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reader who takes Up the bcok will not lay it down until he has toned over the last leaf . Tfie characters of Dick Diminy , Bob Chinnery , and St . Ledger Bolt , Esq ., are very graphically drawn , as are also those of a more gentle nature , of whom we will only introduce to our reader , Lady Agnes Leeson , leaving them to make acquaintance with the rest of the dramatis persona in the pages of the work itself . THE TEETH . * •much still

ALTHOUGH Dental Surgery has made very great progress of late years , remains to be done in the way of further enlightenment before the general public will have even that superficial acquaintance with this great and important subject , which is necessary to enable them to instruct their children in those rudimental facts and principles which will show them how to mitigate , if not avoid , those sufferings which their parents , through neglect , have undergone . The work before us will be read with pleasure by the profession , white the technicalities are not too numerous for the general reader .

__ MENTAL DISORDERS . f "" OF Dr . Maddox as a medical writer , nothing need be said in such pages as these . We may content ourselves ' with observing , that we do not accord with the sentiments expressed in some parts of this volume . They often differ from the notions commonly received . There is , nevertheless , much in this volume that is so ably written , so accurately stated , and so popularly displayed , that all classes of readers will be entertained and informed by the perusal of its pages .

TINTERN ABBEY , j . WE strongly recommend this short poem to our readers , as a beautiful specimen of Messrs . Binns and Goodwin ' s work—and as an earnest of what may be expected from the pen of the author , many of whose works have been most favourably received by the public .

JOHN HOWARD . § JOHN- HOWARD was a man in whose amiable and excellent character shone forth many of those virtues which is one of the highest aims of the craft to inculcate . It is quite impossible to peruse the volume before us without acquiring such an admiration for the subject of the Memoir as cannot fail to have a beneficial effect upon the reader ' s own character . It is a curious fact that , although the book went the round of the tradeand was for some time refused even as a giftit has reached its third

, , edition , in the course of a year , from the date of its issue . The present edition is issued in a cheap form , and has been thoroughly re-cast and re-written . We cordially commend the volume to the attention of all those who are not already acquainted with it .

TURKEY . ]] THESE volumes are replete with interest . Sir James Porter was one of those clearheaded men of whom it is sometimes said that they are " the architects of their own fortunes" ; he , nevertheless , owed much to fortuitous circumstances and personal friendships . During his extended residence in the East , he acquired a vast amount of valuable information respecting the general condition of the Ottoman Empire , which these volumes present in a popular and interesting manner . The continuation up to the present day , and the memorial , are very creditably executed by Sir George Larpent . The latter portion of the work will be read with interest , even by those who may have perused the major part of what has been issued on the subject .

-flu space permit , it were an easy task , by the presentation of two or three extracts , to give such an idea of the general contents of these volumes as would send our readers to the perusal of their pages with a very high degree of expectation ; and , in such anticipation , it is but justice to say they would not be disappointed . * The Odontalyist ; or How to Preserve the Teeth ; Cure the Tooth-ache ; Eegukte Dentition , from Infancy to Age . By J . Paterson Clark , M . A ., Dentist to H . JR . H . Prince Albert , & c . London : John Churchill

. + Practical Observations on Mental and Nervous Dsorders . By Dr . Maddock . London : Bulliere . X A poem by J . B . Eibbana . Esq . jpubiished by A . Hall & Co . § John Howard : a Memoir . By Hepworth Dixon . Jackson and TValford . || Turkey : its History and Progress , from the Journals and Correspondence of Sir James Porter , Fifteen Tears Ambassador at Constantinople . Continued to the Present Time , with a Memorial of Sir Jamea Porter , by hia Grandson , Sir George Larpent , Bart . 3 Tola , London : Hurst aud Blaetet .,