THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

OCT. 1814, & JAN. 1815.

VOL. XII.

London:

Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; for

JOHN MURRAY, 50, ALBEMARLE-STREET;

SOLD ALSO BY

PARKER, OXFORD; DEIGHTON, CAMBRIDGE;
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AND J. CUMMING, DUBLIN.

1815.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

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No. XXIII.

ART. I. A Voyage to Terra Australis, undertaken for the Purpose

of completing the Discovery of that vast Country, and

prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in his

Majesty's Ship Investigator, and subsequently in the

Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner.

With an Account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise,

Arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and Impri-

sonment of the Commander during six Years and a

half in that Island. By Mathew Flinders, Com-

mander of the Investigator

II. 1. A Letter from Paris, to George Petre, Esq. By the

Rev. John Chetwode Eustace.

2. Paris in 1802 and 1814. By the Rev. Wm. Shepherd.

3. Mon Journal de Huit Jours; or, the History of a

Week's Absence from Maidstone, and of a Visit to

France, in September, 1814. By the Rev. W.R. Wake,

A. M. Curate of the said Parish, and Vicar of Back-

well.

4. A Visit to Paris, in June, 1814. By Henry Wansey,

sen. Esq. F. A. S.

5. Letters from a Lady to her Sister during a Tour to

Paris, in April and May, 1814.

6. The Picture of Paris; or, Stranger's Guide to the

French Metropolis. By Edward Planta, Esq. -

III. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cow-

per; including the Series edited, with Prefaces Bio-

graphical and. Critical, by Dr. Samuel Johnson; and

the most approved Translations. The additional Lives

by Alexander Chalmers, F. S. A.

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IV. An Essay on Dew, and several Appearances connected

with it. By William Charles Weils, M.D. F.R.S.

V. The Excursion; a Poem. By William Wordsworth.

VI. Cours de Littérature Dramatique. Par A. W. Schlegel.

Traduit d'Allemand.

VII. 1. Proposal for improving the System of Friendly So-

cieties, &c. By Jerome, Count de Salis.

2. Essay on improving the Condition of the Poor,

By Thomas Myers, A. M.

&c.

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