THE

NATIONAL REVIEW.

VOL. I.

JULY AND OCTOBER 1855.

LONDON:

ROBERT THEOBALD, 26 PATERNOSTER ROW.

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THE NATIONAL REVIEW.

CONTENTS OF No. I.-JULY, 1855.

ART. L-ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST IN THE RECENT POPULAR

DISCONTENT

1. Papers connected with the Civil Service Reform.-Blue Book,

1855.

2. Manifesto of the Administrative Reform Association.

3. Speech of Mr. Layard. House of Commons. June 15, 1855.

Poetical Works of William Cowper. Edited by Robert Bell.

J. W. Parker and Son.

The Life of William Cowper, with Selections from his Corre-

spondence. Being Volume I. of the Library of Christian

Biography, superintended by the Rev. Robert Bickersteth.

Seeley, Jackson, and Co.

ART. III. THE PLANETS

1. Essays on the Spirit of Inductive Philosophy, the Unity of

Worlds, and the Philosophy of Creation. By the Rev. Baden

Powell. London: Longman. 1855.

2. The Plurality of Worlds: an Essay. Also a Dialogue on the

same subject. Third Edition. London: J. W. Parker and Son.

1854.

3. More Worlds than One. The Creed of the Philosopher and the

Hope of the Christian. By Sir David Brewster. London:

Murray. 1854.

4. Scientific Certainties of Planetary Life. By T. C. Simon.

Bosworth. 1855.

5. Astro-Theology; or, The Religion of Astronomy. By Edward

Higginson. London: Whitfield. 1855.

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ART. IV.-EWALD'S LIFE OF CHRIST

Geschichte Christus und seiner Zeit, von Heinrich Ewald. (The

History of Christ and his Time. By Henry Ewald.) Göttingen.

1855.

ART. V.-THE NOVELS AND POEMS OF THE REV. C. KINGSLEY

The Saint's Tragedy; or, The True Story of Elizabeth of Hungary,

Landgravine of Thuringia, Saint of the Romish Calendar.

London: J. W. Parker. 1848.

Reprinted from

Yeast a Problem. Reprinted, with corrections and additions,

from Fraser's Magazine. London: J. W. Parker. 1851.

Alton Locke; Tailor and Poet. An Autobiography. Third

Edition. London: Chapman and Hall. 1852.

Hypatia; or, New Foes with an Old Face.

Fraser's Magazine. London: J. W. Parker. 1853.

Westward Ho! or, The Voyages and Adventures of Sir Amyas

Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the County of Devon, in the

reign of Her Most Glorious Majesty Queen Elizabeth. Second

Edition. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co. 1855.

ART. VI.-ROMANISM, PROTESTANTISM, AND ANGLICANISM

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1. National Unthankfulness: its Fruits and Punishment.

Sermon preached in the Cathedral Church of St. Andrew, Wells,

on Sunday, November 5, 1854. By George Anthony Denison,

M.A., Archdeacon of Taunton. Masters, Bond-street.

2. The Eighth of December, 1854. Some Account of the Defi-

nition of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Mother

of God; with the Dogmatic Bull of His Holiness, and a Preface

by a Priest of the Diocese of Westminster. T. Jones, Pater-

noster-row, London. 1855.

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3. Rome the New Dogma and our Duties. A Sermon preached

before the University of Oxford, on the Feast of the Annuncia-

tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1855. By the Lord Bishop of

Oxford. J. H. Parker, London.

4. Archdeacon Hare's Last Charge. J. W. Parker, London.

5. Vindication of Luther. By Archdeacon Hare. Second Edition.

J. W. Parker. 1855.

6. Letters of John Calvin. Compiled from the original MSS.,

and Edited, with Notes, by Dr. Jules Bonnet. Hamilton,

Adams, and Co. 1855.

7. Theological Essays. By Rev. F. D. Maurice, M.A., Chaplain

of Lincoln's Inn. Second Edition. 1854. Macmillan.

8. Examination of Mr. Maurice's Theological Essays. By R. S.

Candlish, D.D. Nisbet and Co. 1854.

9. Sermons by the late Rev. Frederick W. Robertson, M.A., of

Trinity Chapel, Brighton. Smith, Elder, and Co., London.

1855.

ART. VII.-GOETHE UND WERTHER

Goethe und Werther. Briefe Goethe's, meistens aus seiner Jugend-

zeit, mit erläuternden Documenten. Herausgegeben von A.

Kestner, Königl. Hannov. Legationsrath, Minister-Resident bei

dem Päpst. Stuhle in Rom. Zweite Auflage, Stuttgart und

Augsburg. J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag. 1855.

(Goethe und Werther: Letters of Goethe, chiefly from the time of

his Youth. With Explanatory Documents. Edited by A.

Kestner.)

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ART. VIII.-INTERNATIONAL DUTIES, AND THE PRESENT CRISIS. . 209

Correspondence Relative to the Affairs of Hungary, 1847-1849.

Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her

Majesty. August 15, 1850.

Eastern Papers. Parts I. to XIII. inclusive. Presented to the

House of Commons by Command of Her Majesty. 1854, 1855.

The Progress and Present Position of Russia in the East. An

Historical Summary. Fourth Edition. Continued down to the

Present Time. London. 1854.

The Letter of John Bright, Esq., M.P., on the War. Verified and

Illustrated by Extracts from the Parliamentary Documents, &c.

London, 1854.

The War with Russia; its Origin and Cause. A Reply to the

Letter of J. Bright, Esq., M.P. By John Alfred Langford.

London. 1855.

ART. IX.-SUMMARY OF THEOLOGY AND MENTAL PHILOSOPHY.

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ART. X.-SUMMARY OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY AND ECONOMY.-Loans

and Taxes.

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