THE

NATIONAL REVIEW.

VOL. VIII.

JANUARY AND APRIL 1859.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.

MDCCCLIX.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY ROBSON, LEVEY, AND FRANKLYN, Great New Street and Fetter Lane.

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THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF No. XV.-JANUARY 1859.

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I.-CRABBE

Life and Poems of the Rev. George Crabbe. New Edition. Lon-

don: John Murray, 1853.

II. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CATHERINE II.

Mémoires de l'Impératrice Catherine II; écrits par elle-même,

et précédés d'une Préface par A. Herzen. Londres: Trübner

et Cie, 1859.

La France ou l'Angleterre? Variations Russes sur le thême de

l'Attentat du 14 janvier. Par Iscander (A. Herzen). Londres:

Trübner et Cie, 1858.

A Handbook of the principal Families in Russia. Originally

written in French by Prince Paul Dolgorouky; translated into

English, with Annotations and an Introduction, by F. Z. Lon-

don: James Ridgway, 1858.

III. THE RESULTS OF SHORT IMPRISONMENTS

Suggestions for the Repression of Crime, contained in Charges de-

livered to Grand Juries of Birmingham, supported by additional

Facts and Arguments. By Matthew Davenport Hill. Parker

and Son. 1857.

Judicial Statistics of 1857 (England and Wales). Eyre and Spot-

tiswoode. 1858.

IV. VIRGIL AND HIS MODERN CRITICS

P. Vergilii Maronis Opera,-The Works of Virgil,—with a Com-

mentary by John Conington, M. A., Professor of Latin in the

University of Oxford. London: Whitaker.

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V.-COUNT MIOT DE MELITO AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 112

Mémoires du Comte Miot de Melito, ancien Ministre, Ambassa-

deur, Conseiller d'Etat, et Membre de l'Institut. Three vols.

Paris: Michel Lévy Frères. 1858.

VI.-FALSE MORALITY OF LADY NOVELISTS

Mildred Vernon: a Tale of Parisian Life in the last days of the

Monarchy. Colburn, 1848.

Léonie Vermont: a Scene of our Time. Bentley, 1849.

Kathie Brande. By Holme Lee. Smith and Elder, 1850.

Ruth: a Novel. By the Author of "Mary Barton." Chapman

and Hall, 1853.

Framleigh Hall. Hurst and Blackett, 1858.

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