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Christ Walking on the Waters. The Dedication of the Temple. 

 Painted by MARTIN, Engraved by ALFRED MARTIN. 



Two of the most splendid productions of Mr. Martin's genius; sublimity 

 and grandeur are here carried to the utmost extent, and the engraver has 

 ably embodied the painter. The " Christ Walking on the Waters" is 

 full of imposing impressions, and no higher eulogy can be passed upon it 

 than was made by a bystander when the engraving was first looked at : 

 " It is absolutely awful, and excites the most profound emotions." The 

 effect of the light on the water is beautifully brought out. 



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The admirers of Coast Scenery will be gratified to learn that MR. 

 STANFIELD, the eminent Marine Painter, is now preparing for publication 

 a series of highly interesting Views in the British Channel, and on the 

 Coasts of England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Germany, and other pic- 

 turesque portions of the European Continent. This splendid series will 

 be unrivalled for beauty of execution, fidelity and diversity of character, 

 no painter of the present day can equal Stanfield in such scenes, and 

 every effort of our best engravers will be exerted in giving effect to 

 his admirable and characteristic drawings. The first number will appear 

 in June. 



MRS. J. K. STANFORD, the talented Author of " The Stoic," has a 

 volume in the press, under the appropriate title of " A Lady's Gift, or 

 Woman as she ought to be," exemplifying with the same refined prinf 

 ciples, and in the same purity and simplicity of language as distinguished 

 her former production, the inestimable value of all female attainments. 



LIEUTENANT ALLEN of the Navy has just completed A Series of Pic- 

 turesque Views in the Island of Ascension, accompanied by a highly 

 interesting description of its singular aboriginal Inhabitants, its Moun- 

 tains, Caverns, Precipices, and the various Productions of this extra- 

 ordinary Portion of our Globe. 



The REV. A. SMITH has a work in the press entitled An Essay towards 

 a more exact Analysis of the Moral Perceptions : with a view to deter- 

 mine the ultimate Essence of Right and Wrong, and illustrate the prin- 

 ciples of Theology, Jurisprudence and general Politics. 



In the press, By the Author of " Old Maids," The Husband's Book, 

 or the book of Married Life. This work is composed of three divisions : 

 First The moral, social, and domestic duties of husbands. Second 

 Age, rank, and genius, as influencing married happiness. Third Beauty, 

 hereditary diseases, and bodily deformity, considered in relation with 

 marriage. 



Plebeians and Patricians, an attractive novel in 3 vols., is now preparing 

 for early publication. 



We are happy to hear that MR. G. I. BENNETT, the Author of " The 

 Albanians," is about to publish a novel in 2 vols., entitled The Empress. 



All those who are interested in Emigration will be gratified to learn 

 that MR. JOHN MURRAY, an intelligent Settler in Montreal, has sent 

 home a little Work for publication in this Country, the Contents of which 

 will be of the greatest utility to every person intending to visit Canada. 

 It is entitled, The Emigrant and Traveller's Guide to and through 

 Canada, by way of the River St. Lawrence, as well as by way of the 

 United States of America: with some Friendly Advice on Embarkation ; 



