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THE

NORTH AMERICAN

REVIEW.

VOL. LXXI.

C BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

No. 112 WASHINGTON STREET.

1850.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by CHARLES C. LITTLE, JAMES BROWN, AND AUGUSTUS FLAGG, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY BOLLES AND HOUGHTON.

CONTENTS

SIR T. F. BUXTON'S LABORS AS AN OPPONENT OF

Memoirs of SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, BARt.

Edited by his Son, CHARLES BUXTON, ESQ., B. A.

II. TRUMBULL'S PUBLIC RECORDS OF CONNECTICUT

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut,

prior to the Union with New Haven Colony, May,

1665. By J. HAMMOND TRUMbull.

III. THOMPSON AND KAEMPTZ ON METEOROLOGY

1. Introduction to Meteorology. By DAVID PUR-

DIE THOMPSON, M. D., Grad. Univ. Edin.

2. A Complete Course of Meteorology. By L. F.

KAEMPTZ, Professor of Physics at the University of

Halle. With Notes, by CH. MARTINS. Translated,

with Notes and Additions, by C. V. WALKER.

IV. LODGE'S TRANSLATION OF WINCKELMANN ON AN-

The History of Ancient Art. Translated from the

German of JOHN WINCKELMANN, by G. HENRY

V. COOPER'S WAYS OF THE HOUR: THE TRIAL BY JURY. 121

The Ways of the Hour; a Tale. By J. FENNI-

MORE COOPER, Author of "The Spy."

VI. HAWTHORNE'S SCARLet Letter

The Scarlet Letter, a Romance. By NATHANIEL

Lectures on Art, and Poems. By WASHINGTON

ALLSTON. Edited by RICHARD HENRY DANA, JR.

1. Papers and Correspondence relative to the

Arctic Expedition under Sir John Franklin.

by the House of Commons to be printed March 5, 1850.

2. The Franklin Expedition, or Considerations on

Measures for the Discovery and Relief of our Absent

Adventurers in the Arctic Regions.

By the Rev. W. SCORESBY, D. D.

1. Report from the Select Committee on Public

Libraries; with the Minutes of Evidence.

2. Report of the Commissioners appointed to in-

quire into the Constitution and Government of the

British Museum; with Minutes of Evidence.

3. Annual Report of the Trustees of the Astor

Library of the City of New York.

4. Reports, etc., of the Smithsonian Institution,

exhibiting its Plans, Operations, and Financial Con-

dition up to January 1, 1849.

X. THE ACTION OF CONGRESS ON THE CALIFORNIA AND

TERRITORIAL QUESTION

1. Speech of HENRY CLAY, of Kentucky, on the

Resolutions of Compromise offered by him to settle

and adjust amicably all Questions arising out of the

Institution of Slavery.

2. Speech of SAMUEL S. PHELPS, of Vermont, on

the Subject of Slavery.

3. Speech of JOHN M. BERRIEN, of Georgia, on

Mr. Clay's Proposed Compromise.

4. Speech of SOLOMON U. DOWNS, of Louisiana,

on the Compromise Resolutions of Mr. Clay.

5. Speech of DANIEL WEBSTER, of Massachusetts,

on Mr. Clay's Compromise Resolutions.

6. Speech of HORACE MANN, of Massachusetts, on

the Subject of Slavery in the Territories.

7. Letter of HON. HORACE MANN to his Constitu-

ents on the Slavery Question.

8. Report of the Select Committee of Thirteen, of

the United States Senate, to whom were referred
Various Resolutions respecting California, &c.

I. MAHOMET AND HIS SUCCESSORS

1. Mahomet and his Successors. By WASHING-

2. The Life and Religion of Mohammed, as con-

tained in the Sheeah Traditions of the Hyât-ul-

Kuloob. Translated from the Persian. By REV.

JAMES L. MERRICK, Eleven Years Missionary to the

II. THE NAVIGATION OF THE ANCIENTS

4 F. Kabody The Voyage and Shipwreck of St. Paul; with

Dissertations on the Sources of the Writings of St.

Luke, and the Ships and Navigation of the An-

cients. By JAMES SMITH, Esq., of Gordanhill,

III. SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE

Historical View of the Languages and Literature

of the Slavic Nations; with a Sketch of their Popu-

lar Poetry. By TALVI. With a Preface by ED-

WARD ROBINSON, D. D., LL. D.

IV. A HUNTER'S LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Five Years of a Hunter's Life in the Far Interior

of South Africa, with Notices of the Native Tribes,

and Anecdotes of the Chase of the Lion, Elephant,

Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, &c. By Rou-

ALEYN GORDON CUMMING, ESQ.

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