS RIETZ, forming a material addition to the value of the book, and furnishing many a curious proof of the fastidious delicacy which characterised MENDELSSOHN, and led him to suppress the publication of many of his most important compositions.

The volume is furnished with a copious INDEX; and is embellished by a Portrait of MENDELSSOHN engraved by H. ADLARD from a photograph taken after the decease of MENDELSSOHN, and representing him in the calm repose of death.

THE THE interest which belongs to the life of THEOBALD MATHEW is unconnected with any subjects of directly political or religious controversy. Apart from all considerations of sects or schools, English readers in general will feel that the life and actions of a man who exercised no ordinary influence on his age, and whose single motive was to promote the highest welfare of his fellow men as such, ought not to be forgotten or carelessly dismissed. On the philosophy of his method there may be differences of opinion; there can be none as to the purity of his intentions and the earnest sincerity of his efforts. During his life these efforts were crowned with marvellous success; if, since his death, the soundness of the practice which he advocated has been more widely questioned, the result of his work for good has not perhaps on this account been less real or less permanent. It would be a reproach to the country which he served were such a man allowed to pass away without a record of his life. But the task of furnishing this record was not undertaken by the Author until it became evident that no one else purposed to write the life of Father MATHEW. He felt, however, that the personal intimacy which he enjoyed with the subject of this memoir was a

circumstance not slightly in his favour. Being closely associated with him both in public and private till 1849, the year of Father MATHEW'S visit to America, the Author became acquainted with every phase in the career and character of the Apostle of the Temperance movement. He has, therefore, written this memoir, not in any spirit of flattery or exaggeration, but to exhibit fully and impartially the character of one who devoted himself to lessening the amount of human guilt and wretchedness without reference to any barriers of sect or party. Hence, while he was writing the life of a man who was a most zealous Catholic priest, he felt that he was writing for those who loved the man and appreciated his work-in other words, for all and not for a few.

The interest of Father MATHEW's life centres, therefore, in his desire to promote the welfare of his countrymen; and the subject will bring before the reader, not only his efforts in the cause of temperance and abstinence, and the devotion with which he sought to alleviate the miseries of the years of famine, from 1846 to 1848, but also many remarkable phases of Irish life and character. With these convictions as to the nature and value of his labours, the Author has carefully avoided the introduction of any topic which would clash with the prevailing tone and temper of one who may be truly said to belong to mankind rather than to party or to sect.

From Matter to Spirit: the Result of Ten Years' Experience in Spirit Manifestations. Intended as a Guide to Inquirers. By C. D. With a PREFACE by A. B. Post 8vo. pp. 436, price 8s. 6d. cloth. [Nov. 13, 1863. THIS volume, which is a record of many experiences and the conclusions thence deduced, is intended as a guide to persons wishing to investigate the nature of the phenomena known as Spiritual Manifestations. It contains directions for forming circles and trying experiments in Rapping, Table-moving, Spirit-writing, &c. with suggestions as to the causes of success and failure, and the conditions favourable for such experiments. The writer, from observation of Mesmeric and other kindred processes, has been led to the conclusion that those processes, as well as the spiritual manifestations, involve spiritual action in different degrees, and that they all afford means for investigating the nature of spirit, its action on and through matter, its work in the body on earth, and its gradual development in the next state. Also that a solution of some of the most important problems in religion and mental knowledge may be found by a careful study of these mysterious phenomena, and the conclusions to which they naturally lead. The vagueness of

thought which is not uncommon at this time, as to the real existence and operation of spirit, and the belief held by some persons that mind and force are the result of material combination, are combated by an attempt to show that spirit is the essential element of all life, and the originating and sustaining cause of all organic and inorganic matter. In offering some thoughts on influx and inspiration, the writer has tried to trace the progress of Divine instruction in individuals and in the race, and to show that all the spiritual knowledge gained from the phenomena of modern times is in perfect harmony with Scripture history, and the teaching and miracles of our Lord, Himself the perfect manifestation of the highest spirit. Some explanation is attempted of the nature of dreams and apparitions of different kinds, and the place they hold in spiritual knowledge.

