Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 90, July 19, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, No. CXCI., was published on WEDNESDAY last.
CONTENTS:
1. THE GREEK TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
2. JOHNSTON'S NOTES ON NORTH AMERICA.
3. HARTLEY COLERIDGE.
4. FATAL ACCIDENTS: HOW FAR PREVENTABLE
5. PULSZKY'S TALES AND TRADITIONS OF HUNGARY.
6. SIR EDW. L. BULWER LYTTON'S LETTERS TO JOHN BULL.
7. THE ROMANS IN BRITAIN.
8. GROTE'S HISTORY OF GREECE: VOLS. VII. AND VIII.
9. DIXON'S LIFE OF PENN.
10. MODERN CHEMISTRY: ITS PROGRESS AND EXTENT.
London: LONGMAN and Co. Edinburgh: A. and C. BLACK.
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Each Treatise must occupy, as nearly as possible, eighty pages of
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The successful Treatises are to be the Property of the Society;
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GEORGE GROVE, SEC.
Adelphi, June 1. 1851.
This day is published,
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