At a moment like the present, when so much inquiry is directed to the subject of public health and indeed of health generally, we may be excused for directing the attention, of our readers to '_The Laws of Health in relation to Mind and Body, in a Series of Letters from an Old Practitioner to a Patient_,' by Lionel J. Beale, as a small volume of useful hints and suggestions from one who obviously combines shrewd observation and professional knowledge, with that most useful of all qualifications for a writer on such a topic, namely, sound common sense.
BOOKS RECEIVED.--_Illustrations of Mediæval Costume in England from MSS. in British Museum, &c._, by C. A. Day and J. H. Dines, Part 3. The present number of this very cheap work on costume contains no less than three _coloured_ plates--curiously illustrative of the subject, though not so strictly English as the title-page would indicate.
_Hurry-graphs_, by N. Parker Willis, and _The House of Seven Gables_, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, form the new volumes of Bohn's Cheap Series. The former is characterised by the usual light, off-hand style of the writer. The latter will add to the reputation which Mr. Hawthorne has won by his '_Scarlet Letter_.' They are two pleasant volumes for the steam-boat or the railway carriage.
_An Essay of the Authenticity of the Four Letters of Atticus, included in Woodfall's Edition of Junius_, by William Cramp, is an attempt, and we must add an unsuccessful attempt, to prove that the Letters in question were written by Lord Chesterfield.
Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson will be occupied during the next week in the sale of the fifth portion of the singularly curious and valuable Library of Thomas Jolley, Esquire, including, among other interesting autographs, Literary Assignments, Receipts of Pope, Swift, Thomson, Fielding, &c.
CATALOGUES RECEIVED.--J. Miller's (43. Chandos Street) Catalogue of Books Old and New; B. Quaritch's (16. Castle Street, Leicester Square) Cheap Book Circular No. 30. of Books in all Languages.
BOOKS AND ODD VOLUMES WANTED TO PURCHASE.
DR. ADAMS' SERMON ON THE OBLIGATION OF VIRTUE. Any edition.
DENS' THEOLOGIA MORALIS ET DOGMATICA. 8 Vols. 12mo. Dublin, 1832.
MARLBOROUGH DISPATCHES. Volumes IV. and V.