possibility of any money return. Treat the deficit as an outlay of capital, and those who make a serious affair of it, suppose that a great nation is to shrink from a financial operation which a joint-stock company would laugh at. But enough of revenue. Even if the hope of ultimate profit should altogether fail, let us recur to a substituted tax; and if we are asked, What tax? we shall answer, Any tax you please—certain that none can operate so fatally on all other sources of revenue as this. Letters are the primordia rerum of the commercial world. To tax them at all, is condemned by those who are best acquainted with the operations of finances. Surely, then, cent per cent will hardly be deemed too slight a burden; and yet that-nay, more than that -the new plan will yield.

But the country will never consent to adjudge this great cause on points of revenue. That the Post-Office ought to be open to all in practice, as well as in theory, is now felt to be as necessary to our progress in true civilisation as the liberty of the press -the representation of the people in Parliament-public education-sound law reform-the freedom of commerce-and whatever else we require to maintain our high prerogative of teach'ing the nations how to live!'

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No. CXLIII. will be published in April.

LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From October, 1839, to January, 1840.

ANTIQUITIES AND ARCHITECTURE.

Kilpack's History of the Collegiate Church of Southwell. Royal 4to. 25s.

BIOGRAPHY.

The Autobiography of Archbishop Laud. 18mo. 5s.

Life and Times of Archbishop Cranmer. 32mo. 1s. 6d. Autobiography of T. Platter, a Schoolmaster of the 16th Century.

18mo.

2s.

Memoir of Mrs Taylor, of New York. By L. Jones. 12mo. 3s. 6d. Life and Services of Nelson. By Clarke and M'Arthur. 8vo. 5s. 6d.

Vol I.

Wright's Life and Campaigns of the Duke of Wellington. Vol. I. 8vo.

148.

M'Crie's Life of Knox. 1 vol. 8vo.

12s.

Memoirs of his Own Times. By Lieut.-Gen. Count Dumas. 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.

Memoirs of Harriott, Duchess of St Alban's. By Mrs C. BaronWilson. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

Sir J. E. Alexander's Life of the Duke of Wellington. Vol. I. 8vo. 14s.

Biographical Varieties. By J. Whitecross. 18mo. 2s. 6d. Memoirs of the Rev. J. Hessel. By the Rev. J. Priestley. As. Reminiscences of Past Experience. By the late Mrs G. Soper, of Plymouth. 24mo. 2s. 6d.

Memoirs of Admiral Sir Sydney Smith. By the Author of "Rattlin the Reefer." 2 vols. 8vo. 28s.

R. Bell's Lives of the British Poets. Vol. II., (forming vol. cxix. of Dr Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia.) 6s.

The Catholic Family Library. Vol. I. Life and Times of Sir T. More. By W. J. Walter.

5s.

Arago's Life of Watt, and Memoir on Machinery. Historical Eloge of James Watt. By M. Arago. J. P. Muirhead. 8vo. 8s. 6d.

8vo. 3s. 6d. Translated by

Historical Memoirs of the Queens of England. By Hannah LawVol. II. 8vo. 12s.

ence.

BOTANY.

Vegetable Organography. By De Candolle. Translated by Kingon. Vol. I. 8vo. 14s.

Meyen's Report on Vegetable Physiology. Translated by W. rancis. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

The Principles of Botany. By W. H. Willshire, M. D. 12mo. 6s.

CLASSICS.

Literal Translation of the Three Books" De Officiis of Cicero. With Notes. 12mo. 4s.

6s.

The Clouds and Peace of Aristophanes, in English Prose.
Classical and Archæological Dictionary of the Nations of Antiquity
nd the Middle Ages. By P. A. Nuttal, LL.D. 8vo. 16s.
The Adamus Exul of Grotius. By F. Barham, Esq. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

EDUCATION AND SCHOOL BOOKS.

8vo. 10s. 6d. 8vo. 3s.

