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The Philosophy of Phrenology. W. R. M'Phun, Glas-
gow. Sold by all booksellers.
A treatise on the very diffi,:ult but interesting science
of phrenology has just made its appearance from the pres 4
of that enterprising publisher, Mr. AlThun, of Glas-
gow. It is. one of those multuna in parvos which, while
they do not omit any thing required to be known to make
the mind master of the subject treated of, exclude all the
verbiage with which more extended dissertations' abound.
The style of eye' present volume is at once simple, and
perspicuous, and the student of phrenology, as well as
the philosophic phrenologist, may find much additional
information in it.

The Practical Mechanic's Pocket Guide. W. R. M'-
Phim, Glasgow. Sold by all bookselleis.
This neaflittle publication is a concise treatise on the
prime movers of machinery and the weight and strength
of materials, with numerous practical rules and tables
added. It contains a great quantity of information in a
very little space, which must alone recommend it to the
notice of the practical mechanic.

Guide to the Pronunciation of the Italian Language.
By M. DE "LA CLAVERIE. London : Smith, Elder,
and Co. Liverpool: W. Grape!.
We feel pleasure in recommending this little publica-
tion to the scholar and the student. The respected au-
thor has already favoured the world with two publica;
tions, similar to the present, on the French language,
which have already raised him in public esteem as being
both a scholar and a gentleman. Schools may receive
this publication with profit; and persons desirous of be-
coming acquainted with the pronunciation of Italian will
find in it much valuable assistance.

A Pictorial, Geographical, Chronological, and Histori-
cal Chart. By R. Mimpriss. Eiverpooli; Grape!,
Church-street, and Davenport, Ranelagh-stifet.

In obtaining geographical knowledge and a perfect
idea of the relative positions of the various countries of
the globe' to each other, maps and charts have almost uni-
versally been resorted to to assist description and give
information of the locality of different places through the
medium of pictorial representation. This plan has also.
been found equally efficacious in tending to perpetuate
the 'remembrance of historical events. Mr. R. Mimpriss,
who has publishe4 several similar useful publications, has
adeiited this mode of fixing on the mind of the shripture
student the various events occurring during the life of
our Saviour, and the rise and progress of the christian
dispensation from the commencement of the golspel nar-
rative to our Lord's ascension. For this purpose he has
published a chart, on which are accurately delineated the
localities of each event, with a chronological and expla-
natory reference to a key containing copious notes. On
the chart are exhibited all the journeys of our Lord from
Jerusalem to Sidon, a distance of nearly 200 miles, with
all the various circuits taken by him ; and on the route
upwards of 600 references are given to the key, each of
which gives the date at which our Lord was there, ex-
plains what occurred, and gives a reference to tho-gos-
pels. Looking at it as a whole it is a work of immense
labour, and of not less utility as an adjunct to scriptural
education.