THE

EDINBURGH REVIEW,

OR

CRITICAL JOURNAL:

FOR

SEPTEMBER... DECEMBER 1828

TO BE CONtinued qUARTERLY.

JUDEX DAMNATUR CUM NOCENS ABSOLVITUR.

PUBLIUS SYRUS.

VOL. XLVIII.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY BALLANTYNE & Co.

FOR LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, LONDON;
AND ADAM BLACK, EDINBURGH.

1828.

CONTENTS OF No. XCV.

ART. I. History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Colum-

bus. By Washington Irving

Page.

II. India; or Facts submitted to illustrate the Character and

Condition of the Native Inhabitants, with Sugges-

tions for Reforming the present System of Govern-

ment. By R. Rickards, Esq.

III. The Fall of Nineveh, a Poem. By Edwin Atherstone

IV. 1. The History of Painting in Italy, from the Period of

the Revival of the Fine Arts, to the end of the 18th

Century. Translated from the original Italian of the

Abate Luigi Lanzi. By Thomas Roscoe.

2. Storia Pittorica della Italia, dal resorgimento delle

belle arti fin presso al fine del 18 secolo, dell' Abate

Luigi Lanzi, Antiquario I. e R. in Firenze

V. Economie Politique, Ouvrage traduit de l'Allemand de

M. Schmalz

VI. The Constitutional History of England, from the Ac-

cession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II.

By Henry Hallam

VII. 1. An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy. By

N. W. Senior, &c.

2. Three Lectures on the Transmission of the Precious

Metals from Country to Country, and the Mercantile

Theory of Wealth, delivered before the University of

Oxford, in June 1827. By N. W. Senior

Page.

ART. VIII, Second Memoir on Babylon, containing an Enquiry

into the Correspondence between the ancient De-

scriptions of Babylon, and the Remains still visi-

ble on the site. By Claudius James Rich, Esq. 185

IX. 1. Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the

Northern Coast of Africa, from Tripoly east-

ward, in 1821-22; comprehending an Account of

the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica, and of the an-

cient cities composing the Pentapolis. By Cap-

tain F. W. Beechey, R.N. F.R.S., and H. W.

Beechey, Esq. F.S.A.

2. Della Cella, (Paolo,) Narrative of an Expedition

from Tripoli to the Borders of Egypt, in 1817,

by the Bey of Tripoli. From the Italian.

3. Pacho (J. R.) Rapport des Commissaires nommés

par la Commission centrale pour examiner les re-

sultats de Voyage de M. Pacho dans la Cyrenaique.

Notice sur la Cyrenaique, lué à la Societé

de Geographie.

4.

5.

Relation d'un Voyage dans la Marmorique,

la Cyrenaique, &c.

220

X. Second Statement by the Council of the University

of London, explanatory of the plan of Instruction 235

XI. Outline of General History, Part I.

Published

under the superintendence of the Society for the

Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

258