THE

NORTH AMERICAN

REVIEW.

VOL. XXVII.

New Series.

VOL. XVIII.

BOSTON,

FREDERICK T. GRAY,-74 WASHINGTON-STREET.

1828.

1. Reports of the Committee of the House of As-

sembly on the Settlement of Crown Lands.

2. Esquisse des Affaires devant le Parlement Pro-

vincial du Bas-Canada.

3. Reflections upon the Value of the British

West India Colonies, and of the British North
American Provinces.

II. COMPAGNONI'S AMERICA

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Storia dell' America. Opera Originale Italiana.

III. MEDICAL SOCIETIES

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1. Medical Dissertations, read before the Massa-

chusetts Medical Society.

2. Proceedings of a Convention of Medical Dele-

gates held at Northampton in the State of Massa-

chusetts.

IV. UNIVERSITIES

1. A Statement by the Council of the University

of London.

2. Report of a Committee of the Overseers of

Harvard College.

V. THE CHIPPEWA INDIANS.

La Découverte des Sources du Mississippi, et de

la Rivière Sanglante. Par J. C. Beltrami.

VI. THE ART OF BEING HAPPY

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Essai sur l'Art d'Etre Heureux.

Droz.

Par Joseph

VII. THE RED ROVER

The Red Rover. By the Author of the Pilot,

Spy, &c.

VIII. NATHANIEL APPLETON HAVEN

The Remains of Nathaniel Appleton Haven.

With a Memoir of his Life, by George Ticknor.

Reports of Cases argued and determined in the

Circuit Court of the United States for the Second

Circuit. By Elijah Paine, Jun.

X. FARRAR'S MATHEMATICS

Elements of Geometry, by A. M. Legendre.

Translated from the French by John Farrar.

XI. POLITICS OF EUROPE

1. De l'Opposition dans le Gouvernement, et de

la Liberté de la Presse. Par M. le Vicomte de

Bonald.

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2. Debates in the British Parliament on the

Change of Ministry, and on the Battle of Navarino.

3. Manifesto of the Sublime Ottoman Porte of

December 20, 1827.

XII. FPITOME OF GRECIAN ANTIQUITIES

An Epitome of Grecian Antiquities for the Use

of Schools. By Charles D. Cleaveland.

XIII. WEST'S JOURNALS

The Substance of a Journal during a Residence

at the Red River Colony, British North America;

and frequent Excursions among the Northwest Amer-

ican Indians in the years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823.

Second Edition, enlarged with a Journal of a Mission

to the Indians of New Brunswick, and Novascotia,

and the Mohawks on the Ouse or Grand River,

Upper Canada, 1825, 1826. By John West, A. M.

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CONTENTS

OF

No. LXI.

ART.

I. THE PUBLIC LAW OF DENMARK

Danmarks og Hertugdommenes Statsret med sta-

digt Hensyn til dens ældere horfatning ved Joh.

Fred. Wilhelm Schlegel.

The Present Public Law of Denmark, and of the

Duchies, in Connexion with its Past State. By

J. F. W. Schlegel.

II. CLARENDON'S HISTORY

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in

England, to which is added an Historical View of

the Affairs of Ireland. By Edward, Earl of Claren-

don.

III. GERMAN UNIVERSITIES

A Tour in Germany, and some of the Southern

Provinces of the Austrian Empire, in the years 1820,

1821, 1822. By John Russell.

IV. ON BEES

The Farmer's Manual, including a Treatise on

the Management of Bees. By Frederick Butler.

V. LIFE OF LEDYARD

The Life of John Ledyard, the American Trav-

eller; comprising Selections from his Journals and

Correspondence. By Jared Sparks.

VI. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MOLIERE

Histoire de la Vie et des Ouvrages de Molière,

par J. Taschereau.

VII. PRESIDENT HOLLEY

A Discourse on the Genius and Character of the

Rev. Horace Holley, LL. D. late President of

Transylvania University. By Charles Caldwell.

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