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 NEW-YORK REVIEW; 
 
 Edited bv the Rev. C. S. Henky and Francis L. Hawks, D. D. 
 
 In issuing the third number of the New- York Re- 
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 lively gratification at the signal success, which, not- 
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 CONTENTS OF NO. I. 
 
 PUBLISHED MARCH 1837. 
 
 Art. I. Character op Mr. Jefferson. The Life of Thomas Jefferson, third 
 President o. the United States, with parts of his Correspondence never before 
 published, and Notices of his opinions on questions of civil government, na- 
 tional policy, and constitutional law. By Georce Tccker. — II. Utilitarian- 
 ism. I. Morals and Legislation. By Jeremy Bentham. Translated into 
 French by M. Dumont, with notes ; and from the French, with notes, and a 
 biographical notice of Jeremy Bentham, and of M. Dumont, by John Neal. 
 2. Bentham's Deontology. Westminster Review, No. XLI. The Principles 
 of Moral and Political Philosophy. By William Palev, D. D— III. Cox's 
 Life of Fletcher of Madeley. The Life of the Rev. John William Fletcher, 
 Vicar of Madeley. By the Rev. Robert Cox, A. M. First American edition :' 
 with an introduction, and a selection from the correspondence of Mr. Fletcher. 
 By the Rev. George A Smith, A. M. — IV. Crabbe. The Poetical Works of 
 the Rev. George Crabbe, with his letters and journals, and his life. By his 
 Son. — V. Affiliation of Languages. Principes de l'etude comparative des 
 Langues, par le Baron de Merian. — VI. Chalmers' Natural Theology. Na- 
 tural Theology, by Thomas Chalmers, D. D. — VII. Stody of Works of Ge- 
 nius. Address to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Rhode Island. Delivered 
 September 7, 1836. By William B. Goddard, Professor of Belles Lettres in 
 Brown University. — VIII. Pastoral Visiting. 1. A discourse on the Pastoral 
 Care. By Bishop Bdrnet. 2. The Christian Ministry, with an inquiry into 
 the causes of its inefficiency. By the Rev. Charles Bridges, B. A. 3. The 
 Pastor at the Sick Bed. By Christian Oemler, Pastor at Weimar. Trans- 
 lated from the German by the Rev. Aleert Helfenstein, Sr. — IX. Mrs. He- 
 mans. The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans. 2. Memorials of Mrs. 
 Hemans, with illustrations of her literary character from her private correspond- 
 ence. By Henry F. Chorley. — X. D:scoveries in Light ind Vision. Dis- 
 
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 coveries in Light and Vision, with a short memoir containing Discoveries in 
 the Mental Faculties. — XL Combe's Moral Philosophy. Lectures on Moral 
 Philosophy, delivered before the Edinburgh Philosophical Society, and reported 
 for the Edinburgh Chronicle. By George Combe. — XII. Religious Opinions 
 op Washington. The Religious Opinions and Character of Washington. 
 By E. C. M'Gcire. 
 
 XIII. Analytical and Critical Notices. 1. Eichhoff s Paralltle des Lan- 
 gues. 2. Ellendt's Lexicon Sophocleum. 3. Ast's Lexicon Platonicum. 4. 
 Buttmann's Lexilogus. 5. Whittier's Mogg Megone. 6. Epsy's Essays on 
 Meteorology. 7. Three Experiments of Living. 8. Fourth Experiment of 
 Living. 
 
 CONTENTS OF NO. II. 
 
 PUBLISHED OCTOBER 1837. 
 
 Art. I. Jean Paul F. Richter. Wahrheit aus Jean Paul's Leben. — II. 
 
 Goldsmith. The life of Oliver Goldsmith, from a variety of sources. By James 
 Prior. — III. Lord Brougham's Natural Theology. A Discourse of Natural 
 Theology, showing the Nature of the Evidence and the advantages of the Study, 
 &c. By Henry Lord Brougham. — IV. Dietetic Charlatanry, or New 
 Ethics or Eating. L Dispepsy forestalled and resisted : or Lectures on Diet, 
 Regimen, and Employment, &c. By Edward Hitchcock. 2. Means without 
 Living — V. Stephens' Travels. Incidents of Travel in Egypt. Arabia Pe- 
 traea, and the Holy Land. By an American. — VI. Epistles op Ignatius. 1. 
 Standard Writings adapted to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
 the United States. Edited by W. R. Whittingham. 2. Christian Spectator, 
 Vol. V. No. 8. — VII. Wayland's Political Economy. Elements of Political 
 Economy. By Francis Wayland. — VIII. The Young Lady's Friend. The 
 Young Lady's Friend. By a Lady. — IX. Sleigh's Christian Dictionary. 
 The Christian's Defensive Dictionary, being an alphabetical refutation of the 
 general objections against the Bible. By W. W. Sleigh. — X. Position and 
 Duty of the Church. 1. Journal of the General Convention of the Protestant 
 Episcopal Church held in 1835. 2. The present Condition and chief Want of 
 the Church; a Charge to the Clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 
 Ohio. By Charles P. McIlvaine, D. D. 3. Journal of a Convention of the 
 Protestant Episcopal Church of Maryland, 1837. 
 
