The New quarterly review, and digest of current literature

THE

NEW QUARTERLY REVIEW,

,

AND

Digest of Current Literature,

BRITISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH, AND GERMAN.

FOR TIIE YEAR 1856.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

BOSWORTH & HARRISON, 215, REGENT STREET.

A. & W. GALIGNANI & CO., PARIS.
OLIVER & BOYD, & J. MENZIES, EDINBURGH; D. ROBERTSON & W. LOVE, GLASGOW.

HODGES & SUIITII, AND M'GLASHAN, DUBLIN.
CHESSON, BOMBAY; TIIACKER, SPINK, & CO., CALCUTTA; PARRY & CO., MADRAS.

MASON, FUNCIIAL, MADEIRA.

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CONTENTS

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Retrospect of the Literature of the Quarter

Macaulay's History of England from the Acces-

sion of James II.-Prescott's History of the

Reign of Philip II., King of Spain--History

of Piedmont - The Island Empire-Dr. Lid-

dell's History of Rome-Thackeray's Mis.

cellanies-Browning's Men and Women-

Longfellow's Hiawatha - Festus - Macdo-

nald's Within and Without-Life of Goethe

- History of Fielding-Autobiography of a

Beggar Boy-Antonio Benoni- Little Dor.

ritt-Zaidee.

History and Biography:

History of England from the Accession of

James the Second

The Life and Works of Goethe: with Sketches

of his Age and Contemporaries, from Pub.

lished and Unpublished Sources

History of the Reign of Philip the Second,

King of Spain

Travels :

Tribes of the Caucasus
Fur Hunters of the Far West
Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
Two Summer Cruises with the Baltic Fleet.

Minnesota, and the Far West

Science:

A Practical Treatise on the Use of the Mi.

croscope, including the Different Methods

of preparing and examining Animal,

Vegetable, and Mineral Structures

The Microscope : its History, Construction,

and Applications ; being a familiar Intro-

duction to the Use of the Instrument, and

the Study of Microscopical Science

The Microscope, and its Application to Vege.

table Anatomy and Physiology

The Chemistry of Common Life

The Principles of Psychology

The Art of Perfumery, and the Methods of

obtaining the Odours of Plants, with In.

structions for the Manufacture of Per-

fumes for the Handkerchief, Scented

Powders, Odorous Vinegar, Dentifrices,

Pomatums, Cosmetiques, Perfumed Soap,

.

German Literature

Die Hellenen im Skythenlande

Schiller's Lied von der Glocke

Der Krieg gegen Russland

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