FROM

JANUARY TO APRIL INCLUSIVE.

1842.

VOL. I.

NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES.

LONDON:

G. HENDERSON, 2, OLD BAILEY,

LUDGATE HILL.

1812.

CONTENTS

TO THE

MONTHLY REVIEW FOR JANUARY.

Vol. I. (1842.) No. I.

ART. I.—Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West

and Western Australia. By George Grey, Esq.

II.-Reasons for a New Edition of Shakespeare's Works. By

J. Payne Collier, Esq. .

III.-1. The Letters and Journals of Robert Baillie, Principal of

the University of Glasgow. Edited by David Laing,

Esq. 2. Letters Illustrative of the Revolution in

England, from 1646 to 1653. Edited by Henry Cary,

M. A. .

IV.-Narrative of a Recent Imprisonment in China, after the

Wreck of the Kite. By John Lee Scott

V.-An Introduction to the Dialogues of Plato. By W. Sewell,

B. D. .

VI.-1. Hardness; or, the Uncle. 2. The Mirza. By James

Morier, Esq.

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VII.-The Glory and Shame of England. By C. Edwards Lester 72

VIII.-Outline of a Method of Model Mapping. By J. Bailey

Denton, Surveyor

IX.-Blackwood's Standard Novels. Vols. I. and II.

X.-The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church,

and the Temple. By Ch. G. Addison, Esq., Inner

Temple.

XI.-Letters of David Hume, and Extracts from Letters referring

to him. Edited by Thomas Murray, LL.D.

XII.-Visits to Remarkable Places, &c. By W. Howitt. Second

Series

XIII.-Frederick the Great and his Times. Edited, with an Intro-

duction, by Th. Campbell, Esq. .

XIV.-1. Rambles in Ceylon. By Lieut. De Butts. 2. Notes of

a Half-Pay in Search of Health; or, Russia, Circassia,

and the Crimea in 1839-40. By Captain Jesse,

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XV. Charles Swain's Poetical Works; including "The Mind,"

and other Poems .

XVI. The Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India. By

Captain W. Campbell, of Skipness

XVII.-The Adventures of a Soldier; or, Memoirs of Ed. Costello,

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XVIII. Merrie England in the Olden Time. By George Daniel. 151

XIX.-D'Aubigné's History of the Reformation in the 16th Cen-

tury. Translated by W. K. Kelly, Esq.

XX.-Arago's Lectures on Astronomy.

XXI.-A Manual of Electricity, Magnetism, and Meteorology.

By Dionysius Lardner, D.C.L.

XXII.-The Blue Bells of England. By Frances Trollope

XXIII. The Natural History of Exotic Moths. By James Duncan,

M.W.S..

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XXIV. The Local Historian's Table-Book. By M. A. Richardson 155

XXV.-Brande's Dictionary of General Knowledge, Part VIII.

XXVI.-The Chain Rule. By C. L. Schonberg

XXVII. History of Poland and Russia. By Miss Corner

XXVIII.- Poems. By Thomas Miller

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