THE

AMERICAN

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. XIV.

SEPTEMBER & DECEMBER, 1833.

PHILADELPHIA:
CAREY & LEA-CHESNUT STREET.

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CONTENTS OF No. XXVII.

ART.

I. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON,

A Memoir of the Life of William Livingston, Member of Con-

gress in 1774, 1775, and 1776; Delegate to the Federal Conven-

tion in 1787; and Governor of the State of New Jersey from

1776 to 1790. With extracts from his Correspondence, and No-

tices of various members of his Family. By Theodore Sedg-
wick, Jr.

II. WINDHAM'S LIFE AND SPEECHES,

Speeches in Parliament of the Right Honourable William

Windham; to which is prefixed some account of his Life. By

Thomas Amyot, Esq.

III. SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA,

An Extract from a Speech delivered by Charles Miner in the

House of Representatives of the United States in 1829, on the

subject of Slavery and the Slave Trade in the District of Co-

lumbia: with Notes.

Extracts from the Information received by His Majesty's Com-

missioners, as to the Administration and Operation of the Poor

Laws.

V. IMPRISONMENTS OF SILVIO PELLICO,

Mes Prisons.-Memoires de Silvio Pellico des Salures, traduits

de l'Italien, et précédés d'une introduction biographique par A.

Latour.

My imprisonments: Memoirs of Silvio Pellico Da Saluzzo.

Translated from the Italian by Thomas Roscoe.

VI. GOODRICH'S GEOGRAPHY,

A System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific,

comprising a Physical, Political, and Statistical Account of the

World and its various Divisions; embracing numerous Sketches

from recent Travels; and illustrated by Engravings. By S. G.

Goodrich.

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'OMHPOT 'IAIAE.-The Iliad of Homer, from the Text of

Wolf. With English Notes and Flaxman's Illustrative Designs.

Edited by C. C. Felton, A. M. College Professor of Greek in

Harvard University.

VIII. WORKS OF JOANNA BAILLIE,

The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie.

IX. ROSCOE'S LIFE AND WRITINGS,

The Life of William Roscoe, by his Son, Henry Roscoe.

X. PENITENTIARY SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STAtes,

On the Penitentiary System in the United States, and its Ap-

plication in France; with an Appendix on Penal Colonies, and

also, Statistical Notes. By G. De Beaumont and A. De Toque-

ville, Counsellors in the Royal Court of Paris, and Members of

the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Translated from the

French, with an Introduction, Notes, and Additions. By Francis

Lieber.

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CONTENTS OF No. XXVIII.

ART.

I. LETTERS OF Euler,

Letters of Euler on Different Subjects of Natural Philoso-

phy-Addressed to a German Princess; with Notes, and a

Life of Euler. By David Brewster, LL.D. F.R.S. London

and Edinburgh. Containing a Glossary of Scientific Terms,

with Additional Notes. By John Griscom, L.L.D.

II. LIFE AND OPINIONS OF JOHN JAY,

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The Life of John Jay with Selections from his Correspond-

ence and Miscellaneous Papers. By his Son, William Jay.

III. DENMARK, SWEDEN AND NORWAY,

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A Personal Narrative of a Journey through Norway, part

of Sweden, and the islands and states of Denmark. By Der-

went Conway.

Letters from the North of Europe; or a Journal of Travels

in Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia,

Prussia, and Saxony. By Charles Boileau Elliott, Esq. of the

Bengal civil service.

Narrative of a Visit to the Courts of Russia and Sweden, in

the years 1830 and 1831. By Captain C. Colville Frank-

land, R. N.

IV. JUDGE STORY'S COMMENTARIES,

Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States;

with a preliminary review of the Constitutional History of the

Colonies and States, before the adoption of the Constitution.-

By Joseph Story, LL.D. Dane Professor of Law in Har-

vard University.

V. SKETCHES OF TURKEY,

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Sketches of Turkey in 1831 and 1832. By an American.

VI. REIGN OF LOUIS PHILIPPE,

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Deux Ans de Regne, 1830-1832.-Par Alphonse Pepin,

Avocat.

Two Years of Reign, 1830-1832.-By Alphonse Pepin,

Advocate.