I.-1. Bhagavat Gita, id est ОeσTEσiov Meλos, sive almi

Krishnæ et Arjunæ Colloquium de rebus divinis.

2. Die Sündflut, nebst drei anderen der wichtigsten Episoden

des Mahâ-Bharatâ.

3. Ardschuna's Reise zu Indra's Himmel.

4. Nalodaya. Sanscritum Carmen Calidaso adscriptum, una

cum Pradschnacari Methelinensis Scholiis.

5. Brama-Vaivarta-Purani Specimen.

6. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus

II.-Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Straits,

to co-operate with the Polar Expeditions. Performed in

his Majesty's Ship Blossom, under the command of Cap-

tain F. W. Beechey, R.N.

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57

III. The Law of Population. By Michael Thomas Sadler, M.P. 97

IV. Fragments of Voyages and Travels, including Anecdotes

167

of a Naval Life. By Captain Basil Hall, R.N., F.R.S. 145

V.-Conspiration pour l'Egalité, dite de Babeuf. Par Philippo

Buonarroti

VI.-Statements, Calculations, and Explanations, submitted

to the Boar of Trade, relating to the Commercial, Fi-

nancial, and Political State of the British West Indies

VII.-1. Would Reform in Parliament be a Benefit to the

Country? By B. S. Escott, Esq.

2. The Real Character and Tendency of the proposed Reform.

3. The Speech of the Right Hon. John Wilson Croker on

the Reform Question.

4. Observations on the Ministerial Plan of Reform. By Sir

John Walsh, Bart., M.P.

5. The New Constitution: Remarks by Philip Pusey, Esq.

M.P.

6. Notes on the Bill. By a Barrister

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I.-Inquiries concerning the Intellectual Powers, and the

Investigation of Truth. By John Abercrombie, M.D.,

F.R.S.E., First Physician to his Majesty in Scotland

II.-Orain le Rob Donn, &c.-Songs and Poems in the Gaelic

Language, by Robert Mackay, the celebrated bard of

Lord Reay's country; with a Memoir of the Author

III.-A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philo-

sophy. By J. F. W. Herschel, Esq. M.A. of St. John's

College, Cambridge

341

358

347

407

By Allan Cunning-

ham. 1 vol. (Published in the Family Library.)

2. Designs for Parsonages and Farm: Houses, &c.

E. F. Hunt.

3. Exemplars of Tudor Architecture. By E. F. Hunt

VII.-Friendly Advice to the Lords on the Reform Bill

THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

ART. I.-Bhagavat Gita, id est OEGTETION MEλos, sive almi Krishna et Arjun Colloquium de rebus divinis. Edidit Augustus Gulielmus a Schlegel. Bonn. 1823.

2. Ueber die unter den Namen Bhagavat-Gita bekannte Episode des MAHABHARATA von Wilhelm von Humboldt. Berlin. 1826.

3. Nalus, Carmen Sanscriticum e Mahábháratá, edidit, Latinè vertit, et adnotationibus illustravit Franciscus Bopp. 1819. 4. Nala. Eine Indische Dichtung von Wjasa. Aus dem Sanskrit von Joh. Gottfr. Ludw. Kosegarten. Jena. 1820. 5. Yadnadattabada, ou la Mort d'Yadnadatta, Episode extrait du Ramayana, Poëme Epique Sanscrit. Par A. L. Chezy. Paris. 1826.

6. Diluvium cum tribus aliis Maha-Bharati præstantissimis Episodiis. Primus edidit Franciscus Bopp. Berolini. 1829. 7. Die Sündflut, nebst drei anderen der wichtigsten Episoden des Mahá-Bharatá. Aus der Ursprache übersetzt von Franz Bopp. Berlin. 1829.

8. Ardschuna's Reise zu Indra's Himmel, nebst anderen Episoden des Mahá-Bharatá von Franz Bopp. Berlin. 1824.

9. Nalodaya. Sanscritum Carmen Calidaso adscriptum, una cum Pradschnacari Methelinensis Scholiis. Edidit, Latinâ Interpretatione atque adnotationibus Criticis instruxit Ferdinandus Benary. Berolini. 1830.

10. Brahma-Vaivarta-Purani Specimen. Edidit Adolphus Fredericus Stenzler. Berlin. 1829.

11. Select Specimens of the Theatre of the Hindus. Translated from the original Sanscrit by Horace Hayman Wilson, Esq. 3 vols. Calcutta. 1827.

12. Indische Bibliothek. Eine Zeitschrift von August Wilhelm von Schlegel. 2 vols. Various years. 13. Rigveda Specimen. Edidit Fredericus Rosen. London.

1830.

THE

HE indifference of the British public to the religious and political state of the vast empire which extends, in its sovereignty or influence, from the foot of the Himalaya to Cape Comorin, has been a frequent subject of astonishment and complaint.

Those