THE

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CHRISTIAN EXAMINER

AND

GENERAL REVIEW.

VOL. XII.

NEW SERIES, VOL. VII.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY GRAY AND BOWEN.

LONDON:

ROWLAND HUNTER AND O. RICH, RED LION SQUARE.

1832.

CAMBRIDGE:

E. W. METCALF AND CO.

CONTENTS

OF

VOL. XII. — NEW SERIES, VOL. VII.

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No. I.

ART. I.-1. Thoughts on the Punishment of Death for Forgery.

By BASIL MONTAGU, Esq.

2. The Opinions of different Authors upon the Punishment of

Death, selected by BASIL MONTAGU, Esq. of Lincoln's Inn.

3. Facts relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis,

by EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, Esq.

4. Speech of Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY, in the House of Commons,

on Moving for leave to bring in a Bill for Reforming the

Criminal Code.

ART. II. - Plain Letters on Important Subjects. By JONATHAN

FARR.

ART. III. - Essais Théologiques. Du Système Théologique de

la Trinité. Par M. CHENEVIÈRE, Pasteur et Professeur à

Genève.

Theological Essays. - Essay First, on the Trinity. By M.

CHENEVIÈRE, Pastor and Professor at Geneva.

ART. IV. - Oaths, Judicial and Extra-Judicial.

ART. V. - The History of the Christian Religion and Church dur-

ing the Three First Centuries. By Dr. AUGUSTUS NEAN-

DER. Translated from the German, by HENRY JOHN

ROSE, B. D.

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ART. VI. -- The Bravo: a Tale. By the Author of The Spy,' &c. 78

ART. VII. - The American Common-Place Book of Poetry; with

occasional Notes. By GEORGE B. CHEEVER.

ART. VIII. - A Second Letter, in which the Investigation of the

Meanings of Alὼν in Ancient Greek is continued.

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ART. IX. - An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts, and Apparitions,

ART. X. - Mr. TUCKERMAN'S Eighth Semi-Annual Report of his

Service as a Minister at Large in Boston.

and Popular Superstitions. By JAMES THACHER, M. D. 106

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ART. XI. On the Christian Church.

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No. II.

ART. I. - The Scriptural Interpreter. Published Monthly.

ART. II. - History of Scituate, Massachusetts, from its First Set-

141

tlement to 1831. By SAMUEL DEANE.

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ART. III. - Conclusion of the Second Letter on the Meaning of

Aiὼν in Ancient Greek.

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