FROM

SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER INCLUSIVE.

1841.

VOL. III.

NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES,

LONDON:

G. HENDERSON, 2, OLD BAILEY,

LUDGATE HILL.

1842.

CONTENTS

TO THE

MONTHLY REVIEW FOR SEPTEMBER.

Vol. III. (1841.) No. I.

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Art. 1.- Review of Dr. Bretschneider's “ Letters to a Statesman" 1

II.-Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai, and Arabia

Petræa.

By E. Robinson, D, D.

19

III.-Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yu-

catan. By John L. Stephens .

30

IV.-A Memoir on the Cotton of Egypt. By George R. Gliddon 46

V.-Daubigné's History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth

Century. Translated from the French by W. K. Kelly,

Esq. B. A. Part I.

52

VI.-The Amenities of Literature ; consisting of Sketches and

Characters of English Literature. By J. D’Israeli . 80

VII.-A History of Harvard University ; from its Foundation in

the Year 1636, to the Period of the American Revolution.

By Benjamin Peirce

93

VIII.—History of the Corn Laws. By J. C. Platt

101

IX.-Sixth Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners on Criminal

Law.

120

X.-Remarks on the Mineralogy and Geology of Nova Scotia . 131

XI.-A History of the Vegetable Kingdom

139

XII.-Hints to Teachers in National Schools. Edited by the

Rev. Henry Hopwood

147

XIII.-A New Decimal System of Money, &c. By Decimus Mas-

len, Esq.

148

XIV.— The Calcutta Monthly Journal, &c.

148

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