THE

NEW YORK REVIEW.

VOL. X.

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY ALEXANDER V. BLAKE,

54 GOLD STREET, CORNER OF Fulton.

1842.
LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS

ART.

CONTENTS OF NUMBER XIX.

I. LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOHN ADAMS,

1. Letters of John Adams, addressed to his Wife.

Edited by his Grandson, CHARLES F. ADAMS.

2. Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams,

with an Introductory Memoir by her Grandson,

CHARLES F. ADAMS.

II. AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES,

American Antiquities and Researches, with the

Origin and History of the Red Man. By ALEXANDer
W. BRADFORD.

III. THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY,

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93

Collections of the New York Historical Society.

Second Series.

IV. PALMER ON THE CHURCH OF CHRIST,

100

A Treatise on the Church of Christ, designed chiefly

for Students in Theology. By the Rev. WILLIAM

Palmer, M. A.

V. KENNEDY's NOVELS,

1. Swallow Barn; or, a Sojourn in the Old

Dominion.

2. Horse-Shoe Robinson; a Tale of the Tory

Ascendancy.

3. Rob of the Bowl; a Legend of St. Inigoes.

4. Quodlibet.

VI. PARK'S PANTOLOGY,

Pantology; or, a Systematic Survey of Human

Knowledge, proposing a Classification of all its

Branches, etc. By ROSWELL PARK, A. M.

VII. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC LANDS FOR

THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION,

Speech of WILLIAM COST JOHNSON on Resolutions

to appropriate the Public Lands for Purposes of

Education.

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VIII. AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES IN THE WAR OF

1812 AND 1813,

184

The Naval History of Great Britain. By WILLIAM

JAMES. New edition, with Additions and Notes by

Captain CHAMIER, R. N.

8. My Progress in Error and Recovery to Truth,

232

9. Smyth's Lectures on Modern History,

234

10. Wilde's Conjectures upon Tasso,

235

11. Lieber's Essay on Property and Labor,

236

12. Chapin's English Spelling Book,

239

13. Longfellow's Ballads and other Poems,

240

CONTENTS OF NUMBER XX.

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I. LIFE AND CHARACTER OF ARCHBISHOP LAUD,

The Life of Archbishop Laud.

257

By CHARLES

WEBB LE BAS, M.A., Professor in the East India

College, Herts.

II. CAMPBELL'S LIFE OF PETRARCH,

Life of Petrarch. By THOMAS CAMPBELL.

III. COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM OF CONNECTICUT,

1. Report of a Select Committee of the Legisla-

ture of Connecticut, May, 1838.

2. An Act to provide for the better supervision of

Common Schools.

3. Address of the Board of Commissioners of Com-

mon Schools.

4. First, second, and third Reports of the Board of

Commissioners of Common Schools.

5. Report of the Secretary of the Board of Commis-

sioners of Common Schools, on the History and Con-

dition of the School Law.

6. Report of the Standing Committee on Educa-

tion.

7. The Public Statute Law of Connecticut respect-

ing Common Schools.

8. Connecticut Common School Journal, Vols. 1,

2, and 3.

IV. BIOGRAPHIES OF GREAT MEN,

1. Life of Sir Isaac Newton. By Sir DAVID BREW-

STER.

2. Works of Lord Bacon, with a Memoir. By

BASIL MONTagu.

3. Lives of Galileo, Tycho-Brahe, and Kepler.

By Sir DAVID Brewster.

V. THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND.

Public Documents on Foreign Relations: the

United States and Great Britain.

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