The volume is introduced by a preface from the pen of another writer, A. B. who knows the truth of some of the facts stated in the work, believes others on evidence; and who, without adopting or denying the conclusions of C. D., is satisfied that the phenomena deserve serious inquiry on any hypothesis as to their origin; and also that the procedure of the 'philosophical world,' in reference to these phenomena and others, offers a fairer mark for satire than that of the 'spiritualists.'

The Six Sisters of the Valleys: an Historical Romance. By the Rev. W. BRAMLEY-MOORE, M.A. Incumbent of Gerrard's Cross, Bucks. Pp. 1,172; with Map, Facsimile, and 14 Engravings on Wood. 3 vols. post 8vo. price 31s. 6d. cloth. [December 21, 1863. THE object of this work is the exposure of a bar

barous persecution instigated and sanctioned by the Church of Rome, exceeding in savage detail the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Adhering closely to the main outlines of history, it is in form only, not in substance, a work of fiction; the period of the action being the first half of 1655, called by some religious historians the year of massacres,' when the WALDENSES suffered from the second of their great persecutions. The narrative is based upon the following passage of a contemporary chronicler of the epoch named LÉGER :—

'I cannot refrain from remarking here, that 'there were six brothers of these Prinses, and that 'they had married six sisters, and all of them had 'numbers of children, and that they lived together 'without having ever made any division of their property, and without the slightest discord having 'ever been observed in that family. It was com'posed of more than forty persons, each of whom had his own department of labour; some in the 'work of the vineyards and cultivation of the

'fields others in the care of the meadows or in 'that of the flocks. The eldest of the brothers 'and his wife, who was also the eldest of the sisters, 'were like the father and mother of the whole 'family.' PART II. Page 122.

The first volume opens with a description of the patriarchal life and manners of this singular household, and gives some information relative to the Waldensian Church, which, it is frequently maintained, has never undergone a reformation, but has subsisted as it is at present from the time of the Apostles; and it closes with the Order of Gastaldo, issued in January 1655, commanding all who were outside certain recognised limits to quit their homes within three days under penalty of confiscation and death unless they became Roman Catholics.

The second volume embodies information drawn from authentic historical sources, respecting the Consilium de Propaganda Fide et Extirpandis Hæreticis, and the manoeuvres by which the MARQUIS of PIANESSE made himself master of the Valley of Lucerna.

The third volume opens with an account of the Massacre of Easter Eve, April 1665. It contains some account of JOSHUA JANAVEL's heroic combats and almost incredible victories; and, in conclusion, reference is made to the exertions of CROMWELL, MILTON, and MORLAND on behalf of this persecuted people. MILTON wrote at CROMWELL'S suggestion a Protest to the DUKE of SAVOY, as well as to most of the other Courts of Europe; and his well-known sonnet, commencing

Avenge, O Lord, Thy slaughtered saints, commemorates this cruel act of Papal tyranny. MORLAND, who was deputed to Turin by CROMWELL, as his Commissioner Extraordinary, left a history of the period and many original documents in its illustration, most of which he deposited in the Cambridge University Library, where they still exist. These materials have been freely used in the composition of the present narrative, but an APPENDIX to each volume refers to the various other authorities consulted.

The ILLUSTRATIONS, fourteen in number, comprise the most dramatic incidents related in the romance, with some striking views of Alpine scenery, worked apart on tinted paper; besides a small MAP and a FACSIMILE of part of an original manuscript, printed in the text.

Sunshine and Shadows; or, Sketches of Thought, Philosophic and Religious. By W. BENTON CLULOW. Post 8vo. pp. 392, price 8s. 6d. cloth. [November 25, 1863. THE inquiries and discussions embodied in this work extend to some questions of the highest speculative moment at the present time. Having

treated of the structure and development of man, and of mind in its physical relations, the Author next discusses the faculties of brutes and the question of their immortality. An essay on the philosophy of thought, forms the introduction to a series of chapters on the mind, its faculties, limitations, and modes of action. In a chapter on Theological Petrifaction, it is contended that the mighty problems which present themselves in the wide field of spiritual inquiry, are not to be settied by the commonplaces of persons whose undoubting confidence, when it has other parentage than unthinking ignorance, is not seldom the offspring of principles that neutralise all thought by perverting its efforts, or dictating the conclusions at which it shall arrive. In the essay on atheism, the Author shows that the greater portion of mankind, by holding degrading and incongruous ideas of the Divine nature, are chargeable with a species of negative atheism. The discussion of this subject is followed by essays on theories of human nature; colours and rules of belief; on cause and effect, or the law of retribution; and on Scripture criticism. A copious INDEX of the contents furnishes a clear idea of the varied character of the work.

