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The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for Nov. 1817...Feb. 1818, Edinburgh & London, Archibald Constable and Company and Longman Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, printed by David Willisom, 1818, 8vo, 526 pp. The Edinburgh Review, first published in 1802, is an acclaimed literary and cultural review publishing a wide range of original and topical material. It publishes essays on culture, politics and ideas; short stories and excerpts from novels; poetry; drama; and book review articles as well as shorter reviews. This bound volume contains two quarterly editions (LVII and LVIII). Two articles are of particular interest from the perspective of web page. The first is the Article titled: Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island. This a review of Basil Hall's book of the same year. Another article of interest is Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to China. By Henry Ellis, Third Commissioner to the Embassy which reviews Ellis' book regarding the British (Amherst) diplomatic mission to China which was published in 1817.

CONTENTS OF No. LVII. 

ART. I. Lalla Rookh;  an Oriental Romance.    By Thomas Moore       p.  1

    II. Memoir of the Conquest of Java, with the subsequent
         Operations of the British Forces in the Oriental
	 Archipelago.    By Major William Thorn             -          35

   III. The Speeches of Charles Phillips Esq., delivered at
	 the Bar, and on various Public Occasions, in Ireland
	 and England                                                   52

    IV. Transactions of the Geological  Society, established
	 November 1807.    Vol. III.	                               70

     V. The Identity of Junius with a distinguished Living
	 Character established.
	 A Supplement to Junius Identified; Consisting of
	 Facsimiles of Handwriting and other Illustrations             94

    VI. 1. Speech of Robert, Lord Bishop of Ossory, in the
	   House of Peers, Friday, May 16. 1817, on the
 	   Motion of the Earl of Donoughmore, relating to
	   the Roman Catholic Claims.				       
	2. Speech of Leslie Forbes, Esq., in the House of
	   Commons, May 9. 1817, on the Motion of Mr Grattan.
        3. Speech of the Right Honourable Robert Peel, on
	   the same Subject                                           114

   VII. Algebra, with Arithmetic and Mensuration, from the
	 Sanscrit of Brahmegupta and Bhascara.  Translated
         by Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Esq. F. R. S. &c.                141

  VIII. A Sketch of the Military and Political Power of Russia,
         in the year 1817                                             164


    IX. Voyage en Savoie, en Piemont, a Nice et a Genes*.
	 Par A. L. Millin, Chevalier de 1'Ordre Royal de la
	 Legion d'Honneur, &c. &c.				      191

     X. Papers relative to Codification, and Public Instruction,
	 including Correspondences with the Russian Emperor,
	 and divers Constituted Authorities in the American
	 United States. Published  by Jeremy Bentham                   217

    XI. Rome, Naples, et Florence en 1817.  Ou Esquisses sur
	  1'Etat actuel de la Societe, des Moeurs, des Arts,
	  de la Litterature, £c. de ces Villes celebres                237

	Quarterly List of New Publications                             247


CONTENTS OF  No. LVI1I 

ART. I. Report from the Select Committee on the Poor-Laws,
	 with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee       261

    II. Beppo, a Venetian Story              			       302

   III. 1. A Delineation of the Strata of IJngland and Wales
	   with part of Scotland, exhibiting the Collieries and
	   Mines, the Marshes and Fenlands originally overflowed
	   by the Sea, and the varieties of Soil according to the
	   variations of the Substrata, illustrated by the most
	   Descriptive Names. By W. Smith.
	2. Geological Section from London to Snowdon; showing
	   the varieties of the Strata, and the correct Altitudes
	   of the Hills, coloured to correspond with his Geological
	   Map of England and Wales. By W. Smith.
	3. A Memoir of the Map and Delineation, &c. By W. Smith,
	   Engineer and Mineral Surveyor.
	4. A Series of County Maps, on a much larger scale than
	   that of the General 'Delineation, &c.' coloured to
	   correspond with the large Map, from Documents in
	   Mr Smith's possession.
	5. Strata identified by Organized Fossils, containing
	   Prints on coloured paper, of the most characteristic
	   Specimens in each Stratum. By W. Smith.
	6. Stratigraphical System of Organized Fossils, with reference
	   to the Specimens of the original Geological Collection in
	   the British Museum, &c. By W. Smith				311

    IV. Verhandlungen in der Versammlung der Landsta'nde
	   des Konigreichs Wiirtemberg				        337

     V. A Description of the principal Picturesque Beauties,
	   Antiquities, and Geological Phenomena of the
	   ISLE OF WIGHT. By Sir Henry Engleffeld, Bart.		363

    VI. Account of the Writings, Religion, and Manners of the
	  Hindoos; including Translations from their
	  principal Works. By W. Ward.
	2. A View of the History, Literature, and Religion of
	   the Hindoos; including a Minute Description of their
	   Manners and Customs, and Translations from their
	   principal Works. By the Rev. W. Ward, one of the
	   Baptist Missionaries at Serampore, Bengal.
	3. Description of the Character, Manners and Customs,
	   of the People of India; and of their Institutions,
	   Religious and  Civil.  By the Abbe J. A. Dubois,
	   Missionary in the Mysore			 	       377

   VII. Rob Roy. By the Author of Waverley, Guy Mannering,
	   and the Antiquary                      		       403

  V111. Journal of the Proceedings of the late Embassy to
	   China.  By Henry Ellis, Third Commissioner to
	   the Embassy             				       433

    IX. Dante: With a New Italian  Commentary. By G. Baglioli.
	The Vision of Dante. Translated by the Reverend
 	 H. F. Cary, A. M.					       453

     X. Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast
	 of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island: with an
	 Appendix, containing Charts, and various Hydro-graphical
	 and Scientific Notices. By Captain Basil Hall,
	 Royal Navy, F.R.S. Lond & Edin. Member of the Asiatic
	 Society of Calcutta, of the Literary Society of Bombay,
	 and of the Society of Arts and Sciences at Batavia.
	 And a Vocabulary of the Lo0-Choo Language: By
	 H. J. Clifford, Esq. Lieutenant Royal Navy.
	 Voyage of His  Majesty's  Ship Alceste, along the
	 Coast of Corea to the Island of Loo-Choo; with an
	 Account of her subsequent Shipwreck.  By John
	 M'Leod, Surgeon of the Alceste			              475

    XI. Report on the Management of the Poor of Glasgow.
	 By James Ewing, Esq.
	 Supplementary Report of the Select Committee of the
	 House of Commons, appointed to consider the Poor Laws 	      498

	Quarterly List of New Publications                            502

	Index                                                         518