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THE
L
ARY
NORTH AMERICAN
REVIEW.
VOL. LXXXV.
Tros Tyriusve mihi nullo discrimine agetur.
BOSTON:
CROSBY, NICHOLS, AND COMPANY,
117 WASHINGTON STREET.
1857.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by
in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
CAMBRIDGE: METCALF AND COMPANY, PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.
CONTENTS
OF
No. CLXXVI.
ART.
I. LIFE AND WORKS OF JOHN ADAMS
The Works of JOHN ADAMS, Second President of the
United States: with a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illus-
trations, by his Grandson, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
II. MECHANISM OF VITAL ACTIONS.
1. Human Physiology, Statical and Dynamical; or the
Conditions and Course of the Life of Man. By JOHN
WILLIAM DRAPER.
2. The Mutual Relations of the Vital and Physical
Forces. By WILLIAM B. CARPENTER.
3. The Correlation of Physical Forces. By W. R.
GROVE.
4. Caloric; its Mechanical, Chemical, and Vital Agen-
cies in the Phenomena of Nature. By SAMUEL L. MET-
1. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent
Regions. A Journal of Travels by E. ROBINSON and E.
SMITH.
2. Sinai and Palestine in Connection with their History.
By ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY.
3. Phoenicia. By JOHN KENRICK.
4. Karte von Syrien und Palästina. Zu RITTER'S Erd-
kunde, von CARL ZIMMERMANN.
5. Reise nach Ostindien über Palästina und Egypten
von Juli, 1844, bis April, 1853. Von K. Graul.
6. DR. TITUS TOBLER'S Zwei Bücher Topographie von
Jerusalem und seinen Umgebungen.
7. Five Years in Damascus. By Rev. J. L. Porter.
8. Palestine. Description Géographique, Historique, et
Archéologique. Par S. MUNK.
9. Cartes de la Terre-Sainte: Atlas Universel. Par
HouzÉ.
10. The Chronological Scripture Atlas.
11. Map of Jerusalem and its Environs.
BARCLAY and SONS.
By J. T.
12. Neue Hand-Atlas üb. alle Theile der Erde.
13. Geognostische Karte des peträischen Arabien.
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IV. SACRED LATIN POETRY
1. Thesaurus Hymnologicus, sive Hymnorum, Cantico-
rum, Sequentiarum circa Annum MD. usitatarum Collectio
amplissima. Carmina collegit, Apparatu critico ornavit,
Veterum Interpretum Notas selectas suasque adjecit HERM.
ADALBERT. Daniel.
2. Lateinische Hymnen des Mittelalters, aus Hand-
schriften herausgegeben und erklärt von F. G. MONE.
3. Gesänge Christlicher Vorzeit. Auswahl des Vor-
züglichsten, aus dem Griechischen und Lateinischen über-
setzt von C. FORTLAGE.
4. Carmina e Poetis christianis Excerpta ad Usum
Scholarum edidit, et permultas Interpretationes, cum Notis
Gallicis quæ ad diversa Carminum Genera, vitamque Poe-
tarum pertinent adjecit FELIX CLEMENT.
5. Sacred Latin Poetry, chiefly Lyrical, selected and
arranged for Use; with Notes and Introduction. By
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH.
6. De Poesis Latina Rhythmis et Rimis præcipue Mo-
nachorum. Libellus conscriptus per CHRIST. THEOPHIL.
SCHUCH.
7. An Essay on the Origin, Progress, and Decline of
Rhyming Latin Verse; with many Specimens. By SIR
ALEXANDER CROKE.
On the Lessons in Proverbs. By RICHARD CHENEVIX
TRENCH.
VI. TREES AND THEIR USES
The Trees of America. By R. U. PIPER.
VII. HAVEN'S ARCHEOLOGY OF THE UNITED STATES
Archæology of the United States; or, Sketches, Histori-
cal and Bibliographical, of the Progress of Information and
Opinion respecting Vestiges of Antiquity in the United
States. By SAMUEL F. HAVEN.
VIII. THE IMAGINATION IN MATHEMATICS
Lectures on Quaternions; containing a Systematic State-
ment of a New Mathematical Method; of which the Prin-
ciples were communicated in 1843 to the Royal Irish Acad-
emy, and which has since formed the Subject of successive
Courses of Lectures delivered in 1848 and subsequent
Years, in the Halls of Trinity College, Dublin. By Sir
WILLIAM ROWAN HAMILTON.
IX. TURNBULL'S LIFE PICTURES
Life Pictures from a Pastor's Note-Book. By ROB-
ERT TURNBull.
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168
178
205
223
237
No. CLXXVII.
I. CHARLOTTE BRONTÉ AND THE BRONTÉ NOVELS . . 293
1. The Life of Charlotte Bronté. By E. C. GASkell.
2. The Bronté Novels.-Jane Eyre. An Autobiog-
raphy. Edited by CURRER BELL (CHARLOTTE BRONTÉ).
Shirley. A Tale. By the Author of "Jane Eyre.".
Villette. By the Author of "Jane Eyre" and "Shirley."
Wuthering Heights. By ELLIS BELL (EMILY
BRONTÉ).—The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. By ACTON
BELL (ANNE BRONTÉ).
3. Agnes Grey. By ACTON BELL (ANNE BRONTÉ).
4. The Professor. A Tale. By CURRER BELL.
History of Piedmont. By ANTONIO GALLENGA.
III. THE ROYAL HOUSE OF ST. CYR.
330
369
Histoire de la Maison Royale de St. Cyr. (1686-
1793.) Par THEOPHILE LAVALLÉE.
IV. THE DRED SCOTT CASE
392
A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and the Opinions of the Judges thereof, in
the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sanford.
December Term, 1856. By BENJAMIN C. HOWARD.
V. ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
Poems by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING.
VI. SIR ROBERT PEEL
1. Memoirs of SIR ROBERT PEEL. By M. GUIZot.
2. Memoirs of the RIGHT HONORABLE SIR ROBERT
PEEL, BART., M. P., &c. Published by the Trustees of
his Papers, LORD MAHON (now EARL STANHOPE) and
the RIGHT HON. EDWARD CARDWELL, M. P. Part I.
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