THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. LXXXIV.

PUBLISHED IN

DECEMBER, 1848, & MARCH, 1849.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1849.

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LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

CONTENTS

OF

No. CLXVII.

ART.

I.-1. The Bubble of the Age; or the Fallacies of Railway

Investment, Railway Accounts, and Railway Divi-

dends. By Arthur Smith.

2. Herepath's Railway and Commercial Journal, 1848.

3. Rules and Regulations for the conduct of the Traffic

and for the guidance of the Officers and Men in the

service of the London and North-Western Railway

Company

II.-1. Souvenirs d'un Séjour à Paris durant l'Hiver de 1802

à 1803.

2. Le Lac de Côme, 1830.

3. Munich et ses Monuments, 1839.

4. Souvenirs et Impressions de Voyage, 1846.

Printed only for

5. Feuilles détachées de l'Album d'un Homme retiré du

Monde. (By Baron Wessenberg.

private circulation.)

III.-Presbytery examined; an Essay, Critical and Historical,

on the Ecclesiastical History of Scotland since the

Reformation. By the Duke of Argyll

IV.-Nineveh and its Remains. By Austen Henry Layard,

Esq., D.C.L.

V.-1. Vanity Fair; a Novel without a Hero. By William

Makepeace Thackeray.

2. Jane Eyre; an Autobiography. Edited by Currer

Bell.

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3. Governesses' Benevolent Institution-Report for 1847 153

VI.-1. Geschichte der letzten 25 Jahre, &c. :-History of the

last 25 Years. By C. H. Hermes.

2. Ranke's History of Prussia. Translated from the Ger-

man by Sir A. and Lady Duff Gordon.

3. On Nationality and Language in the Duchy of Sleswick.

ART.

4. Geschichte von Böhmen, &c. :-History of Bohemia.

By F. Palacky.

5. Slawische Alterthümer, &c. :-Slavonic Antiquities.

By P. J. Schafarik.

6. Essai Historique sur l'Origine des Hongrois. Par A.

De Gerando.

7. Magyaren Spiegel, &c.:-Magyar Mirror; or, De-

scription of the Constitution and Tendency of the

Hungarian Kingdom in Modern Times.

8. Geschichte der Romanen, &c. :-History of the Wal-

lachians. By P. Lauriani.

9. Dalmatia and Montenegro. By Sir J. Gardner Wil-

kinson, F.R.S.

10. Panslavism and Germanism. By Count V. Krasinski.

11. Portfolio, Actenstücke, &c.: Collection of Documents

to serve for contemporary History.

:-

12. Die Zustände Berlins seit dem 18ten März, 1848:-

The State of Berlin since the 18th March.

13. Die Deutsche Bundesverfassung, &c. :-The German

Federal Constitution, in its peculiar relation to the

Constitutions of England and the United States. By

C. C. J. Bunsen.

14. Vorschlag für die unverzügliche Bildung, &c. :-

Proposal for the immediate formation of a complete

Imperial Constitution. By C. C. J. Bunsen

VII.-La Révolution et les Réformes en Italie. Par S.

VIII.-1. Rapport au Roi Louis-Philippe, par M. Guizot,

Ministre de l'Instruction Publique, sur l'exécution de

la Loi du 28 Juin, 1833, relative à l'Instruction Pri-

maire.

2. Rapports au Roi Louis-Philippe, par M. Guizot, sur

les Recherches relatives à l'Histoire de France.

3. Rapport au Roi Louis-Philippe, sur l'Instruction Se-

condaire, par M. Villemain

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IX.-Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh,

second Marquess of Londonderry. Edited by his

Brother, Charles Vane, Marquess of Londonderry

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CONTENTS

OF

No. CLXVIII.

ART.

I.-1. A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things

Familiar. By the Rev. Dr. Brewer.

2. The Scientific Phenomena of Domestic Life familiarly

explained. By Charles Foote Gower, Esq.

3. Astro-Theology. By the Rev. Henry Moseley.

4. Traité Philosophique d'Astronomie Populaire, ou Ex-

position Systématique de toutes les Notions de Philo-

sophie Astronomique, soit scientifiques, soit logiques,

qui doivent devenir universellement familières. Par

M. Auguste Comte.

5. The Danger of Superficial Knowledge: a Lecture by

James D. Forbes, F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philo-

sophy in the University of Edinburgh, and Correspond-

ing Member of the French Institute

II. 1. Dog-breaking. By Lieut.-Col. W. N. Hutchinson

(20th Regiment).

2. Stable-Talk and Table-Talk. By Harry Hieover.

3. The Pocket and the Stud. By Harry Hieover.

4. Field Sports in the United States and the British Pro-

vinces of America. By Frank Forester

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III. 1. Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse, with Notes on

the Illumination of Lighthouses. By Alan Stevenson,

Engineer to the Northern Lighthouse Board.

2. An Account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. By Robert

Stevenson, Civil Engineer.

3. Narrative of the Building and Description of the Con-

struction of the Eddystone Lighthouse with Stone. By

John Smeaton, Civil Engineer, F.R.S.

IV. The Book of the Farm; detailing the Labours of the

nomad Farmer, Farm-Steward, Ploughman, Shepherd, Hedger,

Cattleman, Fieldworker, and Dairymaid. By Henry

Stephens, F.R.S.E.

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