THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. XXIII.

MAY 8 JULY.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1820.

10 029 1

London. Printed by C. Rowotum,

Bell-yard, Temple-bar.

Page.

Art. I. Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough, with his Original

Correspondence; collected from the Family Records

at Blenheim, and other authentic sources : illustrated

with Portraits, Maps, and Military Plans. By William

Coxe, M.A. F.R.S. F.S.A. Archdeacon of Wilts. - 1

II. Michael Howe, the last and worst of the Bush Rangers

of Van Diemen's Land. Narrative of the Chief Atro-

cities committed by this Great Murderer and his Asso-

ciates, during a Period of Six Years, in Van Diemen's

Land. From authentic sources of information. - 73

III. Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818. Tome I.

Par le Comte de Forbin. - - - - - 83

IV. 1. Report from the Select Committee on the Highways

of the Kingdom, together with the Minutes of Evi-

dence taken before them.

2. A Practical Essay on the scientific Repair and Pre-

servation of Public Roads, presented to the Board of

Agriculture by John Loudon M'Adam, Esq. .

3. Remarks on the present System of Road Making, with

Observations deduced from Practice and Experience,

&c. By John Loudon M‘Adam, Esq. General Sur-

veyor of the Roads in the Bristol District.

4. An Essay on the Construction of Roads and Carriages.

By Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I.A.

5. A Practical Treatise on the making and upholding of

Public Roads, with a few Remarks on forming Ap-

proaches to Gentlemen's Houses; and a Dissertation

on the Utility of Broad Wheels and other Improve-

ments. By James Paterson, Road Surveyor, Montrose. 96

V. 1. Proceedings in Parga, and the Ionian Islands, with a

Series of Correspondence and other justificatory Do-

cuments. By Lieut. Colonel C. P. de Bosset.

2. Exposé
2. Exposé des Faits qui ont précedé et suivi la Cession

de Parga ; Ouvrage écrit originairement en Grec par

un Parganiote, et traduit en Français par un de ses

Compatriotes; publié par Amaury Duval, Membre de

l'Institut Royal de France. - - - - - 111

VI. 'Examvexin Bußroobýven. With Observations relating to the

Modern Greek Language. By M. Coray: - - 136

VII. Vie Privée de Voltaire et de Madame du Châtelet, pen-

dant un Séjour de Six Mois à Cirey, par l'Auteur des

Lettres Péruviennes-Suivie de cinquante Lettres

inédites on vers et en prose de Voltaire. - - 154

VII. Poems, descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. By John

Clare, a Northamptonshire Peasant. - - - 166

IX. 1. De l'Angleterre. Par Monsieur Rubichon. Vol. I.

2. De l’Angleterre. Par Monsieur Rubichon. Vol. II. 174

X. The Fall of Jerusalem, a Dramatic Poem. By the Rev.

H. H. Milman, Vicar of St. Mary's, Reading; and late

Fellow of Brazenose College, Oxford. - - - 198

1. Voyage dans l'Intérieur de l'Afrique aux Sources du Sé-

négal et de la Gambie, fait en 1818, par ordre du

Gouvernement Français. Par G. Mollien. - - 225

XII. 1. Curiosities of Literature. By J. D’Israeli, Esq.

Vol. III.

2. Almanach des Gourmands. - Tom. I.-V. - - 245

Note. Treachery of the Arabs. Extract of a Letter, dated

Smyrna, August 16th, 1819. - - - - - 279

New Publications. - - - - - - - 281

Page.

Art. I. 1. An Historical and Critical Enquiry into the Interpre-

tation of the Hebrew. Scriptures, with Remarks on Mr. Bella-

my's New. Translation. By J. W. Whittaker, M. A. Fellow of

St. John's, Cambridge.

2. A New Translation of the Holy Bible. Part II. By J. Bellamy,

3. Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Holy Scriptures,

By Sir James Bland Burges, Bart.

4. A Vindication of our Authorized Translation and Translators of

the Bible, in answer to Objections of Mr. John Bellamy and Sir

James Bland Burges. By the Rey. H. J. Todd, M. A.

5. Supplement to an Historical and Criticaļ Enquiry into the In.

terpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures, with Remarks on Mr,

Bellamy's New Translation. By J. W. Whittaker, M.A. Fellow

of St. John's Cambridge. - - - - - - - 287

II. 1. An Essay on certain Points of Resemblance between the

Ancient and Modern Greeks. By the Hon, Frederick Sylv.

North Douglas.

2. Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, &e,

during the Years 1812 and 1813. By Henry Holland, M. D.

F.R.S. &c. 1819.

3. Greece, a Poem; with Notes, Classical Illustrations and

Sketches of the Scenery. By William Haygarth, Esq. A. M. 325

III. *A Letter to the Editor of the Quarterly Review. By Wm.

Parnell, Esq. - - - . - - -

- - 360

IV. '1. Pacts and Observations respecting Canada and the United

States of America; affording a Comparative View of the induce-

ments to Emigration presented in those Countries: to which is

added an Appendix of Practical Instructions to Emigrant Set-

tlers in the British Colonies. By Charles F. Grece, Member of

the Montreal and Quebec Agricultural Societies; and Author

of Essays on Husbandry, addressed to the Canadian Farmers,

2. The Emigrant's Guide to Upper Canada; or, Sketches of the

Present State of that Province, collected from a Residence

therein during the Years 1817, 1818, 1819. Interspersed with

Reflections. By C. Stuart, Esq. Retired Captain of the Honour-

able the East India Company's Service, and one of His Majesty's

Justices of the Peace for the Western District of Upper Canada,

3. A Visit to the Province of Upper Canada, in 1819. By James

Strachan. - - - - - - - - - - 373

V. 1. Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters of Books and

Men, collected from the Conversation of Mr. Pope, and other

eminent Persons of his Time. By the Rev. Joseph Spence.

Now first published from the original Papers, with Notes and a

Life of the Author by Samuel Weller Singer.

2. Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters of Books and Men.

By the Rev. Joseph Spence. Arranged with Notes by Edmund

Malone, Esy.

3. The