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Monthly Review of Literature, 



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king, the Bachelor had made his repre- 

 sentations of Bilboa's usurpations ; and 

 Davila was, in consequence, appointed 

 governor of the whole Darien coast. 

 Bilboa wisely submitted, till a new com- 

 mission reached him, but one still which 

 placed him subordinate to Davila. Jea- 



lousies and quarrels speedily followed, 

 and Bilboa finally sunk under the supe- 

 rior skill or fortune of Davila. Davila 

 seized him, and hung him without cere- 

 mony. 



The volume is a very interesting ap- 

 pendage to the Life of Columbus. 



FINE ARTS' PUBLICATIONS. 



The 'History and Topography of the 

 United States of North America Of this 

 work, one or two of the early numbers 

 of which we have already noticed, twelve 

 parts have appeared. The plan and cha- 

 racter of it are thus sufficiently deve- 

 loped to enable us to form a full judg- 

 ment upon its merits. It is in every 

 respect one of the ablest and most use- 

 ful, publications that have appeared for 

 years ; and promises to form, beyond all 

 comparison, the most complete and per- 

 fect history of America that has ever 

 been published. It comprises every 

 thing that the most exact lover of de- 

 tails could wish to know, and yet con- 

 tains not a syllable more than the ge- 

 neral reader may peruse unfatigued. 

 Every page of it is a history as far as 

 interest is concerned. The style is free 

 from all affectation and ambiguity ; and 

 the comments and opinions are manly, 

 candid, and liberal. The embellish- 

 ments, of which each number contains 

 three, are well executed, and afford an 

 idea which we have not hitherto had of 

 the national architecture and scenery of 



this extraordinary country. The maps 

 also, which are said to be carefully re- 

 vised to the present day, are a valuable 

 accompaniment to the work. Mr. Hil- 

 ton deserves the thanks of all who take 

 an interest in the history of America, or 

 are willing to dp justice to her people 

 and her institutions. 



The subjects of four numbers of the 

 Outlines of British Paintings and Sculp, 

 tures, form a catalogue which can hardly 

 fail to attract. We can mention only 

 the finest or most celebrated of them : 

 Distraining for Rent, Wilkie; Statue 

 of Washington, Chantrey ; Lord Cos- 

 mo Russell, Landseer ; The Wounded 

 Brigand, Eastlake ; Vision of the White 

 Horse, Loutherburg ; Lafayette at Ol- 

 matz, Northcote; Temple of Jupiter, 

 Turner ; Marriage a la Mode, Hogarth ; 

 Charles the Second and the Duchess of 

 Orleans, Stothard ; Epaminondas, West; 

 Lord Mansfield's Monument, Flaxman, 

 &c. Some of the subjects are more cal- 

 culated for effect in these small outlines 

 than others ; but they are all cleverly 

 executed. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS AND NEW PUBLICATIONS. 



WORKS IN THE PRESS. 



By the Rev. Daniel Tyerman, and 

 George Bennet, Esq. Compiled from 

 the original documents, by James Mont- 

 gomery, Esq. : a Journal of a Voyage 

 round the World, undertaken to pro- 

 mote the objects of the London Mis- 

 sionary Society, during the years 1821 

 to 1829, in two volumes. 



By Hugh Ronalds : a Descriptive Ca- 

 talogue of the most valuable sorts of 

 Apples. 



A Picturesque Pocket Companion to 

 Margate, Ramsgate, Broadstairs, and 

 the parts adjacent. Illustrated by one 

 hundred and twenty engravings. 



By Mrs. Sherwood : The First Part 

 of a Dictionary of Scriptural Types, ac- 

 companied with Essays illustrative of 

 the Application of them in the Expla- 

 nation of the Scriptures. 



By John Gait, Esq.: The Lives of 

 the Actors. 



By Captain Marryatt, author of the 

 King's Own : Newton Forster, or the 

 Merchant's Service. 



The Young Muscovite ; or the Poles 

 in Russia, an Historical Novel. 



By Oliver Moore : The Staff Officer, 

 or the Soldier of Fortune, a Tale of 

 Real Life. 



By Theodore Hook, John Gait, 

 G. P. R. James, and others : The Club 

 Book, consisting of Original Tales. 



The Fifth and Sixth Parts of Mr. 

 Booth's Analytical Dictionary of the 

 English Language. 



The Parliamentary Pocket Book, or 

 Key to both Houses of Parliament. 



By J. D. Parry, M.A. : a new His- 

 tory and Description of the Town of 

 Woburn ; a Biography of the Russell 

 Family ; and a Guide to Woburn Ab- 

 bey. 



By the Rev. John Thomas Becher : 

 a System of Endowments for the Pro- 

 vident Classes in every Station in Life. 



By a Polish Nobleman : The History 

 of Poland from the earliest period to the 

 present time. 



By the author of the O'Hara Tales : 

 The Smuggler, a Novel. 



