THE

NORTH AMERICAN

REVIEW.

VOL. C.

Tros Tyriusque mihi nullo discrimine agetur.

BOSTON:

TICK NOR AND FIELDS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by
TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS OF No. CCVI.

ART.

I. ABRAHAM LINCOLN

History of the Administration of PRESIDENT LINCOLN ;

including his Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations,

and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of his Life.

By HENRY J. RAYMOND.

II. THE EARLY CHURCH AND SLAVERY

1. Christianity and Emancipation; or the Teachings

and the Influence of the Bible against Slavery. By the

Rev. Joseph P. THOMPSON.

2. De l'Abolition de l'Esclavage Ancien au Moyen

Âge, et de sa Transformation en Servitude de la Glèbe.

Par J. YANOSKI.

III. THE RECORDS OF VENETIAN DIPLOMACY

La Diplomatie Vénitienne. Les Princes de l'Europe,

au 16ieme Siècle. François I., Philippe II., Catharine de

Médicis, les Papes, les Sultans, etc., etc. D'après les

Rapports des Ambassadeurs Vénitiens. Par M. ARMAND

BASCHET.

IV. GIRARD COLLEGE AND ITS FOUNDER

1. Girard College and its Founder. By HENRY W.

AREY.

2. Biography of Stephen Girard. By STEPHEN SIMP-

SON, Esq.

3. Annual Reports of the Board of Directors of the

Girard College for Orphans.

V. THE FOUNDATION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE..

1. History of the Romans under the Empire. By

CHARLES MERIVALE, B. D.

2. Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero. By WILLIAM

FORSYTH.

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