CONTENTS OF No. CXXXVIII. . ART. PAGE I. THE HOPES OF ITALY 1 Delle Speranze d'Italia. (CESARE BALBO.) II. THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF SISMONDI . 32 Political Economy, and the Philosophy of Government; a Series of Essays selected from the Works of M. DE SISMONDI. With an Historical Notice of his Life and Writings, by M. MIGNET. Translated from the French and illustrated by Extracts from an unpublished Memoir, and from M. de Sismondi's Private Journals and Letters; with a Preliminary Essay by the Translator. III. RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 72 1. The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan. With a Biographical and Critical Sketch. By LEIGH HUNT. 2. Speeches of the Right Honorable Richard Brins ley Sheridan. Edited by a Constitutional Friend. IV. MODERN PAINTERS 110 Modern Painters. By a Graduate of Oxford. V. GRAY ON Prison DISCIPLINE 145 Prison Discipline in America. By Francis C. GRAY. VI. EMERSON ON THE TREES OF MASSACHUSETTS 190 A Report on the Trees and Shrubs growing naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. [By GEORGE B. ÉMERSON.] Published agreeably to an Order of |