ART.

VIII. AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES IN THE WAR OF

1812 AND 1813,

The Naval History of Great Britain. By WILLIAM

JAMES. New edition, with Additions and Notes by

Captain CHAMIER, R. N.

IX MONALDI,

Monaldi, a Tale, by W. Allstoni

X. CRITICAL NOTICES.

1. Lewis's Believing Spirit,

2. Einerson's Meibod of Nature,

3. Henry's History of Philosophy,

4. Camp's Demnocracy,

5. Bird's Visit to Northern Europe,

6. Catlin's North American Indians,

7. Turnbull's Claims of Jesus,

8. My Progress in Error and Recovery to Truth,

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9. Smyth's Luctures on Modern History,

10. Wilde's Conjectures upon Tasso,

11. Lieber's Essay on Property and Labor,

12. Chapin's English Spelling Book,

13. Longfellow's Ballads and other Poems,

14. Lester's Glory and Shame of England,

15. Tales for the People and their Children,

16. The School District Library,

17. The Old Oak Tree,

18. Brainard's Poems,

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248

Notices or RerrintS AND New Editions,

249

QUARTERLY List of New PUBLICATIONS,

251

CONTENTS OF NUMBER XX.

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257

ART.

I. LIFE AND Character of Archbishop LAUD,

The Life of Archbishop Laud. By CHARLES

WEBB LE BAS, M.A., Professor in the East India

College, Herts.

294

II. CAMPBELL'S LIFE OF PETRARCH,

Life of Petrarch. By THOMAS CAMPBELL.

331

III. COMMON School System OF CONNECTICUT,

1. Report of a Select Committee of the Legisla-

ture of Connecticut, May, 1838.

2. An Act to provide for the better supervision of

Common Schools.

3. Address of the Board of Commissioners of Com-

mon Schools,

4. First, second, and third Reports of the Board of

Commissioners of Common Schools.

5. Report of the Secretary of the Board of Commis-

sioners of Common Schools, on the History and Con-

dition of the School Law.

6. Report of the Standing Committee on Educa-

tion,

7. The Public Statute Law of Connecticut respect-
ing Common Schools.

8. Connecticut Common School Journal, Vols. 1,

2, and 3.

348

IV. BIOGRAPHIES OF GREAT Men,

1. Life of Sir Isaac Newton. By Sir David Brew-

STER.

2. Works of Lord Bacon, with a Memoir. By
BASIL MONTAGU.

3. Lives of Galileo, Tycho-Brahe, and Kepler.
By Sir David BREWSTER.

V. THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND,

Public Documents on Foreign Relations : the
United States and Great Britain.

375

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419

Art.

VI. Catlin's North AMERICAN INDIANS,

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and

Condition of the North American Indians. By

GEORGE CATLIN.

448

VII. HISTORY OF MODERN ART IN GERMANY,

Histoire de l'Art moderne en Allemagne. Par le

Comte A. RACZYNSKI.

VIII. Francis's DiscouRSE ON Natural History,

A Discourse delivered upon the Opening of the

New Hall of the New York Lyceum of Natural

History. By John W. FRANCIS, M. D.

474

THE

NEW YORK REVIEW

No. XIX.

JANUARY, 1842.

Art. I. - 1. Letters of John Adams, addressed to his Wife.

Edited by his Grandson, CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS.
Boston : 1841. 2 vols. 12mo.

2. Letters of Mrs. Adams, the Wife of John Adams, with an

Introductory Memoir, by her Grandson, CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS. Boston: 1840. 2 vols. 12mo.

In our last number we directed the attention of our read-
ers to the neglected record of the life and services of one
of the great men of the Revolution, and endeavored, by its
illustration, to revive something like popular interest in
the annals of the best days of the republic, her true heroic
days. We have reason to hope that the effort has not been
vain, and that our basty and necessarily imperfect summary
of the incidents of Mr. Jay's life, and honest panegyric on
lis virtues and public services, have not been without their
1. Thus encouraged, we propose to notice, as fully as
nits will permit, the fresh and most attractive volumes
titles are prefixed to this article, and which most
Villustrate the career and character of another man
--sic story, the friend of Jay, one to whom tardy
been done, but whose name is destined, when
had its day, (and it is nearly over,) to command

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ART.

VI. Carlin's North AMERICAN INDIANS,

Letters and Notes on the Manners, Custon.

Condition of the North American Indians.

GEORGE CATLIN.

VII. HISTORY OF Modern Art in GERMANY,

Histoire de l'Art moderne en Allemagne. I

Comte A. RACZYNSKI.

VIII. Francis's Discourse on NATURAL HISTORY,

A Discourse delivered upon the Opening of

New Hall of the New York Lyceum of Na

History. By John W. FRANCIS, M. D.