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How to Learn Latin. By A. J. King. London : Jarrold and Sons. THOUGH useful as a short etymologicon, this little book fails in its primary purpose of teaching Latin. A language is not to be learut by a vocabulary alone, and we have here nothing more than a partial voca bulary, with lists of English derivatives of similar signification subjoined to each Latin wurd, intended by the author to be used as a " memoria technics " for suggesting the meaning of the Latin words. By this plan the labour of the pupil is, in most cases, rather increased than lessened, as it is easier to re collect the original meaning of the Latin word than to infer it indirectly through a more difficult and secondary signification. Sketches and Anecdotes of Animal Life. By the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A. London : Routledge and Co. A VOLUME designed to show that animals possess a certain amount of intelligence, varying in different species, and that they are not guided by blind instinct alone, as has been generally asserted since the time of Des Cartes. In the collection of anecdotes the author has availed himself largely of the best autho rities, as well as of the resources of his own expe rience and that of his friends. The book is illus trated with numerous wood engravings. Man and Money; or, the Two Rivals. From the French of Emile Souvestre. Liverpool: Howell. EXILE SOUVESTRE, like most French novelists, excels in the delineation of character, or rather of charac• tors, but (here unlike his brother authors) fails in animated dialogue and the invention of plot. The characters of M. and Mme. Gaillot, in chap. ix., ex• hibit great knowledge of human maxim and subtle penetration of motive, and at the same time are free from those violent and unnatural contrasts of qualities into which writers are often led from their peculiar love of antithesis. The translator appears to have done his work faithfully, but the book is not a good sample of Emile Souvestre's talents. Life of Cardinal Richelieu. By W. Robson. Lon don : Routledge and Son. AN intelligent digest of the facts of Richelieu's life, the reader being left from them to form his own conclusions on the great statesman's motives and character. Of his ambitious intrigues, extended views, profound humiliations, and magnificent succ esses, no more appears in kr. Robson's narra tive than can be summed up in actual results. It is the outward man he exhibits, not that singular com bination of faculties and qualities which made him, according to his epitaph, " at once the torment and " ornament of his times." As a compilation, the volume is cheap, compact, and full of matter. My Haunts. By E. Yates. London :D. Bogue. Fun. By Alfred Crowquill. London : Roatledge. Two amusing shilling volumes. "My Haunts " con sists of sketches in the " Boz " style ; and Crowquill's " Fun " is a collection of modern " good stories " and " witty sayings," culled from innumerable volumes, and illustrated with appropriate woodcuts. The Vision of Midsummer Morning's Dream. By F. Starr. Norwich. TUE singular production of an insane man, being an account of the religious delusions of the author during his confinement in Norwich lunatic asylum, written in language which painfully proves that the curative treatment he was subjected to in the asylum has only been partially successful. Prize Essay upon the Early Church of Britain before St. Augustine's Mission. By Frederick Meadows. White, B.A. London : Seeley. TUE " Prize Essay " of Mr. Meadows unquestionably displays great learning and research, and successfully establishes, we think, the fact of the existence of a national Christian Church in England prior to St. Augustine's mission. I'UBLICATIONS RECEIVED. Boons. The Great Highway. S. W. Fullom. Routledge. Fashion and Famine. Mrs. A. S. Stephens. Bentley. Sunny Memories. Mrs. Stowe. Routledge. The Half Sisters. G. E. Jewsbury. Chapman and Hall. Description of St. Nail's Church, Cornwall. Rev. H. Grylls, M.A. Parker. PAMPHLETS. Merry's Museum. New York: Allan and Co. Gold. Chapman and Hall. Christian Moral Instruction. R. Whateley, D.D. Parker and Son. Occasional Sermons. No. 40. C. Wordsworth, D.D. Riringtons. THE PRESS. lint glrts. GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION.