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JANUARY AND APRIL, 
1864. 


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CONTENTS. - 


Ant. Pacs 


I. The Life and Writings of Roger Bacon. 

1. Fratris Rogeri Bacon, Ordinis Minorum, Opus Majus, a 
Samuele Jebb. Londini editum. 1733. 

. Fratris Rogeri Bacon: Opus Tertium, Opus Minus, Compen- 
dium Philosophie. Edited by J. S. Brewer. London: 
1859. 

3. Roger Bacon ;: Sa Vie, ses Ouvrages, ses Doctrines. Par EMILE 
CHARLES. Paris: 1861. 


II. The Tunnel under Mont Cénis. 

1, Senato del Regno. Rapport du Bureau Central, composé de 
Messieurs les Senateurs de Brignole-Sala, Plana, Mosca, De 
la Marmora, et Jacquemoud, sur le Projet de Loi pour la 
percé du Mont Cénis, et ’Approbation du nouveau Cahier 
de Charges de la Compagnie Victor Emmanuel. Turin: 1859. 

2. Discorso del Ministro dei Lavori Pubblici, Conte Menabrea, 
pronunziato alla Camera dei Deputati nella tornata del 
4 Marzo, 1863, sul Traforo del Montcenisio. Torino: 1863. 

3. Traforo delle Alpi tra Bardonnéche e Modane: Relazione della 
Direzione Tecnica alla Direzione Generale delle Strade Ferrate 
dello Stato. Torino: 1863, . “ ° ° ° 


III. Astrology and Magic. 
La Magie et l’Astrologie dans I’ Antiquité et au Moyen Age; ou 
Etude sur les Superstitions Paiennes qui se sont perpetuées 
jusqu’d nos Jours. Par L. F. AuFrrep Maury. London: 
Williams and Norgate. 1860. . ° . 4 . 


IV. The Depreciation of Gold. 

1, Cours d'Economie apolitique.— De la Monnaie. Par M. 
CHEVALIER. Paris: Chapelle. 1850. 

2. On the probable Fall in the Value of Gold. By M. CHEVALIER, 
translated from the French, with a Preface, by RICHARD 
CoppeN. London: Smith and Son. 1859. 

3. Manual of Political Economy. By H. Fawcett, M.A. Lon- 
don: Macmillan. 186%. 

4, A serious Fall in the Value of Gold ascertained, and its Social 
Effects set forthe By W. S. Jevons, M.A. London: E. 
Stanford. 1863. 

5. The Drain of Silver to the East, and the Currency of India. 
By W. Nassau Lees, LL.D. London: W.H. Allen and 
Co. 1864. . . ° ° ° ° 


V. Gilchrist’s Life of William Blake. 
Life of William Blake, ‘‘ Pictor Ignotus,” with Selections from his 
Poems and other Writings. By the late ALEXANDER GIL- 
CHRIST, Author of the ‘‘ Life of William Etty.”’ Lllustrated 
from Blake’s own Works, in fac-simile, by W. J. Linton, and 
in Photolithography, with a few of Blake’s ers Plates. 
In 2 vols, London: Macmillan and Co, 1863. - 101 





ii CONTENTS. 


Ant. Paar 


VI. Parties and Prospects in Parliament. ° 


VU. The Inspired Writings of Hinduism. 

1. Rig-Veda-Sanhita: the Sacred Hymns of the Brahmans, to- 
gether with the Commentary of Siyanfcharya, Edited by 
Max Mutuier, M.A. Volume IV. London: 1862. 

. The Taittiriya Brahmana of the Black Yajur Veda, with the 
Commentary of Sayanicharya. Edited by RaJENDRALALA 
Mirra, with the Assistance of several learned Panditas. 
Vol. II. (In the ‘‘ Bibliotheca Indica,” published under the 
Superintendence of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.) Calcutta: 
1862. 

. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People 
of India, their Religion and Institutions, Collected, translated 
into English, and illustrated by Remarks, by J. Muir, 
D.C.L., LL.D. Part IV. London: 1863. 

4, A Contribution towards an Index to the Bibliography of the 
Indian Philosophical Systems. By Firzepwarp Hatt, M.A. 
Calcutta: 1859. 

5. Report of the MAhfraj Libel Case. Bombay: 1862. 

6. The M&hdrajas, By Karsanpass Moo.tsez. Bombay: 1861. 


VIII. Russia. 


1, Organisation Sociale de la Russie. Par un Diplomate. Paris: 


1863, 
2. La Vérité sur la Russie. Par le Prince Prerre DoLGorouKow. 
Paris: 1860. 
3. Essai sur la Situation Russe, Par N. Ocarrerr, Londres: 
4 


1862. 

