THE

QUARTERLY REVIEW.

VOL. XCII.

PUBLISHED IN

DECEMBER, 1852, & MARCH, 1853.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1853.

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS

LONDON:

Printed by WILLIAM CLOWES and SONS,

Stamford Street.

CONTENTS

ART.

OF

No. CLXXXIII.

Page

I.-Special Report by the Directors to the Proprietors of

Price's Patent Candle Company. April 5, 1852 - 1

II.-Life and Letters of Joseph Story, Associate Justice

of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Dane

Professor of Law at Harvard University. Edited by

his Son, W. W. Story

III.-1. British Colonial Library - East India Company's

Possessions. By R. Montgomery Martin, F.R.S.

2. History of British India. By Charles Mac Farlane.

3. Modern India and its Government. By George Camp-

bell, Bengal Civil Service.

4. Remarks on the Affairs of India. By The Friend of

India

46

IV.-1. Recherches sur les Etoiles Filantes. Par MM.

Coulvier-Gravier et Saigey.

V.-The Cloister Life of the Emperor Charles V.

W. Stirling, M.P. -

2. Catalogue of Observations of Luminous Meteors. By

the Rev. Baden Powell, M.A., F.R.S., Savilian Pro-

fessor of Geometry, Oxford.

3. Humboldt's Cosmos. Section on Aerolites

By

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VI.-Des Intérêts Catholiques au XIX Siècle. Par le

Comte de Montalembert

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