THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. XXXVII.

PUBLISHED IN

JANUARY 8 MARCH, 1828.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1828.

CONTENTS

OF

No. LXXIII.

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I.-Two Years in New South Wales; a Series of Letters,

comprising Sketches of the actual State of Society in

that Colony ; of its peculiar Advantages to Emigrants ;

of its Topography, Natural History, &c. &c. By P.

Cunningham, Surgeon, R.N.

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II.-Lucian of Samosata, from the Greek : with the Comments

and Illustrations of Wieland and others. By William

Tooke, F.R.S., Member of the Imperial Academy, and

of the Free (Economic Society of St. Petersburgh 32

III.-History of the Progress and Suppression of the Reforma-

tion in Italy, in the Sixteenth Century; including a

Sketch of the History of the Reformation in the Gri-

sons. By Thomas M'Crie, D.D.

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IV.-1. May Fair: a Poem, in Four Cantos.

2. Whitehall; or the Days of George IV.

3. The Forget Me Not.— The Literary Souvenir.--The

Amulet.— The Bijou.—The Pledge of Friendship.-

The Friendship's Offering. - The Keepsake. The

Christmas Box.—The Winter's Wreath

84

V.-Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of

India, from Calcutta to Bombay. By the late Reginald

Heber, D.D., Lord Bishop of Calcutta

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VI.-1. Report on the Criminal Law of England.

2. A Treatise on Crimes and Indictable Misdemeanors.

By William Oldnall Russell, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn,

Barrister-at-Law.

3. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading. By Thomas Starkie,

Esq., of Lincoln's-Inn, Barrister-at-Law.

4. A Supplement to all the Modern Treatises on the Cri-

minal Law; containing the Alterations by Statute to

the Prorogation of Parliament in 1827.' By F. A.

Carrington, Esq., Barrister-at-Law

147

Arr.

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VII.-The Constitutional History of England, from the Acces-

sion of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. By

Henry Hallam

194

VIII.-1. Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States

and Canada, in 1826, illustrated by Plates ; with Re-

marks on the Present State of the American Navy.

By Lieutenant the Honourable Fred. Fitzgerald de

Roos, Royal Navy.

2. North America and the United States as they are - 260

Note on the Geology of Central France

297

CONTENTS

OF

No. LXXIV.

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1.- The Planter's Guide ; or, a Practical Essay on the best

Method of giving immediate effect to Wood, by the re-

moval of large Trees and Underwood ; being an attempt

to place the Art on fixed Principles, and to apply it to

general purposes, useful and ornamental. By Sir Henry

Steuart, Bart., LL.D., F.R.S.E., &c.

303

II.-Report from the Select Committee on the Salmon Fish-

eries of the United Kingdom, June 17, 1824. Ditto,

March 30, 1825. Ditto, June 3, 1825. Ditto, May

81, 1827.

345

III.-A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence

of Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood, interspersed with

Memoirs of his Life. By G, L. Newnham Collingwood,

Esq., F.R.S.

364

IV.-Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries. By Leigh

Hunt.

402

V.-1. Corn Trade, Wages, and Rent. By Edward Cayley,

Esq.

2. Observations on the Corn Laws. Addressed to W.

W. Whitmore, Esq., M.P.

426

VI.-A Pilgrimage in Europe and America, leading to the Dis-

covery of the Sources of the Mississippi and Bloody

River, with a Description of the whole Course of the

former, and of the Ohio. By J.C. Beltrami, Esq., for-

merly Judge of a Royal Court in the ex-Kingdom of

Italy

448

VII.-Eighth Report of the Commissioners of Irish Education

Inquiry, with the Appendix-Roman Catholic College

of Maynooth. London, June 2nd, 1827. Ordered by

the House of Commons to be printed, June 19th, 1827. 459

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