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CONTENTS OF No. LXVIII.

ART. I. The Comedies of Aristophanes. By T. Mitchell,
A. M. late Fellow of Sidney-Sussex College, Cam-
bridge. Vol. I.

II. 1. Whitelaw's History of the City of Dublin.

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p. 271

2. Observations on the State of Ircland, príncipally
directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population;
in a Series of Letters, written on a Tour through
that Country. In 2 Vols. By J. C. Curwen, Esq.
M. P.

3. Gamble's Views of Society in Ireland

III. An Account of Experiments for Determining the Va-
riation in the Length of the Pendulum vibrating
Seconds at the principal Stations of the Trigonome-
trical Survey of Great Britain. By Captain H.
Kater, F. R. S.

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IV. Poems. By Bernard Barton

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V. The Transactions of the Horticultural Society of Lon-
don. Vols. I. II. & III.

VI. Mademoiselle de Tournon, par l'Auteur d'Adèle de
Sénange

VII. Recherches sur les Bibliotheques Anciennes et Mo-
dernes jusqu'à la Fondation de la Bibliotheque Ma-
zarine, et sur les Causes qui ont favorisé l'Accroisse-
ment successif du Nombre des Livres. Par L. С.
F. Petit Radel, Membre de l'Institut de France,
&c. &c.

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VIII. Journals of two Expeditions into the Interior of New
South Wales, undertaken by Order of the British
Government in the Years 1817-18. By John Ox-
ley, Surveyor-General of the Territory

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ART. IX. The Bakerian Lecture. On the Composition and
Analysis of the Inflammable Gaseous Compounds
resulting from the Destructive Distillation of Coal
and Oil; with some Remarks on their relative Heat-
ing and Illuminating Powers. By W. T. Brande,
Esq., Sec. R. S. Prof. Chem. R. I.

p. 431

X. Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of
Elizabeth. Delivered at the Surrey Institution. By

William Hazlitt

438

XI. Marcian Colonna, an Italian Tale, with Three Dra-
matic Scenes, and other Poems. By Barry Corn-

wall

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449

XII. Speech of Lord John Russell in the House of Com-
mons, on the 14th December 1819, for transferring
the Elective Franchise from Corrupt Boroughs to
Unrepresented Great Towns

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