THE

NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

MARCH-JUNE 1867.

NEW SERIES, VOL VII.

EDINBURGH:
EDMONSTON & DOUGLAS.

1867.

CONTENTS OF No. XCI.

ART. I. THE POLICY OF TRADES-UNIONS,

1. Trades-Societies and Strikes. Report of the Committee

on Trades-Societies, appointed by the National Asso-

ciation for the Promotion of Social Science. 1860.

2. Trades-Unions and Strikes: their Philosophy and Inten-

tion. By T. J. Dunning, Secretary to the London

Consolidated Society of Bookbinders. 1860.

3. Strikes and Arbitrations: with the Procedure and Forms

successfully adopted by the Building Trade at Wolver-

hampton. Written at the Request of the Working

Men's Club. By Rupert Kettle. 1866.

4. The Beehive Newspaper. 1866.

5. The Builders' Trade Circular. 1866.

6. Report of the Conference of Trades' Delegates of the

United Kingdom, held at Sheffield, July 17-21, 1866.

ART. II.-GEORGE BUCHANAN,

1. Georgii Buchanani, Scoti, Poetarum sui seculi facile

Principis, Opera Omnia, ad optimorum codicum fidem

summo studio recognita et castigata. Curante Thoma

Ruddimanno, A.M. Edinburgh, 1715.

2. Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George Buchanan.

By David Irving, LL.D. Second Edition. Edinburgh,

1817.

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ART. III. THE POLITICAL WRITINGS OF RICHARD COBDEN, 77

The Political Writings of Richard Cobden. 2 vols. W.

Ridgway: London.

ART. IV.-ON THE CHARACTER OF THE OLD NORTHERN

POETRY,

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Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the

Sea-Fisheries of the United Kingdom: Regulations

relating to Oysters, and Oyster-Fishing in general.

2 vols. 1866.

ART. VII. OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXTENSION,

ART. VIII. THE BENGAL FAMINE OF 1866,

1. Three Unpublished Tours through the Famine-Stricken

Districts in 1866.

2. An Epitome of the Famine in Cuttack. By Gopal Chun-

der Haldar. 8vo. Cuttack, 1866.

3. Market Rates and Official Papers published by the Board.

of Revenue, Lower Provinces. 1865, 1866.

1865, 1866.

1865, 1866.

4. The Englishman. A Calcutta Daily Paper.

5. The Friend of India. A Weekly Paper.

6. The Som-Prakash. A Bengali Paper. 1865, 1866.

7. Selection of Papers from the Records in the East India

House. Folio. 1820.

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242

CONTENTS OF No. XCII.

ART. I.-THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES,

ART. II-A DUTCH POLITICAL NOVEL,

ART. III.-MODERN VIEWS OF THE ATONEMENT,

1. The Nature of the Atonement, and its Relation to Re-

mission of Sins and Eternal Life. By John M'Leod

Campbell. Macmillan, 1856.

2. The Vicarious Sacrifice grounded on Principles of Uni-

versal Obligation. By Horace Bushnell, D.D. A.

Strahan, 1866.

3. The Life and Light of Men: An Essay. By John

Young, LL.D. A. Strahan, 1866.

4. Cur Deus Homo; or, Why God was made Man. By

St. Anselm. Translated by a Clergyman. J. H. &

J. Parker, 1865.

ART. IV.-FACETIÆ,

1. Constable's Miscellany. Vol. X. Table-Talk. Edin.

1827.

2. The Jest-Book. Selected and arranged by Mark Lemon.

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343

381

London, 1864.

ART. V. ARCHBISHOP SHARP,

398

ART. VI.-CHARACTERISTICS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE-

POETRY,

456

1. The Biglow Papers. Second Series. Boston: Ticknor

and Fields. 1867.

2. The Tent on the Beach. J. G. Whittier.

Boston:

Ticknor and Fields. 1867.

3. Flower-de-Luce. By H. W. Longfellow.

G. Routledge and Sons.

London :

4. Golden Leaves from the American Poets. London:

F. Warne and Co. 1866.