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Cheshire shore opposi,

to us quite

The continuation of Cornwall i 3

as interesting as that of Lancashire—the princi-

:1 objects treated of, as well as the county, partaki►►g ►core

of the rural and

picturesque, and giving greater scope for
sting description, blended with historical
frontispiece " Tintagel," a wild and
rocky scene, is a fine vignette engraving, and many of the
wood-cuts are numerous and fine—including views of the
Eddystone Lighthouse, Cothele Woods, Landulph Church,
Cawsand Bay, and several romantic views on the Tamar.
The work is printed and illustrated uniformly with Mr.
Hall's Ireland, and promises to become a favourite with the
public.
The Governess ; or Modern Education. By Madame B.
Riofrey. London : 22, Newman-street, Oxford-street.

graphic and ii

reminiscences. The

We have before had occasion to notice this excellent and
cheap periodical, which, we rejoice to say, has been hitherto
so deservedly patronised, that a second volume has been re-
solved upon, and the first number of which (for January of
the present year \is before us. " I have endeavoured," says
the author, in a brief preface, " to combine in this work, re-
ligion, morality, information, and pure literary taste, so well
adapted to the high, moral, and religious duties which apper-
tain to the noble career of a governess,"—and on looking over
the present and former numbers, we should say that this
great desideratum has been ably effected. The work con-
tains productions written in three different languages—Eng-
lish, French, and Italian. The original articles are elegantly
and feelingly written ; the selections, both in prose and verse,
are most judicious and appropriate, and a vein of religion,
morality, and tender solicitation, for the welfare here and
hereafter of the young to whom it more especially addresses
itself, and who in its attentive perusal will find much that is
calculated to increase their literary attainments, and to
strengthen those affections that do honour to human nature.

On the Advantages of Exercise in some Spinal Deviations.
Addressed to Sir Benjamin Brodie, M.D.. F.R.S. By
A. M. Burcaud Riofrey, M.D. London : 22, Newman-

street, Oxford-street.
This is a series of letters on deviations of the spine in
young females, cleverly written, and recommending a mode
of treatment, by means of strings, producing pressure, to
supersede the barbarous system of extension. The writer
remarks—" To act in a contrary direction to the mode of
action causing the disease, to straighten a crooked stem, is
the principle on which the treatment of spinal deviations
originating in muscular weakness, bad attitudes, and neg-
lected education should, in my humble opinion, be founded."
The author, in announcing that he purposes to publish fur-
ther details in the second edition of his " Treatise on the
Physical Education of the Female Sex," in which he will
treat the question so as to render it useful not only to medi-
cal men but to all mothers and governors, concludes by say-
ing, " Serious and complicated cases may require professional
assistance ; but good sense and correct observation suffice to
counterbalance the evil effects of ill-directed education, bad
habits, and slight deviating." For the future, instead of
mechanical beds, iron bars, and heavy belts, a few ribbons
will alone suffice, and those seem to us the only ties adapted
to the delicate figures of young ladies, bred and born in large
cities.

The Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World,

William Smith, London

This is a fine, yet cheap edition of one of the most popular
and entertaining books ever yet produced in the world of
letters. It is printed in parts, in a fine large type, with notes,
and admirably illustrated with maps and numerous beauti-
fully executed engravings on wood. The quantity of letter-
press in each number is great, the four numbers yet published
comprising the first voyage of the celebrated circumnavigator,
and a great part of the second. A more heartstirring narra-
tive of perils and perseverance cannot be put into the hands
of youth ; and will be perused with scared/ less interest by
those of mature years ; for it is also replete with curious
information, physical and geographical. To this edition there
will be an appendix, giving an account of the present condi-
tion of the South Sea Islands, &c., which, it may be said,
will bring the history of those interesting countries from the
period of this discovery up to the present time.

The New Statistical Account of Scotland. William Black-
wood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.