THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. VI.

AUGUST J. DECEMBER,

1811.

SECOND EDITION.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1820.

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ART. I. Philosophical Essays. By Dugald Stewart, Esq. F.R.S.

Ed. Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy in the

University of Edinburgh, &c. &c.

II. Confession du Général Buonaparté à l'Abbé Maury, &c.

&c. dédiée au Général Kléber. Par le Général Sar-

razin, &c.

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III. A Treatise of the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England

during the Middle Ages, with ten illustrative Plates.

By the Rev. John Milner, D.D. F.S. A. &c. Ed.

IV. New Theory of the Tides. By Ross Cuthbert, Esq.

V. A History of the Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings

attached to the University of Oxford, including the

Lives of the Founders. By Alexander Chalmers,

F.S.A.

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VI. The Works of the Reverend Thomas Townson, D. D. late

Archdeacon of Richmond, one of the Rectors of Mal-

pas, Cheshire, &c. In two Volumes. To which is

prefixed, an Account of the Author, &c. &c. By

Ralph Churton, A. M. Archdeacon of St. David's,

&c. &c.

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VII, Historical Sketches of the South of India ; in an Attempt

to trace the History of Mysoor, from the Origin of the

Hindoo Government of that State, to the Extinction

of the Mahummedan Dynasty in 1799. By Lieut.
Col. Wilks. Vol. I.

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VIII. Memoirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caul.

field, Earl of Charlemont, &c. By Francis Hardy,

Esq. Member of the House of Commons in the three

last Parliaments of Ireland.

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JX. Notices respecting Jamaica, in 1808, 1809, 1810. By

Gilbert Mathison, Esq.

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X. Essays

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X. Essays on Professional Education. By R. L. Edge-

worth, Esq. F. R. S. M. R. J. A. &c.

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XI.

A Refutation of Calvinism, in which the Doctrines of

Original Sin, Grace, Regeneration, Justification, and

Universal Redemption, are explained ; and the pecu-

liar Tenets maintained by Calvin on th points are

proved to be contrary to Scripture, to the Writings

of the Antient Fathers of the Christian Church, and

to the public formularies of the Church of England.

By G. Tomline, D.D. F. R. S. Lord Bishop of Lin-

coln, and Dean of St. Paul's.

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XII. Hindu Infanticide. An Account of the Measures adopt-

ed for suppressing the Practice of the Systematic

Murder by their Parents of Female Infants; edited,

with Notes and Illustrations, by Edward Moor, F.R.S. 210

XIIL The Vision of Don Roderick ; a Poem. By Walter

Scott, Esq.

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XIV. Notices sur l'Intérieur de la France, écrites en 1806, par

M. Faber. Tom. I. St. Petersburgh, 1807.

Sketches of the Internal State of France. By M. Faber.

Translated from the French.

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XV. A Comparative View of the Plans of Education as de-

tailed in the Publications of Dr. Bell and Mr. Larcas-

ter, and Remarks on Dr. Bell's Madras School, and

Hints to the Managers and Committees of Charity

and Sunday Schouls, on the Practicability of extend-

ing such Institutions upon Mr. Lancaster's Plan. By

Joseph Fox.

A Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of St.

Paul, London, on Thursday, June 13, 1811. To

which is added, a Collection of Notes and Illustrations.

By Herbert Marsh, D. D. F.R.S. Margaret Professor

of Divinity in the University of Cambridge. Third

Edition.

Comparative View of the two new Systems of Education

for the Infant Poor, in a Charge delivered to the

Clergy of the Officialty of the Dean and Chapter of

Durham, at Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Tuesday, May

12, 1811. By the Rev. R. G. Bowyer, LL.B. Pre-

bendary of Durham.

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Art. I. Philosophical Essays. By Dugald Stewart, Esg. F.R.S.

Ed. Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, &c. &c. 4to. pp.590. Edinburgh, Constable.

London, Cadell and Davies, and John Murray. 1810. A MONG the philosophers of the present day, we could not

easily mention a more justly respected name than that of the author of the volume before us. His treatise on the Philosophy of the Mind, which has been long before the public, must ever give him a high rank among those who have followed Locke in the track of genuine metaphysical inquiry. Some of his predecessors in this walk may have displayed a more subtle and adventurous genius, but in the solid attributes of the philosophical character he is surpassed by none; while he holds an indisputable pre-eminence in the art of recommending and embellishing his subject by the most expanded and attractive views of its dignity and importance. As a Lecturer, he has been long regarded as the chief ornament of a university, not a little celebrated for the eminence of its professors; but he has lately, we understand, though still in the vigour of life, retired from the academical chair, in order to dedicate himself without interruption to the prosecution of his favourite science.

The interest of the public in that important branch of philosophy which Mr. Stewart has so much illustrated and adorned has been, we think, for some time, greatly on the wane. All labour of the intellectual kind, which is not given to politics or polite literaa ture, is wholly engrossed by the more brilliant and profitable pura suits of physical science. The study of the mind seems to be no longer thought in any degree necessary to the formation of the philosophical character, or to afford any conclusions of much interest or importance. We confess, that our opinion is altogether different; and, without wishing to derogate from the claims of the other sciences, must be permitted to say, that the philosophy of the mind is an object of paramount utility; for it is intimately and essentially connected with almost every other branch of knowledge,

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