The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-13 00:00:00

The Illustrated Shakspere. Part 8. London : Tyas.

This number of this splendid and unique edition of Shaks-
pere contains the conclusion of " Much ado about Nothing."
The illustrations are undiminished in their attractions. The
representations of Benedict, Beatrice, Dogberry, and Verges,
are capitally executed. The notes appended to each play
constitute a very valuable addition. Altogether, the work
refl-,-,ets the highest degree of credit on the puhlisher, editor,
and artist, and ought to be most extensively patronised.

The Protestant Almanac for the Year of our Lord 1840.
Liverpool Perris ; London : Baisler.

Mr. Crisp, the compiler of this admirable compendium of
Protestant information, has conferred a benefit upon his
countrymen which, we feel persuaded, will be extensively ap-
preciated. The intelligence embodied in this almanac is of
the highest possible interest and importance. The Chrono-
logical Tables which it contains are very carefully drawn up.
Every Protestant in the realm ought to possess a copy of this
specimen of the Liverpool press. We have seldom seen a
work of the kind so neatly executed. Every operative ought
to purchase it in order to decorate the walls of his cottage
with so useful a memento.

The Atmospheric Almanac, and Mariner's and Arricultar-
ist's Guide, for the Year 1840. By J. It. Hind. Lon-
. don: Hamilton, Adams, & Co.

To those who wish to be thought weatherwise we may
safely recommend this almanac. It contains predictions of
the general features of the weather for almost every day in
the ensuing year, together with speculations on its local cha-
racteristics ; and an account of the principal anticipated
storms and gales of wind, on the coasts of England, and in
the North Atlantic. The whole is said to be calculated on
the theory of an universal electric action, induced through
the agency of the sun and moon. On the author's theory
we cannot offer any opinion.

Should Lord Durham be hapeache(l! An Appeal to the
Electors of the House of Commons ; with a New Preface
on the Law of Impeachment. By a Freeholder. 2d Edi-
tion. London : Painter.

This is a very spirited pamphlet. It deals plainly and ho-
nestly with the subject. The author is evidently one that is
not disposed to mince matters. He grapples with every dif-
ficulty with a resolution to overcome it. We think that he
has made out his case most satisfactorily, and we shall be
surprised if Lord Durham escapes without a rigid parliamen-
tary inquiry into his conduct. The result of such an inves-
tigation would be, we feel convinced; any thing but pleasing
to that strange compound of pride and meanness, aristocratic
hauteur, and democratic profession.

An Appeal to a Benevolent and Enlightened Public, on be-
half of the Shopkeepers' Assistants. By John Tomkins.

Liverpool : Williner and Smith, 1839.

This seasonable appeal to the public, on behalf of the shop-
keeper' assistants, deserves the attention of every one who
has any regard for the happiness and improvement of his
fellow creatures. Tnere is no class of persona that suffer a
greater amount of physical oppression than the persons on
whose behalf this appeal is made. We hope that this publi-
cation will succeed in drawing public attention to the subject
on which it treats, and also in securing that degree of sym-
pathy which will result in the ameliorated condition :of the
" sons of toil," whose case is so powerfully represented in
its pages. The public are the real tyrants in this case, and
the appeal is very properly addressed to them.