 XI. Analytical and Critical Notices. 1. lrving's Rocky Mountains. 2. 
 Lockhart's Life of Scott. 3. The New-York Book of Poetry. 4. Agrarian 
 Stories. 5. Live and Let Live. 6. Elinor Fulton. 7. Rich Enough. 8 The 
 Harcourts. 9. The Savings' Bank. 10. Letters from Palmyra. 11. Giese- 
 ler's Eccleastical History. 12. Egyptian Chronology. 13. Cudworth's works. 
 14. Bishop Hopkins' Church of Rome. 15. Gilly's Horae Catecheticae. 16. 
 Dr. Jarvis's Sermon. 17. Henry's Christian Antiquities. 18. Memoirs of 
 Lafayette. 
 
 XII. Affairs of the Church. I. View of the Dioceses. II. Church Mis- 
 sions. 
 
 [The edition of this number being nearly exhausted, those who wish for com- 
 plete sets should apply soon. The number will be reprinted should applications 
 for the first volume be numerous.] 
 
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 CONTENTS OF NO. III. 
 
 PUBLISHED JANUARY 1838. 
 
 Art I. Trades' Unions. 1. Essay on the Rate 'of Wages, with an Ex- 
 amination of the Causes of the differences in the condition of the Labouring 
 Population throughout the world. By H. C. Cart. 2. Address delivered be- 
 fore the General Trades' Union of the City of New- York. By Ely Moore. — 
 II. Reproductive Criticism. Letters auxiliary to the History of Modern Po- 
 lite Literature in Germany, by Heinrich Heine. Translated from the German, 
 by G. W. Haven. — III. Origin and Progress of Popular Liberty. An ad- 
 dress delivered at Hartford on the 9th of November, 1835, the close of the se- 
 cond century from the first settlement of the City. By Joel Hawes. — IV. Cole- 
 ridge's Literary Remains. The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Cole- 
 ridge. Collected and edited by Henry Nelson Coleridge. — V. Old English 
 Literature — George Herbert. 1. The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the 
 Temple, George Herbert. 2. The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private 
 Ejaculations. By George Herbert. — VI. German Biblical Criticism. Die 
 Unwissenschafthcheit im Gebiete der Alttestamentlichen Kritik, belegt ausden 
 Schriften neuerer Kriliker, besonders der Hcrren Von Bohlen und Vatke; von 
 D. Moritz Drechster. [The want of Literary Character in the province of 
 Old Testament Criticism, illustrated from the writings of the later Critics, particu- 
 larly Von Bohlen and Vatke : by Dr. Maurice Drechster] — VII. The Ro- 
 mish Church. Affaires de Rome, par M. F. De La Mennais. — VIII. Aaron- 
 Burr. Memoirs of Aaron Burr, with miscellaneous selections from his corres- 
 pondence. By Matthew L. Davis. — IX. Charles Lamb. The Letters of 
 Charles Lamb, with a sketch of his life. By Thomas Noon Talfourd. 
 
 X. Critical Notices. 1. History of the Court of Rome. 2. Roman Catho- 
 lic Debate at Cincinnati. 3. Epistles of Poly carp and Ignatius. 4. Fox's Mi- 
 nistry of Christ. 5. Reed's Memoir of Professor A verill. 6. Bulwer — Ernest 
 Maltravers. 7. Tales from the German. 8. Mrs. Jameson's Characteristics of 
 Women. 9. W are's Feast of Tabernacles. 10. Modern Accomplishments — 
 Modern Society. 11. The American Almanack. 12. Burton's History of the 
 Church. 13. Bishop Doane's Missionary Sermon. 14. Appeal for Christian 
 Education. 15. Mitchell's Fast Sermon. 16. President Lindsley's Speech 
 17. Moxon's Sonnets. 18. Miss Sedgwick's Token for Children. 
 
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