The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-12 00:00:00

LITERAT URE.

NEMORI.E7'TA ITALIANA.
J. Sorter, London.
This little yolame comprises a number of familiar
dialogues in Italian and French, intended chiefly for the
use of young ladies desirous of acquiring a facility to
speaking these languages. The arrangement of the
entcnces arc simple and judiciou......-3 merit of the first
importance in an elementary book. We recommend
it to the guardians of female schools. public and private.

DR. ROBINSON'S MAGISTRATES' POCKET

BOOK Second Edition.
BY JOIIN FREDIIIICK ARCHBOLD, NM,

BARRISTER AT LAW.

Ricl.ardv end Co.
Magistrates, however learned in the law, will finJ
this work of inestimable value as a book of immediate
reference. To county Justices of the Peace—many of
whose legal studies extend not beyond a tolerable
acquaintance with the Game, Turnpike, Pauper, and
Vestry Acts—the necessity of possessing so safe and
familiar a guide cannot be too strongly recommende(!.
The learned Editor has spared no pins to make It
extensively useful. All that the recent chsnges in the
Criminal Code had rendered obsolete in the firgt eat-
don has been expunged, and the law in every case
laid down as it now exists. It would most desira-
ble that a new edition of this work, edited by Mr.
Archbold, or some gentleman well versed in the law,
should be published at the close of every session of
Parliament. Let the publishers only make the cxlw.
riment by subscription, and their list will include fair"
fifths of the Magistracy of the United Kingdom.

THE LONDON AND EDINBURGH PHILOSO-

PIIICAL KA GAZINE.

R. Taylor, Red Lion-court.
The September Number of this scientific periodical
contains a great many excellent papers from the pens
of men of the first celebrity in the various departments
of science. " Professor Dove's Outlines of a General
Theory of the Winds" is an able treatise on a very cid'
ficult and highly important subject, and displays 10 ti
short compass great ingenuity and research, is
by sound judgment to practical conclusions. The ob-
ject of " Professor Forbes's Experiments on Terres-
trial Magnetic Intensity" is to shew the effect of height
in modifying the effects of terrestrial magnetism. The
results are interesting. The only other 'paper which we
can notice is that on the " Causes of Voltaic Dec'
tricity," by Professor De La Rive of Geneva. The
Learned Professor was we believe the first who
broached the chemical theory of voltaic electricity,
which has been established by the experimental
bours of Ohm, Fechner, and Faraday. In this col'
mtinication he discusses the subject at considerably
length, and, as it appears to us, with much success.

THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER.
Independently of the discussions on matters of reli-
gion which the present Number of the " Chris'ian
Reformer," presents, there are several ably written
articles on subjects interesting to the members of evert
sect. The article entitled The Present State sin!
the Prospects of Unitarian Christianity in the united
States of America," cannot fail to draw the attention
of the religionist of whatever creed he may be. It ill
ably and candidly written, and comes from the pen of
Mr. S. Wood, an English Unitarian Minister, Iv"
has just returned from an American tour. The I"-
ber of Unitarians in the United States far exceeds
what is generally thought in this country. Mr. W°Gar
states that this denomination possesses upwards °'
two thousand (2,506) congregations. " Capital
nishment—The Case of an Innocent Convict," narrates
the history of a respectable man, now living, who "5
condemned to death for a crime of which he was not
guilty, and on evidence on which a humane person
would not hang a dog. The sentence was commuted
to transportation, and the " convict" at present resides
in affluence in New South \Vales.