Messrs. Longman have commenced the publication, under the title of _The
Traveller's Library_, of a series of shilling volumes which is intended
to comprise "books of entertaining and valuable information in a form
adapted for reading while travelling, and at the same time of a
character that will render them worthy of preservation." The 1st Number
contains Mr. Macaulay's brilliant sketch of '_Warren Hastings_' which
has been appropriately followed by that of '_Lord Clive_,' from his
_Historical Essays_ and will be succeeded by '_The Earl of Chatham_,'
'_William Pitt_,' '_Horace Walpole_,' &c., from the same pen; and these
again by other works of acknowledged merit, the price of which has
hitherto confined them within a comparatively narrow circle of readers.
The 3d Number, '_London_,' by Mr. McCulloch, belongs to this class. As a
really cheap and not merely low-priced series of valuable books, this
well-printed _Traveller's Library_ deserves, and, we trust will meet
with, every success.
At a moment like the present, when so much inquiry is directed to the
subject of public health and indeed of health generally, we may be
excused for directing the attention, of our readers to '_The Laws of
Health in relation to Mind and Body, in a Series of Letters from an Old
Practitioner to a Patient_,' by Lionel J. Beale, as a small volume of
useful hints and suggestions from one who obviously combines shrewd
observation and professional knowledge, with that most useful of all
qualifications for a writer on such a topic, namely, sound common sense.
BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Illustrations of Mediæval Costume in England from MSS.
in British Museum, &c._, by C. A. Day and J. H. Dines, Part 3. The
present number of this very cheap work on costume contains no less than
three _coloured_ plates--curiously illustrative of the subject, though
not so strictly English as the title-page would indicate.
_Hurry-graphs_, by N. Parker Willis, and _The House of Seven Gables_, by
Nathaniel Hawthorne, form the new volumes of Bohn's Cheap Series. The
former is characterised by the usual light, off-hand style of the
writer. The latter will add to the reputation which Mr. Hawthorne has
won by his '_Scarlet Letter_.' They are two pleasant volumes for the
steam-boat or the railway carriage.
_An Essay of the Authenticity of the Four Letters of Atticus, included
in Woodfall's Edition of Junius_, by William Cramp, is an attempt, and
we must add an unsuccessful attempt, to prove that the Letters in
question were written by Lord Chesterfield.
Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson will be occupied during the next week in
the sale of the fifth portion of the singularly curious and valuable
Library of Thomas Jolley, Esquire, including, among other interesting
autographs, Literary Assignments, Receipts of Pope, Swift, Thomson,
Fielding, &c.
CATALOGUES RECEIVED.--J. Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue of
Books Old and New; B. Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square)
Cheap Book Circular No. 30. of Books in all Languages.