THE

EDINBURGH REVIEW,

OR

CRITICAL JOURNAL:

FOR

JANUARY, 1845 . . . . APRIL, 1845.

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND HUGHES,

FOR LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, London;
AND ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINBURGH.

1845.

CONTENTS OF No. CLXIII.

ART. I. Political Philosophy. In Three Parts. Part First.

Principles of Government-of Monarchical Go-

vernment. Part Second. Of Aristocracy-Aris-

tocratic Governments. Part Third. Of Demo-

cracy

Mixed Monarchy. By Henry Lord

Brougham, F.R.S., Member of the Royal Institute

of France,

II. The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill. With

copious Notes, and a Life of the Author. By W.

Tooke, F.R.S.,

-III. 1. Chemie fur Landwirthe. (Chemistry for Far-

mers.) By Dr Carl Sprengel.

2. Die Bodenkunde, oder Die Lehre vom Boden. (A

Treatise on Soils.) By Dr Carl Sprengel.

3. Die Lehre vom Dunger. (A Treatise on Manures.)

By Dr Carl Sprengel..

4. Remarks on Thorough Draining and Deep

Ploughing. By James Smith, Esq. of Deanston

Works.

5. Organic Chemistry applied to Agriculture and

Physiology. By Dr Justus Liebig. Translated

from the German by Lyon Playfair, Ph. D.

6. Lectures on Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.

By James F. W. Johnston, F.R.S.

7. Elements of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology.

By James F. W. Johnston, F.R.S.

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8. Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geo-

logy. By James F. W. Johnston, F.R.S.

9. Essai de Statique Chimique des Etres Organisés.

Par MM. Dumas et Boussingault.

10. Economie Rurale. Par M. J. B. Boussingault.

11. Proeve eener Algemeene Physiologische Schei-

kunde. Door G. J. Mulder.

12. The Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Physio-

logy. By Professor Mulder of Utrecht.

lated from the Dutch by Dr Fromberg,

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ART. IV. The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor

Eldon. With Selections from his Correspondence.

By Horace Twiss, Esq., one of her Majesty's

Counsel,

V. The Chimes: a Goblin Story of some Bells that rang

an Old Year out, and a New Year in. By Charles

Dickens,

VI. The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold,

D.D. By A. P. Stanley, M. A.,

VII. 1. Report from the Select Committee of the House of

Commons on Medical Education; with the Minutes

of Evidence and Appendix. Part I. Royal Col-

lege of Physicians, London. Part II. Royal Col-

lege of Surgeons, London. Part III. Society of

Apothecaries, London. Ordered by the House of

Commons to be printed, 13th August 1834.

2. A Bill for the better regulation of Medical Prac-

tice throughout the United Kingdom. (Prepared

and brought in by Sir James Graham and Mr

Manners Sutton.) Ordered by the House of Com-

mons to be printed, 7th August 1844,

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CONTENTS OF No. CLXIV.

ART. I. Gregoire VII.; St François d'Assize, St Thomas

D'Aquin. Par. E. J. Delécluze,

II. 1. The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere.

Edited by Charles Knight.

2. The Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems of

William Shakspere. Edited by Charles Knight.

3. The Works of William Shakespeare. The Text

formed from an entirely new collation of the old

editions; with the various Readings, Notes, a Life

of the Poet, and a History of the English Stage.

By J. Payne Collier, Esq. F.S.A.,

III. 1. The English Universities. From the German of

V. U. A. Huber. An abridged Translation. By

Francis W. Newman.

2. The Oxford University City and County Herald,

of Feb. 15, 1845,

IV. 1. Rapport fait à la Chambre des Paris. Par. M. le

Duc de Broglie, au nom d'une Commission spéciale

chargée de l'examen du Projet de Loi rélatif à

l'Instruction Sécondaire.

2. Des Jésuites. Par MM. Michelet et Quinet,

V. History of the Conquest of Mexico. By William H.

Prescott,

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VI. 1. A Plea for the Liberties of the Scottish Universi-

ties. By John Stuart Blackie, Professor of

Humanity in Marischal College, Aberdeen.

2. Resolutions agreed to by the Senatus of the Uni-

versity of Glasgow, of University and King's Col-

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