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ART. I. The Resources of the United States of America; or,

a View of the Agricultural, Commercial, Financial,

Political, Literary, Moral, and Religious Character

of the American People. By John Bristed, Counsel-

lor at Law, Author of · The Resources of the British

Empire.'

II. The Civil Architecture of Vitruvius, containing those

Books of this Author relating to the Public and Pri-

vate Edifices of the Ancients. Translated by William

Wilkins, A. M. late fellow of Caius College, Cam-

bridge.

III. The Testimony of Natural Theology to Christianity.

By Thomas Gisborne, A. M.

IV. Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of

a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years

1816 and 1817 ; containing an Account of the most

interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst’s Embassy

to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Coun-

tries which it visited. By Clarke Abel, F. L. S. 67

V. Fairy Tales, or the Lilliputian Cabinet, containing

Twenty-four choice pieces of Fancy and Fiction, col-

lected by Benjamin Tabart.

VI. Select Pieces in Prose and Verse, by the late John

Bowdler, Junior, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister at

Law.

112

VII. Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey

of Five Thousand Miles through the Eastern and

Western States of America ; contained in Eight

Reports, addressed to the Thirty-nine Families by

whom the Author was deputed, in June 1817, to

ascertain whether any, and what part of the United

States would be suitable for their Residence : with

Remarks on Mr. Birkbeck's Notes,' and Letters.'

By Henry Bradshaw Fearon.

124

VIII. Church-of-Englandism and its Catechism examined:

preceded by Strictures on the Exclusionary System,

as pursued in the National Society's Schools: inter-

spersed with parallel views of the English and Scottish

Established

Established and Non-Established Churches : and cona

cluding with Remedies Proposed for Abuses Indi-

cated: and an Examination of the Parliamentary

System of Church Reform lately pursued, and still

pursuing: including the proposed New Churches.

By Jeremy Bentham, Esq. Bencher of Lincoln's-inn,

and late of Queen’s-college, Oxford, M. A.

167

IX. 1. The Travels of Marco Polo, a Venetian, in the Thir-

teenth Century ;-being a Description by that early

Traveller of remarkable places and things, in the East-

ern parts of the World. Translated from the Italian,

with Notes, by William Marsden, F. R. S. &c.

2. Di Marco Polo e degli alteri Viaggiatori Veneziani

più illustri Dissertazioni del P. Ab. D. Placido Zurla. 177

X. 1. The Case stated between the Public Libraries and

the Booksellers.

2. Address to the Parliament of Great Britain, on the

Claims of Authors to their own Copyright. By a

Member of the University of Cambridge (Richard

Duppa, Esq. LL. B.)

3. Reasons for a further Amendment of the Act 54

Geo. III. c. 156. being an Act to amend the Copy-

right Act of Queen Anne. By Sir Egerton Brydges,

Bart. M. P.

4. A summary Statement of the great Grievances im-

posed on Authors and Publishers, and the Injury done

to Literature by the late Copyright Act. By Sir Eger-

ton Brydges, Bart. M. P.

5. A Vindication of the pending Bill for the Amendment

of the Copyright Act, from the Misrepresentations

and unjust Comments of the Syndics of the University

Library at Cambridge. By Sir Egerton Bridges, Bart.

M. P.

6. A Vindication of the Right of the Universities of the

United Kingdom to a Copy of every new Publication.

By Edward Christian, of Gray's Inn, Esq. Barrister at

Law, Professor of the Laws of England in the Univer-

sity of Cambridge, and Chief Justice of the Isle of

Ely.

7. Inquiries and Observations respecting the University

Library. By Basil Montagu, Esq. A. M.

8. Inquiries concerning the proposed Alteration of the

Law of Copyright, as it affects Authors and the Uni-

versities. By Basil Montagu, Esq.

· 196

XI. A Voyage of Discovery, made under the order of the

Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and

Alexander, for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay,

and inquiring into the probability of a North-west Pas-

sage. By John Ross, K. S. Captain R. N.

214

CONTENTS

No. XLII.

ART. I. Lectures on the History of Literature, Ancient and Mo-

dern, from the German of Frederick Schlegel.

271'.

II. Personal Narrative of Travels 'to the Equinoctial Re-

gions of the New Continent, during the years 1799–

1804. By Alexander de Humboldt and Aimé Bon-

pland.

320

III. Dissertation on the Use and Importance of Unautho-

ritative Tradition. By E. Hawkins, M. A. Fellow of

Oriel College.

352

IV. 1. Promenade aux Cimetières de Paris, aux Sépultures

Royales de Saint Denis, et aux Catacombes, &c. Par

M. P. St. A.

2. Description des Catacombes de Paris, précédée d'un

Précis Historique sur les Catacombes de tous les

Peuples de l'ancien et du nouveau Continent. Par L.

Hericart de Thury, Maître des Requêtes, Ingénieur

en chef au Corps Royal des Mines, Inspecteur-Géné-

ral des Travaux souterrains du Département de la

Seine.

359

V. 1. The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Ireland, 58 Geo. III. Vol. VII. Part II.

2. An Analytical Digest of the Reports of Cases decided

in the Courts of Common Law and Equity, of Appeal

and Nisi Prius, in the Year 1817. By a Barrister, 398

VI. 1. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire de la Révolution

de Saint Domingue. Par le Lieutenant Général Ba-

ron Pamphilé de Lacroix, &c.

2. History of the Island of St. Domingo, from its first

Discovery by Columbus to the present period.

3. Réflexions sur les Noirs et les Blancs, la Civilization

de l'Afrique, le Royaume d'Hayti, &c. Relation de

la Fête de S. M. la Reine d'Hayti, &c.

Par le

Baron de Vastey, Secrétaire du Roi au Cap Henry.

4. Almanach Royal d'Hayti.

430

VII. 1. Laon and Cythna, or the Revolution of the Golden

City. A Vision of the Nineteenth Century, in the

Stanza of Spenser. By Percy B. Shelley. .

2. The Revolt of Islam. A Poem, in 'Twelve Cantos.

By Percy Bysshe Shelley.

460

VIJI. Maurice and Berghetta; or the Priest of Rahery. A A

Tale.

471

IX. 1. Prospectus and Specimen of an intended National

Work, by William and Robert Whistlecraft, of Stow-

market, Suffolk, Harness and Collar Makers, intended

to comprize the most interesting particulars relating

to King Arthur and his Round Table.

2. The Court of Beasts, freely translated from the Ani-

mali Parlanti of Giambattista Casti, a Poem, in seven

Cantos. By William Stewart Rose.

486

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