THE

NATIONAL REVIEW.

VOL. II.

JANUARY AND APRIL 1856.

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THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF NO. III.-JAN. 1856.

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ART. I.-EDWARD GIBBON

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by

Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes by Dean Milman and M.

Guizot. Edited, with additional Notes, by William Smith,

LL.D. In Eight Volumes. London, 1855. Murray.

ART. II. THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN AMERICA

The Spanish Conquest in America, and its relation to the His-

tory of Slavery and to the Government of Colonies. By Arthur

Helps. With Maps. Vols. I. and II. London, J. W. Parker.

1855.

ART. III.-THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DR. THOMAS

Life of Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c. By George Peacock,

D.D., Dean of Ely, &c. 8vo. London, Murray. 1855.

The Miscellaneous Works of Dr. T. Young. Edited by G. Peacock,

D.D., Dean of Ely, and John Leitch, Esq. 3 vols. 8vo. London,

Murray. 1855.

The First Cause; or, a Treatise upon the Being and Attributes of

God. By Rev. J. C. Whish, M.A. Seeley, Jackson, and Hal-

liday. 1855.

The Burnett Prize-Essays.

Principles of Psychology. By Herbert Spencer. Longmans. 1855.

George Jacob Holyoake and Modern Atheism. An Essay. By

S. D. Collet. Trübner. 1855.

The Reasoner for 1855. Edited by G. J. Holyoake. Holyoake,

Fleet Street.

ART. V. THE PRESENT STATE OF FRANCE

Napoléon le Petit. Par Victor Hugo. London, 1852.

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Phoenicia. By John Kenrick, M.A. London, B. Fellowes. 1855.