----The extreme interest evinced by the public would be likely to secure a welcome for these views if their execution had been less felicitous than it is. The Party arriving at the Southern Depôt is fearfully grand.----ATHENÆUM. ----Such are these ten extraordinary views; revealing scenes which are enough to appal the stoutest hearts. We seem to ask of these mountains of thick-ribbed ice "are our countrymen hidden from us by your fantastic forms?" &c.----LITERARY GAZETTE. ----We do not remember ever being so powerfully impressed with the sublimity of portfolio drawings as with some of these views of the _icy Polar Regions_ of the trackless North.----UNITED SERVICE GAZETTE. ----We do not speak of it as a work of art merely, but of the evident truth of delineation, of local colouring, and atmospheric effects.----GLOBE. ----This is a work which will no doubt meet with general patronage--giving a vivid idea of the frozen regions.----BELL'S LIFE. ----Ten of the most interesting views which scenery can furnish.----ATLAS. ----Perhaps the most attractive, as well as most effective, is _Noon in Mid-Winter_, and conveys the most solemn notions of the _Polar Regions_. This portfolio is the novelty of the season.----CRITIC. [Illustration: DISCOVERIES OF THE HON^{BLE}. HUDSON'S BAY CO^S. ARCTIC EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH OF REPULSE BAY; Conducted by JOHN RAE ESQ^R. 1846 & 1847; Shewing in connection, the Discoveries made by PARRY, ROSS, BACK, & the Hon^{ble}. Company's Expedition Conducted by DEASE & SIMPSON 1838-1839. _Adjusted & Drawn by_ John Arrowsmith _London, Pub^d. Jan^y. 1^{st}. 1848, by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square._ _Discoveries of The Hon^{ble}. Hudson's Bay Co^s. Expeditions are Col^d._ _Red_ _D^o._ _of Sir Edward Parry_ _Purple_ _D^o._ _of Sir John Ross_ _Yellow_ _D^o._ _of Sir George Back_ _Green_] * * * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious punctuation errors were corrected. Hyphen removed: a[-]head (p. 25), along[-]shore (p. 11), lime[-]stone (pp. 107, 127). Hyphen added: snow[-]drift (pp. 160, 166). The following words appear with and without hyphens with similar frequency and have not been changed: Chief[-]Factor, day[-]light, foot[-]marks, in[-]doors, rein[-]deer. Native names have not been changed and appear with inconsistent hyphenation. Chapter V contents: "North-pole" changed to "North Pole". Pp. vi, 61: "chace" changed to "chase" (Produce of the chase). P. viii: "CHAP. VIII" changed to "CHAPTER VIII". P. 11: "Canada mithatch" changed to "Canada nuthatch". P. 17: "excursons" changed to "excursions" (by making excursions). P. 30: "direcrection" changed to "direction" (east and west direction). P. 66: "Ivitchuck" changed to "Ivitchuk".