THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. XXXI.

PUBLISHED IN

DECEMBER, 1824, & MARCH, 1825.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1825.

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CONTENTS

OF

No. LXI.

Page

ART. I.—1. Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there

during Part of the Years 1821, 1822, and 1823. By

Maria Graham.

2. Travels in Brazil in the Years 1817 to 1820, under-

taken by Command of his Majesty the King of Ba-

vasia, By Dr. Joh. Bapt Von Spix and Dr. C. F. Phil.

Von Martius, &c. &c.

II.-1. The Life of the Rev. Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston

Sandford, Bucks. By John Scott, A. M

2. Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton, Rector of St.

Mary Woolnoth. By Himself.

3. Memoirs of the Rev. John Newton, Rector of St. Mary

Woolnoth, and St. Mary Woolchurch Haw. By the

Rev. Richard Cecil, M. A.

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III.--Journal of a Ten Month's Residence in New Zealand.

By Richard A. Cruise, Esq. Captain in the 84th Regi-

ment of Foot

IV.--Historical Life of Joanna of Sicily, Queen of Naples, and

Countess of Provence; with correlative Details of the'

Literature and Manners of Italy and Provence in the

Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

V.-Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North Ame-

rica, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen; with

Anecdotes descriptive of their Manners and Customs,

&c. By John D. Hunter.

2. Sketches of the History, Manners, and Customs of the

North American Indians. By James Buchanan, Esq.

His Majesty's Consul for the State of New York.

VI.---Divine Influence; or the Operation of the Holy Spirit

traced from the Creation of Man to the Consummation

of all Things. By the Rev. Thomas T. Biddulph, A.M.

Minister of St. James's, Bristol; and late of Queen's

College, Oxford. -

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VII. 1. 57 Georgii III. c. 105. an Act to encourage the

Establishment of Banks for Savings in Ireland.

2.57 Georgii III. c. 130. an Act to encourage the Esta-

blishment of Banks for Savings in England.

3. 58 Georgii III. c. 48. an Act to amend an Act passed

in the last Session of Parliament, to encourage the

Establishment of Banks for Savings in England.

4. I Georgii IV. c. 83. an Act to amend Two Acts of the

57th and 58th Years of his late Majesty, for the En-

couragement of Banks for Savings in England.

5. 5 Georgii IV. c. 62. an Act to amend the several Acts

for the Encouragement of Banks for Savings in England

and Ireland.

128

6. Outlines of a System of political Economy, written

with a view to prove to Government and the Country,

that the Course of the present Agricultural Distress is

entirely artificial; and to suggest a Plan for the Ma-

nagement of the Currency by which it may be remedied

now, and any Recurrence of similar Evils be prevented

in future; together with the 4th Edition of an Essay

on the Principles of Banking. By T. Toplin. -

VIII.-The Character of the Russians, and a detailed History

of Moscow, &c. By Robert Lyall, M. D.

IX. Our Village: Sketches of Rural Character and Scenery.

By Mary Russell Mitford, Author of Julian, a Tragedy. 166

X.-A Tour in Germany, and some of the Southern Pro-

vinces of the Austrian Empire, in the Years 1820,

1821, 1822.

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XI. The Tragedies of Sophocles, translated into English

Verse. By the Rev. Thomas Dale, B. A. of Corpus

Christi College, Cambridge. -

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XII. Catalogue of the celebrated Collection of Pictures of the

late John Julius Angerstein, Esq. By John Young.

XIII.-Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey through Russia and

Siberian Tartary, from the Frontiers of China to the

Frozen Sea and Kamschatką. By Captain John Dun-

das Cochrane, R. N.

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XIV. 1. Report of the Commissioners for building New

Churches.

2. The Protestant Dissenters Catechism. New Edition.

By W. Newman.

List of Books

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OF

No. LXII.

ART. I. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of William Hayley, Esq.

the Friend and Biographer of Cowper, written by himself;

with Extracts from his private Correspondence, and unpub-

lished Poetry; and Memoirs of his Son Thomas Alphonso

Hayley, the young Sculptor. Edited by John Johnson, LL.D.

Rector of Yaxham with Welborne, in Norfolk.

page 263

II. Thoughts on the Funding System and its Effects. By Piercy

Ravenstone, M.A.

III.

311

Geschichte des Preussischen Staates vom Frieden zu Huberts-

berg bis zur zweyten Pariser Abkunft.

327

IV. Theodric; a Domestic Tale; and other Poems. By Thomas

Campbell
342

V. 1. Illustrations of the Origin and Progress of Rail and Tram

Roads, and Steam Carriages, or Locomotive Engines, &c. &c.

By T. G. Cumming, Surveyor.

2. Report of Rail-roads and Locomotive Engines, addressed to

the Chairman and Committee of the Liverpool and Man-

chester projected Rail-road. By Charles Sylvester, Civil

Engineer.

3. A Letter on the Subject of the projected Rail-road between

Liverpool and Manchester, pointing out the Necessity for its

adoption, and the manifest advantages it offers to the Public;

with an Exposure of the exorbitant and unjust Charges of

the Water-Carriers. By Joseph Sandars, Esq.
349

VI. Lisbon in the Years 1821, 1822, and 1823. By Marianne

Baillie.

378

VII. 1st, 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, and 6th Roports, from the Select Com-

mittee on Artizans and Machinery.
391

VIII. Histoire de la République de Venise. Par P. Daru, de l'Aca-

démie Française.

420

IX. Travels through the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima Coun-

tries, to the Sources of the Rokelle and Niger, in the year

1822. By Captain A. Gordon Laing.

445

X. 1. Salmagundi.

2. Knickerbocker's Humorous History of New York.

3. Bracebridge Hall.

4. Tales of a Traveller.

473