3§2 I.TTERARY NOTICES. 



Canonization of O'Connell," by the Honourable Member for — , 



is in the press, and will be published in a few days. 



A more than usually interesting Work, in two volumes, comprising 

 a History of Brazil, from the arrival of the Royal Family of Portugal, 

 in 1808, until the Abdication of Don Pedro, in 1831, is preparing for 

 early publication. It will be preceded by a particular Account of 

 the Civil, Military, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical Institutions of the 

 Country during the Vice-Royalty, and is from the pen of a Gen- 

 tleman every way qualified from long residence, and personal know- 

 ledge of the facts related, to ensure its complete accuracy.. 



The Author of" Random Recollections of the House of Commons" 

 has just completed a similar Work on the House of Lords, giving a 

 like animated and impartial Portraiture of the Leading Members of 

 all Parties, combined with a correct and useful description of the 

 Business, Forms of the House, its Usages, Regulations, Privileges, &c. 



The Third Edition of his " Random Recollections of the House of 

 Commons" will be published early in April. 



A little Work has just arrived from India, by the Rev. H. Jeffreys, 

 A.M., Chaplain, Bombay, under the curious title of '• Chargiri against 

 Custom and Public Opinion for the following high Crimes and Mis- 

 demeanours : for having stolen away the Senses of Mankind, and on 

 sundry occasions driven the World mad ; for their outrageous appet'*<? 

 on having eaten up the Understanding and the Conscience ; an^ . ,r 

 havino- feloniously put Stones into the Heart :" in which the evils of 

 superstition, prejudice, war, intemperance, and other prevailing! ilv 

 fashions, are handled with lively severity. 



Preparing for publication, in one vol. 8vo., " Memoirs of the Life " 

 ' and Times of George Geary Bennis, Esq.," comprising Recollections 

 of the Present Century, Correspondence with some of the most dis- 

 tinguished Literary, Political, and Religious Personages, and Notices 

 of Fifteen Years' Residence in France, Germany, Switzerland, and 

 Italy. These Memoirs will contain exciting revelations of intense 

 interest, interspersed with a vast number of original anecdotes and 

 traits of characters visiting Paris within the last dozen years. 



In the press, and will be published in May, " The Scope of Piety ;" 

 or, the Christian doing all things to the glory of God. By T. Q. 

 Stow. In one vol. 12mo. 



Just published, neatly bound in cloth, l^rao., "Flora Metro- 

 politana,"or, Botanical Rambles within thirty miles of London. Being 

 the results of numerous excursions made in 1833, 34, 35. Intended 

 for the Student in Practical Botany, with a List of the Land and 

 Fresh-Water Shells of the Environs of London.'' By Daniel Cooper. 



Shortly will be published a New Magazine, to be devoted exclu- 

 sively to Zoology and Botany. This work will be devoted exclusively 

 to those branches of Natural Science, and will be entirely under the 

 superintendence of Sir W. Jardine, Bart., P.J. Selby, Esq., and Dr, 

 Johnston of Berwick. It will be published on the first day of every 

 second month. Each Number will contain six sheets of octavo letter- 

 press, with illustrative plates and woodcuts. Its price, per Number, 

 will be 3s. 6d. or £1. Is. yearly. 



We announce the issue of Part XXL, " Views in Switzerland." 

 By William Beattie, M. D. 



