MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF NEW WORKS. LIFE IN ABYSSINIA; BEING THE PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF AN ENGLISHMAN DURING A BY MANSFIELD PARKYNS, ESQ. With Map and Illustrations. 2 Vols. 8vo. "Mr. Parkyns is a traveller worthy of the name, and equal to those great travellers of former times who, with no other preparation than a stout heart and a stout staff, found their way to China or the court of the Great Mogul, and first made wondering Europe acquainted with the curious people and gorgeous courts of the East. Without any Government subvention,' any long train of assistants and servants, and with no other resources than his own wealth and his own vigour of body and mind-animated by a strong desire to see, and learn, and know-he has penetrated further and done more to make us acquainted with Abyssinia, than has been effected by costly expeditions."—Economist. "We like Mr. Mansfield Parkyns and his book. He is a plain-spoken, unaffected narrator. He brings recent intelligence from a land which has been made familiar to the imaginations of all of us by Bruce; and moreover, he has travelled in the Northern Provinces of that land more extensively than any of his predecessors, and he conveys to us a real notion of the people and the scenes he visited. To Bruce's general accuracy and veracity, Mr. Parkyns bears strong testimony."-Daily News. The "Journeys to Abyssinia are not to be lightly undertaken or easily carried out. traveller's path is beset by difficulties and dangers of no ordinary kind-perils from climate-wild beast-and wild man. The larger, therefore, is the debt of gratitude we owe to an enterprising and spirited explorer like Mr. Parkyns, who, in his ardour to extend the boundaries of knowledge, laughs such considerations to scorn. The book he has given us answers in every way to its title; it is a complete and masterly picture of life in Abyssinia, drawn from the study of three years spent amongst its inhabitants.' -Morning Chronicle. 'Abyssinian Bruce was long regarded as the Ananias of travellers. Mr. Waterton did much, and Mr. Parkyns has now done more, to rescue from undeserved obloquy the memory of that brave and adventurous man."-Morning Post. "A young and enterprising Englishman has, in these volumes, recorded the results of his observations during varied travels and long residence, and has made known more of Abyssinia and its people than is found in previous books on the subject. The work is alike valuable for its information, and entertaining from its narrative of personal adventure."-Literary Gazette. "This book fulfils the promise of its title, and more than the promise of its Preface. Mr. Parkyns is a genuine traveller in spirit and in manners. He began his journey in a cheerful, deliberate way, as if quite certain that he should bring it to a good end, and yet tolerably indifferent whether he did or not. Here is, in its peculiar way, a genuine book, -a pleasant contribution from a traveller of the good old stamp."—Athenæum. "The mental qualities of Mr. Parkyns, conjoined to an able body, are the very things for a traveller; and a capital traveller he is. Heat, cold, hunger, thirst, exposure, hardship, wounds, are nothing to him and as for pain, or disease, save from the malaria of valleys, they are unknown to those who live in the air and upon little more than the air. About one half of the work consists of a description of the customs, manners, laws, religion, superstition, history, and national character of the Abyssinians."-Spectator. "A very remarkable book. The author is Mr. Mansfield Parkyns, and the work consists of notes collected during three years' residence in that country. We cannot venture upon details; but we may observe generally, that Mr. Parkyns furnishes additional evidence, upon the whole, that Bruce's statements, discredited in his own day, were not only trustworthy, but, in many instances, fell short of the reality."-Home News. THE HISTORY OF YUCATAN, FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE CLOSE OF THE XVIITH CENTURY. Recently H.M. Superintendent of the British Settlements, in the Bay of Honduras. THE LAWS OF ARTISTIC OF ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT, AND THEIR DEFECTS. BY D. ROBERTON BLAINE, BARRISTER-AT-Law. 8vo. 38. 6d. "A great deal of valuable detail on the subject of copyright in designs, etchings, engravings, maps, charts, plans, &c., and works of sculpture, backed by a good array of authorities and reference to particular cases, and it is well worth the perusal of all artists, sculptors, engravers, designers, and printsellers."-Literary Gazette. "To artists, &c., this little volume will be found to be very essential. was much needed."-Builder. Such a treatise "An able summary of the law, and a good analysis of the law's defects."