THE

EDINBURGH REVIEW,

OR

CRITICAL JOURNAL:

FOR

JULY, 1864. . . . . . OCTOBER, 1864.

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, ROBERTS, AND GREEN, LONDON.

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK,

EDINBURGH.

1864.

CONTENTS OF No. 245.

ART. I.—Sir John Eliot: a Biography, 1590-1632. By John

Forster. In two volumes. 8vo. London: 1864, .

IL-1. The Queen's English: Stray Notes on Speaking

and Spelling. By Henry Alford, D.D., Dean of

Canterbury. London and Cambridge: 1864.

2. Modern English Literature: its Blemishes and

Defects. By Henry H. Breen, Esq., F.S.A. London:

1857,

III.-1. Report on the Post Office. 1854. Presented by

both Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her

Majesty. London: 1854.

Page

2. First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,

Eighth, and Ninth Reports of the Postmaster-

General on the Post Office. Presented by both

Houses of Parliament, by Command of Her Majesty.

London: 1855-63.

3. Her Majesty's Mails: an Historical and Descriptive

Account of the British Post Office, together with an

Appendix. By William Lewins. London: 1864.

4. The British Postal Guide, containing the chief

Public Regulations of the Post Office, with other

Information. Published quarterly by Command of

the Postmaster-General,

IV.-1. The History of our Lord as exemplified in Works

of Art with that of the Types, St. John the Baptist,

and other Persons of the Old and New Testament.

Commenced by the late Mrs. Jameson; continued

and completed by Lady Eastlake. 2 vols. 8vo.

London: 1864.

2. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus

Christ. With Engravings on Wood from Designs

by the Italian Masters. (Longman.) 4to. London:

1864,

V.-1. The Racing Calendar for the Year 1863. Vol. XCI.

London: 1863.

2. Versuch über die Abstammung des zahmen Pferdes

und seiner Racen. (Inquiry into the Origin of the

Domestic Horse and its Varieties.) By Dr. L. T.

Fitzinger. Vienna: 1858.

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