THE

NORTH AMERICAN

William Plumer's

REVIEW.

VOL. XLI.

BOSTON:

CHARLES BOWEN, 141 WASHINGTON STREET.

2336

BOSTON,
PRINTED BY I. R. BUTTS.

The Crayon Miscellany, by the Author of the

Sketch Book. No. 1.-A Tour on the Prairies.

II. THE AMERICAN ALMANAC.

28

The American Almanac and Repository of Useful

Knowledge for the Year 1835.

III. MEMOIRS OF CASANOVA.

46

Memoires de Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, écrits

par luimême.

IV. MACHIAVelli.

1. Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli, Cittadino e

Segretario Florentino. X. Vol.

70

2. Machiavel, son génie et ses Erreurs. XI. Tom.

Par A. F. ARTAUD.

V. LIFE AND CHARACTER OF WILLIAM ROSCOE.

The Life of William Roscoe. By his Son, HENRY

ROSCOE.

94

VI. MRS. BUTLER'S JOUrnal.

109

Journal of Frances Anne Butler.

VII. DUNLAP'S HISTORY OF THE ARTS.

History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of

Design in the United States. By WILLIAM DUNLAP.

VIII. SLAVERY.

An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans

called Africans. By Mrs. CHILD.

IX. AUDUBON'S BIOGRAPHY OF BIRDS.

Ornithological Biography. Vol. II. By JOHN

JAMES AUDubon.

X. WEBSTER'S SPEECHES.

Speeches and Forensic Arguments. By DANIEL

WEBSTER.

146

170

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CONTENTS

OF

No. LXXXIX.

ART.

I.

GURLEY'S LIFE OF ASHMUN,

PAGE

Life of Jehudi Ashmun, late Colonial Agent in

Liberia. With an Appendix, containing extracts

from his Journal and other writings; and a brief

Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Carey. By RALPH
RANDOLPH GURLEY.

II. MODERN LAW OF NATIONS,

1. Ward's Law of Nations.

2. Vattel's Law of Nations, by Chitty.

III. MATTHIAS AND HIS IMPOSTURES.

Matthias and his Impostures, or the Progress of

Fanaticism, Illustrated in the Extraordinary Case

of Robert Matthews and some of his Forerunners

and Disciples. By W. L. STONE.

IV. CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY.

Scriptores Rerum Mythicarum Latini tres, Romæ

nuper Reperti. Ad fidem codicum MSS. Guelfer-

bytanorum, Gottingensis, Gothani et Parisiensis,

Integriores edidit ac Scholiis illustravit Dr. GEORGIUS

HENRICUS BODE, Ordinis Philos. Gotting. Assessor,

Societatis literar. quæ Cantabrigiæ Americanorum

floret Socius. Celles.

Three Latin Writers on Mythology lately discov-

ered at Rome.

A more complete Edition, from Manuscript Texts

at Wolfenbuttel, Gottingen, Gotha and Paris, illus-
trated with Notes. By GEORGE HENRY BODE.

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