The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-15 00:00:00

THE GOLD VALUER. By J. H. Watherston.
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Smith and Elder.

The object of this little work is to enable the
miners and others now employed in the search of
gold in Australia and California, as well as the public
generally, to arrive at its true value; tables are given
of the weights and value of gold and alloy, with rules
for assaying gold and silver.

THE TEMPLAR'S LETTERS; or, Advice to
Young difen going to the Bar. Bateman and
Bardwiche.
This is a series of letters adressed to a young man,
a comparative stranger to the world, by a monitor and
guide during his professional career as a student at
the bar; and the author conceiving that these may be
of use to gentlemen similarly circumstanced, has pub-
lished them for their benefit.

By Philip

LIFE ASSURANCE MANUAL.
A. Eagle. Pateman.
The author explains in the preface that his object
in publishing this work is to popularise the principles
of life assurance, by developing the system in its
varied, yet simplest and most practicable form. Al-
though it may be supposed that such a development
is hardly required, owing to the number of treatises
on assurance that have been published, nevertheless,
the greater part of them baying been compiled by
statists and mathematicians, the subject being treated
only scientifically, are too abstruse for the gene-
ral reader. The various tables of the different
modes of assurance, together with the value of
policies, &c., of the different offices, contained in this
volume, constitute it a book of reference.

By T. R.

A TREATISE ON WAGES.
M' Culloch. Longman:
We find in this little work a statement of the cir-
cumstances which have determined the rate of wages
and the condition of our labouring classes, from the
"good old times" to the present day ; together with
comments on the advantages and disadvantages of the
various modes of paying labour and the treatment of
the labourers. The chapter on the laws for repres-
sing combinations among workmen must prove inte-
resting at a time, like the present, when so many
combinations of workmen are daily taking place.

SUGGESTIONS AS TO REFORM IN
SOME BRANCHES OF THE LAW. By
James Stuart. Second Edition. Stevens and
Norton.
These Suggestions consist of five chapters, ex-
posing the imperfections existing in certain branches
of law relative to the alteration of the present mode
of professional remuneration, facilitating the leasing
out of real property.

THE COURT OF CHANCERY AND
OTHER COURTS.
This is the re-publication of a work which ap-
peared some time back, and the author, in his
preface to the second edition, comments upon the
alteration and amendments which have taken place
since its first edition. It contains useful and into-.
resting information.

THE GEORGobboICS OF VIRGIL. By Rev. E.
Cld, M.A. Lumley.
We here have the four Georgics of Virgil, together
with an almost lineal translation of heroic couplets
and explanatory notes. The translation, although a
free one, is very correct, and by, the adoption, as
much as possible, of English agricultural terms, is
rendered more agreeable and intelligable to the
reader; the style of the poetry is by.no means indiffe-
rent, and combines a good translation with pleasing
verse.