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THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF NO. VII.-JANUARY 1857.

ART. I.—WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

William Wordsworth. A Biography. By Edwin Paxton Hood.

London: W. and F. G. Cash. 1856.

ART. II.-THE RELATIONS OF ART TO RELIGION.

The Poetry of Christian Art. By A. F. Rio (English Translation).

London: 1854.

Esthetic Papers. Edited by Elizabeth P. Peabody. Boston:

1849.

History of Latin Christianity. By Henry Hart Milman, D.D.

(Volume VI. Chapters viii. ix. x.) London: 1855.

Pictures of Europe, framed in Ideas.

1855.

By C. A. Bartol. Boston:

The Seven Lamps of Architecture. By John Ruskin. Second

edition. London: 1855.

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ART. III.—BALZAC EN PANTOUFLES.

BY LÉON GOZLAN

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Balzac en Pantoufles. By Léon Gozlan. 1 vol. Paris: Michel

Levy. 1856.

ART. IV.-MR. SPURGEON AND HIS POPULARITY.

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The New Park-Street Pulpit, containing Sermons preached and

revised by the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, Minister of the Chapel,

during the year 1855. Vol. I. London: Alabaster and Pass-

more. 1856.

ART. V.-LATHAM AND GRIMM ON THE ETHNOLOGY OF Ger-

Geschichte der Deutschen Sprache. By Jacob Grimm. Leipzig:

1848.

ART. VI. THE LITERATURE OF SPIRIT-RAPPING

The Spiritual Herald. London: 1856.

The Yorkshire Spiritual Telegraph. 1855-6.

Apparitions: a New Theory. By Newton Crosland. London :

1856.

Epic of the Starry Heaven. By Thomas L. Harris. New York:

1856.

Lyric of the Golden Age. By Thomas L. Harris. New York:

1856.

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ART. VII. THE CRÉDIT MOBILIER AND BANKING COMPA-

NIES IN FRANCE.

Report presented by the Board of Administration of the General

Association of Crédit Mobilier, at the ordinary General Meeting

of Shareholders, on the 23d of April 1856. Translated from the

French, and published as an advertisement in the "Times" of

May 21, 1856.

Les Institutions de Crédit en France. Par M. Eugène Forcade.

Revue des deux Mondes, 15 Mars, 1 Avril, 15 Mai, 1 Juin 1856.

Leben und Schriften des Dichters und Philologen Nicodemus

Frischlin. Ein Beitrag zur Deutschen Culturgeschichte in der

zweiten Hälfte des sechszehnten Jahrhunderts. Von David

Friderich Strauss. Mit dem Bildnisse Frischlins.-(Life and

Writings of the Poet and Philologist Nicodemus Frischlin. A

Contribution to the History of German Culture in the second

half of the Sixteenth Century. By David Frederic Strauss.)

Frankfurt am Main; Literarische Anstalt, 1855.

Christian Friderich Daniel Schubart's Leben in seinen Briefen.

Gesammelt, bearbeitet und herausgegeben von David Friderich

Strauss. (The Life of Christian Frederic Daniel Schubart, as

delineated in his Letters. Collected, worked-up, and edited by

D. F. Strauss.) 2 vols. Duncker, Berlin, 1849.

Christian Märklin. Ein Lebens- und Charakterbild aus der Gegen-

wart. Von D. F. Strauss.-(Christian Märklin. A Picture of

Life and Character from the present Day. By D. F. Strauss.)

Mannheim, Bassermann, 1851.

Der Romantiker auf dem Throne der Cäsaren, oder Julian der

Abtrünnige. Ein Vortrag von D. F. Strauss.-(The Romancer

on the Throne of the Cæsars, or Julian the Apostate. A Lec-

ture by D. F. Strauss.) Mannheim, 1847.

ART. IX. THE SLAVE EMPIRE OF THE WEST

America Free, or America Slave: an Address on the State of the

Country, delivered by John Jay, Esq., at Bedford, Westchester

County, New York, October 8th, 1856.

A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension or Restriction in

the United States from the Declaration of Independence to the

Present Day. By Horace Greeley. New York: 1856.

A History of the American Compromises. By Harriet Martineau.

London: John Chapman. 1856.

American Slavery: a Reprint of an Article on "Uncle Tom's

Cabin," of which a portion was inserted in the 206th Number

of the Edinburgh Review, and of Mr. Sumner's Speech of the

19th and 20th May 1856. London: Longman and Co.

Kansas, the Seat of War in America. By Richard Bowlby. Lon-

don: Effingham Wilson. 1856.

1856.

Dred a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. By Harriet Beecher

Stowe. London: Sampson Low, Son, and Co. 1856.

RECENT WORKS SUITABLE FOR BOOK SOCIETIES

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CONTENTS OF No. VIII.-APRIL 1857.

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ART. I.-AURORA Leigh

Aurora Leigh. By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. London: Chap-

man and Hall. 1857.

Poems. By Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Fourth edition. 3 vols.

London: Chapman and Hall. 1856.

First, Second, and Third Reports from the Select Committee on

Transportation; together with the Proceedings of the Com-

mittee, Minutes of Evidence, and Appendix. Ordered, by the

House of Commons, to be printed, 27th May 1856, 20th June

1856, and 11th July 1856.

Report from the Select Committee of the House of Lords, ap-

pointed to inquire into the Provisions and Operation of the Act

16 and 17 Vict. cap. 99, intituled "An Act to substitute in

certain cases other Punishment in lieu of Transportation;"

and to report thereon to the House; together with the Minutes

of Evidence, Appendix, and Index. Ordered, by the House of

Commons, to be printed, 25th July 1856.

Report from the Select Committee on Transportation; together

with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, and Index. Ordered,

by the House of Commons, to be printed, 3d August 1838.

England and Wales: Tables showing the Number of Criminal Of-

fenders committed for trial, or bailed for appearance at the

Assizes and Sessions in each County, in the year 1855, and the

Results of the Proceedings. Presented to both Houses of Par-

liament by command of her Majesty.

The Colonial Policy of Lord John Russell's Administration. By

Earl Grey. 2 vols. London: Bentley. 1853.

The London Prisons: to which is added, a Description of the Chief

Provincial Prisons. By Hepworth Dixon. London: Jackson

and Walford. 1850.

John Howard, and the Prison World of Europe. From Original

and Authentic Documents. By Hepworth Dixon. Second

edition. London: Jackson and Walford. 1850.

Chapters on Prisons and Prisoners, and the Prevention of Crime.

By Joseph Kingsmill, M.A., Chaplain of Pentonville Prison,

London. Third edition. London: Longman and Co. 1854.

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