Mak. 5. 1853.] 



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unravelled by existing aids — while the men who are 

 now the depositories of family and local history are yet 

 among them — to commence this Journal ; and in the 

 tact and good management displayed in the selection 

 of the materials of their opening Number, they have not 

 only done wisely, but done well also. May they go on 

 and prosper ! 



At a moment when all eyes are looking anxiously 

 for the new volume of Nineveh Discoveries, we have 

 received a work, of kindred character and of very high 

 value. It is entitled Lares and Penates, or Cilicia and 

 its Governors; being a short historical account of that 

 province from the earliest times to the present day, together 

 with a description of some Household Gods of the Ancient 

 Cilicians, broken up by them on their conversion to Chris- 

 tianity, first discovered and brought to this country by the 

 author, W. B. Barker, edited by W. F, Ainsworth ; and 

 the interest which this title naturally excites is fully 

 maintained upon a perusal of the work. Although, by 

 readers who care little for its archEeological features, 

 the work will be read with the highest satisfaction, it is 

 one which will afford to the antiquary information of 

 the greatest importance ; while to many, the announce- 

 ment that the remarkable monuments of the ancient 

 Cilicians, so happily discovered by Mr. Barker, were 

 discovered by him in the city dignified by the birth of 

 the great apostle of the Gentiles, — and that the muti- 

 lation of these works of art, once the objects of religious 

 regard, was probably the consequence of the missionary 

 visit of Paul and Silas to Tarsus, — will probably be 

 the strongest recommendation which this work could 

 receive. 



We have received three Catalogues which call for 

 such mention as should direct to them the attention of 

 our bibliographical friends. One is of the splendid 

 Library of Mr. Dawson Turner, which will occupy 

 Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson for thirteen days in 

 its disposal. The next, Bibliotheca Americana, is of a 

 most remarkable collection of American Books on sale 

 by Mr. Russell Smith. The third is of an extensive 

 collection of Theological Works on sale by Mr. Straker. 

 The last two are made more valuable by the addition 

 of useful indices. 



Books Received. — A Manual of Photography, by 

 Robert Hunt, Third Edition enlarged. It is sufficient 

 to say that Professor Hunt's volume is at once the 

 most elaborate, as his acquirements will ensure its 

 being one of the most scientific works extant upon this 

 now popular subject. — Memoirs of a Maitre d'Armes, or 

 Eighteen Months at St. Petersburgh, by A. Dumas ; 

 translated by The Marquis of Ormonde, is one of the 

 most amusing and graphic among the many amusing 

 and graphic volumes which have already appeared in 

 the Traveller's Library. — Cyclopadia Bibliographica. 

 Part VI. Mr. Darling's useful Cyclopaedia maintains 

 its character. — The Fall of Jerusalem, by the Rev. Dr. 

 Milman. This endeavour to direct the public mind, 

 through the medium of this dramatic poem, to the 

 striking and incontestable evidence of the full comple- 

 tion of Prophecy in the Fall of Jerusalem, is a valuable 

 addition to Murray's Railway Reading. — We must here 

 acknowledge the receipt of two other volumes of 

 poetry : Beauty, a Poem, by the author of Silent Love, 

 an admirer and not unsuccessful imitator of Pope ; and 



Love in the Moon, by Patrick Scott, a work in which 

 scientific observation is combined with great poetic 

 feeling and considerable power The Pilgrim's Pro- 

 gress of John Bunyan, for the Use of Children in the 

 English Church, edited by the Rev. J. M. Neale. The 

 object with which this beautiful edition has been pre- 

 pared is so plainly stated, that we need only wish the 



book as wide a circulation as it deserves The Family 



Shakspeare, &c., by Thomas Bowdler. The fourth 

 volume of this reprint of Mr. Bowdler's carefully re- 

 vised edition of Shakspeare, contains the three Parts of 

 Henry VI., Richard III., Henry. VIII,, and Timon of 

 Athens. 



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Transactions of the Microscopical Society op London. 



Vol. I., and Parts I. and II. of Vol. II. 

 CuRTis's Botanical Magazine. 1st and 2nd Series collected. 

 Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. Complete, 



or any Portion. 

 Gladstone's (W. E.) Two Letters to the Earl of Aberdeek 



ON the State Prosecutions of the Neapolitan Govern- 

 ment. 1st Edition. 8vo. 

 Swift's Works. Dublin : G. Faulkner. 19 Vols. 8vo. 1768. 



Vol. I. 

 Pursuit op Knowledge under Difficulties. Original Edition. 



Vol. I. 

 The Book of Adam. 

 Prideaux's Connection of the Old and New Testament. 



Vol. I. 1718. 

 The Christian Magazine. Vol. for 1763. 

 Pro Matrimonio Principis cum defunct*; Uxoris Sorore 



contracto Responsum Juris Collegii Jurisconsultorum in 



Academia Rintelensi (circa 1655). 

 MoNNER Jurisconsult., de Matrimonio. 

 Bruckner, ob Matrimonio. 

 Bedell's Irish Old Testament, Irish type, 4to., 1685. [A copy 



of O'DomhnuiU's " Irish New Testament," Irish type, 4to.,. 



1st edition, 1602 {being rare), is offered in exchange.] 

 Percy Society Publications. Nos. XCIII. and XCIV. 

 Southey's Works. Vol. X. Longmans. 1838. 

 Scott's Continuation of Milner's Church History. Vols. 



II. and III., or II. only. 

 The Dragon of Wantley, by H. Carey. 



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We have to request the indulgence of several Correspondents for 

 not replying to them this week. 



S. G. W. Gibraltar is a corruption of Jebel-Tarik, or the Hill 

 of Tarik ; a name derived from the Moorish conqueror who landed 

 there April 30, 711. For the origin of its ancient name, Caipe, we 

 must refer S. G. W. to Smith's IDictionary of Greek and Romaa 

 Geography, where the various presumed etymologies are discussed. 



" Percy Anecdotes." Mr. Timbs has requested us to correct 

 a slight error in his communication on this subject (ant^.p. 214.). 

 The Percy Anecdotes were completed in forty parts, and not 

 forty-four, as there stated. 



Broctuna. Could the article proposed be divided into two 

 papers ? 



Mr. Crookes. Where can we address a letter on a Photo- 

 graphic subject to this Correspondent ? 



Our Sixth Volume, strongly bound in cloth, with very copious 

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