THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

APRIL & JULY,

1814.

VOL. XI.

London:

Printed by C. Roworth, Bell-yard, Temple-bar; for JOHN MURRAY, 50, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

OF

No. XXI.

ART. I. 1. Histoire Littéraire d'Italie, par P. L. Ginguené, Membre

de l'Institut de France, &c.

2. De la Littérature du Midi de l'Europe, par J. C. L.

Simonde de Sismondi, &c.

II. The Tragedies of Maddelen, Agamemnon, Lady Mac-

beth, Antonia, and Clytemnestra. By John Galt.

III. 1. Théorie de la double Réfraction de la Lumière. Par

E. L. Malus.

2. Mémoire sur de nouveaux Rapports entre la Réflexion

et la Polarisation de la Lumière. Par M. Biot.

3. Versuche über Spiegelung und Brechung. Experi

ments on the Reflection and Refraction of Light. By

Dr. Seebeck.

4. A Treatise on new Philosophical Instruments, with

Experiments on Light and Colours. By David

Brewster, LL.D.

IV. Letters on the Nicobar Islands.

V. The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton; with a

Supplement of Interesting Letters, by distinguished

Personages.

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VI. The World before the Flood, a Poem, in ten Cantos;

with other occasional Pieces; by James Montgomery,

Author of the Wanderer of Switzerland, the West

Indies, &c. -

VII. The Nature of Things, a Didascalic Poem, translated

from the Latin of Titus Lucretius Carus, accompanied

with Commentaries, comparative, illustrative and sci-

entific, and the Life of Epicurus. By Thomas Busby,

Mus. Doc.

VIII. 1. A Picturesque Journey to the North Cape. By A. F.

Skioldebrand; translated from the French.

2. Travels through Norway and Lapland, during the

years 1806, 1807, and 1808. By Leopold Von Buch,

Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin.

Translated from the original German, by John Black,

with Notes and Illustrations chiefly Mineralogical,

and some Account of the Author, by Robert Jame-

son, F. R. S. E. F. L. S. &c. Professor of Natural His-

tory in the University of Edinburgh. Illustrated with

Maps and Physical Sections.

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3. Voyages