The Press.
London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

JANUARY 5, 1856.

had ; the writers, who, we should imagine, ar
generan, -.'ry voung men, aim, as usual, much too
high ; and, in the against cant and quackery
on which they have set out, `l.-, weapons they
employ are to be no keener nor more pouRN., a than
those of Which we have here the first specimen, we
fear that humbug will continue to flourish as it has
extensively flourished hitherto.

ALMANACKS-1b56.
bito simandeic appears for the present year—The
Aluuniack of Science and Art. It, is published by
chapunn and Hall, and, as its name implies, is de-
voted mainly to such particulars of art, design, science,
and manufsztures as are likely to be most generally
useful. Details are given respecting all learned and
ocientific societies. and of Government institutions
cooneeted with scaeace and art. The local schools
of art ere enumerated, together with the examples
and models which may be obtained from Marlbo-
rough-house. There are headings, also, for regis-
gation of designs, for public libraries and museums,
;awl for the Paris Etchiblitiou, with a
.COMpiete list of
tbe,nrizes. The alinftneek extends to upwards of
.two huiAlred and fifty pages, is admirably produced,
,and supniies a want in our Yearbooks just beginning
;to be much felt. The publication is a a kind only
n9uiring to be known to be extensively petronised
from as obv,ious

The British Almonnek and Companion has for this
-yete original articles on " The English Coinage,"
"Agricultural Statistics," " Shipwrecks and Life-
'boat"," " Reorganisation of the Civil Service," "Fluc-
tuations of the Funds," and "Average Prices of
corn." It is a peculiarity of this compact volume
ghat even when old it is not worthless. For refer,
&net a set of the almanack is one of the handiest
works we know of ; it is an " annual register" in what
relatesito the main statistics of the United Kingdom,
its eltroaicles of occurrences and of Parliament
proving wvaluable aid to memory. The abstract of the
sampaign given here is complete as to facts, though
a litle disfigured by the "popular orator's" style of
allusion to Russia.
,hitch's Literary and Scientific Register contains
pa. ticket-book form the leading facts or statistics of
Avery,department of science from acoustics to thera-
,peutics. By successive publications accuracy has
iimen insitred in the details. The pocket-book alto-
gether is extremely well produced, and full of prac
.c,icittl,iufortitation.

VUIBIiIeAajONS RECEIVED.—JAN. $.

BOOKS.

;Practical Hints fur Ingesttiag Money. Francis Playford.
Smith and Elder.
Laura Gay. A Novel. Two Vols. Hurst and Blackett.
Memoirs of British Gene►als distinguished during the Penin-
rular War. John W. Cole, Half•pay 21st Fusiliers. Two
Vole. Bentley.
:The Prisqp.u/ Wellecretkn, and a Glance at the East Indian
Archipelago. Sampson Lowe and Son.
ZaPhnatkPauneeh ; or, the History of Joseph. Rev. Thorn-
Ae3Y.SWith. Freeman.
444une's Geographical Word Expositor. Longmans.
The Flifil **P ift Chemistry. Churchill.
The Bash Boys. Captain Mayne Reid. Rogue.
Popula► History of the Palms and their Allies. Berthold
Seeman., Pk. D., M.A., F.L.S. Reeve.
Popular Geogesiniug f:tf Plants. E. M. C. l)o.
Popular Garden kivAus.g. Agnes Callow. Ito.
Inside Selnistopot„o4 Experiences in Camp. Chapman
and Hall.
Introduction to the Litexurtnre Arf Europe. Henry Milani,
L.L.D., F.R.A.S. Murray.
;The Poetical Works of Lore ,i(gros, A Ncw Edition in Six
Vols. Vol. IV. Do.
:.The Bsitish Empire—Hiabtriest, Biagraphical, and Geoyra•
,phical. E. S. Creasy, M.A. Griffin and Co.

PAMPHLETS.

• The Paitical Annual. Freeman.
On the Female Education of the IndustKat Classes. Bell
and Daldy.
'7'he Emperor's Vigil, and the Trares and the War. Ernest
Jones.
' The Bread Question.
Ia Ligue des Neutres. Bruxelles : Bluff.
General Guyon on the Battiejlelds of Ifungary and Asia.
Hamilton.