CAMBRIDGE:

METCALF, KEITH, AND NICHOLS,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS

OF

No. CXVIII.

ART.

I. DOWNING ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE

1. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of

Landscape Gardening. By A. S. DOWNING.

2. Cottage Residences, or a Series of Designs for

Rural Cottages and Villas, with their Gardens and

Grounds. By A. S. DOWNING.

1. Sketches Abroad and Rhapsodies at Home.

By a Veteran Traveller.

2. At Home and Abroad. By RODERICK O'FLAN-

AGAN.

3. Pictures of Life at Home and Abroad. By

the Author of "Tremaine."

4. Sketches at Home and Abroad. By Mrs.

JAMESON.

III. HALLAM'S INTRODUCTION TO THE LITERATURE OF

EUROPE

Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the

Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries. By

HENRY HALLAM, F. R. A. S.

IV. WARD'S MEMOIR OF SAMUEL CURWEN

Journal and Letters of the late Samuel Curwen,

Judge of Admiralty, &c.; an American Refugee

in England from 1775 to 1784, comprising Remarks

on the Prominent Men and Measures of that Period.

To which are added Biographical Notices of many

American Loyalists and other Eminent Persons.

By GEORGE ATKINSON WARD.

V. Works of Alexandre DUMAS

Euvres d'ALEXANDRE DUMAS.

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17

44

89

109

VI. MADAME CALDERON'S LIFE IN MEXICO

Life in Mexico during a Residence of Two Years
in that Country. By Madame C——— DE LA B-
VII. INSANITY IN MASSACHUSETTS

137

€ 171

1. What shall we do with the Insane? By ED-
WARD JARVIS.

2 American Hospital Reports.

VIII. GRAY'S BOTANICAL TEXT-Book

The Botanical Text-Book for Colleges, Schools,
and Private Students; comprising, Part I. An Intro-
duction to Structural and Physiological Botany.
Part II. The Principles of Systematic Botany;
with an Account of the Chief Natural Families of
the Vegetable Kingdom, and Notices of the principal
Officinal or otherwise Useful Plants. Illustrated
with numerous Engravings on Wood.
By ASA
GRAY, M. D.

IX. ECKFELDT AND DU BOIS ON COINS

A Manual of Gold and Silver Coins of all Nations,
struck within the Past Century; showing their Histo-
ry and Legal Basis, and their actual Weight, Fine-
ness, and Value, chiefly from Original and Recent
Assays; with which are incorporated Treatises on
Bullion and Plate, Counterfeit Coins, Specific Gravi-
ty of Precious Metals, etc., with recent Statistics of
the Production and Coinage of Gold and Silver in
the World, and Sundry Useful Tables. By JACOB R.
ECKFELDT, and WILLIAM E. Du Bois, Assayers of
the Mint of the United States. Illustrated by nu-
merous Engravings of Coins, executed by the Medal-
Ruling Machine, and under the Direction, of JOSEPH
SAXTON, of the United States Mint. Published at the
Assay Office of the Mint.

X. CHARLES DICKENS

American Notes for General Circulation. By
CHARLES DICKENS.

192

208

212

CONTENTS

OF

No. CXIX.

ART.

I. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION

Synopsis of the Cruise of the United States Ex-

ploring Expedition during the Years 1838, 1839,

1840, and 1841, delivered before the National In-

stitute, by its Commander, CHARLES WILKES, on the

20th of June, 1842.

II. PAUL DE KOCK'S NOVELS

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271

4

4. Ni

Romans de PAUL DE KOCK. 1. Sœur Anne.

vols. 2. Le Jeune Homme Charmant. 4 vols.

3. La Jolie Fille du Faubourg. 4 vols.

Jamais ni Toujours. 4 vols. 5. Les Mœurs Pa-

risiennes. 2 vols.-6. Mon Voisin Raymond.

III. HOWITT'S STUDENT-LIFE OF GERMANY

The Student-life of Germany. By WILLIAM How-

From the unpublished MS. of Dr. Cornelius.

ITT.

300

IV. DILLAWAY'S EDITION OF THE TUSCULAN QUESTIONS. 317

M. T. Ciceronis Tusculanarum Quæstionum Libri

Quinque. Ex Editionibus Oliveti et Ernesti.

cedunt Notæ Anglica. Curâ C. K. DILLAWAY, A. M.

V. MÜLLER'S ELEMENTS OF PHYSIOLOGY

Ac-

1. Elements of Physiology, by J. MÜLLER, M. D.,

Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the Univer-

sity of Berlin, etc. Translated from the German,

with Notes, by WILLIAM BALY, M. D.

2. Elements of Physiology, by J. MÜLLER, M. D.,

etc.; arranged from the Second London Edition, by

JOHN BELL, M. D.

VI. ALISON'S HISTORY OF Europe.

History of Europe, from the Commencement of

the French Revolution in 1789, to the Restoration

of the Bourbons in 1815. By ARCHIBALD ALISON,

F. R. S. E., Advocate.

336

363

VII. METEORS

Researches concerning the Periodical Meteors of

August and November. By SEARS C. WALker,

A. P. S.

VIII. HITCHCOCK'S GEOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS

1. Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts.

By EDWARD HITCHCOCK, LL. D., Professor of Chem-

istry and Natural History in Amherst College, Geol-

ogist to the State of Massachusetts, etc.

2. Elementary Geology. By EDWARD HITCH-

COCK, LL. D. Third Edition, revised and improved.

With an Introductory Notice, by JOHN PYE SMITH,

D. D.

IX. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON

1. A Message from the President of the United

States, transmitting to the Senate a Treaty with Great

Britain, and the Correspondence between Mr. WEB-

STER and Lord ASHBURTON. Washington. 1842.

2. Speech on the Treaty with Great Britain, deliv-

ered in the United States Senate. By WILLIAM C.

RIVES. August 17th and 19th, 1842.

3. Speech in the Senate, on the Treaty of Wash-

ington. By JOHN C. CALHOUN. August, 1842.

4. Speech on the Ratification of the Treaty with

Great Britain, delivered in the Senate of the United

States. By JAMES BUCHANAN. August 19th, 1842.

5. Speech in the Senate, in Opposition to the

Treaty. By THOMAS H. BENTON. August 18th, 1842.

5. Speech in the Senate, on Several Points arising

in the Discussion of the Treaty with England. By

LEVI WOODBURY. August, 1842.

X. CRITICAL NOTICES.

1. Bremer's Neighbours

2. Story's Bills of Exchange

QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS

409

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