8vo. 12mo.

H. H. Bernard's Guide to the Hebrew Student.
Smith's Evolution on the Power of Numbers.
Bell's Elements of Algebra. 4s. 6d.
Frey's Hebrew Grammar. Tenth Edition.
De Porquet's Key to Secretaire Italien.
Richards's Welsh and English Dictionary. 8vo.
Euclid's Elements. By W. D. Cooley. 12mo.
Figures of Euclid. Do. 12mo. 1s. 6d.

8s. 6d.

3s. 6d.

13s.

4s. 6d.

The Enunciation of Euclid's Elements. 2mo. 3s.

De Porquet's Italian Phrase Book. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Rev. J. Giles's Greek and English and English and Greek Lexicon.

What De Fellenberg has done for Education. 4s.

9s.

Latin Syntax and Delectus Minor. 12mo. 1s. 6d.
The Comic Latin Grammar. With Illustrations. 8vo. 8s.
Elements of Algebra. By the Rev. P. Kelland. 8vo.
De Porquet's Histoire de France. 12mo. 4s. 6d.
Sutcliffe's Penmanship. Folio. As.

A French Delectus. 12mo. 3s. 6d.

Exercises in Latin Prose Composition. By the Rev. B. W. Beatson. 2mo. 4s. 6d.

German Grammar. By A Toppaneger. 2d Edition. 12mo. 5s.

FINE ARTS.

Heath's Picturesque Annual, 1840.-Windsor Castle and its Enirons. By Leitch Ritchie, Esq. With beautiful Illustrations. Super oyal 8vo, 21s. ; India Proofs, 21. 2s.

The Keepsake. Edited by Lady E. S. Wortley. With beautiful Embellishments. Super royal 8vo, 21s. ; India Proofs, 2. 12s. 6d. Book of Beauty. Edited by the Countess of Blessington. With plendid Engravings. Superroyal 8vo, 21s. ; India Proofs, 21.12s. 6d.

Gems of Beauty. Displayed in a series of highly finished Engravings, with fanciful Illustrations in Verse. By the Countess of Blessington. Imperial 4to. 17. 11s. 6d.

Practical Treatise on Drawing, and on Painting in Water Colours. By G. F. Phillips. 20 Plates.

8vo. 10s. 6d.

Retzsch's Outlines to Burger's Leonora. Oblong Ato.
Young Artist's Guide. By F. Greenwood.

8vo. 6s.

16s.

Fables, Original and Selected. Illustrated by Granville. 8vo. 14s. The Forget-Me-Not, 1840. 12s.

Character and Costume of Turkey, Italy, etc. By T. Allom. 4to. 31. 3s.

Pictorial Keepsake, 1840. 10s. 6d.

Friendship's Offering, 1840. 12s.

Fisher's Drawing-Room Scrap-Book, 1840. 4to. 21s.
Finden's Tableaux, 1840. Imperial 4to. 21. 2s.

Woodland Sketches. Imperial 4to, 21s.; or Coloured, 21. 2s.
The Oriental Annual, 1840. 21 s. Large Paper Proofs, 27. 12s. 6d.
Principles of Effect and Colour. By G. F. Phillips. 4to. 21s.
Views in Renfrewshire. By P. A. Ramsay.
Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, etc. By T. S. Boys.
(Printed in Colours.) Folio. 61. 6s.

GARDENING AND AGRICULTURE.

4to.

21s.

3s.

The Agricultural Calculator. By R. Solomon. 24mo. Fruit Trees, A Hand-Book for Cultivators. 18mo. 2s. Cyclopædia of Practical Husbandry. By M. Doyle. 12mo. 12s. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry. By Sir H. Davy. 8vo. 15s. On Fertilizers, (Manures, etc.) By C. W. Johnson. Svo. 12s. Repton's Landscape Gardening. By J. C. Loudon, Esq. 1 vol. 8vo. 30s.; or with the Plates Coloured, 31. 6s.

