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FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH,

AND

CONSTABLE, HUNTER, PARK, & HUNTER,

LONDON.

1809.

CONTENTS OF No. XXV.

ART. I. Memoirs of the Life of Col. Hutchinson, Governor

of Nottingham Castle and Town, Representative

of the County of Nottingham in the Long Par-

liament, and of the Town of Nottingham in the

First Parliament of Charles II, &c.; with Origi-

nal Anecdotes of many of the most distinguished

of his Contemporaries. Written by his Widow,

Lucy, daughter of Sir Allen Apsley, Lieutenant

of the Tower, &c.

p. 1

II. A Letter to the Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval, on a

Subject connected with his Bill, now under discus-

sion in Parliament, for improving the situation of

Stipendiary Curates

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III. Essay on the Theory of Money and Exchange. By

Thomas Smith

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IV. Fowling, a Poem in Five Books, descriptive of

Grouse, Partridge, Pheasant, Woodcock, Duck,

and Snipe Shooting

V. History of the Penal Laws against the Irish Catho-

lics, from the Treaty of Limerick to the Union.

By Henry Parnell, esq. M. P.

VI. A Journey from Madras, through the Countries of

Mysore, Canara and Malabar, performed for the

express purpose of investigating the state of A.

griculture, Arts and Commerce, and the Reli-

gion, &c. &c. in the Countries acquired by the

Honourable East India Company, in the late and

former Wars, from Tippu Sultan. By Francis

Buchanan, M. D. F. R. S. &c.

VII, Observations on the Hypotheses which have been

assumed to account for the Cause of Gravitation

from Mechanical Principles. By the Rev. S. Vince,

A. M. F. R. S. &c.

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69

77

82

101

ART.

ART. VIII. The Works of John Dryden, now first collected

in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes,

&c. and a Life of the Author. By Walter

Scott, esq.

p. 116

IX. Speeches of the Rt. Hon. Philpot Curran, Mas-

ter of the Rolls in Ireland, on the late very

interesting State Trials, &c.

And

X. The Life of George Washington, Commander in

Chief of the American Forces during the War

which established the Independence of his

Country. By John Marshall, Chief Justice of

the United States, &c.

The Life of George Washington. By David

Ramsay, M. D. of Charleston, South Caro-

lina, and Author of the History of the Ame-

rican Revolution

XI. A Letter to the Livery of London, relative to the

Views of the Writer in executing the Office of

Sheriff. By Sir Richard Phillips, Knight

XII. An Historical Survey of the Foreign Affairs of

Great Britain, with a View to explain the

Causes of the Disasters of the late and present

Wars. By G. Francis Leckie, esq.

XIII. An Inquiry into the State of National Subsist-

ence, as connected with the Progress of Wealth

and Population. By W. T. Comber

XIV. Exposition of the Practices and Machinations which

led to the Usurpation of the Crown of Spain,

and the Means adopted by the Emperor of the

French to carry it into execution. By Don

Pedro Cevallos, First Secretary of State and

Despatches to his Catholic Majesty Ferdinand

VII.

Quarterly List of New Publications

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215

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CONTENTS OF No. XXVI.

ART. I. Reliques of Burns, consisting of Original Letters,

Poems, and Critical Observations on Scotish Songs.

Collected and published by R. H. Cromek

P. 249

II. Lettre aux Espagnols-Americains. Par un de leurs

Compatriotes

III. Account of Steam Engines-from a Treatise on Me-

chanics, Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive. By

O. Gregory, A. M.

311

IV. Statement of Proceedings of the Society for the Sup-

pression of Vice, from July 9. to November 12,

read at their General Meeting, held November 12.

1804. And

277

An Address to the Public from the Society for the

Suppression of Vice, instituted in London, 1802

V. Letters from a late eminent Prelate to one of his

333

Friends

VI. A Grammar of the Sanskrita Language. By C. Wil-

kins, LL.D.

366

VII. The Radical Cause of the present Distresses of the

West India Planters pointed out, &c. &c. By W.

Spence, F. L. S. And

An Inquiry into the Policy and Justice of the Prohibi-

tion of the Use of Grain in the Distilleries, &c. &c.

By Archibald Bell, Esq. Advocate

VIII. Partenopex of Blois; a Romance: Freely translated

from the French of M. Le Grand, with Notes. By

W. Stewart Rose

343

IX. Code de la Conscription, ou Recueil Chronologique

des Lois et des Arrêtes du Gouvernement, des Dé-

crets Imperiaux relatives à la Levée des Conscrits

382

413

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