—DIORAMA OF THE BALTIC ♦ND BLACK SEA. THE interest felt in the war has induced the proprie tors of this gallery to represent with some degree of accuracy and detail a variety of views of the Baltic and Black Sea. The diorama commences with views up the Baltic, comprising various illustrations of the principal towns and most remarkable spots from Wing(' Sound on the Swedish coast to St. Peters burg. The representation of Crondstadt and Hel singfors are both well paintei, and convey an excellent idea of the vast strength of these granite fortresses. The powerful batteries of Sveaborg, in particular (the fortress of Helsingfors), armed with nearly 2,000 guns of heavy metal, all of which com mand the entrance to the harbour by a narrow channel scarcely 150 yards wide, tend to convince one of the impracticability of storming the place by ships alone. The view of SL Petersburg is by night, and the effect of the various lights in the palace windows and along the quays is represented with picturesque effect. Of the views down the Danube from Vienna to the Sulina mouth, and from thence round the coasts of the Black Sea, we cannot speak too highly ; they are painted with great skill and delicacy, and give a most truthful representation of the country. Belgrade, Orsova, the Iron Gates and their wild magnificent scenery, Kalafat and the Turkish camp, Giurgevo and Oltenitza, Turtukai and Silistria, are all well and truthfully represented with good effect. The view of Constantinople, taken from Stamboul, shows the opposite shore at Pera and the whole length of the Golden Horn. The Black Sea includes, of course, a view of Sebastopol, taken principally from the sketches published by authority. The concluding view of Varna, with the allied forces, is a clever de sign, and forms an appropriate conclusion to the exhibition, which, in spite of inaccuracies here and there, in the sails and rigging of ships, &c., is well worth attention, and affords a very agreeable hour's entertainment. 788 usit. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. THE season terminated on Saturday night last, but the house reopened on Thursday, when a concert was given for the benefit of Mr. Harris, the able and respectable stage-manager. It was an excellent and successful entertainment. The principal singers of the establishment, Mlle. Bosio, Mlle. D.diee, Mlle. Marai, Signors Tamberlik, Luchesi, Tagliatico, Stigelli, Polonini, and Zelger contributed their talents, and the magnificent orchestra was in full force, con• ducted by Mr. Alfred Mellon. There was only one novelty—the appearance of a Signor Robbio, a violinist, who calls himself a pupil of Paganini. The theatre was exceedingly well filled, considering the period of the season. LYCEUM. Mn. ALLCROFT has commenced this week three operatic performances with Mr. and Mrs. Sims Reeves as the principal singers, previous to their departure for the provinces. On Wednesday, the opening night, Balfe's opera of the Bohemian Girl was given, with Mr. Sims Reeves as Thaddeus. The success which has hitherto attended him in the hit.,her order of sacred music seemed rather incom patible with a talent for the lighter airs of the selected opera; but we must freely confess that Mr. Sims Reeves upon this occasion proved the possibi• lity of achieving success in these completely opposite styles. The unaffected sentiment with which he sang that hackneyed ballad, "When other lips and other hearts," created a furore of applause; and he was equally successful throughout the opera. The part of Arline was played with great skill and taste by Mrs. Sims Reeves, and Mr. Weiss was an efficient Count Arnheim. Last night the English version of the Somnambula was performed with Mr. Sims Reeves as Elvino, and Amina by Mrs. Sims Reeves. The crowded house was a successful proof that an English operatic company could sometimes command attention. Mr. Sims Reeves sang the well•known airs of this opera with great feeling and delicacy, and was much applauded in " All is lost now " and "Still so gently o'er me stealing." The part of Amino was carefully played, and the duet between Amina and Elvino in the second act was encored. Miss Harland supported the character of Liza, and the choruses and orchestra were effectively arranged throughout. The performances each evening were concluded by a pretty ballet divertissement, in which Mlle. d'Antoine was the principal dancer. A CARMAN, named Macrae, who left Port Glasgow for Australia ten years ago, has returned in possession of 14,0001. He goes out again with a venture of merchan dise, and gives a free passage to several of his less fortu nate relatives. ittitsiastical. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. The Rev. J. F. Alleyne, M.A„ to the Rectory of Kentisbeere, near Co'tampion, Devonshire. The Rev. Henry Watson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Papworth St. Agnes, near St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. rho Rev. Matthew O'Brien, M.A., to be Professor of Mathe matics at the Royal Military College. The Rev. Jonathan Johnson, M.A., to the Incumbency of Sale, near Ashcan-upon-Mersey. The Yen. Archdeacon Wickham, 8.D.; the Rev. Joseph Maude, M.A.; and the Rev. Morgan Davies, MA., to Honorary Canouries in St. Asaph Cathedral. The Rev. H. A. Rawea, M.A., to be Warden of the House of Charity, Rosa-street, Soho. The Rev. W. A. Hill, M.A., to the Rectory of Alvechurch, near Bromsgrove. l'he Rev. Roger Dawson Duffield, M.A., to the Vicarage of Great Eversden, near Cambridge. The Rev. James Philip Shepherd, M.A., to the Incumbency of Oswaldtwistle, Lancaster. The Rev. Henry E. H. Malris, M.A., to the Incumbency of the Chapelry of St.J awes, South Broom, near Devizes. The Rev. G. J. Davies, BA., to the incumbency of East 'lam bent, near Salisbury. The Rev. Hugh Crawford, M.A., to the Rectory of Urney and the Vicarage of Annagelley, Kilmore. The Rev. Wm. lioruby, M.A., to the Rural Deanery of Anwun• deruess. Lancaster. The Rev. Andrew Hogg, M.A., to the Vicarage of Shrule, Ardagh. The Rev. John Phelps, M.A., to the Vicarage of Stapleford, near Wilton. The Rev. John O'Rorke, M.A., to the Vicarage of Killoscobe. The Rev. W. E. Shaw, to the Living of Kinsalebeg, Kilmore. The Rev. John APCubbin, to the Perpetual Curacy of Christ Church, Bacup. The Rev. Charles Edward Partington,B.