GEOGRAPHY.

Black's General Atlas, in a series of 54 Maps. Medium folio. Parts I. to VI. Coloured. 6s. each.

Malte Brun's and Balbi's System of Geography. Abridged. With Numerous Tables of Population and Statistics, and a copious Alphabetical Index. 8vo. Part I. 6s.

Lothian's New Edinburgh General Atlas. Folio. 17. 11s. 6d.

HISTORY.

Rollin's Ancient History. New Edition. 6 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s. The History of Rome. By the Rev. W. M. Hetherington. (From the Encyclopædia Britannica.) 8vo. 6s.

Koch's Revolutions of Europe. Translated by A. Crichton. Svo. 6s. History of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. By Dr Dunham. Vol. II. (Forming Vol. 118 of the Cabinet Cyclopædia.) 6s.

J. T. Smith's View of Ancient History. 12mo. 3s. 6d. History of England. By a Clergyman. Vol. VII. with Index, completing the Work. 12mo. 10s. 6d.

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1840.

List of New Publications.

577

The History of England. By J. Keightley. 3 vols. 8vo. 31s. 6d. History of the Hebrew Commonwealth. By J. John.

12s.

8vo. 12s.

DD. 8vo.

The History of Russian Literature. By Dr. F. Otto. Translated from the German. By G. Cox, M. A. Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Times. Illustrated with 51 Portraits. 2 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s.

Dr Lingard's History of England. New Edition.

31.5s.

Reprinted in Paris, by Baudry, in 8 vols. 40 fr.

13 vols. 8vo.

Political and Statistical Account of the British Settlements in the Straits of Malacca. By T. J. Newbold. 2 vols. 8vo.

26s.

21s.

Professor Smyth's Lectures on Modern History. 2 vols. Chapters of the Modern History of British India. By E. Thornton. 8vo. 21s.

LAW AND JURISPRUDence.

Martin's Conveyancing. By C. Davidson.

Vol. III. 8vo. 15s. Manual of the Law of Scotland. By J.H. Burton. 12mo. 9s. 6d. Dr J. Story on the Law of Agency. 8vo. 14s.

Jervis's New Rules of all the Courts. 4th Edition. 8vo. 16s. The Poor Law Amendment Act. By S. R. Bosanquet. 12mo. 9s. Archbold's Common Law Practice. By T. Chitty, Esq. 7th

Edition.

2 vols. 8vo. 21. 2s.

8vo. 21s.

8th Edition. 8vo. 25s.

Chitty's Forms. 5th Edition, 2 Parts. Practical Forms, etc. By W. Tidd. Logan's Compendium of the Laws. Part 1. Marriage. 8vo. 2s. 6d. The Rise and Progress of the Laws of England. By O. Flindoff. 8vo. 8s.

Introduction to Conveyancing. By O. Flindoff. 8vo. 20s. The Corporator's Manual. By F. Higson. 12mo. 2s. 6d. Pratt's Statutes relating to a Justice of the Peace, 2 and 3 Victoria. 8vo. 7s. 6d.

MECHANICS AND ENGINEERING.

T. Lean's Historical Statement of the Steam-Engine in Cornwall. 8vo. 10s.

MEDICINE, ANATOMY, AND SURGERY.

Dr Verity on Civilisation and the Nervous System.
Dr Gregory's Elements of the Practice of Medicine.
Chemistry no Mystery. By J. Scoffern. 6s.

The Organs of the Senses Described. By C. A. Bell. 6s. Collier's Companion to the London Pharmacopoeia-Theoretical and Practical. 8vo. 9s.

Dr J. Muller on the Secreting Glands. By S. Solly. 8vo. 7s. 6d. Chemical Diagrams of the London Pharmacopoeia. By T. H. Whittaker. 8vo. 4s. 6d.

The Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology. Edited by R. B. Tod. Vol. II. 8vo. 27. 10s.