CONTENTS OF No. CXCVII. ART. I.-1. The Life and Martyrdom of Savonarola. By R. R. 2. Jérome Savonarola; sa Vie, ses Prédications, ses Écrits. 4. Girolamo Savonarola aus grossens Theils handschrift- 6. Poesie di Jeronimo Savonarola. Per cura di Audin de 7. Archivio Storico Italiano. Appendice. Tomo viii. 8. Lectures on Great Men-Girolamo Savonarola. By London, 1856. 9. Appendice alla Storia dei Municipi Italiani. Da P. II.-A History of Greece. By George Grote, Esq. London, III.-1. Histoire de Charles 1o, depuis son avènement jusqu'à sa mort, 5° édition, précédée d'un Discours sur l'Histoire de la Révolution d'Angleterre. Par M. Guizot. 2 vols. 8vo. Paris, 1854. 2. Histoire de la République d'Angleterre et de Cromwell. 3. Histoire du Protectorat de 8vo. Paris, 1856. Richard Cromwell, et du Par M. Guizot. 2 vols. Page 60 ART. Page 4. Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: with Eluci- 5. The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England; with IV.-1. Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners appointed to 2. General Regulations, Instructions and Orders for the V.-1. Mémoire présenté par M. le Préfet de la Seine à la 2. Résidences des Souverains. Par C. Percier et P. Fon- 3. Rapport sur les Marchés Publics en Angleterre, en VI.-The Roman State, from 1815 to 1850. By Luigi Carlo 105 160 - 200 VII.-1. Correspondence with the United States respecting 2. Papers relative to the Recruiting in the United States. 215 235 CONTENTS OF No. CXCVIII. ART. I.-Bacon's Essays: with Annotations by Richard Whately, II.-1. Icosium: Notice sur les Antiquités Romaines d'Alger. 1845. 2. Inscriptions Romaines de l'Algérie. Par M. Léon 3. Joannis Leonis Africani de totius Africæ descriptione 4. Travels and Observations relating to several parts of 7. Letters from the South. By Thomas Campbell, Esq., 8. Algie und Paris im Jahre 1830. Von Ludwig 9. The French in Algiers. Translated from the German 11. Narrative of a Campaign against the Kabailes of 12. Exploration Scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les Années Page 287 ART. Paris, Imprimerie Royale (Impériale). 16 vols. 1844 1853. 13. Mœurs et Coutumes de l'Algérie-Tell-Kabylie- 14. Souvenirs de la Vie Militaire en Afrique. Par le 15. Itinéraire Historique et Descriptif de l'Algérie. Par J. Barbier. Paris, 1855. 16. Adventures of Jules Gérard, the 'Lion-Killer.' III.-1. A few Words on the important Subject of Church- 2. Report of the Incorporated Society for Building, IV.-1. La Vie Publique de Michel Montaigne. Par Alphonse sur 2. Nouveaux Documents Inédits ou peu connus Montaigne. Payen. Paris, 1850 Page · 331 371 396 V.-Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Edited by 415 VI.-1. Carl Gustav Carus: Symbolik der menschlichen Ge- 2. Ueber Grund und Bedeutung der verschiedenen Formen 3. Atlas der Cranioscopie. 4. Die Proportionslehre der menschlichen Gestalt. Leipzig, 5. La Chirognomonie, ou l'Art de reconnaître les Ten- Paris, 1856. VII.-Port-Royal. Par C. A. Sainte-Beuve. Paris, 1840-48. VIII.-Hansard's Parliamentary Debates. London, 1856 - 452 489 - 521 THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. ART. I.-1. The Life and Martyrdom of Savonarola. By R. R. 1854. 1853. London, 2. Jérome Savonarola; sa Vie, ses Prédications, ses Écrits. Par F. T. Perrens. bach. Hamburg, 1835. Von A. G. Rudel 4. Girolamo Savonarola aus grossens theils handschriftlicher Quellen. Von Fr. Karl. Meier. Berlin, 1836. 5. The Life and Times of Girolamo Savonarola. 12mo. London, 1843. 6. Poesie di Jeronimo Savonarola. Per cura di Audin de Rians. Firenze, 1847. 7. Archivio Storico Italiano. Appendice. Tomo viii. Firenze, 1850. 8. Lectures on Great Men-Girolamo Savonarola. By the late Rev. Frederick Myers. London, 1856. 9. Appendice alla Storia dei Municipi Italiani. Giudici. Firenze, 1850. SA Da P. E. a AVONAROLA!-Was he hypocritical impostor? self-deluded fanatic? holy, single-minded Christian preacher? heaven-commissioned prophet? wonder-working saint? martyr, Was he the only wanting the canonization which was his due? turbulent, priestly demagogue, who desecrated his holy office by plunging into the intrigue and strife of civic politics, or courageous and enlightened lover of liberty; one who had conceived, and had almost achieved, the splendid notion of an equal republic of Christian men, acting on the highest Christian principles? Was he-a subordinate question, yet not without interest- -a rude Iconoclast, or one who would have purified and elevated art to the height of its holy mission? Had he more of S. Bernard, of Arnold of Brescia, of Gerson, or of Wycliffe ? Was he the forerunner of Luther or of Loyola, of Knox or of S. Philippo Neri, even of John of Leyden, or our fifth-monarchy men? Since his own day, and even in his own days, these questions have been agitated in his own Church, and among the VOL. XCIX. NO. CXCVII. B Reformed |