BOSTON:
WM. CROSBY AND H. P. NICHOLS.

NEW YORK: C. S. FRANCIS & CO.
LONDON: JOHN CHAPMAN, 142 STRAND.

CAMBRIDGE: METCALF AND COMPANY,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

CONTENTS.

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1. The British EMPIRE IN INDIA . .

A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to

the Battles of the Sutlej. By Joseph Davey Cun-

ningham.

II. Porter's PRINCIPLES OF TEXTUAL CRITICISM . . . 26

Principles of Textual Criticism, with their Application

to the Old and New Testaments. Illustrated with

Plates and Fac-similes of Biblical Documents. By J.

Scott Porter.

III. RECENT ENGLISH Lyrics .

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1. The Poetical Sketch Book. By Thomas K. Hervey.

2. Poems and Songs. By Allan Cunningham. With

an Introduction, Glossary, and Notes, by Peter Cun-

ningham.

3. English Melodies. By Charles Swain.

4. The Poetical Works of Henry Alford.

5. Poems. By William C. Bennett.

IV. BARON HUMBOLDT's Cosmos . . . . . . . . . 53

Cosmos: a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Uni-

verse. By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated

from the German by E. C. Otté.

V. Bowen's Lowell LECTURES . .... :: :: 88

Lowell Lectures, on the Application of Metaphysical and

Ethical Science to the Evidences of Religion ; deliv-

ered before the Lowell Institute in Boston, in the

Winters of 1848-49. By Francis Bowen.

VI. BARTOL's SERMONS .

. . . 110

Discourses on the Christian Spirit and Life. By C. A.

Bartol.

VII. TICKNOR's History of SPANISH LITERATURE ... 121

History of Spanish Literature. By George Ticknor.

Notices of Recent PUBLICATIONS.

Turnbull's Genius of Italy, . .:.: :. · · · · 108

Coleman's Historical Geography of the Bible; ..... 170

The Boston Book, .

171

Barling's Review of Trinitamiini.........

rianism, .. ..... 172