Facsimiles of Two Papyri found in a Tomb at Thebes. With a Translation by S. BIRCH, LL.D. F.S.A. Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, Academies of Berlin, Herculaneum, &c. and an Account of their Discovery by A. H. RHIND, F.S.A. Pp. 30; with 12 Facsimile Plates and other Illustrations in Chromolithography. Oblong folio, price 428. cloth. [Sept. 21, 1863.

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this work one hundred copies only have been printed, and the stones on which the ILLUSTRATIONS were lithographed have been destroyed. The papyri here presented in fac-simile, found in a perfect state of preservation by the late Mr. RHIND, in an excavation made by him at Thebes, are both of the age of AUGUSTUS and CLEOPATRA, in the first century before CHRIST. Their contents, as developed in the accompanying translation, throw much light on the curious religious doctrines held by the ancient Egyptians on the immortality of the soul and the future state. Being written in two different kinds of Egyptian characters, the Hieratic or sacred and the Demotic or popular, these venerable manuscripts claim additional interest from their bilingual nature, besides affording an appreciable accession to our still scanty knowledge of Demotic writing, the language namely used in almost all the later Egyptian literature. The coloured plates were executed by the late Mr. NETHERCLIFT, and

are perfect facsimiles of the originals. The explanatory account of the discovery of these two papyri describes in detail the tomb in which they were deposited; which was opened intact, and evidently formed the private vault of a family of high rank in ancient Thebes. In addition to these papyri several other Egyptian objects are comprised in the ILLUSTRATIONS, viz. the gold crown of a mummy, a shrine, a vase, an amulet, and some other articles of coeval antiquity found in the adjacent tomb. The text is interspersed with hieroglyphics printed from the first moveable Egyptian types cast in England, forming part of a fount from matrices produced by order of Messrs. LONGMAN and Co. for the forthcoming volume of Chevalier BUNSEN's work on Egypt's place in universal history.

The Gladiators: a Tale of Rome and Judæa. By G. J. WHYTE MELVILLE, Author of 'Digby Grand,''The Interpreter,' 'Holmby House,' The Queen's Maries,' 'Good-for-Nothing,' &c. 3 vols. post 8vo. pp. 934, price 31s. 6d. cloth. [November 18, 1863.

THE action of this novel is confined to the single year which witnessed the fall of VITELLIUS, the election of VESPASIAN as Emperor, and the taking of Jerusalem by TITUS. While the tale presents full illustrations of ordinary Roman life, with its luxury, pleasures, and intrigues, the elegance and dissipation of the capital, and the gorgeous tragedies of the amphitheatre, it also exhibits the working of the new force introduced into the world by Christianity, and the heroic constancy of those who preached or adopted the new faith. The plot of the tale turns on the love of a Jewish maiden for a Christian convert; and the closing scenes bring before the reader the fall of the city and the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem.

The Siege of Jerusalem by TITUS: with the Journal of a Recent Visit to the Holy City; and a General Sketch of the Topography of Jerusalem from the Earliest Times down to the Siege. By THOMAS LEWIN, M.A. of Trin. Coll. Oxon. Esq. F.S.A. Author of 'Cæsar's Invasion of Britain,' &c. Pp. 516; with 17 Plans, Maps, and other Illustrations. 8vo. price 15s. cloth. [October 28, 1863. THE object of the present work is to illustrate

the Bible and the writings of Josephus by the aid of modern discovery; and especially to realise to the English reader the topography of Ancient Jerusalem, as ascertained by the researches of recent travellers and confirmed by the personal investigation of the Author.