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of Stand, Bury. The Rev. Dr. Rushton, Archdeacon of Manchester, to the Vicarage of Blackburn. VACANCIES. The Incumbency of }lnflow, near Bakewell, Derbyshire; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire. The Rectory of Calcethorpe, near Louth, Lincolnshire ;in the gift of the Lord Chancellor. The Vicarage of Blackburn, Lancashire ; worth 1,0001. a year, in the gift of the Archbishop of Canterbury. An Honorary Canonry in Manchester Cathedral, and a Rural Deanery, both in the gift of the Bishop of Manchester. The Vicarage of Clare, Suffolk, Diocese of Ely; worth 2001. a year, in the gift of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Vicarage of Newtomupon-Ouse, near lork; worth 3501. a year, in the gilt of the Hon. Y. Dawnay. The Curacy of Staines; worth 501. a year, iu the gift of the Rev. R. Govett, M.A. The Curacy of Marple, Cheshire ; worth 901 . a year , in th e g i ft of the Rev. T. B. Dietson, The Curacy of All Saints, Worcester; in the gift of the Rev. William Elliott, M.A. The Curacy of the Abbey Church of Great Malvern ; in the gift of the Rev. John Rashdall, M.A. go sabl. APPOINTMENTS AND PROMOTIONS. APPOINTY ENT& Rear-Admirals—Henry Byam Martin to Sir C. Napier's Fleet in the Baltic; lion. Montagu Stopford to be Captain of the Fleet on the Mediterranean station, for service iu the Black Sea. Commander—William E. A. Gordon to the hampered. Lieuteuanta—Hugh T. Burgoyne to the Waterloo ; James P. Smallpage to the Boacavren; Charles A. Lodder to the Viper; Francis W. Turton (Sag) to the Impregnable; Josiah H. Hat chard to the Boscawen. Assistant-Surgeons—Theophilus 0. Haran to the Viper; James Johnstone to the Lynx; Samuel Weaver to the Prince Regent.. Chaplain—Rev. Henry Gordon to the Meander. Second Masters—Thomas Pounds to the Colossus; T. Ni cholson to the Spy; Alexander F. Baker to the Beagle; William P. Ward to the Lynx; James Roche to the Viper. Acting Gunners—William Lemon to the Wrangler; Ralph Eales to the Lynx; John Hayles to the Beagle. rloatswaina—Joshua }Whiny to the Wrangler; John Reid to the Arrow; Alfred Vincent to the Beagle; John )•'ripe to the Lynx. Acting Boatswain—Edward Reilly to the Fisgard. First Class Assistant-Engineer—William Gill to the Fleet. Paymaster—Arthur Jones to be Secretary to ]tear-Admiral Hon. Montagu Stopford. Clerk-in-Charge—Sydney E. Wright to the Viper. William P. Dixon, Francis Lousada, and Charles Alder, to be Naval Cadets. PROMOTIONS. Commodore—Henry Eden, recently Superintendent of Wool wich Dockyard, to be Superintendent of Devouport Dockyard, and promoted to he Commodore of the First Class. Commander—William Houston Stuart, of the Modeste, to the rank of Captain. Lieutenants —Augustus Butler, of the Britannia; Charles W. Hope, serving as Flag• Lieutenant in the Neptune--to the rank of Commanders. Sidinouth de Ros Hall, of the Diamond ; Henry Davies, of the Electra; Josiah H. liatchard, of the lioticawen ; Robert Owen Leach, appointed to the Duke of Wellington; Ed ward C. Chaplin, of the James Watt; Lewis Morris Croke, of the Duke of Wellington; Samuel Henry Bahingtou (acting), of the Gorgon; John Swinburne, of the Hoscawen—to be Lieute- Dante. Third Class Assistant:Engineer — John H. H. Small to be Acting Assistant-Engineer of the Second Class. WHEN PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF officially communicated to Count Buol the news of the intended evacuation of the Principalities, he was on such excellent terms with him self and the world that he gave vent, to his overflowing feelings by embracing the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. As the accolade was given when the Austrian statesman accompanied the prince to the open door, and two or three diplomatists were in the adjoining room, the opportune outbreak of feeling must be considered a very good " dodge." One of the diplomatists remarked that, after what he had just witnessed, he must suppose that he (the prince) would soon quit the hotel and take up his quarters in the place of the Embassy. The laughing reply is said to have been, that M. de tiourkiuney's per mission must first be obtained. THE BARON DE VITROLLES, whose name was BO celt• brated in the affairs of 1815 and during the Restoration, died in Paris on Tuesday night , in t he eighty-first year of his age. ATTYRDAY,