Star.
London, England, 1831-09-02 00:00:00

NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The following Works are just published by JAMES
COCHRANE and CO. it, Waterloo-place.
I.
Pol.'s"( MELODIES.
The Poetry and Music by J. AUGUSTUS
WADE, Esq. Author of " Songs of the Flowers,"—
" Dwelling of Fancy," Ste. Handsomely printed In royal
quarto, and beautifully embellished, price 10s. 61. boards.

CRAYONS FROM THE COMMONS; or, Mem.
bers in Rellevo; a Poem, Satirical and Descriptive. By
Peregrine Palette. Esq.
" Qualls vir, tails oratis."—Seneca.
In small Bvo. price ss. ed.
111.

POLAND! A Poem, by Thomas Campbell, towhee
with Lines on the View from &. Leonard'. In small evo.
handsomely done up in green and gold, price is. 6d.
The profits arising from the sale of this Utile work are
destined for the relief of the wounded In the Military Hospi-
tals at Warsaw.

IV.

FLETCHER'S HISTORY OF POLAND. In one
vol B.u. illustrated with a Map and Portraits, price 141.
bound in canvas.

" This work is one of great interest, and the Information
it contains is so well timed, that its utility and importance
must at once be recogclsed."—Sunday Times.

THE CLUB BOOK ; by the Mowing distinguished
Authors—Aft Cunningham. Galt, Lord Loveson Gower,
t►e Ettrick Shepherd, the Author of Richelieu. Delta, ate.
" The variety of ' The Club Book' will recommend it
to every class of readers who read for amusemeot."—
Literary Gazette. _ _

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" One of the moat pleasantly attractive and permanently
interesting books of the season."—Scots Times.
" ' The Club Book' is a work of great talent and enter-
tainment."—Edinburgh Evening Post.
VI.

THE PRINCIPLES OF ENGLISH COMPOST.
TION; Illustrated by Ezamples with Critical Remarks.
By David Booth, Author of the ',Analytical Dictionary."
In One Volume, 12mo. price Ts. 6d. bound in cloth.
" To blend pleasure with instruction is a most desirable
object--an object seldom obtained in so high a degree as it
is in this little work before us. Every portion is deserving
of high commendation. We warmly recommend it to the
English student, and indeed to every class of readers."—
Literary Gazette.

" The whole work is admirably calculated to teach young
people to write their own language with correctness and
elegance."—Western Luminary.

THE STAFF OFFICER: or, The Soldier of For-
tune : A Tale of real Life. By Oliver Moore. In 3 voles
post foro. 241.
" This novel will be read with interest ; it is light and
pleasant ; with many very natural scenes, many excellent
and well drawn characters, and without one line or word
of affectation or Pretence."—Athenaeum.
" There is a great deal of character in this novel;--many
of the picturn it contains are striking. but yet natural, au.l
some passages are deeply affecting."—Dublin Warder.
VIII.

ROSCOE'S NOVELIST LIBRARY. Illustrated by
George Cruffishank. Vol. L containing the whole of Hum-
phry Clinker; Vol. 11. containing the whole of Roderick
Random. Price only si. each, handsomely bound.
•„• Vol 111. will be published on the Ist of September,
containing Peregrine Pickle. Vol. I.
"The two first volumes of this work, containing Stnollett's
Humphry Clinker' and Roderick Random: edited by
Mr. Roscoe, have just made their appearance, and very
tempting specimens of the work they are. They are beau.
tifully got up, and the genius of George Cruikshank has
been employed to illustrate some of the most prominent
scenes. Those who are acquainted with the talent of this
artist (and who is not ?) wil recognise at once tie affinity
between his broad humour and that of the celebrated author.
One sketch of George Cruik.hank's pencil is worth all the
criticisms and commentaries that ever were written in praise
of the novels of Tobias Smollett."—filorning Herald.
Ix.

DR FOE'S ROBINSON CRUSOE.—Comprising a
Life of the Author. written expressly for this edition ; De-
scriptions of the Island of Juan Fernandez, and an Account
of an Indian who was left there before the time of Alexan.
der Selkirk, derived from authentic sources. The whole
forming, with a Notice of Selkirk, the most complete edition
evtr published of this celebrated Romance. In 2 vola. with
Sixteen Illustrations by Strutt and others, and an elegant
portrait of De Foc,engraved on steel, price 10s. neatly hound.
Robinson Crusoe is the first book 1 ever read with plea-
sure ; and I believe every boy in europe might say the
amt."--Jl armontel.
X.

The XIETROPOLITAR MAGAZINE, Edited by
Thomas Campbell, Esq.
The First Volume of this New Periodical is now ready
for delivery, and may be had, by previous order, of every
Bookseller in the kingdom, price las. handsomely bound in
canvas.

(..1. The Number for September contains Original Papers
by 3lr. Campbell, 111 r. James ,Montgomery, Delta, the
author of the Kuzzelbash, &c.—An interesting Narrative of
the Recent Events in Poland, with Sketches of the leading
Characters of the Revolution. —Al.°, exclusively, an article
on the Italian Opera, containing the whole of the Proapectus
of the New Lebt.et, Too.. Monck Mason, Esq. besides many
other contributions by the first writer, of the day. _

NEWSPAPER AND ADVIR7'ISEMEN7
DUTIES.

We copy the following well written article from
the Elgin Courier, and recommend it to the atten-
tion of all papers, with a view to the attainment
of the object:

It is not without reason that newspaper proprie-
tors complain of the conduct of Government.
None but themselves know anything of the incon-
venience, and in many cases absolute loss, which
they have suffered from the vacillating conduct of
the Ministry in reference to the stamp and adver-
tisement duties.

The public cannot have forgotten that when
Lord Althorp brought forth his Budget last year
—certainly the most crude and undigested af-
fair which ever emanated from a Chancellor
of the Exchequer— he distinctly pledged him-
self to reduce the stamp duties, nominally from
four-pence to two-pence, and the advertisement
duties from 3s. 6d. to ls. on all advertise-
ments under a certain number of lines, and to
s. 6d. when they exceeded such number
of lines. He moreover afterwards gave an
explicit promise, which, if our memory be not at
fault, was subsequently repeated more than once,
that the proposed alteration in the newspaper du-
ties should be carried into effect on the sth ofJuly
1831 ; that is, some six or seven weeks since. On
the faith of these positive pledges, important
changes were contemplated, and in many cases
partly carried into execution, in newspaper pro-
perty. Lord Althorp has failed to implement his
promises ; and newspaper proprietors are " left in
the lurch."