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CONTENTS OF No. XLV.

ART. I. A Song of Triumph. By W. Sotheby esq.

L'Acte Constitutionnel, en la Séance du 9 Avril 1814.

Of Bonaparte, the Bourbons, and the Necessity of ral-

lying round our Legitimate Princes, for the Hap-

piness of France and of Europe. By F. A. Cha-

teaubriand

p. 1

II. Voyages and Travels in the Years 1809, 1810, and

1811, containing Statistical, Commercial and Mis-

cellaneous Observations on Gibraltar, Sardinia, Si-

cily, Malta, Serigo and Turkey. By John Galt - 40

III. Petralogy: A Treatise on Rocks. By J. Pinkerton - 63

IV. Letter from Sir Philip Francis, K. B. to Earl Grey 79

V. The Art of Preserving all Kinds of Animal and Veget-

able Substances for several years. By M. Appert 104

VI. The History of Toussaint L'Ouverture. A New Edi-

tion

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VII. A Dictionary of the Malayan Language; in two Parts,

Malayan and English, and English and Malayan.

By Wm. Marsden, F. R. S.

A Grammar of the Malayan Language; with an Intro-

duction and Praxis. By the Same

VIII. Description of the Retreat, an Institution near York,

for Insane Persons of the Society of Friends: Con-

taining an Account of its Origin and Progress, the

Modes of Treatment, and a Statement of Cases.

By Samuel Tuke

131

151

189

IX. The Corsair: a Tale. By Lord Byron.

The Bride of Abydos: a Turkish Tale. By the Same 198

X. A Literary History of the Middle Ages; comprehend-

ing an Account of the State of Learning, from the

Close of the Reign of Augustus, to its Revival in

the Fifteenth Century. By the Rev. Joseph Be-

rington

229

Notice with respect to Howell's State Trials

Governor Farquhar's Letter as to the Slaves in Mauri-

tius

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246

247

Quarterly List of New Publications

249

CONTENTS OF No. XLVI.

ART. I. The Life of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knight, late Presi-

dent of the Royal Academy, &c. By James North-

cote, Esq.

p. 263

II. Correspondance Litteraire, Philosophique et Critique ;

Adressée à un Souverain d'Allemagne; Depuis

1753 jusqu'en 1769. Par le Baron De Grimm, et

par Diderot

III. Essai Philosophique sur les Probabilités. Par M. le

Comté Laplace, Chancelier, &c.

IV. A Voyage round the World, in the Years 1803, 4, 5,

&6: Performed by Order of his Imperial Majesty

Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the

Ship Neva. By Urey Lisiansky, Captain in the

Russian Navy, &c.

V. Teoria de las Cortes, ó Grandes Juntas Nacionales de

los Reinos de Leon y Castilla. Monumentos de sa

Constitucion politica y de la Soberania del Pueblo.

Con algunas observaciones sobre la lei fundamental

de la Monarquia Española, sancionada por las

Cortes Generales y Extraordinarias y promulgada

en Cadiz, a 19 de Marzo de 1812. Por El Ciuda

dano Don Francisco Martinez Marina

. 292

- 320

340

347

VI. An Inquiry into the Probability and Rationality of Mr

Hunter's Theory of Life; being the subject of the

first Two Anatomical Lectures, delivered before the

Royal College of Surgeons, of London. By John

Abernethy, F. R. S. &c.

VII. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with

a Supplement of interesting Letters, by distinguish-

ed Characters

VIII. Poems on Several Occasions.

Moonlight, a Poem, with several Copies of Verses.

The Doge's Daughter, a Poem; with several Transla-

tions from Anacreon and Horace.

Ariadne A Poem, in Three Parts.-All by Edward,

:

Lord Thurlow

384

398

411