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THE

NORTH AMERICAN

REVIEW.

VOL. XLVII.

BOSTON:

OTIS, BROADERS, & CO., 120 WASHINGTON STREET.

1838.

CAMBRIDGE:

SOM, WELLS, AND THURSTON,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS

C I. FIFTY YEARS OF OHIO

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1. The Statutes of Ohio and of the North West-
ern Territory, adopted or enacted from 1788 to

1833, inclusive; together with the Ordinance of

1787. Edited by SALMON P. CHASE.

2. The Ohio Gazetteer and Traveller's Guide.

By WARREN JENKINS.

The Poetical Works of JOHN MILTON.

III. POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Principles of Political Economy. Part the First.

Of the Laws of the Production and Distribution

of Wealth. By HENRY C. CAREY.

IV. ANGLO-SAXON LITERATURE

1. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language.

With a Preface on the Germanic Tongues, a Map

of Languages, and the Essentials of Anglo-Saxon

Grammar. By the Rev. J. BosWORTH.

2. King Alfred's Anglo-Saxon Version of Boë-

thius, "De Consolatione Philosophia"; with an

English Translation, and Notes. By J. S. CAR-

3. Analecta Anglo-Saxonica. A Selection, in

Prose and Verse, from Anglo-Saxon Authors of va-

rious Ages, with a Glossary. By BENJ. THORPE.

4. Illustrations of Anglo-Saxon Poetry. By

JOHN JOSIAS CONYBEARE.

5. The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Beowulf, the

Traveller's Song, and the Battle of Finnesburgh,

edited, together with a Glossary of the more diffi-

cult Words, and an Historical Preface, by JOHN

V. MCKENNEY AND HALL'S INDIAN HISTORY .

History of the Indian Tribes of North America,

with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the

Principal Chiefs. By THOMAS L. McKENNEY, late

of the Indian Department at Washington; and

JAMES HALL, of Cincinnati.

VI. FASHIONS IN DRESS

National Standard of Costumes. A Lecture on

the Changes of Fashion, delivered before the

Portsmouth Lyceum, by CHARLES W. BREWSTER.

VII. HOLMES'S PRIZE DISSERTATIONS

Boylston Prize Dissertations for the Years 1836

and 1837. By OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, M. D.

VIII. VOYAGES OF THE ZENI

1. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Oldkyndighed, udgivet

af det Kongelige Nordiske Oldskrift-Selskab. An-

(Bemaerkninger over de Venetianerne Zeni til-

skrevne Reiser i Norden; af C. C. ZAHRTMANN.

2. The Journal of the Royal Geographical Soci-

ety of London. Volume the Fifth.

(Remarks on the Voyages to the Northern Hem-

isphere, ascribed to the Zeni of Venice. By Cap-

tain C. C. ZAHRTMANN.

IX. ROMANTIC POETRY IN ITALY

1. L'Ildegonda e la Fuggitiva, Novelle Roman-

tiche di TOMMASO GROSSI.

2. I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata, Canti Quin-

dici di TOMMASO GROSSI.

3. Ulrico e Lida, Novella di TOMMASO GROSSI.

4. L' Esule di PIETRO GIANNONE.

5. Poesie di GIOVANNI BERCHET.

X. CRITICAL NOTICES.

1. Stearns's Life and Discourses

2. Jackson's Geology of Maine

3. Mariotti's Romanze

4. Vethake's Political Economy

5. Geology and Zoology of Massachusetts

6. State Historical Societies

7. Products of Industry in Massachusetts

8. Bradbury's History of Kennebunk Purt

9. Everett's Address at Williamstown

EDITOR'S NOTE .

QUARTERLY LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS

I. COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION

1. The Constitution of the Commonwealth of

Massachusetts, Chapter Fifth.

2. The Revised Statutes of Massachusetts.

3. An Act authorizing the Establishment of Dis-

trict School Libraries.

4. An Act to establish a Board of Education.

5. An Act concerning Schools.

6. First Annual Report of the Board of Educa-

tion, with the First Annual Report of the Secretary.

7. Report of the Secretary of the Board of Edu-

cation, on the Subject of School Houses, supple-

mentary to his First Annual Report.

8. Report on Elementary Public Instruction in

Europe. By C. E. STOWE.

9. Report and Resolves relative to qualifying

Teachers of Common Schools.

10. Abstract of the Massachusetts School Re-

turns, for 1837.

11. Resolves relative to qualifying Teachers for

Common Schools.

II. SPARKS's LIFE AND WRITINGS OF WASHINGTON

The Writings of GEORGE WASHINGTON; being

his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and

Other Papers, Official and Private, selected and

published from the Original Manuscripts, with a

Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations. By

III. AMERICAN HEALTH Convention

Proceedings of the American Health Conven-

tion, assembled in Boston, May 30th, 1838.

IV. EMBASSIES TO EASTERN ASIA

1. Embassy to the Eastern Courts of Cochin-

China, Siam, Muscat, in the United States Sloop

of War Peacock, David Geisinger, Commander,

during the Years 1832-3-4. By EDMUND ROB-

2. A Voyage round the World; including an

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