NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.

BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Reynard the Fox, after the German Version of Goethe,

with Illustrations, by J. Wolf._ Part IV. carries us on to _The Trial_,

which is very ably rendered.--_Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography,

by various Writers_, edited by W. Smith. This Sixth Part, extending from

_Cinabi_ to _Cyrrhestica_, contains {370} numerous interesting

articles, such as _Constantinople_, which gives us an outline of

Byzantine History, and _Corinth_, _Crete_, _Cyrene, &c._--Mr. Darling's

_Cyclopædia Bibliographica_ has now reached its Seventh Part, and which

extends from Dr. Abernethy Drummond to Dr. John Fawcett.--_The Journal

of Sacred Literature_, No. VII., containing articles on _The Scythian

Dominion in Asia_; _Modern Contributions to the Study of Prophecy_;

_Heaven, Hell, Hades_; _Nature of Sin and its earliest Development_;

_Life and Epistles of St. Paul_; _Slavery and the Old Testament_;

_Biblical Criticism_; _Memphitic New Testament_; and its usual variety

of Correspondence, Minor Notices, &c.--_Gentleman's Magazine for April_,

which commences with an article on Mr. Collier's _Notes and Emendations

to the Text of Shakspeare's Plays_.--Mr. Akerman, although the number of

subscribers is not sufficient to cover the expenses, continues his

_Remains of Pagan Saxondum_. The Fourth Part just issued contains

coloured plates, the full size of the respective objects, of a _Fibula

from a Cemetery_ at Fairford, Gloucester; and of _Fibulæ, Tweezers, &c._

from Great Driffield, Yorkshire.

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