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NEW YORK REVIEW.

VOL. VI.

Jan-April, 1840,

NEW YORK:

PUBLISHED BY ALEXANDER V. BLAKE,

54 GOLD STREET, CORNER OF FULTON.

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CRAIGHEAD AND ALLEN, PRINTERS, NO. 112 FULTON-STREET.

I. REDFIELD'S AND ESPY'S THEORY OF STORMS

1. Remarks on the Prevailing Storms of the Atlantic

Coast of the North American States. By WILLIAM

C. REDFIELD.

2. On the Gales and Hurricanes of the Western At-

lantic. By W. C. REDFIELD.

3. Observations on the Hurricanes and Storms of

the West Indies. By W. C. REDFIELD.

4. Mr. Redfield in Reply to Mr. Espy.

5. Courses of Hurricanes and Typhoons of the China

Sea. By W. C. REDFIELD.

6. Meteorological Sketches, by an Observer.

7. Meteorological Sketches, by an Amateur Ob-

server.

8. Remarks on Mr. Espy's Theory of Centripetal

Storms. By W. C. REDFIELD.

9. Whirlwinds excited by Fire, with farther notices

of the Typhoons of the China Seas. By W. C. RED-

FIELD.

10. Papers, by JAMES ESPY.

11. An attempt to develop the Law of Storms. By

Lieut. Col. W. REID, C. B., of the Royal (British) En-

gineers.

II. INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS.

1. Second Report of the Commissioners appointed

to consider and recommend a general system of Rail-

Ways for Ireland.

2. Les Voies de Communication aux Etats Unis.

Par MICHEL CHEVALIER.

3. Rail-Roads in the Kingdom of Belgium, compa-

red with those in the United States. By the Cheva-

lier DE GERSTNER.

III. LESSING'S CHARACTER AND WRITINGS

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3. Gottholb Ephraim Lessing's Leben, nebst seinem

noch übrigen litterarischen Nachlasse.

IV. GIRARD COLLEGE FOR ORPHANS

1. Report on Education in Europe, to the Trustees

of the Girard College for Orphans. By ALEXANDER

D. BACHE, LL. D., President of the College.

2. The Will and Biography of the late Stephen Gi-

rard, Esq.

3. Address on the occasion of laying the Corner

Stone of the Girard College for Orphans. By NICHO-

LAS BIDDLE.

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