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the Duko of AVelliugton , " translated by the Rev . G . R . Gleig , M . A . ; Moore ' s " Lalla Rookh , " illustrated by John Tenniel ; Bunyan's " Pilo-i-im's Progress , " with a preface by the Rev . Charles Kingsley , with steel and wood engravings after designs by Charles Bennett ; a new edition of " Italy iu the Nineteenth Century , '' by the Right Hon . James Whiteside , M . P . ; Vol . II . of tho " History of France , " by Eyre Evans Crowe ; " The Sea and its Living AVonders , " by Dr . George Hartwig ; a

" History of Constitutional and Legislative Progress iu England , since tho Accession of George III ., " by Thomas Erskine May ; the AbbiS JDomeneeli ' s " Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America ; " "Travels iu Peru and Mexico , " by S . S . Hill , Esq . ; A ' ol . VII . of the AVorks of Lord Bacon , collected ancl edited by J . Speckling , M . A . ; R . L . Ellis , M . A . ; and I ) . IJ ) . Heath , Esq . ; an improved edition of M'Culloch ' s " Commercial Dictionary ; " a new edition of Dr . lire ' s

" Dictionary of Chemistry , " by Henvy "Watte , B . A ., JF . C . S . ; an entirely neiv edition of Ure ' s " Dictionary of Arts , Manufactures , and Mines , " edited by Robert Hunt , F . R . S ., F . S . S ., assisted by some of the first scientific men of the day , and many other minor works . Mr . Bentley ' s literary announcements for the season include " Lives of tho Archbishops of Canterbury from the Mission of Augustine to the Death of Howloy , " by Dr . Hook , Dean of Chichester ; " The Diaries

and Correspondence of the Hon . George Rose , " with original letters of Air . Pitt , Lord Castlereagh , Marquis AVellesley , Mr . AVilberforce , Lord Eldon , Mr . Perceval , Lord Sidmouth , Lord Bathurst , with a correspondence with Lady Hamilton respecting Nelson and his daughter , edited by the Hev . Leveson Vernon Havcom-t ; " Say and Seal , " V > y the author of " Queechy , " & e . ; " Memoirs of the Life and AVritings of the Right Rev . Richard HurdD . D ., Bishop of AYorcester , " by the Rov . F . JKilvert ,

, M . A . ; "The English Satirists , " with a Preliminary Essay on Satire ; " The Autobiography of a Seaman , " by Thomas , Earl of Dundonald ; ' ' Lives of the Princes of AVales , " by Dr . Doran ; " Anecdote Biography , " by Jolm Timbs ; the third volume of M . Guizot's " Memoirs of my own

Time ; " the third and concluding volume of " The Life of Charles James Fox , ' by the Right Hon . Lord John Russell , M . P . ; " The Court of England under the Reign of George III ., " by J . Heneage Jesse ; ' •' Erin-go-Bragh , or Irish Life Tales , " by-AV . Hamilton Maxwell ; "AA omen Artists in all Ages and Countries , " by Mrs . E . P . Ellet ; " History of the Governors General of India , " by John ATilliam Kayo ' ' Jean -and Xicolette , " by the author of " The Mill in the A alley ;"

"London ancl Paris , Social aud Religious ; " "Shakespeare Papers , or Pictures Grave and Gay , " by Dr . Maginu ; ancl numerous less important books . The Academy of Fine Arts , at Paris , held a solemn meeting on the 1 st of this month , for the distribution of prizes for painting , sculpture , architecture , and musical composition . M . Gotteaux was president ; -Af . Halevy , secretary , spoke on the works of the pupils of the French

painting school at Rome . After this the prizes were distributed ; then M . Halevy spoke on Adolphe Adam ; after which the solemnity was closed with the execution of the scene that had won the first great prize of musical composition . It is said that M . Victor Hugo ' s new poem , " La Legende des Siocles , " has made such an impression on the public , that more than 3000 copies of it were sold iu ten davs .

The Indian Lan . _ t contains much matter that is interesting to the medical profession , and is , as far n-s circumstances will permit , what its name imports . There is a report on the sanitary condition of Indian gaols , an epitome of medical news from the English medical journals and original accounts of several cases in this country . The Indian Lancet ia a bi-monthly publication , and deserves the support of the medical profession .