-Athenæum. SUNLIGHT THROUGH THE MIST: OR, PRACTICAL LESSONS DRAWN FROM THE LIVES OF GOOD MEN, INTENDED AS A SUNDAY BOOK FOR HER CHILDREN. BY A LADY. With Woodcuts. 16mo. 38. 6d. "A brief sketch of the life and times of Martin Luther in a vivid and interesting style, with the materials and the practical lessons very skilfully arranged and combined. As a whole, the work is undoubtedly one of great merit, the story being very nicely and cleverly told, and the lessons which it brings to bear upon the daily conduct of the young children to whom it is told, being very skilfully and beneficially applied."-English Churchman. "As a book of reference for literary men, this selection, and classification of familiar sayings, by English authors, will be a welcome addition to their libraries. The accuracy of a quotation can be in a moment tested by reference to a well-arranged index, so that a mistake in the use of terms will scarcely be possible."-Bell's Messenger. 6 MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF NEW WORKS. THE LETTERS AND JOURNALS OF THE LATE SIR HUDSON LOWE, RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF NAPOLEON AT ST. HELENA. BY WILLIAM FORSYTH, M.A. With Portrait, Map, and Woodcuts. 3 Vols. 8vo. 458. OPINIONS OF GREAT MEN REGARDING SIR HUDSON LOWE. "I will say in this House or elsewhere, wherever it may be, that there is not in the army a more respectable officer than Sir Hudson Lowe, nor has his Majesty a more faithful subject."-DUKE OF WELLINGTON in the House of Lords, 1833. "Sir Hudson Lowe behaved, in his very responsible capacity, in a manner highly to his credit. All well-informed persons on the Continent of Europe knew what his conduct was, and approved it."-LORD BATHURST. "It is with the greatest satisfaction that I have received your letter, which tells me that you have still preserved the remembrance of a man who is infinitely attached to you, and who in the course of a memorable campaign, if ever there were one, has learned to appreciate your rare military talents, your profound judgment on the great operations of war, and your imperturbable sang-froid on the day of battle. These rare qualities, and your honourable character, will link me to you eternally."-GENERAL Gneisenau, 1814. "The recollection of a man whom, during so very memorable an epoch as the last campaign, we have learned to esteem and respect, is very dear to us, and will be ever valued through life. On such ground you may rely on a continuance of my attachment and friendship."-FIELD-MARSHAL BLUCHER, 1815. "I have known you a long time, and I am confident your conduct, in whatever situation you are placed, will be such as to do honour to those who have recommended you."-SIR JOHN MOORE, 1803. "Il est superflu d'insister sur l'intérêt qui s'attache à ce recueil de documens entièrement inédits sur une question restée pendante jusqu'à ce jour, malgré l'abondance des informations et des matériaux recueillis. Ce qui est certain c'est que le caractère de Sir Hudson Lowe se montre ici sous un jour nouveau et qu'il sera impossible de ne pas tenir compte de ces révélations posthumes si l'on veut prononcer quelque jour un jugement impartial sur sa conduite."--Revue des Deux Mondes, Jan., 1854. "Mr. Forsyth writes with such evident impartiality, and such painstaking exactness, that we have no doubt that we have now as faithful a record as is possible we should have."-Morning Chronicle. "Its historical importance is of the highest value; and whether we agree or not with the various conclusions to which its author would fain lead the reader, it amply deserves and will reward the careful perusal of every person who is interested in the subject of Napoleon."-Athenæum. "Mr. Forsyth has addressed himself to the arduous task in the spirit of an upright judge. He has weighed and sifted the evidence with amazing care, and dealt with all the actors in the melancholy 'case' with a candour which at once enlists our confidence and wins our admiration."-United Service Gazette. "We must say we believe the work before us to be emphatically a true narrative. Mr. Forsyth has executed his task with care and circumspection."-Fraser's Magazine. "The task, though long delayed, has finally been performed, as it appears to us, with perfect manliness, clearness, and conviction. The author's style is admirably fitted for his subject-fair, forcible, and argumentative; and his work has done credit to himself, and cleared the character of a brave, an honest, and a high-minded English soldier and gentleman."-Blackwood. ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE. REPRINTED BY PERMISSION FROM THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. BY THE LATE THOMAS GISBORNE, M.P. Of Yoxall Lodge, Staffordshire. Third Edition. Post 8vo. 58. "We well recollect the effect produced by the series of agricultural articles which appeared in the Quarterly Review in 1849 and 1850. 