THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. LXI.

PUBLISHED IN

JANUARY & APRIL, 1838.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

CONTENTS

OF

No. CXXI.

ART.

I-1. Galeries Historiques de Versailles, gravées sur acier

par les meilleurs artistes Français et étrangers, avec un

texte explicatif. Par M. Jules Janin. Ouvrage publié

par ordre du Roi.

2. Souvenirs Historiques des Demeures Royales de France.

Palais de Versailles. Par J. Vatout, Premier Bibliothé-

caire du Roi.

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3. Musée Historique de Versailles, gravée par les plus

habiles artistes, avec un texte explicatif. Par M. Theo-

dore Burette, Professeur d'Histoire à l'Académie de Paris.

4. Versailles et son Musée Historique, ou Description com-

pléte et Anecdotique de la Ville, du Palais, du Musée, du

Parc, et des deux Trianons, et orné de Plans, et de Vues

gravées sur bois

II.-Welcome and Farewell; a Tragedy. (Privately printed) 38

III.-History of the War in the Peninsula, &c. By Colonel

Napier, C.B. (Article IV.)

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IV. Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the

Panjab; in Ladakh and Kashmir; in Peshawar, Kabul,

Kunduz, and Bokhara. By Mr. William Moorcroft and

Mr. George Trebeck. From 1819 to 1825. Prepared

for the press by Horace Hayman Wilson, M.A., F.R.S. 96

V.-1. Report from the Select Committee on Publication of

Printed Papers; with the Minutes of Evidence and Ap-

pendix. Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed,

8th May, 1837.

2. The Speech of Sir Robert Peel in Vindication of the

Privilege of the House of Commons to publish its Pro-

ceedings.

3. A Letter to Lord Langdale on the Recent Proceedings

in the House of Commons on the Subject of Privilege.

By Thomas Pemberton, M.P. Second Edition.

4. Remarks on a Report of a Select Committee of the late

House of Commons on the Publication of Printed Papers.

By P. A. Pickering, Esq. A.M. Second Edition.

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VI.-Diary illustrative of the Times of George IV., interspersed

with original Letters from the late Queen Caroline, and

from various other distinguished Persons

VII.-1. Albrechts von Wallenstein des Herzogs von Friedland

und Mecklenburgh, ungedruckte, eigenhändige, vertrau-

liche Briefe und amtliche Schreiben aus den Jahren 1627,

bis 1634, an Arnheim, Aldringer, Gallas, Piccolomini,

und andere Fürsten und Feldherrn seiner Zeit: mit einer

Charakteristik des Lebens und der Feldzüge Wallensteins:

herausgegeben von Friedrich Förster.

(Letters and Biography of Albert von Wallenstein, Duke

of Friedland and Mecklenburgh. Comprising auto-

graph and confidential letters, and official correspondence

hitherto unpublished, from 1627 to 1634, addressed to

Arnheim, Aldringer, Gallas, Piccolomini, and other con-

temporary Princes and Commanders. Edited by F.

Forster.)

2. Wallenstein als regierender Herzog und Landesherr,

von Friedrich Förster.

(Wallenstein, as Reigning Sovereign and Landed Proprietor.

By F. Forster.-Published in Raumer's Historical Pocket

Book for 1837.)

3. The Life of Wallenstein, Duke of Friedland. By Lieu-

tenant Colonel Mitchell

VIII.-Memorials of Oxford. By James Ingram, D.D., President

of Trinity College

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IX.-1. Letter from the Marquis of Tavistock to the Editor of

The Quarterly Review.'

X.-1. Remarks on the Proceedings as to Canada in the present

Session of Parliament. By One of the Commissioners.

10th April, 1837.

2. Plain Statement of the Quarrel with Canada, in which

is considered who first infringed the Constitution of the

Colony.

3. Hints on the Case of Canada, for the Consideration of

Members of Parliament.

4. The Canadian Controversy-its Origin, Nature, and

Merits

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CONTENTS

OF

No. CXXII.

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I.—1. Isis Revelata. An Inquiry into the Origin, Progress,

and Present State of Animal Magnetism. By J. C.

Colquhoun, Esq., Advocate, F.R.S.E.

2. Théorie des Somnambulismes. Von J. U. Wirth.

3. Treatise on Insanity. By James Cowles Pritchard,

M.D., F.R.S.

4. Rapports et Discussions de l'Académie Royale de Méde-

cine sur le Magnétisme Animal, &c. Par M. P. Foissac. 273

II.-Travels in Arabia, the Peninsula of Sinaï, and along the

Shores of the Red Sea. By Lieut. J. R. Wellsted,

F.R.S., Indian Navy.

III.-1. Texas. By Mrs. Mary Austin Holley.

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2. Trip to the West and Texas, with a Brief Sketch of the

Texian War. By A. A. Parker, Esq.

3. A Letter to the Hon. Henry Clay on the Annexation of

Texas to the United States. By William E. Channing,

D.D. -

IV.-The Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in all

Parts of the World. By C. M'Farlane, Esq.

V.-Oaths; their Origin, Nature, and History. By James

Endell Tyler, B.D., Rector of St. Giles-in-the-Fields,

and late Fellow of Oriel College.

VI.-Secret History of the Court of England from the Accession

of George III. to the Death of George IV.; including,

amongst other important Matters, full Particulars of the

Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte. By the

Right Honourable Lady Anne Hamilton, Sister
of his

Grace the present Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, and

of the Countess of Dunmore.

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