- La Russie sous l’Empereur Alexandre II, Par M. Cuar.es 
DE MazavE. Paris: 1862. 

5. Essai sur l’Histoire de la Civilisation en Russie. Par NicoLas 
DE GEREBTZOFF. Paris: 1858. 

6. Russische Fragmente. Von F, Bopenstep. Leipzig: 1862. 


IX. The Physiology of Sleep. 
1. Le Sommeil et les Réves. Etudes Psychologiques sur ces Phéno- 
ménes et les divers Etats qui s’y rattachent. Par L. F. 
ALFRED Maury. Paris: 1862. 
- On Sleep. By Sir H. Houtanp. In ‘Chapters on Mental 
Physiology.” 2nd edit. London: 1858. 
. The Physiology of Sleep. By Anruur E, Duruam. In ins 8 
Hospital Reports.” London: 1860. . ime 6 : 


Contemporary Literature : 
. Theology and Philosophy . ° . 
. Politics, Sociology, Voyages, and Travels : 
. Science . . . . . . 
. History and Biography . ° . ° 
. Belles Lettres. . . . . . 


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CONTENTS. 


Apt. 
I. The Basin of the Upper Nile and its Inhabitants. 


1. Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. By Joun 
HaAnnNING Speke, Captain H.M. Indian Army, &c. London. 
1863. 

2. A Lecture on the Sources of the Nile, and on the Means requi- 
site for their Final Determination. Delivered in the Theatre 
of the London Institution on the 20th January, 1864. By 
Cuartes T, Bex, Ph. D., F.6.A., &c. [Not Published.] 

8. Address to the Geographical Society of Berlin, on the 6th June, 
1863, (Vortrag, &c.) By Dr. Hernricn Barra, C.B, 

4. On the Origin of the Gallas, By Dr. Bexe. From the ‘ Re- 
port of the British Association for the Advancement of 
Science,” for 1847... ; 7 - ; ‘ -  » 807 


II. Strikes and Industrial Co-operation. 


1. The Co-operator : a Record of Co-operative Progress. By 
Working Men, Edited by Henry Pirman. Manchester. 
1860-1863. 

2. Self-Help by the People—History of Co-operation in Rochdale. 
By G. J. Holyoake. London, 1858. 

8. Companion to the Almanac; or, Year Book of General Infor- 
mation for 1862. London. 

4. Manual of Political eae By Henry Fawcert, M.A. 
London, 1863. . ° . . ° ° ° 


III. The Abolition of Religious Teats. 
A Plea for the Abolition of Tests in the ee of Oxford. 
By Gotpwin Smita. Oxford. 1864. . . 
IV. The Prerogative of Pardon and the Punishment of Death. 


1. Jeremy Bentham, to his Fellow Citizens of France. On Death 
Punishment. December 17, 1830. 

2. On Capital Punishment for Murder, An Essay. By Lorp 
Hopart. 1861, 





CONTENTS, 


3. Capital Punishment in England viewed as operating in the 
present day. By Susnpoy Amos, M.A., Barrister-at-Law. 
1864, 

4. Sugyestions for the Amendment of the Laws of Appeal in 
Criminal Cases. By Harry G. Pamir, Barrister-at-Law. 
1864. , F ‘ : ; ‘ ° F ‘ : 


V. New Zealand. 

1. New Zealand in 1842. By ‘Tl’. M. D. Mantin, M.D., President 
of the New Zealand Aborigines Protection Association, and 
lately a Mayistrate of the Colony. Auckland. 

2. New Zealand and its Aboriyines. By WitttaAmM Brown, lately 
a Member of the Legislative Council of New Zealand. Lon- 
don: Smith, Elder, and Co, 1845, 

8. Plain Facts relative to the late War in the Northern District of 
New Zealand, Auckland, 1847. 

The New Zealand Question and the Rights of Aborigines, By 
Louis AtuExis CuamMerovzou. London: J, C. Newby. 
1848, 

A Speech delivered in the Provincial Council of Auckland, exhi- 
biting a picture of Misgovernment and Oppression in the 
British Colony of New Zealand ; preceded by a Letter to His 
Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Her Majesty's Principal Secre- 
tary of State for the Colonial Department. By James Busy, 
Esq. Auckland. 1853, 

A Page from the History of New Zealand, By Mérotwog. Auck- 
land, 1854, 

. The First Settlers in New Zealand ; being a Speech delivered 
at the Table of the House of Representatives, August Ist, 
1856. Revised and enlarged. By James Bussy, Esq. Auck- 
land, 1856, 

A Letter to his Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, C.B., 
Governor of New Zealand, on ‘ Responsible Government ” 
and ‘*The Governmental Institutions of New Zealand.” By 
James Buspy, Esq. Auckland. 1857. 

