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THE
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
VOL. XXXIV.
PUBLISHED IN
JUNE & SEPTEMBER, 1$26.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
1826.
CONTENTS
OF
No. LXVII.
ART. I.—Jerusalem Delivered; an Epic Poem, in Twenty Cantos;
translated into English Spenserian Verse from the
Italian of Tasso, &c. &c. By J. H. Wiffen. -
Page.
1
II.-1. Histoire de l'Homme au Masque de Fer, accompagné
des Pièces authentiques et de Fac-simile. Par J. Delort.
2. The True History of the State Prisoner commonly
called The Iron Mask;' extracted from Documents
in the French Archives. By the Hon. George Agar Ellis. 19
III.--Oronzio di Bernardi's Vollständiger Lehrbegriff der
Schwimmkunst aus dem Italienischen übersezt, und
mit Anmerkungen begleitet von Friedrich Kries, Pro-
fessor an dem Gymnazium zu Gotha.
IV.-1. Lettres sur l'Angleterre. Par A. de Staël-Holstein.
2. Journal Hepdomadaire des Arts et Métiers, de la Fa-
brique et de la Méchanique pratique; des Découvertes
Inventions, Perfectionnemens, Procédés utiles de l'In-
dustrie, et de l'Economie manufacturière, rurale et
domestique de l'Angleterre.
3. Documens relatifs au Commerce des nouveaux Etats
de l'Amérique, communiqués par le Bureau de Commerce
et des Colonies aux principales Chambres de Commerce
de France,
V.-Mission to the East Coast of Sumatra in 1823, under the
Direction of the Government of Prince of Wales's
Island. By John Anderson, Esq. &c.
35
45
- 99
VI.-Memoirs of Antonio Canova, with a critical Analysis of
his Works, and an Historical View of Modern Sculp-
ture. By S. Memes, A.M., Member of the Astrono-
nomical Society of London, &c.
VII.-1. Faust, a Drama, by Goethe, with Translations from
the German. By Lord Francis Leveson Gower.
2. Posthumous Poems. By Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- 110
- 136
VIII.-1. Transactions of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.
vol. i.
2. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of
Manchester. 2d Series. vol. iv.
3. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Corn-
wall, instituted February 11. vol. i. and ii.
4. Report of the Liverpool Royal Intstitution.
5. Bristol Institution. Proceedings of the Second Annual
Meeting, held February 10, 1825, &c.
6. Annual Report of the Council of the Yorkshire Philo-
sophical Society for 1824.
- 153
IX.-1. A Letter to the Earl of Liverpool, proposing to finish
the East Wing of Somerset House for national Galle-
ries. By J. W. Croker, Esq.
2. Observations on the Buildings, Improvements, and
Extension of the Metropolis, of late years; with some
Suggestions, &c.
3. Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, showing
the proposed Quay, and some other Improvements,
suggested by Lieutenant-Colonel Trench.
4. Considerations upon the Expediency of Building a
Metropolitan Palace. By a Member of Parliament.
5. A Letter to the Right Honourable Sir Charles Long,
on the Improvements proposed and now carrying on in
the Western part of London.
6. Short Remarks and Suggestions upon the Improvements
now carrying on or under consideration.
X.-1. Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Kemble, Esquire,
including a History of the Stage from the time of Gar-
rick to the present period. By James Boaden, Esquire.
2. Reminiscences of Michael Kelly, of the King's Theatre,
and Theatre Royal Drury Lane, including a period of
nearly half a century; with Original Anecdotes of
many distinguished Personages, Political, Literary, and
Musical.
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XI.-The History of England, from the Invasion of Julius
Cæsar to the Revolution of 1688. By David Hume,
Esq. -
List of New Publications.
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196
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No. LXVIII.
Page
ART. 1.-1. Britton's Cathedral Antiquities.
2. A Brief Memoir of the Life and Writings of John
Britton, F.S.A. F.R.S.L. &c.
305
II.-Lives of the Novelists. By Sir Walter Scott.
III.-]. Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a
North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific;
performed in the Years 1824, 25, in His Majesty's
Ships Hecla and Fury, under the orders of Captain
William Edward Parry, R.N. F.R.S., and Commander
of the Expedition.
2. A Voyage towards the South Pole, performed in the
years 1822-24. Containing an Examination of the
Antarctic Sea, to the Seventy-fourth degree of Latitude:
and a Visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular Ac-
count of the Inhabitants. To which is added, much
useful Information on the coasting Navigation of Cape
Horn, and the Adjacent Lands, with Charts of Har-
bours, &c. By James Weddell, Esq., Master in the
Royal Navy.
349
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IV.-Philippe-Auguste; Poëme Héroïque, en Douze Chants.
Par F. A. Parseval, Membre de l'Académie Française. 399
V.-1. The Subaltern.
2. The Adventures of a Young Rifleman in the French
and English Armies during the War in Spain and Por-
tugal, from 1806 to 1816. Written by himself.
3. Adventures of a French Serjeant, during his Cam-
paigns in Italy, Spain, Germany, Russia, &c. from
1805 to 1823. Written by himself.
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VI.-Mémoires de Madame la Comtesse de Genlis.
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