THE

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1857.

VOL. XXVIL

EDINBURGH:

W. P. KENNEDY, SOUTH ST ANDREW STREET.

LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO.

DUBLIN: M'GLASHAN & GILL.

MDCCCLVII.

MURRAY AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

ART.

CONTENTS OF No. LIII.

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I.-Bacon's Essays, with Annotations. By Richard Whately,

D.D., Archbishop of Dublin. London, 1856. 8vo,

pp. 517,

II.—1. Horæ Lyricæ.. Poems chiefly of the Lyric kind. By

Isaac Watts, D.D. With a Memoir of the Author by

Robert Southey, Esq., LL.D. London, 1834.

2. The Poet of the Sanctuary. A Centenary Comme-

moration of the Labours and Services, Literary and

Devotional, of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D.D. By Josiah

Conder. London, 1851,

III-1. Traité des diverses Institutions complémentaires du

Regime Pénitentiare. Par M. Bonneville. Joubert,

Paris.

2. Système pénitentiare complet. Ses applications

pratiques à l'homme déchu dans l'intérêt de la securité

publique, et de la moralisation des condamnés. Par

A. Lepelletier de la Sarthe. Guillaumin et Cie.

Paris, .

IV.-1. A Glance at the Interior of China, obtained during a

Journey through the Silk and Green Tea Countries.

By W. H. Medhurst, D.D. London: Snow, 1850.

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2. A Residence among the Chinese: Inland, on the Coast,

and at Sea. By Robert Fortune, Honorary Member

of the Agri-Hort. Society of India, Author of "Three

Years' Wanderings in China," etc. London: Mur-

ray, 1857,

V.-1. Report by Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to

inquire into the state of Lunatic Asylums in Scotland,

and the existing Law in reference to Lunatics and

Lunatic Asylums in that part of the United Kingdom.

With an Appendix. Presented to both Houses of

Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1857.

2. A Bill for the Regulation of the Care and Treatment

of Lunatics, and for the Provision, Maintenance, and

Regulation of Lunatic Asylums, in Scotland. Pre-

pared and brought in by the Lord-Advocate and Sir

George Grey. Ordered by the House of Commons

to be printed 18th June 1857,

VI.-1. The Art of Elocution. By George Vandenhoff. Lon-

2. A History of English Rhythms. By E. Guest. Lon-

3. The Ancient Rhythmical Art Recovered. By Wil-

liam O'Brien. Dublin: 1843. 8vo,

VII.-1. A Review of the Divorce Bill of 1856, with Proposi-

tions for an Amendment of the Laws affecting Mar-

ried Persons. Inscribed, by permission, to Lord

Lyndhurst. London: 1857.

2. A Bill intituled an Act to Amend the Law relating

to Divorce and Matrimonial Causes in England.

Presented by the Lord Chancellor.

printed 11th May 1857.

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Ordered to be

3. The Same, as Amended. June 25, 1857.

4. Hansard's Debates. Second Session of 1857,

162