THE

BRITISH REVIEW,

AND

LONDON CRITICAL JOURNAL.

"-FIAT JUSTITIA.-"

VOL. XI.

LONDON:

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PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,

47, PATERNOSTER ROW;

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1818.

J. HATCHARD, PICCADILLY

CONTENTS

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No. XXI.

ART.

I. THE LATE PRINCESS CHArlotte.

1. A Cypress Wreath, for the Tomb of her late Royal Highness

the Princess Charlotte of Wales: containing original Tributes

to her Memory, by J. Gwilliam, and others; with a Selection

of the best Pieces that have appeared on the Subject: to which

is prefixed, a Biographical Memoir of her Royal Highness,

by J. Coote.

2. A Biographical Memoir of the public and private Life of the

much lamented Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales and

Saxe-Cobourg: illustrated with Recollections, Anecdotes, and

Traits of Character, including incidental Observations upon

Persons and Events connected with the subject of the Memoir;

accompanied by explanatory and authentic Documents in an

Appendix.

3. A Sermon delivered in the Tron Church, Glasgow, on Wednes-

day, Nov. 19, 1817, the Day of the Funeral of her Royal

Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales. By Thomas

Chalmers, D.D.

4. A Poem on the Death of her Royal Highness the Princess

Charlotte of Wales and Saxe-Cobourg. By the Rev. R. Ken-

nedy, A.M.

II. Harrington and Ormond, Tales. By Maria Edgeworth.

III. The History of Java. By Thomas Stamford Raffles, Esq.

IV. Select Pieces in Verse and Prose. By the late John Bowdler,

Esq. Junior.

V. Mandeville: a Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England.

By William Godwin.

VI. Illustrations (chiefly Geographical) of the Expedition of Cyrus,

from Sardis to Babylonia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thou-

sand Greeks from thence to Trebişonde and Lydia. With an

Appendix, containing an Inquiry into the best Method of

improving the Geography of the Anabasis, &c, explained by

Maps. By James Rennel, F, R. S. L. & E.

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VII. EMBASSY TO CHINA.

1. Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China; com-

prising a correct Narrative of the Publie Transactions of the

Embasy, of the Voyage to and from China, of the Journey

from the Mouth of the Pei-ho to the Return to Canton; inter-

spersed with Observations on the Face of the Country, the

Polity, Moral Character, and Manners of the Chinese Nation.

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The whole illustrated with Maps and Drawings. By Henry

Ellis, Third Commissioner of the Embassy.

2. Narrative of a Voyage in his Majesty's late Ship Alceste to the

Yellow Sea, along the Coast of Corea, and through its numer-

ous hitherto undiscovered Islands, to the Island of Lewchew;

with an Account of her Shipwreck in the Straits of Gaspar.

By John M'Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste.

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VIII. Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne. Par M. Delambre, Cheva-

lier de Saint Michel.

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IX. Rob Roy. By the Author of "Waverley," &c.

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X. Narrative of my Captivity in Japan, during the Years 1811, 12,

and 13; with Observations on the Country and the People.

By Captain Golownin, R. N. To which is added, an Ac--

count of Voyages to Japan, to procure the Release of the

Author and his Companions. By Captain Rikord.

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XI. The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland, from

the Restoration to the Year 1678. By the Rev. James Kirk-

ton. To which is added, an Account of the Murder of

Archbishop Sharp. By James Russell, an Actor therein.

Edited from the MSS. by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. - 249

LIST OF BOOKS.

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