Observations on the State of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New 
Zealand. By F. D, Fenton, the Compiler of the Statistical 
Tables of the Native Population. Auckland. 1857, 

The Right of a British Colonist to the Protection of the Queen 
and Parliament of England against the Hlegal and Unjust 
Acts of a Colonial Legislature or Government. A Letter to 
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, Her Majesty's Principal 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, By James Bussy, Esq. 
Auckland. 1860. 

. Illustrations of the System called “ Responsible Government ;”’ 
in a Letter to his Excellency Colonel Gore Browne, C.B. By 
James Buspy, Esq. Auckland. 1860. 

. The Maori King Movement in New Zealand ; with a full Re- 

"port of the Native Meetings held at Waikato, April and May, 
1860. By the Rev. Tuomas BuppLe, Auckland. 1860, 





CONTENTS. iii 
Paan 
The Taranaki Question. By Sir W. Marrry, D.C.L., late 
Chief Justice of New Zealand. Auckland. 1860. 

- Remarks upon a Pamphlet entitled “The Taranaki Question,” 
by Sir W. Martin. By James Busny, Esq., formerly H.M. 
Resident in New Zealand. Auckland, 1860, 

» Remarks upon a Pamphlet by James Busby, Exq., commenting 
upon a Pamphlet entitled “The Taranaki Question,” by Sir 
William Martin, By Grorak Cranks, late chief Protector of 
Aborigines. Printed for private circulation only. Auckland, 
1861, 

. Notes on Sir William Martin’s Pamphlet. Published by autho- 
rity of the General Government. Auckland. 

» Memorandum, By Mr. RionmMonp, Auckland. 

. Remarks on Notes published for the New Zealand Government, 
and on Mr, Richmond's Memorandum. By Sir Witt1am 
Martin, 1,0.L. Auckland. 1861, 

» The Land peor of Taranaki. By F. A. Carrinaton, 
[Unpublished.] Taranaki. 

. New Zealand Memorial to his Grace the Secretary of State for 
the Colonies ; together with a Memorandum on New Zealand 
Affairs. London, 

. The War in New Zealand, By Wititam Fox, Member of the 
House of Representatives. Auckland. 

. One of England's Little Wars: A Letter to the Duke of New- 
castle, Secretary of State for the Colonies, By Octavius 
Haprieip, Archdeacon of Kapiti, New Zealand, 

23. New Zealand and the War. By WILLIAM Swainson, Eaq., 
formerly Attorney-General for New Zealand. London: 
Smith, Elder, and Co, 

24. The’ War in Taranaki during the Years 1860-61. By W. J. 

* Gravina, of the Volunteer Rifles, New Plymouth, 1862. 

25. Letter to the Right Honourable the Lord Lyttelton, on the Rela- 
tions of Great Britain with the Colonists and Aborignes of 
New Zealand. By Crossre Warp, a Member of the Govern- 
ment and of the House of Representatives of the Colony. 
London; Edward Stanford. 1868. . . ; 4 . 420 


VI. Taine’s Iistory of English Literature. 
1, Histoire de la Littérature Anglaise. Par H. Taine. Trois 
Tomes. Paris : Hachette et Cie. 1863, 
2. The Afternoon Lectures on English Literature. 
8. English Writers. The Writers before Chaucer ; with an Intro- 
ductory Sketch of the four Periods of English Literature. By 
Henry Morigy. London: Chapman and Hall. 1864. , 


VIL. The Philosophy of Roger Bacon. 


1. Fratris Rogeri Bacon, Opus Majus 4 Samucle Jebb. Londini 
editum. 1733, 

2. Fratris Rogeri Bacon: Opus Tertium, Opus Minus, Compen- 
dium Philosophiw, Edited by J. 8. Brewer, London. 
1859, 





CONTENTS. 


Paan 
3. Roger Bacon : ga Vie, ses Ouvrages, ses Doctrines. Par EMILE 
CHARLES. Paris. 1861. 
4, Histoire des Sciences Naturelles au Moyen Age. Par F. A. 
Povcukt. Paris, 1853. . .« .« . .« . . 612 


Contemporary Literature: 


- Theology . 

. Politics, Sociology, Voyages and Travels 
. Science . . 
. History and Biography 

. Belles Lettres. . 





