THE

EDINBURGH REVIEW,

OR

CRITICAL JOURNAL:

FOR

APRIL, 1838 . . . JULY, 1838.

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY,

for Longman, orme, Brown, GREEN, & LONGMAN, LONDON;

AND ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK, EDINburgh.

1838.

CONTENTS OF No. CXXXV.

ART. I. Diary illustrative of the times of George the Fourth, inter-

spersed with original Letters from the late Queen Caro-

line, and from various other distinguished Persons. 2

vols. 8vo. Colburn. London: 1838,

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1

II. The Mechanical Euclid, containing the Elements of Me-

chanics and Hydrostatics demonstrated after the manner

of the Elements of Geometry; and including the proposi-

tions fixed upon by the University of Cambridge as requisite

for the degree of B.A. To which are added, Remarks on

Mathematical Reasoning, and on the Logic of Induction.

By the Rev. William Whewell, M.A., Fellow and Tutor

of Trinity College, Cambridge. 8vo. 1837. Cambridge, 81

III. A Reading on the Use of Torture in the Criminal Law of

England, previously to the Commonwealth: Delivered

at New Inn Hall in Michaelmas Term, 1836. By David

Jardine, Esq. Barrister at Law. 8vo. London: 1837, 103

IV. 1. Turkey, Greece, and Malta. By Adolphus Slade,

Esq., R.N. 2 vols. 8vo. London: 1837.

2. The Russian Fleet in the Baltic in 1836. By H. W.

Crawfurd, Esq. R.N. 8vo. London: 1837.

3. Answer to the Above. 8vo. London: 1837.

4. Travels in Circassia. By Edmund Spencer, Esq. 2

vols. 8vo. London: 1837,

V. Life of William Wilberforce. By his Sons, Robert Isaac

Wilberforce, M.A., Vicar of East Farlough, late Fellow

of Oriel College; and Samuel Wilberforce, M.A., Rector

of Brighstone. 5 vols. 8vo. London: 1838.

VI. Retrospect of Western Travel. By Harriet Martineau.

3 vols. 8vo. London: 1838,

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