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OCTOBER, 1839. . . . JANUARY, 1840.

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1840.

CONTENTS OF No. CXLI.

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ART. I. Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, written by himself;

containing a Descriptive Narrative of his Professional Labours:

with a Folio Atlas of Copperplates. Edited by John Rickman,

Esq., one of his Executors,

II. 1. A Brief History of Church Rates. By the Rev. William

Goode, Rector of St Antholin.

2. A Reply to the Article on Church Rates, in the Edinburgh

Review, No. 124. By the Same,

III. Voyage du Maréchal Duc de Raguse en Hongrie, en Transyl-

vanie, dans la Russie Méridionale, en Crimée, et sur les Bords

de la Mer d'Azoff à Constinople, dans quelques parties de
l'Asie-Mineure, en Syrie, en Palestine et en Egypte,

IV. Correspondence of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham.

Edited by

William Stanhope Taylor, Esq., and Captain John Henry

Pringle, Executors of his Son John, Earl of Chatham, and

published from the Original Manuscripts in their possession,

V. A Diary in America, with Remarks on its Institutions.

Capt. Marryat,

By

VI. 1. Recent Measures for the Promotion of Education in Eng-

land. Sixth Edition.

2. Speech of Henry Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G., in the

House of Lords, on the Subject of Education. Fifth Edition.

3. Thoughts on Education. By Sarah Austin.

4. Substance of Lord John Russell's Speech in the House of

Commons, June 28, 1839, on the Government Plan for Pro-

moting National Education. Fifth Edition.

5. A Letter on National Education to the Duke of Bedford.

From Lord Brougham,

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