THE

MASSACHUSETTS QUARTERLY

REVIEW.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY COOLIDGE & WILEY,

NO. 12 WATER STREET.

1848.

CONTENTS.

I.

EDITORS' ADDRESS,

1

ART. I. THE MEXICAN WAR,

8

II. POWERS' GREEK SLAVE,

54

III. THE POLITICAL CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF

GREECE,
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63

IV. THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF AGASSIZ, 96

V. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES,

120

II.

ART. I. THE LEGAL BASIS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY, 145

II. THE INDUCTIVE SYSTEM,

168

III. EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE,

198

IV. THE HEBREW MONARCHY,

225

V. BALLAD LITERATURE,

240

VI. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES,

256

LIST OF New PUBLICATIONS,

271

III.

ART. I. THE LEGAL BASIS OF AMERICAN SLAVERY, 273

II. · WEDENBORG AS A THEOLOGIAN,

293

III. CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF IDIOCY, 308

IV. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS,

331

V. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES,

376

IV.

ART. I. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANCIENT HINDOOS, 401

II. WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING,

423

III. PRINCIPLES OF ZoöLOGY,

456

IV. CONSTITUTIONALITY OF SLAVERY,

463

V. APOLOGETICAL AND EXPLANATORY,

509

VI. SHORT REVIEWS AND NOTICES,

512

THE EDITOR'S NOTE TO THE READERS, 527

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