The entrance of the Museum at Berlin will receive a second door , one on which Art has been at work for thirteen years , and which is said by Berlin critics to surpass the celebrated doors of the Church of the Madeleine and of the Pantheon at Paris . The design of this work is by the architect Herr Hiiler . Mme . Lenorniand ' s " Souvenirs et Correspondauoes Tires des Papiers de Madame Recamier" have created quite a literary furore in Paris . Full

° f anecdote and reminiscences of this charming lady , who knew how to he attractive without being vicious , and in the midst of a kind of moral sink preserved a snowy purity that nothing could ever sully . This volume is the most readable that can be imagined . The Philosophic Institution of Edinburgh will commence its new session on the 1 th of November , when Professor Aytoun will deliver an inaugural address on " The Popular Traditions ami Poetry of the North of- 1 'hirope , " The succeeding lectures include the subjects o £ Early

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Scottish History and Literature , by Mr . Camithcrs—The Elizabethan Age , by Dr . Daniel—The Huguenots , and Protestantism iu France , by Dr . Hanua—aud the English Puritans , by Dr . Tulloch . In tho miscellaneous section , there will be lectures on " China , " by Sir JolmEowring , —• " Japan , " by Mr . Oliphant— " Volcanoes , " by Mr . Jukes— " The Phenomena of Superficial Formations , " by Mr . Robert Chambers— ' ¦ ' The Poetical Literature of the Elizabethan Ago , " by Mr . M'Donald . —¦

" Abstract Science in Relation to Industrial Applications , with Illustrations from Chemistry , " by Professor Playfair—and " The Electric Telegraph , " by Dr . AVilson . JMr . AV . Moy Thomas , who is so well known as a contributor to our periodical literature , and also as a learned and persevering arehtcologist , has iu the press a selection of stories , originally written by him for Hov . xelaild Words . The volume is to be called " AVhen the Snow Falls . "

and will be produced b y Messrs . Sampson Low and Son . The Boston Courier publishes the following letter , which Lieut . Col . John S . Forster , of the Lecture Committee of the Mercantile Library Association , has received from Mr . Charles Dickens : — " I beg to assure you , iu reply to your , obliging letter , that you are misinformed , and that I have no intention " of visiting America in the ensuing autumn . — CHARLES DICKEXS . " \

It has recently been announced that the late Earl Mnito has left a MS . work of " great interest ancl value , " from wliich his admirers ( if any ) anticipate much . The name which the work is to receive , however , has not yet been announced . The opaning lecture for the -winter session oJ University College , was delivered by Professor Newman last week , in the Faculty of Arts and Laws . The professor sketched the progress of philosophy and science in

ancient Greece and through the Roman Empire , tracing the advance of learning and philosophy from Socrates and Plato to Cicero . Mathematics culminated into the wonders of astronomical science at Alexandria , ancl gave the Romans greater advantages than ever fell to the Greeks . The connection between astronomy and religion was then traced , and tho lecturer came to the decay of arts and arms in Greece . Generalising upon his subject , the professor pointed out that it was not

by the exclusive cultivation of one science that the mind is best educated . AVe need the cultivation of numerous branches to ensure the duo cultivation of the mind . After the overthrow of the Roman Empire , education fell into neglect ; but with the rise of tho baronial and aristocratic power a superior training was required . Here the professor pointed out the assistance to mental education derived from physical training . In conclusionthe professor pressed upon all young men

, studying for professions , not to be contented with the mere requirements of the individual pursuit alone , but by strenuous cultivation to strengthen all their mental powers . A man of more learning than sense is like a general at Balaklava starving his troops for want of knowledge how to get at the stores which are within his reach . The object- of the student should be to attain the power of arrangement and a sound judgment , by which to bring as it were into a focus all points of value . Variety of

thought and versatility are best attained by broad and liberal culture ; and there is a danger of beginning purely professional study at too early a period . A really liberal education makes the man a better citizen , aud enables him to sympathise with all science , and to gain knowledge from

every source . Madame Dubois Davenne has been entrusted with the execution of Bel-anger ' s bust in marble , for the sessional room { Salle de seance ) of tho French Academy . MM . Gamier Frores have published a history of the late Italian war , entitled " L'ltalie Conf < 5 d < h- & . " It contains the plan of campaign said to havo been drawn up by Napoleon III . during bis stay at Alessandria .

Correspondence.

CORRESPONDENCE .

[ T HE EDITOR does not hold himself responsible for any opinions entertained by Correspondents . ] TO THE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZIXE AXD MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR ASV > B ROTHER—At the quarterly meeting of the province of AVest Yorkshire , on Wednesday the oth the 1 rov . Grand held in the buildingand the

Compa-Chapter was same , nions ivere admitted ( after some discussion ) m their Loyal Arch clothing into the Provincial Grand Lodge . I- beg to ask , was the law infringed ? . „ The crowd being verv great , the brethren were admitted so last that they could not be proved separately , and a constant stream