'Who can this be who writes so pleasingly, and yet with such graphic force and knowledge of his subject?' was a question often heard in agricultural circles, and now answered by this publication. Few writers have brought a larger amount of practical experience, conveyed in a happy tone of language that disarmed prejudice, than the late Mr. Gisborne. The volume itself is in every way worthy of the character of an enlightened English gentleman."-Times. "As delightful a sketch, brief and popular, of some of the main principles of Agriculture, as well as of the history of the art, as can be found anywhere in our language." -Examiner. "The Essays are worth republication. Mr. Gisborne brings to his work a long and thoughtful experience of the subjects on which he treats, as well as a knowledge of modern theories and experiments in agriculture."-Spectator. "This is a delectable book. There seems to be some natural connexion between agricultural authorship and scholarship, and the refinement and cheerfulness which may arise from an habitual study of nature and a healthful open air life.”—Daily News. "This pleasant gallery of popular antiquarianism, alternately making our heart yearn upon the good times that are gone never to return, and causing us to wonder and to rejoice at the mighty strides the world has made in the road of improvement, since the days which Mr. Charles Knight brings before us in the real and lifelike pictures crowded together in these two most entertaining volumes."-John Bull. "Once upon a Time' is worth possessing."-Examiner. "This varied, pleasant, and, what is not always the case, informing collection of Essays, is in part a selection from the writings of a man who has done more to popularise literature than perhaps any other man of the day. The volumes consist of a number of notices illustrative of manners or archæology, and arranged in chronological order."-Spectator. MR. MURRAY'S LIST OF NEW WORKS. MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND DESPATCHES, SECOND MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY, FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS OFFICIAL CAREER TO THE CLOSE OF HIS LIFE. EDITED BY LORD LONDONDERRY, G.C.B., &c. 12 Vols., 8vo. (Uniform with the WELLINGTON DESPATCHES). THE WORK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THREE PORTIONS, AND MAY BE HAD AS FOLLOWS:— FIRST SERIES. THE IRISH REBELLION. 4 Vols. 4 Vols. "I doubt whether any public man (with the exception of the Duke of Wellington) who has appeared within the last half century, possessed that combination of qualities, intellectual and moral, which would have enabled him to effect, under the same circumstances, what Lord Londonderry did effect in regard to the union with Ireland, and to the great political transactions of 1813-14-15."-SIR ROBERT PEEL. "I believe it may be said with truth that few men have ever deserved so highly of their country."-EARL OF ABERDEEN. "History, I am persuaded, will be more just than his contemporaries."-SIR JAMES GRAHAM. "The late Lord Castlereagh was one of those distinguished men whose honours are to be paid only by posterity. Commencing public life at an early age, sustaining high office with an ability now beyond all question, and engaged in the most important transactions of a time which throws all the past periods of England and of Europe into the shade, no man in Europe was more exposed to the virulence of party libel and violence of popular irritation."-Blackwood. "These Despatches are invaluable for reference, and must be frequently consulted by the historian of that age. They throw great light on many passages in the momentous period at which they were composed."-The Press. "There is no question as to the great historical value of these records. The 'Castlereagh Papers' will be found along with the 'Wellington Despatches' in every good library."-Literary Gazette. "The whole of the correspondence included in this work confirms the character always given to Lord Castlereagh, by well-informed persons not biassed by strong partisanship." -Athenæum. SIX MONTHS IN ITALY. BY GEORGE HILLARD, ESQ. 2 Vols. Post 8vo. 168. "There is hardly a page over which we could not linger as those who stop to listen to some familiar tune. As regards Mr. Hillard's remarks on society and intercourse abroad, it may be said that he has seen the flaws in the breeding and bearing of the travelling Englishman more completely than those of the travelling American. This, however, is all in nature, and there is nothing of ill nature which defaces page or paragraph in our author's copious record of his holiday-time."Athenæum. |