The First Part describes the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, and every military movement can now be distinctly followed, from the first escape of TITUS himself down to the general conflagration. The prophecy of our Lord, that of the Temple there should not be left one stone upon another 'that should not be thrown down,' is shown to have been signally and literally fulfilled.

The Second Part is devoted to the journal of a recent visit by the Author to the Holy City, undertaken for the express purpose of examining the antiquities and verifying the various discordant theories upon the subject. His sojourn there was short, but he worked hard. Many facts are here brought to light which will serve to settle the vexed questions as to the true site of the Temple and the courses of the ancient walls.

To the Third Part is assigned a topographical description of Jerusalem from the earliest times down to the siege by TITUS, in the course of which the views of ROBINSON, WILLIAMS, and FERGUSSON, are freely discussed. Amongst other topics the genuineness of the Holy Sepulchre is vindicated from the doubts recently cast upon it, and in several remarkable particulars, now first dwelt upon, the site of the sepulchre is identified from the narrative of the entombment and Resurrection given in the New Testament.

Treatise on Mills and Millwork, VOL. II. On Machinery of Transmission and the Construction and Arrangement of Mills, viz. Wheels, Shafts and Couplings; Engaging and Disengaging Gear; Mili Architecture; also Corn, Cotton, Flax, Silk, and Woollen Mills with a Description of Oil, Paper, and Powder Mills, including a Short Account of the Manufacture of Iron. By WILLIAM FAIRBAIRN, C.E. LL.D. F.R.S. F.G.S. Corresponding Member of the National Institute of France, and of the Royal Academy of Turin; Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, &c. Pp. 300; with 10 Plates and 146 Wood Engravings; and including an INDEX to the whole work. 8vo. price 16s. cloth.

[September 22, 1863.

THE HE first part of this work gave a succinct account of the experience of nearly fifty years in the profession of a mill architect, millwright, and mechanical engineer. The Author's professional career commenced just at a time when the manufacturing industry of the country was recov ering from the effects of a long and disastrous war, and he was enabled, therefore, to grow up with and follow out consecutively nearly the whole of the discoveries, improvements, and changes that have since taken place in mechanical science.

It will not be necessary to repeat what steam, gas, and electric telegraphs have effected both on sea and land in the same time; but it will be found on enquiry that in mills, where these agencies are employed, some of the elements exist to which we are indebted for the numerous advantages which enter into the improved state of our social existence. In this volume, therefore, the Author has endeavoured to follow up more in detail the principles of construction and other serviceable data, to which, it is hoped, the intelligent student may advantageously refer.

On prime movers as comprised in water-wheels, turbines, steam-engines, &c. the reader is referred to the first part of this work; the present volume being chiefly directed to what is known by the name of mill-gearing. In SECTION IV. CHAPTER I. will be found an elaborate treatise on wheels, exhibiting the relations of diameter, pitch, width, and formation of teeth, including formulæ for calculating the strength, proportions, &c. to be observed in the construction of spur and bevel gear, together with tables of the proportions of wheels, pullies, &c. computed from data founded upon experiments and tested in actual practice, which in some respects it is believed are more convenient and comprehensive than any hitherto published. The same SECTION contains a chapter on the strengths and proportions of shafts, including rules and tables for calculating their resistance to strains produced by pressure, torsion, &c. and these, with the proportions of journals, friction, lubrication, and other conditions, constitute the contents of CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III. treats of the couplings of shafts, engaging and disengaging gear, and those connections by which motive power may be conveyed to a considerable distance from the prime mover, and by which all the necessary changes of stopping and starting machines may be effected at one part of the mill without detriment or interference with the machinery of any other part.

The first chapter of SECTION V. embraces a short treatise on mills and mill architecture. The application of architecture to mills was unknown or greatly neglected until late years, when a few examples of architectural construction were afforded by the introduction of slight cornices and pilasters, showing that it was possible at a small cost to relieve by light and shade the monotony of a large brick surface. This to some extent introduced a better style of building; and on this subject a few examples have been given for the guidance of the millwright and engineer.

CHAPTER II. SECTION V. treats exclusively of corn mills; and as these constructions are chiefly in the hands of the millwright, the Author has carefully directed attention to the buildings as well as the machinery. In this department will