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where the study of Entomology is daily gaining ground, and where there 

 was no sufficient authority within common reach. 



Spiritual Food for the Spiritual Mind. pp. 114. Smith, Elder and 



Co., London. 



A little work of a finely devotional cast, to be taken up in those quiet 

 hours, when the mind is in a fit state for reflection and self-examination. 

 It breathes a very devout Christian temper. 



Emigrant and Traveller's Guide to and through Canada. By 

 MURRAY, pp. 64. Smith, Elder and Co., London. 



" To a man in humble life," says Mr. Murray, " who is about making 

 up his mind to leave his country, in the hope of finding a more fruitful 

 and happy retreat in Canada, as well as to the man of easy fortune, con- 

 templating a move, these pages will perhaps be found particularly in- 

 teresting; for it is with a desire of something more than an hour's 

 amusement, that the man who is pondering on a purpose, which is to fix 

 his future prospects in life, seeks from the observation of others infor- 

 mation which is then so highly necessary : he, unlike the general reader, 

 finds little to amuse in glowing description ; what he wants is plain matter- 

 of-fact, in plain language what he is to find on his arrival, how he is to 

 get on, and what it is to cost him ; in order that he may be enabled, by 

 bringing his own circumstances and feelings to the test, to come to a 

 decision himself, rather than trust to the conclusions of others, on such an 

 important subject." With this end in view the Author goes step by step 

 along an Emigrant's journey, affording him, on every occasion, plain, 

 sensible, and practical advice. It is a little work which should be in the 

 hands of every man preparing for Canada, and is the best Guide extant. 



The Snuff-Box. No. I. Steill, London. 



A very small affair, but a very pleasant one : there is also much pith 

 in it. The Illustrations are capital : the imprisoned debtor with hiB 

 keepers is the sublime of caricature. 



THE FINE ARTS. 



SOMERSET HOUSE EXHIBITION. 



OUR engagements, since the opening of the Exhibition at Somerset 

 House, have been so numerous, that we must entreat our readers to ac- 

 cept a short notice of the best collection that has graced the walls of the 

 Royal Academy for many a long year. To enumerate all the clever 

 pictures would occupy too much time and space ; suffice it then to say, 

 that Stanfield, Callcott, Jones, Roberts, and Daniell, have produced some 

 splendid landscapes ; that Turner has no less than five specimens of his 

 magic colouring ; our favourite Landseer, a charming picture, the scene 



